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| And just like that, we've made it back to where it all began, only this time it's to the man who's been running everything, quietly handling literally everything behind the scenes. There's a reason he's number one and why everyone wants him dead. Ahu included here... and all those other goons that X, FUCKING MAN HANDLED in his typical 2D-to-3D-to-2D-to-3D fashion. "he's human," they say, but that's just quite literally impossible. A man with this much aura can't be classified as human anymore. I mean, that was a straight eight minutes of people trying to beat this man, and he wasn’t having it in the slightest. He treated those guys like a joke. After watching all the other heroes struggle up to this point, you see this guy with no struggle at all, not one, but literally hundreds of different opponents. Gotta feel bad for Ahu, if anything; the poor dog could barely keep up with not just the bombshells being dropped on him, but the constant switch between 2D and 3D xD Ofc, that absolute bombshell about fear, it's always been here with us since episode one, finally hit. We’ve seen it with every hero, a recurring theme we never truly noticed, and now X has brought it fully into the light. That scene with the mini montage of all the heroes... actual cinema man. No words can describe it better than that. And ofc, the thing we’ve all been leading up to: the ultimate showdown. To be continued? Hope so. Literally no words can describe this. I won’t lie, they lost me a bit in the middle, but man they really brought it all back in the end. There’s so much to learn, so much to uncover. This show is absolutely insane, and we’ve barely scratched the surface. Haoling Li, you’ve done it again, truly a mastermind when it comes to donghua, unmatched in every way.  |
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| Crunchyroll upload episodes properly challenge Holy fucking shit I swear they just wanted to flex X in this finale and goddamn it I ain’t mad at em. We waited 6 months to get his story and see him in action and that multi dimensional getaway fight scene has to be one of the craziest action sequences I’ve ever seen. What’s more important tho is that they somehow managed to humanise a dude who has all this power and make him feel relatable. The fact he’s just a normal chill ass dude who wants to enjoy a beer after work and be left alone is hilarious. He didn’t ask for all this power and responsibility, it just happened. Ton of big revelations with the federation and hero agencies being in kahoots, go figure. The execs are all corrupt pieces of shit using heroes as pawns, just like they did with zero. In season 2(PLEASE), I’d love to see the heroes coming together and putting an end to the corruption. That may be more of an endgame plot line for this story though so it might be awhile. I expect an apology from every single ghostblade hater. The fact that he tried to stop e soul from killing moon and didn’t get there in time is breaking my heart. Dude is the only one of the 4 horsemen who’s really tried to make things right and turn his life around. They could never make me hate him. THE ENDING, PURE CHILLS. The culmination of everything we built up to this season. All the heroes finally gathered, ready for the tournament. Inject this shit into my veins now. The new OP also goes so hard!! Sawano cooked, Sennarin’s vocals are amazing and the new visuals are so awesome. Please check out Sennarin’s non anime stuff as well when you can, she’s great. TBHX was a weekly spectacle for half a year and I’m gonna miss it so much, definitely checking out link click and more donghua in the future. Cyan merch when!!? EDIT: Nice’s resurrection kicking e soul out of the qualification might be the biggest twist of the ep. Nice don’t even know who he is, got revived and gotta fight in the tournament lmao |
Marinate1016Sep 13, 7:52 PM
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| That was freaking great, To Be Hero X/10 What an amazing show this was, my goodness. The experience was utterly magnificent. Moreover, the ending with all of them coming out in 3D was also pretty hype. All in all, the best part of this show is how everything was so neatly connected, no arc felt pointless or a drag to watch. Can't wait for Season 2  |
Cestlavie_Sep 13, 6:16 PM
| THIS FINALE WAS FUCKING INCREDIBLE!!! X is badass. We now know the truth. The first Hero still lives. Who was that we saw at the end? It can't be Nice, but if it's not Nice, what is it? Final rating: 9.2/10 |
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I hope it has a season 2 because it deserves it!!!!!
