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Even the title is like, "Who's Vice?" At least Yukimi tries to cheer for him when prompted, even if it lacks the same spirit she gave to the other Riders. Maybe his twitter fans will compensate for that. #NiceVice

This is surprisingly a very good episode for Yukimi, who proves once and for all that she is also an extremely indispensable character and not just someone to be killed off for cheap drama, as she plays an important part in defeating the Chameleon Deadman by acting as bait. Now she's onboard with her kids fighting as Riders after Hiromi advocated for them. She always wanted to support them, but her parental worry was holding her back. After overcoming that, she shows that she's clearly their biggest fan! She's often been the voice of reason for the Igarashis, so it's nice to see her get her own development.

Chameleon's true identity is revealed! .... It's not someone portrayed by Kiyama Yukiaki. It's not anybody important! It sounded like he hated his face for secret backstory reasons, but nope, he just has this selfish ugly duckling perception of himself which makes him seem like a very shallow guy.

Ikki and Daiji discuss who should carry the burden of killing Giftex. Ikki volunteers himself, cause of course the ultimate busybody would do that. But Daiji reminds him as a Fenix captain that this is his job which he signed up for and therefore is willing to bloody his hands if necessary. Ikki respects his decision, showing how he truly believes in Daiji now. They agree to share it between them so they can protect Sakura's innocence, since she's merely a high school girl.

Olteca confirms that their deception wasn't limited to Aguilera, as making her Deadmans' idol instead of keeping her against her will was a marketing tactic to gather cultists. Out of the five Giftex, Julio was the only one willing to sacrifice himself for the lie they told him, that he was serving Aguilera. He doesn't care about Deadmans or Gif, his loyalty is exclusively to her. He definitely doesn't want anything bad to happen to her, but Aguilera is still holding on to her position as a vessel for Gif, since the alternative is admitting the painful truth that her life was a lie. Julio has already accepted that, cause he still has Aguilera for whom he will continue to give his life. It's very tragic, how these two ended up here.

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Originally Posted by Blade Fang

Ikki's father didn't have heart? Maybe his heart currently inside Gifu monolith?
Maybe Ikki's father is a former Deadman member.
I remember about human sacrifice in Aztec culture. The creepy thing from Aztec Culture is about taking human heart from body.

Sounds like a good prediction. Maybe Genta is Gif and that monolith is a phylactery to keep him alive. So then, like Yuki Joji, the Igarashi siblings are also kids of the Devil?! Deadmans was already pretty creepy with the suit designs, but this takes it to another level!

BTW, Blade Fang, Yukimi survived Christmas. I told you so!

Hiromi on the other hand.... He just got a promotion. He's collecting those death flags like George collects KR merchandise.