[DecoyBlackMage]

A living entity basically dies each episode so far, kinda disturbing really that the monster of the week are all innoccent beings that have gained a mind of their own, which you could argue is also a soul, which has been a thing in most Rider shows overall.

This season qualifies as body horror honestly, quite graphic at that.

So far I am really enjoying the season, Aruto is a fun main character, meanwhile Valkyrie is constantly drumming up the overall mystery going on in the background while Jin and Horobi essentially murder their way towards their own goal, Jin is overall a child without full understanding of what is going on, which I assume is going to be a major part of the mid part.

Horobi so far seems to fully understand what he is doing though, which already kinda gives him a deathflag for the future, though being fair, Valkyrie got one instantly just for being a female Rider.

Either the "Arc" is whatever that thing under the lake is, which seems to be part of the satelite in Daybreak before the town went up in flames and explosions, or it is a seperate sentient machine working like the Mega Man X Sigma virus, which I believe others have noted.

Overall though, I get the feeling that Horobi started his crusade for revenge, humanity tends to be the biggest scum in the series, I would not be surprised we start getting people who have uploaded their minds to HumaGear for the sake of extending their life and power in the future of the show, I have not read the toy guide and I have no intention of doing so, so just based on what I have seen so far.

Though a lot of people are constantly bringing up future forms in the episode discussion threads T.T, so it is never really safe here :/