Oh, for sure! That was my ideal end point for Thouser for me. Of course, I guess, a lot of ppl found it tiring that most of Zero-One was just the main riders all ganging on him, so they had to sideline him somehow.

But this is his ending. Thouser division guy in his own little basement with the dogs, I guess. If he gets ZAIA's keys, that'd be a really cool surprise.

Unfortunately, with them revealing Valkyrie's form first, it's definitely Yaiba being Vulcan's secondary here. They haven't reveal Fuwa's form yet and it's sure to be the one with the most budget.

Whoever looked at Lightning Hornet's honeycomb hexagons and thought "hey we could repaint those into big cat spots!" is a genius. It looks so good! And there's something kinda fitting about the closest she previously had to a final form being kitbashed into her actual final form.

But why call it a serval? They're not extinct, they're not even endangered (I looked them up to make sure), and the design of the head, claws and symbol on the key make it clear this is actually based on a sabertooth. Is it a mistake? Is the text on that image fake? I'm so confused!

So far I’m loving the design for Valkyrie new form! I just can’t for what Vulcan’s new form looks like!

If and when figuarts decides to make figs of these forms I hope they decide to reissue Valkyrie base form since she sold out

Well, that Dire Wolf key ain't for nothing...

Yeah, I can see that. I meant it in a way like, "if his form is just a recolor or of Assault Wolf (which Japanese Wolf was) or in the unlikely event he didn't get a new form. Since that Dire Wolf key looks looks more like an upgrade form than Serval Tiger. Still looking forward to seeing his new form.

So are Horobi, Naki, Jin & Ikazuchi still alive?

What's happening to them!? Why turn evil again!?

Metsuboujinrai is not any of the organisation’s members. It’s a new entity that’s decided that Metsuboujinrai and Zaia Enterprise are things that the world won’t be safe as long as they exist.

So, we're doing the Ex-Aid "Previous Bad guy breaks bad again" plot again. Yay...

At this point, it feels this series wants me to hate it...

I mean it sounds less like that and more like the current and still living villain (Azu) taking advantage of the situation by manipulating everyone to create her own murder machine.