Tu Bian Yingxiong X Episode 7 Discussion

Starting to feel the effects of the faster pacing. I can't say I really bought into the emotional mourning of Shang Chao because we didn't see much of him or how much he meant to Yang Cheng. At least it makes sense now, why Yang couldn't save him.

The Lucky Cyan autotune threw me off at first, but it got better over time. It fits the electricity powers theme. That fight was great. It's interesting how the heros are not only that, but entertainers as well. It ties in well with Yang Cheng doing those plays for the kids. Old E-Soul had more combat experience, but Yang had more entertainer experience. Though it was Uncle Rock that helped most with the entertainment aspect.

I felt bad for Uncle Rock selling his shop to support Yang's fight, but nvm lol. Already could tell he was the same guy who kicked Yang out of the competition and the guy who hired the thugs to kidnap the kid because they had the same voice, but I didn't think he was THAT evil. Now I kinda feel bad for the thug brothers because they were just looking out for each other.

So Yang Cheng won in the end? Was it planned by Uncle Rock? Or did he not know it was Shang Chao there, and actually wanted Yang Cheng dead?

I liked the shot of Yang Cheng holding the sand in his palm and talking about how he's carrying the trust tens of thousands of people, as if the grains of the sand were all the people. Also the juxtaposition of Uncle Rock being wholesome about setting up the lucky confession spot and how it has a great view, to the reveal of him setting everything up in the arc and having a great view from the hero towers in the end. That was some great cinematography/composition to wrap up this arc.

@Yuez no matter who was shot, YC wouldn't die and would have a reason to fight OG E-Soul

Good ep

Time to slide for da homie Shang, new to see the series finally expose the fact that Mr. Shand and him are truly related.

While Yang's stubbornness is understandable, he is sadly pushing his love (Xia) away and by the time we know it, she can't take it anymore. Her words AREN'T reaching him anymore. Leaves him at the beach and alone at the concert.

Coincidentally, Lucky Chan's concert is playing and her arc starts next ep.

Then, we learn that those bad guys were set up with what looks to be Uncle Rock's potential "younger brother" or the leader of one of the main 4 hero companies. Those bad guys weren't ever gonna win, even if it was f*d up what happened to both. Everyone got used and OG might have been defeated for no reason. Someone's being used and someone's doing the using (Rock???)😈

Animation between new and OG was amazing as usual. Exposed the fact that he hesitated in the moment to truly save Shang, wasn't the fact that he didn't have the suit on, huh. Looks like he won. Yang snatches OG's chain and is now the cultivation of both of their trust-values. Lastly, the "brother" appears to be Yang's new sponsor as the 10th hero in the tower, if I'm right.

Ngl, I thought this arc was somehow gonna tie back to ep4, but it didn't. It's as if the next arc will continue this one, but through lucky cyan' s lenses. (maybe that arc with wrap it up correctly). IDK, all i know is that it's the link click director ( and he's a lover of cliffhangers). 😂

Nvm, that might be Rock just with dyed brown hair. But damn did OG got done dirty, all those years protecting and being a hero just for ur same believers to go behind ur back and kill u. Tho, yang had purple lighting, maybe that’s OG instead??

Really wanted to give it a 10, but can't, feels more like a set-up ep if anything and was missing the oomph in it. My expectations for the finale of this arc ruined my enjoyment just a tiny bit.

9.5/10

@JayDaAnimeLord I think the next arc will feature that dog Ahu. The OP and ED show a clear order in which each character will appear, Lucky Cyan is the 4th.

@lucausgusto The show released the episode schedule before Ep 1 listing how which episodes focus on which hero. The next episode is Lucky Cyan. Ahu is in Ep 23.

Absolutely incredible ending to E-Soul’s arc holy shit. No disrespect to Nice, but this was 100x better and I LOVE how morally ambiguous they made Yang out to be. It absolutely makes sense that he’d potentially kill Moon in the future, I mean the dude just killed his hero who saved his life as a kid after destroying his reputation. Not to mention all the stuff about Shang we learned today, this was a masterclass both in animation and character writing. Bravo.

Xia and Yang tried to hold it together for a while, but you could tell things would never quite be the same after Shang’s death. Xia had unresolved feelings for him, Yang had unresolved feelings for her and deep down he hated himself because he could’ve saved Shang Chao, but hesitated. I love how this series makes characters out to be flawed and truly human. It’s totally natural to hesitate like that out of jealousy, it’s not right, but it’s human and real humans aren’t cartoon characters who are paradigms of justice.

New E-Soul vs Old E-soul was absolutely incredible bro, the fact Yang’s aura literally changes the art style to 2D is fucking incredible. You also hear a snap sound when it happens which seems to be a theme here! Tons of cool camera angles, great storyboarding and compositing, perfection. Feel so awful for Old E soul going out like that after having his name dragged and dude never even cared about rankings. Legit one of the good guys and gone for nothing.

Not Xia going to lucky cyan’s concert by herself with the 3 tickets she got for her, yang and Shang.. FUCK.

I’m still confused on who Uncle Rock is supposed to be, but whoever he is, he was playing 4D chess the whole time clearly. Yang’s old life is gone and he’s now fully e soul, working for the same dude who set up Shang’s murder and Xia’s brother’s kidnapping. Painfully tragic twist.

On the bright side, lucky cyan arc finally coming next week and it’s gonna be mainly 2D let’s goooo. Each arc seems to be getting better and better I can’t wait.

