More like Queen of Jobbers

Xchads we feasting good this week.

plotbros we are so fucking back

I didn't get why Meezy was shocked near the end? Just because the top floor was empty?

This episode was great all around which makes me wonder what the hell happened with Cyan.
>>279675973
I think it was because it looks like it has abandoned for years.

>>279675973
I mean if I'm expecting to meet someone and I only find a room overrun with nature I'd be shocked too

>>279675973
The reason X doesn't exist is because he's out of time. At best he's from the future and somehow the top floor has warped around that fact

>>279675973
>Just because the top floor was empty?
Because it doesn't look anyone is living there and he expected X to live there. X probably stays in his one room bed apartment

>Imagine giving woman rights or promoting them in general KEK

>>279676191
I think >>279676133 might be onto something, you'd expect the former X to live there just a day or two ago but it looked like it has been abandoned for years when Meezy saw it

>>279676005
>This episode was great all around which makes me wonder what the hell happened with Cyan.
After finishing it, it really hit me how the past three weeks felt like I was watching a whole different show.

>>279676399
No kidding. Cyan kind of took me out of the show for a bit while this episode just pulled me back in.

>>279676399
Cyan's arc is way too self-contained to herself, with little to no room for any speculation of the settings. This episode delivered a lot, probably a lot more than it should but it definitely has tons of speculation fuel to comb through

Ep was great, wish we had seen X a bit more though.

Dragon Boy mention. I literally came

>>279676472
It was a good way to start linking everything together, even some of the stuff from E-Soul's ending

man this anime fell off hard.

its another ishura where instead of anything happening its just a wank of random characters nobody gives a fuck about. building up to a le epic moment that never happens. fuck this korean slop

>>279675973
What could this mean?

Man, this really should've been 4 eps per hero

>>279675973

Everything really feels like it's set up to make Ling Ling the new X whether it was intentional or not

Would have been cool to see the X fight from another pov

>>279675973
The top floor should have been occupied by the previous X before this, it shouldn't be overgrown.

>>279677508
There is definitely a clear direction about how the staff want this to go and it even kind of reflects in the ranking poll. I feel like no matter how this show plays out that the final showdown will be between Lin Ling and X.

>>279677631
Same person?

>>279677631
>>279677508
It's a really interesting structure
>Start at the ending with how Lin Ling becomes a hero
>Follow up immediately with the guy who will end up killing Lin Ling's lover and sets up his main rival
>Work backwards to show how Lin Ling's creation is inevitable, establish the mysteries surrounding X and Fear while also doing general world building
>X's episode ties all the mysteries together in the craziest bow possible
>Season 2 now has all the groundwork and plotting set for a story about The Commoner's ascension, fighting X and the deconstruction of the hero system

>>279677631
Total Lin Ling domination. Can't wait to see Chinese Gojo's body got split into 2d and 3d.

>>279675938
>X show up and beats all the women
What is this show trying to say?

>>279677832
The hammer of Justice is unisex

>>279677631
What are they going to do with Nice though? Unless they make a plot point of people giving trust points to a dead person and that somehow makes them come back from the dead

>>279677631
The moment Lin Ling defeat X due to changes in direction because of the Poll is the moment I drop this show completely.

>>279677887
Nothing probably. I don't think the poll is going to have as big as an effect as people think it is going to have. There are obviously certain plot beats that are set in stone, but the poll will just let them give certain characters more screen time in the second part or effect the outcome of certain fights that don't really have any bearing on their overall plot.

>>279677916
Same. There's no fucking way someone who's ranked 10 can jumped to 1 when Queen spent years training only to get fucking bodied

>>279677967
Queen is a woman

>First 3/4 of the episode all women empowerment messaging
>Mogged in a split second by a male
What did China mean by this?

>>279678112
And? Everyone else still lost to X after being a hero for longer than Lin Ling, what's your point

>>279677967
X's whole ascension this episode just shows how flawed their entire system is. The whole reason they probably even have the battle royale is so one hero cannot stay in the role of X for too long leading to them amassing more and more trust.

Is X pretty much confirmed to be something outside the normal rules?

>>279678363
Only possible explanation for how some nobody with no name somehow managed to sneak into the top 10 in an afternoon and oneshot every hero

Also, if TBATE got a 2nd season, surely this is getting its Season 2, right?

>>279678629
What is TBATE

>>279678629
I'm pretty sure they had it from the get-go or they wouldn't be doing this season the way they are doing it. I think this is a pretty massive production and they are seemingly going all in.

>>279678664
MT ripoff

>>279678629
this is much higher budget

There is no way Bowa could ever be popular enough to be X with that dumb hair.

>>279678746
Her design just sucks ass in general, glad she's getting wrecked

I feel like this episode was saying something about feminism but can't tell what

>>279678794
that much of it is manufactured

>>279678680
What's MT?

>>279678878
Muscle Tracer

>>279678664
The Beginning After the End, a show that seems similar to Mushoku Tensei (MT) at first glance, but isn't animated well.

>>279675973
it looked like no one lived there for ages

>become x
>your boss congrats the new girl and wish her to replace you
The fuck is that guy thinking?

>>279675920 (OP)
Looks like the glass ceiling is still there!
It's the 2016 election all over again

>>279675920 (OP)
Great loredump episode. They did a lot in such a little amount of time.
I like how The Johnnies were used before their premiere. Though I watched the Eng dub because I can't find the og Chinese and some of the lines Johnny said made me recoil...
Did Queen uncontrollably get attracted to Big Johnny due to his power or just because he is that cute I wonder?

>>279678987
Queen feels like she was naturally what Nice was artificially trying to be.

Hope queen beats Cyan in the poll, her eps is way better

>>279678794
It's all bullshit. It was a hip thing to be on, and then the company drops the DEI message as soon as they realize it doesn't work.
Look at how Nice's arc specifies that Moon is 'just' his girlfriend, it's clear that they backpedalled on it as soon as it stopped showing dividends.

>queen is 18 in this ep
Huh, then shouldn't she be 20 in the current year?

>>279679301
he cute

Loli and Lucky Cyan appeared! Budget was wasted on literal whos so Lucky Cyan first episode was still better.

Boomer E-Soul was impressive but the Xs in this episode besides the current one were jobbers.

>>279675920 (OP)
I mean... The first thing we learn about her is her speech of
>I'll be the next king of pirates X!
And then the second thing, is how the current X kicked her ass so yeah...

>>279677508
>>279677631
Keep believing this Commonerfags. He too will get Xed.

>>279675938
I haven't seen a beating that kino since Ishura Season 2 when Shalk beat Kazuki the Black Tone.

My wife.

>>279680430
Defeated by a guy who's up to something...

>>279680439
X is a xeeting fag. Stop the steal!

Can she beat Cyan in the poll? I doubt she can with only 2 eps.

>forced feminism episode/arc
desu everything after Commoner part is uninspiring drag. It's like they threw everything into the prequel and run out of ideas afterwards.

>>279679274
Nepotism is one hell of a drug.

>>279678363
His theme songs say as much. He’s just a one-man revolution.
>All my life, they said that I was strange
>But I knew that I could be the change
>I still ain’t done enough
>Not even close

>>279675973
I wonder if X warped it like this as a statement. The floor has been occupied non-stop for decades, but the moment X took the crown it immediately returned to nature, so to speak.

>>279681014
The CEO is fucking dumb for that

>>279680652
this is why democracy fails. a billion years later and slant eye rice eaters still dont get it.

Kek a jealous woman will destroy the feminist wave

>>279680652
You know, I don't think it's promoting feminism. Everything about the episode suggests that feminism is bullshit, and it only works because the company spent enormous amounts of resources to hype Queen and the other girl as the next Big Thing.
As soon as they fucked up, the company stopped. We already know Queen didn't win the next tournament, either (Smile fought X and lost) which means she failed twice in four years.
Not to mention the implication that the other girl had to whore herself out in order to get a title shot.

