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Sep 14, 8:58 AM

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@Seansy Can you really call it a mess when the series hasn't concluded? They only laid out some groundwork here.
@G_Aker The most likely way to explain why X let Rock do as he pleases for this long without intervening earlier is with a very complicated explanation. The more complicated the answer the less likely it will make sense. Reviving Nice due to a popularity poll faces similar issues. I already talked with someone else about nothing being posted on social media about X getting attacked on that highway.

Season 2 has a much steeper hill to climb to explain these issues, and I'm not even including issues in previous arcs either since this is the episode discussion.



Sep 14, 9:01 AM

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@ROVI65 Dragon Boy was No.15 Hero before touching 3rd spot. Heroes ranking fluctuate a lot. Moreover Nice was supposed to be the part of S2 from the very beginning that's why they included him in the online ranking.
@ZXEAN What is with everyone being rank 15 in this series if they aren't top 10 or a random nobody? They did the same thing with Nice and those randos they introduced that attacked X in this episode. I'm pretty sure Little Johnny was rank 15 before the ruins incident too. Am I misremembering/forgetting anyone?
Sep 14, 9:02 AM

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@ZXEAN Yeah, they're going to have to spend a lot of time cleaning up the unnecessary plot holes they introduced in this episode to needlessly complicate the plot.
@Seansy Not getting an answer in the first half doesn’t make it a plot hole; it just means the show is building things up for later. Calling it a plot hole this early feels more like forcing a negative take than actually pointing out a flaw.
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@Seansy Not getting an answer in the first half doesn’t make it a plot hole; it just means the show is building things up for later. Calling it a plot hole this early feels more like forcing a negative take than actually pointing out a flaw.
@ZXEAN

No need to rewrite my own points.

Seansy said:
The most likely way to explain why X let Rock do as he pleases for this long without intervening earlier is with a very complicated explanation. The more complicated the answer the less likely it will make sense. Reviving Nice due to a popularity poll faces similar issues. I already talked with someone else about nothing being posted on social media about X getting attacked on that highway.

Season 2 has a much steeper hill to climb to explain these issues, and I'm not even including issues in previous arcs either since this is the episode discussion.
Sep 14, 9:08 AM
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Sep 14, 9:16 AM

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@ZXEAN I'm not talking about the old ranking, I'm talking about the one he put for the promotional video when the tournament was about to start and dragon boy is third and e-soul 9th 🤦and the ranking changes in relation to the population but no one knew about Nice so it's clearly a script change especially when we also know that the scene at the end with x in the middle also refers to the end credits and once again it was e-soul but hey the promotional video of x is already there, the biggest proof that it was e-soul who was supposed to be present in the arena
@ROVI65 I have already explained why Nice replacing E soul make sense. In Post no.106_ You can check out if you like on top of that as I said earlier Nice was supposed to be a part of S2 from the very beginning that's why they included him in the online ranking in the first place. If he was meant to be death then they wouldn't have included him.

Yes, the online rating will influence the plot moving forward but Nice replacing E soul have nothing to do with it.
Sep 14, 9:20 AM

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@ZXEAN

No need to rewrite my own points.

Seansy said:
The most likely way to explain why X let Rock do as he pleases for this long without intervening earlier is with a very complicated explanation. The more complicated the answer the less likely it will make sense. Reviving Nice due to a popularity poll faces similar issues. I already talked with someone else about nothing being posted on social media about X getting attacked on that highway.

Season 2 has a much steeper hill to climb to explain these issues, and I'm not even including issues in previous arcs either since this is the episode discussion.
@Seansy You are taking the commission way to lightly. Moreover X might be the strongest but he is still a pawn of this Hero's society which work based on trust value. If X committed any crime by Killing any higher up he won't be labelled as Hero anymore and might turn into next Zero.

And Nice wasn't revived due to popularity poll. He was meant to be the part of S2 from the very beginning that's why they included him in the popularity poll in the first place.
Sep 14, 9:22 AM

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@godzilla9637 Always planned for 48 episodes. Just gotta wait for them to drop the date.
@Neneaux wooow ,s2 will have 48 episodes?

