The Eminence in Shadow, Vol. 1 (manga) - Daisuke Aizawa, Phil Christie, Touzai Touzai, Nathaniel Thrasher

There's only one thing in this world Cid wants to be. And it'snot some blandprotagonist or the final boss-he has his eyes set on becominga mastermind workingin the shadows. Now that he's been reborn inanother world, Cid has been hard atwork, building the perfect stage to actout his long-desired role.The issue is thatthese imaginary adversaries andplot devises exist in this new world...and he's theonly one left inthe dark!