| @godzilla9637 Always planned for 48 episodes. Just gotta wait for them to drop the date. |
| I never saw someone farming this much aura in one single episode. I even believe that he only appeared in the end of the series because if he was show before, it would overshadow everyone else. Now i really hope for a second season, this HAS to get one after they ended in a moment like that..... |
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| hes the biggest aura farmer of all time, holy shit i just realized the very first trailer of to be hero x was actually x pov when he saved ahu. im just speechless. ALSO WHY TF THEY HAVE THE FOOL CARD AT THE END |
ExeternaSep 13, 6:36 PM
| they cooked, one of the best of the year for sure. |
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| The finale gave me the jitters it was so exciting! The action sequence was amazing. Even with the commission sending all their available heroes and underlings, they still can't touch X! I can't believe they put Nice back together, how grim. Did he just barely beat out E-Soul for the top 10? Insane. I'm glad this show was my first Donghua, because it was superb! The power system is so very interesting, and the storyline is fire. I have so many more questions now and I can't wait for season 2! |
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| That was very satisfying. We were all the dog (not sure of his name) and X laid it all out. I appreciated the chronological montage. I never put it together that X was the guy that thru Lucky Cyan the coin. He seems like he can traverse time as well as change dimensions. The question is did he do things to make sure certain heroes were in place to stop Zero's (or Xero) end game? I didn't see him revealing his salaryman real ID to the world in that way, but it worked. Looking for to season 2. |
| Damn the new opening have many mysteries, cant wait for season 2! I wonder who is this, looks like someone from X's past. Will X's past also tragic like other heroes?  |
rizaldy1313Sep 13, 7:11 PM
| I love how this episode just raised 1000 times more questions than it answered lol. |
| Authentic. |
| So, we’ve come to learn that Zero never actually died — or even if he did, it wasn’t E Soul who killed him. The whole thing was just fabricated to boost E Soul’s reputation. So now I’m wondering: is it possible that the original E Soul never died, but Yang Cheng did instead? I still can’t wrap my head around Yang Cheng’s drastic personality shift and the fact that he's missing an arm. |
Reply to rizaldy1313
Damn the new opening have many mysteries, cant wait for season 2!
I wonder who is this, looks like someone from X's past. Will X's past also tragic like other heroes?
I wonder who is this, looks like someone from X's past. Will X's past also tragic like other heroes?
| @rizaldy1313 The end credits gave me the feeling that the girl and the other guy shown with X are part of a group that doesn’t rely on trust value to become heroes — which would make them the real heroes. And was that Queen at the end who became Zero? 😳 |
| I see everyone going crazy over the action set pieces, fair enough, but this episode didn't tell us anything about X's background and also made the plot a lot messier/worse. They literally had to split it into the ED to make time with a few bread crumbs as hints. Action aside, this episode was a major let down for me. We get this giant exposition dump reviewing the timeline that was mostly unnecessary since we already know what happened and this entire time X is talking about how Rock is trying to revive Zero and I'm wondering during the explanation: So, why didn't you do something before now to stop Rock yourself if you already knew what he is trying to do? It's like the director/writers were so focused on "farming aura" (getting really sick of that concept tbh) that they forgot to ask themselves that simple question. It certainly doesn't seem like he plans to join Rock in his goal, otherwise why spend literally 5 minutes recapping most of the story with dominoes falling towards the end to suggest they're building towards some major conclusion? Even if the heretofore unexplained "Spotlight Organization" is involved, you're telling me you cannot interrogate Rock for more information to stop his plans before removing him from the picture? I also don't know why anyone thought resurrecting nice was a good idea. The public already knows he killed himself, why would they react positively to someone being brought to life if you're worried about X becoming a second Zero? Doesn't that make the idea of heroes becoming godlike even more prevalent within the public's consciousness? Oh yeah, apparently all those people attacking X in public were somehow never video taped and posted to social media or anything to arouse suspicion for what's going on. It's like the episode was purposefully ignoring the various plot holes it was creating in favor of aura maxing. I'm really disappointed in this episode. Going into today I thought it was a 9 and possibly a 10 despite some of my reservations, but after this I can't rate it higher than an 8. I was worried from the jump that they wouldn't sufficiently develop all the characters enough within only 24 episodes and my fears have come to pass. Dragon Boy, now X, and even Queen to an extent needed more time than was allowed in the show. Between that and the various plot issues they introduced in this episode and already happened in previous episodes this one fell short of it's full potential. Hopefully season 2 addresses some of these issues, but the season needs to stand on it's own 2 feet against the expectations it set. You can't excuse it as something that will happen later when there's no source material holding them back from dealing with those problems right now. It's a cop out to say "wait for season 2" when sufficiently introducing us to the character's backgrounds was the entire stated goal of this season. |
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Kirishiba said:
@rizaldy1313 The end credits gave me the feeling that the girl and the other guy shown with X are part of a group that doesn’t rely on trust value to become heroes — which would make them the real heroes.
