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Originally Posted by StardustWhip

Even though I (unfortunately) got spoiled on the outcome of the competition before I watched it, this was a spectacular episode, and it really feels like both a grand finale of this arc, and a new beginning.

I thought since the start of this arc that Aruto's position as the joke-telling rookie CEO of Hiden was one of those things that wouldn't ever be in danger. I figured it was his thing, changing that'd be like deciding Gentaro wasn't too much of a social butterfly, or Kiryu Sento was suddenly neither genius or a physicist.

But seeing how this episode panned out, and the preview for the next episode, I think I see what really sets Aruto apart from other main Riders: He's fighting to protect all HumaGears (despite what the opening narration says). No matter if he's doing it as the president of the company that makes them, he's devoted to reaching a great, big beautiful tomorrow where humans and HumaGears can live in harmony.

And his being ousted as president (unless that next episode's title is surprisingly literal) only means a change of status quo for how he fights that fight, and who his enemy is. He's not battling against terrorists who hack HumaGears, or another CEO who wants to take over his company and destroy HumaGears. He's now a pretty-much-normal guy who's fighting against a giant corporation now starting on that mission to destroy all HumaGears.

I feel like I've kinda gotten off the topic of this particular episode... Not much more I can say about this episode in particular that hasn't been said. I will say that it seems like Gai can only get defeated when another Rider gets a new powerup.

Hopefully Rampage Gatling doesn't get the Metal Cluster treatment where Gai eventually starts kicking Fuwa's heiney even after this solid first showing...

And on the topic of powerups, it feels like we're reaching the silent deadline for Valkyrie getting a new powerup. Vulcan already has double the amount of forms she has, and the odds for her getting an upgrade are even less in her favor after Zero-One gets his final form.

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Originally Posted by Tremere

Maybe, just maybe, Yua's upgrade form is to use Cheetah with ShotRiser and then Jackal with RaidRiser for a hybrid form?

inb4 it's like Greese Blizzard (I they will have her use the Jackal as a power up or keep that form)