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Pineapple924 · 09-04-2020, 10:00 PM

Not to derail the conversation, but honestly this back and forth between Fish and Kurona just kinda reinforces the one thing about Zero One that's been lurking at the back of my mind for a while now: Is it me, or is the world/setting of Zero One actually too big for the story?

There were a lot of different aspects the show that could've focused on:

The conflict in opinions and world views between Hiden and AIMS. (which was kinda dropped around episode 4)
The business vs business angle with Hiden vs ZAIA, and how their clashes affected the public's views on Humagear. (which was dropped once the Ark-0 was introduced)
The Humagear vs Human relations in general and how it alludes to themes of slavery and AI sentience reaching closer to the human mind. (which wasn't dropped, but kinda moved to the background as Aruto became Ark-1)

Hell, that's not even touching on things like the ethics of letting Hiden continue to create Humagears now that we've seen how they're essentially sentient life.

Yet based on the producer roundtable discussion after the finale (https://twitter.com/TomConstantines/...320880640?s=19), the predominant thing they always knew for sure about the show's ending was that Aruto would fight Horobi.

Which... If that really was the case, why bother bringing any of the earlier stuff up at all?

Yes I'm aware the actual reason was to develop the characters and to build a real story out of it, but my point is that: If the personal struggle involving Aruto vs Horobi was the main goal all along, then the writers really didn't need to throw all this extra stuff into the pot, because now it just feels like there's so many different directions the show could've gone, but the writers just stuck to a single route the whole time.

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I realize that this all could possibly just be me showing off how utterly stupid and or terrible I am at seeing the deeper meaning of things, but I figured I might as well say something about this episode since I haven't posted anything in these threads in a while (also because it took me an hour of reviewing and rewriting this post before I finally decided to submit it)

09-04-2020, 10:00 PM	#93
Pineapple924 Member Join Date: Jul 2016 Posts: 705	Not to derail the conversation, but honestly this back and forth between Fish and Kurona just kinda reinforces the one thing about Zero One that's been lurking at the back of my mind for a while now: Is it me, or is the world/setting of Zero One actually too big for the story? There were a lot of different aspects the show that could've focused on: The conflict in opinions and world views between Hiden and AIMS. (which was kinda dropped around episode 4) The business vs business angle with Hiden vs ZAIA, and how their clashes affected the public's views on Humagear. (which was dropped once the Ark-0 was introduced) The Humagear vs Human relations in general and how it alludes to themes of slavery and AI sentience reaching closer to the human mind. (which wasn't dropped, but kinda moved to the background as Aruto became Ark-1) Hell, that's not even touching on things like the ethics of letting Hiden continue to create Humagears now that we've seen how they're essentially sentient life. Yet based on the producer roundtable discussion after the finale (https://twitter.com/TomConstantines/...320880640?s=19), the predominant thing they always knew for sure about the show's ending was that Aruto would fight Horobi. Which... If that really was the case, why bother bringing any of the earlier stuff up at all? Yes I'm aware the actual reason was to develop the characters and to build a real story out of it, but my point is that: If the personal struggle involving Aruto vs Horobi was the main goal all along, then the writers really didn't need to throw all this extra stuff into the pot, because now it just feels like there's so many different directions the show could've gone, but the writers just stuck to a single route the whole time. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I realize that this all could possibly just be me showing off how utterly stupid and or terrible I am at seeing the deeper meaning of things, but I figured I might as well say something about this episode since I haven't posted anything in these threads in a while (also because it took me an hour of reviewing and rewriting this post before I finally decided to submit it)