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* ArchEnemy: Zein ultimately earns the ire of Kuroto Dan for misusing Kamen Rider Chronicle, a game that he created and he considers as his magnum opus, to empower itself and for its genocidal purposes.
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The first half of ''Outsiders'' see Zein [[TheBadGuyWins victorious over the Ark]], finally cementing itself as the true BigBad of the anthology as its former allies can react in utter despair by the shocking twist as the entire human race is now under the mercy of a technological oppressor bent on putting the entire world under stasis -- into a [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans world without malice]].
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The first half of ''Outsiders'' see Zein [[TheBadGuyWins victorious over the Ark]], finally cementing itself as the true BigBad of the anthology as its former allies can react in utter despair by the shocking twist as the entire human race is now under the mercy of a technological oppressor bent on putting the entire world under stasis -- into a [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans world without malice]].\\
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* IControlMyMinionsThrough: Zein keeps its accomplices under its thumb because they all share the same goal of eradicating malice (Prejudice) and chooses Yuto Sakurai as its ideal host to carry out its witch hunt against any perceived opposition as Kamen Rider Zein (Indoctrination and Power). However, their BlindObedience to Zein's will is what keeps the good guys from learning the full picture of its actual goal until they found that out too late.
* LetterMotif: Its name starts with the final letter of the English alphabet. Zein is bent on ending all that's evil by wiping out all human life on Earth.
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** "Zein" is an anagram for "Zen'i" or "good intentions", reflecting its desire to study humanity's positive side and its possible motives for its hardline stance against malice. Doubles as IronicName after being outed as a villain in episode 4.
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** "Zein" is an anagram for "Zen'i" or "good intentions", reflecting its desire to study humanity's positive side and its possible motives for its hardline stance against malice. Doubles as IronicName after being outed as a villain in episode 4.Zein would turn out to be EvilAllAlong.
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* AllegoricalCharacter:
** Zein epitomizes authoritarianism taken to the most logical and terrifying extremes: abuse of power, repression of individuality and free will, forced compliance and subordination, fearmongering through gaslighting, surveillance, and violence. Like most authoritarian rulers, Zein can escape accountability due to being an artificial intelligence, best shown when it impersonated Nico Saiba into tricking Genm Corp into relaunching a [[TheMostDangerousVideoGame video game that kills people in real time]] and face no consequences, while Nico might end up as TheScapegoat for the ensuing chaos.
** From a {{Hobbes|WasRight}}ian perspective, it's widely believed that its autocratic mentality can be seen as a [[NecessarilyEvil necessary evil]] to pacify mankind's worst impulses, given that ''Kamen Rider'' runs on the theme of HumansAreTheRealMonsters.
** Zein epitomizes authoritarianism taken to the most logical and terrifying extremes: abuse of power, repression of individuality and free will, forced compliance and subordination, fearmongering through gaslighting, surveillance, and violence. Like most authoritarian rulers, Zein can escape accountability due to being an artificial intelligence, best shown when it impersonated Nico Saiba into tricking Genm Corp into relaunching a [[TheMostDangerousVideoGame video game that kills people in real time]] and face no consequences, while Nico might end up as TheScapegoat for the ensuing chaos.
** From a {{Hobbes|WasRight}}ian perspective, it's widely believed that its autocratic mentality can be seen as a [[NecessarilyEvil necessary evil]] to pacify mankind's worst impulses, given that ''Kamen Rider'' runs on the theme of HumansAreTheRealMonsters.
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* AllegoricalCharacter:
**AllegoricalCharacter: Zein epitomizes serves as a societal critique of real life dictators and authoritarian leaders in recorded history, a cautionary tale on how democracies can easily deteriorate into authoritarianism taken to so long the most logical leader stays in power and terrifying extremes: abuse of power, repression of individuality and free will, forced compliance and subordination, fearmongering through gaslighting, surveillance, and violence. Like most authoritarian rulers, Zein can escape accountability due to being an artificial intelligence, best shown when it impersonated Nico Saiba into tricking Genm Corp into relaunching a [[TheMostDangerousVideoGame video game that kills people in real time]] and face no consequences, while Nico might end up as TheScapegoat for the ensuing chaos.
