[DreamSword]

It's High Quality!

As someone who values Ace Attorney as one of his all time favorite franchises, it was almost guaranteed that I would love this set of episodes.

Heck, not only did that the Ace Attorney flavor, but it's also the debut of my favorite suit in Zero-One; Metal Cluster Hopper! Pair those aspects up with more action and character drama that I absolutely adore and bam, loved every second!



One thing that really stood out to me immediately is just how Ark's' heart looks, as well as how all Aruto can hear upon interfacing with Ark is the sound of the Ark crying out in anguish. I felt that, given the whole focus on "lashing out" that this Act has been doing, it was very poignant.

Speaking of that though, I also loved how Aruto is shown to not be so above it all, what with his attacking Gai(justified or not), and that's even before the new Key is forced into his Driver. The payoff of which is nothing short of great either, as I love the suit is literally made up of a swarm of metal locusts; You can actually see bits of the suit tearing away and reforming as the Hoppers swarm around to attack Gai, which is a great detail!

And of course with Gai, he's loving every second of this, which I felt was very true to his character. MCH not only makes Aruto look bad, not only does it mean that Gai has effectively hijacked Hiden's' Rider Tech in its entirety, but most importantly, the Key itself is a ZAIA product. Of course he's loving every second of this!

Lastly, even if some might find it obvious(my dumb dumb brain sure didn't), I did like the twist in that the Prosecutor wasn't the Raider in the end. It helps to avoid the idea that anyone who works for a specific company is a bad person by default. As someone who works for what many consider one of, if not the most vile company in the world, I really appreciated that. (By extension, Yua being a slave to the system makes for a great tie-in.)

So yeah, a great debut for a great suit. Loved these episodes.