Cid Kagenou Husbando

Cid Kagenou, formerly Minoru Kageno, is the titular antihero and protagonist of The Eminence in Shadow series. After a premature death, he reincarnates into a world of swords and sorcery. Choosing Shadow as his nom de guerre, he leads the secret organization Shadow Garden. He lives out unfulfilled Chuunibyou fantasies of being an enigmatic shadow broker, unaware that his creative scenarios are close to the truth. Cid is a slim young man with an athletic frame, short black hair, and black eyes. His facial features are average, without impressionable qualities. A countenance that is forgettable as it is generic. His new body has similar characteristics to his previous appearance as Minoru Kageno. As a dark knight squire, Cid wears the compulsory male uniform of Midgar Academy. The standard navy-blue blazer with gold shoulder straps and a white dress shirt. A casual appearance is facilitated by keeping the black apron necktie loose. White loafers and navy-blue trousers round out the bottom. The costume Cid selected for Shadow is an ebony slime bodysuit, styled like a popped collar overcoat. Gold and purple trim adorn a dark jacket, shirt, pants, and high boots. A long hood casts a shadow to hide the upper half of Cid’s face. The only discernible facial features are his mouth and the glow of red eyes. Throughout the series, Cid has had many aliases and just as many outfits. Shadow Garden's technique to create indistinguishable facial masks, utilizing various cosmetics and a clay-like slime base, has proven monumental to his master of disguise routines. In his previous life, Minoru Kageno possessed a tall and toned physique due to his constant training. His face was plain, having short black hair and black eyes, resembling his post-reincarnated life as Cid Kagenou. As a student of Sakurazaka High, he wore a standard white school coat, a light blue shirt, blue pants, and a blue tie. On Earth, he operated as a vigilante, using the alias Fancy Hoodlum Slayer. The outfit was all black, and a balaclava (ski mask) covered his face. From early childhood onward, he (in both lives) had an abiding fascination with shadow broker characters. Leaders of cabals and puppet masters who secretly exert enormous power and worldly influence. Cid was and still is obsessed with becoming a genuine shadow broker. Cid’s megalomania has gone past simple juvenile or 'chūnibyō' fantasies, as he vows permanent loyalty to becoming an eminence and refuses to outgrow it. Cid spares no effort or expense in achieving his dream—endlessly training and developing elaborate scenarios or dialogue for his routine. Cid’s materialistic nature has guided many decisions as he continuously searches for more capital to fund his shadow broker operations. When not focused on Mob or Eminence performances, his general attitude comes off as aloof or apathetic. To maintain efficiency, Cid separates things in his life into two categories: “Important Stuff” and “Unimportant Stuff.” The latter category imputes no malignity, merely apathy. He dedicates his complete attention to his likes or desires and disregards everything else. The pruning process is continuous, chipping away ever more at his life until the only thing that remains are things he cannot live without. Cid's extreme modus operandi does not mean the absence of emotion or friends. Cid is laconic and distant from others but has shown the capability for compassion on several occasions. He expresses open contempt for those who have abandoned their ambitions but offers sympathy for people he perceives as having suffered similar or extreme hardships. If someone praises something precious to him, he will endeavor to express gratitude or give a targeted compliment. Cid has described the Seven Shadows as friends and frequently thanks them for playing along with his role-playing. Periodically, Cid can get envious or annoyed at the constant success they have garnered utilizing his otherworldly knowledge but tolerates many of their decisions. His relationships are not without difficulty. A personal philosophy of Cid’s is that relational contretemps resolve themselves over time. Ignoring others becomes an appropriate and valid social strategy with this view. He has received several sharp lessons that maintaining an insouciance approach does not always work, but he considers that not enough time has elapsed in these instances; death will solve it. Cid differs from his lascivious school friends, articulating a lack of interest in relationships or marriage. His one relationship happened by mere happenstance; after concluding the farcical relationship, he rejects an offer to make it serious. Other women have misinterpreted Cid’s actions as romantic gestures when he had no such intention. Associating with the Seven Shadows has inundated him with beautiful individuals, making him apathetic towards attractive women. Cid has retained the pride of a Warrior, continuing his martial arts and swordsmanship training from his past life. He recognizes power and technique but respects those who understand the intricacies of battles. Brute strength and borrowed power are abhorrent to him. An ambiguous element of Cid’s personality is his feelings towards others. Cid’s behavior and statements towards characters are contradictory. It is open to interpretation if he views people as props, individuals, or some combination of the two. Rhetorical actions strengthen Cid’s mob character persona but disregard feelings for those involved. Activities like these reinforce the prop view of people, but his rare instances of solicitude support the notion of people as individuals.