>>279680603
Imagine losing to a literal no name lmao

Kid Loli getting inspired by Queen is cute as fuck. I like that we’re beginning to see how various heroes have influenced each other.

>>279675938
Why's he so effortlessly hot

>>279679301
Queen’s bio says she likes cute animals, so nah, he’s just that cute.

>>279681417
One Snap Man cooked the entire Top 10, to be fair.

>>279681384
My main gripe is not the feminism per-se but the fact that china is doing budget version of beaten tropes and after interesting start this show is boring ass slog. Soulless as hell. All best ideas, twists and battles were shown in first episodes. Now it's like they don't even try especially with shit quality slideshow montage in the middle of the episode.

>>279679949
I can't believe Smile jobbed to fucking Bowa, he was fucking around way too much.

>>279681247
She's not even mad she lost to a literal who that came out of nowhere, she's more mad that people are still talking about Queen more than her even though they both lost.

I'm just glad Queen has a cute side and isn't just a emotionless girl boss surrogate.

>>279681384
>Not to mention the implication that the other girl had to whore herself out in order to get a title shot.
what???

>>279681723
Did you miss the part where the boss went up to her, all creepy-like, then put his hand on her arm and went "Oh, I KNOW the sacrifices you had to make. The hidden sacrifices no-one else knows about." and tried to pressure her to lose to Queen?

>>279681741
Hmmm, good point. So where's is next ep's PV?

>>279675920 (OP)
Fuck , I swear I knew it, I knew they were going to do the X fight off screen, you predictable bastards. A good episode overall, even if Queen is equally under-characterized so far.

I just started watching this shit. Can't stand listening to chinese, mandarin or cantonese. I'm glad there's a jp dub.

I'm at ep 2 now, what can I expect from this show?

>>279681384
>>279681384
>Everything about the episode suggests that feminism is bullshit, and it only works because the company spent enormous amounts of resources to hype Queen

But in fact it is literally proptaganda. The show is crystal clear in showing MG who is only apparently feminist for pure convenience and the CEO himself is just a disturbing opportunist.

If people are not able to read between the lines or interpret the true meaning of a scene it is only their fault.

I ship queen with X though. Wish they would have more interaction

>>279682009
it's the real anime of the season, even if it's divided into narrative arcs dedicated to different characters and this can be annoying since it's full of cliffhangers. The first two arcs are great, Cyan Arc was weak, while the Queen arc is excellent so far.

She deserved to win. X is clearly using something other than trust value to fuel his powers.

>>279682043
>it's the real anime of the season
>chinkshit
you are retarded

>>279682176
Stay mad faggot

>>279682237
>no argument
>dead thread
lol, lmao

>>279678794
>>279680652
In this setting if you have control over media and capital you can literally larp anything, anyone into reality.
That's why Bowa was insecure - it wasn't truly within her power to defend her title.
She can't get stronger by doing pushups or something. She understands that if the CEO wants to hand over her title to a younger, more exciting successor, that’s exactly what he can and will do.
He psyopped painfully familiar to us "girl power" leveraging the the same influence, but then the only non-larp hero shows up

>moon is killed by a hero at the end
>next episode shows the killer's backstory

wtf is this cliffhanger.

>>279682176
it's joint production

>>279682043
Watch it in English, it's actually great.

>>279677562
Maybe they all refused to live at the tower.

>>279682471
still doesn't make it anime

>>279682543
True. It's better than anime.

Next ep PV is out: >https://www.bilibili.com/bangumi/play/ep1551137?from_spmid=666.25.episode.0

I have no clue what it said though

>>279682554
>can't stand on its own without relying on the nips
>better
yeah sure

>>279677967
Someone who wasn't ranked at all neg diffed her.

>>279682543
according to who

>>279682570
Yep. Glad you agree.

>>279682009
You should try the English dub. It's actually pretty good desu, JP dub takes liberties with certain names.

>>279682557
Thanks.

Slightly spoilery official art

>drops into a thread of the show he doesn't watch
>reeee chinkshit, your anime is not anime
>fucks off
what did he mean by that?

>>279682009
If you have to ask get filtered out

I really do like this style, all of you retards who say they miss 3d have Stockholm syndrome

>No interaction between Queen and X
What a waste

>>279682695
While this is good, the 3d episodes were even better.

By the way a plane crashed in India this week and 280 people died immediately while the guy who was seated in 11A survived unscathed. I thought Cyan’s backstory was anime bullshit but apparently it can happen in real life.

>>279681668
X is so ungodly powerful and untouchable that it’s hard to be genuinely mad at him - you can’t do shit to him anyway. Queen is a much easier target, plus they had some previous issues due to the company’s blatant favouritism.

>>279682699
He smiled and waved her and she scowled at him, what more do you want

>>279676874
He's a real jerk!

I think a lot of people simply haven't watched it yet. I'm here but I can't torrent at work so I have nothing to add to the conversation yet

>>279682654
What's spoilery about this?

>dragon boy
>loli
>jonny
not one, not two, but three hero cameos

>>279679301
Redpill me on the Johnnies

>>279682699
Nobody knows anything about X, that’s the point. It seems all his fights are like that. Smile also got OHKO’d, and got teleported to the moon for extra humiliation.

>>279681741
I thought he was a gay with Reporter Man. Who is Queen's mom anyway?

>>279682728
Notice the trademark hero colors around his playing hand. He’s influencing them all.

>>279681644
They said it directly that Bowa was riding on an ultimately short lived power boost thanks to the corp pushing her to appear as trendy as possible, compared to what she would've had without all of it

>>279679301
I’m liking the Johnnies way more than I’d expected. Human Johnny introducing Big Johnny as his son was adorable.

>>279682812
>Friendly guy with his pet
>Got Queen and Cyan in his room
Luou you better watch out.

>>279682447
After Lin Ling's arc I don't get how people miss the way the hero corps, the most successful ones, have to also think in the way fashion or television media corporations do. Bowa and Queen's marketing didn't even work out for their ultimate goal for several years by the year of episode 1

Another great episode.

Is this a critique of capitalism?

>>279682846
>>Friendly guy with his pet
>>Got Queen and Cyan in his room

It's likely that she let him in just to have the pet around, but it's still something that characterizes Queen a minimum. Despite being super focused and Workholic she is quite chill and friendly with any colleagues who are not hostile towards her.

>>279682812
>Human Johnny introducing Big Johnny as his son was adorable.
What did he mean by this?

>>279678629
TBATE was announced from the beginning to be 24 episodes.
People just thought it meant 1 season with 24 episodes (with a potential second season having just as many episodes as well), not "2 seasons" with 12 episodes each.

>>279682846
That was two years before Cyan ending, Luo already won bigly.

>>279678629
The first season is just an anthology of the protagonists spread over 24 episodes. The second season has already been confirmed.

>>279683139
No it hasn't.

>>279683182
We have 48 episodes confirmed.

>>279683193
No we don't.

>>279683182
Has already been anticipated by the author, whether you like it or not is inevitable. The real question is not if, but only when, since the first one took a couple of years anyway.

I need a small johnny

>>279683217
I would obviously like it, but it's not confirmed.

For me, it's Ahu.

FINALLY some hero interaction.
>>279682708
Thought the same lol

>>279675973
>>279676006
>>279677562
X probably used his powers to warp what was there.

>>279682708
>I thought Cyan’s backstory was anime bullshit but apparently it can happen in real life.

People underestimate reality too often.

Why us everyone dogging on Cyan's episodes? She's so cute. I liked the plane prayer scene, her songs are good too. Especially My Color.

