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Originally Posted by goseigold

Wow, I guess one of my theories from last week's thread turned out to be right

Sure looks that way.

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Originally Posted by Pokemate91

Okay. This is my first review on this forum, so bear with me if some thoughts are jumbled.

Beroba being the jyamato sponsor also leads to more questions. Are there multiple sponsors? If the only sponsor is Beroba, why is there no one else supporting the jyamato? Beroba can't be the only one rooting for the villains can she?

Youkoso!

There are definitely multiple sponsors, but Beroba's the only Jyamato sponsor we know about. Gene's phrasing suggests there might be others like her though. I wouldn't be surprised if she was behind the introduction of Jyamato Raise Buckles, a test drive in preparation for becoming a Rider sponsor with Michinaga as her champion. Jyamatos are meant to lose the DGP by design, so a human-Jyamato who was once a qualified Rider could be Beroba's ticket to turning the tables.

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Originally Posted by DreadBringer

By taking an interest of Michinaga as he wants to destroy all Riders, making him practically similar to Jamatos, as well as his ruthless aims to do anything to win, technically Beroba is also one of the Rider sponsors, so Geats and Buffa rivalry extends to even their sponsors. Sponsors' influences are further shown in Jean giving Ace a secret mission that returns his primary Buckle Magnum, and holding a gun that is potentially a new Raise Buckle. The sponsor's influence is still on equal grounds with other sponsors though, like Kousei ensuring to Irumi that Neon'd prevail with a powerful supporter.

I'm curious to find out about the sponsors' deal, what's their stake in the DGP and reason for supporting their respective Riders. Kousei probably had no choice but to tell Irumi now, since Neon's communal living would've needed to be explained to stop her from freaking out even further. Although, maybe finding out her daughter is involved in a death game is actually more stressful than not knowing? Good for Neon anyway, standing up to her and asserting her independence. Irumi shrugging off Sara's welfare is terrible, as Sara is one of Neon's most loyal fans.

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Originally Posted by StardustWhip

Agreed; I definitely would've preferred if the reveal came for us, the IRL audience, at the same time as it did for the characters. Plus, it felt (at least to me) like there wasn't much evidence prior to this episode that pointed towards Sae being the Desire Star? If anything, Neon was my next prediction after Daichi was revealed to not be Desire Star, followed by Ace.

I thought maybe Tycoon could've used his cloning ninjutsu to throw the apple bomb without blowing his cover, tricking Ace to suspect Neon and Sae, considering how hard last episode tried to make us think Keiwa was innocent and how he's the only one in this episode without any votes against him. But yeah, looks like Sae was the Desire Star all along.