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Jul 5, 5:58 PM
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Quite the interesting episode - I did NOT expect that big reveal at that second meeting, super interesting direction to take some things. Does explain how things worked in that earlier fight though.
Jul 5, 6:03 PM
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So we finished Ironheart properly a few days ago and now we have the anime continuation 😂 let’s see what Luoli got for us this week. Also, when tf are we getting merch for this series?! I need a cyan figure badly!

Relatively chill episode compared to the stuff we’ve had lately, mainly felt like an opportunity for Luoli to flex her new suit/home-run finisher and to set up FUCKING ALIENS?!! Hello??

Here I was thinking DJ shindig was a meme and you’re telling me this dude was the fastest to ever reach the rank of X?? Didn’t see that coming. It’s funny how drunk on that title so many people become, while our current X doesn’t even gaf about that. Bowa a couple weeks ago, now Shindig. It’s like people work so hard to get that title and it just becomes their entire reason for being, they can’t live without it. Shindig wanted to be popular again and was willing to do anything for that.. but who’s pulling his strings? What’s their endgame

I’m also a little confused on who’s actually stalking Nuonuo because I thought it was Ghostblade, but the stalker seemed very.. weird today after seeming like a nice dude last week. I mean calling Nuonuo and just breathing on the phone until she hangs up is crazy

Has to be so demoralising if your Luoli and put in all this time and effort into a suit to save people just for your dad to continue to downplay your efforts and say you’re “playing” at being a hero. I know he’s a good dude and his intentions are pure, but that’s very hurtful under the circumstances!

Really hype for next week, I wanna know what’s the deal with these aliens, the material that controls fear and trust and who’s working from the shadows with all of this
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Jul 5, 6:04 PM
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So Ghost Blade was her stalker? I'm a little confused about that part. Anyway, no other recognition was given. Felt like a bit of a cheat there. Lot's of insane action in this episode though.
Jul 5, 6:29 PM
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So we got aliens now? Lol
Jul 5, 6:35 PM
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DJ Shindig thought he could boogie his way back to the top. But he was ill prepared for Loli to stop his evil plot!

I liked when he powered himself up and they were fighting on the walls. That was a neat change of perspective.

A new shadowy figure was behind this scheme on Glimmer Laboratory. One could only wonder what he wants to do with the fear substance. I doubt it'll be any good.

Also alien material can neutralize fear and trust value powers. That's huge! I wonder if we'll see any of them around in this show.
Jul 5, 6:39 PM
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ghost blade is my goat, when will his arc start after this one?
Jul 5, 6:45 PM
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Poor DJ, he just want to be in a spotlight.
Jul 5, 7:03 PM
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If Ghostblade is her stalker I'm guessing she triggers something from his past. His character POV video indicates he had some past trauma and has no emotions which could explain why he's stalking her and his character was very blank looking to her while stalking her.

Adding aliens into this series is either going to be goated or going too far in a series that already has so much it needs to accomplish with world building plus character and plot development.

Bold strategy cotton, let's see how it pays off for them.
Jul 5, 7:09 PM
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it started out really good but after like ep 8 or when lucky cyan arc started it became generic and they downgraded the quality and the stories
Jul 5, 7:30 PM
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they need to conclude the character arc of queen, nice & LL....only ep 1-7 and ep 12 were peak for me slowly losing interest in the series hope they bring x or some interesting plot by the season ends
Jul 5, 7:38 PM
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Funny as all hell that the fan name of "Discoball" actually pisses off DJ Shindig😂. Extremely happy they finally opened the door for Unc and Futaba to be introduced with the aliens/UMAs in a way that doesnt seem like a complete ass pull. Also I was vocal denier that the stalker was Ghostblade last episode, and I was proven very wrong in the first 5 seconds 😅
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they need to conclude the character arc of queen, nice & LL....only ep 1-7 and ep 12 were peak for me slowly losing interest in the series hope they bring x or some interesting plot by the season ends
@Im_10z_ there's a theory all 5 arcs (Lucky Cyan Ep 8 to Little Johnny Ep 19) are connected in a very long saga. The biggest way to connect it back atm to Cyan, Queen, and Little Johnny, is if Ghostblade was involved with Little Johnny's father who was the previous X (people are gonna want to take it one way since I used an ambiguous word, but he is emotionless so I mean it in a different way but don't want to say it fully not spoil if true😅. Poor Johnny is the best thing I could say without spoiling too much😔). Loli and Ghostblade only connect to the other 3 so far via Queen's speech to Loli, so the second connection between Ghostblade and Little Johnny would be needed too🙂
Jul 5, 7:57 PM
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If Ghostblade is her stalker I'm guessing she triggers something from his past. His character POV video indicates he had some past trauma and has no emotions which could explain why he's stalking her and his character was very blank looking to her while stalking her.