And was that Queen at the end who became Zero? 😳
@rizaldy1313 The end credits gave me the feeling that the girl and the other guy shown with X are part of a group that doesn’t rely on trust value to become heroes — which would make them the real heroes.
And was that Queen at the end who became Zero? 😳
not ngl but that kinda sounds like it could actually be it. it does not make any sense to X to have his powers before being X like when he fought Queen. so maybe he and the other 2 heroes really are the "True" heroes of the world.
Queen villain... I don't think so since we see her fighting alongside Ling and Nice (and Loli if I'm not wrong)
edit: now that I wear the OP (Inertia), "I don't know how but I'm a real hero". if this is related to X then it makes the "how did X get his powers" even more confusing.
"no hiding in the shadows time to strut". again, if this is related to X then it indicates (like we already saw in the show) that X is now taking action
 @MasterixPT It's possible that Zero can take the form of other heroes, but in this image, it's definitely Zero in Queen's form—either through possession or shapeshifting. |
| Ok, now gimme season 2. Great episode. And I must say, from the opening I expected X to be a total prick, but he's actually a nice guy. Him and doggy are cute team. |
| If you haven't watched "Fantastic Children", don't talk about "best anime". Thank you. |
Kirishiba said: @MasterixPT It's possible that Zero can take the form of other heroes, but in this image, it's definitely Zero in Queen's form—either through possession or shapeshifting. one thing I can agree with, it's Zero, the eyes say it. they're the same as Zero's eyes from E-Soul's PV. about the Queen thing, idk about that. tbh, for me at least, it does not resemble Queen but it can be her like you're theorizing. either shape shifting or possession (since we don't know Zero's powers) |
| As expected from Haoling, he wrapped up this season with a massive cliffhanger. Most likely, we’ll see To Be Hero X season 2 in 2027, after he finishes Link Click season 3 in 2026. |
Reply to NHS-KEMISH
It was a great episode but got messier and didn't really tell us anything. It has a lot of mistakes but it was a fun ride, solid 8/10 expecting S2
| @NHS-KEMISH What kind of mistakes are you taking about ? |
| Damn. That was a season finale done right if I've ever seen one lol. Satisfying while also leaving a lot to look forward to. With animation like this, it's hard to believe this was made for TV. Most animated movies aren't on this level. I'm going to rewatch it immediately lol. That was a really good time. |
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Reply to Exeterna
hes the biggest aura farmer of all time, holy shit i just realized the very first trailer of to be hero x was actually x pov when he saved ahu. im just speechless. ALSO WHY TF THEY HAVE THE FOOL CARD AT THE END
| @Exeterna cus it represents a new beginning i guess |
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I see everyone going crazy over the action set pieces, fair enough, but this episode didn't tell us anything about X's background and also made the plot a lot messier/worse. They literally had to split it into the ED to make time with a few bread crumbs as hints.
Action aside, this episode was a major let down for me. We get this giant exposition dump reviewing the timeline that was mostly unnecessary since we already know what happened and this entire time X is talking about how Rock is trying to revive Zero and I'm wondering during the explanation: So, why didn't you do something before now to stop Rock yourself if you already knew what he is trying to do?
It's like the director/writers were so focused on "farming aura" (getting really sick of that concept tbh) that they forgot to ask themselves that simple question. It certainly doesn't seem like he plans to join Rock in his goal, otherwise why spend literally 5 minutes recapping most of the story with dominoes falling towards the end to suggest they're building towards some major conclusion? Even if the heretofore unexplained "Spotlight Organization" is involved, you're telling me you cannot interrogate Rock for more information to stop his plans before removing him from the picture?
