[DreadBringer]

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After the opening, Nana shows up to Pole Pole, where a conversation with Pops quickly brushes the whole "teacher got violently murdered" plot point under a rug so we can get back to more Pops Puns, which only makes me further question why the idea was introduced in the first place when the show seems actively uninterested in exploring it at the moment.

Didn't you remark that this is only to show fear via Grongi's attacks before?

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Before we see what she's up to, there's a quick scene with the police reiterating the revelations about the Grongi from the last episodes, which I'm going to be generous and say is helpful for viewers who missed a week back in the day.

It must weigh on Yusuke if he's a pure hero, no matter if he has a carefree attitude. Well, probably the police talks about the leader but do they think that taking out the leader will finish off the entire Grongi, the kind of "every goons cannot leave without the leader" part? Or at least they thought that the leader forms all the other Grongis?

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Getting back to Sakurako, it turns out she's with Tsubaki, intent on asking him about any changes that have happened to Yuusuke lately.

Because Tsubaki has been shown before to have a crush on her, where he asked Yusuke or Ichijou if Sakurako's single.... Tsubaki's comments are rather tame... he only asks that she visits him, and just asking for a lunch. I feel like Sakurako doesn't even realize that he was flirting with her.
T̶e̶c̶h̶n̶i̶c̶a̶l̶l̶y̶ ̶J̶e̶a̶n̶ ̶w̶a̶s̶ ̶r̶i̶g̶h̶t̶,̶ ̶a̶ ̶d̶a̶t̶e̶-̶w̶a̶n̶n̶a̶b̶e̶ ̶a̶n̶y̶w̶a̶y̶. Hilarously Sakurako eats lunch with... Ichijou instead. Good thing that they both realize that Yusuke is truly needed for Grongis, otherwise they can't ever fight them back. I wonder why Sakurako took the lights, what purpose does the tool have on her? I do wonder how does everyone knows that Yusuke has an electrical sensation.

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Yuusuke goes to see Tsubaki himself, and is surprised to find out that Sakurako was there earlier.

Not only to Sakurako, Tsubaki's also messing up with Yusuke here! Including claiming that electrical sensations come due to the defibrillator he used to him. If the victims don't look back when Garima slashes them, would they truly survive? And Yusuke should've transformed before he came across Garima! (he did pose while riding his motorcycle!), instead of stopping in front of her and transformed there. Also kudos to gain upper hand by splitting her sword in 2 and using it as Titan weapon (I wonder though if Kuuga Titan changing her sword into Titan one makes it stronger or not). I also wonder if Titan form can also take his TryChaser's handle to transform it into second sword. I know that Rising Titan has 2 swords, but still wonder. How many limits of items Kuuga can transform?

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It becomes readily apparent how strong the Grongi are becoming when Kuuga's fight with Garima ends with her taking a direct hit from the TryGouram and still living.

Yeah this is the bonkers moment of Kuuga I've seen for a while. I won't expect a better result if it's performed to Grongi compared to an ordinary Isuzu truck (though it did kill the Grongi driving it...), as it seems that Kuuga and Grongi are levels above cars (Kuuga Growing pushes a van without problem!). Why Sakurako felt low all this time? Tsubaki already explained before of the first risk of becoming Kuuga with it injecting to his nerves and brains and potentially turning Yusuke into a killer like them.

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utting aside how happy McDonald's must've been to have one of Japan's biggest heroes call their food delicious (even when cold!), this is actually another very Yuusuke moment that I think Inoue did a great job with.

Wtf Yusuke... why did you say that she finally smiled? It's been done multiple times before, especially obvious when meeting with Kanzaki. Or Yusuke means that she's finally not depressed and worried over him again? Also why did Sakurako buy the McDonald anyway not to eat it? Too depressed to eat? It's clearly advertising; they didn't even hide the McDonalds logo!

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Meanwhile, Ichijou and Sugita are trying to track down the mystery behind Garima's targets.

Inoue's take on investigation aside, how did the Grongis get the store to sell the lighters? An offscreen show of Grongis learning to speak Japanese and blend to the society?

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A little behind this, Enokida has provided Yuusuke an isolated room to do... whatever it is he does.

Yeah a safe space, but if the power is loose, wouldn't he destroy the room and break free? Unless the room are made very tough to even withstand the powers of Kuuga/Grongis. Sakurako is victimized here. I̶ ̶w̶o̶n̶d̶e̶r̶ ̶w̶h̶a̶t̶ ̶i̶f̶ ̶s̶h̶e̶ ̶l̶e̶a̶r̶n̶s̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶s̶p̶e̶a̶k̶ ̶G̶r̶o̶n̶g̶i̶'̶s̶ ̶l̶a̶n̶g̶u̶a̶g̶e̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶t̶a̶l̶k̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶G̶u̶r̶i̶m̶a̶.̶

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Rising Titan, though! Definitely just as cool as the original, and also like the original, its debut consists of nothing but it annihilating the enemy with a single stab to the guts, although this time the monster comes to him. For different reasons than the Chouno episodes. These ones are focused enough, but between the combination of Sakurako's arc being too redundant for an A-plot, and the barely mysterious mystery B-plot, there's not a ton here to get particularly excited about. Just about serviceable, with some cool action, and some solid movement on the overarching plot, but little more.

It's cool when he punches away Garima while they both lock swords. Shows that you have to make use of everything you have and not rely on your weapon. Titan is strong in defense, but are his punches/kicks also stronger than Mighty Form too? And with all being worried, they didn't respond back to Yusuke's thumbs up! Bleh... Also this time Sakurako's translations doesn't play a part in gaining a new form does it? It only serves to ease her up.