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Fun Fact: More important guest actors. Bingo is portrayed by Minami Keisuke, who was Ohtori Tsurugi/Phoenix Soldier in Kyuranger. The defendant's fiancee is portrayed by Komiya Arisa, who was Usami Yoko/Yellowbuster in Gobusters.

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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

KAMEN RIDER ZERO-ONE EPISODE 21 - ?OBJECTION! THE TRIAL?

The cute part was, obviously, the Zero-One Does A Phoenix Wright of it all. Switching the show up to a legal thriller for a couple episodes is a great use of the Job Battle format, playing with genre and tone a bit. It?s still a superhero show that?s interrogating the intersection of humanity and technology, but now it?s also a courtroom drama with investigative elements! And those elements are so corny in their conception that it adds some much needed levity to this eventually-dark story: Bingo, the heroic Humagear defense attorney, convinced of his client?s innocence; Ishinori, the smug and shifty prosecutor; and the possible culprit outside it all, working to destroy the accused?s only chance of freedom. It?s quaint, the whole thing.

Surprisingly, I actually agree with you this time! Gai's decision to use a courtroom trial as the stage for the third round was a pretty clever way to increase the stakes beyond the competition. While ikebana and houses are serious business in their own right, a man's freedom is at stake here. If Gai wins, he'll take Hiden Intelligence, but that's the least of problems now. This gives an immediate threat and therefore, a reason to support Aruto, since it's supporting the good name of justice as well. Easily the best two episodes of this terrible arc!