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Sep 14, 9:25 AM
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@Neneaux wooow ,s2 will have 48 episodes?
@Dinorexy007 s2 will be 24 episodes too so total 48 episodes for the whole anime
Sep 14, 9:30 AM
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@Seansy You are taking the commission way to lightly. Moreover X might be the strongest but he is still a pawn of this Hero's society which work based on trust value. If X committed any crime by Killing any higher up he won't be labelled as Hero anymore and might turn into next Zero.

And Nice wasn't revived due to popularity poll. He was meant to be the part of S2 from the very beginning that's why they included him in the popularity poll in the first place.
@ZXEAN your answer is completely false because even if it was true ling lin just allowed the number 10 to nice no more and once the truth about his identity was revealed all the fans of nice accepted ling lin and went from one to the other in always illogical and once again even if it was the case it changes nothing to what I have been saying from the beginning that in the teaser for the tournament it was indeed e-soul who was present
Sep 14, 9:33 AM

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@Seansy You are taking the commission way to lightly. Moreover X might be the strongest but he is still a pawn of this Hero's society which work based on trust value. If X committed any crime by Killing any higher up he won't be labelled as Hero anymore and might turn into next Zero.

And Nice wasn't revived due to popularity poll. He was meant to be the part of S2 from the very beginning that's why they included him in the popularity poll in the first place.
@ZXEAN The dude can literally snap his fingers to jump dimensions and you think he can't silently take out Rock at any point over the last several years he has been X? Or how about expose him to the media while collecting evidence using his powers? Or even possibly intervening in him recruiting Yang Cheng or Dragon Boy? If his dimension traveling allows for time travel too, as has been hinted at, that just makes the possibilities even infinitely larger regarding why things were allowed to progress to this point.

You'll have to expand on the poll because I have read conflicting things on that.

Sep 14, 9:39 AM

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@ZXEAN The dude can literally snap his fingers to jump dimensions and you think he can't silently take out Rock at any point over the last several years he has been X? Or how about expose him to the media while collecting evidence using his powers? Or even possibly intervening in him recruiting Yang Cheng or Dragon Boy? If his dimension traveling allows for time travel too, as has been hinted at, that just makes the possibilities even infinitely larger regarding why things were allowed to progress to this point.

You'll have to expand on the poll because I have read conflicting things on that.

@Seansy Did you forget all the lore behind Zero ? One wrong move and the X we know now wouldn't be the same. Moreover we still don't know the backstory of X so you should hold your horses before coming to any conclusion.
Sep 14, 9:46 AM

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@ZXEAN your answer is completely false because even if it was true ling lin just allowed the number 10 to nice no more and once the truth about his identity was revealed all the fans of nice accepted ling lin and went from one to the other in always illogical and once again even if it was the case it changes nothing to what I have been saying from the beginning that in the teaser for the tournament it was indeed e-soul who was present
@ROVI65 I don’t really see how my answer is ‘illogical.’ You just dismissed it without giving any proper reasoning or explanation.

Moreover, you’re just repeating the same points over and over. I’ve been presenting proper counter arguments, but you seem stuck on your own fan theory without really addressing them.
Sep 14, 9:49 AM

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@Seansy Did you forget all the lore behind Zero ? One wrong move and the X we know now wouldn't be the same. Moreover we still don't know the backstory of X so you should hold your horses before coming to any conclusion.
@ZXEAN

Now you're just doing the opposite of this:

ZXEAN said:
feels more like forcing a negative take than actually pointing out a flaw.


You're making excuses with a positive spin before an explanation has even been provided.

Zero fell because people feared him as a vengeful god after he killed a hero. The only way people can "know" if he killed a hero is if they somehow learned about it from some other source, likely the media. Presumably he killed the hero in public where people could see it and likely were recording video of the incident.

We've already seen X manipulate reality in this episode and his PV in such a way to remain undetected. So why can't he do the same against Rock? You're acting like there are cameras pointing towards Rock 24/7/365 over multiple years when we've already seen him magically able to stay undetected as a local bar owner despite being the front facing CEO of a hero corporation. We already know heros can get away with killing someone as long as nobody knows about it or it is spun in a positive light.

