Web Novel

"Just like how everyone adored heroes in their childhood, a certain young man adored those powers hidden in shadows. After hiding his strength and living the mediocre life of a mob character by day while undergoing frenzied training by night, he finally reincarnates into a different world and gains ultimate power. The young man who is only playing at being a power in the shadows, his misunderstanding subordinates, and a giant organization in the shadows that gets trampled…. This is the story of a young boy who had adored powers in shadows possibly eventually reigning over the world of shadows in another world."

- Source: Novel Updates

The Eminence in Shadow (陰の実力者になりたくて！) is a web novel written by Aizawa Daisuke and published on Syosetu. The web novel started in 2018, consisting of 8 volumes and 206 chapters (including character introductions). The web novel's last chapter was released was on November 26, 2022.

The original version of the web novel can be found on Syosetu and the fan-translated version of the web novel can be found on Novel Updates.

Chapters
Note: Does not include character introduction chapter. |-|Volume 1=


 * -|Volume 2=


 * -|Volume 3=


 * -|Volume 4=


 * -|Volume 5=


 * -|Volume 6=


 * -|Volume 7=


 * -|Volume 8=

Trivia

 * The initial Translations by TenshiTranslation starts at chapter 2 on Syosetu, skipping the character introduction chapter.
 * Chapter 113, contrary to popular belief, is actually translated mostly by Taishi translation. The successor translator work little on it.
 * The absence of chapter 143 on Novel Updates is because the chapters aren't numbered on Syosetu. The author added a character introduction chapter at the top of the contents, which pushed the rest of the chapters up by one and when the translators changed the new one used the number of chapters on Syosetu, which 'skipped' chapter 143.
 * The storyline in the first 6 volumes has been adapted into the first 3 light novel volumes by having revised the sentences a bit, or additional scenes added until the Oriana Kingdom storyline has been made into a different branch story.
 * But, Web Novel characters such as Mordred and Akane Nishino have been made into Canon characters who have an important roles in their own respective story arc by making the characters changes, as well as story content that is quite commensurate with making them as an important role figures.
 * It was revealed that after the release of Volume 5 and 2 anime episodes, namely Episode 13 and Episode 20, there are several Web Novel characters that have been made into Canon characters. Currently, the canonical characters which are revealed so far is Kai, Omega, Christina Hope and Grant.
 * This means that, there is a possibility that the characters in the Web Novel will be adapted into future light novels and anime stories.