[Kurona]

I'm kind of the opposite (aside from thoughts on Fuwa and Gai which, yeah, 1000% agree with) -- I warmed up to the workplace arc a lot over time and personally find it to be incredibly strong, even if there are some flaws such as Yaiba just becoming a non-character; and Ark-Zero was... just devoid of any substance. It went from a show asking complex interesting questions and portraying them in ways that are groundbreaking for a show like this, to just "Ark bad we need to defeat him but he's so powerful oh noes D:"

And like, I love power-of-friendship-overcoming-extreme-malice shit that's simple on the surface -- OOO is my favourite season, my favourite Sentai seasons tend to follow these themes, one of the whole reasons I'm giving Ghost another try right now is because I vibe with a lot of what it's saying, etc. But it's just completely not what Zero-One was about and it didn't do anything interesting at all with it. It's a running trend I'm starting to notice with this writer -- he starts out with an interesting theme and well-penned storylines, but doesn't know how to end it so he just throws out a powerful evil rider for the good guys to beat up.