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Originally Posted by Fish Sandwich

I've said it before, and I'll say it again: there's a lot of dramatic potential in this goofy side character I would really love to see drilled into for even an episode! This is why I'll always stick by episodic shows. Being on this Ark train for the rest of the show inherently makes that harder to find space for, so I'm not exactly getting my hopes up, nor am I really holding that against the series. A little scene like this, even if it's mostly there to make Aruto aware of the plot, is pretty good for what it is.

Can't wait for Jun to "accidentally" get posessed by Ark-Zero and become to big bad of the whole show.

But yeah, as a big return from two months of hiatus, this was well worth the wait. Well, except maybe the fortune teller. Oof.

Fuwa's stuff with his family, and with Ai the Friend Disc, was some good character work for him trying to work through his now-not-so-tragic backstory, and while I thought we were gonna have him become Ark-Zero at the end, I guess that's a later problem.

Yua and Jin teaming up as a B-Team was also unexpected, but I kinda digged it? Jin being friends with someone other than Aruto is nice to see, and hey, she helped get back Naki, so guess he owes her one life save. Sure, he keeps calling her "Valkyrie", but him, Horobi and Ikazuchi all named their rider forms after themself, so maybe he just thinks that's her name. Also like Yua in the hospital bed basically admitting to making a bad decision helping bring back the Ark because Yua's been making bad decisions all series.

And oh yeah, the Ark itself. It's pretty cool. Nice transformation sequence too, as others have pointed out, makes it a little more distinct from Gordon Drive.