Tu Bian Yingxiong X Episode 3 Discussion

Another great episode, most certainly! Peak show! 100%!

Do people even read these? I'll consider that my question for this time.

Another great episode, most certainly! Peak show! 100%!

Do people even read these? I'll consider that my question for this time.

Episodes come out around 8pm est

Super predictable wolf girl but this seems to establish that once heroes lose faith in themselves they lose their powers?

Another great episode.

I just want to say, the english translations do not do the names in this show justice at all... 不倒 and 蛊狼 sound so much cooler. To be fair, I don't see how these names could be translated well because Chinese characters convey a lot of information. Names aside, Firm Man and Wolf Girl are both good characters. Wolf Girl finally addressed something I was waiting for: propaganda as a way to mold a hero's public image. It's a very fun concept.

Firm Man is yet another case study of how personalities given by believers change a person's original personality: 【不倒】 literally means "[person who does] not stoop/fall down". In one sense, this means that he will not bend to anything; in another sense, it means that he will no longer stoop to the level of average people. In other words, he's no longer able to act in a humble way, instead only standing tall as the very symbol of a hero. I feel like this was conveyed much better in the original Chinese than the English subs or dubs, where it probably went over a lot of people's heads because his name is now "Firm Man". The scene at the end, where he says he's going to have dinner with some friends, is quite important in that he can finally sit down and be at the same level as other people, both physically and metaphorically.

Following the story of Lin Ling is probably the best introduction we could have gotten to this world; we see how heroes operate, as well as how that's completely foreign from the eye of a normal person. We also get to see a normal person become a hero: since every hero was a normal person at some point, I assume we'll get to learn more about how each of their hero personas conflict with their actual wants. As a newcomer, Lin Ling is probably the hero who is most aware of the hero system's flaws. He's seen how it has caused suffering over and over again.

Finally, that ending with God Eye is probably the best thing that can happen. In my opinion, this is the way to conclude Lin Ling's arc: he will have to face all of the issues he has encountered so far instead of not thinking about them. Super hyped for next episode. And for best girl Lucky Cyan.

On a side note, apparently the power level of the characters – and thus, the plot of future episodes –  was dependent on a vote on Bilibili, fitting the concept of "trust gives power".

An episode focused on Firm Man, a symbol of the will of the heroes—that's actually a big achievement. But it seems being a hero weighed heavily on him, with everyone wishing for him to stand tall forever.

I’m still confused, but it looks like Nice and X are two different people. Until now, I thought Nice would become X or something—but then why is X the MC and not Nice, when all these episodes follow Nice?!

The animation remains great—it’s nice to see shows like this among all the poorly animated ones each week. Soothes the soul, tbh. By the looks of the ending, Moon has been caught, and I think the lie is about to be exposed to the public. I wonder how Nice will handle this situation.

Episodes come out around 8pm est

@Ncf6789 yeah, I never make these before the episode is out. I was maybe a bit quick on the posting in relation to how long it'd been out, but it was out already, I keep track of the exact time the episode releases each week, I love this show. I'll slow it down a bit maybe if people are so bothered by it, but I don't see why people got so annoyed lol.

@Eragonnogare lol even so you never watch the episode first so youre breaking the rules https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=516093&msgid=18240377

@deg I watched the first one before making the thread, last couple I just made it around when the episode aired since I was a tragically busy at the exact time the episode aired and wanted to make sure it was up for everyone to use right on time (and so I'd be getting notifications for replies once I watched it), I always watch the episode ASAP. Didn't know there was some strict rule on these threads or whatever, ig I'll stop making them like this always, but it's really not such a big deal I don't think. (as long as I'm not busy in future weeks it really won't change much in terms of how soon the thread will be up lol)

@Eragonnogare its a big deal because in the past you got a lot of trolls making many official episode threads without them airing yet it was chaos and i heard on the mobile app they notify users of new episodes out via official episode threads being made so people are confuse if the episodes are really out or not

@deg good thing I'm making the threads when the episodes air then, not before. Making them before the episode is out would obviously be silly, not going to do anything like that. I know the exact time the episodes air because I want to watch them right when they air myself, not going to make any of these threads any earlier than that time regardless of anything.

If you just want to follow the discussion, you can just mark this topic as watch topic. You obviously need to use the web interface to start a topic. if you just open any topic in web view, you can toggle them as watch topic.


Not sure where you watch this show at, but most here watch the episodes through unconventional means (iykyk). There will be around 30 minutes delay between air time in Japan and release in streaming servives and another 30 minutes on other sites. You may think this is not a big deal, but for a lot of em out there, this is still chaotic.