Adding aliens into this series is either going to be goated or going too far in a series that already has so much it needs to accomplish with world building plus character and plot development.

Bold strategy cotton, let's see how it pays off for them.
@Seansy it's to introduce the previous two To Be Hero series heroes into the continuity more likely than not. Those two actually did deal with this Aliens and wouldn't make it an ass pull if Unc or Futaba finally show up
Jul 5, 8:07 PM
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Ok so Loli's suit is made of some special alien ship wreck material wtf cool. It defies the rules of this world allowing them to isolate or neutralize fear/trust value power? so loli is more broken then we expected? like trust/fear is the power of this world. So if she has both the power of trust and can ignore the effects of it from other people that's pretty op? If X's power is from trust value could Loli's suit protect her? maybe that's it bit too much? what about Queen's rules? Like would those just not work on Loli?

Now though this is the end of the Loli arc. next is Ghost blade which might tie back into this arc as well as I'm thinking right now he's probably the stalker creep guy lol.


Also some people pointed out the spotlight organization guy at the end might be Queen's father the reporter guy based on the voice.
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Jul 5, 8:24 PM
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Ok so Loli's suit is made of some special alien ship wreck material wtf cool. It defies the rules of this world allowing them to isolate or neutralize fear/trust value power? so loli is more broken then we expected? like trust/fear is the power of this world. So if she has both the power of trust and can ignore the effects of it from other people that's pretty op? If X's power is from trust value could Loli's suit protect her? maybe that's it bit too much? what about Queen's rules? Like would those just not work on Loli?

Now though this is the end of the Loli arc. next is Ghost blade which might tie back into this arc as well as I'm thinking right now he's probably the stalker creep guy lol.


Also some people pointed out the spotlight organization guy at the end might be Queen's father the reporter guy based on the voice.
@Rexnihilo Knew I recognized the voice but couldn't see which VA was playing the unknown guy, so thank you🙏. Would make sense the guy who wants fear to be exposed to everyone's knowledge becomes a terrorist to show the damage😅
Jul 5, 8:38 PM
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omgosh ghost blade.
next ep guna be fearsome
Jul 5, 8:53 PM

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ghost blade is my goat, when will his arc start after this one?
@KingShisui Yes, the next two episodes are about ghostblade.

Jul 5, 9:30 PM

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I kinda guessed it when Ghostblade's name was mentioned by Rock..that he must be the creep who's stalking Nuo nuo. So we got aliens in this world.
Loli's hero origin is by far pretty weak when compared to other heroes.
Jul 5, 9:30 PM

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Ghostblade has arrived, We've learned more about fear and loli is cool.

Jul 5, 9:32 PM

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it started out really good but after like ep 8 or when lucky cyan arc started it became generic and they downgraded the quality and the stories
@DeathKnight_ feeling the same.
Jul 5, 10:06 PM
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I wish they would bring back the animation change between 3d and 2d that’s what really drew me to this show! But I’m still loving the different hero arcs, I just hope they go back to the different animation switches each episode :/
Jul 5, 10:24 PM
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I really can't wait for the next episode after that episode!!
Jul 5, 10:25 PM

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Ghostblade is the stalker right?
Is he related to nuonuo? Hair color seems to match
Jul 5, 10:37 PM
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Ghostblade is the stalker right?
Is he related to nuonuo? Hair color seems to match
@Phoenix-5an I thought the stalker was Da Xiong? The dude with the glasses and puffy hair?
Jul 5, 11:09 PM
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So we finished Ironheart properly a few days ago and now we have the anime continuation 😂 let’s see what Luoli got for us this week. Also, when tf are we getting merch for this series?! I need a cyan figure badly!

