The conclusion of the Dragon Boy arc.
Is that Zero vs. E-Soul?
he is so dead
>hero who lost all hope loses additional bit of hope he didn't know he had
Well, we called it.
>>281875102I wonder if we are going to see his suicide again next week.
Damn it SubsPlease, you didn't translate what the civilians were saying!
HOLY PEAK EPISODE. Dont wanna spoil what happens at the later half of the episode in case people didnt see it yet but it was insane
>>281875102Nah, that was here. That's when he broke for good.
>>281874919RIP Smile, he was a real one
Now that shit's gotten real, who's ready for absolute peak episode of the season next week with Ahu?!
>>281875547I like how every hero has got some tease to their arc before it starts and all Ahu got was Shand torturing some random dog
>>281875748I wonder if it turns out Ahu is a failed or escaped Fear expileriment
>>281875748kek I didn't even realize that might have been ahu
>>281875748>>281875767>>281875789Wouldn't that be something?
how in the actual fuck are you supposed to fight X?
>died with a smile on his faceFucking hell
>>281875913By becoming a god.
>>281875913In all of his fights up to now, everyone has done close-range. Presumably, you could get him if you hit him faster than he can snap his fingers, unless the dimension shift is an auto barrier.
3d is back thank god
>>281875976Speaking of it it's funny how they really don't want to show the other heroes beyond X, Nice and E-Soul in 3D, likely saving for the next season.
>>281875466I actually feel bad for Nice here and I have a hunch Moon is coming in next episode to drive the final knife in this guy's poor existence
>>281876030Unofficially, we've also seen Ahu in 3D.
>>281876030That is my hope. I think their thought is that they will struggle with making the design of the girls switch to 3D, but the girls we have seen in 3D were fine.
>>281875913His abilities likely has gaps that can be exploited, while extremely powerful the setting isn't treating him like Saitama, or the series is anything like One Punch Man as a whole, X isn't supposed to be undefeatable.His reality warping has some kind of weakness.
>>281876061Oh yeah, I forgot about him. And beyond that the FOMO faggot and Mickey had a cameo on episode 4 but I don't remember any of the other characters having something similar. Even Cyan who had a minor part on E-Soul's arc was only in 2D.>>281876079Yeah but it'll be weird to suddenly see 60% of the main cast in 3D.
>>281876102Would be funny if it turned out Lin Ling's futuresight also lets him perceive X during the dimension shift. Dude was at least partially absorbed by fear in episode 1 too.
>>281876185I wouldn't be shocked if something like that turns out to be the case, from what we can see so far with Nice that whatever future perception Lin Ling seems to have seems to be unique to him and wasn't something part of Nice's skillset.
>>281875913Every superpower is powered by trust. You just have to have more trust than him.
>>281876241But X was already super strong when nobody had ever even heard of him
is the 3d different from the first arcs or am i seeing things? first arcs looked like arcane this looks different.
Dragon boy definitely got groomed by rock and probably fucked. Great opening of the episode for me
Was that ahu who got injected? We know why was a dog but for him to become a hero he has to have some type of fear or belief?
>>281876241So far nothing indicates X uses the Trust system, he has gotten to the top with no one knowing who he was, only now people seem to have turned into his fans.
Calling it now, the 2 who were looking at dragonboy through the glass is these guys
>series takes place years after a being nearly wipes out humanity because of the power of fear>tournament was established with the intent on making sure no one is strong enough to wipe out civilization again>most of the OG heroes fell because they were corrupted by fear>24 episodes of individual character arc setups before the big tournament, with kino arcs of multiple storylines tying togetherThis is basically chinese Ishura and Alus is literally e-soul
we already had Ahu-s back storyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08kp3Cs31Ownext episode preview
>>281876298Looks like his parents were grooming him already. Also Nice got groomed by Shang too. That scene where he was getting puppeteered as a kid made me think of that creepy pedo documentary Netflix made about child pageants
I wonder how long the gap to season 2 is going to be. My hope is that it will start airing next April again, but it will probably be April 2027 or something. There hasn't been any delays or anything with any of the episodes so maybe they're already well into production of season 2.
>>281876345 Mrs. Blazing Fire and Mr. Matchstick? They were X together at some point in the past, but rumors about Matchstick cheating on Blazing Fire destroyed their relationship and hero image along with it. Now if that's true or fhe commission destroyed their position as X with that remains to be seen.
>>281874967No, the hero that Zero killed by accident
>>281876298>probablyBeginning of the episode is literally him taking a half naked little boy into his secret sex dungeon.
>>281876398The artstyle is kinda reminding me of early 2000's kids anime, it's a nice touch
>>281876395Indeed. That's part of what makes it great.
>>281875913Loli (Alien suit) MOGS X
>>281876298Rock is in the Epstein files
>>281876398Having part of his backstory means nothing compared to what we've seen in the show about subverting our expectations.
>>281876398>poor dog, what trouble did you encounter?>near a buildingImagine this, if you will: Nice says that to Ahu, flies up, sees Lin Ling and then the suicide happens?
>>281876409Supposedly the popularity poll is going to influence the characters rankings in the tournament, so there could be some major writing decisions that can't be made until this season's over and the poll is closed.
>>281876462That's an interesting point, if she's inside the suit, is she immune to his reality warping?
>>281876490All of the CEOs are in the Epstein files
>>281876493I'm pretty sure the general beats have already been decided and worked on. As it turns out there was a previous popularity poll where E-Soul ranked last place and the biggest shift was him having 0 trust value at the start.I think they're just exaggerating on the impact to drive clicks/merch sales so people get more points
>>281876526not the zoomer, he's too lazy to groom kids
>>281876511I guess it depends on the actual source of X's powers. If it's actually NOT trust value, then idk, but if it is, then at least both Loli and Big Johnny have a good chance to resist his powers.
>>281876511I imagine he can't do anything directly to her like he did to Dragon Boy but can still change reality around her so she's fucked regardless.
>>281876546He has an algorithm to do it for him
>>281876547For Loli, it's entirely contingent on how much of that material she had to create a new suit since her crashout against Nice wrecked it.
>>281876442what did he mean by this?
>drunk X>Mogs everyone >Kino>>281876442Thank you for the webm. Pure sexo
calling it now, last episode will have the zuckerberg CEO revealing how his plan to have Zero kill another hero was a success and how everything is going as he has planed
>>281876442Was this scene necessary?
>>281876539>I'm pretty sure the general beats have already been decided and worked onYeah. I think most the popularity polls will do is determine some fights where the outcome really doesn't matter all that much, or determine which characters are going to get more screen time. We also can't completely write off that there is probably some level of manipulation on their side to get what they want which is why Lin Ling is number 1, since he's likely going to be the closest thing to a protagonist in the second season, and X is number 2.
>>281876442DRAGON BOY PLEASES OLD MEN FOR TRUST VALUE
XNICE XNICE XNICE XNICEFucking BASED episode. I've never been more happy I shipped a crack ship to his whole time.x take him home and give him a pity fuck holy fucking shit. 3d comes back and it's for nice and X together?
>>281876462>>281876511You are first assuming X's powers come from Trust or Fear.
if S2 is based on popularity rankings then no one stands a chance, X is going to take it all anyways
>>281746212>>281747826So it was not Lucky Cyan in the PV, but these characters
>>281876345>Actually the cutest vanilla couple imaginable.>Propaganda and trust value manipulation forces them to cheat and NTR each other.I will never forgive the association.
>>281876668mystery trash niggas
>>281875913Rock is going to blackmail and hold his family hostage just like he did with smile
I never doubted my shipping ability. X rescues nice like a princess
>>281876692If you can't kill the Superman, kill the Man
>>281876406>Nice got groomed by Shang tooNice was a grown ass man when he became an idol though
>x comes to stop the fight>troons go crazy for literally nothingits all so tiresome
>>281876704Sorry but Kings need a Queen
>>281876658My assumption at this point is that X's power doesn't come from trust or fear, and while his powers do screw with reality the twist will probably be that he doesn't have power over life and death so he can't change reality to bring someone back from the dead or actually kill someone with his powers. X's motivation, after what happened with Smile, will probably try to find someone who can attain the same level of Zero, but possibly change the entire world and its dependence on trust and fear.
Need an entire ep in this artstyle
>>281876724>was a grown ass man you have seen it time and again, actors and hollywood types have always child like mentalities and are easy to manipulate
So is this actual confirmation that the snap switching artstyle in lin ling and e soul fights was X? if he was somehow interfering, why would he help yang cheng kill old e soul? it was such a humiliating death too being accused of killing innocent to keep his ranking and getting killed by the boy he saved
>>281876724It seems like he's been groomed since he was a child though>>281876761I really like the experimentation in the X bits it's really well done. You can tell the animators were having fun
>>281876809perhaps he saved original e soul last minute or something? maybe he saved nice too or was something planed so he could live his own life? nobody knows
>>281876647I never thought that xnice sisters would actually get content, happy for you guys for sticking with a crackship for so long that it actually now has basis in canon now
>>281876605I suspect Director guy is a faggot. He has directed several actual gay and fujobait shows.
