Status Updates From The Eminence in Shadow, Vol. 1

Ch. 7 + Bonus Letter finished
Unsurprising plot twist that Sherry's father is evil. Organization raids the school and tries to sully the Garden's name. Situation is dealt with. Cid continues to act his lowkey role. Sherry helps the students fight back and also finds her father dead after Shadow kill him. Nothing too crazy, a bit predictable this one but no less it was still fun.

Ch. 6 completed
Cult acting in the name of Garden terrorizes the school. They prepare well setting up barriers. Typical battle shenanigans happen. Sherry is about to mess with the relic to hopefully help out the situation.

Ch. 5 completed
New character introduced- Sherry. Braniac trope. Threatens MC's desire to be a side character. Tournament arc. He embellishes his loss. Now Alexia and Sherry are gonna be in a love triangle lol

Ch. 4 completed
Impersonation arc. His subordinates have been making that $$$ from his past stories of life in modern era. Iris is out to get both the cult and garden. Alexia admires the garden

Ch. 3 completed
Prose is quite detailed but not enough to a point it's boring. MC gets beat up, gets let out, Shadow Garden kicks butt, Alexia is enamored, and then for some reason we also have a weird perverted after scene with Alexia and her sister bonding/disputing over lingerie... whatever bro it's shonen and not uncommon trope. Just tired of it

Ch. 2 completed
MC goes to school tries to blend in and instead gets a gf of the most popular girl in class. Transactional self-deprecating relationship. People give them looks. The girl has political drama and baggage. She walks off and apparently the next day the MC is accused of kidnapping her because she didn’t show up.

Main protagonist is unaware that his stories are actually pretty much true in this world. Group grows to 7 members and they leave to protect more of the world. He thinks they are humoring him but they aren't because it's genuinely happening. The enemy they fought also believes that. It's a classic case of dramatic irony

Ch. 1 completed
The writing in this series so far is honestly really good. It has grabbed my attention much more than the anime did (I've only watched 3 episodes). I feel like I have more information/background and therefore can understand and relate to the characters motivations/thought processes much more than the anime. Time skip forward; Sister gets kidnap- they save her- Gang splits up-

Prologue completed
Very long prologue I can’t lie. We learn more about our MC’s interests, how he chooses to act, and his dreams and goals in life. He kills some robbers and rescues/transforms an elf girl and makes her his assistant based on a story he made up