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Originally Posted by Matrixbeast

they were basically saying that as long as malice existed, Ark existed? I don't know where that notion came from, since they made it a point that a very specific set of circumstances happened for Ark's initial creation, but eh.


Horobi really shines as a villain, especially when he kills Izu out of spite. It's also cool to see a main hero broken like that. Aruto knows he's being a hypocrite, and he knows he's going against all his values, but his robo-wife died, and he wanted revenge.
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In a metaphorical sense of way. Ark isn't here anymore. But the idea of what the Ark represents, which is malice, which I feel is exemplified fine enough for each successors in Aruto, Horobi and Es. And then nicely expanded upon by Arkland in explaining his conclusion.

I feel that Horobi is a really good character during the Ark-One arc, and Aruto choosing to forgive him and end the cycle of hatred is a strong note to end on. Again, further expanded upon in MBJR where Horobi still believes he doesn't deserve to be forgiven. Although, ruined by V&V.

BUT, I really hated the way there. After his revival, he was still basically the same character during Q1, and also it was still painful to see him tied to a plastic chair for a while. They never really gave any development for him to genuinely say that "Humans should go zetsubou" and just have him say it out of nowhere, especially at a moment when he teamed up with Aruto against the Ark. Sprinkling scenes where he laments for a bit to genuinely come up with that conclusion would have been nice. After defeating the Ark, he just somehow has gained singularity now and just sounds like a whiny weirdo during the Ark-One arc.