>>281876442>half naked boy>together with an old man>old man touches boy>fiery backgroundit's way too obvious
>>281875913Wreck somehow managed to, so I guess Git Gud
>>281876721
>>281876958?
Unironically basedfaced when the blessed 3D came back. I honestly think this show is one of the rare ones that are meant to be binged instead of released weekly.
>>281876978Wreck had a notable fight with X, notable enough to be a point of investigation for Mickey
>>281876978
>>281876442Zero groomed Rock the same way
>>281876836Smile Alter looked pretty insane too, Into the Spiderverse influence is crazy
>>281876398How's the loli going to end up in the hospital?
>>281876849I feel so fulfilled. >>281877065In a way as much as people like to shit in this. I'm actually kind of thankful it was made in China and had the money and experimentation thrown at it even if it was in terms of trying to prove themselves. If this was made in Japan it probably would have been half of the episodes and not written as smoothly. Even the 3D animation that is done in conjunction with the 2D not the 3D models but the sfx is really smooth and does not have the Yankee outsourced cheap animation that a lot of times Japanese companies tend to make. Not to say I'm shitting on Japanese animation but when it comes to an OVA I'm glad that this production had the budget and the time to really tie up all of their ideas and not get randomly canceled
>>281877089aids
>Lin Ling is a marketer who spends his time creating commercials and changing people's perspective>X is probably an animator working for the social media company FOMO and that's where his powers come from>Clash will be between two creators who will ascend beyond the companies they're bound toCalling it, X's trust is tied to the media he creates. Everyone loves shows but they rarely remember the names of the little dudes and salarymen that make it all happen. He has the power of the production staff literally.
lin ling bros...... our poll numbers cant handle X's aura......
>>281877148>X and Lin Ling are the animation staff's self-inserts
>>281877089from the preview we can see their backstory is them living in some place some CEO wants to make building so whoever he is he got some tugs to make the people go away so maybe they hit her or something
X aura farming this episode.
>>281877148>To Be Hero X is a metanarrative storythis is the gayest shit ever
>>281877051Going to use this for the thread in two weeks if it comes to it.
>>281877148X's desk job seems to be pretty monotone and lifeless in his PV, even a miserable animator who hates their job has a desk full of cartoony stuff. X must work at something finance or research related at FOMO.
>>281876743Queen only needs a goddess
damn best episode of an anime I've seen in years
>>281876668mystery solved I suppose
>>281877175I wonder how much longer he'll stay at the top and ghostblade has been slowly catching queen
>>281876411Calm down with the AI posts chinese bois
>>281877441meds?
>>281877345yeah.x doesn't seem to be doing grunt work unlike lin ling
Rock probably knows who X is now thanks to him going for Smile's locketWhat's the groomer have planned for next time?
>>281876446It looks 2000s for sure, but it looks more like those mid-2000s cartoons that had anime "inspired" designs than a kodomo anime. I am not saying this in a disparaging way
>>281877478definitely not smile's daughter since he's into boys
>>281877478he has another little boy just for the occasion
Wasn't it weird how Nice, being ranked at 15 at the time, managed to put up a fight against Dragon Boy on Fear mode? Pure skill or is there more to the "I created you with Fear" thing Shang told him
>>281877457Read the post and the one it replied to.
>>281877457I think anon means the answer was completely unrelated and felt like AI not understanding the prompt
>>281877526Ranks don't mean absolute power over close numbers, otherwise no one would ever bother with the tournament among the Top Ten, the X position would always be set in stone.
>>281877526A combination of skill and Dragon Boy also being a sub top10 shitter
>>281877526Dragon Boy was only ranked 12, so it wasn't that big a difference at the time.But Nice seems pretty tanky anyways, despite his lanky appearance. The only reason Loli didn't murder him during the last incident.
>>281877526Didn't Dragon Boy spit out most if not all the fear and the dark skin mode is just his power on overdrive? And as already said he was also a sub-Top 10 hero so technically they have a similar power level tho Nice was very close to becoming a red paste at the end.
>>281875913What's a god to a non-believer?
>>281877658
>>281877658Doesn't work against gods who don't need or don't want worshipping.
>>281877526Dragonboy's power is fucking bullshit anyways. Regular heroes get stronger with more trust. Dragonboy has this but also gets stronger with the amount of damage he takes.
>>281877370>Big Johnny
Does Dragon Boy's powers have an upper limit? He somehow survived drowning, choking, some shitters beating him, Smile(Fear Boosted) blasting him, being injected with a lethal dose of Fear, etc.Seems pretty busted, which means only other busted abilities (X's snap, Cyan's luck, Queen if she stops jobbing) can match it.
It's not easy being nice...
>>281877798if big johnny can negate fear as well, then he''ll be jobbing to him too.
>>281877798It'll likely require an alternate way to "damage" him that isn't physical because his power works on mundane and potentially non-trust powered stuff so Loli and Big Johnny might be unable abuse the alien trait against him.
>>281877560Yeah, thats what I meant. Also the way it was phrased was very AI-like. But its more about the reply being unrelated and seemingly going by the picture alone
>>281877560>>281877892Nah, it's a very normal post just badly written and anon changed the original subject. He's just wondering whether the rumors of their breakup were actually real or just commision fuckery
>>281877839I think Dragon Boy's dark form was just a power up rather than Fear-based. A rip-off of Dragon Install.>>281877872Loli and Big Johnny are definitely hard-countered by Dragon Boy. Maybe Ghostblade can shank him? If he could counter being stabbed in the vitals, that would be too much.
>>281878006Ghotsblade could work since we haven't seen Dragon Boy fighting against someone who wants to stab instead of punching him, and potentially E-Soul as well because we have little info on how energy attacks affect his power beyond the very few attacks fear-Smile threw at him that were either avoided or just deflected and maybe a lethal electrical discharge could bypass it.
>>281877798That, or kill him quickly enough so that his powers aren't able to catch up. Like beheading him in the first strike.
>>281877798Ghostblade could one tap him with raw killing intent
>>281877798I dont think his power do anything about the damage he feels, he just has high endurance and can return it 2x stronger. So in theory you can beat him before he dishes it back.
The king is back
>>281877798Stabs work so you just have to stab him in the brain or slice his brain up.His power might let him counter you but it doesn't matter if he doesn't have the thought to use it.
>>281878379I think we all know at this point it's going to be X versus commoner
It's not easy being Nice...
>>281878379>X getting back to the top>Ahu getting more votes than trash boyall is good in the world
Moon and Smile's daughter have the same eye color
>>281876442Out of context this reeks of pedophilla af
>>281876647Wait we did? Time to pick this shit up
>>281877105Kek I didn't even notice the different scarfs
>>281878379It's only natural
X in different art styles this episode
Still smiling guys?
>>281877051Why does the last frame, and only the last frame, have ruined buildings in the background? Kind of reminds me of downfall, as well as the ruined buildings getting closed by the curtains via X snapping in the opening sequence.
>>281879132you can see them here >>281879017 too
>dragon boy arcso why did Nice feel like the main character of it?
Why is X so cool?Sung Jin Woo is shit but this guy's aura farming actually works on me. What is it?
>>281879318X is not obnoxious. Aura farm or not, he finishes his fights in the story very quickly. He's also a very normal guy so more like Saitama than anyone else.
>>281879313Lin Ling hijacked his arc so he did the same to Dragon Boy.
>>281879130He didn't deserve any of this. Also that makes Bowa the only former X who we know is still alive in the modern age, right?
>>281879381>Bowa the only former X who we know is still alive in the modern ageDid Bowa make an appearance in 41AC?
>>281879416Nope. She was locked up (I think?) after the fight with Queen.
>>281879501Then I would say my answer to this post >>281879381 is that Bowa and the Cowboy couple are the only X's that are in a similar situation, that is, there's an absence of proof of death for them.
Next episode preview:https://x.com/steIIarevue/status/1961981485201981570
>>281879606True, but considering how the show went it's way to mention/show how all the other Xs died it's curious how these 3 are the only ones who are still potentially alive, with the Cowboy couple missing and Bowa probably still in jail.
>>281876442hot
>>281879794Are my ears deceiving me, or did Nice actually audibly say "Doggo" in this teaser?
Looking at how the end of this episode had Rock state that he knows X's weakness as he clutches Smile's necklace, I think it's likely that Rock was planning to bring X down by messing with Smile's family.With that, I think Rock went after Moon because she's Smile's daughter (who also has a similar hair colour), hence E-soul killing her back in ep 4. Rock wants to bring fear to X, because that's the only way to weaken someone even if they have a high trust value. But now, MG went after someone who's near and dear to someone who defied both the Trust system and fans' Fears in the face of the Enlightner, Lin Ling.Now I wonder how that will play out, with X and the Commoner both sharing an enemy for killing the same family.
