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TO BE HERO X

TV·2025–present·1 season, 24 episodes·bilibili·Animation, Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy·24m·8.7·Created by Li Haoling

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In a world full of brilliant heroes, it’s the trust of fans that turns heroes into superheroes. If a hero loses the people’s trust, they lose their special abilities. Trust value is collected, quantified, and used to determine a hero’s ranking, displayed on their wrist. Every two years, the top heroes go to a tournament to fight, determine new trust values, and earn their rankings.

Highest-rated episodes all ranked

  1. 01TO BE HERO X S01E20The Ruins IncidentS01E20 · 9.5Inside the spaceship there is a showdown between different camps.
  2. 02TO BE HERO X S01E24XS01E24 · 9.5The heroes go after X, Ahu discovers the truth and the tournament is about to begin.
  3. 03TO BE HERO X S01E04The CommonerS01E04 · 9.2Nice (Lin Ling) faces off with God Eye to save Moon.

Cast

Nie XiyingNie XiyingWang Nuonuo (voice), Pomelo (voice)Gu JiangshanGu JiangshanLin Ling (voice) / Nice (voice)Yang KaiqiYang KaiqiE-Soul (voice)Zhang FuzhengZhang FuzhengAhu (voice)Zhao ShuangZhao ShuangLucky Cyan (voice)

Episodes by season

Season01Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode24Episodes2025Aired 7.7Season avg
  1. S01E01TO BE HERO X S01E01NICEApril 6, 2025 7.3Lin Ling finds himself filling the role of superhero Nice when he witnesses the unthinkable.
  2. S01E02TO BE HERO X S01E02MoonApril 13, 2025 7.3Nice and Moon work together to live up to fans' expectations while devising a plan to regain their freedom.
  3. S01E03TO BE HERO X S01E03The Ever-Standing HeroApril 20, 2025 6.8Nice (Lin Ling) aims to defeat the Ever-Standing Hero in order to rank up into the top ten.
  4. S01E04TO BE HERO X S01E04The CommonerApril 27, 2025 9.2Nice (Lin Ling) faces off with God Eye to save Moon.
  5. S01E05TO BE HERO X S01E05One ActorMay 4, 2025 7.4Yang Cheng, an E-Soul stage actor, struggles with gaining popularity while juggling work and romance.
  6. S01E06TO BE HERO X S01E06Two E-SoulsMay 11, 2025 6.6Yang Cheng gains public trust after footage of him saving Pomelo makes its way around social media.
  7. S01E07TO BE HERO X S01E07Three SeatsMay 18, 2025 7.6Yang Cheng seeks revenge for what happened to Shang Chao.
  8. S01E08TO BE HERO X S01E08The Cyan GirlMay 25, 2025 6.2A girl who is luckier than usual survives a plane crash and is taken to an orphanage.
  9. S01E09TO BE HERO X S01E09Loss and GainJune 1, 2025 7.2After escaping the orphanage, Cyan is forced to fend for herself until she's presented with an opportunity.
  10. S01E10TO BE HERO X S01E10The Truth Behind LuckJune 8, 2025 6.4After Cyan's departure, both the orphanage and its surroundings are plunged into bad luck.
  11. S01E11TO BE HERO X S01E11Road to the CrownJune 15, 2025 6.8The young Liu Yuwei enters the top 10 rankings as the hero Queen and is on her way to becoming a top hero.
  12. S01E12TO BE HERO X S01E12Fall of the StarJune 22, 2025 7.2Queen loses to an anonymous man in the hero tournament. The public begins to associate misfortune with Lucky.
  13. S01E13TO BE HERO X S01E13Tough GirlJune 29, 2025 5.4Genius youth inventor Loli dreams of becoming a hero, but her looks prevent her from gaining Trust Value.
  14. S01E14TO BE HERO X S01E14Impromptu CounterattackJuly 6, 2025 6.2Loli and Nuonuo face previous top hero DJ Shindig who launched an assault on the Glimmer Laboratory.
  15. S01E15TO BE HERO X S01E15Affective DisorderJuly 13, 2025 8.7Ghostblade reflects on what led him to become a hero, and vows to fill a role he wasn't able to before.
  16. S01E16TO BE HERO X S01E16The CureJuly 20, 2025 9.0Ghostblade uses the mission to get closer to Nuonuo, but danger lurks just around the corner.
  17. S01E17TO BE HERO X S01E17Whisper FlowerJuly 27, 2025 8.5Little Johnny's past and his father's ties to other heroes is revealed.
  18. S01E18TO BE HERO X S01E18Died-Out FlameAugust 3, 2025 7.8Little Johnny becomes a young hero to find out the truth surrounding his father's death.
  19. S01E19TO BE HERO X S01E19Breaking the BalanceAugust 10, 2025 8.6The exploration team prepares to enter the alien ship, but they are not the only ones.
  20. S01E20TO BE HERO X S01E20Season's bestThe Ruins IncidentAugust 17, 2025 9.5Inside the spaceship there is a showdown between different camps.
  21. S01E21TO BE HERO X S01E21Nurturing GodAugust 24, 2025 8.2Nice tries to keep his smile and Dragon Boy begins his mission.
  22. S01E22TO BE HERO X S01E22The Last SmileAugust 31, 2025 9.0Nice appears in the middle of Smile and Dragon's fight. But is he friend or foe?
  23. S01E23TO BE HERO X S01E23LieSeptember 7, 2025 8.5Ahu grew up in the circus and doesn't like children, but everything changes when he meets Xin Ya.
  24. S01E24TO BE HERO X S01E24XSeptember 14, 2025 9.5The heroes go after X, Ahu discovers the truth and the tournament is about to begin.

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