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New OP for Link Click: Yingdu Chapter

Bilibili has finally unveiled the new opening theme for the Yingdu Chapter, called「The Eye」and is sung by Bai Sha Jaws! Lyrics can be found here: ☆

"Going back in time, who can decipher the mystery of memory?"

#anime #donghua #link click #shiguang daili ren #shiguang dailiren #time agents #shi guang dai li ren #yingdu arc #bridon arc #lu guang #cheng xiaoshi #bilibili #bedream #LAN studio #studio PPURI #时光代理人

I am a fucking idiot- ahem. But first,

People, we need to talk more about The Tides. I am so serious. Apart from The Eye and Lull this season, The Tides (I want to yap more about its cinematic brilliance) explicitly supports shiguang canon. While other OP and ED of the first two seasons have a variety of themes entangled together, the whole point of The Tides is drawing a clear parallel between the old man with the time machine trying to go back in time to save his beloved wife (and his wife's photo is shattered by gunshots) and whatever the heck is going on with Lu Guang (Now, after Yingdu, add parallels of Shao Yuanyuan's attempt of saving her husband and Xia Fei's resolution of finding the culprit who caused Vein's death. You are welcome.)

I want to talk specifically about this scene

first,

We see Lu Guang is the one holding a sketchbook (safe to say it belonged to that man) and he is gazing into the sketches. He assumes that man's position (also the fact that Lu Guang has a personal diary where he might not draw but keeps a lot of information about timelines).

And...

This brilliant rack shot.

Idk why I didn't notice it before (I have seen it multiple times but today I just 'got' it).

So, in the first shot, let's see what constitutes the mise-en-scene : Cheng Xiaoshi, a portrait of the lady (whose hands are only shown) and the statue of the lady. It's not white light all over, rather there is a little play of light and shadow. The background wall as well as the statue is green. Overall, there is a green tint. Film nerds and enthusiasts, please explain the lighting and colour palate further if you can find some significance.

Now,

in the first shot, Cheng Xiaoshi is in the focus. He has a strange (pensive) look and he is looking at the statue. Then, the focus shifts to the statue and everything else fades into the background. In this simple editing, you realise that- Cheng Xiaoshi and the statue of the lady are somehow connected, connected by the same fate. I can't really explain how but the cinematography establishes the relation beautifully.

Edit 1 : Hi, I wanted to add a few things. Thanku @whispersoflullaby for engaging with it

also, please read @psychopomp-namine their repost.

A few reflections I didn't elaborate before

The woman's face in the portrait is absent in the frame and the lifelessness of the otherwise beautiful statue is intensified by the (intentional) lack of the eyes. So Cheng Xiaoshi's presence in the frame balances this out. Face is the most important part of someone's identity and eyes are one the most important features of someone's face. Eyes also have a higher level of significance in Link Click, associated with power activation, sense, perception, past, future, memory. And ofc, Cheng Xiaoshi's death scene and power (trust/life) transfer to Lu Guang - there is a HUGE focus on the eyes, extreme close ups. And this brings us to the second point,

Consciousness, subjectivity, perspective, reliable/unreliable narration .

My interpretation of the colour green here is unreliable narration or lack of subjectivity, with a feeling of something changing. Cheng Xiaoshi's pensive look makes us think that he knows something, something unsettling but we can't quite grasp that. His subjectivity is yet to be known. His vision is literally shared (and commanded) by Lu Guang and a big portion of Cheng Xiaoshi is constructed out of Lu Guang's perception of him. How would Cheng Xiaoshi write back to that? Cheng Xiaoshi is a mystery and The Tides prepares us for his development in season 3.

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To Be Hero X

Tu Bian Yingxiong X

#anime #donghua #to be hero x #pb animation #lan studio #paper plane animation studio #トゥー・ビー・ヒーローX #凸变英雄X #tu bian yingxiong x

Me, deciding to watch To be Hero X because they are the same people who made Link Click (go watch it, it’s fucking amazing) and the setting reminds me of My Hero Academia:

Oh wow the animation is so so weird and gorgeous (it gives me Arcane vibes but with stellar 2D LSD induced sakuga) and totally worth the watch just for that but man I’m not sure the story is up to it so far…

*End of the episode comes*

Me: …

Right, they are the people who made Link Click, how could I expect anything different

YOU AND YOUR GODDAMNED CLIFFHANGERS LAN STUDIO!!! Guess I HAVE to see what THAT’s about now

#soooo it’s a murder mystery with heroes instead of time travel right?#hopefully this one will leave me less crippled than link click did #knowing them it won’t #but one can dream #to be hero x #link click #lan studio #spoilers #I guess #to be hero x spoilers #also they clearly have a thing for throwing people off buildings #I mean #this was hilarious and not gut wrenching like the link click ones but still #also I can’t wait for the silly things this episode to come back and haunt me in the future

Li Tianxi is so cute 😭

I love her jacket/windbreaker so much, I need one just like it (the big sleeves are my absolute favorite)

#时光代理人 #link click #li tianxi #LAN studio

Baby Blue Bodycon Dress Set | LAN STUDIO

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Qiao Ling, about Lu Guang: He’s covered in blood again. What is it that you two do for him to always be covered in blood? Cheng Xiaoshi: Well, it looks like it's his own blood this time.