>>281880069Yeah I just saw that twitter post too but it's dumb
>>281880091Why else did E-soul go after Moon then?
>>281880068I don't speak Chinese but from the subs he says 狗狗 (gou gou).
>>281880099Same anon again, but I theorize that Rock is probably trying to get through various members of the Smile family (not the daughter, I have to rescind that) just to try to twist the knife on X. He really wants to drive home that should X keep his title, that more of his supposed loved ones will die.
>>281880068No he said gogo (kinda like gege)
>>281875913You don’t, you just torture him emotionally. Like Rock is planning to.
>>281874919>The conclusion of the Dragon Boy arc.So that was a fucking lie. This was more like Nice arc than anything.
how popular is the anime in china and japan? it's not that popular in the west, i'm scared we get cucked out of a season 2i remember reading that the creator said it's hard to get funding for original ip so that's why they used to be hero x because it will be part of an established ip
>>281876345This theory is as dumb as Moon being Smile's daughter
>>281880099Maybe he was targeting Nice and doesn't know he actually died nor believe Lin Ling is someone else. Although I imagine Rock would at least know OG Nice wouldn't care that much about Moon's death.
>>281878898It’s even worse in context.>grooming>torture>possible pedophilia>brainwashing a vulnerable minor into a death cult
>>281876668My theory is that they're researchers that found the surviving aliens on the ship and is "testing their limits" compared to regular humans. The clothes they're wearing looks more uniform like a research team out in the arctics would wear or something
B-B-B-BENDING SPACE AND TIMEEE
>>281879132Inertia calls X “the last line of defence”, presumably against the resurrection of Zero that Rock wants and the absolute shitshow that would follow. If he falls, whether because he was taken out or because he became Zero himself, then it’s total catastrophe time.
wtf can rock do realistically? expose hes a salary worker or threaten smiles family? x could just delete this nigger the millisecond he fucks around and everyone would still love him
>>281880402They already assured us it's 48 eps a few arc finale interviews back, so I wouldn't worry too much. It's doing good numbers in China, but there's other cultivation shit donghua that's far more popular domestically. Haven't heard it taking off in Japan. Lastly, English rating shows that it's doing well, but not as popular as your average shounen or beloved sequels coming out right now.All in all, it seems like it's doing well, but doesn't completely outperform in its viewership.
Holy shit, this was a heavy episode. Kid torture, kid grooming, poor Nice reaching a total mental breakdown, Smile’s death — the suffering just never stops. Even X’s hype moment was sad as fuck.
>>281880517You mean better.
>>281880069The daughter looks more like Shadow.>>281880099My guess is that Shang De "hired" E-Soul to kill her so that Lin Ling wouldn't retire. Either that or it wasn't the real E-Soul ie Yang Cheng. To force Lin Ling to stay with Treeman and and a hero. Plenty of people cosplay as E-Soul after all.
>>281880686While you could justify this with Shag De cashing a favor with Yang Cheng I still don't see this making much sense when the latter is essentially Rock's hunting dog.
>>281879132I wonder if it isn’t a hint about his true feelings at that moment. He looks as calm as ever and the first flash frames are his usual goofy self, but then you get those dark ones at the end. He’s probably absolutely furious inside, but has too much self control to express it.
>>281880741Smile did mention "his other side" so his power probably does have some small but noticeable effect on him similar to how normal heroes do.tho it might also just be to show how scary he could be if he actually became like Zero.
>>281880741I thought the ruined buildings imagery, plus him crumpling DB with slight hesitation, almost as if he wanted to rip apart the paper and kill him, makes me believe that he parallels Zero in a way. Hell, the last part of the opening that shows the sequence of all the previous Xs shows Zero overlayed with the current X. I believe that X is destined to become Zero, and perhaps can be capable of creating the downfall incident again. Maybe there's a way to stop it from happening. After all, he ended up not killing DB by the end, even though he could've, so your tidbit about self-control can be correct. But who knows.
>>281880484>Although I imagine Rock would at least know OG Nice wouldn't care that much about Moon's deathWhich is why Moon's assassination baffles me. Why go after her? Nice wouldn't care that she died, and would likely react the same as she did when she heard he himself died. Lin Ling being top 10 doesn't threaten E-soul, because even if Lin Ling rises above him, E-soul is still in the top 10. Not to mention, Rock now has Dragon Boy to secure a spot for the tournament and his Zero goal.Also, they're in the middle of nowhere. It'll be wiser to go after the stronger hero before the weaker one. And with no proper eyewitnesses, E-soul could easily kill them with no audience/bystander influence. The only reason why it would make sense to go after Moon in this case is by complete accident, which seems unlikely.Again, why did E-soul go after Moon?
>>281880099Killer wasn't the real E-Soul aka Yang Cheng - it was just some rando Shand put in an E-Soul suit (he has access to his son's garage, he can rebuild the tech) in order to make Lin Ling despise E-Soul going into the tournament. Think about it, someone had to tell Lin Ling that Moon was in trouble and needed to be rescued, otherwise he could just assume she was living it up on some beach resort somewhere halfway across the world. What if the person who told him was Shand who's managed to track her down? We know there's cameras in the apartment so he could see she went to a island.Shand also has the most to lose from Lin Ling going from Nice to the Commoner and not having a beef against E-Soul or any real motivation to make X going into the tournament (especially since Treeman has also lost Firm Man) and killing Moon also means she can't blab to anyone about his dirty dealings with the OG-Nice / Fear.Plus we know from ep 21 that Rock thinks it's too risky to directly mess with the current public darling which Lin Ling most certainly was at that time.
>>281881187Also also forgot to mention that we know Shand was gunning to silence Moon all along because he sent memory erasing boxer to "rescue" her when she was being held hostage. Probably pivoted to killing her instead of shutting her up non-lethally when he realised doing so could hit multiple birds with one stone.
>Nice freaks out and tries to save X when the latter steps off the building Cute. And also sad when you realize he later did the same thing to kill himself.
>retards STILL think Nice killed himself
>>281880846>yfw pic related was live X reaction deep inside when he was turning Dragon Boy into a paper ballThe scariest thing about Zero is that it wasn’t even his own choice; he was turned into Zero by the terrified public after what was apparently a genuine accident. X can have all the self control and compassion in the universe, and yet if Rock or someone else puts him into a similar scenario then the public reaction will mindbreak him into a Zero-like figure anyway.
There's a single frame of Zero in-between frames of X in the OP... Is that foreshadowing?
>>281881274>Crackpot theories that X and Nice are in cahoots because they're the only two in all white in the promo art suddenly looking much less crackpot...No but really why is a dead guy getting more spotlight dragon boy in dragon boy's own arc?And very suspicious that Nice's boyfriend is literally the only implied death in this entire show.
>>281877432Owari da!
>>281880846>I believe that X is destined to become ZeroThis would be so boring honestly if current X goes down this route
It is a bit strange the way Rock is obsessed with Zero when it seems that X is leagues above him even without so much trust value.
>>281881430He has a photo with him, maybe he was a father figure to him or something, because there's no way his actual father was a good person
>>281875198>>281875102so its the old nice and this all happens before the first episode?
>>281881403Now Nice and Ghostblade need to beat the boring Mary Sues and everything will be perfect.
>>281876032but why did he do the cave thing and now the fear injection? its clearly evil, did they blackmail him?
>>281881497Yes.
How are we so sure that Moon's death wasn't another hallucination of Lin Ling? >the portal closed right behind him so there's no way Moon would not have noticed if anyone stepped in after him>the shot came from the side but E-soul was standing behind her>Lin Ling has "seen" her die before
Smilebros...
>>281881627This show is gonna be a trip on rewatch.
>>281881682Yeah, since this latest ep, I've been planing to rewatch it just to see what background stuff I can pick up on.
>>281881430Zero touched Rock in inappropriate ways, and it imprinted on him
>>281878534Why are you lying
>>281881742I noticed that the fight with Lin Ling's old boss, the animation changed partway through, I wonder if X somehow got involved in the background, or was it just a stylistic choice?
uncle bad touch
Dragon Bussy
>>281881908Yeah, it fucking was X, the fight with Wreck you can hear the finger snap when the animation changes... Kino...
>>281882022Why does Shang want Moon dead so much?
>>281882046There’s also an old conspiracy theory that Nice isn’t dead and X just faked his death for some reason because things get weirdly glitchy when LL sees Nice on the roof. After this episode that conspiracy theory got far more plausible.
I think this Show should be renamed To Be Villain X man all these Pseudo Heroes are Villains and the Managers are like the pure Evil in Person.Only the Girls are Heroes
>>281882310I'm leaning towards that as well, maybe they are doing some sort of undercover work, like Nice found some things out and colluded with X, faked his death so his snooping would be less suspicious considering all eyes are on the new LL Nice.
