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03-29-2021, 10:11 PM | #51 |
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Episode 9 "The Ambition of The Bear Family"
The episode begins with a cool mock fight between Liu Bei and Gongsun Zan. And with Mi Zhu catching them as well as confirming that he doesn't remember being a Legend Hero. The show quickly takes a swerve as there is a bank robbery being done by men in bear masks. The cops quickly chase after when we’re introduced to a new character Tae-O watching the chase on binoculars telling his fellow officers that they're after their wrong people. We soon see he’s correct and in the Bear Family true hideout with their leader Dong Zhuo and his Hero Piece Hua Xiong! Dong Zhou escapes and afterward, Tae-O is berated for going after the man alone. The situation deescalates as we meet another new character Wang Yun, a senior officer. This allows us to learn Tae-O's backstory of being kidnapped and held for ransom and being saved by Wang Yun, which forges his sense of wanting to bring justice. After some shenanigans with Mi Zhu fooling around with one of the bear masks and being caught Tae-O notices Liu Bei Hero Pieces and questions him. While Liu Bei denies any connection with the Dong Zhou, fortunately, a report comes in from tracking him down and the two chase after him leading to a fight between the two Legend Heroes. Liu Bei uses Zhang Fei's turtle shield to block Hua Xiong's bullets and eventually runs out of Hero Power and forces him to go back into Guan Yu and try to take a shot but failing with Tae-O help at aiming Hua XIion goes down. However, before Tae-O can arrest him Hua Xiong initiates a FInal Battle slowing downtime and the two summon their Legend Machines. Using what they’ve learned about combining multiple Legend Machines they become Legend King Dual Dragon! Thanks to their combined powers Liu Bei wins however Dong Zhou gets away. The episode ends with Liu Bei being impressed by Tae-O skills and saying they should team up however he is displeased with the guy and decided to plant a bug onto Li Bei's jacket ending the episode. So this episode is escalating the stakes of the show. A new mainstay character in Tae-O, and a brand-new antagonist on a level we haven’t seen in the show yet. And overall it feels very much like the beginning of the end of the first quarter of the show. I can’t wait to see how the Bear Family storyline is resolved. And after the relatively light two-parter last time this hits where it needs to IMO. The current theory is that Tae-O was a Legend Hero too before losing his powers but not all of his memories. We see at the beginning that Mi Zhu doesn’t recognize what Legend Heroes are but Tae-O knows about them but not specifics. Episode 10 "Lu Bu The Strongest" Tae-O tries to spy on Liu-Bei but hears nothing but silly antics from them Meanwhile Dong Zhou meets with the purple hair man from before. Who after playing around with Dong Zhou goons by controlling them offers him the same device that he gave to the Fly Bros and upgrading his rifle. He introduces himself as Zhang Jue and he’s an angel as well. There is a scam contest in which people hit an item to measure their strength and if someone can get it up to 8,000 they win a diamond ring. However if not the person gets a consolation prize. But it turns out is just a way to lure people so that Dong Zhou can steal their energy to fuel himself. Liu Bei enters and wins surprising everybody as they all thought he was weak! Dong Zhou then comes out and sees the commotion and recognizes Liu Bei, Gongsun Zan, and Dong Zhou begin to fight but Hua Xiong soon gains an upper hand and absorbs both of their powers, Tae-O arrives and tries to fight as well. All hope seems lost until a new Legend Hero stronger than the other shows up and makes the quick work of Hua Xiong even when absorbing his power it becomes too much and forces him to retreat. Tae-O claims Liu Bei is weak even with his powers and that in his hands would be better used. (Hmm foreshadowing perhaps?) We cut to the police station where Wang Yun is berating Tae-O for his reckless action and bugging people. Liu Bei tries to find the new Legend Hero whose name I’ll just tell you right now is Lu Bu. And eventually, he comes to him and they battle with Liu Bei wanting him to train him and Lu Bu asking for what reason does he fight and finding him to be quite naive, to be honest. Final Battle is initiated and we Legend King Nightmare in action. The battle ended with Liu Bei knocked out and taken. As he wakes up to see a little girl with Lu Bu Hero Piece. Downstairs it’s revealed that the girl is Wang Yu's father and that he is