[Zolda]

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Originally Posted by Mesnick

Most likely, Glion copied everything in advance onto his cube or even just onto a flash drive immediately before setting the laboratory on fire. And he took the tablet out of a banal desire to make fun or, in his language, to conduct an experiment.

Remember the old adage: Show, don't tell. Moreover, the Isaac AI is not just an ordinary software installed into ordinary iPad/Samsung Galaxy/etc tablets. It's a specialized software which is supposed to only work with alchemically-altered tablets. This story has an alchemy theme, right?

Even if the story had shown Glion copying the Isaac AI software out of Kenichi's tablet, it still made no sense. Glion is already a master at copying his soul into inanimate objects such as his favorite golden Rubik cube, which is functionally identical to Voldemort's Horcruxes. I'm not sure if he's able to create infinite copies of his soul, but if so, then he's virtually immortal. The point of using AI to control the Dreadriver is to eliminate the need of a human/homunculus user. An AI, seemingly having a "soul" or "mind" of its own, is supposed to eliminate human/homunculus users. If he's already able to copy his soul into inanimate objects, which should also include the Dreadriver, then he's already able to create artificial "souls"/"minds". He's already able to create a legion of Dread Troopers without the need for the Isaac AI.

And like you said, if the Dread Trooper in this episode contained a copy of Glion's soul/mind, then how could it be destroyed by Sabimaru, a mere untransformed human, although wielding the X Gotchalibur? It should've been far more competent than that.

Oh, and now that Glion has acquired Germain's power, he's also already able to create virtually infinite number of Golems, which can then also be infused with copies of his soul. So, he already has not only one, but two(!) methods of creating a very powerful army. Once again, no need for the Isaac AI.

Gotchard has the bad habit of showing a great, grandiose premise and then executing it in a half-hearted, underwhelming manner. This story's got huge amount of potential, be it from the internal logic or the plots/conflicts/intrigues, yet 50% of them are underwhelming and 30% are completely wasted. I'm not sure what the writers are trying to pull here. The more I watch Gotchard, the more I see the writers shoot themselves in the foot. It's very very very unfortunate.