Hotaro believes in a world where people will live together with the Chemies (is this the foundation on which they plan to build his conflict with the organization in future episodes?), which means Wrestler G will still meet with Koichiro. But Bolt is unlikely to ever take revenge and will not even learn the lesson from defeat due to memory erasure.

I find it difficult to call Spanner and Rinne a relationship, because his interest is quite one-sided. She clearly likes Hotaro more, at least as a friend. But speaking of the couples in this show, HotHop is Top!
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EDIT: I mean, at least now we know Spanner isn't going to end up as a yandere like Kusaka, since his interest in Rinne is for some other reason.

For some reason I'm thinking arranged marriage. Like I can just picture the scene were Spanner once again says "She isn’t my lover” but adds "She's my fiance" immediately after.

Good lord I hope that doesn't happen, that would be terrible.

Apparently, Bolt mentioned that Spanner is a "rootless plebeian", so Rinne still has no reason to agree. Although the alchemical wedding is an existing concept.

That doesn't mean he won't follow the same path. Platonic feelings can also be toxic, especially if they are not shared. In principle, this also suits Kusaka, who has never claimed to be more than the only protector of Mari.
I just hope the obligatory secondary villainy happens early in the show and not towards the end.

And maybe also kickass salary and perks, like what the members of Lucky Clover got? Haha. Lucky Clover members are elites as well.

Or perhaps the elites have a higher chance to lead the secret alchemy organization/society? The writers need to elaborate more on the inner workings of the alchemy society.

I agree. It may help an alchemist channel his power. Green gems for class A+ (Spanner), red gems for class S (Minato), and red gems with golden shank for class S+ (Fuga).

Could be true. Perhaps the Neuralyzer spell (and Deneuralyzer spell, if it does exist) work similarly to a combination of Memory Charm (to erase memories) and the false memory spell (to censor/tamper with existing memories by implanting artificial ones) in Harry Potter. Another interesting possibility is what if an alchemy uses the Neuralyzer spell on himself, like when Prof. Horace Slughorn used the false memory spell on himself? Is it even possible to extract or copy memories into a storage and view it with a Pensieve-like device?

The Neuralyzer spell was probably used on Spanner to make him an obedient tool. It'd be ironic if it's true. He thinks of Chemies as mere tools, yet it turned out that he is also a tool being manipulated by the organization's top brasses. Well, his name's probably a dead giveaway of his true situation.

My thoughts, exactly. I understand the reasoning behind erasing Muggles' memories to cover up the existence of alchemy, but it makes no sense to erase an alchemist's memories. My hypothesis is that they only erase memories that have something to do with the recent Chemy outbreak. Perhaps the lower-ranked members of AA (Houtarou, Rinne, Renge, Sabimaru, etc) will also be Neuralyzed once the Chemy capture operation is completed.