[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by Enchilada645

This is where Gai becomes a hilarious character for me is because like... he just made Aruto an upgrade. One that is emotionally and physically scarring for Aruto, but one that can easily beat Thouser. The logic is like... why? Like I get the idea of Aruto being forced into the Ark and Zero-One becoming this killing machine... it just doesn't work with Gai doing it? Because one, he wants it to happen since he made the key, and two... and I'll get to this further in, Gai was the wrong person to force Aruto to use this key.

Yeah, the cause-and-effect of Metal Cluster Hopper is very confusing to me, in regards to Gai's strategy. He definitely got completely beaten up? And accomplished... Aruto being extra mad at him? Like, this episode ends with a big ol' Gotta Have Aruto gag, so I'm not sure it even plays as particularly psychologically devastating. I don't know what Gai wanted to happen?

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Originally Posted by Nokination

I like this episode, especially the court stuff that I felt there wasn't enough of in the last episode. I don't really like Metal Cluster Hopper, though most of it is because I don't like silver, I also just don't really care for it, it's supposed to be a big sorta thing, but I just don't have anything to say about it, also the transforming sequence is just utter chaos and cgi which I don't like, but other than me not liking the suit, I think this is a really good episode.

I'm not a huge fan of CGI fight scenes, but I think this episode handled it really well. The fight at the finale was epic because it was all CGI on the Zero-One side, which I think makes the choice more palatable.

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Originally Posted by TheRaizin

Something that happened here that we'll never see again that I hope doesn't sound too spoiler-y.

Damaged suits! These two moments, Assault Vulcan's gauntlets being damaged and the split-second detail of Thouser's eye lens being cracked, these few little details will never happen again.

That's a shame! I liked that a lot.

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Originally Posted by cosmicrescend0

Oh, you didn't mention it, so I will: Horobi's freakout at the thought of humans doing whatever they want with the Ark's technology? If there's anything one will remember about Horobi, he's so damn dedicated to the task Ark has given him. I'm sure the idea of the Ark's hatred of humanity (and sorta by extension(????): MJBR's creation and mission) all being manufactured so that some tech guy can use it to advertise his technology and slander his opponents will not go down well with him, probably.

This was good, yes! I'd've liked to see a bit more from this scene (some further insight into exactly which part was most offensive to Horobi, some response from the heroes), but it was cool to have a Horobi scene where he's not just the cool, confident criminal. I like seeing him lose his shit!

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Originally Posted by Sh Ranger

I also like Gai's delivery of the reveal to Aruto, trivializing his own part in what happened and blaming everything on humanity's evil that spurred Ark's decision to eradicate them. This episode gives some good insight in to the insane way that Gai rationalizes his actions, where he depicts himself as being 1000% innocent and good, by making everybody else look wrong.

I think it's also... Gai doesn't value something like morality, so Aruto accusing his actions as being immoral is like accusing them of being too tall: It's irrelevant to the topic. Gai fed human history to the Ark, which is overwhelmingly violent and cruel, and the Ark drew its own conclusions. Everything afterward helped ZAIA succeed at the expense of Hiden, so it's inherently justified. Gai's worldview doesn't account for things outside his own success.