>>279683405
Weakest arc so far but yeah, it wasn't bad. The songs were meh however. I like that we got a good ending.

>>279683405
The first two episodes were fine but the third one felt extremely compressed, like they were forced to shorten her arc from 4 eps to 3.

>>279683441
>LET ME PASS MY COLOR TO YOUR HEART
>MY STORY STAYS IN YOU
>SOMEDAY I HOPE YOU FEEL IT TOO

>that glasses guy at the bottom right
X, is that you? He’s the only person not looking at Queen in that shot.

>>279683522
Why are bros with glasses always the best women haters?

>>279682176
>>279682543
>>279682554
>weekly threads
>500+ posts
>approved by mods
>fun show
Anime da.

>>279678629
>TBATE got a 2nd season
Not that hard with that powerpoint budget I guess, lel.
It got what it deserved I guess, whole thing reads like someone fed a few popular fantasy into chatgpt and got this.

>>279683595
Link Click should have threads too.

>>279683576
X is a salaryman. Wouldn't be surprised if he had a wife and kids

>>279683635
Do chinese have those the same way japanese do?

So what's the "???" Episode going to be about? Following the execs and how trust value really works or something completely different?

>>279683653
The return of the fucking KING uncle rock

>>279682772
>He’s influencing them all.
I thought this was "known", or at least the schizo theories from last episodes concluded this.

So what are these dark bubbles exactly?
Anger power up?

>>279683716
Whatever it was it also was happening on the Dean last episode. Hard to believe it's fear since she's the top hero at the time. It's also happening at a time both of them were malding so probably anger? But it doesn't really make sense

>>279683748
>>279683716
It's resentment and jealousy, specifically towards heroes.

>>279683716
How did Smile lose to THAT?

>>279683853
She had a temporary power-up for Queen's speech. Basically, people wanted to see the rise of a new generation of female heroes so they pushed their trust on the one that was the highest. The MG Boss seems to have known full well that she wouldn't last in that position for long.

>>279683716
I suspect that there is still someone poisoning people behind the scenes and it is not just a case of negative feelings.

>>279676133
>>279681108
Probably one of these, I think he either warped the top floor as a fashion statement as his probable intention to dismantle the trust system, or he does work on trust values too, but he is simply from the future, and thats why he seems to be a nobody in this time.

>>279683635
X is a certified enlightened weirdo, so I kinda doubt it.

>>279683955
>a fashion statement as his probable intention to dismantle the trust system,
Yeah, I also interpreted it as a clear message

>>279683001
Feels that way. Dos is pretty much a rainbow capitalism front that pushes girl power and other trendy fads while being run by Harvey Weinstein

>>279683955
>or he does work on trust values too, but he is simply from the future, and thats why he seems to be a nobody in this time.
Maybe he climbed to be X in the future to change the past to avoid something, and we are watching the part where he is actively fucking with the past.

>>279683880
What if the latest trend was an incel hero?

>>279684008
Thats why incEl-soul exists.

>>279677508
this was lingcucks selfinsertfags believe

>>279683595
>>500+ posts
Threads has been stagnated when Cyan arc happened

>>279684124
Cyan's arc offered nothing to argue about. It gave some info about on the setting, but Cyan was sacrificed. At least Queen has a clear agenda, but it bothers me that the fight with X was off screen, even if I expected that.

>>279684194
There wasn't a fight that was perceivable to anyone. It wasn't offscreen it just didn't happen. X snapped his finger and each opponent was on the ground wondering wtf just happened

>>279684231
yes, the commentator says so too, it just bothers me as an expedient.

>>279682695
The way they did 3D was exactly how super hero anime should be

I was worried we wouldn't see X this episode

So far I think X is a being born from the trust system iself/the system gaining sentience as seen from opening with chained heart glitching out.

So we know now that the duel against Mr. Firm took place after.

>>279683405
her songs feel like ai generated slop

Is this guy on to something? The writer does like to mix realities together

>>279683964
His cover is that he is your average wagie so a wife and kid wouldn't be strange.

queen wins the rematch

>Smile has powers that look like solar fire
>X teleported him to the moon
Only realized this now

>>279684966
which one? As of today X is still there on the top

>>279684783
Or maybe X can get trust from multiple alternative dimensions.

>>279684194
But Queen focused more on other characters than Queen again, with one fewer episode and people are saying it's better than Cyan's? What? She even got btfo in her own arc unlike Cyan who got the first happy arc ending of the series.

>>279685146
It sounds like you haven't even seen the episode at all. Queen has clear goals and the episode opens by making this clear both with her rush to graduate and with her speech. everything else in the episode is always in function of Queen's goal. Also the episode is more interesting to watch because we have the fight with Smile and the interaction with Jonnies that at least shows a Moe gap side of Queen, which is certainly a banal way to characterize her, but better than nothing. The defeat against X is always part of Queen's story and it's also important because it's absolutely her first failure ever.

Cyan was too passive and her every decision has always been pushed by someone else.

>>279685326
Cyan is cute and sings

>>279684890
His OP song suggests he doesn’t really hide his weirdness >>279681071.

>>279684890
If it's just a cover having a family would just make it harder for him to hide his identity.

>>279685326
Queen’s story also provides a contrast to the previous arcs, where the protagonists either go from zero to hero or from zero to tragedy. She, on the other hand, is a genuine paragon who now has to grapple with her first ever failure to live up to high expectations.

>>279685337
compelling argument, I concede.

>>279685337
But in fact I wish the idea of the music had come directly from Cyan with the boy who supports her and provides her with the means to sing. Instead it is always the boy who transplants his tastes and passions into her.
Cyan actually had a very good setup to be a an interesting heroine, but she's too much of a victim of events. her episode 3 not working so well for this very reason too.

what do you call this trope and do you have more examples?

>events this episode were 15 years in the past
sigh...

>>279686210
They are not. X only become the top for the last 2 years

>>279686210
Queen's Graduation and Bowa becoming X takes place Year 34, 7 years before LL
Queen Losing to X takes place Year 36 like most major events so far. The show so far just doesn't want to show what happens in the 5 year gap that X reigns on top

Why is the Japanese dub calling her Bowar? Where does the 'r' come from?

>>279686301
I'm less concerned about Bowa(r) and more about whatever the fuck this was supposed to be.
Whoever is translating this series deserves life in prison.

>>279675920 (OP)
did they run out of the arcane animation budget?

>>279682176
>>279682264
For what it's worth, we maxed out threads with E-Soul and Lin Ling, but I think we only did that once or twice with Lucky Cyan.

Also, does the Big Johnnie talk or was the subtitles just fucked up as Queen stared at him?

>>279686632
no, since the beginning this show was born from the collaboration of several animation studios. One of these is better at doing 3D rather than 2D.

>>279685146
It's a better episode because Queen herself is inherently better no matter what the dosage of Queen-per-minute is, and out of the 10 she appears to be one of the more important ones for later on. Because she's more proactive and genuinely believes in her main goal, whether or not she gets what she wants in the very end

>>279686814
I would have preferred Queen to have 3 episodes instead of Cyan. Even just to delve deeper into her.

>>279685146
Queen is pretty swiftly established as a prodigy with high ambitions for repairing the problems in society. Because of her goals the contexts of other heroes, cultural perception of heroines, how Queen inspires rises and falls, etc is extremely relevant to who and what she is. Even if she jobbed to X she is, so far, still easily the best candidate for next X because of her sheer sense of responsibility, competency and integrity. They even made sure to include a scene of her having a soft spot for cute things to humanise and ground her.

Overall I feel like I know about as much about Queen as I learned about Lucky Cyan and that's just one episode compared to three.

