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| Feels bad for our new hero here, even though it's the start of her arc she already got absolutely MOLLY WHOPPED by this dude X. She stood no chance at all, like did she even move in that so-called 'fight'? LMAO. My guy showed up, said nothing, completely humiliated her, and dipped... If that’s not aura, I don’t know what is. |
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| I miss Lucky Cyan already, BUT I am very much excited for this Queen arc. People have been hyping her for ages and I love her design, absolutely gorgeous. I really like the start of her arc and it seems like it’s going to be very deeply connected to the mysterious X that’s been hanging over this series from the jump so I’m hype. Just a few minutes into the episode and I realised I was gonna love Queen. The fact she was a feminist icon fighting against misogyny in the hero rankings, inspiring girls to wanna be heroes AND in university at just 14 years old is insane. It annoyed me that even in this world misogyny is such an issue and female heroes struggle to get their due. Our other female hero and Queen’s rival, Bowa is the perfect mix of gorgeous and badass. Her fight against the previous X was amazing as we’ve come to expect. Significant moment since it made her the 2nd female X ever! But instead of being happy with that, her insecurity for the popularity Queen had was still eating at her. She should’ve just been happy that Queen was bringing so much attention to female heroes, but that’s human nature.. I respect Queen for not taking Cyan’s luck boost and wanting to win fair and square, but that was in a fight against Bowa.. X’s ability is so OP that a luck boost would just be evening the playing field imo lol. Just who is he and what is his power, flips a coin and Queen’s just instantly out?? I feel so bad for her because she worked her entire life to get to this point and it’s over just like that. She’s had success in literally everything she’s done from a young age, how will she respond to this? More importantly what’s Bowa planning? Is she gonna go after Liu??? And what’s up with X leaving the top floor of the hero tower empty? I feel like he’s showing the world he doesn’t gaf about the ranking of X and everyone’s stupid for stressing over it . |
Marinate1016Jun 14, 2025 9:43 PM
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| getting smoked by X in the first episode is crazy work but queen still the goat behind X ofc, i swear this episode lasted like 5 mins |
KingShisuiJun 14, 2025 6:38 PM
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| Queens first episode was full of some interesting world building. Her graduation speech did wonders for the trust value of heroines and even brought forth momentum to crown a female X. Although I think Bowa would disagree with that sentiment. Little Johnny, Queen, and Lucky Cyan's first meeting was an excellent moment. Big Johnny's cuteness melted the tension and Queens icy persona. Lastly, the way the nameless hero who's now currently X instantly defeated Queen makes me feel like I'm watching an overpowered fantasy anime from the other cast members perspective. I'm hyped to learn more about him! |
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| my queen got smoked lmao |
| With no information, no corporation to support, where did the new X come from? I knew he was mysterious, but it's getting more ambiguous now. |
| This episode was pretty good, Queen finally being the main character and X finally starting to weigh in on the show, the events started to connect more and more with each other. The next 2 arc characters have also appeared, let's see how the next episode will be, I'm eagerly waiting for it. |
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| Queen looks stunning ngl but still got smoked unfortunately by a mere coin flip. She barely moved a muscle. Mr. X purely aurafarming here, enough to make Jin Woo look like a joke. Good thing he's not the MC. Anyways, seeing as Queen's arc is connected with X, I hope we find out what's going on in the hero world. |
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| Oh my GOD. There are too many things to unpack. First of all, HYPE. Not just with the appearance of the man himself "X", but also because of the appearance of other heroes we know from the trailers and the voice cast is just crazy. Hanazawa Kana, Matsuoka Yoshitsugu, Minase Inori and Hikasa Yoko in 1 frame, Sakura Ayane's character Loli also made a cameo and of course Mamoru Miyano's "X". Now I just have to say, Queen is really cool, I love her character and her absolute trust and confidence in herself, yes she did nothing to "X", she tasted her first defeat but we know she'll pull herself back up (as we've seen last episode in Cyan's arc). And her hidden cute side is just, CUTE. There