While it is possible to explain away this issue in season 2, it's going to be exponentially harder than X simply not knowing about Rock's plans with Zero in the first place. This is exactly what I'm talking about regarding my concerns with the plot.
Sep 14, 10:01 AM
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X has a target on his back The commission and the hero agencies and Zero are plotting against him Dog was the best character Dragon Boy is character who deserves to die Yet Zero is championing him On to the tournament Same bat time Same bat station
Sep 14, 10:36 AM
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@ZXEAN The dude can literally snap his fingers to jump dimensions and you think he can't silently take out Rock at any point over the last several years he has been X? Or how about expose him to the media while collecting evidence using his powers? Or even possibly intervening in him recruiting Yang Cheng or Dragon Boy? If his dimension traveling allows for time travel too, as has been hinted at, that just makes the possibilities even infinitely larger regarding why things were allowed to progress to this point.

You'll have to expand on the poll because I have read conflicting things on that.

@Seansy ye valid points and its hinted by x that uncle rock is the remaining worshipper of zero anyway when he is talking to the dog so he knows uncle rock already

but my own guess is that x is too lazy and pacifist he loves to slack off and does not kill his opponents like how he did not kill dragon boy despite the bad guy killing old man smile his best friend
Sep 14, 10:48 AM
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It was soooooo good. I just can't wait for s2...AHHHHHH

And Nice is alive? Good! We can finally see him die again at loli's hands.

E-soul getting kicked out of the tournament was a surprise...

Johnies looking fine!!

Cyan's eyes look a bit weird xD, but I'm sure it's not final.

Luv how the crowd started going wild when Queen appeared.

Nuonuo is looking GORGEOUS! Let's pray for her recovery

luv X, he's right now at 3 million trust value. LL is never going to get another chance.

Finally, GB saving LL from E-soul was a nice twist.



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Sep 14, 10:53 AM
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A bit disappointed in the final episode as the sequence with X and Ahu didn't top the trailer from 2023.

It felt more like a build up for the next season, although I enjoyed the hell out of the show and am looking forward to more.
Sep 14, 10:55 AM

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Man, this last episode, I can't give it a higher score than a 10, that was cinema.
The preparation of all the other arcs, to get to this point was incredible, looking forward to the second season.
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Sep 14, 11:12 AM

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What a masterpiece. X is the master aurafarmer. Toyed with the entirety of assasin/heroes just for style points. Visual spectacle. Truly 10/10. Cant wait for season 2 they teased
Sep 14, 11:29 AM

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So....we still don't know why Moon was killed by E-Soul. It just happened. That's the one thing that threw me for the whole series. Was she just killed as a means to rattle Nice? or was she a loose end that needed to be tied because she chose to get out of her contract? Why was E-soul sent to kill her and why MG instead of someone from within Treeman Group? Or, since we now know they collude with each other, was it just a plan of mutual benefit?

This show was absolutely peak because I definitely see myself rewatching it again. X exposing the hard truth makes me hope and pray that another season will come. This is a show I didn't know I needed and I'm glad I binge-watched it over the past week to get to this point!
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Sep 14, 11:29 AM
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I don't even have words to describe how good this episode was
Sep 14, 11:41 AM

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i wish the show tackled a bit more how peoples trust comes with positives and negatives and how the heroes are kinda slaves to. We saw the dealt with quite a bit in Lin Lings arc, but then not tooo much after that. There is always this overarching theme of how the trust and fear are connected and created zero.

show is still goated tho, so i cant be too mad
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Sep 14, 11:48 AM
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Did not expect X to pull this kind of defense, █████ must be proud
Sep 14, 11:57 AM
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@ROVI65 I don’t really see how my answer is ‘illogical.’ You just dismissed it without giving any proper reasoning or explanation.

