Tu Bian Yingxiong X Episode 9 Discussion

What the Dean probably told Luo is that Cyan's the cause for the Plane crash. Which caused him to be seen as a disaster and becoming an orphan.

Luo and Cyan were likely on the same plane, as Cyan noted to Luo that she heard the melody to his song before. It's possible that it's from his parents, and Cyan was close to them on the plane to overhear the melody sang to Luo by his parents.

Sadly either Luo's going to be killed next episode by Cyan. Or he's taken by the Spotlight Organization for his ability to cause destruction. Looking at episodes 10's preview, the director of DOS directly talks about Fear. So I'm leaning toward the latter occurring.

That aside, the Cyan concert we see this episode is happening concurrently/right after Yang Chen's fight against the original E-Soul. With both occurring at Year 36 AC.

Also what happened to Luo is really messed up, as the escape attempt is at Year 34 AC. Bones takes around 12 weeks to heal with proper care, but it's been 2 years and we see that Luo's still heavily injured. Suggesting that he barely got any. Furthermore, it seems that he's left in solitary confinement with almost amenities. Not even a bed to rest on despite having broken bones.

So I'm guessing the orphanage director learned about fear and used it utilize Luo's misfortune powers? Wonder what he told him. Maybe his parents were on the plane that crashed and he told him it was Cyan's fault.

Beautiful to see Cyan becoming a hero through her own talents instead of relying on her luck powers. Though the old worshippers that recognized her probably helped a bit.

Little X Cameo, I see?

WTF was THAT ending? Everyone in the orphanage was turning into ghouls/zombies?! What's up with that? Biggest plot twist yet. I thought our boy was going to try and snipe her at the concert or something. I couldn't have been more wrong. LOL

So it's now Year 36.. the same time of E-Soul's Arc

And of course the show is gonna hurt me again, at least Luo didn't die.. but what happened was even worse, and I just know it will go on for more.

I also thought the guy who gave Cyan the first coin was X! what if right?!


Oh that's very plausible, how easily Luo shifted after hearing what the director said...

Little X Cameo, I see?

What the Dean probably told Luo is that Cyan's the cause for the Plane crash. Which caused him to be seen as a disaster and becoming an orphan.

Luo and Cyan were likely on the same plane, as Cyan noted to Luo that she heard the melody to his song before. It's possible that it's from his parents, and Cyan was close to them on the plane to overhear the melody sang to Luo by his parents.

Sadly either Luo's going to be killed next episode by Cyan. Or he's taken by the Spotlight Organization for his ability to cause destruction. Looking at episodes 10's preview, the director of DOS directly talks about Fear. So I'm leaning toward the latter occurring.

That aside, the Cyan concert we see this episode is happening concurrently/right after Yang Chen's fight against the original E-Soul. With both occurring at Year 36 AC.

Also what happened to Luo is really messed up, as the escape attempt is at Year 34 AC. Bones takes around 12 weeks to heal with proper care, but it's been 2 years and we see that Luo's still heavily injured. Suggesting that he barely got any. Furthermore, it seems that he's left in solitary confinement with almost amenities. Not even a bed to rest on despite having broken bones.

Some cultural context:

It's important to note that Lucky Cyan was almost certainly intended to parallel education and parental pressure in China, which is a very big issue for the Chinese youth. The Dean being a hero and "passing his dream" to the younger generation, the rhetoric of "I worked so hard to give you the right conditions for success", and phrases equivalent to "why don't you appreciate all I've given you?" are all stereotypes of the typical Chinese tiger parent. A key theme of this episode is its criticism of tiger parents: the episode insinuates that they work their children to fuel their own ego, and actually don't care about the well-being of their children like they say they do.

For context, Chinese parents value education a lot more, especially in urban areas, because a few generations ago, they were basically peasants and education was their only way to a decent life. Almost all Chinese parents act under the assumptions that this is still the case, leading to extreme pressure and academic competition. Lucky Cyan is definitely meant to represent modern youth who are finding their own paths in a new world; the show argues that to succeed, Chinese youth should be more rebellious and independently-minded. Considering the main demographic of bilibili (the producer of the show) is made up of young people, this makes sense.

Another interesting bit is the criticism of cult worshipping; this is probably a message inserted by the CCP. 封建迷信 (feudal superstition, with feudal referring to imperial China) is considered by the CCP to be a major issue, and there are adverts all over China telling people not to be superstitious. Old traditions are considered outdated and holding the country back from knowledge and progress. The idiotic old women worshipping Cyan in this episode is a very common caricature of a superstitious and uncultured Chinese person.

That aside, X shows up this episode! This guy is just showing up to everyone's canon events because he wants to. What's up with Luo as well? Why is everyone a zombie?

@detarameMAL interesting, so do the CCP also see tiger parents as a problem too then?

bring back mr nice story !!

not really interested with this chinese hatsune miku

im exciting on how they'll wrap up the cyan arc in the next two episodes :DDD