[TF RyuShin]

Glad to see you pull through the series of those recaps. To reiterate cosmicresend0's opinions, these Specials were all enjoyable and all but watching it for some consecutive times, especially in weekly basis, can be quite a chore. I don't even watching those Specials, apart from the President one and the 35.5 one. I might try to watch the others but I seriously need to minimize my expectations to the bottom.

Anyway, if there's one wish I want to make from Zero One, I wish Aruto is in the same room with Fuwa and his father. I can imagine Fuwa would be hospitalized later after bursting his stomach out of laughter. On serious note, I really wish there was more heart-to-heart moment between Aruto and Fuwa. I mean, I love the interaction between Fuwa and Ai-Chan but... Come on, Aruto! You should deepen your bond with Fuwa even more; he's your bodyguard, sidekick and friend! Then again, I can't even be that mad because Aruto actually made the best solution by giving Fuwa some kind of therapy in the form of Ai-Chan.

For Jin and Yua, as much as the revival of Ark-Zero gave some idiotic implications for their actions, I actually didn't mind it. Mind you, Yua was taking part of this because she wanted to separate Fuwa and Naki; in which the characters in-universe were in doubt for what actions they should take for Fuwa and Naki. In addition, I know that the Ark's physical form was deep in the sunken city... But what was the practical way to destroy it. The only form that could dive that deep is only Biting Shark (and we don't even know if Aruto CAN swim). Is Breaking Mammoth water-resistant enough to deliver a Rider Kick to Ark? Or if Fuwa's strongest attack as Rampage Vulcan can reach the satellite Ark in the bottom? While I agree destroying Ark in the satellite is possible, I can't really think a practical way other than making the Ark itself goes to us.

One last thing, I found a nice bit of Horobi's development in this episode. After the Ark's revival, when Ark told Horobi 'We will start the humanity's extinction', Horobi could only give a slight response 'That's...'. I found it's fascinating to see someone, who is totally loyal and devoted to Ark up to this point, had a glimmer of doubt in Ark's decision. Love that Aruto's heart speech to Horobi last episode DID stick on him in some shape. No wonder why Ark instantly possessed Horobi after his revival. Out of all the members of Metsubojinrai, Horobi was the most dedicated to the letter for the Ark. The last thing that Ark wants is for his fanatic right hand man to have some doubt in his actions.