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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

I'm honestly more surprised that most Riders don't immediately stop using their original names once they get a superhero name. If I could turn into a hero named "Lazer", I would never let people call me anything else!

It's a proud tradition for Oni though! Amazon does have an original name, but everybody just calls him Amazon.

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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

KAMEN RIDER ZERO-ONE EPISODE 7 - ?I?M A HOT-BLOODED HUMAGEAR TEACHER!?

I like how they?re all short stories about people, organic or inorganic. Aruto gets involved in someone?s life for a few days, there?s a discussion about how Humagears can be additive to the human experience, and he hopefully leaves them better off than when he found them. This episode?s about a basketball coach Humagear named Kobe (perfect) and his players, so we get twenty-odd minutes of Aruto in a sports drama. The Humagear grows beyond its programming (literally no one told it to start coaching basketball, and the school administrator?s bafflement about this development is delightful) and forges a connection with his players, one that?s so powerful it bestows sapience upon it. We get to see a machine that believes in his players so much that he gambles his own existence on their abilities; players that end up repaying that belief with a second life for their coach. It?s a story about how we?re constantly teaching machines to mimic human behavior, so it?s only right to start treating them with human respect. It?s a sweet little story, and it?s something Zero-One is incredibly deft at telling.

I like how the first few episodes are formulaic but gradually increases the stakes about what it means for HumaGears to co-exist with humanity. Kobe is the first instance we've seen of one reaching Singularity, a state of self-awareness comparable to our own. Of course, there's another controversial AIMS law stating that those who reach Singularity are "defective" and should be destroyed. However, that's a human bias due to the fact that self-aware HumaGears would be able to demand better treatment and override their programming if they don't get what they want, making them less useful. Once more, I think it's important to consider the HumaGears' perspective, not just how it inconveniences humanity.

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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

Not on Flying Falcon, though. Jin can keep that Key as long as he wants!

I respect your opinion on the first part. But no offense, the second part sounds spiteful towards Aruto, considering how much he wants that Key back. I'd also like to point out how Jin's Henshin puts Tori-chan through visible suffering, which is something I would advocate against, similar to the unethical practice of poaching endangered species for luxury items. I can't tell if you're joking here?

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Originally Posted by cosmicrescend0

Episode 7!

-Since you didn't talk about him, it seems like Jin has a new buddy! It's kinda comical how we throw in a new member of MJBR and he kinda. instantly loses on his first appearance. Yua tinkering with the guy before letting him loose again, that's certainly interesting. One would think she'd reprogram it to fight other Magia (tools should be used, and a "assassin" type Humagear sure does sound like a useful tool), but she let it go and cause a mess....sure would love to know the thought process on that.

Oh yeah, the oxymoronically-named Ansatsu-chan sure is a popular character, despite not being one of the main members of Metsuboujinrai. I guess he kind of has that underdog appeal, since all great AIs have to start somewhere before they learn to get better. Even his motif as Dodo Magia has underdog appeal, due to dodos having no fight or flight experience at all, which is the reason they went extinct.

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Originally Posted by Fish Sandwich

Other fun bits of action in this episode include Vulcan using the Attache Calibur, a moment which I think exists solely because the box for the DX Attache Calibur has a picture of Vulcan using it. I think the idea was to suggest the Attache weapons are more mass-produced tools than signature items for the heroes, but as neat as that idea is for building the setting's atmosphere, I don't think they were actually super interested in having anyone but Aruto use that sword.

I think it's pretty cool how the Attache weapons can fold in to a briefcase. But like the Rise Hopper, I have to ask, what is even the point of a weapon folding in to a briefcase if it's not even supposed to be a secret?