[Sh Ranger]

Since this thread is going on hiatus (just like the show did), I guess I'll give a few brief concluding thoughts on my experience with the first entry in Reiwa Rider.

Befitting its name, Zero One is a show that constantly flips between 0 and 1, lame and cool, smart and dumb. But that's what I can always count on, that even if I find a part I dislike, the part that succeeds it will succeed in turning me around. Episode 29 is an awesome end to an infuriating arc. Episode 38 is a tearful start of a redemption of a character for whom I never thought I'd shed tears.

One of the show's major themes is starting from zero and moving to one, a theme that was probably never more relevant than the apocalyptic year that was 2020. The present was full of perpetual despair, the future seemed like it would never come. And yet, the future came. I think that's the moral of Zero One, that even if the future is invisible, the power of hope and dreams will create the future.

I intend to post my Reiwa Rider Ranking next week in the thread for Revice's finale, but to compare Zero One with pre-Reiwa, I did enjoy it more than Zi-O and EX-Aid. Now I'm excited to see how Takebe will bring out the untapped potential in Takahashi's talent, as Reiwa enters its fourth season.