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What is Emara: Emirates Hero?

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Here we are!
And this is...

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Alfrely!

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Emara: Emirates Hero is
a webseries by Eating Stars Studios,

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from United Arab Emirates,

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and created by Fatma Almedi,

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which premiered in 2018
through the youtube channel Emara.

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This is an action series
with a pinch of comedy,

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aimed at teens,
telling the story of Moza

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an Emirati girl that helps her mother
attending to her restaurant.

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But secretly Moza
becomes Emara,

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a superheroine
who fights evil with her own hands,

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which can transform
into different devices.

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She prefers working alone,

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although in some cases Dhabian,

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a guy who can transform his own legs,

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comes to help.

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Despite being loved by people,

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Emara made many enemies:

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not only the police is after her,

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but also due to a bounty on her head,

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many criminals and organizations try
to capture her.

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While Emara looks for
whoever offered the reward,

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she doesn't know Dhabian works
for a mysterious organization,

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and supports her
only to gain her trust...

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...and this way,
be able to capture her.

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Our protagonist is Moza,
better known as Emara.

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She is a joyful and somewhat clumsy girl.

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She is in good terms with her mom,

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and she gladly helps her
with the restaturant's tasks.

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As Emara she is a brave
and intrepid girl,

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with a great sense of justice,

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who risks her safety
to save others,

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thanks to her powers to transform
at will her hands in different devices,

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such as rockets, hooks and cannons.

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On the other hand,
although she is nice to her fans,

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in reality she's not very friendly,

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as she is not interested
in knowing Dhabian...

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...and almost seems annoyed
that he intervenes in her fights.

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Speaking of Dhabian:
he is a valiant and daring guy...

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who tries to please Emara
with his charmismatic personality,

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and to be accepted as her partner
in the fight against crime.

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However, this is a disguise of Sultan,
the name he uses as a civilian.

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He has the mission of discovering
Emara's identity

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...in order to catch her.

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Ironically, although Dhabian has
Emara's power but in his legs,

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in reality Sultan is in a wheelchair.

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Also, as Sultan he is a client
of Moza's mother's restaurant,

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they know each other as civilians,

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even though none of them realized it.

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Among the supporting characters
we have Maitha,

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Moza's mother, owner of the restaurant,

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she doesn't know her daughter's secret,

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and Jassim, a cop who is Moza's uncle...

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...and is trying to capture Emara.

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As antagonists we have Omar,
boss of a criminal gang...

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...who only looks for Emara
for the reward,

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Zeina who is the boss
of the mysterious organization,

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and who sends Sultan undercover
to capture Emara.

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And another villain
we don't know much about.

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Up to date, Emara has
a season of five episodes,

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during around ten minutes each,

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and it's not confirmed yet
if there will be a second season.

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If you like superheroes, mysteries,

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and action series like Teen Titans,
then Emara is for you.

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The series is quite influenced by anime,

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and some even label it as
Arabian Miraculous Ladybug...

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...due the dynamic between the characters,

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but Emara isn't as childish as Miraculous.

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Personally,
we quite liked this first season.

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At first it takes time to kickstart,

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but the last two episodes
turn out quite well.

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The characters' designs
and expressions are very good,

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and the opening song is beautiful.

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Also, there are some details
to make theories about the series,

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which delights us.

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However, something we didn't like,

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and that is alarming,

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is that apparently the opening was
too inspired by other artists' work,

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to the point of bordering on plagiarism.

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We don't know
if they were trying to pay homage...

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...to the shows they like
and it didn't work,

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or if they genuinely did it
with bad intentions.

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But for now we will give them
the benefit of the doubt,

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and assume they didn't know
how to reference without plagiarizing,

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since the story, characters,
and designs in general...

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...seem to be completely original.

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If you are interested in watching it,

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in the description
and the tab in the upper corner...

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...we'll leave links to the first episode
in the series' official channel.

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The episodes can be found
in Arabic and English,

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but with Spanish subtititles.

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And this is Emara.

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