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  • Bibliography:
    18 Books
  • First Book:
    August 2020
  • Latest Book:
    April 2025
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Book List in Order: 18 titles



  • ONE BIG FAT LIE AND A FEW TWISTED TRUTHSEven 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 thin...



  • Cid Kagenou has a dream. Not of being some typical protagonist or the Final Boss-he has his eyes set on becoming a hidden mastermind working in the shadows! Now that he’s been reborn in another world, Cid has been hard at work building the perfect ...



  • NOTHING COULD BE FURTHER FROM THE TRUTH Cid pays a visit to the Sacred Land, where he finds himself getting roped into the Goddess’s Trial. It’s a ritual event that summons warriors from the past to engage with only the most worthy from the prese...



  • THE RED MOON HANGS LOW IN THE NIGHT -- AN OMEN OF WHAT’S TO COME​Deep within the Lawless City lies the Blood Queen, a Progenitor Vampire, slumbering in her coffin for many moons. An expert at landing himself in trouble, Cid should know better tha...



  • The Midgar Academy for Dark Knights is occupied by terrorists posing as the Shadow Garden! Faced with a stressful, high-intensity hostage situation…Cid is having the time of his life! Whether it’s being the first student struck down as an example...



  • When the foul-tempered Princess Alexia is captured by the Cult of Diablos, the Shadow Garden takes the stage, assaulting the cult’s hidden base. Crossing swords with the kidnapper, Cid gets the chance to make his true debut as an eminence in shadow...



  • THE DOOR OF DARKNESS IS CAST OPEN -- THE WORLD ADVANCES TO A NEW FIELD The specter of war hangs thick in the air of the Oriana Kingdom, where Princess Rose is expected to wed Duke Perv. This supposed marriage cannot and will not stand, though, as it ...



  • Cid is invited to Lindwurm, the Sacred Land, where a ritual known as the Goddess’s Trial is held. Ancient warriors are summoned according to the strength of the challenger, providing an opportunity for honor and glory -- all the normie stuff Cid sp...



  • In the depths of the Sanctuary, where ancient memories of mighty warriors slumber, Shadow Garden lays bare the long-hidden truth behind the demon Diablos and the hero Olivier -- all very critical plot information that Cid pays zero attention to becau...






  • All eyes are on the Bushin Festival as the totally enigmatic Mundane Mann advances toward the finals, winning all his matches in an instant. Just who could this mysterious knight (who is certainly not mild-mannered Cid Kagenou in disguise) possibly b...



  • Cid’s shadow brokering fun is interrupted when his sister, Claire, drags him off to the Lawless City to hunt some vampire called the“Blood Queen” or something. To fit in with the atmosphere of this hard-boiled town, he decides to give his norma...



  • Cid’s engaging in a little “fundraising” in the treasure vaults of the Crimson Tower to finance his future shadowbroker activities when he senses the presence of an upcoming boss battle! The newly resurrected Blood Queen is hosting a grisly ban...



  • A troubled wind is blowing -- Mitsugoshi’s new innovations have put them in the sights of entrenched business interests, and the filthy quagmire of shady underworld schemes is escalating to all-out economic warfare! Naturally, there’s no way Cid ...



  • After years of the Mitsugoshi group quietly using Cid’s Shadow Wisdom to reshape the world from behind the scenes, the time has finally come to pay the piper. The quagmire of a credit collapse threatens Shadow Garden and the Cult of Diablos alik...



  • BEFORE MUCH LONGER… THE WHITE FOG WILL ENGULF THE WORLD IN SILENCE All is well at the Midgar Academy for Dark Knights, but then something wicked suddenly draws near: The students are vanishing one by one -- even Cid’s older sister, Claire! Zeta ...



  • Upon arriving at the Oriana Kingdom, Cid is broadsided by the news that Princess Rose is set to wed Duke Perv -- an unexpected development that would throw a major wrench in his future shadowbroker plans! Seems like it’d be a good idea to crash the...



  • A mysterious cabal called the Thirteen Nightblades has been running things in the Midgar Kingdom from the shadows, and its members have concealed all manner of crimes through their connections to the Cult of Diablos. How impressi—no, how terrib...



  • After casually defeating the big demon thing that showed up at Rose’s wedding, Cid had tried to make a badass exit via the collapsing portal, but…this is Japan, right? How’d he and Beta wind up back on Earth? And what the heck happe...


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Daisuke Aizawa has published 18 books.

The next book by Daisuke Aizawa, The Eminence in Shadow, Vol. 12 (manga), will be published in April 2025.

The first book by Daisuke Aizawa, The Eminence in Shadow, Vol. 1 (manga), was published in August 2020.

No. Daisuke Aizawa does not write books in series.