So the hero duo that was around - I wonder if one cheated on the other or cheated in general?

>>279687172
On that note, is the first Ms.X that cowboy's wife?

>>279687292
Has to be, if near the end of the OP all show people who have held the title. Weird that a duo could share the title, but their run must've been about 5 years before Queen graduated college.

I ship queen and X. The producers would be stupid if they don't. They probably do, since they give Cyan 3 eps while only give queen 2

>>279685079
you're just giving him power like this.

>>279688250
maybe the twist is that Queen will starts a relationship with Employee X without knowing that he's hero X.

>>279688250
>>279688444
You guys realize that's just headcanon
Little jonnies is a bigger rizzler because he got her to visit his place, and even this most certainly means nothing

I think little Johnny is really cute

>>279688618
we're just chatting, Queen seems to be too focused on her career and goal to even think about a man,

>>279686588
>Mr. Stand
>Firm Man

>>279686814
>>279686991
Did we watch the same episodes? Queen was a total bitch except to Cyan and the dog (understandable since she is a white woman).

>>279688868
Who was she a bitch to? Her boss trying to pressure someone into giving up the title of X to her?

>>279688623
why is little johnny bigger than big johnny and big johnny littler than little johnny

>>279688868
What the fuck are you making up?

>>279688868
>dog
That was a cat.

>>279688906
Everyone at her school. When she was introduced as a genius she really went with the UMMM EXCUSE ME I AM NOT A GENIUS DON'T CALL ME THAT I'M A HERO. Then she went on some misandrist rant only to turn around and sabotage another woman. Hilarious, but still bitch behavior. Are you forgetting how she treated Bowar before they had any problem with each other? She started that shit. Then she bitch faced X when he was nothing but friendly to her, and shittalks him after he won.

>>279688823
Also King Destruction/Wreck, Mad Wolf/Wolf Girl and probably more I don't remember at the moment.

>>279689066
>takes one exam
>passes with a perfect score
>graduates
She was a bitch to her classmates!

>>279688942
In all likelihood that's not even his final form

>>279686632
>>279686715
Some people theorized that there isn't much switch because X wasn't a big name yet back then. We'll see.

>>279689066
Yeah no. You're schizophrenic. The only thing you said even remotely grounded in reality is her stating she found the title of 'genius' to be insulting and that was very blatantly part of her speech to sell herself as a hero candidate to the world.

>>279689066
>Then she went on some misandrist rant
you hallucinated this part

>>279689066
incel hands wrote this post

>>279688942

I have a feeling I can guess the contents of his "early life" wikipedia section and that his real second name ends with -stein

>>279689261
I'm going to be so sad when one of them dies

>>279689304
That can't happen because they're called The Johnnies not The Johnny.

>>279689066
you are projecting your insecurities on her because can't you stand a determined woman. She's literally a teen Bruce Wayne with boobs, very focused into getting ready. She's not even doing anything malicious, she's just in a hurry.

>>279689447
>teen Bruce Wayne with boobs
NTA but nah, Bruce is way cooler.

>>279689527
Of course... he's a man... and I wish this was a joke...

>>279689261
Thought LJ looked weird this episode, it was the lack of furry ears.

>>279675920 (OP)
>shit pacing
>no theme, just random stuff happens
>Queen doesn't even do anything
What a garbage arc. Third chink cartoon I'm watching - third disappointment

bait used to be believable

What if I is just a concept and he doesn't actually exist?

>>279676316
>>279676133
I think its less about time displacement and more about timeline/universe distortion. Kinda like Juhabachi from Bleach

>>279689066
Stop posting E-soul.

>>279686281
From what I'm understanding in this episode, the PV that announced that the current X has been holding his position for two years is not that 2 years has passed, but 2 tournaments that seem to happen every 2 years... so it aligns with what happened this episode.

As for what's known of previous X.. first was E-Soul, from 2nd to 13th we don't know just that The Johhnies father was one and that the 4th was a woman. From there 14th was Matchstick, then Smile, Boa, someone else (maybe Disco Ball guy that we see in some PVs and in the OP sequence) and X, holding his position twice, reigning 3 tournaments.

>>279689674
how did you mistype that, X and I are like on the opposite side of the keyboard

>>279689741
so the Opening scene doesn't show all the past X?

So how old is queen?

bigger jonnies can run around queens forcefield unimpeded. Either her power only targets what she chooses, or he's actually OP
>There's a minor visual inconsistency there. the shot right after picrel has her assuming a different pose

>>279689870
that little cat is probably OP

>>279689708
which also explains stuff like this >>279678601

>>279689447
She’s not just malicious, she genuinely means well. She’s been kind to pretty much everyone who wasn’t a dick to her.

>>279689850
Depends on how many times they've held their titles, but there's a big gap of missing spots from the sequence.

>>279682082
>X is clearly using something other than trust value to fuel his powers.

Just like pretty much everyone else? E-soul had his bladed armor, Queen has her javelin, Bowa her battle axe, the couple used fucking guns etc

>>279690031
*she’s not just NOT malicious
Serves me right for phoneposting.

>>279689956
well queen is the second spot and jonnies is somewhere further down the line, so

>>279689741
There's also one other guy in the OP between Johnny's dad and the cheating combi.
I'm guessing E-Soul held the title for a while until other strong heroes appeared.

>>279682744
>and got teleported to the moon
I think I missed that. Was that on a preview?

>>279683267
>my kid
The Sub I watched had him saying its his son. I hate trannylators so much

>>279690146
Yeah.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WP8O5OZgZ6w

We miss Yang chen

>>279690210
The subs say “my son” once and “my kid” at the second occasion.

>Smile’s chest decoration is an actual emoji that responds to his mood
Why is this so funny?

>>279689870
It obviously only works on the targeted individual(s) furfag kun

>>279690627
having a defined radius suggests area of effect type power.
>furfag
ouch...

>>279690262
Thank you anon

>>279690685
Yeah, area of effect for targeted individuals. And doesn't seem like it stays there, it activates once and works on the targets hit. If it worked differently she would've had said something just like she thought about Bowa overpowering her rule a second later

>ouch...
Sorry man, I just woke up

>>279690812
>If it worked differently she would've had said something
this makes sense, i concede

>>279683238
Ahu Nice doujins when

>She specifically did research to find Queen's father and use him as retaliation.
Girl, have you considered that maybe you're not cut out to be a heroine?

>>279691430
it's queen who's not cut out to be a hero because she somehow has a living parent present.
thankfully her senpai will soon mend this oversight

>>279691485
I'm pretty sure that being a butthurt and deciding to kidnap someone in order to get revenge is a bit worse, but okey... Anti-queen anon.

>>279691689
that was just a basic joke about adolescent action heroes overwhelmingly being orphans, convey this to the higher ups and that my loyalty to the cause remains unwavering.
i can't pay rent if i they deduct my shill money again

>>279691430
Who is Queen's father? X?

>>279691430
Is it really about him and not her mother? He was waiting for her on the exam day, so it doesn't seem it's a secret that they are related.

>>279690420
Someone in his corporation's R&D carefully put in effort to make that work for his chest plate. Changing expressions is also probably a feature of his action figure merchandise

>>279691880
come to think of it, you're right
fell for a basic red herring award...

>>279691880
That's irrelevant. The final scene is literally Bowa getting a text message that implies she's asked someone to investigate about Queen to find her family. Maybe it's not a secret, but Bowa didn't know it.

But anyways, threatening someone's family is not something a "hero" should do.

>>279683620
It's shit the bed after ss1 so aside the fujos, no one watches it anymore

>>279692073
I'm not disagreeing Bowa's behaviour isn't exactly the most heroic, just pointing out that the scene makes it look like it's a big deal of a secret when who her father is doesn't seem to be one. Meanwhile we only know she has a mother at all because it's not like she's an ass baby.

