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I'm only assuming that the fifth competition is either non-existent or is short in that ZAIA wins it easily. If they are smart, they'll have Izu pull an Objection maneuver when Gai is gloating where she uploads every single piece of incriminating evidence against ZAIA she's seen to the public and ZAIA can no longer proceed with the buyout because the entire companies publicity/stocks are in complete shambles as a result. At least that's what I would do if Gai is acting very sloppy with how he does things.

Anyway fairly standard episode, I did enjoy it a lot for what it was. Wasn't spectacular but we're finally getting a payoff towards Thouser's constant Jacking Breaks that seemed unnecessary at first, but make a lot more sense. At least if you know what's coming up next. Just needs a Scorpion in the pot... and then we're good. At least that's what I assume.

Scouting Panda Raider was fun though, granted any monster that uses rocket jumping to their advantage is a winner for me. I think what kinda helps this two-parter more than the previous ones is because this one is more connected/feels like an episode that had to be cut in half for airing reasons and not a cliffhanger for the sake of one? At least that's just how I felt it was.

Jin's motives are interesting, I'm curious if Yua is really the hooded character and Naki from the Project Thouser story is just a red herring in that they are there to set your expectation for who the hooded character is, when it's actually been Yua this whole time.

Overall fairly solid, and honestly nothing will be a truly low point for me like the Real Estate Whale Raider episodes. That was just... not good. But Zero-One could definitely still be better.

Let's just hope the rest of the stuff lined up for this month via scans is good enough to pick up the slack of this Tournament Arc.