LINK CLICK Bridon Arc: ALL THE EXTRAS Reaction!
Added 2025-02-23 18:00:07 +0000 UTC*EXTRA HEADPHONE WARNINGS*
We're looking at SO much today, now that we've finished the Bridon Arc! PV's, MV's, Character profiles, Posters, Advertisements, and so much promotional material and an interview with Director Li!
I'm also checking out the remaining comments that had me theorizing for the Bridon Arc! I am going to be on the edge of my seat waiting for Season 3, LET ME TELL YOU!
Thanks to Raky, BBYSuWon, and Cherri for help getting all the extras!
Parts to the Video are Timestamped in the YouTube link!
Thank you for watching with me and for all the support!
Comments
And me finally getting to your comment, haha! I definitely am willing to let my brain rest to give the series time to animate and make the season as good as it can be! Maybe they’ll release little snippets every so often like the PV’s to keep hype up while everyone waits? Everyone going crazy at that cat hat! Hahaha!! I definitely can imagine that people were FREAKING OUT with the differences between the PV and the episode! They studio is DEVIOUS! The people wanting me to watch these PV’s before the BA Episodes when there are blatant spoilers is why I have trust issues with comments - to be frank! :’) I’m so glad this series is willing to go above and beyond to give us the content that shippers were wanting! XD Vein’s PV makes me more terrified and much more interested in his character! For the show to give us THAT PV and then not as much in the episodes themselves - they are cooking something up! *ahem* The NSWF Guttermind was there with Vein’s actions, though. VARYS. THANK YOU. I could not remember his name for the life of me - yes, I can’t quite see LX as the “mastermind,” but rather a puppet master from the sidelines. And I was joking about NOT wanting more of his hat/glasses on – why do they make the villains so attractive!? I could see the mom being the ultimate mastermind - I really need to see more with her – this show giving us all these ideas! Maybe LX has a Light Yagami complex and thinks himself a deity of justice? Xia Fei, I feel for him so much! I definitely worry for his character a LOT, especially if he really liked Vein and well…ahem. I definitely agree LG has opened Pandora’s Box in all of this - I feel so much for LG but his entire story with CX is just heartbreak city! And yes, picking the “best” OP for Link Click - is it possible?! I have my doubts after this video! After Sk8’s random drop, we’re not talking about CR! 😛 And yes, the idea that LX is a hunter but also intellectual…AND looks hot without a hat?! TOO MUCH POWER! 😀 The way this series ties the imagery subtly to other points in the series is just insane! AND OH MY GOSH - we cannot have XF go down the same route as Ash Lynx. NOPE. Liu Xiao is just that third wheel that XF and Vein have to deal with! 😛 The music videos definitely show off the talents of our voice cast and the lyrics were so well woven into the series - the studio is having too much furn with all this! All of the imagery these extras give are such a treat! HAHAHA – I will lure unsuspecting people into my web by showing them cute LC videos and then let them fall into the rabbit hole of despair like the rest of us! XD The sign language in Prometheus was so good - it was so sweet - I miss Li Tianxi from season 2; she was a real one! And then I remember LX has enlisted Li Tianchen at the end of S2 and my anxiety spikes again! The fanmade animated shorts were INCREDIBLE! My Great-grandmother LOVED identifying flowers and trees, so maybe I did justice to her! And yes, of course LC is going to go above and beyond to give everyone their own flower! HAHAHAHA – yes, I was thinking of Kelsey when thinking of the “January Capricorns.” OH, the interview was TOTAL politician talk! I was like, “you just baited us hardcore for S3, didn’t you?!” Hahaha – and they’re just adding gasoline to the fire! OOHHH, I forgot that it has to be LG clapping his hands with Cheng to see what he saw! He was remarkably CALM all things considered there! And I had not taken into consideration that LG doesn’t know that Cheng talked to his actual mother and doesn’t know how that has affected the timeline – ooohhhh…that has my theory-crafting mind going and wondering if the final showdown won’t just be LX and Vein vs. LG but also LG vs. Cheng’s mom. Eep. Thank you so much for the comment and kind words! This arc was so epic and I loved it and now it has me eagerly anticipating all the “fun” we’ll surely have with season 3!
