#The Eminence in Shadow Light Novels Get Anime Adaptation

An anime adaptation of the The Eminence in Shadow light novels has been announced. 

The light novels are written by Daisuke Aizawa and illustrated by Azunishi. The first volume was released in May 2018, while the fourth and fifth volumes were released on February 26. 

Yen Press describes the light novels’ first volume as:

Even in his past life, Cid’s dream wasn’t to become a protagonist or a final boss. He’d rather lie low as a minor character until it’s prime time to reveal he’s a mastermind…or at least, do the next best thing-pretend to be one! And now that he’s been reborn into another world, he’s ready to set the perfect conditions to live out his dreams to the fullest. Armed with his overactive imagination, Cid jokingly recruits members to his organization and makes up a whole backstory about an evil cult that they need to take down. Well, as luck would have it, these imaginary adversaries turn out to be the real deal-and everyone knows the truth but him!