I feel insulted here

>>279692523
Joke's on you, I watched the episode in the morning.

so i was thinking
is it even possible for a hero to live a regular life under an alter ego?
Trust value - it seemingly just shows up when you look at your wrist, but even if it requires conscious effort to summon it, trust value was already revealed in e-soul's arc as something that routinely matters even for civilians.
X notwithstanding, he probably has another bullshit power involving his transformation

>>279686588
The Japanese dub is changing some hero names, Extro is the real name. Could first be seen with "Mr. Stand" whose name was written as Firm Man in every on screen text.

The subs use the Chinese script, hence why they often don't match the Japanese.

>>279692718
OG E-Soul , i guess. Nobody knows who's under the helmet, but it only works because he has a staff of people running things for him. In the end, however, he paid for this secrecy.

X is an anomaly, normally what X does should not be possible with the rules we know.

Women either should become idol or fucking stay in the kitchen.
Cyan understood that.
Moon and Queen didn't.

>>279693029
doesn't hold true for this particular setting. You can larp girlpower into reality if you try hard enough

>>279692478
For the way this show has worked so far, I don't think they'll introduce Queen's mother out of nowhere. Also, the mother has to be alive to carry any kind of stake for Queen, but then why not introduce her as a character?

>>279693121
They could larp however they want. They still get BTFO by literally Who male hero.

>>279693204
he btfo male heroes too

>>279692718
I don't think so, we've seen Lin Ling decide he wasn't Nice anymore and his trust value dropped to 0. Maybe X simply decides he's X when he needs his powers and then decides he's Clark Kent when he wants to go back to his incognito life with low trust value.

>>279693269
Maybe what Lin could only do with excruciating feat of willpower X can do with a literal snap of his fingers.
Maybe X is an ultra schizo who can larp his way into ANYTHING instantly

>>279693462
Pretty much yeah. Whatever X is the key to switching from the incognito persona to X is probably that.

>>279693029
anon get out of the pub

>>279682557
>bowa vs queen
Holy shit I don't care.

>awful design
>awful personality
>boring powers
Bowa is easily worst girl and I can't wait to see her ass beat

X is the materialization of incel's frustration

>>279693980
>Holy shit I don't care
This. Literally do not give a shit so far. The onlygood thing from Queen's arc so far is X appearing and Johnny/Cyan just hanging out together with Queen

>>279686301
>According to Oxford´s English Dictionary, one of the many meanings for the word Bower is "a lady's bedroom or private chamber"
>A Lady's Private Chamber
...i think the Harvey Weinstein prostitution comparison might be right on the money, bros.

oh boy, what happen in this thread.

>>279694236
Pretty much. If anything there wasn't enough of Johnny/Cyan hanging out together with Queen. Queen is quite the single minded and serious character. If you're not gonna unveil her deeper motivations, then you should at least ensure the ice melts a bit. Show some vulnerability to make her likeable. An unlikely friendship is good for that. Much better than a pointless catfight of egos.
Hopefully this fight will develop into something more meaningful and reveal her deeper motivations which are linked to her parents because otherwise it's bound to be as trashy and pointless as Dean vs Cyan.

>>279682557
>>279693980
>bowa vs queen
The problem is that Bowa doesn't seem to be a worthy opponent. Ling had the bravery to face an enemy without his Nice powers and Yang had to face a legendary hero. Bowa comes out of it as a low-level challenge.

>>279694206
It would certainly explain why he threw Wreck over a cliff and gave money to a street miku.
But you forget one thing: X has a job, is fully integrated into society, and is liked by women.

have they shown the woman that replaces X in the billboard in episode 1 yet?
is it meant to be Bowa for some reason?

>>279694608
Exactly. Not to mention the conclusion is pretty much foregone since we already know she's out of the ranking in current times. I think it would have been more interesting to have her fight someone relevant to the current day tournament. Maybe we could have enjoyed a rematch there even.
Also I don't know about most people but personally when I see a character get zombified by fear/anger amplification powers I just stop taking them seriously. The Dean was less impressive for it and Bowa is no different.

>>279694805
Haven't seen her no. The symbol she's sporting doesn't seem to match any of the cards either.

>>279685146
It is cope because Cyan was the best so far with the best ending. Queen will be rushed no matter what and already fumbled ep 1 of 2

>>279694805
It's interesting that X's card is seen constantly during Nice's death, while Queen's card is only seen in that scene. She has glasses and black hair, so I don't think it depicts Liu (Aka Queen). It almost seems like X is eerily witnessing the scene.

>>279695121
>Cyan was the best so far with the best ending.

>>279694805
Maybe it's Miss J herself, or at least her former hero persona. I always thought she might have been a hero in the past.

>>279695316
There has been pretty strong hints that X is always observing and interfering for reasons we don't know, even during Yang Cheng showdown with E-Soul it seems that X had stepped in considering the audible snap we hear before the show switched over to 2D and that was a couple of years or so before X entered the scene.

>second time I've been disappointed in the female characters arc and thought it was lame
SAVE ME LOLI

Why must the fireman stay up all the time? Didn't understand that.

>>279695806
I wouldn't get my hopes up. Just wait for Ghostblade's arc now that's very likely to be certified kino

>>279695902
Nice's hero concept is perfection hence his believers think he's always perfect and he gets OCD.
Firman/standman's hero concept is that he will always stand no matter what hence his believers think of him as always standing and he can never sit or lie down.

These threads feel kinda dead now... there's less speculation and discussion of lore compared to Nice/E-Soul eps. Did Cyan kill the hype?

>>279696040
A bit yeah. I'm confident it will come back though

>>279695934
>pic
What the FUCK is that

>>279696040
there just wasn't much to talk about with Cyan's arc even if it was good
Queen's arc seems to be actually pretty interesting, and we've almost reached the pre-Cyan level of posting.

>>279679312
A woman?

>>279696018
I don't think anyone maliciously wants him to stand permanently. The idea is that he can't fall and therefore bowing or even bending goes against his concept. people simply do not realize the consequences of their trust.

After all, we are talking about a society where two supposed heroes can kill each other for the pure amusement of the public as if we were in ancient Rome.

>>279696040
Queen and Cyan don't offer the possibility for schizo theories so the Thread is less alive. According to the director, Ghostblade (and maybe the johnnies, I don't remember) should have some unexpected plot twists.

>>279696101
No idea but the tbhx character designer posted that and I assume it's Ghostblade, can't be sure though

>>279696145
>I don't think anyone maliciously wants him to stand permanently. The idea is that he can't fall and therefore bowing or even bending goes against his concept. people simply do not realize the consequences of their trust.
Well yeah that's what I meant.

AOTS

>>279696341
>I assume it's Ghostblade,
If anything, this character resembles Dragon Boy more since he's the only one with piercings but it's Heine from DOGS Bullets and Carnage. They drew him a lot before they started doing TBHX art

Cyan won

>>279679312
>what Nice was artificially trying to be
First off Nice's model is clearly Shang Chao. Just an all around nice, idealized son who has a girlfriend and is kind to everyone. Second, neither Nices wanted to be that, for both of them it was their job to act as a defined persona outlined by their company. Third, Nice has no ambition for law and order in the world, much less a complete reset of the hero system (which, by the way, is less orderly than protecting the status quo from a purely entropic standpoint). Third: Queen is mostly cold and probably can't even pull finger guns.
So no, Nice wasn't trying to be Queen.

>>279696437
Well fuck me then haha but thanks for telling me.

>>279696040
We can always schizo out about who shot Moon :)
Im fine with a sprinkle of less schizo, at least we finally got a single good ending with Cyan...

