Missing Arcane? Jinx and Ekko? Ma Meillieure Enemie is here to remind us of their love - and heartbreak

Just when we thought we’d moved on, Arcane pulled us back in. With Ma Meilleure Ennemie, the French reimagining of Enemy, Riot, and Fortiche, via League of Legends on YouTube, did what they do best. They gave us a glimpse of healing, then ripped it away.

Fans felt every second of it. (Myself included.)

Disclaimer: This piece is a blend of news, fan reactions, and my own emotional meltdown—as a journalist, a storyteller, and, yes, a fan who never really recovered from Arcane’s first season. It’s not just analysis. It’s reflection. It’s an offering.

So take it as you will—critically, sentimentally, or both.

Appreciate it with or without moderation. But if you loop the video right after reading this, well… you’re in good company.

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A hug that broke the internet—and our hearts

“Arcane creators giving us a glimpse at happiness before taking it away from us always hit hard.” —@PlayerOne.StartGame

This isn’t just a song. It’s a war cry. A love letter. A scream into the void. It’s Jinx’s psyche split open, set to music. Performed by Stromae and Pomme, Ma Meilleure Ennemie becomes an anthem of contradiction, of passion laced with pain.

“Je t’aime, je te hais”: When we are reminded that, in Arcane, love becomes a curse

The lyrics cut deeper than a blade. Repeating like a mantra or a breakdown:

Je t’aime, je te hais, je t’aime, je te hais — I love you, I hate you. Over and over, until you forget where one ends and the other begins.

“You’re the best thing that ever happened to me. But also the worst.”

“The most beautiful curse. The cruelest blessing.”

“Rather be badly accompanied than alone.”

And then the line that defines it all:

“Mais Ma Meilleure Ennemie ’c’est toi.” (My best enemy is you.)

This isn’t about romance. It’s about trauma. About bonds that never fully break; they just twist. Burn. Scar. Jinx and Ekko don’t need a kiss to shatter us. They just need a single, silent hug.

"Can we appreciate how that hug has much more meaning than a kiss for Jinx, as she is a character who is terrified of physical contact and receiving affection. That she lets him hug her in the final scene is simply beautiful.” —@shnn05

A dance instead of a battle: Softness in a world that broke them

In this new (and official) music video, the visuals blur the line between memory and motion. We don’t get a fight; what do we get? It's something worse. Or maybe better. Jinx and Ekko dance. They collapse into each other. And finally, they embrace.

“NO TIMEBOMB SCENE BUT WE GOT A HUG GUYS” —@gravityenjoyer7222

“That hug cured everything I had ever gone through.” —@MalikaLevy

And yes—he caught her. He stopped her from jumping. He held her at the edge of it all. Just long enough.

“How dare you do this to me. HE HUGGED HER AND STOPPED HER JUMPING OFF THE LEDGE.” —@catgodness

For characters like Jinx, this kind of closeness isn’t tender—it’s terrifying. Which makes it all the more powerful.

Why this isn't just a hug; it’s redemption in disguise

Ekko doesn’t just hug Jinx. He catches her mid-fall, in every sense. Physically, emotionally, historically. That embrace rewrites their entire history in one breathless second. It’s a response to their alleyway duel. It’s an echo of the slow-motion moment when he chose to fight instead of forgive.

But this time? He chooses softness. And Jinx—who flinches at tenderness, who builds bombs instead of bonds—lets herself be held.

That’s not just character growth. That’s survival, reimagined.

The return of the heartbeat: how Fortiche reclaims narrative through rhythm

The video has no dialogue, but the cadence of the song carries the emotional arc. Each repetition of je t’aime, je te hais becomes a heartbeat. It rises. It chokes. It collapses. It mirrors Jinx's fragmented mind and the pulse of a world that never gave her the space to be whole.

Fortiche’s animation does more than merely illustrate the music: it embodies it. The choreography. The lighting. The tension in Ekko’s hands. It’s storytelling by vibration.

Jinx as a mirror: When pain becomes identity

What makes Jinx such a devastating protagonist isn’t just her trauma—it’s how much we see ourselves in her contradictions. She doesn’t want to be saved. She doesn’t believe she can be. And yet, she hopes.

That’s why this line hits like a bullet:

“Le passé qui te suit, me fait la guerre” (The past that follows you makes war on me.)

She’s not running from Ekko. She’s running from herself. But in that moment? She stops. And he stays.

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The fourth day. The fourth clone. The fourth heartbreak.

Fans noticed the layers, of course. Arcane doesn’t do anything by accident. One user pointed it out in pure poetic chaos:

“ 4 months, On the 4th day of the week... , 4 Jinx clones near Ekko, 4 flashbacks from a parallel universe” —@blixis_g_lyutik1259

Four. The number of balance, breaking points, closure, and chaos. Maybe it’s a coincidence. Maybe not. But in a story like this, nothing feels random.

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Riot knows exactly what they’re doing—and so do we

"If Riot and Fortiche think I will settle for these crumbs, they’re right. Proceed to loop the video.” —@notaperson97

We were starving. They gave us scraps. And yet, we’re full of feelings. Because sometimes, crumbs from Arcane taste better than feasts elsewhere.

So if you’re missing Jinx and Ekko—if you’re haunted by what they were, and what they never got to be—play Ma Meilleure Ennemie. Just pretend like it’s the first time.

And maybe, for a second, you'll believe they still have a future.

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