Romaniablack
2025-03-19 14:30:07 +0000 UTCFinally getting time to watch this 🥳 Definitely with you on being happy to wait for Season 3. I would love to get it sooner but in order to get a really good Season 3 (both in terms of story and animation) I am happy to be patient. Someone's probably already said it by now but PV 1 was the only piece of media I watched before the Bridon Arc, and so the moment in the airport with Lu Guang seeing that other poster of Xia Fei I was cursing out the studio 😂 This PV gave us Lu Guang and Cheng Xiaoshi from a different timeline to the one we got in the Bridon Arc. Its the trailer that came out almost immediately after Season 2, and let me tell you the fandom went nuts over Lu Guang's cat hat 😂 I definitely am glad I didn't watch any other media after PV 1 with all the spoilers there are. Also with watching them now I do wonder at people wanting you to react to these before the Bridon Arc, especially considering your rules regarding spoilers. The smashed butterfly in PV 4 is something that did not appear in the trailer. It may be my favourite of the trailers though. It gave us snippets without really giving too much away. The bit at the end though is Cheng Xiaoshi grabbing Lu Guang's hand after they've spent the day at the Comic Con and Lu Guang is about to leave 🥺 But they definitely leave it open for interpretation on who exactly is grabbing Lu Guang's hand in that moment the way the trailer shows the scene. The last part of PV 5 was definitely made for us shippers 😍🥰 I love Cheng Xiaoshi and Lu Guang just being there for one another. Okay that Vein PV?? 😍 Definitely changes the point of view of his character. Makes him all the more darker (and vampiristic)...and it's kinda making me like him even more 👀 I think if I'd have watched this trailer before the Bridon Arc and then heard him say "Thank you for your co-operation, sweetie" to Cheng Xiaoshi's Mum possessing Wang Qing I would have just been a flailing mess and had to pause the episode to recover. Give me mob boss Vein fanfics now please 😆 NSFW brain came into play though with Vein sticking his finger in the Venus Flytrap. Feels like a unsubtle way to tell him not to stick his fingers where they don't belong 😅 Also love the neon colouring for this entire character trailer. Vein serving up the slices of meat at the dining table gave me such Hannibal Lecter vibes. Oooh I'm the opposite and need more of Liu Xiao without his hat and glasses on 🥵🤣 Manipulator fits so well with all the puppet mastery in the trailer. I would definitely say Liu Xiao gives me more Littlefinger than Varys vibes, as the former definitely seems more callous in his manipulation. And with how he was with Li Tianchen after Li Tianxi had died, and then in this arc with Xia Fei after he got told Vein had died, Liu Xiao definitely comes off as uncaring in his manipulation of both. Your comments about Liu Xiao being the manipulator but not the mastermind did make a thought pop into my head. What if the mastermind of this entire thing is Cheng Xiaoshi's Mum in her attempts to save Chen Weimin? The movie line saying "I feel like the mastermind behind the scenes hasn't shown up yet" makes me want to cross off all the characters we've already met and seen. But Shao was in shadow in Qiao Ling's memory of her not wanting Cheng Xiaoshi to come to Bridon, and in all of Cheng Xiaoshi's memories of her we never see her features. We've only met her through her possession of Wang Qing, but we haven't actually met her in person. All the religious imagery for Liu Xiao's character PV though is very intriguing. Especially with him being worshipped up on high. Xia Fei's character PV made me feel even more for him 🥺 But it really does start out as being this kind of slice of life, following the main character on their daily life. And then once he meets Liu Xiao the feeling kind of changes. There are moments I do think he's genuinely happy after that, but in a number of the photos they take of him it definitely feels more like he's just faking a smile. Also Xia Fei working as a waiter is just further fuelling the idea of him just being this university student just trying to survive. I like that his trailer is a lot more upfront and there isn't as much imagery as the other two. I think if I'd seen this character trailer before watching the Bridon Arc then I wouldn't have been in two minds on if he's trustworthy when he was first introduced. The Eye really feels like a sad love ballad from Lu Guang to Cheng Xiaoshi. While "The Eye" does make me first think of the book in the show (and the Ending), in real life the first thought that comes to mind is a popular tourist attraction in London that's called the London Eye. It's an observation wheel (the tallest one in Europe I believe). And with listening to the full Opening all I can think of is Lu Guang as an unfortunate observer to losing Cheng Xiaoshi, and doing his best to stop the wheel of time so that he doesn't have to go through it again. Definitely agree with you though that Link Click is one of the few anime/donghua that is impossible for me to pick a favourite Opening from. In the Ending "Opened something that was out of control" really made me think a lot of Pandora's Box. And then to end with "What language comforts me?" just makes me think (and wonder) about love language and what each of the characters own love language would be. Also fits a lot with there being a decent amount of English being spoken in this arc, and the idea that no matter what language you choose (English or Mandarin) it may not bring you the comfort you want or need. I did have to laugh at you talking about the marketing team doing a good job to boost enthusiasm and intrigue for the Bridon Arc just because it seems like such a contrast to Crunchyroll's much more lackadaisical approach to even announcing that the new arc would be available to stream 🤣 Definitely agree that typically in media hunters are portrayed in a much more brawny way. I love getting such an intellectual-type character (who both looks and acts the part) in the role of hunter. It definitely makes Link Click stand out more in comparison to other media. Also makes Liu Xiao a much more terrifying adversary. Off-topic but gotta say that Qiao Ling's boots in her character poster are giving me such 90s Spice Girls flashbacks 