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Originally Posted by Frontier

And it's also unconventional in the sense that it's technically both a Final Form and a separate Rider, since it has it's own belt. Because Zero-One has basically peaked and Aruto now has to evolve past that, into Zero-Two. Which means Metal Cluster Hopper is technically Zero-One's Final Form

The way I see it is that Metal Cluster Hopper is Zero One's Final Form, while Zero Two (which =/= Zero One) is Aruto's Final Form.

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Originally Posted by Daikaijuman54

The Terminator (I haven't watched it)

Wow, okay, you totally need to do something about that!

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Originally Posted by Daikaijuman54

Hooray for doggo!

Thouzer is the MVP of the show, no contest.

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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

KAMEN RIDER ZERO-ONE EPISODE 41 - ?TAKE THY NEIGHBOR?S HAND!?

Whole fight was a goddamn masterclass in 21st-century tokusatsu fight scenes. The music was impeccable; intense but gentle, a battle with emotional weight to it. The combo moves of Horobi and Zero-Two were stunning. The extended finisher was climactic in every sense of the word. And this one little pose of Zero-Two as he waits for the explosion looks like it belongs on a movie poster. Absolutely stellar work on this fight from everyone involved.

I recall that Zero Two and Horobi teaming up to defeat Ark for good was written to be the finale due to you-know-what, so it makes sense that this fight scene would be appropriately spectacular. However, the staff didn't know how much time they'd have, so despite the show already getting cut to a low cap of 45 episodes, they overcompensated, finishing the main plot at 41. Everything after this is basically improvisation, with only the original abstract premise of Horobi being the final villain getting carried over. Whether or not that was a good thing is debatable.

Regarding what I mentioned before about Zero Two though, this is the peak here. It was designed to be Aruto's ultimate weapon against Ark and now that it's fulfilled that purpose, the next 4 episodes seem determined to undermine it and the few remaining appearances it does have aren't much to write home about.

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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

Because the real threat hasn?t been Hate as a concept, it?s been the people who act on hate. In one of my favorite developments, Horobi has followed Phoenix from Wizard?s example and let a hero give him a pep talk that convinces him of the righteousness of his crusade against humanity. Aruto?s no longer dealing with a Horobi that?s just a vessel for mindless hatred against humanity. He?s facing a Horobi that has seen how humanity?s capacity for hatred has lead to multiple near-extinction events for Humagears, and could potentially lead to more in the future. Horobi?s war against humanity is now personal and logical, grounded in hope for his people and a desire to protect his family. He?s fighting for something now, and that makes him more dangerous than the Ark ever could be.

Except unlike Phoenix, Horobi actually has a sense of morality and misguidedly believes that committing genocide of humanity is necessary to bring justice to HumaGears, which makes his motivation more similar to Heart Roidmude. Horobi is thinking critically now after reaching singularity and it just happened that he came to the same conclusion as Ark's will, but out of fear instead of hate. He's experienced firsthand the evil in humanity and he only sees Aruto as the exception to the rule. Horobi wants to destroy the hierarchy created by humanity and he doesn't have faith in Aruto's diplomacy to do that.