Quite "human" for the way Aruto is written.

The guy with the biggest hopes will have the hardest falls. And for a guy to have gone through so much, its really not surprising that he becomes Ark One, especially when his morality pet bites the arrow.

One way they might end this series is if he shoulders all that burden and takes Ark out.

I'm not betting on it, but it would make an interesting ending to a Rider series. After all we did have Fruit Jesus leave Earth, anything can happen to the main rider really.

Plus when he saw Azu, I think he was already lost as the mere sight of anything looking like Izu is enough to sway him in his weakened mental state

After seeing how he has been having doubts and briefly losing hope in previous episodes I'm not surprised he finally snapped

I assume* we'll get a final showdown between Zero-Two and Ark-One, but the question is, how?

I wouldn't be surprised if that final battle was entirely symbolic and inside Aruto's mind, just the two of them fighting in that "simulation" space as a metaphor for Aruto struggling against Ark's control.

*(I could be wrong, but I'll be shocked if that's actually the case.)

It'll be west ohranger to carranger becayse of the disgusting depressing pandemic. I cpuld see why aruto use the belt. Toei could sell more if he uses it.

Ohma zio 2.0 excuse

What if Aruto becomes the big bad for the whole Reiwa first decade?

Here he is, a man who was so optimistic, so full of life, devastated when a father of dedication murder a child of hope, turns into a depressing husk of humanity and used by the eve of evil as the vessel of Devil.

And he ended up destroying all he cared for.

And it takes ten generations of heroes to take him down.

And a man who walks through worlds.

Destroyer meets Destroyer, who shall win?

(and Ohma-Zio just sit still on his throne, because he knows exactly how this plays out and feeds into his rise of power)

Ohma Zi-O disappeared at the end of Zi-O - he’s gone.
Furthermore, though it’s a cool idea, Sabre’s plot has a very clear fantasy theme, and already, it’s villains are established as being ancient - like the Gurongi or the Lords, or the Greeed - so that’s not really possible.

Well, It can still be possible if TOEI is pushing it.

But nevermind, let's see how Aruto pulls himself out of this funk

I wouldn't really like that, anyway. I think for one season it could potentially be a cool idea, to have the main Rider having to take down last season's; but after the second year you'd be kinda sick of it, never mind 10. One of the great things about Rider to begin with is how most seasons are standalone stories that are all allowed to do their own thing and be wildly different from the last, and having the objective of each be having to deal with some edgy Evol Black Hole wannabe would quickly diminish that. Aruto's angst over his dead secretary is not capable of carrying a story for long.

Besides... honestly, I'm a bit sick of Zero-One and wanna quickly move on. This past stretch of episodes has been dire and I'm ready for something new.