😂 For the third preview poster I wouldn't say Cheng Xiaoshi lying down like he's in a morgue is too much of a reach. The positioning of Lu Guang above/on top of Cheng Xiaoshi is where he got shot by Vein 😅 Now that you've pointed it out I can't unsee the similarity between Ash and Xia Fei in his character poster 😢 I will get down on my hands and knees animation studio that Xia Fei's path doesn't take him down the same road as Ash 😭 The caution tape with Cheng Xiaoshi holding the camera just made me think of him getting involved in crime scenes...which if we think in relation to the Bridon Arc the crime scene would be the burning of Bahati 👀 I glimpsed one of the music videos when they first started going around Twitter and got extremely intrigued and excited but forced myself not to watch them until after the arc just to prevent myself from being spoiled. Burning Palace is definitely giving a darker tone for Xia Fei and I'm kinda here for it. The beginning I will admit my VeiFei shipper heart did think it was gonna be this dark rap for my ship, but I'm not disappointed that we got Liu Xiao in the ix too. I really loved the music and beat, but the visuals ramped up my excitement to see more of all three in Season 3 🙏 Same for all the imagery the lyrics provoke. Hearing all the voice actors rapping was an experience I was not ready for. Wow! That line of "Puppets are standing" and just seeing the silhouette of everyone else really cementing Liu Xiao as a puppet master 😍 I know if I'd watched this when it first came out I wouldn't have thought twice about the ECG during Liu Xiao's verse, but it is nuts that they left such a hint towards his ability way back in this music video. Also "Even if you want to get rid of my ropes" I can't help but think of the ropes Lu Guang had tying down the clock in his mind palace. I think Lu Guang's verse is my favourite out of them all, especially just by how he sounds rapping. Lu Guang on a motorbike, and Cheng Xiaoshi on the back of his motorbike? Donghua, come on, you need to give me more of this in the actual show! 🙏 The behind-the-scenes shorts are gorgeous. Nope, hat-off Liu Xiao holds too much power! They're trying to kill us with all these glimpses of him like this. And purple and black are definitely his colour. Also interesting bringing Shakespeare's sonnets into these shorts. But Lu Guang and Cheng Xiaoshi trying to do a heart signal together 😍 Loved the introduction of Vein and Xia Fei though. Vein being appropriately creepy and Xia Fei just being an adorable puppy. Break feels like a perfect romantic ballad, alongside all the constellation and planetary imagery and the black and white ying/yang symbolism...Lu Guang and Cheng Xiaoshi are a pair and must not be separated! Chibi style of the cases they solved/were involved with in Season 1 and 2 are just adorable. Really showing the path they've tread. Fitting that it's from Qiao Ling's perspective alongside the photo reels given Li Tianxi's ability. Oh now Romania that is so devilishly mean of you to suggest showing new viewer prospects Now & Forever and the cutesy-ness of it to catch them in your net for watching Link Click and then they do and there's so much pain and angst 🥺 I love it! 😈 Ooh I love the sign language used in Prometheus by Li Tianxi but it did also make me wanna tear up with her doing the sign for "home" 🥺😭 Li Tianchen and Liu Xiao's voice actors singing and rapping though? 😍 Also hard agree that these music videos are just trying to convince us of Liu Xiao's attractiveness. The line "Stealing the torch of the gods" links with the title of the song, Prometheus. He was a Titan who, in Greek mythology, stole fire from the gods and shared it with humans. And that feels like such a tie in with Liu Xiao's religious imagery back in his character PV. 3,2,1! having our little Found Family is really cute. Also just making me want more of their voice actors singing. The beat definitely sounds so upbeat but the lyrics are much darker. I do like they have more hope towards the future though. Love that Ruby and Huckleberry popped in during this specific song 😆💕 Best way to sell a phone: give us Lu Guang and Cheng Xiaoshi teasing! 😆 1) Those fanmade animated shorts are amazing and of such high quality. 2) Give me *all* the Shiguang moments, especially the domesticity of them 🥰 Though I'll also take the painful moments from the second one even though they hurt my heart. Well done on getting the flowers right for Liu Xiao! It can sometimes be incredibly difficult to figure out what a flower or plant is when they're animated (looking at you Apothecary Diaries Season 1). I do love that Link Click has that extra detail that they all have their own specific flower 🥰 Moment you specified Wang Qing being a January Capricorn all I could think of was Kelsey point-blank refusing Hanamiya being a January Capricorn 🤣 But that comment about her liking to feed "stray dogs that get caught in the rain" I couldn't help but think back towards the end of the Bridon Arc with Liu Xiao at the door to her office under an umbrella while it's raining 😬 Li Haoling really can be such a tease! Some of those answers in his interview feel like he's giving a politician answer that doesn't actually answer the question and others are just bait to keep us hooked for Season 3 😂 Believe me that comment from Li Haoling will definitely fuel me for my VeiFei ship. The idea of Vein being completely genuine with Xia Fei, and potentially only with him? Oh yes please 🥰😂 Lu Guang doesn't know what took place in Cheng Xiaoshi's first dive (to the fire at Bahati) as he clapped his hands together and not with Lu Guang. It's only when he claps his hand against Lu Guang's can Lu Guang track what Cheng Xiaoshi is doing within the timeline. We know this for sure thanks to Season 1 when Cheng Xiaoshi dived into the CCTV image the police released and Cheng Xiaoshi learned Emma had been a potential victim of Liu Min. Lu Guang was pissed at Cheng Xiaoshi for potentially messing with the timeline and had to ask him what he did. So unless Cheng Xiaoshi told Lu Guang every last detail of what he did during the fire at Bahati, Lu Guang has no knowledge of him calling out to Cheng Weimin. Just as he may have no knowledge that Cheng Xiaoshi didn't just speak to Wang Qing in the therapist's office, but also his mother.
