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Episode 2 "Gun-Shi-Il-Che! Liu Bei and Guan Yun!"

Episode 2 immediately picks up where the last one left off. With Hei Jin defeated and this time seeing him get knocked out his transformation. Xu Shu shows up and we get some more info on the Dream Battle. The Legend Heroes are supposed to duke it out and the last one standing gets their wishes granted. Very Ryuki-esque but that not all the winner’s Hero Piece actually gets to become a human as well! I like this because the Hero Pieces are going to be their own characters in their own right so giving them a stake in battle also feels organic to the story. Liu Bei is naturally very put off by this whole battling thing and he almost cancels the contract again. But upon learning about how Guan Yun goes back to being an inanimate object decides to continue the fight. This brings up the fact that the people can just quit being Legend Heroes. Though I have my suspension that there is more to this than meets the eye. Especially what we see at the end of the episode.
The next scene is honestly a great continuation of one from the previous episode as Guan Yun proclaims that he should use his knife for cooking and fighting after tasting his delicious meal. I just want to highlight this scene.



Liu Bei takes his new powers really well and goes into what I can only describe as pulling a Gaim as we see Liu Bei transform to help with everyday activities and unlike Kouta he actually does pretty well.





But Liu Bei is pretty tired afterwards and that’s when Hei Jin strikes this time with an upgrade his mace is now a flail. Which brings up how exactly do Legend Heroes upgrade themselves? Ah well questions for another day. Still this time Hei Jin actually manages to win. Well obviously Liu Bei can’t just take this lying so he focuses all his time on training.



Cue granting montage with Gongsun Zan. The next day we see Liu Bei walk past a couple of guys he helped yesterday and after much struggle he ultimately decides to reserve his strength for when he fights. But Liu Bei jumps into action once he hears some kids screaming from being stuck on a broken Ferris wheel. Which I gotta say was pretty suspicious and I’m immediately proven correct as Hei Jin shows up beating Liu Bei up proclaiming that he was the one who broke the Ferris wheel all to make Liu Bei transform and exhaust himself. And with righteous anger Liu Bei and Guan Yun push past limitations and transform and fight. Also the kids that Liu Bei saved cheers him on which helps him regain his energy. And mange’s to finally beat Hei Jin but it not over yet as Hei Jin activates Final Battle and the city is put into a dome that freezes time and two engage first in 2v2 vehicle fight before turning into a mech fight. Guan Yin explains that the Final Battle is used using the last of a Legend Heroes power so I think it isn't going to be like Sentai requiring a mech every episode maybe once every 2-3 episodes.





After the battle is one Liu Bei decides he is going to help people as himself while saving his energy for the dream being a nice balance between his sense of justice and his duty. We see that Hei Jin Hero Piece is turned into stone as well as his Changer being destroyed and an image of Hei Jin and an elderly woman holding a trophy from into the sky before breaking like glass. I got 2 theories for this theory 1 that was a memory which drove him into being a Legend Hero in the first place and with his loss the memory is destroyed/never happened. Theory 2 is that was a reality in which Hei Jin won the dream battle and had his wish granted with his charger destroyed it no longer a possibility.



We then see 7 tech-angels announcing that the first Legend Hero has been defeated confused by how such a weak looking person could do it. With Xu Shu looking quite happy ending the episode



As for final thoughts? Episode 2 is a breather having Liu Bei adjusting to his new role as Legend Heroes as well show off his heroicness. We also establish the Dream Battle as competition as well as the Final Battle mechs and deepening the mystery with the 7 angels and what happenss if you lose.