"Kamen Rider Zero-One" series: Episode eight recap

 Air Dates: September 1, 2019 until ???? on TV-Asahi, Sundays at 9:00 am

There will probably be fifty episodes and the subs were done by Ignis/Over-Time subs

Main Characters:  First off Hiden Intelligence's personnel

Fumiya Takahashi as Aruto Hiden.... 22 year old lad who is a failure at being a comedian. Inherited the presidency of Hiden Intelligence when his grandfather died and can transform into the Zero-One hero

Noa Tsurushima as Izu.... HumaGear who is the presidential aide to Aruto Hiden.

Kazuya Kojima as Jun Fukuzoe.... VP of Hiden Technology who wanted to be president, Aruto's new enemy

Asumi Narita as Shesta..... HumaGear who is secretary to Fukuzoe

Arata Saeki as Sanzo Yamashita.... Senior managing director at Hiden

Tokuma Nishioka as Koronosuke Hiden.... Aruto's grandfather, died in episode one

Other main characters:

Hiroe Igeta as Yua Yaiba.... Technical advisor for A.I,M.S., also a leader of the field unit and is Kamen Rider Valkyrie

Ryutaro Okada as Isamu Fuwa.... Hotshot terrorist fighter for A.I.M.S. who works with Yua and is Kamen Rider Vulcan

Syuya Sunagawa as Horobi.... Leader of the MetsubouJinrai.net terrorist group, rogue HumaGear

Daisuke Nakagawa as Jin.... Hacker for MetsubouJinrai.net, a HumaGear

Ryunosuke Matsumura as 'Little Assassin'.... MetsubouJinrai.net assassin, a HumaGear

Terms:

Hiden Intelligence- Company started by the elder Hiden to create A.I. HumaGears

A.I.M.S.- Artificial Intelligence Military Service, dedicated to destroying rouge HumaGears plus Maigas or anything to do with MetsubouJinrai.net

MetsubouJinrai.net- Cyper-terrorist group whose purpose is to hack into HumaGears and turn them rogue or more precisely, Maigas

HumaGear- A.I. Humanoids developed by the Hiden Company to serve mankind

Magias- Rogue HumaGears, turned evil due to the hacking of MetsubouJinrai.net

Trilobites- Inept creatures created by Magias to help them in their battles

Progrise Keys- Devices Kamen Riders use which have many different powers

 Usually don't give that much info to start things off but thought it may work out better this way. You'll have a handy-dandy guide to the characters and such, will be adding on to it when new things or persons are introduced. Plus it'll save me from repeating myself too often during a recap, though the heading may be long don't think these recaps will be as a show is just 23 minutes long.

                          Episode eight title: The Destruction Begins Now

 There will just be these two recaps for today as I haven't watched the next two episodes yet and didn't want these lying around too long. In the above post mentioned I would be cutting down the recaps from four to two at a time as I'm now only three shows behind and don't want to catch up too quickly. But this would have been a perfect time to have four in a row as this episode was the first to end on a cliffhanger which will continue into the next show, what an exciting ending it was.
 As usual the focus is on a 'nice HumaGear' who is about to become a rogue one or a Magia. That HumaGear is a female named Mashiro who works as a nurse at the National Cyper Hospital. The reason HumaGears were created in the first place was to make the lives of humans easier and more enjoyable. But also to play a key role in every day activities and the major profession that HumaGears have gotten into is the health field as they're so proficient and don't let personal feelings get in the way.
 Hiden Technology's young president Aruto had met Mashiro when  he went in for his annual checkup, all is normal health wise for him though his life certainly isn't a normal one. Also at the hospital to get a checkup was the hot headed A.I.M.S. agent Fuwa and don't know if he received an examination. The major reason is that he despises HumaGears for what happened at Daybreak Town twelve years ago and doesn't want a HumaGear doctor or nurse looking at him. But also he had to flee the hospital to go help his A.I.M.S. partner Yua who is in a fierce battle with the Lil' Assassin Magia from the MetsubouJinrai.net terrorist group.
 Yua is an excellent fighter, though not the strongest of Kamen Riders she's the most efficient as she can use the special weapons better than anyone. But now the Lil' Assassin can also transform into a Kamen Rider due to his handler Jin stealing even more Progrise Keys which enable a Rider to gain the special powers. Jin too can transform into a Kamen Rider and the two have ganged up to bring down Yua who can turn into Kamen Rider Valkyrie. The pair are doing a good job on her as Valkyrie is no match for the pair and hopefully her partner Fuwa will arrive on the scene to save her skin. This top screenshot is of the Lil' Assassin.

