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Originally Posted by Eclipyon

So, turns out Shoma did create a Gochizo after eating the macaron from last episode. It's just that his Gavv fails to spit the Gochizo out due to stress, causing him to faint...

So Gochizou constipation is now a thing. Considering that Gurucan is heavier than the others, this has the potential to be extremely painful if Shouma eats those while depressed.

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Originally Posted by Sunred

Hanto is shaping up to be secondary rider of the year for this year's end of the year list. Never change, Karakida. Never.

I awarded best main actor to Hino Yusuke, so looks like I made a good choice. Amazing performance as Karakida Hanto!

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Originally Posted by DreadBringer

Hanto still maintains some rationality regarding recent events, but Sachika has a clear advantage in this department. In this episode, it's Sachika who praises Shoma's virtue as someone genuinely wanting to make everyone happy. As a result, her judgment is much less clouded. Hanto, on the other hand, does something inappropriate to expose someone's secrets. It makes me wonder how she would handle a Disney plot twist-style villain who acts good while hiding their true nature, as their actions would inspire faith from others.

As mentioned before, Sachika was smart enough to see through Niwa's catfish scam, so she'd probably be immune to such Disney plot twist villains and love at first sight. She's already known Shouma for almost 6 months, so she can vouch for him being a genuinely good guy and correctly deduce that what's shown on social media is not what it looks like.

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Originally Posted by DreadBringer

I believe Hanto is more in the wrong here since holding prejudice is a dark trait, understanding why Shoma is hesitant to reveal his secrets to him. However, Shoma is also becoming more open about his past, not only to Sachika?who reassures him (as expected, the main Rider-like figure should unconditionally accept him)?but also to Hanto. By the end of the episode, Shoma also reveals to Hanto that he has already met Hanto's mother.

Good to see Shouma finally being comfortable about being honest to Hanto, even volunteering information about his flashback to Sae. I agree that Hanto was wrong for having prejudice, but between his own critical thinking and interaction with Sachika and Lakia, he proves that he's still a good person who won't hold on to bad thoughts when he understands that he was wrong. I still think this could've been prevented if Shouma revealed it sooner, before the thoughts of prejudice developed.

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Originally Posted by DreadBringer

Rakia's plot also continues as he uncovers that Suga is working with Nyelv. He attempts to get Suga to contact Nyelv, who claims he's not affiliated with anyone and only wants to further his research. For Suga, characters like Hanto or Nyelv are merely means to an end.

Suga only wanting to further his research reminds me of Sylens supporting Eclipse to get to HADES without concern for loss of human life.

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Originally Posted by DreadBringer

Well, if a Sachika-kind of person is a male, they would be those who stumble upon a belt and use said power to protect everyone.... like Shinji, Eiji, Takeru, Aruto, etc.

"The person to return home to" kind of reminds me Yukimi, the only non-Rider Igarashi whose personality is similar to Sachika's. However, Yukimi's job is running the sento, which is also her house, whereas Sachika's job takes her to whatever place her clients need her, so she's sometimes not at home to return to. She also does stuff outside of her job, like helping look for Takeshi, so she still seems to be a good fit for a Rider.

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Originally Posted by FairyKing

I really love that Sachika's shirt says "appearances are deceiving" in this scene. It's so perfectly fitting, both for how she's realizing Shouma wasn't what he appeared to be before, and for how she still wants to trust him despite what he appears to be now. Just great attention to detail!

Actually, it says, "Appearances are deceptive", which basically means the same thing but I wanted to point that out.

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Originally Posted by Eclipyon

Another fun note, the episode reveals that Hanto has always assumed Shoma's Gavv is actually a belt. Not surpising, as even a Granute like Rakia has once made the same assumption as well.

Hanto and Lakia were accustomed to seeing organic Gavvs, so yeah, makes sense that they wouldn't associate it with Shouma's prosthetic one. Especially since Kamen Rider Gavv has a belt strap mostly to hold a Gochizou.

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Originally Posted by Eclipyon

I'm good, apologies if the disagreement between me and Zolda from the other threads are derailing the topic. Based on the way Zolda is replying to me, looks like he's the one who'll be doing the blocking.

Happened to DreadBringer 2 years ago. Happened to me yesterday. We should start a club.