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I finally wrapped up Zero-One and OH MY GOD IT GOT SO GOOD NEAR THE END. I'm sorry I am about to just incoherently scream about random things, still riding the high from finishing it. Spoilers ahoy!

I have issues with it honestly. The pacing is way too slow early on, and they kind of had to cram a lot of good stuff later on into less episodes than I would have preferred (something only exacerbated by the pandemic). It tries to juggle way too many characters too. However! I thought that was a fantastic start for the Reiwa era. Everything with the cycle of revenge near the end of the show was fantastic, and Ark was an absolutely creepy and awesome villain who was super manipulative. They even wrote a female Rider and didn't totally mangle her character arc! In fact, she was quite good! Aruto choosing to be the bigger man at the end and spare Horobi was just fantastic, even when Aruto had arguably lost more than Horobi had. I even teared up a little at the end with Aruto meeting the new Izu. The budget for the show was also great, things generally looked spectacular barring a few awkward CGI moments. You know a show was good when your major complaint is that you wanted it to be longer!

I'm debating picking up Saber and trying to catch up so I can watch live again, it's been a few years. I get the impression people have no idea what to make of that show so far, haha.