[DreadBringer]

I thought Gigist lasted for a shorter time than I expected, similar to Geryon before. However, he survived and it turns out that he is the lowest ranked among the other Abyssail Kings, Germain and Gaelijah. Germain is introduced more, expressing his desire to lead humans and Chemies to a particular path. He views dolls, including Geryon, as tasty foods. As a result, Atropos opposes them to get Geryon back, and even Clotho is upset.

Germain's casual and flamboyant personality gives me vibes similar to Evolt. He claims to love humanity and Chemies, but not dolls. However, it seems more like he thinks that both humans and Chemies are inherently destructive and must embrace it by becoming Malgams. This gives me vibes similar to Daguva from Kuuga, who wanted to make humans violent.

Apart from their lonely past, Atropos has something in common with Rinne again, as both long for their father. She informs Rinne that Fuga is in danger. Fuga's real body is shown, injured from episode 1, and he has to send clones to interact, reaching his limit. Of course Rinne's going to use this chance to stop Atropos from her villainy, although it's unknown how this will unfold later.

Supana still thinks that Chemies are only tools for fighting, which caused Nijigon to wander off on his own, depriving Gotchard of the necessary Rainbow Gotchard against the progenitor of alchemy. He would claim that he only saves Lachesis for Kyoka's sake and her research.

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Originally Posted by Sh Ranger

Yeah, like, it generally makes sense for the Riders in this show to be Riders. The only Rider villain is Dread who appeared second after Gotchard, as the Dark Sisters got inside help from Alchemist Union. Fitting that Dread has teamed up with Gotchard once, with Clotho as the user. The Dark Kings are the source of the Malgams, so it makes sense for them to resemble their creations, in contrast to Riders being something with a human touch. Feels truer to the philosophy than say, Solomon.

This is the reason why shows like Ryuki got hate when debuted and can still got deemed as only being edgy for the sake of it. Though I'm of course someone who isn't pleased with Isaac (not Sabi's AI companion) becoming a Rider, Solomon as you said here, even though Saber's technically a show that employs many Riders too.

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Originally Posted by Sh Ranger

Intriguing how there's a conflict between Gigist and his fellow kings based on how Germain dismisses his desire to understand humans as useless, much like how the Alchemy Union see Chemies. Gigist really is the Houtarou of this trio, while Germain is the Spanner, zealously attached to his rigid impersonal values in a way that's likely to bite him later. If Gigist is capable of acknowledging his mistakes and learning from them even a little, then perhaps he may find a way back on top of the villains.

I feel like the real evil version of Supana is Licht Kugimiya, who had really similar demeanor of dismissing Chemies while looking down on those who oppose his view (like Houtaro), but took it to the point that he escalated his hostility to become an actual villain - Geats Killer (because Ace Killer is Ultraman-owned). Even Supana felt Kugimiya was going too far back then. Guess it's more than just having rigid impersonal values, he's exactly the same in the other aspect too.