Moreover, you’re just repeating the same points over and over. I’ve been presenting proper counter arguments, but you seem stuck on your own fan theory without really addressing them.
@ZXEAN you have not given any counter argument to what I said, during the promotional video of x we see that there are a few seconds left before the start of the tournament and during the few seconds we are presented with the candidates who will participate and among these candidates there is E-soul, you have not given any valid counter argument to the fact that he is not finally there while a few seconds before the tournament during the promotional video it was indeed him who was number 9 there, you are just giving an example of an answer that the directors will be able to give to season 2 but that will not change what I said that it is because of the votes that there was a change in the end
Sep 14, 12:38 PM
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Hold on Nice is alive?? Did Moon's assassination happen already?? And wow i have to say 3D Cyan is such a downgrade over 2D
Sep 14, 12:46 PM

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I will be honest. Couldnt understand a thing what was happening in this episode
Sep 14, 12:55 PM

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if nice can get revived then surely moon can too right (i'm delusional)
Sep 14, 1:07 PM

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@Seansy ye valid points and its hinted by x that uncle rock is the remaining worshipper of zero anyway when he is talking to the dog so he knows uncle rock already

but my own guess is that x is too lazy and pacifist he loves to slack off and does not kill his opponents like how he did not kill dragon boy despite the bad guy killing old man smile his best friend
@deg I mean, that's a reasonable possibility. But given the tone of the series thus far with how much killing they've shown that would be a pretty lame way to allow for the potential end of the world to arrive if Zero is revived.

Maybe there is some explanation regarding X's background that explains it, but at least with the Dragon Boy case Smile had already succumbed to Fear and likely couldn't be saved at that point.
Sep 14, 1:10 PM
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Loved it! Absolute cinema.
Sep 14, 1:21 PM

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@ZXEAN you have not given any counter argument to what I said, during the promotional video of x we see that there are a few seconds left before the start of the tournament and during the few seconds we are presented with the candidates who will participate and among these candidates there is E-soul, you have not given any valid counter argument to the fact that he is not finally there while a few seconds before the tournament during the promotional video it was indeed him who was number 9 there, you are just giving an example of an answer that the directors will be able to give to season 2 but that will not change what I said that it is because of the votes that there was a change in the end
@ROVI65 Ok, I get your point, but Lin Ling wasn’t included there either. On top of that, Nice’s resurrection after his suicide was clearly meant to be a major surprise, adding even more fuel to the massive cliffhanger.

I’m not dismissing your opinion entirely, but I have to disagree with your take that Nice’s resurrection was done just to remove E-Soul. The way it was framed feels too intentional and impactful to be reduced to that alone.
Sep 14, 1:36 PM
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ANIME OF THE YEAR!
Sep 14, 1:58 PM
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A total masterpiece
Sep 14, 2:05 PM
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what a beautifully written show 100/10
Sep 14, 3:02 PM
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I’m going to miss this series honestly. Might be top 3 for me this year.


And also lowkey X might be my new fav hero doesn’t matter if it’s 10s or 10000s of people a few snaps and he just dog walks everyone/n warps around.

The animation took it up to 10000 this EP. Dare I say even rivaling Demon Slayers I’ll admit.
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@ROVI65 Ok, I get your point, but Lin Ling wasn’t included there either. On top of that, Nice’s resurrection after his suicide was clearly meant to be a major surprise, adding even more fuel to the massive cliffhanger.

I’m not dismissing your opinion entirely, but I have to disagree with your take that Nice’s resurrection was done just to remove E-Soul. The way it was framed feels too intentional and impactful to be reduced to that alone.
@ZXEAN It's not the resurrection of Nice, the problem is the fact that he is participating in the tournament instead of E-Soul. I don't think that if E-Soul had the same number of votes as Nice, he would have been excluded from the tournament. Certainly, Nice had planned to come back, it was logical, but it's his participation in the tournament that's the problem, and that's why I say that they prioritized him over E-Soul for the tournament because of the votes.
Sep 14, 3:07 PM
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Can't wait for season 2
Sep 14, 3:26 PM

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has anyone else noticed how the rating went from 8.45 to 8.67 in just 1 week lol
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Sep 14, 3:32 PM

