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Arc Almanac

21 Oct 2026Draft. Not yet checked against the books.

All series

凸变英雄XTo Be Hero X

7 story arcs across the donghua episodes.

Season 1 key visual, via AniList. Hover or tap for color.

7 arcs, 1 editions tracked

I’ve watched through

Season 1 (Japanese/international broadcast) ends after The twenty-first tournament (41).

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    The story, arc by arc

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    Donghua, TV

    Season 1 (Japanese/international broadcast)

    Aired. 2025

    Story arcs

    The chart as a table
    To Be Hero X coverage
    ArcDonghua
    The early heroes (Commission years 18–22)Season 1, episodes 15–18
    Cyan’s early years (23–35)Season 1, episodes 8–18
    The changing rankings (36–38)Season 1, episodes 5–18
    The ruins investigation (39)Season 1, episodes 12–20
    Dragon Boy and Smile (40)Season 1, episodes 20–22
    Ahu and the Commoner (41)Season 1, episodes 1–23
    The twenty-first tournament (41)Season 1, episode 24

    Units follow their earliest mapped story position. Tied units keep published reading order; broad mappings do not establish a scene-by-scene chronology.

    Every arc, in brief

    5Dragon Boy and Smile (40)*

    Dragon Boy pursues a place among the leading heroes while the agencies continue their experiments.

    7The twenty-first tournament (41)*

    X reaches the next tournament as the agencies try to control the leading heroes.

    Season 1 (Japanese/international broadcast) ends here

    * Arc names chosen by Arc Almanac, because the books don’t name them.

    Works and editions

    Release facts are entered by hand and can lag behind the publishers.

    Donghua

    Donghua, the original

    PartAired
    Season 1 (Japanese/international broadcast)6 Apr 2025 to 14 Sep 2025

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