>>281882354Nice bait, but so far the only true, real heroes doing it for selfless reasons have been men.>Smile>Old E-Soul>Sheng>XCyan has it as a side gig for her real passion which is her music career, Loli got into heroing to prove a point to her dad and make people take her seriously, and Queen, although more noble and dedicated than those two, basically wants to be a lawmaker rather than a hero.
>>281876664X has outranked LL by 4.6 million now. It’s over.
>>281877051
>>281876647Nice.
>>281880899Only rock could have found Moon when not even giga autist enlightener could.My guess is that he want c9mmoner to blow his load fighting e-soul so his dragon fuccboi can learn how to deal with him
>>281881682The PVs also look pretty different in hindsight.
>>281877041More like Rock’s father groomed both Zero and Rock. He “created” Zero, remember.
trailers like these makes me believe X is watching everything like a movie and interfering with the timeline to achieve somethinghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRDSezjEHdY
>>281883622So PapaRock groomed Zero, Zero groomed Rock, Rock groomed Dragon Boy and Yang Cheng, and Yang Cheng was in the process of grooming Pomelo before shit hit the fan.
PSA: this shit is chinese.
Good episode but I would have liked at least a little bit of depth for Dragon boy character
>>281883671oh no perhaps i should watch the japanese anime about trooning outor perhaps i should watch the japanese anime about the faggot whose body gets taken by an alien or something
>portal had already closed>no one seems to come out from it but ling ling>this means retard soul got there on foot
>>281883671Hey, at least it ain't American.
>>281883822Chinese.
>>281881403Lin Ling still has two more promos to go. I think X will share his episoode woth him somehow, kinda like Db did with Nice
Now I'm pretty sure that the ending of episode 24 will be exactly where Moon is killed, and we'll be left with the plot twist unresolved because that's where season 1 ends.Fucking trolls
>>281883671and?
>>281884389I could see the latter half of 24 pretty much being a montage of all the heroes getting ready for the tournament and then the final scene will be cutting to Lin Ling's reaction right after Moon being killed.
>>281884438That's just it. It's very chinese.
>>281884446>the final scene will be cutting to Lin Ling's reaction right after Moon being killedI will be extremely surprised if it doesn't end exactly like this, maybe even with a cliché slow motion scene of him jumping on E-Soul to murder him.
>>281884438All chinkshits suck
>>281879794Looks like the animation from Scissor Seven. Maybe it eas the same studio
>>281881546It feels like Nice has been put under a ton of pressure since he joined Treeman. You can tell in the dialogue that Nice legitimately sees Shang De as a father figure. It all seems like he's torn between his morals that inspired him to become a hero and that support network. We are one tragic backstory from seeing why he can't let go of evil papa,
>>281884481Chinese anime is the future, anon.
>>281884872You don't need to match the retardation of the anon dismissing this just because it's Chinese.
>>281884872donghua not anime
>>281884872Then it was a good thing that I posted the PSA. Glad you found something that is very, very Chinese.
>>281884872lol, lmao. They sound like shit
this guy's playing paper mario
Can anons finally stop asking where is the 3d? We've been saying since day 1 the 3D is X interference https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjxwD3Xwh7M
Dropped because of Cyan and Queen boring farce but from Loli eps onward the show improved so muchDamn I feel for GhostBlade bro so much, but he could just write a letter for his daughter
>>281883671Yeah I watched it in Jap dub
>>281885281People said the same for Japanese until we all warmed up to cute girls speaking in the language for decades. Give it time when China starts to do the same and people would be dying to learn Mandarin.
>>281885319Ghostblade was already autistic when he was normal the powers made him super autistic he doesn't think like a normal person
>>281885360Chinese is an inherently unpleasant sounding language and there is not much you can do to reform it. It's not a question of habituation.
>>281885386I stand by giving it time. More pop idols will spring up and more freedom of expression as Xi understands entertainment is pivot to influence. Before long, it will happen.
>>281885360Sorry, but mandarin is just a shitty sounding language, just like korean
>>281882429It would explain why Nice was the only person able to actually see how X defeated Dragon Boy. X is building a team and it wouldn't surprise me if he also nabbed Wreck while he was falling
>>281885533Why is korean music so popular then
>>281885483>and more freedom of expression as Xi understands entertainment is pivot to influenceroru. rumao even.
>>281882310I hope they are living together
>>281885573*crickets*
>>281885319You can actually skip Queen and Cyan's arc. Maybe even the Johnnies (you should just know Big J came in the spaceship and Lil's J dad had a bounty on him and Ghostblade offed him and dad left Big J for Lil J). You can skip most of Loli's arc too, just watch the last episode.
>>281886224You you zooms really just skip episodes like that? Insufferable.
>>281886224Go back to tiktok
>>281885573I actually appreciate your point. Korean is also a dog language. But the Korean music industry succeeded for a variety of reasons, namely the Korean government being very aware of the Japanese cultural victory of the 80s and 90s still being carried today by their media exports. Meanwhile, in China they're still listing to Taiwanese 80s and 90s music.Don't get me wrong, it's quite possible for us to see a Chinese Temu music industry popping up eventually, but so far that isn't in sight. And that would still be a very small step towards a cultural victory. Chinese cinema that isn't Taiwanese or from Hong Kong still sucks balls and most of it is slop for domestic consumption. Korean cinema also isn't incredible, and many still insincerely overate certain Korean directors despite their astonishing mediocrity, but at least they have international hits like Oldboy or interesting cult classics like The Wailing.China has a huge cultural problem that will not be solved anytime soon. They simply cannot export themselves meaningly in this regard and there is no expectation of them doing so in the near future.
>>281886465>China has a huge cultural problem that will not be solved anytime soon. They simply cannot export themselves meaningly in this regard and there is no expectation of them doing so in the near future.They'll simply influence the world but not the mainland while making it clear it's Chinese property through proxy companies outside of China. They could continue to do this while using Japanese voice actors but in the long run they'd have to switch tactics.
>>281885568I just rewatched the first four episodes and yeah, shit is suspicious. The scene with Lin Ling on the roof is absolutely plastered with X advertising, he’s proverbially watching from the background when Nice appears, and his ads keep skipping and resisting the swap until Ms. J and her goons confirm Nice’s death. We later hear his trademark finger snap and get the 3D to 2D switch when Nice fights Wreck, only for animation to go back to normal when Moon “dies”, LL plays the devastated widower and Wreck falls.If X is not directly manipulating things there, then he’s watching at the very least.
>>281886617>They could continue to do this while using Japanese voice actors but in the long run they'd have to switch tactics.The fact that Chinese gacha has to pretend to be Japanese to be marketable is utterly embarrassing and pathetic. It's just another symptom of how China is failing on every regard. They cannot wage a culture war and reap cultural victories because they're stuck for a huge number of reasons. They're like newborns.There was a time in from the 50s to early 80s when "Made in Japan" had an extremely negative connotation. But the Japanese completely inverted this perception by sponsoring and fomenting a nation-wide culture of excellence. China cannot replicate this on a national scale for complicated reasons and they will be seen as the cheap alternative for at least 20 more years.There is this meme of thinking that China is a proud and ancient country when in actuality it really isn't, it's a country that completely demolished itself during the cultural revolution and is now trying to become something. It's crazy to say this, but in many, many, many respects, China is a newer nation than the USA, and we know how painfully young the US is.
>>281886901>demolishedretarded american ape
>>281885568I guess there is that also fake blood that Moon used in the Wreck fight, so Nice can use the same trick. But how did Nice's body get disposed of? Wouldn't Treeman find it suspicious if the body was just gone while it secretly retrieved by X? Perhaps Miss J and the others at the company believe that there was some sort of miscommunication, and the body was disposed of by someone who's not willing to speak up at the company? And with how busy they are with Lin Ling, they don't have time to check the facts at hand. Not sure how I feel with this hypothesis.Anyways, I think Ahu is on the team as well if that's the case. This is because his trailer has both Nice and civilian X in them, and the fact that Ahu's seemingly the only one alive that knows X's identity.
is there a preview of the next episode
>>281886949I am not American. Not even on that continent. You can try again if you want. But you've made your geography known.
>>281887003See >>281879794
Holy shit what an episode, 10/10.
>>281886293Those eps are dogshitEspecially Cyan's eps add nothing to the plot
Goddamn Ghostblade should be rank 2He is handsome, cool and a loving father, his autism makes him cuter
>>281886901>The fact that Chinese gacha has to pretend to be Japanese to be marketable is utterly embarrassing and pathetic.That's because weebs are very dismissive of any culture attempting anime in any shape or form. They have to (temporarily) wear a Japanese mask to penetrate the market while pushing Chinese characteristics. You know I wouldn't be surprised we (America) let's in Chinese talent to make the same cartoons here on US soil for more freedom and better pay. We're already accepting 500,000 Chinese students to study. So like I said, they could easily just make whatever they want through proxy instead of directly on the mainland.
