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And so we get to my favorite suit in Zero-One. There's a reason I've had it as my main icon and as the holder of "Zero" out of all the other Zero's in Toku. I just really love the suit in that it represents a clear upgrade from Shining Hopper specifically. Cause like, both Assault and Metal Cluster were Ark related inventions. The fact that we basically went back to the beginning, all the way back to base Zero-One aesthetic was really nice. I love it as an evolution to Zero-One's design, and this starts the Reiwa Trend of wanting to slim down/make the Final Forms a bit more simple in terms of look.

And I think they managed it pretty well. A lot of people were sour on it when it first dropped and I get why, but I still love it. Also it has an energy scarf? Like duh, if you remember me gushing about Ichigata then of course I'm going to love it!

Anyway to get the nitty gritty of how we got to this point out of the way. Yeah I totally see why you wouldn't like the method of how we got there. Even I'm not the happiest about it, but I do feel like Izu being rightfully angry about it helps offset it by just a bit. But like, desperate times call for desperate measures, you know?

So let's talk about Zero-Two's debut fight and how wonderfully it's setup and choreographed. Just the very beginning where you think it's going to be a repeat of Shining Hopper, Aruto gets one up on Ark and but then Ark manages to predict things and declare the form as useless. But nope, Zero-Two "Nothing Personel's" Ark and immediately start's laying the smackdown.



This specific moment is one I love, you can just feel the raw intensity in Aruto's counters. And I love the idea of 02's "headspace" being represented by floating 02 numeric code which of course does not exist in standard 01010 code and further exemplifies how Zero-Two can just break any conceived system or planning.

Points to the very practical "We have two suits, we're going to utilize both of them and sound effects to show how fast Zero-Two is" where you just have Zero-Two exit the frame before coming in from another not even missing a beat.

Also Zero-Two Big Bang is a really cool callout and it was nice to see Ark just so thoroughly defeated. We've had them match and overwhelm the Ark before, but just barely and usually with multiple people. This time it was just one Rider with the hopes and dreams of Humagears and Humans.

If you cant' tell I really loved this episode and consider Zero-Two to have a place among my favorite Final Form Debut's.