Relatively chill episode compared to the stuff we’ve had lately, mainly felt like an opportunity for Luoli to flex her new suit/home-run finisher and to set up FUCKING ALIENS?!! Hello??

Here I was thinking DJ shindig was a meme and you’re telling me this dude was the fastest to ever reach the rank of X?? Didn’t see that coming. It’s funny how drunk on that title so many people become, while our current X doesn’t even gaf about that. Bowa a couple weeks ago, now Shindig. It’s like people work so hard to get that title and it just becomes their entire reason for being, they can’t live without it. Shindig wanted to be popular again and was willing to do anything for that.. but who’s pulling his strings? What’s their endgame

I’m also a little confused on who’s actually stalking Nuonuo because I thought it was Ghostblade, but the stalker seemed very.. weird today after seeming like a nice dude last week. I mean calling Nuonuo and just breathing on the phone until she hangs up is crazy

Has to be so demoralising if your Luoli and put in all this time and effort into a suit to save people just for your dad to continue to downplay your efforts and say you’re “playing” at being a hero. I know he’s a good dude and his intentions are pure, but that’s very hurtful under the circumstances!

Really hype for next week, I wanna know what’s the deal with these aliens, the material that controls fear and trust and who’s working from the shadows with all of this
Marinate1016 said:
It’s funny how drunk on that title so many people become
Marinate1016 said:
Here I was thinking DJ shindig was a meme and you’re telling me this dude was the fastest to ever reach the rank of X?? Didn’t see that coming. It’s funny how drunk on that title so many people become, while our current X doesn’t even gaf about that. Bowa a couple weeks ago, now Shindig. It’s like people work so hard to get that title and it just becomes their entire reason for being, they can’t live without it.
that's why the og E-soul was da goat 🐐
Jul 6, 12:18 AM

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Loli's arc continues to be goofy. Drunk Nuonuo was oddly entertaining this episode.

Also, aliens? Like, what!? This completely caught me off guard. I guess it's one way to explain where Trust and Fear came from... Also, Fear is implied to be recently discovered by the Hero Association after the events of Cyan's arc, meaning that the orphanage director somehow has connections to the first people who worked with Fear. In other words, Reporter Liu is almost certainly behind Spotlight. I wonder what his deal is.
Jul 6, 12:35 AM

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Ghostblade is the stalker right?
Is he related to nuonuo? Hair color seems to match
@Phoenix-5an Ghostblade is Nuonuo's father
Jul 6, 12:43 AM

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@Phoenix-5an Ghostblade is Nuonuo's father
@Matchappie That theory makes sense. Then we'll see Nuonuo in his arc. Hopefully
Jul 6, 1:32 AM
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Jul 6, 3:19 AM
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wtf alien material that can neutralize both fear and trust? and loli with her armor made from the alien material is now special

also ghostblade is the stalker dang

not gonna be surprise if x is an alien
Jul 6, 4:00 AM

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another great episode

more problems for the next episode
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Jul 6, 4:11 AM
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@Jonaleth that split second shot was of Zero, OG E-Soul's very first Nemesis, and the whole reason behind the Fall of Dawn incident, mate.
Jul 6, 4:19 AM
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Alright, finally a reference to the OG To Be Hero. That alien spaceship material HAS to be the alien prince's spaceship from To Be Hero. What a goated revelation, man. I'm shaking.

Lore drops aside, kind of a weak episode. Strange that we never saw what happened to Luo Li (shortened to Loli for Crunchyroll's convenience). Also, that sonuvabitch Rock dropping a cameo this episode was totally uncalled for. Had to be reminded how much I hate that MF. Anyways, Nuonuo's stalker HAS to be Ghostblade. Why?

