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Originally Posted by DreadBringer

Though this also happened before, to Michiru, who was clearly miserable, and the Stomachs compressed and murdered her due to her being a human. Nyelv can still be a mastermind with Soji being killed, likely to see and learn the human Kamen Rider project or other evolution, and some think Suga may be involved in this too. Guess gotta wait to know more about this case.

The difference is that we saw Michiru get Hitopressed and snapped by Glotta, whereas Shioya was "killed" offscreen. Why wouldn't they show that, unless they were hiding something? We didn't see him die and we can't trust that the broken Hitopress is real. From a meta perspective, I believe that this is an attempt to deceive the viewer.

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Originally Posted by DreadBringer

Took a long time to do this, after Ryuki introduced henshin items that can be carried around with pocket, which'd be mostly used in most series later. What'd you think about that tarnishing of KR franchise? Even also about non-bug animal motif.

Amazon was the first non-bug Rider though. If it was accepted in Showa, then it should be accepted in Heisei.

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Originally Posted by DreadBringer

While there's nothing wrong in them repeating a common trope, dunno if this can become tiring that Hanto would just be like most other secondaries being revenge-driven and wants to destroy enemies completely type, considering that previously Hanto was seemingly presented as a laid-back secondary unlike most (though Reiwa actually often did this, albeit some who got a heel turn in later story), and he had suffered tragic loss too before, twice in his mother and grandmother.

Which implies even more that his father was already dead, so Hanto has probably lost 4 loved ones so far. He's suffered a lot, but he keeps finding the strength to keep going. Dude's definitely living up to the title of Reiwa V3.

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Originally Posted by Zolda

- The face on the Henshin Belt Gavv is actually Dente's face.

I can kind of see it. Explains why the teeth look bristly, like a whale's.

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Originally Posted by Zolda

- Who was the manipulator? Was it Nyelv (who is also Kenzou like I mentioned in my (outlandish) speculations above)? Was it the reason why Nyelv was holding a broken Hito Press which looked like the bottom half of Mr. Shioya's Hito Press in episode 6 @ 13:16?

Maybe we shouldn't complicate this by assuming Nyelve and Suga are the same person, as we have no evidence of that. Although it's possible they are working together, considering their shared interest in Valen. Based on the possession of the broken Hitopress, I agree that Nyelve is the manipulator.

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Originally Posted by Zolda

- Who broke Mr. Shioya's Hito Press? Was it broken by the manipulator (Nyelv-Kenzou?) or by the captor (the Mushroom Granute)?

- What was the point of the Mushroom Granute submitting Mr. Shioya's (broken) Hito Press to the manipulator (Nyelv-Kenzou)? Was he simply forced by the manipulator (Nyelv-Kenzou)? Did he know that it was part of a plan to manipulate Hanto, which means that Hanto would later suspect him if Mr. Shioya's (broken) Hito Press was conveniently left at the crime scene?

Since the Shioya incident clashes with Granute Otake's usual method, he may have been executing a special request from Nyelve. Why would Otake produce a Hitopress with such low spice value unless he had something else to gain from it? I believe Otake broke it and delivered the bottom half to Nyelve's agent, in exchange for a high yield of Dark Snacks.

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Originally Posted by Zolda

- More importantly, how could those objects (a piece of paper containing the address of the bar, a wallet, a camera, a bag, and Mr. Shioya's broken Hito Press) very conveniently stay in that same open spot without being found by random passers-by?

NPCs can be unobservant. If they don't notice Miho's corpse in Episode Final, then why would they notice a bunch of random items left in a shady place at night?

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Originally Posted by Zolda

This type of robotic, rigid, clumsy writing is so forced and unnatural that it makes the viewers roll their eyes.

Which viewers? This claim needs citation, since you currently seem to be the only eye-rolling viewer here.

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What I've meant by "a higher power/a higher force" in my comments is the writers of this story who love manipulative/unnatural/forced/heavy-handed writing.

I know what you meant.

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Originally Posted by Tokumonkey

That we've clearly seen the other, intact half of Mr. Shioya in the hands of STOMACH suggests that our heroes' understanding of how the process works may be imperfect. I won't be entirely surprised if Valen gets tempted with a way to bring Mr. Shioya back if the two haves are fused back together.

That could make sense. After all, we've never seen if it's possible for a broken Hitopress to be fixed, since Stomach have no incentive to do that. The fact that the victims' pictures stay the same implies that their lives are maybe still preserved until they get sent to the processing plant to become Dark Snacks. Otherwise, there'd be no reason for Nyelve to be holding on to it.