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[Spoilers] To Be Hero X - Episode 24 Discussion

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X eating skewers alone without Smile was so sad. Followed up with Ahu trying to assassinate X only to care for him later was adorably cute. Also X carrying Ahu like a rice bag while he's fighting the commission goons effortlessly was cute. I find it hard to believe anyone, even our main hero roster can stand against him honestly. He's just so OP.

So that Zero reveal, he was known as an evil dragon? Coincidentally Dragon Boy has Dragon in his name before meeting Rock. Was he born under some Zero cult? Also that reveal about Zero. Was Rock right all along then? He knew the truth about Zero? Is his secret mission to just destroy HAC? And everyone is basically Zero as long as the commission exists? I have more questions than answers.

The montage of the main roster heroes crossing paths was nicely done. It confirming E-Soul was in fact the one who killed Moon with Ghostblade intervening? Interesting... I am still slightly confused of at the whole truth reveal though. Seeing everyone in their 3D model was cool and Nice being alive reveal to replace E-Soul, not sure how I feel about that honestly considering I wanted to see Lin Ling vs. E-Soul for Moon.

Overall, it was a fun ride while it lasted. The music and soundtrack never missed and the animation and different styles was cool to see. I can’t help wishing we got to see more interactions between the heroes.

I really hope next season steps things up. I'm not saying the first season was bad but there were definitely parts that left me feeling unsatisfied. Queen, Dragon Boy, and OG E-Soul’s arcs in particular were a letdown. Their character PVs built up so much hype, only for their stories to not be touched upon.

The director did mention that it was originally planned as a 48-episode series, so I’m curious how long the tournament arc will actually cover. I also genuinely hope the Trust poll was just for propaganda and that the production team sticks to their own story instead of letting fan votes dictate the story’s direction.

The last I'll see of best boy Liang Long after a while ):

My current hero ranking. What's yours?:
1. Dragon Boy

X
Cyan
Ahu
Lin Ling
Queen
Loli
The Johnnies
Ghostblade
E-Soul

Suwuli 7mo
Episode was peak. Music, story, animation, everything just felt so good. (Im so fucking confused by Nice being here though. Like what the fuck???)

Gonna miss the series while it's gone, can't wait until it comes back though.

Gonna add in my rankings here too.

Hero rankings:
1. X (Aura King)
1. Lin Ling/The Commoner
2. Ghostblade
3. Ahu
4. Lucky Cyan
5. Queen
6. Loli
7. The Johnnies
8. New E-Soul
9. Dragon Boy (Hate this man. Smile didn't deserve it )
Arc Ranking:
1. Lin Ling/The Commoner
1. X
2. Ahu
3. The Hero Tower (Ep 20)
4. Ghostblade
5. Dragon Boy
6. E-Soul
7. Lucky Cyan
8. The Johnnies
9. Queen
10. Loli
- Stealth 7mo
  Looks like X saved him
- Anxiouus 7mo
  I think X saved Nice with a snap, thats why he's still there. And the people are still believing in him, I think that why he has survived everyting (just my opinion, idk if its right)
- RizelTheAA 7mo
  Rock resurrected him using fear and took him in his agency? There was a black crack mark on his face and he was proxy for E-soul from what it seems like since E-soul wasn't there ...
- ShiroJL 7mo
  You a real one, don't know how anybody can like Dragon Boy honestly
Stealth 7mo
Wow, what an excellent episode. Totally loved it. That new version of the OP song at the end was such a nice touch. Although, I am curious about some characters that appeared in it.

This anime is one of the best ones I've seen. The story, music, animation... everything was just perfect. I'll be eagerly waiting for the next season!

(PS. They really like to torture Nice, huh?...Also, feels bad for Ghostblade, he was just a moment too late to save Moon :/ )
LeandroSugoi 7mo
It is interesting to see that X influenced some characters, especially three heroes (Ahu, Nice, and Lucky Cyan), indirectly. The rest unfolded like a domino effect: one influenced the next, which ended up connecting several heroes, directly or indirectly, until it all circled back to X. In the end, everything led to him.

