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Originally Posted by Sh Ranger

Surprising to hear Hanto doing the narration this time instead of Shouma. This is a more Hanto-focused episode, so it's cool to hear some of his perspective on recent events. The casual way he opens with "Yo, sup!" and how he talks about his investigation progress is a quick and effective way to distinguish him from Shouma, who's more reserved and doesn't have a clear goal other than taking care of the MOTW.

Intriguing to learn that Hitopressing is apparently a new invention to make abducting humans more discreet and yet despite that discretion, the Granutes have instead become more notorious now than when they were attacking kids' mothers in public. We also learn that the red Gavv is a one-of-a-kind creation, which means that Shouma somehow got it from the Granute Wolf, or.... No, he couldn't be, right?

The Hitopress process has made the kidnappings more rampant precisely due to how it's made kidnappings more convenient for the Granutes. Kidnapping humans without Hitopressing them, not only adult humans but also children or toddlers, would've been far too outrageous and would've risked leaving huge number of evidences. The Hitopress process has made the kidnappings easier and look like mere mysterious disappearance cases, not kidnapping cases.

Regarding Shouma's red Gavv, I have a hypothesis that it was created or at least modified by the Crocodile(?)/Alligator(?) Granute who will appear in episode 5 today, based on the prototype which was worn by the Wolf Granute which could be Father Stomach. Hanto's mom was kidnapped as a test subject in a research effort to create and improve the Hitopress process, and perhaps to improve the design of Shouma's red Gavv as well. The Alligator Granute was likely Shouma's uncle (aka Father Stomach's younger brother) or at least Father Stomach's right-hand man/confidante/consigliere, basically the person in the Stomach corporation/Granute world he trusted the most. He was likely Father Stomach's equivalent of Tom Hagen in The Godfather trilogy.

Based on his friendly manner toward Shouma, the Alligator Granute is likely one of the Granutes who's supported Father Stomach's dream of creating peace and coexistence between Granutes and humans. Father Stomach could have a similar dream like the one the Don Clan had in Donbrothers. Also, based on how Lango addresses Father Stomach as a crazy old man in low regard, Lango (and the other Stomach siblings) likely resented Father Stomach for protecting Shouma and his mom (and all humans). The question is: Where is Mother Stomach? Kinda strange that the Stomach siblings have never brought up her name. Has she also died, or could she be the big bad of this show?