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Kamen Rider Zero-One Episode 27- "I Will Not Give Up These Lives!" Discussion
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Fish Sandwich
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Don't mind Aruto, folks. He's just looking for Rising Hopper's screentime.
I enjoyed this one a fair amount. It's still just barely teetering above an average I feel Zero-One should be better than, but, you know, I did all the complaining last episode. If I wanted to whine about something specific, it's maybe a bit cruel to tease the idea of Hiden ultimately losing the competition to prove the value of HumaGears because a HumaGear was more concerned with serving humanity properly than winning, which is pretty much
exactly
the kind of dramatically interesting irony that would spice up the story in the ways I'm looking for.
On the other hand, though, the firefighter storyline was
absolutely
my favorite of the four takes we've had on this concept so far. The banter between Homura and Ichi Ichi Kyunosuke is great, and I think both of those actors did a fantastic job elevating an already perfectly serviceable script. On which note, if Kamihoriuchi ever breaks out of directing tokusatsu to do some gritty primetime drama about firefighters, I think it's safe to say he'd be just as suited to that. Although at this point, I'm not sure there's anything he wouldn't be suited to, besides making something look
boring
. Even the finishing moves are extra on-point this episode. Check out how perfectly this one draws your eye towards Vulcan, despite him being so small in the frame, it's brilliant!
Speaking of Vulcan, I also have to give my boy Fuwa major props for just grabbing Yua by the arm and demanding she come do exciting hero s*** with him. You can tell how absolutely fed up he is with Gai's crap by this point. That's especially great, because the heroes all being less fed up with Gai than I am is one of the big reasons my opinion on him started souring so quickly. It was a frustrating disconnect, but here, we actually see them properly confronting him for how
insanely
shady he is. I mean, I know it's still like "do laws exist or don't they?", but I'm willing to cut the show some slack on that. I also quite liked Yua's little moment of being taken aback by Aruto's care for his employees, which still isn't much in the way of advancing her arc (I guess she speaks her mind slightly more openly than usual in the subsequent conversation about who deserves the win?), but at least isn't a beat we've seen a million times, and, again, Kamihoriuchi's direction is stellar.
Quote:
Originally Posted by
Kurona
Yua, honey, leave him already
I look forward to seeing this being both bolded and underlined in the coming weeks.
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