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Kamen Rider 01 Episode 4: A Travel Agency Robot And A Truth Uncovered 12 Years Ago

It does look like there are some changes with the Kamen Rider TV drama formula. Apparently, there hasn't been that formula of major cliffhangers in almost every episode (which may happen soon). The newest episode has a travel agency robot named Anna and a young boy named Gou Sakurai. I admit, there's some Terminator-type nightmare fuel to a lesser extent. I don't think Toei would allow that level of violence these days.

I still can't help but sympathize with the idiot hero Isamu over the whole Daybreak Town incident. This is where people are heading -- the very site where the Daybreak Incident happened. Gou's late father Satoshi was accused of causing the incident. But what is the truth of the matter? Isamu does sympathize with Gou. Twelve years ago did traumatize Isamu in school. The malfunctioning HumaGears was caused by Metsubojinrai.Net. Isamu is still critical about the use of HumaGears because they might wind up berserk. You can think about how the Roidmudes in Kamen Rider Drive were meant for good but ended up becoming evil.

Here's a bit of breaking the protocol early on. Remember how the Patrangers would only discover who the Patrangers were only late in the series? Aruto immediately reveals himself to Isamu which may soon put the two as unusual allies. Aruto doesn't want to hide any secrets even if his surname is Hiden. I love how Aruto wants to be as transparent as possible. Also, there's quite a confrontation between Aruto and his scheming vice president Jun "Dr. Evil" Fukuzoe. Is it me or is "Dr. Evil" really hiding something about the incident that happened 12 years ago? What if he was also involved in the accident?

I just love how Vulcan actually saves Zero-One's life and takes the berserk humanoid sample home. Before that, we see Anna get turned into a berserk humanoid but not without playing security details. It's revealed that Satoshi himself did a selfless sacrifice. Satoshi sealed all the berserk humanoids caused by Metsubo Jinrai and decided to make sure he finished it. Hiden Intelligence decides to leak this out. However, the members of Metsubo Jinrai are still talking of "the Ark". Just what is the "Ark" that Horobi just mentioned with Jin? Also, Horobi does have a Kamen Rider form too which he could use it to troll the heroes sooner or later.

I do feel like that Aruto and Isamu are most likely going to end up like Ban and Hoji in Dekaranger. If you've seen Dekaranger, you may notice that Hoji doesn't accept Ban as his partner many times in the show. It looks like Isamu will probably give Aruto the same treatment too. I can't wait to see how the relationship between the two will develop -- not especially when Aruto still has some secrets he's yet to discover!

Next week will feature a Manga artist and an artist HumaGear. Though I'm kinda wanting to have the typical action drama cliffhangers now! 

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