Tu Bian Yingxiong X Episode 7 Discussion

@pansz ye i understand , they released a seperate trailer tho just for her ,u watched yet ?

@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.

I am a bit confused why he turned on the old E-Soul. Regardless, I enjoyed this arc more than Lin's.

@DonghuaFan Good to know. Where can i find this schedule?

@arcanum_imperial

While many of your arguments fair (Like finding the love triangle to be boring), I would like to address a few points here.

For focusing on that it's hesitation. Yang Chen hesitated, not that he allowed Shang Chao to die. For the fraction of a second, he only hesitated, before getting over it and proceed to try and save Shang Chao. Because Shang Chao is his friend and Yang Chen obviously did care for the guy. As I mentioned earlier, this was Yang Chen's Uncle Ben moment.

His death is what caused Yang Chen to have no crisis of faith when going against E-Soul. As he swore to himself that he'll never hesitate again after that moment of hesitation killed Shang Chao.

Uncle Rock was able to manipulate this so easily as he's literally the CEO of one of the top three Hero groups. He's in position to let out two criminals and have the resources to massively influence the public to think in a certain way. Normal villains simply won't have this resource or influence to affect a hero to this degree.

Additionally, this event's been advertised for at least a week now, and it's occurring on E-Soul's 34th anniversary. So it makes sense for many people to watching this event.

Now regarding the original E-Soul, he did have a brain. As he realized that someone was controlling/manipulating this whole event mid-battle. When his producer told him that the public wants him to stop fighting defensively, the first thing E-Soul asked was:


Indicating that he knows something is off. And as noted by the producer, he was fighting defensively the entire battle until forced. Which, at least to me, means that he never wanted to maim and kill Yang Chen from the start.

Next, Yang Chen never talked to E-Soul as, again, he swore to himself he'll never hesitate again. His sole goal was defeating E-Soul there and now to avenge Shang Chao. As for E-Soul, we see from the three episodes that he simply just doesn't care about what others think. Doesn't explain much and mostly keeps to himself. His character doesn't seem like the type to open up and ask questions.

All in all, to me at least, while I'm also disappointed as you are that no conversation between the two occurred, it feels consistent to their characters at that moment in time.

And I think E-Soul's death being unsatisfying is the point of this arc. When listening to E-Soul's theme, Neon Rain, especially when compared to Lin Ling & Nice's themes. It's on the mournful side, like it's lamenting something. We weren't watching the rise of a new hero this arc. We were watching a scheme unfolding by a mastermind for the downfall of an old veteran hero. Who died on the anniversary of many of his friends death: being blamed for a crime he didn't commit, killed by the one he saved, and betrayed by the people who trusted him. All for the sake of profit and fame desired by a manipulator (Uncle Rock).

WTF! That was dark. I’m so confused. I understand trying to add some mystery, but this is getting a bit too convoluted to the point of not being able to follow the story. It takes away from a decent plot to utter confusion. I guess we’ll find out soon enough. Stay tuned for the next episode, brought to you by some shady corporate sponsors. 🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️

@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.

I just don't understand the whole 2 E-Souls and all the shenanigans behind the scenes. It’s too damn confusing, or maybe I need to rewatch the last two episodes and try to make sense of it myself. I just might do that and pay attention to the story. Wish me luck. 🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️

@Susata

Question: Didnt Yang die in the result of the fight?

Answer: Yes and no. The show purposely left it vague however we know Old E-Soul died because at the end of the scene, we see New E-Soul moving into the hero tower and New E-Soul has a more slender build. Also, it is implied Yang Cheng lost his arm either because of the final blow or because he became the New E-Soul (much like how Lin Ling's hair changed when he became Nice).

However, Yang Cheng did die (metaphorically). After he killed old E-Soul, Yang Cheng became the New E-Soul (much like how Anakin Skywalker became Darth Vader).

Xia Qing was crying because she lost both her friend. Shang Chao because he was murdered and Yang Cheng because he decided to follow a different path and therefore, they are no longer friends.

Good episode overall. To me it confirms the better quality of the writing and peace of this second arc compared to Nice's episodes, even though it still leaves you confused sometimes as some comments on here confirm, in particular I felt that the reason why he turns against old E-Soul wasn't properly told, we just know that someone killed the brothers after using them and their credible motive to cover his identity and involvement.

It was cuz of his management that he was relevant till now, otherwise E-Soul himself doesn't even care about rankings and wanted to live his life as E-Soul

This duel overlapping with Lucky Cyan's concert along with the reveal of Yang Cheng's hesitation of saving Shang Chao, that was just EVIL. I AM SOBBING.

I god damn knew I can't trust Rock, that guy has the aura of a mastermind and here we are. I was even amazed how he sold his shop just to do the advertisements but nah.
Yang Cheng went from Zero to Hero to a Tragic Hero.
All this thing happened just because Rock probably wanted a new face to replace the Old E-Soul? Is that what it is? or simply because Old E-Soul won't do hero things anymore and thus he needed to be replaced.

Lucky Cyan is not the next hero arc yet? feels weird when she's being teased ever since E-Soul arc began.

So Yang Cheng didn't get a happy ending either, is that why he did that to Moon? I just got more questions, I need answers!

@Aleksu Lucky Cyan will be the next hero arc which is exactly why she was mentioined and teased in E-Soul's arc. the order in which the heroes appear in the story is not the same as the actual hero ranking.

So his reason killed Moon out of jealousy

what a bastard
he himself coward with inferiority complex