The Eminence in Shadow is a Japanese light novel series by Daisuke Aizawa that was adapted into a television anime in 2022, following Cid Kagenou, a boy obsessed with becoming a secret mastermind who leads a shadow organisation as Shadow. Short voice clips from the show circulate widely on soundboards and in fan edits because its dialogue is delivered with exaggerated seriousness. This line spread in that format, shared as a quick dramatic sting that anime fans instantly associate with Shadow's theatrical, all knowing persona.