Is it really different than the other times? As far as it concernes me, it's always usually using the first 10-20 episodes for showing the "toys", than the show evolves in the second half. Many KR shows have this pattern

Maybe she will, maybe she won't. I can't confirm anything, it's just my experience with these type of shows that this will be played for awkwardness in the next episode because no one really told Chase what love actually is, everyone just told him stupid stuff like love is when your tummy's feeling strange.

But the show could prove me wrong.

Come on! If Chase end up with Kiriko. Their son, Eiji will not born!

Even Eiji describe his mother "She never use to smile a lot but she smile when she is glad" meaning that his mother might be Kiriko

You know this description can be used for Medic too :p

Haha, yes!

That's the solution to your problem vin13ish, not only one Roidmude/Human pairing, but two! :lol

But thats not what we meant with executive meddling. Yes KR shows focus heavily on the toys in those episodes but thats just a normal thing for these shows. What we where talking about was just that the first 25 episodes or so of Drive where pretty terribly written and full with unbearable comedy that ruined the little bit of drama the show had going for it.
Compared to especially Double where the same writers had much more creative control to do what they wanted Drive just felt much more controlled by the studio instead of the writers and producer.

But did Banno erase Medic's personality so she could be her puppets and Heart is apparently force to work with a man that he hates the most while Brain is in run from him.

I find it ironic that the Roidmudes want to destroy humanity because they see themselves as the next evolution, and yet the very humanity that they absorbed when taking human forms is causing them to become less and less like villains.

Great turnaround for this show since episode 20.

I have noticed that our Roidmudes are becoming more sympatric while Banno has become more monstrous; moreso now that he's Gold Drive. Fitting how in the end a human is the true monster of the show.

Also this is bugging me but is anyone weirded out over Shou being a dog? It makes sense but I sure didn't see that coming.

In a way I'm kinda sad to see Drive go after episode 48. I find it's middle of the road (ha ha, Galva made a highway pun) but it's charming in its own way.

Well, that's called a Character development.

I feel bad for Heart, Not only he was tortured by his own creator but his own creator erase the personality of woman that he loves the most, Medic. Heart is the tragic villain

Finally, Brain finally come to his sense! Not only he witness Banno killing Roidmudes but for the first time, he feel ashamed of himself for what happen to Medic after Banno make her his puppet

As for Medic, not only she was sweet roidmude who was corrupt by an emotion that turn her into evil but she loves Heart the most! She actually have crush on him but Banno erase her personality to make her puppet and become Heart's crushing blow.

Wow! Riku Sanjo did put lot of effort for villain's character development.

Will Heart found the way to get Medic back before her demise? Maybe ;)