Well, what do we have here? Is that Delta resting in the arms of Zeta while she tries to read? These two Cat Therianthropes are both members of Shadow Garden, which is an organization dedicated to battling the Cult of Diablos. With that said… their leader Cid Kagenou might have made up the Cult of Diablos…
In case you are wondering, I am talking about The Eminence In Shadow {Kage no Jitsuryokusha ni Naritakute!}. It is a light novel with both a manga and anime adaptation. I have not read or watched any of it, but this art from Matsumoto Yuu was too good to pass up. I started reading just enough about this series to write this post without spoiling myself. Here is the breakdown from myanimelist.net:
For as long as he can remember, Minoru Kagenou has been fixated on becoming as strong as possible, which has led him to undertake all kinds of rigorous training. This wish, however, does not stem from a desire to be recognized by others; rather, Minoru does everything he can to blend in with the crowd. So, while pretending to be a completely average student during the day, he arms himself with a crowbar and ruthlessly thrashes local biker gangs at night. Yet when Minoru finds himself in a truck accident, his ambitions seemingly come to a sudden end. In his final moments, he laments his powerlessness—no matter how much he trained, there was nothing he could do to overcome his human limitations.
But instead of dying, Minoru reawakens as Cid, the second child of the noble Kagenou family, in another world—one where magic is commonplace. With the power he so desired finally within his grasp, he dons the moniker “Shadow” and establishes Shadow Garden: a group whose sole purpose is to combat the enigmatic Cult of Diablos, an organization born from Cid’s imagination. However, as Shadow Garden grows in both membership and influence, it becomes increasingly apparent that the Cult of Diablos is not as fictional as Cid had intended.
I am not going to lie, I now feel invested and will need to add this to my watch list! Thank you, Matsumoto Yuu, your art has brought this series to my attention! I can only hope this blog post will do the same for people who happen upon it. If you are already reading or watching The Eminence In Shadow, let me know what you think of it. Is it worth a watch?
So what do you think?