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Originally Posted by Zolda

Shouma and Lage 9/KR Vram gets into a fight, and @ 11:28 Lage 9/KR Vram is trying to take Shouma's Henshin Belt Gavv but is unable to remove it because it's directly attached to Shouma's digestive system, and concludes that Shouma is indeed a Granute in the shape of a human.

Shouma getting repeatedly yanked in the air by his Gavv looked painful as hell!

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Originally Posted by Zolda

Oh, and Sachika is the most irrelevant heroine in this franchise's history. I'm afraid that she'd be given a Rider power just to make her more relevant to the story, like the Revice writers did to Aguilera.

Except that Aguilera only became irrelevant since she was forced to live after losing her purpose in life. Sachika lives to make others happy, mostly through jobs involving physical labor, so becoming a Rider would be an appropriate choice.

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Originally Posted by Mesnick

But the main event of the episode is, of course, Lage?s past. Well, it's tragic, as you'd expect from a tertiary rider. At a minimum, Shoma and Hanto were completely helpless and could not save their mothers, unlike the adult, albeit very busy, Lage9.

Good point. Lakia's grief is different from Shouma's and Hanto's, as he feels like he failed in his responsibility as a big brother. Furthermore, the fact that the Amarga parents are stated and shown to be absent implies that just like Hanto, Lakia had already lost his parents before losing Comel to the trap of the Dark Snacks.

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Originally Posted by DreadBringer

Turns out Shoma still attempts to reason with Vram, trying to dissuade him from trying to impress the Stomach family. Shoma appears to be more tolerant of Vram compared to Rojoe.

Vram didn't need to worry about hiding his true feelings from Gavv, since he was clearly winning that fight and his admission that he doesn't give a damn about the Dark Snacks already makes him a more credible source than Rojoe who's been eating them for 20 years. Addicts are known to be habitual liars after all.

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Originally Posted by Sunred

I have a feeling Vlam might become the Saikou to Gavv's Saber with Valen being Blades in this case for the next few episodes.

Agreed.

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Originally Posted by Fish Sandwich

It's also sort of nuts how quickly the show was able to start building up a dynamic between Gavv and Vram just by getting Valen out of the picture for a single episode. Hopefully Hanto isn't the jealous type!

Hanto just needs to remember that he is a journalist and that he should get the full story first before jumping to a dangerous conclusion about Shouma's sudden affiliation with Lakia.

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Originally Posted by Mesnick

But given Vram`s hatred for Stomatch Inc., will Shoma find himself in a situation where he has secrets from both allies that could turn them into his enemies? Add to this Hanto's hatred of Granutes and it turns out that it will be very difficult for the three riders to find a common language. The problem with secrets is that keeping them too long is just as dangerous as revealing them too early. Shoma has already missed the best chance with Valen, let's see what happens with Vram.

Possibly. Shouma's trying so hard to befriend these two guys on opposite sides while stepping lightly around their traumatic feelings that he risks turning them both in to his enemies by omitting too much information. He needs to stop worrying about the consequences so much and just be straight with them.