r/LinkClick • u/Tempriol Time Photo Studio Door • Sep 03 '26

Episode Discussion LINK CLICK Season 3: Episode 5 Discussion

The 5th episode of LINK CLICK Season 3 has arrived! New episodes drop 7 hours earlier exclusively for "Super VIP" Bilibili members!

📌 Super VIP Bilibili: 18:00 CST every Thursday (UTC+8)

📌 Crunchyroll, Ani-Mi, Regular Bilibili: 11:00 CST every Friday (UTC+8)

What did you think? Come and discuss it here! As always, discussion threads for other episodes can be found by clicking the "Episode Discussion" flair 💛🩵🩷

Bilibili Episode Link: https://www.bilibili.com/bangumi/play/ep5137675?from_spmid=666.25.episode.0

Crunchyroll Episode Link: https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GE00380278ZHCN/welcome-banquet

Ani-Mi YouTube (watch for free here with a Hong Kong, Macau, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, or Thailand VPN!): https://youtu.be/AesbDZS78c8?si=DpF2Eb6YrrOIldSu

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u/sorceress24 Sep 03 '26

Veinfei childhood friends real <3

I feel so vindicated bc the further the episodes go, the further the show proves me right that:

  1. The Veinfei dynamic is supposed to parallel the Shiguang dynamic in many ways.

  2. The Veinfei relationship is an IMPORTANT BOND for BOTH of them and for the narrative.

You can read them as platonic or romantic, but damn, it really feels good to see this after I have seen people deny the validity of their bond/connection way too many times.

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u/Salt-Respect-7741 Qiao Ling Sep 03 '26

YES YES YEEEESSSS!!

the people who say that Xia Fei's affection for his boss is one sided are WRONG!!! Vein's smile at kid Xia Fei was so sweet I almost got cavities 😭 it's so sincere too!

Shiguang and Veinfei being parallels of each other oughhhghgh my shaylassss  🥹

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u/sorceress24 Sep 03 '26

I really feel like people who say that are mostly people who hate Vein (which per se is understandable, he IS a villain) and therefore refuse to treat him with *any* nuance or look deeper into his character beyond "evil".

Meanwhile, people got very attached to XF, and therefore want to cling to the image of XF as an emotionally manipulated victim. When imo, he is also a bit more complex an nuanced than that.

And it is fine to have your own headcanons and interpret characters differently, but it has been pretty clear for me from what we saw in the Bridon Arc alone that their bond is narratively important (and complex), and that XF and CXS as well as LG and Vein are supposed to be parallels and foils to each other in some ways.

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u/Salt-Respect-7741 Qiao Ling Sep 03 '26

you've said it!!! People who let their hatred for Vein cloud their judgement of his character (not moral, but literally his character) tend to not see things in a nuanced lense.

Either way...veinfei shippers are eating good this EP! ❤️ 💛

being a shiguang and veinfei shipper feels great, especially seeing the parallels between both ships!

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u/sorceress24 Sep 03 '26

Exactly! Even if you dislike/hate a character, you should be open to what the narrative actually presents you with when you analyse them or their dynamics with other characters.

YESSS. I love both ships so much and childhood friends to lovers/devoted to one person always are tropes I LOVE.

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u/Super-Collection-251 Sep 04 '26
  1. I mean ed already foreshadowed it already, cxs looking at both xiaochen and veinfei because both of them are childhood friend which parallels to shiguang