Absolutely incredible ending to E-Soul’s arc holy shit. No disrespect to Nice, but this was 100x better and I LOVE how morally ambiguous they made Yang out to be. It absolutely makes sense that he’d potentially kill Moon in the future, I mean the dude just killed his hero who saved his life as a kid after destroying his reputation. Not to mention all the stuff about Shang we learned today, this was a masterclass both in animation and character writing. Bravo.

Xia and Yang tried to hold it together for a while, but you could tell things would never quite be the same after Shang’s death. Xia had unresolved feelings for him, Yang had unresolved feelings for her and deep down he hated himself because he could’ve saved Shang Chao, but hesitated. I love how this series makes characters out to be flawed and truly human. It’s totally natural to hesitate like that out of jealousy, it’s not right, but it’s human and real humans aren’t cartoon characters who are paradigms of justice.

New E-Soul vs Old E-soul was absolutely incredible bro, the fact Yang’s aura literally changes the art style to 2D is fucking incredible. You also hear a snap sound when it happens which seems to be a theme here! Tons of cool camera angles, great storyboarding and compositing, perfection. Feel so awful for Old E soul going out like that after having his name dragged and dude never even cared about rankings. Legit one of the good guys and gone for nothing.

Not Xia going to lucky cyan’s concert by herself with the 3 tickets she got for her, yang and Shang.. FUCK.

I’m still confused on who Uncle Rock is supposed to be, but whoever he is, he was playing 4D chess the whole time clearly. Yang’s old life is gone and he’s now fully e soul, working for the same dude who set up Shang’s murder and Xia’s brother’s kidnapping. Painfully tragic twist.

On the bright side, lucky cyan arc finally coming next week and it’s gonna be mainly 2D let’s goooo. Each arc seems to be getting better and better I can’t wait.

Absolutely incredible ending to E-Soul’s arc holy shit. No disrespect to Nice, but this was 100x better and I LOVE how morally ambiguous they made Yang out to be. It absolutely makes sense that he’d potentially kill Moon in the future, I mean the dude just killed his hero who saved his life as a kid after destroying his reputation. Not to mention all the stuff about Shang we learned today, this was a masterclass both in animation and character writing. Bravo.

Xia and Yang tried to hold it together for a while, but you could tell things would never quite be the same after Shang’s death. Xia had unresolved feelings for him, Yang had unresolved feelings for her and deep down he hated himself because he could’ve saved Shang Chao, but hesitated. I love how this series makes characters out to be flawed and truly human. It’s totally natural to hesitate like that out of jealousy, it’s not right, but it’s human and real humans aren’t cartoon characters who are paradigms of justice.

New E-Soul vs Old E-soul was absolutely incredible bro, the fact Yang’s aura literally changes the art style to 2D is fucking incredible. You also hear a snap sound when it happens which seems to be a theme here! Tons of cool camera angles, great storyboarding and compositing, perfection. Feel so awful for Old E soul going out like that after having his name dragged and dude never even cared about rankings. Legit one of the good guys and gone for nothing.

Not Xia going to lucky cyan’s concert by herself with the 3 tickets she got for her, yang and Shang.. FUCK.

I’m still confused on who Uncle Rock is supposed to be, but whoever he is, he was playing 4D chess the whole time clearly. Yang’s old life is gone and he’s now fully e soul, working for the same dude who set up Shang’s murder and Xia’s brother’s kidnapping. Painfully tragic twist.

On the bright side, lucky cyan arc finally coming next week and it’s gonna be mainly 2D let’s goooo. Each arc seems to be getting better and better I can’t wait.

What kind of hero society lets heroes kill each other for rank?

What kind of hero society lets heroes kill each other for rank?

What kind of hero society lets heroes kill each other for rank?

Absolutely incredible ending to E-Soul’s arc holy shit. No disrespect to Nice, but this was 100x better and I LOVE how morally ambiguous they made Yang out to be. It absolutely makes sense that he’d potentially kill Moon in the future, I mean the dude just killed his hero who saved his life as a kid after destroying his reputation. Not to mention all the stuff about Shang we learned today, this was a masterclass both in animation and character writing. Bravo.

Xia and Yang tried to hold it together for a while, but you could tell things would never quite be the same after Shang’s death. Xia had unresolved feelings for him, Yang had unresolved feelings for her and deep down he hated himself because he could’ve saved Shang Chao, but hesitated. I love how this series makes characters out to be flawed and truly human. It’s totally natural to hesitate like that out of jealousy, it’s not right, but it’s human and real humans aren’t cartoon characters who are paradigms of justice.

New E-Soul vs Old E-soul was absolutely incredible bro, the fact Yang’s aura literally changes the art style to 2D is fucking incredible. You also hear a snap sound when it happens which seems to be a theme here! Tons of cool camera angles, great storyboarding and compositing, perfection. Feel so awful for Old E soul going out like that after having his name dragged and dude never even cared about rankings. Legit one of the good guys and gone for nothing.

Not Xia going to lucky cyan’s concert by herself with the 3 tickets she got for her, yang and Shang.. FUCK.

I’m still confused on who Uncle Rock is supposed to be, but whoever he is, he was playing 4D chess the whole time clearly. Yang’s old life is gone and he’s now fully e soul, working for the same dude who set up Shang’s murder and Xia’s brother’s kidnapping. Painfully tragic twist.

On the bright side, lucky cyan arc finally coming next week and it’s gonna be mainly 2D let’s goooo. Each arc seems to be getting better and better I can’t wait.