 This article is about an arsenal in Kamen Rider Zero-One.
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The ZAIA Spec (ザイアスペック, Zaia Supekku) is an eyeglass attachment with an A.I. interface developed by ZAIA Enterprise. It is meant to enhance the human brain to allow it to run at the same speed as supercomputers.
However, users of ZAIA Spec can have their emotions manipulated by the Raidriser, which they then use to transform into Raiders. Another defect is the user can also be influenced by Ark when the Spec is hacked.
Thinknet have their own version of the ZAIA Spec, which they created after Makio Nodachi gave them the designs for the ZAIA Spec. They use this in order to connect with Thinknet's server and control their avatars.
Users[]
- Gai Amatsu (Episodes 17, 26, 29, 43) - His version can remotely control the AI chips implanted inside of both Yua and Isamu's brains.
- Rentaro Tachibana (Crushing Buffalo Raider; Episodes 17-18)
- Tatsumi Arayashiki (Splashing Whale Raider; Episodes 19-20)
- Naoto Ichimori (Episodes 21-22)
- Masuji Narusawa (Dynamaiting Lion Raider, stolen from Naoto Ichimori; Episodes 21-22)
- Takeshi Homura (Episodes 26-27)
- Daiki Kyogoku (Scouting Panda Raider, taken by Zero-One and then destroyed by Thouser; Episodes 26-27)
- Masamitsu Yuto (Episodes 28-29)
- Yua Yaiba (Episode 32, REAL×TIME)
- Koichi Hatakeyama (Episode 34-35)
- Isamu Fuwa (REAL×TIME)
- Various citizens (Episode 34-35)
- Several nurses (Episode 37)
History[]
Workplace Competition[]
Gai Amatsu created the ZAIA Spec with the intended purpose to help people process at the speed of an A.I. The other purpose of the device is to replace the need of a Humagear by allowing a human to be just as efficient as one. To make sure the ZAIA Spec could live up to its purpose, Gai gave every chosen competitor representing him to be used as proof of its abilities.
Hiden Manufacturing[]
After Gai Amatsu had won the competition, he announced the complete shutdown and destruction of Humagears. For those who gave him their Humagear, he would give the customer a complimentary ZAIA Spec. The ZAIA Specs were also given to A.I.M.S troops for aiding them in destroying/shutting down Humagears.
Unfortunately, a defect wasn't foreseen by Gai until soon afterward; Naki had been revived by Yua as a favor from Jin after Yua's resignation. The ZAIA Spec were hacked by Naki leading humans who wore them to behave similar to the Magia.
Thinknet Crisis[]
After Thinknet deploys its nanomachines across the world, resulting in everyone who breathes it in being digitized, Gai Amatsu has Is and Shesta deliver upgraded ZAIA Specs to Isamu Fuwa and Yua Yaiba. This version uses a green contact lense in place of a pair of glasses and projects a digital readout in front of the user's eye. It also provides the protection of a gas mask, making its users immune to the nanomachines.
Notes[]
- The concept of the ZAIA Spec is similar to that of Google Glass, a brand of smart glasses developed by Google, which ceased prototype production in 2015 and began producing its "enterprise edition" for companies in 2017.
- The interior of the Ark-One Progrisekey has a device similar to the ZAIA Spec named the Ark Spec. This was a design choice made in connection to a then-upcoming storyline which was scrapped due to the COVID-19 pandemic forcing script rewrites of the series' final quarter.