Review of The Eminence in Shadow Season 2

I honestly don't know how this anime does what it does. Looking at it from afar, it seems to be one of the most generic power-fantasy isekai, harem, tropey, cliché animes that has aired in recent years. Honestly speaking, this anime is exactly that, but it knows it's that, it wants to be that and it cranks it all up to 11, to become one of the most enjoyable iterations of that premise that has come out in quite a few years now - and season 2 just keeps it going. Cid is still an absolutely clueless idiot, going around doing whatever he wants in the name ofmaking his dream come true - while somehow stumbling into plots and ideas set-up by the far more "in-tune" members of both his group and also the outside world - all of which makes him appear to be the person he eventually wants to be - some crazy intelligent man-wizard who has his eyes and ears everywhere at all times, while being in the shadows.

This anime is so over-the-top that even farcical doesn't cover it, but the comedic value of the writing and portrayal send this anime into heights yet unseen by the masses of trash that pour-out year-on-year.
It is a magnum opus of power-fantasies and isekai.

If you've watched and enjoyed other shows in the same vein, such as "How Not to Summon a Demon Lord", you will love watching S1 and S2 of "Eminence in Shadow".

Personally giving this a 9; I think S2 is just under S1 in terms of raw enjoyability, but both are worthy of this score.