Now comes season two. There are rumors of a four-month break, at least according to leaks in China. I also figured out who that Nice is: it seems he is not actually alive; his appearance is almost porcelain. I am curious to see how the tournament will play out. He has already confirmed the goal of 48 episodes, 24 in this first season and another 24 in the next. Even so, I do not think the tournament will take up all 24; it will likely run for 12 or 13 episodes, and the rest should cover some conspiracy, perhaps the mysterious woman who might be the new Zero, or some unknown entity that appears in the new opening. That figure, incidentally, has already shown up as a card on the panel in the queen’s episode.

Many questions remain. I am satisfied with the ending; we got some answers, and it makes sense to leave others for season two. Now we wait.
- Limitless 7mo
  4 MONTHS??? DUDE I WAS EXPECTING LIKE 4 YEARS LOL
- BunnySparrow 7mo
  Where did the leakers say this? I hope it's true!
  LeandroSugoi 7mo
  If you check To Be Hero X’s Chinese account, you will see that about 16 hours ago they held a pre-screening with producers and invited guests to watch episode 24 early. After that, behind-the-scenes comments began circulating, shared behind closed doors. That is where the rumor of a four-month hiatus came from. As I said, it is just a rumor; if it proves true, we should get information within a few weeks or months about when the series returns.
- Fux 7mo
  Well X said that he thought, he started with his hero path with a toincoss, but it actually started with the last and only believer from Zero, that kept Zero alive. This was like a domino effect that threw everyone together. Like i am trying to say that he did not directly influence anyone, because it was kind of set from the beginning
  
  Steampocalypse 7mo
  I thought this might have been saying that he thought contact with Lucky Cyan influenced him to become powerful/lucky.
  LeandroSugoi 7mo
  No
  Steampocalypse 7mo
  Why not lol ^^
  I do see both sides, it was also a kind action he chose to take and one that would make Lucky Cyan like him, a hero route
Rabaroo 7mo
Slick finale and a solid season which was largely a positive achievement. I just checked, and it appears the tank does still have gas in it. This past 6 months has been a real trip; here’s hoping season 2 steers true. Cheers everyone!
Anxiouus 7mo
PEAK episode and PEAK ending for this season. It's insane to see X like this. I'm so hyped to see what he's doing in Season 2 (if it come out in the future)..
Limitless 7mo
I've been saying OG Nice is alive since Episode 19
- Limitless 7mo
  Side note: I'm glad Nice has been freed from his constant need to be perfect, since the people aren't going to expect that from him anymore with his face looking like that lol. Now he can just grow into his own as a hero, just like his substitute did.
- RamtinJO 7mo
  Yeh but your theory of him working with X doesn’t look to be true.
  Limitless 7mo
  Fair enough, but that’s also what all the evidence seemed to point to at the time. I more or less understand what happened now. We never saw a corpse; it was always an implied death. Miss J could’ve very easily been lied to. His boss is more than capable of Frankensteining a mortally wounded man back together. The timeline matches up as well. It’s only a matter of why he saved him and how Nice is currently in the top 10.
- Infinis 7mo
  I thought it was just a crackfic, but holy shit he really is alive
  Infinis 7mo
  maybe? we don't even have confirmation that it's really nice, for all we know it could be a fragment of himself from the past or he could be hiding his fear within (due to the cracked dark lines in his face)
  Limitless 7mo
  I think the cracked lines are result of the fall. He didn’t die, but he was mortally wounded, then his boss or the commission itself declared him dead while he was Frankensteined back together. As for what his personality will be like? I’d assume he has most of his memories and is still Treeman’s slave (for now), but he’ll also be far less prickly this time around.
  Kimerarenai 7mo
  It could also be X who actually kept him alive.
  But it does kind of makes sense for the Shand to keep him alive.
  Limitless 7mo
  That was the core of all of my theories since Episode 19, but it doesn’t seem to be the case. We never got confirmation from X’s perspective, and more importantly, the show-runners said Nice still works for Treeman.
abzinho 7mo
I assumed that if nice survived, it would be like Frankenstein’s monster where his body would be beyond repair and he’d be pieced back together. But it looks like X saved him.