>>279697189
>good ending
>Cyan

>>279689066
>writes fanfic in his head
>gets mad about it
What causes this?

https://youtu.be/af0zoXrrA3U?si=Y-8-ItFmUeJdhD0a

Queen’s theme song is out and it’s fucking beautiful.

>>279697189
Based and good ending-pilled

>>279694608
X carries the show, and he has barely shown up

>>279685657
That faggot from Shokugeki no Soma.

>>279697400
Gotta say, I expected her theme song to sound a bit different when I heard the chorus in the trailers so I'm a bit disappointed to hear how slow the beginning part is. Everything after the 2:00 minute mark is great

>>279697400
Fantastic, great to know they didn't run out of great ost yet

We still don't know what Queen's motivation actually is. 100% it's a total tearjerker
>Queen of the scars
>For the broken knight

>>279698833
Wonder what Micky did here

So going by what was said in the interview, I guess X could be from the future or the past one of the godlike beings that existed before the commission was created to make sure a single person couldn't accumulate all the trust. If they can resurrect the dead they probably also could time travel.

>>279699208
Just pause during the subliminal frames in the opening while X snaps his fingers, X is probably Zero, or at least Zero's way of coming back as X.

>>279699411
kek

>>279690262
>pockets sugar from the company

Truly, one of us.

>>279696040
Cyan's arc was fairly self-contained, even if we saw the beginning of weaponizing Fear in her arc compared to E-Soul's.

>>279699588
>X is Zero coming back to wreck havoc on the world by playing as a Hero to monopolize the Trust value system before inverting it into mass fear

You know, I wouldn't actually mind this - and whatever remnants of humanity survived would learn to depend on themselves.

>>279698833
Hopefully yeah, though after Cyan I don't trust the ability of this show to deliver. But maybe it's a "one in every two women in this show is a good character" pattern.

>>279693980
Next arc up is another woman btw

>>279699588
What was Zero's major malfunction?

>>279699757
bald

>>279695398
>lin ling's girlfriend suddenly YOU ARE MY SPECIAL sniped
>yang chen groomed onto an incel by diddy uncle
>cyan saving her best friend and bouncing back so hard from temporary bad pr that she rockets to #7 hero
It really makes me think

>>279699654
come on now, quit whining, Cyan is fine as she is
It kind of makes sense for someone nearly literally born under a lucky to lack character like that. Powering up, overcoming obstacles, growing as a person is only necessary for everyone else because we are plebs who can't glide through life with providence on our side

>Feminism episode ends with one woman getting BTFO'd on live TV and another one becoming a supervillain
Huh?

>>279699654
>But maybe it's a "one in every two women in this show is a good character" pattern.
Anon, there's only three women...

>>279699865
>the women also sabotage each other to get ahead while a random man wins anyway
Peak comedy

>>279699644
>>279699588
Zero is only shown in one frame because he is not really an X, even though he was as powerful as an X. The theory that X are Zero the same person is as stupid as those who speculated that Og E-Soul was Zero in hiding.

>>279699780
My viewpoint is that Cyan is going to have nothing going on in the latter half of the show and will probably drop out of the tournament early. She may get one or two songs during the second season.

>>279699946
Her boyfriend is still alive, that means she still has to go through the real shit.

>>279681741
Considering all Queen's PVs hint that she's got a major broken pedestal moment coming regarding her father and CEO guy, I wouldn't be surprised if Bowa telling her this next ep is what does it.

>>279699780
>YOU ARE MY SPECIAL
Wow I completely forgot about this until now.

>>279699830
She didn't deserve 3 episodes, her story is not just shit but could have been told in 2 episodes or less. Suffering is the source of character but the story chose to coddle her with kind luck when they could have just made a fem Komaeda. As a result she's a bland, completely forgettable and dispensable Miku expy.
Honestly I would have been perfectly fine with her not having an arc and just appearing in other hero's arcs instead. She was adorable in this ep but clearly she's not protagonist material.

>>279699870
I'm counting Moon, Miss J, and Shang Chao's girlfriend. That's three good female characters, so now we have to suffer through three bad female hero characters

>>279694805
I've seen people on X theorize she's the "current" Zero.

First concept art of the show from 4 years ago

>>279686210
Which ep are they going to show the full smile incident in you think? Ghostblade's? I need my OG Nice breakdown

>>279700096
it just seems strange to me that they are publicizing a figure that they want to prevent at all costs from emerging again. BUT we must remember that Ling's arc takes place last, Queen may have suffered another defeat.

>>279699992
Lmao yeah no the narrative is clearly coddling her, nothing will happen.

>>279700090
>Miss J
Best girl mentioned!

>>279690084
>I'm guessing E-Soul held the title for a while until other strong heroes appeared.
Yeah E-Soul would have been riding high on the fame of taking out Zero for a good while. Wouldn't be surprised if Fall of Dawn was the reason he's still kicking around nearly half a century down the line as well, seeing as newer heroes come and go with the winds

I am X.

>>279700210
I'm eager to see how this comment will age.

>>279700153
>the setting was a lot more obviously not-china
pfff
I'm glad they changed it not because of lmaochina but because it would've not felt like a hero show

>>279700210
This is what I'm hoping for. Cyan must be protected.

>>279690084
>I'm guessing E-Soul held the title for a while until other strong heroes appeared.
It could also have been a case of that the commission stepped and and told E-Soul that he no longer could be X because they seemingly don't want one person to be X forever. The whole point of the tournament is so that one hero cannot stay in the role of X for too long because they don't want one single hero amassing too much trust. It's even possible that Mr Matchstick's affair was a calculated move to trash his image so he wouldn't be eligible for the tournament.

Cyan is super OP though. She can create an AOE where she can't get hit. She has luck as superpower. Honestly she could probably beat Queen.

>>279700361
Power levels in this world are quite volatile.

>>279700059
>but could have been told in 2 episodes or less.
you're brain dead if you think they could have wrapped it up in 2 episodes. She literally needed 4 with how rushed her last ep was

>>279700361
The luck isn't perfect though. Or is it? Even the bad things that happened to her resulted in better outcomes down the road. For example if she had simply won the scratcher lottery tickets after she ran away, she wouldn't have been motivated to sing for money which led to her becoming a hero. It's a confusing power.

Who is Zero?

>>279682237
@grok add a boner

>>279700451
Chinese Johnny Sins
his defeat 34 years ago made Old E-Soul so popular that it classified him as the First X.

>>279700425
>how rushed her last ep was
Rushed means bad quality which a longer run time would not fix whether writing wise or animation wise, just make it worse. Like stretching a piece of fabric full of holes.

>>279700472
Old E-Soul is weak though he lost to a virgin college nerd

Why is Queen so nice to Cyan? Is it because she likes animals and Cyan is Snoopy?

>>279700547
>why is someone nice to a nice young person who has done nothing to antagonize her
I wonder. Same could be said for the Johnnies.

What if X's trust value is negative?

>>279700576
Little Johnny has rizz.

So it looks like his power is literally Za Warudo

>>279676133
This is great idea.
The main mystery IMO isn't who he is but why he came out nowhere and already got into the top 10, implying he had tons of Trust from the get go despite nobody knowing him.
But if this works like the servant system from Fate (which it does, at least to some degree) and this guy is the Red Man in white everything would make sense.

>>279700611
Post made me think of this. Anyone else seen it?

Anyone else think that smile only lost to Bowa cause he was fucking around, if he took the fight seriously instead he would have won. Bowa got fucking lucky.

>>279700510
>Rushed means bad quality which a longer run time would not fix
This is the most retarded thing I've heard

>>279676191
It didn't look like much time has passed. We saw Queen and Bowa still being depressed about the defeat so I don't think more than one week has passed since then. It's most likely some time shenanigans considering that Queen just "skipped" her own fight.

