[Daikaijuman54]

Oh boy... The finale...

Now, I've held off since my memories kind of blend the whole endgame into one, so in case I accidentally slipped up, I waited for this moment.

It's quite a scene when the heroes are facing the scholars and they're all getting absolutely wrecked, while also urging each other onwards as they give their all to defeat these adversaries. Seeing everyone struggle and finally defeat them is such a great way to finish things off.

Storius and Touma, two people very similar yet not. Storius in this final arc showed how he was the perfect villain to oppose Touma. The very notion about how stories are unoriginal no matter what is something I found very inspiring as a writer myself, I could see things through Storius' twisted lens while still believing in Touma's convictions to what he's stood up for since the very beginning.

And having our trio together for that final confrontation was such a great thing to see, from combining the power of his friends as seen in a previous episode, to banding together with all the WonderRide Books to defeat this seemingly unstoppable force, culminating in Almighty Dragon! Which yes, pretty much just like Zero-One Shining Hopper, I don't mind it being just the base form with a fancy name, since I particularly enjoy Saber's forms, heck Zero-One's forms for that manner.

The scene with everyone talking about their favorite books is definitely a highlight, and as mentioned by Androzani, yes, a member here did indeed appear in that sequence, which is still fun to know. And to throw my name into this, I have to nominate one of my favorite stories to Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island, a book I've loved growing up. Shameless cameo over.

And everything comes full circle as Touma exits his house in Wonder World, a very nice nod to the fact that we knew from the Opening sequence itself, showing us once again, we were being told a story, which even though it lost its narrator and took place before our eyes, it all reached for this moment.

I'll probably talk extensively on characters and the series as a whole later, which is perfect for the Final Thoughts, but to give you an idea, I did really enjoy Saber, as to how it stacks against its predecessor, Zero-One, let's leave that for later.