Lil Johnny's father is handsome af, why his son inherited nothing?
>>281886637>>281885568Speaking of Wreck, wasn’t he noted to have some sort of connection to X when Mickey (?) was doing his research into him? IIRC they fought at least once, which is unusual because X doesn’t really fight people, he just OHKO’s them.
>>281887203600,000* correction
>>281876647I instantly thought of the XNice shipper fujos when I watched those scenes
>>281887203>We're already accepting 500,000 Chinese students to study.Shit, I thought Trump TACO'd on that. He's still pushing for more Chinese student visas despite the persistent scandals of Chinese spying?Sorry for the /pol/ off-topic. I think you have correctly identified a trend. It happened recently with that Korean movie, KPop Demon Hunters. So what you're saying has a solid basis on reality.
>>281887383>Korean movie, KPop Demon Huntersthat's American movie
>>281887428Yeah, American. Both sides win. They spread their culture and America gets the $$$.
>>281886293Yeah, I skip filler episodes. The only ones who like fillers are zooms and later millenials who grew up watching non-canon Naruto episodes
>>281886637Episode 4 confirmed that X, at the very least, did have a personal hand in what was going on with Lin Ling since the ad that Lin Ling had made, and nobody else but Treeman had access to which Miss J said she had even deleted, was suddenly uploaded at a moment and aired to give Lin Ling a morale boost.
>>281887428It's a co-production. A very big portion of the staff is Korean.
>>281887471You don't know what filler is in the first place so it's not like you can call anyone else a zoomer.
>>281887614And you are too dumb to realise I'm calling it metaphorically and not literally filler. There is nothing of value to the story besides what I told on the posts which amount to less than two minutes of screen time. Sure, its supposed to explore the characters, but Queen stayed the same by the end and Cyan is a nothingburger to any plot. Maybe Queen vs X might be cool too, all 1 second of it.
>>281880899Also at this point, Dragon Boy is an even higher rank than E-Soul is currently.
>>281882540As far as we know the only real hero in the top 10 is the new E-soul>Saves a little kid from kidnapping>Saves some rando from a car accident
dragon boy is needlessly hot with his hair down.
>>281880899One speculation that was thrown around that Lin Ling freeing Moon from being tied to Nice means that she may be able to teleported anywhere which could easily turn her into a corporate spy.It may also be that Rock just wanted to crash Lin Ling from the get go because Lin Ling pretty much announced to the world that his desire to protect Moon was what fueled him. It could also end up being a massive false flag arranged by Shang to drive Lin Ling into being completely revenge driven.
>>281888166Couldn't agree more
9 EPISODES OF NICE
Jonnies episodes are only worth watching for GhostBlade
>>281888102Wish we gotten some montages of the heros doing heroic deeds for the public. Though, perhaps that was on purpose to devalue the superheros and the whole trust system.
>>281888436>XNice will be canon on 14 SepGotta grab a popcorn for the season final
Loli and Nuo are so fucking gayThey should ban this series in China
>>281888465>DB's whole hero shtick is to protect childrenMan...
>>281888465You can only fit so much into this season, but there's always side material.
>>281887986there's nothing of value in your life so why do you breath?
>>281887986Cyan was useful to see how Fear can manifest in people. I think this series would be especially strong with a rewatch to pick up on what you didn't notice before.
>>281886901>by sponsoring and fomenting a nation-wide culture of excellenceeh, the word would be productivenessthey gave the biggest corpos all the special treatment they wanted in exchange for making solid electronics and now the corpos are squeezing their people to the point of suicide and infertility>inb4 but muh korea is worsebecause korea did the same thing but without any democracy to push back because theyre an american occupied territory since the civil war
>>281883858Will we ever get an answer to this? As in, why the fuck?
>>281889783Yeah, but we aren't getting the answer this season.
>>281889846:skull:
>cuck boy go BTFO in two fuck seconds by X (formerly twitter)
>>281889080Yeah, but a few seconds of montage of the heros saving some civilians would've been nice. Hell, animate it in the trailers or something. Otherwise, it's strange that the one who has questionable morales, E-soul, is the only person to get anything.Anyways, I'll chalk it up as a deliberate choice to devalue the heros with a sense of irony only showing E-soul's.
>>281875767Ahu was the dog that was stabbed with fear this episode. The end.
evil dude seems to have figured out somethingis X cooked?
>>281888436x killed nice at the beginning?
>>281892378If the CEOs are the main villains of the show, the public are clearly the secondary villains.
>>281876061loli's model is also 3d in a prior ad in an episode
>>281874919So is this a manga or what? Can I start with this?
>>281892648It’s an original anime, so no manga.
>>281892775Unfortunately too expensive to utilize often, especially in TV animation.
>>281892648original anime.technically 3rd season of the To Be Hero anime, but they're not connected at all.
>>281891955Speaking of models, didn't we see Lucky Cyan in 3D as well? Little Pomelo's sister was at the concert.
>>281893050That's *if* Nice died, the weird glitching noted by this anon >>281882310 might hint that his death was faked. Hell, when Wreck also "died" in ep 2, the animation changed and his body disappeared.
>>281889564I would agree with you if that Fear didn't come out of nowhere, completely tone-different from other appearances and never mentioned again. With just a few adjustments it would be fucking great, but actually felt like Kaguya's prequel arc.
So Smile's really gone, huh?
>>281892515Hot take anon, its like you didn't watch 2/3 of the series, specially the entirety of the two firts acts
>>281893320They kinda expanded on it with the Ruins Incident. Zero's death had fear seep out into the world and needed time to build before it became enough to affect people in a bad way. The Fear that's being experimented on came from Cyan's arc with Sheng fronting the bulk of the research.
>>281888166>>281888353Rock....
>>281893343Unfortunately. Bigger question is if his wife/kid are really dead or if Dragon Boy just so happened to steal the necklace.
>>281888730China loves yuri
So did he got woken up by something or was it just a coincidence
>>281893431It's Rock we're talking about here. The whole family is gone. Neighbors and friends too.
>>281889662I don't disagree at all with what you're saying. Japan was or is hardly perfect. My only disagreement would be your reframing it in terms of productiveness, because even if that was a better description of reality (hugely debatable in many ways), the perception is that Japan strives for excellence. But I still very much agree with your take, and you're 100% correct in your assessment of Korea failing to replicate the model.I know you're not necessarily arguing this, but China's approach to industry is hardly any better than Japan's or Korea's. Especially not when it comes to prestige.
>>281888730CCP should just stop being fucking dinguses and acknowledge the superority of yuri and yaoi.
>>281893438They don't
>>281893579>>281893655seek help
>>281893609They do, shitposter-kun
>>281892515Just like Persona 5
>>281893736mad?
>>281893320The whole reason why Glitter Lab went to the desert in the middle of nowhere was to utlize alien technology to suppress the Fear that was discovered in Cyan's arc. Not to mention, Treeman is manipulating Fear to uplift Nice, while MG is using Fear to manipulate their heros. It's likely that Wreck and Phobiaclone have a variation of Fear that they can control, while Enlightner has a variation of Fear that manipulated him to follow MG's commands. Again, all of this originated from Cyan's arc.Meanwhile, Queen's arc seems like a precursor towards a powerful being that aims to eliminate the trust system altogether. She admitted that she wants it gone herself. Though admittedly, her arc could've been written better regarding Bowa.
>>281893379I get you, but if you just delete that part from your own post>The Fear that's being experimented on came from Cyan's arc Everything would work fine. Even better actually. It took time to build up and eventually they had enought to do research. Thats great. Its better than this event somehow not leaking to the public and being blown "out of proportion" and Luo straight up reversing back from Fear mode. Its too contrived for very little gain. They should've made Luo have escaped with her, a better reason for the Fear to appear there and then and making its effects a little more streamlined. Then I would agree, a watchable and needed arc. Otherwise, no fucks given
>>281893736It's better to ask your mom to do that so the world has one less retard
>>281893872I'm pretty sure it was DOS that caused the situation with Enlighter and LL's boss. Liu Zhen and the Spotlight Organization were the ones creating the fear amplifiers
>>281893963mad)
>>281894078>no argument
I will laugh at you for fucking up your post
>>281893880>Luo straight up reversing back from Fear modeThat's because Cyan is the only known superhero to suppress Fear without alien technology. However, she's only one person, so developing the technology to be used everywhere is vital. Her arc is important to show that she can overpower Fear to some extent, and allows us to understand how she took down Phobiaclone in the Ruins Incident when others who are more powerful than her, like Ghostblade, couldn't.
>>281888730>>281893438Are we just forgetting that the series was made by a fudanshi?
nice thread
Jesus Christ can you retards stop shitting up the thread?
>>281894099Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought Enlighter was part of MG, and MG is the one who kept tabs on him and manipulated him to do their dirty deeds against LL. Not to mention, what significance does DOS have with LL's boss? Would make more sense if it was MG, since they have a rivalry with Treeman. As for the fear amplifiers, they might've been used by multiple organizations by 41 AC, just to manipulate the trust system in their favor.
