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KAMEN RIDER ZERO-ONE EPISODE 21 - “OBJECTION! THE TRIAL”

The stake is of course higher, but this also shows how underhanded ZAIA can be in how they'd involve an innocent (as in next episode) without caring about Yuto's fate, only caring about their benefit and that's if Ishinori won and had an innocent wrongly punished. Though that also shows for all the care Aruto shows to Humagears like how Deneb did to Yuto (no, not this Yuto!), he'd show care for humans too to object to this.

About Humagears opting to rampage, while Horobi isn't actually hacking the Humagears, it's still them being hacked, but by Ark, not by Horobi. Ark installed something on Humagears to have them go on rampage on offensive. Even Horobi is just one of Ark's servants just like all those Magias, the difference is that Horobi is a major villain, not MOTW. The series had Humagears going on rampage after being mistreated, treated as MOTWs to destroy, so no, the show doesn't justify the solution to murder the name-caller (it's actually something really petty). Other than that, yeah this is the franchise moment where the secondary Rider starts using the primary's views and have them remind the protagonist about what they've learned, Fuwa snapping Aruto back into Humagear advocate.

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KAMEN RIDER ZERO-ONE EPISODE 22 - “EVEN SO, HE DID NOT DO IT”

This is probably the first part of the series dedicating into giving catharsis via Gai's defeat, including how he made MetalCluster Hopper Progrise Key to take down Zero-One, but it backfires on him. The first package of Thouser beatdown. Moreover, it's Ark beating Gai as Aruto was controllable, so Gai was beaten by his own creation here. I wonder if there's a way to make internal reveal (new info for heroes, old for viewer) something good, if yes, then this one's just a poor execution (at least to you). But now in-universe it's pointed out that Gai is a hypocrite who twists things around he see fits, he'd criticize someone that "uses the power for evil", but he'd deflect the blame on him on anything else. But this is obviously done to maintain his company's image, not about Gai having standards/limits on how his company works, protecting himself while Ishinori is actually arrested.

And of course, Gai declaring himself as human supremacist, but in reality has dim views on it. Gai is so hatable that, even Horobi had something to pick fights with to him, as shown here in him ranting about humans taking and using Ark for themselves, which can create an evil vs evil scenario in Horobi vs Gai. Unfortunately, yeah Yua's meant to be made as Gai's secretary, not minimized by external factor (cmiiw), this is her disappointment despite strong start.

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KAMEN RIDER ZERO-ONE SO-DO AI 06: KAMEN RIDER ZERO-ONE - METAL CLUSTER HOPPER

Which is another way of saying that I really liked the debut for Metal Cluster Hopper, and I wanted more from its SO-DO. The live action suit goes big with its presence – huge metal spikes everywhere – and goes small with its performance. The debut is just Aruto locked in a metal cage as the Ark demolishes Thouser, and everything offensively is the suit, nothing from the man inside. The design of the suit really conveys Prison, and that’s a neat concept for a new upgrade. It’s basically Silver Hazard Form, but I like Hazard Form a ton, so I don’t mind it that much.

Yeah, this is a sick suit, with the sleek shining metal. But as someone who prefers performance than looks, I also appreciate MetalCluster Hopper's power which is something more than just hand-to-hand combat and is devastating. The swarm of locusts it can conjure gives flexibility and variation, and armor wise it can freely change its hardness, plasticity, and density, making it incredibly good armor. And as you said, this one's similar to Blizzard form or OOO PuToTyra form, being uncontrollable berserker. Aruto though resisted the influence from Ark's MetalCluster Hopper like Drive and Mach's Deadheat form. And here, the gag of Fuwa brute forcing through technology comes handy to free Aruto from the uncontrollable form.