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Geez X just aura farming for the whole episode.
I can't wait for the next season.
Sep 14, 4:23 PM
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Peak! TBHX is a masterpiece!
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Don't forget to vote for your fav hero ! -> https://www.bilibili.com/tbhx?lang=en

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Sep 14, 5:57 PM

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@ZXEAN It's not the resurrection of Nice, the problem is the fact that he is participating in the tournament instead of E-Soul. I don't think that if E-Soul had the same number of votes as Nice, he would have been excluded from the tournament. Certainly, Nice had planned to come back, it was logical, but it's his participation in the tournament that's the problem, and that's why I say that they prioritized him over E-Soul for the tournament because of the votes.
@ROVI65 I’ve laid out everything I needed to, and there’s nothing more to add.
Sep 14, 6:34 PM

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You guys are looking at the ranking too much. E soul not being in the tournament looks to me like an intentional setup for Rock to plot some villainous act.

It was always meant to happen. In regards tothe online vote. It should be note that they never removed Nice from getting votes since the start even after adding Lin Ling.

If they had intended to end the character it would have made more sense to merge his votes with LL. But that was never the case from the beginning.
Sep 14, 6:35 PM
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I love X and the way that he literally shapes the whole animation of the episode. He was just aura farming the whole time but it was awesome. also why is Nice still alive? that's crazy. I am so excited for the second season.
Sep 14, 7:02 PM

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You guys are looking at the ranking too much. E soul not being in the tournament looks to me like an intentional setup for Rock to plot some villainous act.

It was always meant to happen. In regards tothe online vote. It should be note that they never removed Nice from getting votes since the start even after adding Lin Ling.

If they had intended to end the character it would have made more sense to merge his votes with LL. But that was never the case from the beginning.
Sep 14, 7:45 PM

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Literally X.9 out of 10.0.

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Sep 14, 9:16 PM
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best show of 2025 by far
Sep 14, 9:54 PM
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Maybe this is a stupid question but why did e-soul killed Moon? My theory goes around what happened with Nice in the catacumbs and he thought that Nice was still the OG Nice and not Lin Ling. But having that in consideration why did Lin Ling didn't go rampage after her death? It's the story I liked the most and the one with less answers, if E-soul killed Moon in Lin Ling's eyes he should be dead or idk like Lin did everything to save her and then when she got killed in front of her he did nothing? That's the only part of this that doesn't make any sense for me.
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Maybe this is a stupid question but why did e-soul killed Moon?
E-Soul was there to kill not only moon but Lin Ling as well given by his motive of killing Hero's before tournament,
Had Ghostblade not been there Lin Ling would have died along with moon on that island
Sep 14, 10:08 PM

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Great ep

Nah, they really jumped X the entire ep, but bro's aurafarm is simply too strong for them.

Yup, X's powers probably is "changing reality"/

Does this mean Ghostblade made it in time to stop E-Soul or sum??

The cultivation of the events was pretty cool, but watching the guys return to 3D was the most lit part.

Loved the op as well, s2 focusing mainly on X?

9.5/10

To Be Hero X : 9/10


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I love this show so much. This was the perfect way to end season 1 and I couldn't think any better. We literally got everything connected. Sure, I like other arcs than others, but this is just peak. Anime of the year for me. My favorite arcs are E-Soul, Ahu, and X. This show has literally out done my expectations for future anime especially super hero anime. MHA and One Punch Man can't even compare to this peak anime.

Can we just take a minute to say X is the strongest anime character. Think about it, he can destroy anyone that come across him. Goku, Saitama, Zeno, Ryuk, etc can't even come close because he can just get away by snapping his fingers. I do wonder if X is the one people start to wonder who can beat him.

10/10 for this peak just one complaint and that is I wish there was more CGI animation instead of this weird 2D look that most of the arcs follow. I don't like the look of the 2D animation and wish most arcs were 3D animation. I do hope season 2 fixes this problem.

I do wonder if the characters of To Be Hero and To Be Heroine will show up because it could be cool to see.
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