it is, the Gap Moe. With that, it made me think that believing in yourself without a single trace of doubt counts in the trust value system?, Because Queen managed to pass the university in 2 years because she trusted herself that she can do it. Another thing is that no one even knows "X", yet he just snaps everything out? It could mean that "X" absolutely believes in himself that he is just him lol. "Trust comes from others, but above that, trust comes from within" Also "X" was playing with a coin in his hands, if it was "X" who gave the first coin to Cyan, do you think he received a bit of luck from her?, while Queen on the other hand rejected the idea. This has been a favorite episode for me, im just hyped, and we've picked up the phase by showing as all these heroes and the current #1 and #2. |
| The power gap between current X and other Heroes are way too much. I think X can even defeat Jinwoo and Gojo within a second. |
| Queen so unhinged, that aura and confidence + HanaKana, truly the queen. The golden white design suits her perfectly and that golden aura too, royal. But even she can't resist that adorable little fun thingy. For a sec I thought the guy was using his power on her but nope lol. She was on track for a perfect record but a wild X came and destroyed them all. Is his power related to time manipulation? Bowa seemed like an interesting character at first but she gave into fame and power and now fear consumes her. Gonna be the villain of this arc likely. |
MegamiRemJul 15, 2025 9:41 AM
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| Queen story i enjoyed the episode didn't expect her to lose like that... E11:8/10 |
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| Talk about hype! But seriously, I feel like X was like Ling Lin, but with much bigger confidence in himself. Not to mention, X is basically like the ideal Queen was talking about: changing things in a way that doesn't rely on Trust value, because it's kind of obvious X didn't rely on that or if he did...is he like people's unknown 'hero' everybody wants? Like, everybody has this concept of 'hero' in their minds, so X basically represents that. I can't wait to see X's own episode to unravel his own mystery. I'm glad we got so much lore in this episode and cameos. Queen's first episode was just brilliant! Though I do wonder if in the next episode we'll go back to 3D animation, now that X has taken the crown? |
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| That was a banger episode. Probably one of my favorites so far. It felt like the first episode that tried to connect a lot of events together, which I appreciated. Also, X aura farming. First, some cultural context, as usual: This episode definitely looks into the Chinese internet feminist concept of 雌竞, or literally "female competition". Don't quote me on this because I'm not well-versed with Chinese feminism, but I think the term roughly refers to when women compete amongst themselves and tear each other down – often aggressively – to appeal to society dominated by men, ironically setting back women's rights as a whole in the process. Some related concepts in western feminism would be "pick-mes" and "queen bees". Bowa even works out, which is arguably an example of her aligning herself to patriarchal norms to appear like a "strong woman". Something else I need to mention is that women's rights developed much later in China than in America. So, this episode that focuses on empowering women reflects a general shift in Chinese society that is happening right now. Just to put it into context, when I attended school in China a few years ago, an 60-year-old teacher thought he needed to tell people that "it's okay to pursue science if you're interested, even if you're a girl". I imagine even just half a generation ago, he actually would have needed to say this to convince some parents otherwise. In an interview with Queen's voice actor, they said Queen was going to have a cute side. And, oh boy; they were right. Great gap moe right here, everyone. Do you guys think Queen is a dog person or a cat person? Or, I suppose, a big Johnny person? Speaking of Queen's character, I find it funny that her depression is triggered by being out-aura-farmed. I love the DOS heroes already. They're all so supportive of each other! I wonder what's up with DOS's big boss. No; seriously: he seems just like an old geezer so far. His corporation actually seems decent to be in, but I'm sure I'll regret these words later. Speaking of corporations: the CEO of FOMO is kind of just your stereotypical clueless nerd. He seems chill, almost; is he going to have a dark side as well? |
| X himself!!! how hype |
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Reply to calvin_geraldy
I wonder, in this Queen arc, is the timeline after the Lucky Cyan arc or before? anyone knows ?