>>279700782
Considering you seem to mistake longer episodes with longer time to work on them it does not surprise me.

>>279700510
But the writing was good, just needed better pacing. Plane scene was very cute and kino but a bit too fast IMO. Baby Cyan.

>>279700731
I don't know shit about Fate explain what you mean

>>279700547
Queen, Cyan and Johnny seems like geniunely good people. Its no wonder they stick together, and even Queen shows her gentler side to the other two.

>>279700780
Possible. There is so much backroom stuff going on with the rankings due to the fact that the companies don't want one singular hero amassing too much power because they don't want another Zero situation to ever happen again.

>>279700802
I don't know if it's trying to imply that X was more respectful to Queen than others. He cheekily sent "Extro" to the moon, acted like a showoff with Multiple Mafia Man and Black Shadow and God knows what he did to Bowa. With Queen he just snapped her out and princess carried her onto the floor (my headcanon).

>>279700846
Fuck, they are making X position Job on purpose by manipulating shit on purpose. Out of nowhere current X comes cause he's done with this wrestling kayfabe and everyone is mad cause they can't control it anymore.

>Ling can mean Zero in chinese
why did it take me this long to realize that

>>279700817
>But the writing was good
Yeah, especially the part about Cyan's poor mother being bothered by retards singing a song in her last moments, that was great. The comically evil Dean and his zombies were great too, maybe, if you watch it ironically. Oh and don't even get me started on Luo turning batshit insane after learning Cyan was on his parents' plane, literally who gives a shit lmao

>>279676399
I liked Cyan's arc as well but it really makes a difference watching adult characters struggling to make a career and failing just to face the dark sides of a fucked up machinations and system even they have yet to understand.
Cyan's story was the most self-contained one so far. That aside "kid with a hard life becoming an idol and saving the love interest" isn't a bad plot but it has been done so many times by anime. I am happy that most of the cast is older in this case and I want to see more hero stories intertwining and learn about the tower system.

>>279700915
Damn bro I'm actually retarded to just realize that now, this might mean something. I'm too stupid to speculate though

>>279700806
You're missing the point and I'm not surprised. It’s not about "more episodes = better" It’s about not cramming a character arc into 2 episodes like an idiot which is what is happening with Queen right now. Even with mid writing, rushing it would’ve made it worse.

>>279700920
>
wow, this isn't even "media Literacy", you're just straight up retarded.

>>279700920
keep crying

>>279700731
A few weeks ago an anon wondered if people kept the trust of people even after they die. Cyan has shown that they do.
If X really is a time traveller, he's taking this detail of the trust system to a whole new level.

>>279700954
No actually, it would have probably spared us most of the cult and zombie retardation, Luo's song, not to mention made the plane scene shorter.
This arc needed to be trimmed of its worthless fat and reworked completely, not extended.

>>279700974
>>279700977
You sound mad. Good, you deserve to know what you like is garbage.

>>279701012
Yeah, God forbid a character arc actually has room to breathe instead of being butchered into a highlight reel for people with your attention span. You didn’t like the cult or the song? Cool, personal taste. But pretending trimming it down would magically fix what you call "bad writing" is pure cope.

>>279700780
It felt like he was looking down on her. Or it's just that the image people have of him is "he fucks around while fighting" so he's forced to act that way.

>>279678284
THIS explains it. I wondered how the new system was gonna prevent another Zero since this is what it was made for, apparently. But it's probably this. Zero probably accumulated enough trust by staying the perceived top hero for such a long time that his trust points basically made him a god.

>>279701110
There's no point to letting a character arc breathe if you're not gonna use it to fuel your character. Cyan was a spectator of her own misery and that's why she sucked.

>>279701058
having shit taste is rare but that's okay anon, it makes you "special"

>didn't say a single word so far despite being the central figure
They really know how to hype that guy up

>>279701166
That’s a (you) problem then if that's all you got from her arc jesus christ

>>279701216
Don't forget being the main guy in every add and monopolizing both the OP and the ED with his presence

>>279701238
It's cute that you think I'm the only one with this opinion, where were you these last three weeks lmao

>>279700987
>X is powered by the hopes of future humanity wanting to avoid whatever dystopia happens in his time

Bro who investigated Queen? It was obviously The Enlightner. Mofo in this arc off screen

>>279701273
It’s adorable watching you cope

>>279686281
I wonder what kind of role Nice will play in all of this since the last 5 years are still a mystery and it's exactly the time when Nice became a hero

>>279701216
In Japanese at least he has all-star actor even if he hasn't said anything yet. Kinda funny.

So what was the scandal related to the duo Matchstick/Blazing Fire about? Did the guy just cheat with her?

>>279691875
The journalist guy.

>>279701693
It seems like Mr Matchstick cheated on Blazing Fire which likely completely trashed his reputation and gave him no chance to participate in the tournament as his ranking likely plummeted.
It could have also been a calculated move so the person who became X couldn't become X again.

>>279701316
Since he bothered going into the tournament to be recognized as hero X, if the future theory is correct, maybe there was a new 'Zero'-like in the future who caused whatever trouble, and that's why X is now playing around with the current system.

>>279701717
Who's the mom? Guy keeps giving off gay vibes the way he only interacts with men. I would've been all over that woman editor in first episode of Cyan arc but he was more interested in the schizo ranting about fear.

>>279700824
"Servants" are copies of historical and mythical people that mages can summon to fight for them. So you can summon a copy of Alexander the Great, Noah or Hitler, basically (albeit the latter didn't appear so far, for obvious reasons). Thing is, one of the central aspects that determine their power is the popularity. So the more widely known a hero was or is the more power. But one of the main servants that appear is completely unknown and doesn't appear in history. Turns out that he's MC from the future because the time is irrelevant for heroic spirits as long as you have a vessel to summon them.

tl;dr X might be a guy with time fuckery hack powers accumulating tons of trust in the future, traveling into the past and steamroll everybody because his trust might still be valid despite technically not existing yet. At least by the time he first appeared.

>>279700987
Maybe he's just literally Jesus with a new hair style and using the trust power he gained over the last two millennia for a new career.

>>279700514
We don't know which E-Soul survived the transfer, that'll be interesting to piece together when we get him back on screen.

>>279702332
They smashed together and merged like gogeta

>>279701693
>>279701772
>had a 100/10 and still cheated
leave her to me, i'll comfort his wife

>>279702332
The one who was Rock puppet survived

>>279675920 (OP)
Don't get me wrong, but I always wonder how many posts in the weekly thread are by shills looking to bump discussion.

>>279684008
Imagine superpowered Andrew Tate with a physique you could crack rocks on, beating up criminals and calling them faggots.
So basically the protagonist of a Korean NTR manwha, I guess

I missed the thread last week, what was the overall reception for it? I was lukewarm at best on Lucky Cyan's story witht the first 2 episodes, but the reveal of how she got her powers from the passengers good wishes made me tear up.

>>279703968
I liked it.

>>279703968
It was kino.

>>279703968
Cyan's was a tone shift from the general sad themes we've had so far so some people didn't like it but i thought it was a nice slowdown/ refreshing take so we don't get bored of every hero being a sad sack

queen has been losing to X for 7 years in a row now
do you think shes come to terms with instant loss? or does she still get up there trying her best everytime

>>279703968
It was one of my favorite scenes along with Yang Cheng saving Pomelo and Lin Ling becoming Commoner. I just wish it were better paced, still kino though. Cyan's also my favorite so far since she's cute.

