[Frontier]

SKIP is out in the field and investigating tremors around construction going on in the city! Could it be a Kaiju? Probably!

I mean, Ishido's been with you guys for like 10 episodes, I think that's enough time to be part of the team. You even became VTubers together!

Oka-Gubila! The Ancient Underground Monster! Which I guess means he's a Gubila variant that prefers the Earth to the sea!

But if you thought this was a Gubila episode, you'd be wrong, as instead it's an episode all about the Arc original robot and the only remaining thing in the OP we've yet to see...Givas, the Mechanical Colossus, who has an ear-screeching call out of its name, a piledriver that can match Gubila's drill, an alternate form with a chest claw that can grab you and bring you in close, and even the ability to throw Arc's Ultra Slash back at him. He made Arc bleed!!!

And caught in the middle of this massive fracas is siblings Yumi and Dai, and Yumi despite her young age is the best big sister ever, being there for her little bro when he needs her the most and protecting him from Kaiju! And the first sign that there's more to Givas than fighting is when he steps in to defend the kids!

No time for a flashy transformation, just use Lunar armor and block an attack to save some kids!

Oka-Gubila: "Screw you guys, I'm going home!"

Well, yeah, SKIP is more like a civilian team so it figures they would have to field the calls from the terrified populace than actually do anything about Givas like the GDF is.

I don't get the sense Givas is there for an invasion. I get the sense that it's looking for something to fight (which is why it's in standby mode) and is ALSO meant to be seen as an enemy for people to rally around and defeat?

Oh hey, Numa! Did he offer any insight into Givas or was he just there because he's living at the Science Division?

Yuma runs on emotion, Ishido runs on logic, but that also means Yuma runs his mouth and denies that Ishido was ever really a part of SKIP. Jeez. And what a way to end the episode on with depressed Yuma.