the new Legend Hero. Honestly, this arc has been hitting it twice in a row. We have Dong Zhou getting a power-up from Zhang Jue. Liu Bei's confidence goes up as we see him trying and succeeding in the strength contest And we see the difference between Liu Bei and Tae-O. As well as a new Legend Hero one whose motivation continues escalations as he wants to kill a gangster. The color grading and choreography were also fantastic this episode, especially this shot. Episode 11 "The Bear Family Strikes Back (Cool empire reference) The little girl’s name is Diaochan and Wang Yun tells Liu Bei that he is already quite strong, it is his mental fortitude that needs work. The two decided to work together to bring down Dong Zhou. Tae-O arrives and comes in and gives a doll to Daiochan. Liu Bei and Tae-O discuss Wang Yun his legacy and one of his trophies. Tae-O finds out that Wang Yun is the new Legend Hero seeing Lu Bu Hero Piece with Daiochan and overhears their plans to attack. The next day Liu Bei and Gongsun Zan arrive and are waiting for Wang Yun when Tae-O showed up it seems like he isn’t coming but before anything else happens Dong Zhou shows up and a fight ensues. Using team-work the two overwhelmed Hua Xiong however Lu bu shows up beats them all! It turns out Diaochan has been kidnaped and his forced to work for him. During the battle TAe-O gets his energy drained but much like what happened in episode 10 it’s too much and the powers backfire. Even the red angel takes note of this incident. Before leaving Wan Yun gives a hint of where their hideout is. During the fight, Hua Xiong drains all of the energy of his crew despite his right-hand man’s instance of being a family. Later on, while storming their base Tae-O received a call of where Diaochan is. And after an extensive fight scene finds her along with the right-hand man. The other is engaged in battle with Wang Yun when they learn of her safety ending the episode with Lu Bu taking on Dong Zhou, Once again we see just how different Dong Zhou is from the other villains so far. With The whole hostage situation of Diaochan. This entire arc hits harder than others before due to continuing escalation of threats. Also, Diaochan is such a sweetheart. And hints of Wang Yun’s backstory are being dropped with there being no mother/wife. I can’t wait to see how this arc revolves and hope these two stays as main characters. Episode 12 "The Birth of the Red Hero" After swiftly beating Hua Xiong, Wang Yun orders Liu Bei and Gongsun Zan to leave in fear of the cops getting suspicious of the two. When Dong Zhou reveals a bomb vest and accidentally activates it. While trying to save his life Tae-O argues they shouldn’t since he’s a criminal to which Wang Yun states he’s human and their cops. Wang Yun successfully takes the vest off a throws it away before exploding. But Dong Zhou manages to steal Tae-O’s gun and kills Wang Yun taking his Hero Piece and running but was caught by other cops who then drop the piece. In his dying words Wang Yun wanted to apologize they couldn’t fight together, how much Tae-O has grown, and to give Liu Bei his trophy sword. Afterward time-skipping ahead Tae-O quits, and Liu Bei trains so much his hand bleed devastated by Wang Yun’s death. Tae-O then visits Daiochan reassuring her it’s going to be alright and meets with Liu Bei who insists they should fight together but he refuses. Afterward in his lair? Tae-O integrates the Hua Xiong Hero Piece to learn how to become a Legend Hero and upon deciding on the Phoneix as his animal changes his name to Cao Cao and summoning the Red Angel to become a new Legend Hero. After breaking Dong Zhou out they fight under heavy rain and Cao Cao becomes Legend Hero Xiaohun Dun. Whose powers even get Guan Yu and Zhang Fe’s attention waking Liu Bei up. In the battle, he reveals he has another Hero Piece becoming Legend Hero Xiaohun Yuan! They engaged in a Final Battle and revealing his Legend machine Phoenix Chopper who swiftly defeats Hua Xiong. As he’s groping on the ledge Liu Bei comes claiming he has a score to settle with him And Cao Cao telling him it won’t be necessary and shoot his hand making him fall into the river. The episode ending with the Cao Cao walking away and Liu Bei staring in disbelief in the rain The final episode of this arc cemented it’s currently my favorite part of the show. Continuous escalation of two great characters. Coming off the last two-parter was refreshing. Tae-O now Cao Cao is going to stay for the long run and I can’t wait to see the rivalry they’ve been setting up with Liu Bei. Also, Lu Bu isn’t gone they made it appoint where Dong Zhou loses him and we never saw him turn into stone fully.
