To Be Hero X

📖 SYNOPSIS

What if your superpowers depended on how much strangers liked you today? That's the deal in Tu Bian Yingxiong X — everyone's got a trust score on their wrist, and if enough people believe in you, you get actual powers. The top-ranked hero, called 'X,' sits at the peak of public faith. Then there's Lin Ling, an ordinary guy who ends up inheriting the superhero mantle 'Nice' after circumstances he really didn't plan for. Now he's stuck trying to figure out how to be a hero in a system where your abilities can literally fluctuate based on public opinion. One bad day on social media and you're powerless. The power system here is genuinely clever — it turns popularity into something tangible and dangerous, and the show isn't shy about exploring how fickle that can be. The animation blends 2D and 3D in a way that keeps the action visually interesting across its 24 episodes, and the soundtrack features Hiroyuki Sawano, so you know the fight scenes hit. If you liked My Hero Academia's take on hero society but wanted something that digs more into the cynical side, or if Tiger & Bunny's corporate hero commentary resonated with you, this scratches a similar itch. It's got the energy of One Punch Man's genre-awareness but builds its own identity around that trust mechanic. Worth your time if you're into superhero deconstruction that doesn't take itself too seriously but still has something to say.