Anime Annie
2025-03-13 22:31:00 +0000 UTCThank you so much! This definitely wasn’t as much of a deep dive as I thought I was getting, but I was and am HERE for it! Thank you for the kind words -I had NO idea until I saw that list how much there was - the Link Click creators keep us FED, that’s for sure! The songs were all really good for this series; I was pleasantly surprised how much I liked them! LX’s was wild but Vein’s?! Well, if we didn’t think he was a cannibalistic mafia vampire BEFORE…they definitely made me excited for season 3 along with the interview! I agree that it sounds like they had the story all planned out and are just dangling the final act in front of us, just out of reach! But, I’m glad they already have plans and we just have to wait to find out! AND YES, I kept having to remind myself of LTC this entire arc as well! “A WITCH!” Hahah, he’s a warlock, a sorcerer, a witch…he’s crafty to say the least and I’m so curious what his overall deal is, because we really didn’t learn much about him in this arc! I feel the wait for season 3 will be long, but maybe they’ll do a chibi series or something; I feel that I can wait, though, with the other anime on the channel to keep me busy, so it gives them time to craft the season to look the best it can! Thank you so much for the comment!
Romaniablack
2025-02-26 22:10:39 +0000 UTCOh, this was a fantastic way to spend my Sunday afternoon! For me, keeping up with all the extra content, or news, that Link Click releases is a bit hard, so I didn't know about, like, half of the things that you reacted to here, or had just seen some of the posters but had NO idea what they were for. It was lovely getting an opportunity to watch them and fall deeper into the rabbit hole that this show is; so, thank you so much for that. I remember back in the summer stumbling over the plethora of MVs back when I was starting the LA, and having a field day with them all. Burning Palace and Surprising are two of my favorite ones, but they are all so good. The character introduction videos took my breath away though... what the heck? I knew that Vein and LX were crazy, but those levels of it were astounding. I loved the visuals though XD And the interview? You can feel the passion from the director, which I appreciate a lot. It definitely sounds like he has very clear how the whole show will end, even if it's not quite done being made yet, and that IS reassuring because with all the mysteries this show has created I was starting to worry it had become too much of a mess. While watching the arc, I kept jumpscaring myself by randomly remembering, every now and then, the way LX's story ended in season 2, with his omnious declaration to Li Tianchen and all, and trying to make that fit with whatever he was doing at this point in time makes my head spin and hurt. He definitely feels like a witch to me, one that is craftly creating his perfect goal. The wait for season 3 will feel so long now. I hope we get some other little treat to tide us over, maybe a season 2 of the shorts as we had between season 1 and 2... though considering we already got a LA and this arc between season 2 and 3 that might be asking for too much.
Alexandra Q
2025-02-24 04:42:31 +0000 UTCI cannot imagine! I muted everything I could on Twitter! hahahaha and I would NOT have been surprised if BilliBilli did that! Thank you for the comment - I'm so happy I could finally catch up on some of the pre-season "essentials" with you all - even if it made me dive deeper into the rabbit hole!
Romaniablack
2025-02-24 00:45:56 +0000 UTCtrying to dodge the promotional content before the season was hell I was like what's next is billi billi gonna drop a 3 hour long character deep dive on vein before he's even introduced in the show😭😭
Butthead faxe
2025-02-23 19:57:05 +0000 UTC