Great season overall
Looking forward to the next
Leywon 7mo
X aura farmed like crazy. His weakness is he has to emote on everyone
Very good episode it showed what season 2 will hold and X's past and resoning
I reckon Fate may be a big power especially with the end credits about the girl X met with her tarot cards
If anyone missed it the end credits had X's past and how he got his powers, which was from a girl who showed him tarot cards - probably leading his circus past and powers
It also showed a face off between him and that very same girl who look corrupted by fear
100000% shes gonna be the villian for season 2, insanely powerful with her tarot card abilities and the fear amp/power up
Nice with a cracked face was interesting to? He look like a zombie so could be a fear thing to
The fact X new all along about Zero and Rock is crazy cool means Rock may become Zero to eventually or it couldve been his daughter or something.
Season 2 will be peak again I cant wait this show was so good
One final thing the ending with Lolli she did the bat swing which I swear I've seen before from like boderlands or something so that was cool

Tarot card girl 100% might have been either a family member or love interest of X so that will be interesting to see
- Leywon 7mo
  Side Note:
  Overall opinion of the series
  Very good 10/10 season 2 will be crazy cool to
  Season 2 premise theory: Tournament of Heros into the tarot girl showing up
  The episode structure: 1 flashback with how X met the girl and got his powers, otherwise a linear storyline
  Power system: Fear and trust with Fate being the balance of the 2. Fate maintains how much trust while ensuring fear doesn't fully control people. This is aside from the fear goop which is a way around it
  Who is the end girl: Her hero name probably Fate or someting but she is corrupted by fear and might have been X's love interest at one point in time or work colleague/friend that wanted to control him
  Symbolism: X mentions fate a lot and mentioned his coin. The coin therefore might be what prevented him from being a puppet of some sorts to the tarot girl, hence he gives the coin to people as a symbol of hope like he did for Cyan when she ran away from being used like a puppet
  Final concerns: I hope fate doesn't become time travel and Nice's revival isn't intertwined with fear or is complicated. Like he doesn't look like himself anymore so idk if X truly fixed him with a snap
  
  Very good series though ngl anime of the year contender and potential winner
  scarvesbucket 7mo
  Agree 100%. I am so stoked for what they might cook for S2
Maomao 7mo
Jesus, its like X is literally aura incarnate.. even in his normal civilian style he still AURA FARMS over everyone. and everytime he fights omgggg the sequences bro!!!!! they needa make an aura farming award for next years anime awards and give it to X and this anime needs to win every award FR
Louisto 7mo
BRO WTF WTF! IT'S LITERALLY JUST A PART 1. WHERE'S THE CONTINUATION!
SpiritualAir 7mo
I love how this episode just raised 1000 times more questions than it answered.
- Zalaphrax 7mo
  Classic Haolin lol
HeartUnderBlade 7mo
It's rare I take the time to say this but thank you to all the staff that worked on To Be Hero X.

I'll miss this one. It came out of nowhere for me and left a huge impact. It's been an incredible ride so far and I'm beyond excited to see more of To Be Hero X. I thoroughly enjoyed my time with this one. Of course there were "weaker" moments but I was genuinely entertained all throughout.
AstaSBR 7mo
I loved this series, it's very original for the theme (heroes) and i'm very excited for the season 2's tournament

My ranking of "arcs"
E-soul
Nice/ling ling
Ghostblade
Ahu
The ruins incident (as the culmination of the 5 previous arcs)
X
Dragón boy
Queen
Lucky cyan
Little Johnny
Loli
swagshag 7mo
Nice's face looks so cracked; I'm assuming it's because he lost his "perfect" persona. That being said, he looks so dead inside, even more so than before so I have no idea what kind of mental state he is in right now.

X drinking alone with a drink for Smile was hella sad.