1) matching hair color.
2) the camera lingered on that shot of Nuonuo staring at Ghostblade for a bit TOO long. And we all know that whenever Li Haoling plays with the camera, he HAS to be giving us clues.
3) the hairdo of the stalker is very uncannily similar to Ghostblade. And that guy is weirdly adept at fighting for "just a stalker".

I've been seeing theories that the leader of the Spotlight Organization (YES, THAT MF FINALLY APPEARED FROM THE OP) might actually be Liu Zhen (Queen/Liu Yuwei's father), as their voices match. Curious detail, if that does turn out to be true. Next week is Ghostblade's arc, let's see what we're given. Cuz that guy is ALREADY sus as hell......
Jul 6, 6:55 AM
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@Jonaleth that split second shot was of Zero, OG E-Soul's very first Nemesis, and the whole reason behind the Fall of Dawn incident, mate.
@Teruki_Inoue I have no idea who Zero or whats Dawn incident you talking about. Thought this anime was not related to any other sources, seems it is... And dont want to learn "no spoier" if they going to explain what the hell are those.
Jul 6, 8:49 AM
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KingShisui said:
ghost blade is my goat, when will his arc start after this one?

how do u know who is ghost blade?? is this thing connected to previous seasons somehow??..
i saw many people hyping many characters which doesn't even appear yet.. how do they know about them? is there something i m missing out?
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KingShisui said:
ghost blade is my goat, when will his arc start after this one?

how do u know who is ghost blade?? is this thing connected to previous seasons somehow??..
i saw many people hyping many characters which doesn't even appear yet.. how do they know about them? is there something i m missing out?
@King_Abhi he was shown in the previews of the anime before it came out and he looked cool, and in this episode and previous episode we also saw his personality and how he acts so he got hyped up even more
Jul 6, 9:04 AM

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@KingShisui Yes, the next two episodes are about ghostblade.

@Shiro_Asaigawa ok great thx
Jul 6, 9:14 AM

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It was a calmer fight than the others, and a calmer heroine too, focus on developing the story a little more, I want it to get to the current X soon
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Jul 6, 9:21 AM
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Alright, finally a reference to the OG To Be Hero. That alien spaceship material HAS to be the alien prince's spaceship from To Be Hero. What a goated revelation, man. I'm shaking.

Lore drops aside, kind of a weak episode. Strange that we never saw what happened to Luo Li (shortened to Loli for Crunchyroll's convenience). Also, that sonuvabitch Rock dropping a cameo this episode was totally uncalled for. Had to be reminded how much I hate that MF. Anyways, Nuonuo's stalker HAS to be Ghostblade. Why?

1) matching hair color.
2) the camera lingered on that shot of Nuonuo staring at Ghostblade for a bit TOO long. And we all know that whenever Li Haoling plays with the camera, he HAS to be giving us clues.
3) the hairdo of the stalker is very uncannily similar to Ghostblade. And that guy is weirdly adept at fighting for "just a stalker".

I've been seeing theories that the leader of the Spotlight Organization (YES, THAT MF FINALLY APPEARED FROM THE OP) might actually be Liu Zhen (Queen/Liu Yuwei's father), as their voices match. Curious detail, if that does turn out to be true. Next week is Ghostblade's arc, let's see what we're given. Cuz that guy is ALREADY sus as hell......
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Lore drops aside, kind of a weak episode. Strange that we never saw what happened to Luo Li
loli arc is yet to be over since she hasn't entered into Top 10 yet,
Jul 6, 9:24 AM
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it started out really good but after like ep 8 or when lucky cyan arc started it became generic and they downgraded the quality and the stories
@DeathKnight_ so true- esoul arc was so cool, maybe ghostblade arc gets better
Jul 6, 9:26 AM
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@Teruki_Inoue I have no idea who Zero or whats Dawn incident you talking about. Thought this anime was not related to any other sources, seems it is... And dont want to learn "no spoier" if they going to explain what the hell are those.
@Jonaleth you will have to watch the E-Soul Character PV from Bilibili channel and read this tweet (https://x.com/steIIarevue/status/1920817734226493593?t=dyCLW2fQYTr_w2TzM4Jplw&s=19)
to know the lore behind Zero and the Downfall incident

