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Originally Posted by Zolda

The very very very late crucial revelation in this episode happens @ 07:04 when it's shown that Houtarou's dad had already been absent (missing? dead?) since 10 years ago, not recently. I thought his dad's disappearance happened only 2 or 3 years ago. But, as shown in that scene, he's been missing since 10 years ago. Maaaannn... His circumstance is getting weirder and weirder with each new episode. If he'd been absent 10 years ago, then how did Kid Houtarou end up in the Ouroboros world in episode 18? How could Kid Houtarou be very familiar with alchemy and Chemies, especially Hopper1 and Steamliner? I don't think Kid Houtarou could randomly be stranded in the Ouroboros world (where Fuga was researching Gotchardriver) without his dad's involvement. Or did Kid Houtarou's scene in episode 18 happen before his dad disappearance? I rewatched episode 18 to find new hints whether Fuga had already acquainted with Kid Houtarou (and thus his dad), but it didn't seem like Fuga had known Kid Houtarou that well.

Nijigon can eggify Houtarou and teleport him, so I guess that might explain how Houtarou ended up in Ouroboros World. Maybe Nijigon took pity on kid Houtarou after his father allegedly left, so he decided to introduce him to his 100 friends to help cheer him up.

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Originally Posted by Zolda

Clotho doubts that turning Houtarou into a Malgam will be that easy, but she's silenced by Atropos. Atropos asks whether it's possible to revive Glion if Gigist is able to reclaim the Nijigon egg, which is replied with a dismissal from Gigist who says that Atropos feeling as a homunculus doll who long for a parental figure is a mere insignificant, sham existence. Atropos doesn't seem to like Gigist reply to her request, so maybe she will ultimately betray him?

I like how Clotho questions if Houtarou is the kind of person who can be turned in to a Malgam. Shows that their teamup against Hundred had a strong impact on her, compared to before where Clotho would dismiss Houtarou as weak.

Maybe Gigist is even counting on Atropos to betray him? If he understands Atropos' desire to meet Geryon, then he should also understand how his response here would tick off Atropos.

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Originally Posted by Zolda

A random kid who left his toy earlier at the crime scene then also conveniently (re)appears out of nowhere in the midst of a battle to turn himself (and his mom) into willing hostages, haha.

Feels like the stegosaurus plushie is a consolation for the lack of stegosaurus in the Ancient Chemy category.

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Originally Posted by Enchilada645

I'm glad I watch the raw video and then subs, and now that I'm keeping up I can have my heart torn apart twice within the span of 24hours! No true words, only feelings cause man... they played with my emotions like a fiddle at the end there.

The subs were up quick this week, especially compared to last week. It's fine either way, I understand that subbers are humans and have real life stuff to deal with sometimes and I'm grateful for all their hard work. Also, your heart must have been torn 4 times, since you watched the death of Antrooper and Hopper1 twice each.

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Originally Posted by Enchilada645

Just an incredible episode, the directing was on point, on the writing side though Akiko Inoue you know how to make people suffer. Though the idea of a Hopper Malgam was tossed around since Episode 3-4 when it comes to the production side of things. There's a lot of fun stuff in those post episode blogs so I'd suggest seeking them out and translating or finding translations elsewhere. This week they got into what it means to defeat a monster, to fight, to decide that finishing blow, real good stuff.

Yeah, I've been seeing a guy regularly translating the blogs on reddit and I agree they're always an intriguing read after watching the weekly episode. For how to make people suffer, well, Inoue did learn from the best. I think the tragedy in this show hits hard in contrast to the lighthearted tone and Inoue, much like her father, strives for a balance between comedy and tragedy. The previous episode is a good example of this, starting with Kitchen Ichinose Alliance trying to make Lachesis laugh and ending with Skebows' death, which sets the dark tone for this episode. Iron Gotchard being the one to finish Hopper1 Malgam hurts a lot, since Houtarou and Steamliner have the strongest feelings towards Hopper1. According to the blog, poor Steamliner is crying offscreen as they perform the finisher.

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Originally Posted by Enchilada645

With my rambling out of the way I'll leave this post off with a really cool quote that was said:

?Without rain, there is no rainbow. Cut through the rain and create a rainbow, Kamen Rider!!?

On the other hand, sounds like something Kekera might say.