I wonder what E-Soul's role in the next season is going to be, considering he got knocked out of the top 10.
- Limitless 7mo
  Actually, I think it’s the opposite. I think Nice will lose his perfect persona BECAUSE his face is cracked. His death was always just implied; we never actually saw a corpse. His boss is more than capable of frankensteining a mortally wounded man back together. And the timeline would line up as well. It’s just a matter of why. It’s also possible that X saved him, but I don’t think that’s the case anymore.
  swagshag 7mo
  Yeah, more questions for season 2 haha
- TheAuraFarmer 7mo
  I think that's what intrigued me the most. Nice is alive and probably isn't the same anymore, I'm afraid he's undergone a transformation in some way. I even wonder if he's not already infected by fear; in any case, his appearance is disturbing.
Ryuseishun 7mo
Easily 10/10 for me!
The creativity in animation, the music by Sawano, the unconventional yet extremely engaging storytelling, the well thought out characters, the plentiful ideas of corporate greed and the hypocrisy of society itself....it had it all!
Sure, it's not perfect, it's not flawless, it has some weak moments, but it was overall a fantastic experience, and it's definitely my #1 nonsequel show of 2025!

Hopefully Season 2 won't take too long a wait!
scarvesbucket 7mo
This was so great. I actually was holding my breath during the X action scenes. I am so happy to see a possible season 2. What a fuckin master class at hero genre, I usually don't like slow build up, but it was all worth it for that feeling of knowing EVERY character in the tournament and what their deal was.
Unlucky13thGod 7mo
WHERE'S MY S2 BILIBILI?!?!?!?

My Ranking of the Arcs:
1. X (imo, all of the eps he appears in also count as his arc, not just Ep 24)
1. Lin Ling/The Commoner
2. Yang Cheng/New E-Soul
3. The Hero Tower (Ep 20)
4. Ahu
5. Lucky Cyan
6. Dragon Boy
7. The Johnnies
8. Ghostblade
9. Loli
10. Queen
My Ranking of the Heroes:
1. X (what it’s the Aura Farming King)
1. Lin Ling/The Commoner
2. Ahu
3. Ghostblade
4. Loli
5. The Johnnies
6. Yang Cheng/New E-Soul
7. Queen
8. Lucky Cyan
9. Dragon Boy (he killed Smile, f@$& this guy)
10. Nice (might as well)
Accurian 7mo
Just when I thought Sun Jinwoo was the peak aura farmer, X comes along and mogs him by a mile. It's been such a long time since I've watched an anime this peak. Even though there were a few episodes that flopped, the rest definitely made up by far. I can't wait for Season 2!
- scarvesbucket 7mo
  100% cosign this. I don't touch power scaling, but in terms of power and style plus delivery? A joy to watch.
- TheAuraFarmer 7mo
  Crazy right !? ??? i exactly said this to someone yesterday
- RioFS 7mo
  Beats Solo Leveling at the only game it's good at
nxneil13 7mo
This finale episode was insane, from peak animation and the sickest transitions between artstyles, to getting so much lore drop, I can't wait for the next season to come.

Only thing that sucks, cus this was 24 anthology, i feel like i forgotten so many details, and it also doesn't help the pv and mvs also contain details that are important to the story. So this anime is one of the few animes where you cannot rate this off 1 watch through, you have to watch the entire anime twice.

I prolly forgot, did they ever explain why e-soul killed moon, ik X said it was part of the chain of dominos that lead everything up to the tournament, but was there a reason why e-soul killed her? Also apparently ghostblade was trying to save her, or prevent her death, when did they ever come up?
Vepricose 7mo
What an episode! I had to make sure I blinked at the right time to not miss a single important frame, because it just all looked so damn good!
We got some answers, but even more questions LMAO
I can't wait for the continuation, and seeing what actually happened with Nice, but also (hopefully) getting to know more about X's story.
fflam 7mo
Does someone understand X's power? I wanted to know in this episode what are the abilities of X are, but we just had a big performance (not unpleasant either).
I feel like I have more questions now than the previous week, so I don't know how to feel ... I see a lot of people talking about an S2 and maybe the fact that the creators let us choose our ranking lets us know that the outcome of the fights is going to be our choices?
Some of my questions are:
- Who killed Yueqing Xiao (is it the previous E-Soul or the new one) and why?
- What are X's powers?
- Is Nice still alive or is it an impostor?
- Is Dragon Boy a real person or a creation to replace Zero?
- Infinis 7mo
  it's obvious that new e-soul killed moon, as he had already killed old e-soul by the time of year 41
  X's powers seem to be some kind of space-time manipulation? or at least he's able to manipulate perspective and dimensions as shown in multiple episodes
  I hope we can learn about the other 2 questions, if (likely) a season 2 is released in the future
- balsamfue 7mo
  
  Does someone understand X's power?
  
