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Late to the party as always, but I guess I'll throw in my two cents as well.
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First off, I really like the design of the Whale Raider, or more specifially I really like the "face":
The red compound eyes, the angry eyebrows, the jagged "teeth" curved into a disturbed smile, honestly the whole thing looks terrifyingly amazing.


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Originally Posted by Omnikaiser

Yeah that was a weird moment.
messing with the floral arrangement was a no-no.
becoming a raider and destroying house is a no-no.
But pushing his candidate to mess with humagear functions so that it goes berserk ? no problem.

Based on what I've interpreted from the subs (specifically GemnCorp's subs), Gai's primary belief is:

AI's sole purpose is meant to help advance humanity, not to replace it, not to live along side it, not to even be humanity's peers. "AI is nothing more than a stepping stone in human evolution." Humans are always better, and will always triumph over AI in any scenario.

By following this logic, I think Gai expects the ZAIA representatives to always beat their HumaGear opponents "fair and square" because cheating would imply the HumaGear would've won, which further implies the HumaGear was better than the Human in some regard. Meaning for him, the TOB will end the moment Hiden wins a single time because the Humagear was able to outmatch a human, and the idea of that happening is what Gai considers truly unacceptable. Thus, in Gai's perspective, pressuring his human rep into a corner forces them to draw out their "best" to overcome their HumaGear obstacle, so it's perfectly fine.

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Lastly, yeah I too am not the biggest fan of this formula, I get 2-parters are a staple in KR, but spending a 2-parter on each round of this 5 round event equals 10 episodes, meaning we're going to spend around a 1/5th of the series run time solely for this. The best I can hope for is the next round is a crushing landslide for Hiden resulting in Gai stopping the T.O.B early due to his beliefs and going into the next arc immediately.