[DreadBringer]

The drama escalates but will quickly come to a resolution in the next episode.

Rakia still lacks complete virtue; he has no attachment to humans, as demonstrated by his advice to Shoma to abandon Hanto, viewing humans as mere burdens. He fights only for revenge and not to protect, unlike Hanto. Seems they give Rakia a zero body count, the way to make it easier for the audience to accept his redemption. People would see him as worse and irredeemable if his victims couldn't be saved, though he still committed the same crime regardless of the outcome. However, just because his actions led to victims doesn’t mean he is irredeemable (which means permanently evil).

Shoma fears revealing his secret to Sachika, but he knows that Hanto has intense hatred for the Granutes, which he expressed to Dente earlier. Shoma views Sachika almost like an angel for taking him in. Naturally, Hanto also cares about Sachika, leading to the inevitable situation where Sachika discovers from Hanto that Shoma is a Granute, warning her not to let him in when he returns home. Even if Shoma tries to hide this truth, others may expose him.

Hanto plans to end his conflict with Shoma upon learning about the news of the disappearing people returning. He thinks reasonably, like Shoma convinced Rakia and his feud with the Stomach family. However, a doppelganger of Shoma is going around stealing food and attacking anyone who tries to restrain him. Consequently, Hanto genuinely believes that Shoma is evil based on his doppelganger's actions, but it's that the next episode will feature both Gavv and Bitter Gavv in the same location.

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Originally Posted by Kiwami

Was asking myself how they would implement Lakia into the opening - and he's chilling at Hapipare! I wonder if this is a bit of foreshadowing, I bet Sachika would gladly welcome and teach him about human culture.

The show has to some point connect between Sachika trying to make other people happy and Granute part-timers (used to be Rakia's "colleagues" and what he still did to infiltrate) trying to make other people happy. And Sachika learning that Rakia can just instantly make people happy... by injecting neurotoxin. I wonder if you or others'd expect Sachika to never know about Rakia's previous crimes (rather like Fumi in Ghost dealing with Alain), I rather hope she does and still welcomes/forgives him.