>>279704196
>supposed to be x by 16 or whatever
>now an old hag and still isn't x
Oof yikes sis

>>279703968
I cried like a bitch

huh, hadn't realized there's two versions of Paragon.
https://youtu.be/gxXT-H3vPP4

>>279705129

>>279705129
paragon is still such a banger theme, I don't think anything can replicate the feeling of hearing it in all the hype moments of Ling's arc yet, we'll have to see

>>279696704
Okay, let me rephrase it, the persona that the company was trying to forge for Nice was mostly the true nature of Queen. With the exception of Nice being... nice, and queen being cold. But I'm refering to the perfectionist examples and tendencies, how to do things looking almost effortless most of the time, doing so while looking good and so on, the calculated "perfection" in their heroics.

>Discussion back to E-Soul Arc level
naisu

>>279703396
This guy?

>>279686632
Yeah, you can tell from the amount of stills they have been using, how choppy the backgrounds were during Cyan's arc, etc. This episode had some pretty good moments like Bowa vs Smile.
It's pretty disappointing after the insanely high quality of the first 7 episodes.

>>279686632
The 3D is directly linked to X influence since on the first few episodes we're on X's world and he was the one pulling us from 3D to 2D with his finger snaps and we just saw that at that point the white hair X wasn't around he only showed up now during Queen's arc. The show isn't just using animation styles for hype even the style being currently used at any given moment is there to support the narrative of those moments.

>>279706673
Doorgate from Cyan's first episode still fucks with my head

>>279703396
Tate is definitely not an incel though. Jordan Peterson can tell you that.

>>279706878
The only time the 3d/2d rule was broken was Yang Cheng's flashback and even then we can't be sure X wasn't doing time travel shit

>>279706673
The plan was to reel us in with the 3D art. The storytelling in these 2D episodes is worse as well. There's tons of intrigue in the first episodes such as the past of OG Nice and E-Soul, then Cyan shows up with 2D art and I give zero fucks.
This episode wasn't bad, but Queen herself isn't interesting. Also "female hero issues" feels really out of place.

>Cyan < Lin Ling < Queen < E-Soul
Queen only has 1 more ep and a majority of it is prob going to be vs. Bowa which I don't give af

Who the fuck is Zero

>VA cast KINO
>but chinese slop production
>characters look cool
>but CGI shit
Is this anime good or slop?

>>279708108
this guy
you can see clips of him in https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4W2A19SMak and the events where esoul last used his big signature move until the new vs old esoul duel in the show

>>279708166
its been pretty good
definitely one of my top shows of the season and its gonna be 2 cour which is nice

>>279708261
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uv83dVEZc3c is better

>>279708477
i find that the ones with dialogue are more insightful since the musical ones kinda exclude all of those bits

>>279708491
Yeah, but then you have to listen to Chinese.

>>279708166
>>but CGI shit
The CGI is the better looking part.
Also Sawano is composing, so it was a must-watch for me.

>>279708623
with all of the weird japanese word swapping and sub differences I honestly wouldn't mind rewatching it in CN
don't think my sonarr setup pulls in chinese if JP is available though

>>279708623
You get used to it eventually, no one used to Japanese from the first time they heard it anyway, though Japanese indeed sounds cuter and softer among many spoken languages
You can try listening to Chinese songs first, there are many great Chinese songs from classic Taiwan pop culture to modern mainland artists

How is this series perform in Japan?
Japanese isn't very fond of 3D stuff so it might not be well-received like in China

>>279700867
I think X is just nicer to good people. Queen is honest in her desire to help and make people’s lives better, so she gets a harmless snap. Mafia dudes are murderous, so they get graffiti’d on every available surface.

>>279700829
And X’s civvie self also works for the same company as them. Wonder if DOS is supposed to be our team good guys.

>>279709134
Its not an isekai so its not performing.

>>279709165
He works for FOMO, not DOS. And DOS's CEO hardly looks like a "good guy" at all.

>>279708261
what norwood does to a mf

>>279709135
Felt like he also had some sort of affection for Ahu because doge

>>279708623
The Chinese dub is actually better than the Japanese this time

>>279709427
Yeah, I confused FOMO and DOS. FOMO heroes seem pretty nice too, though.

>>279709134
Apparently not well, but it's irrelevant since the show is having a huge success in China and in the West.

Not sure if it's on YT somewhere, but this is a pretty interesting PV. X being "born in ashes" is one hell of a hint. It's also way more somber than his other trailers.

>PV2: What Makes a Hero
>Where heroes rise
>Where commoners shine
>Born in ashes
>Heroes I shall redefine

https://www.bilibili.com/bangumi/play/ep775863?from_spmid=666.25.episode.0

>>279710829
I wonder how many of the Japanese are mad that they took the One Piece time slot and how much budget China pushed to make that happen.

>>279711116
Reminder that X is a sugar addict who steals pocket sugar from his company!

>>279711116
Yeah it's on youtube too and you can see how his world is constantly in 3D but he keeps pushing it back to 2D with his powers.

>>279711116
Yes, it's on YT as well.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tw331PmYmRs
I wonder if it is of any significance that E-Soul and Dragon Boy don't appear on the PV at all except for the group shot at the end.

>>279711332
Nice find. The Japanese text there is also pretty telling.
>How does one become a hero?
>What does it mean to be a commoner?
>All people are commoners,
>All people can be heroes

>>279711332
>spoiler
Those two failed the X-approved character development plan and became anti-heroes instead.

>>279711149
But it is natural that the Japanese are hostile. It is as if Hollywood were suddenly threatened by a foreign film industry that somehow competes with them internationally. It's not just about having OP's spot.

>>279711654
I don't know why but it sounds pretty cool like that. The thing is i'm pretty sure none of the 10 characters are evil. Yang was tricked and Dragonboy seems to have grudges, but i'm sure they're trying to do the right thing too, even as anti-heroes.

>>279711302
X also has the same perfectionism of Nice in his PV. And he likes dance too.

>>279711642
That's pretty much Lin's speech at the start of episode 1. I guess they also used the word "commoner" on purpose.
X is Lin from the future, you heard it here first.

>>279711824
That was some crack pot theory since episode 1 by a few, defintely didn't hear it from here first.

>>279711754
According to his profile, Dragon Boy does volunteer work and manages traffic in front of schools so probably a delinquent with a heart of gold situation.

I hope X doesn't turn out to be some saitama-like character. I really hate saitama's character

>>279703968
I don't really care about Cyan but I already know from past superhero-related animated shows and other shows with large casts that I'm ok with taking dips with the positives, as long as the positives are good enough

>>279711824
The theory that X is Ling from the future has been circulating for quite some time.

>Ling put on an Esoul costume, went back in time, and shot Moon for being a bitch in the future

>>279711939
>Arrives
>defeats Queen with a snap of his fingers
>Leaves
>the first floor of the tower immediately takes on an abandoned appearance as if no one had used that floor for many years

Dude, I don't know what you expect, but you're on the wrong track.

>>279711906
>a delinquent with a heart of gold situation.
he will definitely be a heart of gold delinquent forced to play the role of villain when deep down he would like to be a hero. If it weren't for the fact that he only has 2 episodes and therefore he will be turbo fleshed, characters like him become popular easily.

>>279685657
Eccentric reality-warper? Maybe Rohan from jojo?

>>279712042
Alternatively, Ling Ling has something to do with Zero and might be a future antagonist. His name basically means 00 and in the ED he's asleep/unconscious when X wakes up everybody to the world without Trust values. The rest of the heroes all react in some way, but he's just switched off.

>>279706985
She's just lucky? They later show a gust of wind opening the doors again. Then a fucking truck.

>>279712214
Why are people so obsessed with putting Zero everywhere? First there are people who say that X is the reincarnation of Zero, then others say that Zero replaced E-Soul, now that Ling is the reincarnation of Zero. We've already seen that Zero is held in stasis somewhere in one of the PVs, people really look for the most absurd and schizo theories.