Episode 1

* Title card
* Poster

## Image gallery

**Meow** (喵, *Miāo*) is the first episode of *The Legend of Luo Xiaohei*.

## Description

Luo Xiaohei is taken in by Luo Xiaobai after sleeping in a box in the rain one night.

## Plot

The episode begins with a young boy with white hair and green eyes, that is being followed by several black dots. The boy and his dots have infiltrated a palace and are exiting it, chased by a green one-horned qilin with purple flames. The boy escapes into a forest and proceeds to sprout black wings, flying away.

Cut to a rainy night where a black cat with a long tail seeks shelter in a box with a conveniently placed umbrella sheltering him from the rain. Since the cat is illiterate, it doesn't realize that the box had a text written in it that said "please take care of me". The next morning, the cat awakens inside someone's house: he's been adopted. A girl called Luo Xiaobai and her mother discuss names for the cat, rousing him from his sleep. They decide to name him "Xiaohei". The cat wakes to see Xiaobai's mother and is startled as she is wearing a face mask, running to hide behind the couch. Xiaobai comforts the cat and offers him milk on a dish, slowly earning his trust. Later, she and her mother bathe Xiaohei and they realize that he is far from an ordinary cat, as he's able to move things with his tail and use the human toilet.

That night, Xiaobai sleeps with Xiaohei on her bed and wonders where he came from. She dreams that he is a handsome prince who has been turned into a cat. Xiaohei wakes up and climbs to the roof where he stares at his surroundings, before realizing he is very high up, and goes back down. Far away, a voice speaks to a man called Diting, telling him that the Tianming Pearl has been stolen, and asking him to retrieve it.

## Features

### Characters

* Spirits
	+ 🢐 Luo Xiaohei 🢒 (First appearance)
	+ 🢐 Laojun 🢒 (voice only)
	+ 🢐 Diting 🢒 (First appearance) (real form)

### Other Characters

* Luo Xiaobai 🢒 (First appearance)
* Xiaobai's mother 🢒 (First appearance)

### Locations

* Laojun's Spiritual Realm
	+ Laojun Mountain

* Xiaobai's home

### Abilities

* Xiaohei's heixiu clones and transforming

## Trivia

### Continuity

* The boy seen at the start of the episode is an elfin named Xioahei. He's stealing a magical item known as the Shining Pearl from the palace of a powerfuil deity named Laojun. Xioahei was tasked with stealing the pearl by his master, a human named Wuxian, as part of a series of tests to see if Xioahei could become an elfin Executor, which is similar to a law enforcer.
* During the heist, Xioahei was attacked by Laojun's guard, an elfin named Diting. Due to the injuries he recieved, Xiaohei was forced to remain in his cat-like form, and was then caught by a human girl named Xioabai, who mistakenly thought Xioahei was a regular cat.

* This is the first and so far only time we see Diting's true form in-universe.

### Easter eggs

* The box Xiaohei sleeps in before Xiaobai finds him says "I can warm the bed, please take me in/take care of me."
* The rug in Xiaobai's bathroom is Billd Bird.
* The prince in Xiaobai's fantasy is Howl Jenkins from Howl's Moving Castle. In the credits where Howl is listed for his guest appearance, there is a faded out message that says "Please don't sue me."
* MTJJ's name appears on the moon when Xiaohei attempts to fly off the roof.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Legend of Hei movie
2. ↑ Episode 10