[Frontier]

I know we're all talking about Gai and Thouser, how Thouser is the most adorable thing ever, and Gai getting a redemption arc...but I just wanted to point out the fact that the bike finally came back after like 20 or more episodes and we get to see Aruto not only transform on said bike but make a desperate charge at Ark while in his base form, on his bike. Like, yeah, if you're going to bring the bike back after so long, you make it have an impact.

I guess it's not altogether unsurprising that yet another Takahashi CEO Rider villain would have daddy issues and would end up joining the heroes' side (albeit even Gai's not as messed up and deranged as Kuroto and seems genuinely more salvageable) and we get the former rivals/nemesis finally teaming-up against Big Bad...but this time we have a cute robot dog in the middle of it!

I do like how Aruto's final fight with Gai is merely perfunctory and altogether just the icing on the cake that is Gai's complete and utter defeat in everything that mattered, beating him down to ashes so he could receive mercy from Satellite Zea in the form of Thouser.

Also, Gai is kind of projecting his old pet on a new model that was just constructed right in front of him? But I guess if it works, it works.