 Luckily Fuwa arrived on the scene on time, he himself can transform into Kamen Rider Vulcan but he doesn't know his own strength yet. He was joined by Aruto who is the show's hero Kamen Rider Zero-One, once the Riders from MetsubouJinrai.net saw the odds were against them they quickly split. Unlike her partner Yua had no qualms about a HumaGear treating her which as you can see happened above. But Fuwa's hatred of HumaGears seems to be growing and don't know why. He knows first hand they had nothing to do with the destruction of Daybreak Town plus he realizes they only do evil acts when they get transformed by Jin from MetsubouJinrai.net.
 What was interesting about the above scene is after the pair of A.I.M.S. agents left Aruto began to wonder about HumaGears. More to the point which is it possible for them to have hearts and care about humans? You wouldn't think so as they're A.I. creations but according to Aruto's personal HumaGear assistant Izu it is possible for a HumaGear to have a 'heart' develop in them, not too much was discussed about it but think it was the opening for another minor storyline.
 The leader of MetsubouJinrai.net is named Horobi, like his assistant Jin and the Lil' Assassin he's also a rogue HumaGear. So much will be coming out about his past as he's really the key behind the entire plot but up until this show we hadn't seen or learned too much of him. Horobi's one goal in life is to destroy humankind and have his rogue HumaGears control the world with him in charge. It's getting closer to the time for Horobi and his army to put his plan into motion, he's so tired of Aruto and the A.I.M.S agents getting in his way so now it's time to destroy the trio once and for all. Second screenshot below shows 'The Ark', so far it's only been talked about by Horobi here and there. But it's a vital machine in the quest for MetsubouJinrai.net's goal to control all HumaGears, know we'll be hearing much more about it in future episodes.

 That's Horobi right above and for this show's finale he was able to dupe all three Kaman Riders to arrive on the scene together, hopefully for him to destroy them all. That seemed unlikely as only Jin and Lil' Assassin were also able to transform into Kamen Riders. But that's not to be as for the first time we learned that Horobi also has the ability to become a Rider, like the other Riders in his squad Horobi doesn't assume a different name like Aruto, Fuwa and Yua do.
 The trio of 'good' Kamen Riders was once again having no difficulty in their battle against the pair of MetsubouJinrai.net Riders. That is until Horobi transformed for the first time ever into a Kamen Rider, even his assistant Jin didn't know his leader had the ability. To put it mildly Horobi is one powerful Kamen Rider, much more than any of the three matching up against MetsubouJinrai.net. Horobi ended up squaring off against Fuwa and it was really not match though the outcome hasn't been decided yet. Horobi's main power is of a Scorpion which he used to pummel Fuwa to no end, while his allies Zero-One and Valkyrie watched helplessly a fire began around Fuwa who was too injured to move, is this the end of on key A.I.M.S. agent?
 With that the show came to it's conclusion and for the first time there was a cliffhanger to carry over to the next show. Sure Fuwa will be able to escape but even so him and his mates know how powerful Horobi is and will they ever be a match for him? Quickly, there's one thing I didn't mention and it's also something that will soon become part of the storyline. That's of some special huge robots being created by A.I.M.S. called Gigers. Yua knows about them and has been to their plant but so far her partner Fuwa has been kept in the dark about them. The Gigers appear to be the weapon needed to stop MetsubouJinrai.net, Horobi knows about the new robots and has a plan to destroy them or even perhaps put them under his control. Lot of new things have been introduced to the plot which does keep these kinds of shows interesting.

 Another pair of enjoyable shows and I really like watching these kinds of series though one drawback is how long they are at about fifty episodes. With any luck will have the next pair of recaps on Tuesday which will put me just two shows behind. Am still watching the "Motokare Mania" drama but don't think I'll be recapping it any more. Just not enough time as there's two other shows I want to watch more and the subs for them are close to being done. Also am planning on viewing and recapping the Korean drama "Vagabond" which just ended today, that's a show I'm looking forward to and what an action packed series that one is.