"Late Night Analysis & Theory I (and my friend) Made about the Outro for TO BE HERO X"
Alright, so I was watching the ending/outro for the TO BE HERO X anime (or donghua, to be precise) and found out some interesting things in the chorus part.
(this is the song, but only until the 1st reff is included in the outro)
Lyrics of the chorus:
Kill this destiny that’s trying to tell you what you should be
Into the void I scream
Someone try and stop me!
Check out my face
I got the look
Not gonna play by the book
This mic just got turned on
Make your dеcision
Dare to believе
To become, to become
Spotlight lover
Deepest cover
If you can dare to believe
To become, to become
Spotlight lover
Deepest cover
Spotlight
The interesting fact I noticed was that in every line, at least one specific character is highlighted. Just to make it short, I'll input it here.
Kill this destiny..
In this part, all the characters (except X) are shown falling down as X flicks his fingers. Now, we all know that all heroes have their own destinies/goals, etc., which in most cases are from the organizations they are in. In these 3 words, they're indirectly telling the heroes to "kill" their destiny that keeps on binding them.
..That's trying to tell you..
Now, the specific character shown is The Johnnies, specifically Little Johnny (since he's the human one lol). From his PVs, they stated that his father was a former X aka the rank 1 hero. Of course people would expect someone as strong as or even stronger than him (Johnny's dad). Plus, the fact that he's in DOS, where the heroes are given "high expectations" from their own leader (Micky).
..What you should be
Moving on, in this line Lucky Cyan is the one highlighted. Combining with the previous words of the same line which makes the sentence, "Kill this destiny that's trying to tell you what you should be", this may be some kind of reference to Lucky Cyan's theme song, "Take Off". In one of the lyrics, it says, "I just wanna be who I wanna be" and also her quote in the official poster, "I have my own color" that really describes self-confidence too.
Into the void I scream
Can have a meaning to "no one is listening to you" (?) Well, Queen's the one highlighted in here, and it's maybe because she just wanted to have a normal life, but couldn't because of the heroes rankings and no one would (try to) listen to her 🤷
Someone try and stop me!
Really describes Dragonboy/DRB, plus his pose when he fell was like as if "accepting" something which is most likely a challenge if people try to defeat him.
Check out my face, I got the look
Ahu's highlighted here, and considering his ability to "shapeshift" (welp- even if his face doesn't change, too 🙂), it makes sense.
Not gonna play by the book
Hero changes to Ghostblade/GB. We all know he's that one psychopathic guy who never smiles and just kills (lol). But, in the outro we can see him slightly smiling as he's falling down, maybe a foreshadowing of his happiness later on? We never know. And honestly, I don't really know about this thing 😞
This mic just got turned on
The hero highlighted is E-Soul. Actually, I'm kinda lazy when it comes to him, but meh whatever 🙂🔪 In his last episode (EP 7), he got manipulated by Uncle Rock and "had to obey him". Probably one day, he will start to realize his mistake and "rebel", being free from that devilish uncle at last (hopefully 😒).
Make your decision
Loli's the hero highlighted. In the teaser of her first episode (EP 13), it looks like she has 2 choices — whether to be a 'cute' girl or a hero. And as for why she looks like she's trying to reach for something in the outro, I'm still trying to figure it out ^^
After Loli's part ended aka the transition to The Commoner, the music stopped for a while, and I don't know why. Maybe it's a sign for something? We don't know for sure :)
Dare to believe, to become (2x) spotlight lover
Commoner's part. He seems to be closing his eyes. I don't know whether he's in a 'trance' as if not affected by X's ✨ magicality ✨ (as stated in some theories) or he's "trying to regain consciousness" since I saw this one video on TikTok that stated Lin Haolin (director of TBHX) said Lin Ling will have a "dark" side one day (like Marinette from MLB who barely got akumatized, maybe it will be similar to that).
After a while, X is shown on what seems like a rooftop, looking at the city from above, but only his back view is shown (sadly 😔). And the line goes like:
If you can dare to believe, to become (2x) spotlight..
Maybe one day, X will change Spotlight's views on the world? Or the worst possibility is that X will fall for Spotlight and become evil (hopefully this one doesn't happen, please 🥺)
Oh yeah, I also notice that this song mostly contains the word "Spotlight". Maybe this song is related to the Spotlight organization?
Anyways, thanks a lot for reading my theory and let me know in the comments if y'all got more interesting stuff about this 😉