  Joke answer: To let the animators flex whenever they want to.
  Real answer: Seems time/space manipulation related, especially toward the end where he and Ahu are in between dimensions. He seems to know A LOT of things he shouldn't be able to. Not to mention being able to avoid being hit by multiple heroes at once.
  His snap was heard during the E-Souls duel and he somehow knew where and when to drop Nice where Lin Ling was to start his whole arc. Also seemed concerned about fate in general. In short, utterly broken.
- kc7000 7mo
  tbh I just keep rewatching his PV and ost, all the lines being yk "be-be-bending space and time" so I imagine hes omnipotent to some degree
GestaltS 7mo
absolutely one of the best shows I've watched and best hero story of all time!!!! I'm gonna miss it!!! ;(
RamtinJO 7mo
Amazing ending.X totally deserved the hype it got. But a problem of mine still remains;There are a lot of unresolved questions and cliffhangers. If this show doesn’t get a second season my rating for this show will go down drastically because I’m waiting to see how are they going to resolve this questions. For now it’s at least an 8.5 for me.
As the person that started this thread mentioned, I too prefer for the writers to just do their own thing for the second season and don’t use that website poll.
And another point I want to make here.I never got the hype for dragon boy. He was the most cliche character and some of you still praise him even though he got his buttocks beaten in his own episodes.
flo 7mo
man i was waiting for so long to see all these characters in 3d and now that its finally happened it feels pretty weird lmao. guess i got too used to seeing them in 2d. also damn nice can not catch a break bro, though im interested to see what will happen between him and lin ling
- Fux 7mo
  funfact, almost everytime, when the story was about the girls in tbhx it was 2D, maybe that is why it feels weird to see them in 3D
Fux 7mo
My Theory is that the Corpos will be able to handle fear and create GOD, in this case it is the Taro Card Girl, just based on what we know and what information we got, i feel like she was forced to become the equal to Zero, but controllable by the Corpo
Latish 7mo
Episode was peak each frame till the end was beautiful
I got most of the story but still didn’t understand the connection of the spaceship how is it connected fear when fear was made because ppl started being scared of zero as he killed more heroes
Cant wait for s2
- Steampocalypse 7mo
  I believe the spaceship brought both trust and fear. And you can sort of see the connection in how Big Johnny, the alien from the spaceship, has emotion based powers.
  Latish 7mo
  But that spaceship came recently so that cant be it
  Steampocalypse 7mo
  Hmm, I will trust you as I have no idea of the timeline really LOL
  Latish 7mo
  You can see it as lil johnny’s father went to investigate it and by that time the incident with zero was a thing of past and FOMO was already established
- Dugstur 7mo
  The spaceship is connected to the story as the material and alien life from it is unaffected by fear and trust. The commission was curious about this as it meant it was a way to rid the world of heroes or at least make it easier to control heroes.
  Latish 7mo
  Yeah that makes a lot of sense
  Lil johnny will probably have a bigger role in s2
Natison 7mo
NICE IS ALIVE OMG crying hard
I actually think this opening is some a trailer for next season

my ranking:
1. X
2. Nice
3. Queen
4. Ghostblade
5. Lin Ling
6. Ahu
7. Cyan
8. E-Soul
9. Loli
10. Dragon Boy
Arsene00X 7mo
This episode was just like watching a short 24 minute high budget movie...the quality was something else. X just casually gives the animators extra work. Peak episode.
Kimerarenai 7mo
X might just wipe the floor with your favorite MC and you can't do shit about it!

My top 10:
1- X
2- Queen
3- Ling Ling
4- Lucky Cyan
5- E-soul (we still dont know what made him do what he did so I still love the guy)
6- Ghostblade
7- The Johnny's
8- Dragon Boy
9- Ahu
10- Loli
Steampocalypse 7mo
My favorite characters:
1. Loli
2. Ghostblade
3. Cyan
4. Queen
5. The Johnnies
6. X
7. Ahu
8. Lin Ling
9. E-Soul
10. Moon (rip to me)
  My arcs ranking is a little different but I'm opting not to do that because the arcs did mingle more and more over time

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