[TF RyuShin]

Boy, if you think ep 37's pacing was certainly not comfortable, this episode beat that in a certain mile. Honestly, this is the first time I don't know where to start talking. We had Gai stepping down as Hiden's President, Aruto claiming back his position in Hiden, Ark stopped using Metsubojinrai, Horobi and Jin's conflicting ideas, Ikazuchi and Naki's defection from Metsubojinrai, Horobi finally reached Singularity and betrayed the Ark, Aruto and Horobi teamed-up for the first time, and the Ark's destruction by the Uchuyaro's bros. To say the episode was bloated is an understatement. I think Die had chosen the correct step by making this episode as an image post.


This episode was the one that I thought Covid really impacted the filming. There were many neat ideas but they were hugely clammed in a single episode. I don't even mind Aruto returned back as Hiden's President because I'm honestly not surprised for them to make weird steps here and there. I mean I want Aruto and Izu to rebuild Hiden Manufacturing but when Aruto returned as the President, I was like "Well that's neat. Guess it's Aruto's lucky day." Because it lacked quite a punch, I just felt like it was just an everyday routine for Gai to play as the President and pass it on Aruto after he is bored.

Rather than reiterating how splendidly Die explained Horobi, I just want to say I couldn't keep my laughter when Aruto asked Horobi "Well, do you want to join my company now?". Man, Aruto didn't quite learn from his experiences with Jin. Dude, you just teamed-up with Horobi solely to save Jin and because there was a bigger threat. Don't expect or even believe someone, who had been an antagonistic force for most of the series, suddenly became good and buddy buddy with you, especially if you barely had a heart-to-heart interaction. For someone who built the amazing Zero-Two, Aruto is still not the brightest one in this subject.

One last thing, I just thought the Ark's death was cathartic and karmatic to some extent. I had said I dislike how the Ark exploited the weakpoint in our hero's side, by manipulating Aruto and Ikazuchi. So obviously it was karmatic that THESE two ended up ruining and foiling the Ark's daily life. Aruto obviously outwitted the Ark by inventing Zero-Two and Ikazuchi got the spotlight by giving the final blow to the Ark once and for all. Ikazuchi blew up the Ark might be my favorite moments in this episode beside the team up in such a bloated episode. If Die have watched Super Sentai or Power Rangers, the Ark was basically defeated in almost the same manner as many MOTW in those shows.