The powerful leader of the Shades, and [Nier](https://anilist.co/character/138303/Nier)'s sworn enemy.

~!The Shadowlord is later revealed to have been the original human Nier, becoming a Shade after his body and soul were split into two separate entities as part of Project Gestalt. Due to his status as the Original Gestalt he maintained his consciousness and former humanity, not falling into relapse as the other Shades had done.!~

When alien forces invade with an army of Machines, the remnants of humanity must depend on Androids of their own design – the placid 2B and the excitable 9S – to survive.<br><br>
(Source: Viz Media)

In the distant future, humanity struggles for survival against the threat of creatures called Shades. A boy named Nier lives with his little sister Yonah in one small village, scraping by on the goodwill of neighbors and friends.
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When a terrible illness assails Yonah, Nier's life begins to change at a dizzying pace. Lunar Tears. The Black Scrawl. The Song of the Ancients. The Shadowlord. Petrification. These things and more will turn his world upside-down—and change it forever.

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