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189. Xin Lu
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We were all 13 once, kid. I get it.

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Xin is the grandson of the leader of Heiyue, who are basically the Calvardian yakuza. We first learn of their presence in Crossbell via their branch office, where they interact with Lloyd and co. They seem to be a generally competent bunch, easily out-maneuvering the mafia syndicates that existed in Crossbell proper while they were there. From what I remember, Xin contributed basically nothing to those efforts. He is a child, so I get there's only so much he can do in the way of strategic planning, but we do have other genius children in this series so they could've had him do something if they wanted to. Instead, he largely functions as a spoiled brat, which, to his credit is much more realistic than the general approach they take to child characters in this franchise.

He does seem somewhat intelligent (or perhaps educated is more accurate), but he doesn't seem to do anything with it. Besides bossing people around and trying to act tougher than he is, his main character trait/reoccurring gimmick is that he's obssessed with Elie. I mean look lil dude I don't blame you for that one, but similar to all the other overly horny characters that we've seen at the bottom of this list, it's not a gimmick that I find particularly entertaining. If they aged him up to young adult and had him seriously pursue Elie romantically that would've been a more intriguing plotline, but with his age and how he goes about it, it just comes off as desperate. I'm assuming he'll be back in Daybreak so if they age him up a few years like they did for Renne in the final daydream in Reverie for that arc I can see him move up my list a good bit.