I also don't know why anyone thought resurrecting nice was a good idea. The public already knows he killed himself, why would they react positively to someone being brought to life if you're worried about X becoming a second Zero? Doesn't that make the idea of heroes becoming godlike even more prevalent within the public's consciousness?
Oh yeah, apparently all those people attacking X in public were somehow never video taped and posted to social media or anything to arouse suspicion for what's going on. It's like the episode was purposefully ignoring the various plot holes it was creating in favor of aura maxing.
I'm really disappointed in this episode. Going into today I thought it was a 9 and possibly a 10 despite some of my reservations, but after this I can't rate it higher than an 8. I was worried from the jump that they wouldn't sufficiently develop all the characters enough within only 24 episodes and my fears have come to pass. Dragon Boy, now X, and even Queen to an extent needed more time than was allowed in the show. Between that and the various plot issues they introduced in this episode and already happened in previous episodes this one fell short of it's full potential.
Hopefully season 2 addresses some of these issues, but the season needs to stand on it's own 2 feet against the expectations it set. You can't excuse it as something that will happen later when there's no source material holding them back from dealing with those problems right now. It's a cop out to say "wait for season 2" when sufficiently introducing us to the character's backgrounds was the entire stated goal of this season.
Action aside, this episode was a major let down for me. We get this giant exposition dump reviewing the timeline that was mostly unnecessary since we already know what happened and this entire time X is talking about how Rock is trying to revive Zero and I'm wondering during the explanation: So, why didn't you do something before now to stop Rock yourself if you already knew what he is trying to do?
It's like the director/writers were so focused on "farming aura" (getting really sick of that concept tbh) that they forgot to ask themselves that simple question. It certainly doesn't seem like he plans to join Rock in his goal, otherwise why spend literally 5 minutes recapping most of the story with dominoes falling towards the end to suggest they're building towards some major conclusion? Even if the heretofore unexplained "Spotlight Organization" is involved, you're telling me you cannot interrogate Rock for more information to stop his plans before removing him from the picture?
I also don't know why anyone thought resurrecting nice was a good idea. The public already knows he killed himself, why would they react positively to someone being brought to life if you're worried about X becoming a second Zero? Doesn't that make the idea of heroes becoming godlike even more prevalent within the public's consciousness?
Oh yeah, apparently all those people attacking X in public were somehow never video taped and posted to social media or anything to arouse suspicion for what's going on. It's like the episode was purposefully ignoring the various plot holes it was creating in favor of aura maxing.
I'm really disappointed in this episode. Going into today I thought it was a 9 and possibly a 10 despite some of my reservations, but after this I can't rate it higher than an 8. I was worried from the jump that they wouldn't sufficiently develop all the characters enough within only 24 episodes and my fears have come to pass. Dragon Boy, now X, and even Queen to an extent needed more time than was allowed in the show. Between that and the various plot issues they introduced in this episode and already happened in previous episodes this one fell short of it's full potential.
Hopefully season 2 addresses some of these issues, but the season needs to stand on it's own 2 feet against the expectations it set. You can't excuse it as something that will happen later when there's no source material holding them back from dealing with those problems right now. It's a cop out to say "wait for season 2" when sufficiently introducing us to the character's backgrounds was the entire stated goal of this season.
| @Seansy i can answer the social media thing, FOMO can pretty much do a cover up of the whole thing because they are the social media people use in this universe, it wouldn't be the first time, but yea, unless they delete the files from people's phones and keep them shut it doesn't make much sense |
| according to einstein the 4th dimension is time and its deterministic unlike with many worlds theory of quantum mechanics so if einstein is right then time is predetermined aka fate but x wants to defy fate with his dimensional manipulating powers x also always check the clock so really hinting that he can do things on the time dimension aka 4th dimension   |
| This is what we are asking for so long! just watch this masterpiece! |
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Reply to rizaldy1313
Damn the new opening have many mysteries, cant wait for season 2!
I wonder who is this, looks like someone from X's past. Will X's past also tragic like other heroes?
I wonder who is this, looks like someone from X's past. Will X's past also tragic like other heroes?
| @rizaldy1313 her powers is definitely related to god things since she uses tarot cards and my guess is that she was friends with the current x then become a villain or the tarot cards aka god things are the main villains look at this screenshot where there are tarot cards also we see tarot cards on the op video song too   |
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