>>281894352Then focus on the boys not the girls
Rape Nice.
Nice x Ahu best ship
>>281895150That's a 3some, anon
>>281895566There's a thought: "Oh wait, I have spent years and countless dollars on revenge and I have no vehicle to enact my revenge! What do I do?"The real question becomes how did he know where Moon was.
>>281895650If he can order E-Soul around he should have just told him to shoot Rock instead.
is smile ok?
>>281896031Lin Ling is also likely generally unaware of how cut throat the business really is since he pretty much just got into it and has no idea what kind of shady stuff is going on behind the scenes.
>>281895984The CEOs have got to have association branded forcefields. Only thing that makes sense
>>281894302There’s also Dragon Boy, but he doesn’t suppress fear so much as he just tanks it like any other damage and pain.
>anon last week doubted that the Smile incident had anything to do with Nice deciding to kill himself>this episode drops
>>281895566If Shand can ask such a big favor from Yang Cheng like murdering a hero in front of another hero no questions asked and Rock allowing that, I don't see why the fuck he would waste on Moon. Especially when he wants Yang Cheng and the entire MG gone. I don't think it was Yang Cheng at all that did it. Because he would just tell Ling Ling that it was his CEO that ordered him to do it and it could backfire for Shand. It was definitely a fake E-Soul in this scenario.
Who the hell continues replying to the anti Chinese bait poster?>>281888436Nice is truly the winner here
>>281896654
>>281896681
>>281895190Nothing wrong with that.
I wonder if nice can even get drunk. For someone who sold purpose is to be perfect at all times drinking and by getting drunk you lose inhibitions and you lose your perfection so I'm kind of curious if he would ever try. Or if due to the belief of the people he functionally cannot be drunk and lose inhibition. Anyways I want X and nice to drink together and then fuck
>>281895984>>281896504Rather than ordering E-Soul directly, I think it's more likely he "accidentally" leaked Moon's location or something like that.
>buying nice magazines>Rescues nice
Dragon Bitch is trash. Worse than E-SOUL
>>281896804There's limits to how much trust shapes heroes. Remember that Nice and Moon's relationship was pretty much superficial by the start of the show. If trust could shape Nice as much as you posted there then the feelings they would have had for each other wouldn't have flickered out to that level.
Is OG Nice really dead or just retired secretly? Was this ever confirmed?
>>281888436Should have called this To Be Hero Nice instead. Dude is basically the real MC
>>281876442>rich old man takes a vulnerable half-naked teenager into his secret basement to teach him about god and touch him inappropriately while telling him that he must learn to endure pain and not complain RELEASE THE MG FILES
>>281896939NOTHING HAPPENED, OKAY?! IT'S FAKE NEWS! HOAX!!
>>281896901We saw his body, but that doesn't really mean all that much when Shang probably could have just thrown his corpse into a tank. It's hard to say what is going to happen with Nice but we are probably going to see his suicide from his POV next week or in 24.
What organization was Smile from again? Or was this never mentioned?
>>281896883That's true. I'm just wondering how much of that belief shapes them because ghost blade can't talk, and smile doesn't seem to be able show any other emotions. Even with the perspective of the fake relationship believing nice at all times is perfect could it essentially stop alcohol from taking effect.
>>281897071>ghost blade can't talkI'm not entirely sure that this is a result of trust and not his crippling autism.Remember, he was an antisocial dude that never spoke to anyone even back when he was "hot butcher guy".
>>281896927It's much easier building narrative around one event or character otherwise you end up with episodes that might seem pointless.
>>281896504> I don't see why the fuck he would waste on Moon. Literally how else is he gonna get his weapon back? Shand is a single minded psycho with a precise revenge fantasy in mind. What he wants is a hero under his name killing Esoul and Dragon Boy for revenge. Killing Moon achieves that.
>>281897131It was both, just like that guy who was forced to always be upright
>>281876442He's always naked tho
i'm kinda annoyed at how ghostblade gets away wth everything he did compared to e-soul nice and dragon boy, sheng was his 175th kill and that's long before rock had his hands on him, he didn't really suffer while young except being autistic, i don't understand how people find him so sympathetic
> rock spergs out over x
>>281897226Firm man? His was purely trust fucking him over. He couldn't bend his knees because "a hero must always stand firm". Ghostblade was always disinterested in talking to people until he met his wife, trust might have amplified that.
>>281897316There is still a whole second season. Johnny is going to find out at some point that it was Ghostblade who killed his dad.
>>281897316he has a cute daughter and is having an obvious redemption arc
>>281897068never mentioned, might've been independent.
>>281897356i'm talking about the fans, e soul killing 2 and everybody hates him, ghostblade kill hundreds with 0 remorse and everybody loves him>>281897381he's still worse than everyone else
>>281897447>i'm talking about the fansTo be fair, Ghostblade is marketed as some kind of ninja hero to us, him killing people is to be expected. E-Soul on the other hand is a legacy hero who got to where he is through killing the old one, who seemed to just be an old school good guy. That's more than enough to be displeased with the guy.
>>281897316He was super autistic and clearly unsocialized. I think even the courts would be lenient towards a guy who is so disabled that he couldn’t identify his own emotions, let anyone else’s. We also saw what he’s like when he’s outside of his comfort zone, and he’s a disaster. He’s fundamentally naive, easy to fluster, and basically had no moral compass taught to him.
>>281897568The general public also likely doesn't know that Ghostblade is essentially a hitman who goes around killing heroes.They know that he kills people, but the public probably assumes it is just criminals he kills.
>>281876492This is still my official theory as to what happens.
>>281897660From anon's post of "the fans" I assume he's talking about us.I don't think the general public of the show is aware that E-Soul killed the old one or Moon.
>>281897323I did chuckle when Rock went all “I got you now” and X just turned and stared at him through the camera. Uncle Rock’s manipulation powers are no joke, but he’s also this close from spending the rest of his existence as a drawn dick on some dirty toilet stall wall.
>>281897416>might've been independent.Maybe that's why they clicked to one another, or perhaps they reached the same conclusion together long before they became superheros. Otherwise, I have no idea how did X and Smile know one another and/or why they're so close.
>>281897910in one of the PVs Smile mentions losing against X in a fight.considering Smile is basically the setting's Superman, maybe they actually talked after the fight and hit it off, unlike with Queen where X just mogged her and left.
>>281898006Wonder why X had such a different first impression between Smile and Queen right off the bat that he allowed a slower defeat of Smile in the tournament then.
>>281898476Queen is basically a sheltered princess, while Smile had been a hero for decades by the time he met X. X just seems to have a better rapport with old characters like Smile and Ahu.
>>281897316How in the world is Ghostblade worse than New E-Soul who kills to further his tournament ambitions, Nice who slaughters innocents to climb up the rankings, and Dragon Boy who killed Smile and his family because his new daddy told him to?
>>281898476>>281898638X probably also finds Queen's super serious ambition driven nature to be a drag.
>>281898744He wanted her to learn to take it easy, so he made sure to tip Cyan so she could eventually get picked up by Mickey and meet Queen.
Were those shots of Rock grooming Dragon Boy and touching his skin really necessary?
>>281899389Shouldve been Ahu.
>>281899410Nahh I'm glad it was Dragon Boy but yeah it's no wonder half the homothread is just TBHX discussion these days.
>>281899410In which position?
>>281899458Top of course.
>>281896841But why would Yang Cheng or Rock kill Moon? For what reason?>>281897209But I'm not saying Shang killing Moon makes no sense. I'm saying Shang asking the guy he wants dead to kill Moon, and he complying because yes, makes no sense.
>>281898476Homolust
>>281899663Yang Cheng: To sabotage Lin Ling (new rising rookie)Rock: Fuck with Treeman or X (Moon is related to X or Smile somehow)
>>281899799Lin Ling's very existence likely makes Yang Cheng seethe to a degree since they are obviously parallels. The difference is that Lin Ling managed to escape being Nice and became his own hero while Yang lost his own identity to become E-Soul.
>>281899454It's more that there's absolutely nothing to discuss so any somewhat proper discussion ends up looking like it took over the threads.
This anime is pretty good but ill be honest, if i had to listen to it in chinese i would have dropped it faster than my ex wife panties whenever an older, married with kids dude sweet talked her.
