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Originally Posted by Nokination

I really like the characters in this one, with Aruto reaffirming that he sees HumaGears as equal to humans, and Jin, who isn't really an enemy anymore as he and Aruto share pretty similar beliefs at this point and him even getting Izu back, even if it was for his own reasons.

I mean, probably still a bit of an enemy? Aruto's a proponent of human/Humagear collaboration, while Jin's fighting for a future for Humagears that's seperate for humanity. Jin's still navigating his guilt over past actions against Humagears, and humanity's violence, so he's not really able to understand why someone like Izu would spend her freedom assisting Aruto. There's probably going to be a point where Jin's not going to care too much about Aruto's middle ground.

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Originally Posted by Androzani84

And here we come to what probably my new favourite Progrisekey jingle (thought the chances of me owning it are slim to none).

Progrise: The Stern, Military Soldier! Invading Horseshoe Crab! Heavily produced battle armor equipped with extra battle specifications.

What is the deal with these non-show Progrise Keys? I've seen them on Mandarake, generally for exorbitant sums, and I don't get it? Why is a Key that was never on a show so weirdly expensive?

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Originally Posted by DreamSword

I mean, he did jump in front of her to protect her. And remember, Izu can't be backed up. For the same reason Waz was never revived.

I assumed he jumped in front of her to protect her out of normal I Don't Want To Watch A Friend Violently Murdered compassion, but it's weird he'd do that while leaving her in ZAIA's clutches for weeks with no plan to rescue her.

And, the whole backup situation, I just figured that Izu couldn't be backed up to the satellite, since it could be hacked. A physical backup is a different situation. Aruto clearly backed her up to a Progrise Key; that's how he was able to reactivate her!

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Originally Posted by DreadBringer

When Gai argues that all Humagear and AI technology are patented to Hiden Intelligence, Izu reveals that they are patented to Korenosuke and he passed it on to Aruto, meaning they are not Hiden Intelligence property. This not only allows Aruto to own and manage the Humagear technologies without violating the patent law, it also ensures that the technology will not fall into the wrong hands should Hiden Intelligence fall. Meaning Gai's move of buying out Hiden Intelligence izu completely moot, as not even Zea will obey him. Zea declared Gai as not a rightful Hiden Intelligence president in how Aruto can still henshin.

It's also, as Androzani's meme pointed out, sort of completely not how publicly-traded companies behave? Humagears are, from everything we've seen on the show, a core asset of Hiden Intelligence, and their most visible product line. If the president of the company can unilaterally bestoy the patents and manufacturing rights to another person, then Hiden's stock is worthless. Imagine if, in Steve Jobs's will, he left the patents to the iPhone to his widow. Apple would've never let him do that in a million years, because it means that the massive amount of money spent developing and promoting the iPhone is now someone else's property. No shareholders would ever allow valuable intellectual property to be owned by a single corporate officer. That is ridiculous.

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Originally Posted by DreadBringer

Tbh, Jin has no place to be skeptical about Aruto's claims or be praised for it, as while Aruto may be neglectful to you here for once, Jin was someone who previously controlled his "friends", much worse offense, and only changed to properly taking care of Humagears due to Aruto.

Oh, for sure. Jin's very much in a Principled Teenager phase of his development, where he's trying to redeem his earlier naivete by being righteous and confrontational in his role as The One True Defender Of Humagears. He's a bit of a judgmental hypocrite, and making rude assumptions, but: teenager.