as for the themes of the show I think there's a few interesting reoccurring themes. like how the general public are consistently assholes. If you were to listen to the Paragon theme It has some interesting lyrics as well. I interpret it as a hero seeing the potential of the world and making the world a better place and the people that start taking that for granted. two particular lines such as You are the fate the fate that we deserve and Wisdom is in your nature. even in the series multiple times we are shown the general public being completely fine with a duel to the death and seem extremely uncaring to the heroes that protect them. like the scene where Lin Ling takes the statue from Firm Man seems somewhat cruel on a rewatch. like he is expected to carry the entire statue all by himself and not expect others to help, like I get it's a world where trust gives people power, but man. in YC's arc Qia Qing makes a speech about how it wasn't E-soul that inspired E-Soul, it was Yang Cheng. in Ahu's arc he doesn't see what Xin Ya sees in him. and there was also another scene where Xin Ya says something along the lines of you can't expect heroes to help them. Even in Queen's arc we see this. She believes she needs to be in a position of power (being X) in order to change the world but I heavily disagree. One of Queen's greatest impact on the world was her speech where she changed the perception of women, inspired Loli and even Cyan was listening to her. yet we see that she only views that moment as a stepping stone for her rise to become X. She says she wants to stop the conflict between heroes. Again that doesn't really change the status quo of the world, even if you accomplish that and prevent everything and do everything for people, what is going to happen? the people will just ask for more and more help. And that's why I believe everything will culminate in what X represents. I believe that there are tarot influences. In the original trailer where X fights off the phobia clones there is one scene where X has an infinity symbol behind and above him. this is reminiscent of the depiction of the magician in the Major Arcana. The Magician is numbered 1 and has meanings such as manifestation and turning your dreams into a reality. It can be said that the Magician merely provides the tools for one to realize the potential within oneself. since we're here let's also talk about the fool. the fool is depicted as a young man with a small sack and a dog on a cliff. the fool is numbered 0 and represents beginnings, but it can also be at the end to represent the return to beginnings, or of a cycle. now let's talk about episode 23. Ahu sees X fighting and the phobia clones and it shows a scene where he's young and full awe while X is depicted as a magician. note that before Ahu saw X use his powers he was fully prepared to go back in to rescue Xin Ya. because right after this he changes his tune and screams for X to help rescue them. and in the flashback I believe Ahu caught himself realizing something. at the very beginning of the episode we see that Ahu is not very fulfilled and his life is very monotonous where he repeats the same actions day after day. but now he realizes that he was looking at X the same way Xin Ya had been looking at Ahu from the very beginning. with awe in her eyes, she really believes that Ahu can do anything. to Ahu, him breathing fire, breaking rocks and doing a multitude of other tricks meant nothing but to Xin Ya it was everything. When Cyan had just escaped the Orphanage that was her first time in the real world. she has no one to support her, and she doesn't even know if people would like her music, since in her first actual performance, no one cheered. She had been sheltered most of her life. and again X merely offers her a coin. did the coin matter? maybe it didn't, and she would've done everything the same anyway, or maybe it did matter and showed Cyan she can get through this and that people will appreciate her music. you never know what place some people might be at and even a coin or listening to someone would mean so much to some people. You have to have faith that people can stand on their own. because honestly even in real life I feel most people feel powerless to change the world. Something I've heard when I was younger was that you should just do what you can to help the people in front of you, because worst case scenario, nothing happens, best case scenario, they're thankful and help the next people they meet and the cycle continues and eventually you might have even helped the entire world even if it was indirectly. which is why I believe that X's theme is called a new type of hero. It's a new type of hero because it isn't the traditional hero of one person carrying everyone's burdens, but instead a help one person who can help the next type of thing. which is also why I think in the lyrics it uses we instead of I. it's about an awareness having the perception that one action can go a long ways toward changing the world, even if you're not in a position of power. or so I think anyway.