>>281899799If Moon is related to Smile, then maybe. Though I will still question why the fuck he'd pick such an awful timing for do that. But Yang Cheng killing Moon to fuck with Ling Ling makes no sense. First, Rock wouldn't like that because he didn't feel like messing with Cyan or Queen because they were getting too much attention, that's why he picked Smile for Dragon Boy to kill. Going for the guy that's grabbing all the attention doesn't feel like a good idea. It would just boost his popularity. And if Yang Cheng would go for it despite Rock's plans, I don't see why he would kill Moon instead of Ling Ling himself. In the Ruins he just fought Ghostblade and The Johnnies directly, didn't try any dirt tactic despite Nuonuo being in the ship. This is Rock's MO. And Rock is smarter than this. His goal is to ressurect Zero and his target was getting a hero to top 10 (which he achieved) and go after X. Ling Ling poses no threat so far, he's no different than the other heroes in top 10. Hell, Luoli, the Johnnies and Ghostblade are a bigger threat than Lingling since they all actually have dirt on E-Soul and MG. Nice too before he killed himself, yet they never attempted anything directly.
Watch Ahu be the most pivotal character in the show.
>>281899389It was essential to the plot.>>281899877and then the complainers arrive because all they want to do is shitpost and complain or meta post. They did the same for Gundam, orb, bravern, and any other show that can be homoshipped. I think those people/person doesn't even like homo honestly. Original homo doesn't interest people either but eh. At least it's fun to chat with you guys who actually like talking about shows
>>281899877nta, but I discussed tbhx there partially because I'm passionate about tbhx, and partially because I was tired of the endless bitchfest going on about the most banal of topics. I hate the shitting on nufujos, or nushounen, or other new works. Next time, I'll just discuss the shows I like in spite of the complainers.
>>281899389yeahto really home in what MG stands forminor groomers
>>281900898Is Ghostblade the only top 10 hero who worked for MG and hasn't been groomed as a minor?
lcky cyan moar liek smelly cyan lmao
>berserk does it>HOLY KINO GOMENASAI!!!!>to be hero x does it>oh no chinkshit!
Dragon Boy's full song is now available. https://x.com/tbhx_officialCN/status/1962002408776864216
>>281896901It would be kinda funny if Nice actually pulled a Metro Man.
>>281899698dear god anon what's wrong with your subtitles
>>281898006>maybe they actually talked after the fight and hit it offWhy doesn't Queen ever try talking to X? He's a super strong guy she should respect him for that at least so just say hi
FACTSSmile's daughter is Ahu's girl friendANDShe's also ghostblade's wifeThe different animation style makes her look like a girl because that's how the dog sees her
So will season 2 be about X being powerless and the other 9 heroes working together to bring him back?
Do we have an official power ranking of the top 10?
>>281903575You just....
>>281903658S2 is the tournament
>>281903700Like the ranking via their trust value? Then it's pic related. It goes from top left to bottom right for highest to lowest ranking.If you mean which one would hypothetically win with their powers, then you should know that the BiliBili polls can affect the outcome, which will show up next season https://www.bilibili.com/tbhx?lang=en. However, the in-universe explanation is that their actual powers can be debated upon and are completely situational, but the trust system can still help a lot.
>>281902192Screw that, I need the rap when Nice was breaking down. Hip hop ballet was insane
>>281904085The fuck do they even believe in Cyan for?
>>281902192You knowAfter the new ep, every new fanart of DB looks kinda lewd
>>281905153Idol worship and good luck.
>Do you think Nice might be still alive? Idk but it's weird af for a guy that can fly to die by falling lmaoThe human brain responds to a shock by triggering a survival instinct. So, if Nice were frightened by the slightest feeling of falling from a great height, he would instinctively float up.
>>281905178I'm surprised that it took you that long to realize this cocky half-naked man is lewd by simply existing.
>>281905313>Idk but it's weird af for a guy that can fly to die by falling lmaoTrue. We've seen Mr. Stand/Firm Man specifically unable to turn off his powers despite desperately wanting to. How did Nice achieve such a feat? Hell, he also seems to be able to tank strong hits from his foes, so even if he couldn't fly, him hitting the ground is unlikely to damage him.I don't buy that Nice actually died. Though, I do wonder how he got away from corpse investigation and LL vs Nice trust value numbers likely being shown by the commission members (like the time they tracked it for the 2 E-souls even way before their battle).
>>281903325It's not like she could if she wanted to, X actively wants to keep a secret identity, and even his hero persona is secretive. The fact Smile manged to become his friend seems to be a completely unique event.I kinda hope that changes on Season 2, all these intro and ED sequences with X hanging around with the Top Ten heroes while in reality he is a lone wolf who doesn't want to get too close with anyone is jarring.
>>281905895I think what happened with Smile is going to slightly change his thinking. The PVs show X seemingly making some kind of press conference which is probably going to be Episode 24. X also seemed to be very involved in Lin Ling's arc, even if it was all off-screen, which we know was pretty much at the very end of season 1 chronologically.
>>281905481Jfc wear a shirtDB definitely climbs up in ranks thanks to dirty old men and women that want to peg young boys
If X got bored of being first, why did he participate in the tournament in the first place?
>>281903325>Why doesn't Queen ever try talking to X?Remember that Mickey has been investing a lot of resources to find out who the fuck X is. They simply don't know, so there's no way to talk.
>>281906301we dont knowperhaps it will be explained in his episode which is the last one
>>281906301Did you not watch the thing? He was already quitting but the last tournament got cancelled because of the Ruins incident, which led to him becoming X for a 3rd time
Why is dragon boy so short? I think he's around loli's height.
>>281906398I know but if he had to waited till the 3rd tournament to find it boring that means something happened at the 2nd round, maybe too much media attraction But it was a given for being X anyway, if he didn't want any of that, why bother participating in the tournament
>>281906405He is depicted as pretty malnourished by the official character artist like picrel. So I'd wager his repeated exposure to trauma, plus the lack of nourishment making him very skinny, caused him to be pretty short.
>>281905941I think the perspective for him changed which is why he said he thinks he's the only one that can save when you look at the words of the Op.He probably turned slightly antagonistic to the commission after that
>>281906524>The concept artist draws a skinny cool bad boi>Anime turned him into the lewdest existence on screen
>>281906301Salary man X is probably bored of it, but Hero X probably does it for the game (and aura farming).
>>281906591I think that both are lewd, but in different ways. Plus, the character artist choosing to portray DB with a nipple piercing makes him instantly lewd.
>>281906600>Get sponsorship >Don't have to work for 5 months >???>Profiting from no overtime
>>281905833>I do wonder how he got away from corpse investigationMy only theory is that X helped arrange everything. Even including getting Lin Ling to replace Nice and eventually his own hero.I don't believe Wreck is dead either, just because there is no corpse shown. So potentially Nice and Wreck are back to being gaybros in the middle of nowhere now.
>>281906591>>The concept artist draws a skinny cool bad boiKek the animators said we want a twink but not that twinky, get that boy a sandwich
>>281907336>My only theory is that X helped arrange everything. I agree, but I guess the question should be more about how X was able to pull it off, especially regarding the whole trust value numbers not popping up as suspicious for the Commission. That seems like something out of his league to control, but you never know.>I don't believe Wreck is dead either,Me too. The artstyle changed during that fight, which means X was closely monitoring the fight. Though Wreck being this distraught when Nice doesn't answer him for months seems authentic. Fans of the show talk a lot about Nice's poor mental health, but rarely Wreck's. It makes me wonder if Wreck was genuinely suicidal at that moment.
>>281905833He's dead as fuck, there was a body.
>>281900898>>281900562That's just what I do too, backseat mods need to fuck off. Literally every season there's a popular show those retards pop up.
>>281907640But there was also some weird glitching right when he fell that disappeared when he "died", there has never been a way to disable someone's powers willingly before, and in the first ep, LL continually asked Ms J about the suicide, only to be met with a shrug and a push to move on from the topic. It's almost like they refuse to investigate it. It's all very strange.
>>281906524>>281906708Kek it looks like the character artist is taking great care to enhance his modern Jesus characteristics with the emaciation (or maybe the reference is one nut a day buddha and monks starving during days long meditations?). The nipples piercing are kind of reminiscent of nails and he looks like he's one accessory away from wearing a crown of thorns (maybe that's the inspo for the mohawk?) but the animators are like "masochistic twink with MEAT ON THE BONE, and FEET, also MORE BONDAGE"
>X wakes up in the middle of the night to save Nice.Does X have some sort of premonition power or Smile alert?
>>281905895His lone wolf nature is even mentioned in his character song.>I got no enemies, I got no friends>You know I don't need no pedigree >to prove what I am>All hail to the X>To the one who never bleedsHe’s a solitary person by nature, but his loneliness is also a clever strategy to cover any potential weaknesses and avoid giving his enemies any leads. It’s going to be interesting to see how this changes now that Rock has sussed out his only existing friendship.
>>281907816Nice is his wife
>>281901009GB is mentally disabled and got recruited when he was in his late teens, so technically he’s still a grooming victim.
>>281899663>I'm saying Shand asking the guy he wants dead to kill Moon, and he complying because yes, makes no senseDoesn't it? He literally did it before, that's part of the reason why Yang Cheng killed E-soul. Rewatch the arc. Shand can pull the guilt card on Yang Cheng at any moment and he'll comply.