| @calvin_geraldy Here's a continuously updated timeline. |
| To Be Hero X spoiler-free timeline, recommended to use as you're watching the show. |
| Young Queen gave me Greta Thunberg vibes o_O ... I'm glad she matured well though and they showed her animal love to add some empathetic emotion to her character. That saved her first impression for me and made her way less arrogant. She also arranged the meet up with Johnny and Cyan since she noticed he was a fan of her colleague. We got to see 5/10 heroes from the current TOP10 in one episode (X, Queen, Cyan, Johnny, Loli) and even Dragon Boy got mentioned. Maybe things are finally starting to connect? Also, X, why were you so cute this episode? xD that came out of nowhere  |
| so mr.nice and this unknown mr.x guy isnt the same person ?? |
Reply to NirvashX1
so mr.nice and this unknown mr.x guy isnt the same person ??
| @NirvashX1 so you didn't know that until now 😅 |
| It was obvious what was gonna happen to every heroes including Queen like they wouldn't even know what hit them 😭😭 After all that flair for Queen, it was devastating to watch her lose..💔 The old guy Rocks after finishing off one E-Soul took over MG and the guy who lost his son left MG and started Treeman which has Nice as its top hero. They connected the different timelines well in this episode. And we're getting close to the current timeline again.. can't wait to see Nice storyline to continue. It's been so long. So who was Bowa looking up !? Was it Lucky Cyan ?? |
| Clearly X's power is pure unadulterated bullshit. He has no presence, no one knows who is, but he can somehow instantly defeat anyone who challenges him. Queen is ambitious, but I think she is also highly strung and needs to relax a bit before she snaps. Rome wasn't built in a day and the trust system won't be easily dismantled. |
Reply to Zak-_-
So no more 3D animation? I’m not gonna complain because the 2D animation is awesome, but I wonder is that an artistic choice or budgetary? I also had read somewhere that X’s power had something to do with the animation switching or something? Just thought it was interesting.
Really awesome episode though, I can’t wait for next week
Really awesome episode though, I can’t wait for next week
| @Zak-_- I think the animation shifts are for important fights and Bowa's fight just wasn't that important in the scheme of things and of course X pulled some instant win card against Queen so they didn't even fight. |
| It's Queen's first episode but she just gets mogged by X. He just showed up without even a hero name and just instantly defeated everyone without trying. At least though Queens normal every day fit is fire. Like ngl that could be her hero outfit as a magician or something and I would not complain. We also see her reject Cyans luck but in the end Cyan still gets blamed despite Queen's misfortune having nothing to do with Cyan. So either way Queen won or lost people would've just said it was because of Cyan. This episode I think we see the most lore and world building done in a single episode so far. So many heroes referenced/mentioned/or appeared. Loli - Young Loli as a kid The Johnnies - They seem very chill and is friends with both Queen and Cyan. They also got Queen to their Room/Floor in their first meeting. Is this the power of just a cute pet? or like actually part of his power? Firm Man - We see his hero start of saving wolf girl. Lucky Cyan - Singing and interacting with Queen and The Johnnies X - The X appears out of nowhere and just destroys everyone else. Dragon Boy - We don't see him but we hear the start of him rising in popularity. We also get the silhouettes of Ahu, Ghostblade, Loli active as a hero now, and OG Nice.  Besides the Heroes we also get news of the CEOs like Unc Rock going to MG or Mr. Shang starting up Treeman corp. Zac idk but it seems Rock was with FOMO but then moved to take over MG? Mickey idk he's just shady. He goes to X's room and it looks like no one has lived there for 100 years for some reason. We see a previous X fight Bowa the axe girl and hero smile. Bowa and other Female heroes rise due to Queens speech but we also got beef with her and Queen. Bowa might be our first Hero transformed by Fear? We also do see a guy that Queen splats that probably is powered by Fear. |
RexnihiloJun 15, 2025 7:30 AM
| Everyone got destroyed by a single snap lol |
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