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07-02-2022, 12:17 AM
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I just finished watching the rest of Zero-One the TV show, as well as the movie REALxTIME.
And my feelings did not change. If you want the short version of my thoughts up front, I absolutely love like 99% of this show.
From what I could gather by just taking cursory glances around my circles of the internet, the three major things that people tend to focus on when discussing the final act of Zero-one are COVID's' impact, Gai, and the ending.
I will for sure say that things probably would've been better had the pandemic not hit during the show's' run, but I think that, for the most part, what we got was still a great treat. Sure, the recap episodes are a bit of a slog, but beyond those, I still loved most of the character arcs and the overall message being spread.
And really, I feel that Gai's' arc ties into some of the overall themes of Zero-One wonderfully. While yeah, the implication that all Gai did was sit in his chair and boss people around is hilariously untrue, and Gai's' love of Hiden Intel being treated like a twist is odd considering he outright says as much close to his introduction, the two-parter hammering in the idea that hatred starts at home and how the trauma we endure in our childhoods has a great impact on our adulthood is a great message to send.
Ai's' integration into this and the previous episodes is nice too, showing the power of a good therapist and just how much of an impact it can make on those suffering internally. Really helping to sell it too is everyone in the cast's' very sensible reactions in saying that Gai's going to need to do alot if he wants anyone to actually forgive him. Gai's' hatred started with his abusive father, which he then in turn spread to those around him. It really worked for me.
Speaking of the cycle of hatred, Horobi was an excellent showcase of this too. Taught to have nothing but hatred for Humans, using the way Humagears are treated as the justification, his arc highlights how prejudice does nothing for either side. Really enjoyed the touch of realism added to his scenario too in that one or two good encounters typically does not just get rid of someone's' prejudice.
The ending felt like an alternate take on Kuuga's' ending to me, and given that I love Kuuga's' ending, this worked just as well for me. Two men suffering intense grief and lashing out at the world finding solace in eachother in order to process their grief? Yeah, that's totally my jam. The action side of it was great too, with my only real nitpick being Realizing Hopper. Like, yeah, I get why it was done, considering Zero-One was long since established as the symbol of unity between Humans and Humagears, but I personally think it would've been alot more thematically fitting had Aruto instead become Ichi-gata, as a way of hammering into Horobi how much Aruto empathizes with Horobi's' newfound love and appreciation for family.
Like I said with Act 2, sure, there's a few other things I could certainly nitpick at, such as Aruto becoming the President of Hiden Intel again, or how Naki and Raiden are pretty nothing characters compared to everyone else, but really, when it comes to the grand scheme of it all, Zero-One not only has an amazing cast of characters, not only does it tick alot of boxes for things that appeal to me personally, but it talks about and tries to get people thinking about so many messages that I jive with that it's hard for me to not love it. It absolutely became one of my favorite entries in the franchise.
Future Reiwa entries are certainly gonna have to do alot of work if they wanna take Zero-One's' spot as my favorite Reiwa season, because I give the show an overall rating of
5/6
. I had an incredible time with it as a whole, and I am so glad that SHOUT chose it as one of the earliest seasons for them to sub.
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Oh, and for anyone interested in my ever growing Rider Playlist, the song I chose to represent Zero-One is
"Evolution of Circuitry"
by The Megas, which is a song about robots rising up against human oppression, among other things. Knew it was a perfect fit by the time I finished the first act, and the show never took that away.
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