Ps: there is still a possibility that info about dawn fall incident or Zero might get revealed in the future
Jul 6, 9:27 AM
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@Jonaleth dude that's crazy💀
Jul 6, 4:43 PM

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While it is understandable why a parent would want to protect their child they should also support their dreams as best they can.
I wonder if this concludes Loli's origin arc now that she has her suit or will there be one more episode featuring her hero debut and introducing the next arc?

edit: oh it appears Loli won't be getting a debut unless it ties into Ghostblade somehow.
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the story is interesting so far i like the characters
Jul 6, 8:58 PM

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Calm ep

We resume with DJ attacking the headquarters and causing chaos around as everyone is forced to dance crazily.

We even see the stalker and his weird azz, really doesn't do much.

Loli takes things into her own hands and somehow overpowers DJ despite possibly lower trust value

The corporation leaders meet up to discuss the material called "fear" that was discovered by Prof Luo and his team due to a alien spaceship, but the meeting is halted due to chaos that DJ did.

They leave DJ after defeating him and he gets consumed by fear. Ghostblade finally appears to save the day and everyone is saved. You can tell how much Loli's father cares despite not being there all the time.

At the end, DJ asks a random masked dude to save him, but the ep ends. Who is that guy? Best believe he is the mastermind with all the fear in the world.

Once again, too short of a arc. Ngl, the arcs being so short hurts the enjoyment knowing it could be so much better with more competent writing. Seems as if the writing has gone downhill since Cyan (might have to double check).

9/10


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Jul 6, 10:46 PM
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@Teruki_Inoue I have no idea who Zero or whats Dawn incident you talking about. Thought this anime was not related to any other sources, seems it is... And dont want to learn "no spoier" if they going to explain what the hell are those.
@Jonaleth watch the trailers, that's all. The world of TBHX has very intricate lore, and a lot of it comes from the character PV's. Zero was the first "unofficial" X, the whole world gave him their trust value, so being unable to handle it all, he turned crazy and tried to wipe out humanity in Year 2 After Commission. It was then that OG E-Soul stopped him, but massive damages happened. That entire event is the Fall of Dawn incident....
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DeathKnight_ said:
it started out really good but after like ep 8 or when lucky cyan arc started it became generic and they downgraded the quality and the stories

this is exactly that I think:(
Jul 7, 12:44 AM
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Solid episode that concludes Loli's introduction with fast-paced action and segues to the Ghostblade part of the story. Looks cheaper than early episodes, but still visually entertaining. The addition of an alien subplot creates a nice opportunity to expand the universe beyond binary concepts of "Trust" and "Fear." Just like in real life, people must step outside their comfort bubbles to discover new things, redefine existing concepts, and move towards progress. Also, Stalker is more likely to be a Ghostblade, so we'll see why his attempt to interact with the girl turned out creepy.
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I really hope, that the next arcs will be better, because the Loli arc was utter trash. Cyan's arc was serviceable, but not good, and Queen's arc was far too short, she deserved more screen time. However it is obvious, that the Nice and E-Soul arcs were far superior, than anything happened since, and it will be a problem, if the later arcs are closer in quality to the Loli arc, than to Nice/E-Soul.
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@KingShisui Yes, the next two episodes are about ghostblade.

@Shiro_Asaigawa Appreciate you sharing this graphic.

Kind of adds to my worries that they won't have enough time to sufficiently introduce each character and their story given the time constraints of doing it all in 26 episodes AND progressing a larger plot regarding Spotlight and Fear. The titular X only gets 1 episode dedicated to him? Better be a banger episode to conclude the series. Episode 20 seems like a plot focused episode, but it's kind of weird to insert that before introducing Dragon Boy and Ahu. Will be curious to see what happens with that.

Queen kind of worked with 2 episodes, but they really had to rush through things to make it happen.

Hopefully Loli still gets some more screen time to finish her character arc explaining how she got to her rank and how she progressed with her suit after the incident in this episode.
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