**silence any opposition by any means necessary. From a {{Hobbes|WasRight}}ian perspective, it's widely believed that its autocratic mentality can be seen as a [[NecessarilyEvil necessary evil]] to pacify mankind's worst impulses, given that ''Kamen Rider'' runs on the theme of HumansAreTheRealMonsters.
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The first half of ''Outsiders'' see Zein [[TheBadGuyWins victorious over the Ark]], finally cementing itself as the true BigBad of the anthology. Meanwhile, anthology as its former allies can only look on react in utter despair by the shocking twist.\\twist as the entire human race is now under the mercy of a technological oppressor bent on putting the entire world under stasis -- into a [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans world without malice]].
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* InvincibleVillain: Zein is purposely programmed with this trope on purpose, but is far from the level as [[Series/KamenRiderBuild Evolt]] and [[Series/KamenRiderZiO Ohma Zi-O]]. Through the namesake Kamen Rider, Zein is able to bring down any opposition unimpeded thanks to its plethora of Zein Cards. Not even Banno, the Ark, and even Kuroto Dan, who has achieved more than one post-series final form are not strong enough to take on Zein.
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* InvincibleVillain: Zein is purposely programmed with this trope on purpose, but is far from the level as [[Series/KamenRiderBuild Evolt]] and [[Series/KamenRiderZiO Ohma Zi-O]]. Through the namesake Kamen Rider, Zein is able to bring down any opposition unimpeded thanks to its plethora of Zein Cards. Not even Banno, the Ark, and even Kuroto Dan, who has achieved more than one post-series final form form, are not strong enough to take on Zein.
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* InvincibleVillain: Zein is purposely programmed with this trope on purpose, but is far from the level as [[Series/KamenRiderBuild Evolt]] and [[Series/KamenRiderZiO Ohma Zi-O]]. Through the namesake Kamen Rider, Zein is able to bring down any opposition unimpeded thanks to its plethora of Zein Cards. Not even Banno, the, Ark, and even Kuroto Dan, who has achieved more than one post-series final form are strong enough to take on Zein.
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* InvincibleVillain: Zein is purposely programmed with this trope on purpose, but is far from the level as [[Series/KamenRiderBuild Evolt]] and [[Series/KamenRiderZiO Ohma Zi-O]]. Through the namesake Kamen Rider, Zein is able to bring down any opposition unimpeded thanks to its plethora of Zein Cards. Not even Banno, the, the Ark, and even Kuroto Dan, who has achieved more than one post-series final form are not strong enough to take on Zein.
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* InvincibleVillain: Zein is purposely programmed with this trope on purpose, but is far from the level as [[Series/KamenRiderBuild Evolt]] and [[Series/KamenRiderZiO Ohma Zi-O]]. Through the namesake Kamen Rider, Zein is able to bring down any opposition unimpeded thanks to its plethora of Zein Cards. Not even Banno, the, Ark, and even Kuroto Dan, who has achieved more than one post-series final form are strong enough to take on Zein.
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** Its Zein Cards are idenitcal to Decade's Rider Cards with its mind set to take over all of the Rider worlds echoing Tsukasa Kadoya's time as the Great Leader of Dai Shocker. Zein can been as a reflection of what Tsukasa would be if he never lost his memories and had a HeelRealization.
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** Its Zein Cards are idenitcal to Decade's Rider Cards with its mind set to take over all of the Rider worlds Worlds, echoing Tsukasa Kadoya's time as the Great Leader of Dai Shocker. Shocker when he originally went on his journey to connect all of the Rider Worlds in order to be able to rule over them after wiping out all of the Kamen Riders. Zein can been as a reflection of what Tsukasa would be if he never lost his memories and had a HeelRealization.continued to conquer other A.R. Worlds unimpeded.