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04-01-2021, 08:58 PM | #52 |
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Holy cow did this show take a turn!
I legit loved all of these episodes. From the action, to the music, to the acting, to the story itself, and ESPECIALLY the atmosphere, everything was on point! I outright called it when it came to Lu Bu's' identity, though I was legit surprised at the twist they gave him from the real life Lu Bu. Tae-O becoming Cao Cao, while also obvious, was handled REALLY well. While I still say episode 6 is my favorite episode, episode 12 is easily a very close second, and it definitely feels like a lead in to a "season finale" of sorts for Legend Heroes. Cannot wait to see how this is all going to get resolved(if at all) next episode. Man this is such a nice treat to return to after Blassreiter!
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04-01-2021, 11:04 PM | #53 |
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What excites me the most is that were essenitally were done with the first quarter there still so many characters arcs and story continuing. Legend Heroes has done a good job balancinf story and more traditional weekly stories to tell.
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04-02-2021, 08:58 PM | #54 |
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Finally found the time to sit down and get caught up. There's a surprising upside I'm finding to the irregular schedule of this thread, which is that every time I come back to watch an episode after a long break, it's like being reminded all over again how utterly awesome this show is.
All four of these episodes are killer, and in retrospect, it definitely makes sense why they wanted to do a set of episodes beforehand that was mostly goofy fluff. It's like a moment to breathe in before they launch into this epic four-part crime drama saga dealing with violent feelings of vengeance and the uncertainty of the line between justice and self-satisfaction. I loved every bit of it, naturally. Like, I am a sucker for this kind of genre and these sorts of stories, so to see Legend Heroes just kinda bring that all in out of nowhere, and do it so smoothly to boot, was a real pleasant surprise. Every one of these four episodes kept escalating the stakes further than I expected, and the result was always to the story's benefit. Despite the inherent awkwardness of them evidently not building their singular robot fight set to have a "night" mode, that climax of 12 especially is something else entirely for this show. While I poke fun at the cheap robot battles (not that I don't love those scenes, mind you), having a moody showdown in the dark rain really felt like new territory for the series' production. Like a lot of cool moments in the show, you can see the legitimate talent shining through the occasionally amateurish feel, and this particular instance really sold a scene that needed an appropriate amount of weight behind it. It'll be super interesting to see where Ta, uh, Cao Cao goes from here. Dude is basically all the absolute worst impulses of pre-character development Ryuu Terui and Shintarou Gotou combined, with none of the positive influences around him to mitigate that, and I find that idea fascinating.
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04-04-2021, 11:24 PM | #55 |
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Episode 13 "Dream Battle of Hope"
Kicking it off with Cao Cao investigating a new Legend Hero with a bat motif proclaiming that he’s a bad guy. Going back to the dojo, we see that according to Xu Shu angels have to take exams(which I totally get her stress btw) and aren’t supposed to be part of the battle. And Xu Shu fixation on Liu Bei is him being the first warlord she came into contact with. After eating away the food rations Gongsun Zan demands Liu Bei get a part time job to help out. After some hilarious interaction between Liu Bei and Mi Zhu they spot a pickpocket stealing a woman's purse. Liu Bei chases after and sees a Bat themed Legend Hero with it. Assuming he’s the one who stole the two fights but eventually the misconception was cleared up. The man then goes back to his various part-time jobs. Eventually, the two start talking and are introduced to him as Tao Qian. After comparing their poor living conditions and the fact that his Hero Piece Zhang Kai sleeps through the day Liu Bei takes him back and is now teaching him his skills in exchange for food. Later that night Cao Cao confronts him and reveals they know each other.(in a real cool night fight) He manages to escape. The next day while taking a break Liu Bei asks why he’s working so hard. And it's simple, he wants money for his mom's sake. Cao Cao confronts Tao Qian once again, not believing he’s changed. During the fight Zhang Kai is weakened by daytime(which is an amazing idea for a bat themed hero) and during the Final Battle loses quickly. Liu Bei shows up and defends Tao Qian where he’s revealed to have been a safecracker after learning that Tao Qian flees. Deciding to take his anger out on Liu Bei, the two clash for the first time. This episode hits all the right notes. Continuing off the rivalry between Liu Bei and Cao Cao. Demonstrating Cao Cao stubbornness and how that negativity impacts his perception of people for their pasts. And Tao Qian is a sweet guy with a terrible past and as noted is the first one to not fight Li Bei bringing in further complexities within who becomes a Legend Hero, from full blown villains, to rogue anti-heroes and general do-gooders.
