Yet again, Link Click hasn’t failed to deliver as always, and has given us a great setup and incredibly interesting reveals in a short prequel to the main arc we’ll be eagerly looking forward to.
Warning: This review contains minor spoilers for this season of the show. Although I strongly recommend to watch the show first, I have tried my best to not give any major spoilers.
Timeline: This season is a prequel. It is set some time before season 1 and season 2, when Cheng Xiaoshi and Lu Guang are still students of the Guidu University.
Important thing to note is that Cheng Xiaoshi doesn’t have his powers yet. Somehow Lu Guang has some powers. What kind of powers? Well, he says some kind of “divination” powers, so let’s believe him for now.
So, after the one hour long first episode, the main antagonist of the season, Liu Xiao is introduced. Liu Xiao is the younger brother of Liu Min, who is currently a student in Bridon. He claims to have a “superpower".
In the third episode, our main duo heads to Yingdu (Bridon) after Cheng Xiaoshi finds a clue to where his dad might be. Following the clues, they reach to a hint- ‘BAHATI’, which turns out to be a restaurant.
So, our duo reaches there, and at the restaurant, they meet Xia Fei (Felix) who works part time at a modelling agency, and is a physics student. He tells them that he knows the manager of the restaurant, and can help them if they have got any questions.
Major spoiler:
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Since Lu Guang is from the future, he has been very carefully observing every event and trying to remove any uncertainty that might be caused due to any change of events. Lu Guang seems to have some kind of plan on his mind. This is truly how any time travel anime protagonist should proceed (unlike a certain “time loop” anime where the mc just does random bs, and stuff happens).So after gathering information from various sources, even though some unexpected events occur, our duo decides to approach Vein, the owner of the modelling agency that Xia Fei works for, since he seems to have a good number of connection, in order to find a certain person.
In the last episode, Cheng Xiaoshi meets this person, and incredibly interesting stuff is revealed. A lot of stuff happens in this episode, and we aren’t given much explanation, since Cheng Xiaoshi himself knows nothing of what happens. Even when the huge reveal is made, we aren’t babysat through the explanation, and it is explained very subtly. The season ends on a massive cliffhanger (as always), and our duo returns to their hometown. Some mysterious events further happen in Yingdu even after the duo’s departure.
Animation & Visuals - 10/10
As good as previous seasons, if not a step up.
Audio and Music – 10/10
Amazing voice acting, banger OSTs, everything fire as always.
OPs & Eds – 10/10
Never ever disappoint, probably haven’t heard such a soothing song as the ED in a while.
Character Designs – 10/10
Easily the best of the best character designs I have ever seen in any piece of media. Diverse, natural, simple, attractive, just perfect.
Enjoyment – 10/10
Great subtle comedy, humor that caters to everyone’s taste.
Plot – 10/10
As I mentioned, this is a setup. When the setup is this good, just imagine when we receive the payoff, it will be legendary.
Overall – 10/10
This is like one of the anime where so much stuff happens in such a less span of screentime. I can’t think of any element it was lacking in.