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Kamen Rider Die watches Kamen Rider Zero-One (and builds SO-DO)
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07-02-2022, 03:13 PM
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KAMEN RIDER ZERO-ONE EPISODE 13 - ?BEING THE PRESIDENT?S SECRETARY IS MY JOB?
And, let?s start with those rushed story beats: I feel like the Was sacrifice, along with the potential Izu sacrifice, sort of comes out of nowhere? The idea of the Shining Hopper Key being incomplete because the satellite doesn?t know what Aruto?s capable of in the same way Izu does, that tracks. This is a show about seeing past faces and descriptions and origins to get at the limitless potential within everyone, so we need there to be an obstacle that can only be cleared through the bond between a human and a Humagear. I could quibble about Izu deciding to sacrifice herself
now
, when the threat of MetsubouJinrai is far more terrifying than an errant Dodo, but, like,
she?s had a rough day.
Folks make bad decisions sometimes in the immediate aftermath of failure. Sure.
Wazu can't come back because his involvement in the Zero-One Project means he can never come back from his shutdown, because there are no backups of any of his data. As someone involved in Zero-One Project, that means there are no backups of his central memory in order to prevent security leaks, and Izu's like that too. And regarding that, no, the combat data is about Zero-One, not about Aruto. Anyone Izu serves can use (though she'd be loyal to Aruto). Wazu not knowing Aruto much shouldn't be a concern, he handles Zero-One the Rider. About Izu sacrificing herself, though Wazu took her place, this kinda shows that, actually someone should try to opt for another option outside of sacrificing yourself, not in pragmatic way that costs others instead though, but Izu needs to live regarding how important she izu to Aruto, for future assistances he'd need.
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Besides that, though, I thought this was a pretty fun take on the First Upgrade Form story. I like that Shining Hopper is about Aruto?s ability to constantly (Prog)rise to meet any challenge, and his view of technology as a way to unlock power. Seeing him surpass a machine that
was built to surpass him
was an exceptionally smart way of illustrating not just Zero-One?s cool new overpowered ability that will be utterly negated within six episodes, but a great distillation of Aruto?s sense of his own untapped potential. I don?t love the suit a whole lot, but this episode certainly sold the concept of Shining Hopper to me.
Yeah, Aruto isn't shown fighting at human form, but Aruto had an opposite scenario regarding upgrades compared to other Riders who have to become stronger (in power or will) themselves to use an upgrade, e.g., being too weak for the upgrade. Here Shining Hopper didn't function well at first because it's too weak
for
Aruto, before Wazu adjusted it.
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There?re a few other things that felt like they?d be discussion topics, but ended up not being utilized enough to bother. I was as excited as Aruto about him teaming up, officially, with Vulcan and Valkyrie, but then the whole fight is decided by Zero-One?s new form that everyone marvels at. Similarly, I thought the last Assassin-chan Humagear was going to get some screentime in the finale, but he?s just casually mentioned as being in custody, so I guess everything?s okay now? The pressure on Hiden Intelligence was what was motivating this entire story, and it?s sort of handwaved in a line of dialogue over the final scene. Not great follow-through?
Yeah, this'd be the end of Assassin-chan's stint in series, he's the MOTW from ep. 8-13. There's actually some twisted sense of love from him, trying to corrupt the last Matsurida Z into one of his Dodo Magia Chicks so he can subsume his "brother" into the same violent murderlust he has gained, which he views as his way of "mentoring" his brother. For this time, the MetsubouJinrai.net actually got their just desserts of being rejected to team up with the Riders, even Aruto, due to the atrocities they've committed. Wonder if first watchers would think Aruto can never change his mind about MetsubouJinrai.net here or not.
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