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04-05-2021, 07:11 PM | #56 |
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Man, I cannot get over the total slasher vibes they're channeling with Cao Cao!
I'm always down for a story where the lesson is that people can redeem themselves, and seeing Liu Bei's' desire for kinship was certainly interesting too. Makes me wonder how everything is gonna come to a head next episode.
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04-06-2021, 08:49 PM | #57 |
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Yeah, I really like the idea of a plot hinging on the clash between Cao Cao's moral absolutism and Liu Bei's less high-minded sense of justice. It's a strong way for the show to feel out their dynamic while still keeping the focus on an interesting new character in the process.
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04-08-2021, 02:37 PM | #58 |
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Aw man, it's nice seeing this thread active again.
I really loved these episodes and can't wait to relive the magic of this show. I'll probably watch along with you, TBH. There's a video on this show I'll try to keep in the back of my mind for the final episode. |
04-09-2021, 01:05 AM | #59 |
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Thanks with sticking with me. And a video!? Looking forward with that.
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04-11-2021, 11:19 PM | #60 |
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Episode 14 "The Bat's Decision"
Episode 14 has a brand new title card and music! Wow really going all out to make this 2nd quarter different. The Battle between Cao Cao and Liu Bei with Cao Cao stating that Tiao Qian doesn’t deserve his powers that only the righteous do. Does Liu Bei instantly counter that he should? Cao Cao leaves claiming to show him if he is a good guy after all. Late at night, Zhang Kai goads Tiao Qian to rob where he works for his mother's medical exam. The next day Tiao Qian doesn’t show up for work and Liu Bei takes over for him. Going back to the dojo to eat in silence. Mi Zhu takes notice and after a talk about brothers being there for one another motivates Lu Bei. He finally encounters Tiao Qian and after trusting him he no longer wants to rob anyone. But a mysterious man emerges claiming that if he wants money he can help with that desire. That night Legend Hero Zhang Kai is robbing the house and is confronted by both Liu Bei and Cao Cao escaping and justifying Cao Cao’s hatred of evil. The next day Cao Cao visit Tiao Qian’s house to stake out where his mother noticed him asking if his son is doing it Abakan. To which Cao Cao lies and tells her no and gets a report of a robbery during the battle Tian Qian proclaims that he will defeat everybody in the Dream Battle and obtain the Royal Seal. Cao Cao reveals to Liu Bei that he actually let Tian Qian go once but he broke the law and his mother’s trust before. In the end, Tian Qian is defeated and as his dream is broken he says to Liu Bei that he never wanted this to happen to which he believes. As Zhang Kai is dying he said that Tian Qian wouldn’t have done this and that a feather was involved before a strange object is ejected out of Tian Qian’s neck ending the episode. Honestly well handled the show does such a good job of never dragging anything down and continues the plot. My only real complaint is that Gongsan Zan is completely sidelined in this two-parter. But otherwise, this episode gives us Tian Qian and how he changed, introduced a new antagonist, and further delves into Cao Cao’s beliefs and how they were formed by letting Tian Qian go in the past only for him to continue crime but also Wang Yun death.
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