Kamen Rider 01 Episode 30: Kamen Rider Zero-One Gets A Whole New Meaning

Somehow, when a Kamen Rider series starts - the meaning of the name sticks to it, huh? The name Zero-One would have signified the start of a new Kamen Rider era because it's the first official Reiwa era Kamen Rider. Also, Aruto must start all over again with a little company known as Hiden Manufacturing so he can become Zero-One once more. 

Gai Amatsu has taken over Hiden Enterprises and things don't look very good. Unlike Kuroto in Kamen Rider EX-AID who unfortunately decayed in the second half - this guy starts progressing towards utter douchery where he values his power above everything. I wonder is this guy meant to be like previous Kamen Rider villains who show how humans can be eviler than the recurring antagonists? Banno in Kamen Rider Drive, Masato Mishima in Kamen Rider Kabuto, and Dr. Kiyoto Maki in Kamen Rider OOO are some examples of these ones. Gai may be a human being but he sure lacks humanity when he ignores HumaGears have feelings too. He shows he's become more evil than Metsubo Jinrai. It looks like he's effectively the new main antagonist now!

I don't know what the writers are planning to do with Yua herself. Isamu is still confronting her with her current decisions. Is Yua really with Gai at her own free will or what? I can't imagine her being in bed with him off-screen. - hopefully not! Though it seems that there's something holding Yua and she's lying. Her defensiveness makes me think she's probably up to something that could dismantle ZAIA Enterprises once and for all.

Meanwhile, Jin of Metsubo Jinrai starts to show more humanity than Gai. Izu is restored. As artificial as Izu is - she displays more humanity than Gai ever will. Aruto may be somewhat silly but he did a lot of stuff that could be ready for a big war. He's backed up some important data that may allow him to win in the long struggle against ZAIA Enterprise.