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Hey kids, do you want to talk about the cycle of violence?

I joke that this series is a better Detroit Become Human/The Last of Us 2 what with the AI/Swerve to the Cycle of Violence, but I feel like this show does a lot better than those two games in those specific areas.

There was a lot of good stuff in this episode, personally I enjoyed the Ark-One fight against Horobi and the Magia Softball League. Like I wasn't finding myself completely rooting for Aruto here, dude shouldn't be doing this. But I was absolutely captivated by his thirst for revenge. There's just this mystifying element to Ark-One's fight scenes. Where he's just tanking through everything and completely beating down Horobi in every regard. The slow walk towards Horobi where he's preparing the big finisher for Horobi and immediately countering Horobi's attempt to deny that finisher. Real good stuff.

I also like how the show is actively showing that Aruto does not want anyone involved. He deals with the Shotrisers and Thousers in the most humane way possible, and when he ends up killing Jin you get to see how Aruto just has a face of instant despair and regret at what he's done because that was not the plan.

Everything else in this episode was pretty good, but I definitely remember the final fight of the episode more for the visceral and just walking tank nature of Ark-One Aruto.