[DreadBringer]

Little recap, new villains.

It seems that Suga was the main antagonist in the previous arc, the one behind the Bitter Gavvs. With his demise, they feature the Stomachs again. Now there's another side of them when the Jardac family comes. They are the rulers of the Granute World, and even Lango fears them, willing to observe the human world at Bocca's command for the sake of his daughter, Liselle. The Stomach family has been humbled now, including Jeebh’s marriage to Liselle.

Jeebh actually harbors clear contempt for Lango, and his motivation for marrying Liselle appears to be a way to get back at him. Conversations between Glotta and Nyelv suggest that Jeebh has a contempt for them as well. It seems that Glotta may not genuinely love them despite showing affection and reprimanding Lango for banishing them, particularly with her rather cold comment upon Jeebh's return.

The Stomachs have issues with authority, but it seems the rulers of the Granute World and their family are also evil. While they do not hunt humans like the Stomachs, they view the human world with curiosity and seem indifferent to its inhabitants' suffering, just wanting to do whatever they want. They also abuse their status against the Granute citizens. Dunno if the Granutes would be like normal citizens by this.

Jeebh claims he only intends to use Liselle as leverage against Lango, given that she is the president's daughter, yet they appear to be quite affectionate. Liselle seems to genuinely like him. After Bitter Gavv's demise, guess Liselle's someone to fill that void. Much like Shoma, she is fascinated by the human world, but she seeks excitement, even picking fights by the end of the episode. She resembles a darker version of Shoma, similar to the Bitter Gavv.

Sachika plays a role in the basketball match, but despite capturing the Gochizo in the previous episode, she struggles to perform well. Shoma and Rakia obviously would easily win since they are Granutes, though Shoma can be oblivious and even attempts to score in the wrong basket. During the confrontation between Shoma, Rakia, and Ochiru, popcorn functions like mines. I expected Vram to break the tree with his swing, but the popcorn’s function was highlighted instead.

Sachika tells the Jieis’ team that she would help as long as they pay, something she finds shameful to admit to Shoma, but boasts about to the team. This doesn't sound like genuinely being helpful outside to the main cast, though something like Shotaro is also getting paid to resolve the problems reported to the Agency, albeit perhaps Sachika’s quest to find the missing Jieis may not strictly be part of her job.

Hanto now embarks on a journey to investigate Michiru's family background. For a series that embraces the spirit of Showa, it seems that everyone else’s actions must relate to the main protagonist’s issues. In the initial recap, while Hanto makes peace with the Granutes, such as Rakia and Dente, he can still be hostile—especially towards Rakia for eating rocks—but remains courteous with Dente.