The Eminence in Shadow 01 [Light Novel]

For those unaware of what this story is about, or for Anime-only fans who are hesitating about buying this book, let me give you a breakdown in a nutshell. "I Want To Be The Eminence In Shadows" is a story that you can explain in 2 phrases. One is "Chuunibyou but real deal," while the other is "Unjash but there's more to it." This story is pretty much drama disguised under the mask of comedy, and the comedy part of it is ultimately dark humor. The Anime adaptation had a specific strategy of distracting the inattentive viewers with the "static," while only the attentive viewers could weave through it and see what matters - "moonlight." It's a subtle and smart secret that the Anime's direction does to give hints to those who pay attention about what truly matters and what the true feelings and thoughts of the protagonist, Kageno Minoru, are. It's only hints because the direction of the Anime is faithful to Minoru's "I don’t tell anyone what I care about" philosophy, so I would recommend any Anime-only to read this, because the light novel is much more detailed and has technicality and monologues that the Anime doesn't. I 100% recommend it, and thank you to CDJapan for selling it.