>>281907816Dude they were fighting right beneath his flat while he was vomiting. He just happened to finish vomiting in time to intervene.
>>281907875It’s funny to think that X was doing all those feats in ep22 while hungover, sleepy and probably with a killer headache.
>>281905481Honestly I was the same as anon, I saw it but it didn't register. Some characters look more like gravures than characters until they actually appear in a show and do something to create enough of an emotional connection for me to see them as hot.
>>281905481It's one more sign of how gay this show is. There are no sex symbols amongst the female cast, even Moon only gets one shot of her fat ass.If not for China, shit would get even gayer.Like compare Queen to a design like this, the latter is obviously more sexy, and has more of a "Yes, you could potentially fuck this" kind of design.Meanwhile Lucky Cyan's boyfriend has completely vanished from the story, and she wears more clothing that your average K-pop startlet.
>>281907775Never saw the connection until you pointed it out. This could be plausible, but I don't know enough about Christianity to further decipher his design. At least some of the art this artist portrays is shown in official merch, Blu-ray/DVD covers, stills from the trailers, etc. so it's not like DB's anorexic design is obsolete.
>>281907816Dude his apartment is in the building right across the street, of course he would wake up with all that commotion
For me, it's sex with loli, nuonuo, and cyan
It feels good to marathon this show from Queen episodes onward, it just keeps getting better I was a bit turned off that Nice is just a sad dancing puppet that would murder innocent people on command, I can forgive autistic daddy Ghostblade but I don't feel like doing the same with Nice. Though it was unexpected that Nice wasn't a weak femboy, he is quite good at melee fights, better than both DB and Loli.Smile death was done well, ngl I was moved.As much as I want X and Nice to cooperate, it seems not possible. X does look like he would reach out to help people in need if he has time to spare but he definitely prefers to work alone. Beside, if he hears the truth from Nice, the less reason to expose his identity to someone that has potential stabbing him in the back any time
>>281908421Wasn't Nice always strong? Loli punched him with an anti-trust suit supposed to weaken and it ended up doing nothing in the long run. That he didn't use that sparkle shit is proof that she had no chance. Loli with a much worse suit could at least fight Ghostblade for a short while. Nice was never weak. X, Queen, Dragon Boy, and Johnnies dunk on him for sure. His real competition is E-Soul. The rest are beneath him.
>>281908498Her armor isn't an anti-trust suit. What her dad meant about her being immune to fear and trust is that her armor is the power. It wouldn't matter if people trusted her or were afraid of her, the armor would still function, unlike how E-soul 2 didn't have any powers until the kid believed in him.
>>281908530Her armor is anti-trust because she said that she would weaken Nice's trust in the fight using it. You're mixing up scenes.
>>281908498>Wasn't Nice always strong?Who knows? With the first 3 eps, you know his main activities are being a model and joining entertainment shows, and LL was lucky to defeat the joke villain as Nice so I couldn't take it serious back then either. And when he helps that hangman or whatever his name is, yes it's thanks to the trust number, but melee fight needs skills/talents and experience/hard work, you see him doing ballet dance in the PV and dressing like a slut with that see-through shirt in concept art, who would expect this guy is excelled at fighting
>>281907998TBHX doesn’t have designs like your pic related not because it’s gay, but because that pic is absolute garbage artistically.>generic cute girl animu face, indistinguishable from all the other girls the artist draws>short broken neck>tits don’t work that way, these things look like tumors>the armor seems to have all the protective qualities of a lace nightshirt, dumb as fuckThis is a low-effort design by a hentai artist, clearly meant for a work where the plot doesn’t matter and worldbuilding matters even less.
>>281908621I would actually assume his power comes from fear as stated to: his power comes from how afraid he is of being a disappointment/failure
>>281908720>the armor seems to have all the protective qualities of a lace nightshirt, dumb as fuckIn fairness, Queen's hero costume is pretty much the same thing. A dress for the torso even though she has gauntlets, greaves, and a crown that turns into a face mask.
New collab art
>>281908866...does the mask EVER come off?
>>281908866Cute autistic daddy, he probably hates the smell of paintsNice is cute, X and Queen look out of place
>>281908866>Linling non existent Kek
>>281908866>Only in Collab art, you see DB wearing shirtTop kekForgot to talk about Ahu, Ahu is the CUTEST
>>281908748No the fear in canon is a substance that infects living beings, it's not countable numbers like trust. I think what they mean by building Nice persona from fear is injecting people with fear then have Nice saves the day to get people believe in him. That also explains how Nice is so good at actual combats
>>281908894X has swapped his white suit for a simple black turtleneck. He's practically underdressed by his standards.
>>281908866>Ahu: "I'm a dog, what do you even want me to do?"
I like how one of the official emoticons for Ghostblade has the "now loading..." symbol. Poor perma confused autist.
Damn
>>281908866will anyone even buy the female merch? what's the point
>>281908866>>281909147Queen needs to stomp my balls
>>281909233Cyan and Queen are very popular if we believe the official poll.
>>281909233They probably sell better than E-soul, lil Johnny and DB
>>281909233I'd buy Queen and Cyan. Loli will be dependent on how the merch gets listed in my bank statement.
Best ship
>>281909576> Bunny niceSpread more propaganda anon. This is delicious
https://x.com/meqqquenti/status/1962363203964514337?t=3FCz22YdrGhL1AprRM6ZSA&s=19Great week, great thread, great episode. Thank you director for my ship having a basis in canon.
>>281909360poll isn't 100% accurate because there are 8 options for boys and only 3 for girls + the top 2 have more votes than the rest combined kekif you take x and linling out of the picture, i don't think their votes would go to queen or cyan
>>281908763Not really there's a clear Athena and Palutena inspiration to it. She's clearly meant as a warrior goddess not an inflatable doll.
>>281909734That's really not relevant to the whole "armor has all the protective qualities of a nightshirt" thing, because even the inspirations were dumb as fuck with the whole "armored extremities unarmored torso" schtick.
>>281909793You think Athena is wearing a helmet for practical reasons because she needs it? She's a god, she could walk around naked and kick anyone's ass. The random piece of armor is just there to remind people her godly attribute is war. Queen is no different. Heroes in TBHX don't really wear practical clothing anyways, with Luoli being the only exception. Since everything is a matter of Trust they could all fight naked and it wouldn't matter. The clothes they're wearing are just marketing and personal taste.
>>281909233>>281909703>Fujos being delusional as always
>>281909909Have you seen the Chinese events anon? I don't think you have. The fans are mostly women
>>281909865Only Loli and E soul armors are practical
>>281909865>You think Athena is wearing a helmet for practical reasons because she needs it?Yes.Greek gods can be hurt by mortal weapons. Ares himself is famously known to have retreated from the field after getting wounded in the Trojan war. Granted that Athena gave Diomedes both strength beyond normal men and the ability to see the gods on the battlefield, but it was still a regular human made spear that struck Ares.
>>281909909sure sure retard lmao
>>281909995The power of better or more entertaining writing.
>>281909995I for one welcome miyano mamoru as my Lord and Savior of hot guys
>>281910174Wouldn't necessarily say that considering that Solo Levelling is in that list.
> hanae voiced lin ling and niceYou expect me to not associate him with homo characters?All I'm seeing on that popular list are the same seiyuus in this show kek
>>281910221Hence the entertaining part. Watching the MC just curbstomp his enemies will always have its appeal, especially in anime, which is drowning in forgettable "literally me" self-insert losers with no character qualities.
>>281910365It's not entertaining if you're dying of second hand embarrassment. I don't know how anyone could watch Solo Levelling, it's fucking embarrassing.
>>281910365My colleague told me to read the webtoon and I could never go past the 1st chapter. I have dropped fanfics for having a less retarded plot. Pretty sure only men who get off on self inserting can enjoy this garbage.
>>281908878Only during tragic redemptions at the moment of death after a cathartic final battle.
>>281907867If Shand could just do that he would ask Yang Cheng to kill Rock instead of wasting his time grooming boyfailure Nice and then asking Yang Cheng to kill Moon so Ling Ling wants to kill him. There's also no way Rock groomed Yang Cheng so he could fuck up everything just because Shang asked him some bullshit.
>>281909995??? What is this supposed to prove? This is actually super retarded.
>>281910808You think Yang Cheng would accept to kill his foster dad for Shand's sake? Guilt can go a long way with him but not that far, Shand is not stupid. He knows there's no point in asking.
>>281902192>When lord has never given me mercy>Why should I care about diving into hell>I can't see no hope when I need a savior. Sink me in the darkness, that's where I belong>I can't stand no more, if I act like a player. Can I be heartless? I don't need no help>Lonely road under my feet>Anyone hearing me, all of that anguish in my soul>Strength makes me immune, why do I feel so tired? Shut up, 'cause I'm not ill>I can't see no hope when I need a savior. Sink me in the darkness, that's where I belongSo deep down he's lonely but has given all hope for something?
