[DreadBringer]

Someone's returning as expected.

By this episode, Sachika doesn’t actually fully understand the severity of Stomach Inc.’s crimes, and she indeed hasn’t faced enough hardship to grasp the pain that the three Riders feel from losing their loved ones, as she felt in episode 8. I hope this leads Sachika to vow to make everyone happy by directly confronting Stomach Inc.’s crimes, rather than just focusing on her job at Hapipare. I also wonder if her feelings toward Lango will resurface from their previous encounter.

Shoma seems to be better at handling grief than Sachika. He remains upbeat and acts as a support for everyone, encouraging them to keep eating the pudding they had planned to share with Dente in his memory. This offends Rakia, who believes that Shoma does not view his granduncle as significant. Rakia thinks that showing the importance of loved ones requires expressing hatred and a desire for revenge, a perspective that many people share.

Rakia too moves on from revenge, despite seemingly that he'd have his vow to avenge Comel's murderer validated. He is inspired by how Shoma considers Dente an ally, even after having caused him pain, in contrast to his own fixation on fulfilling his grudge. It seems that Rakia manages to let go of his revenge more quickly than Hanto, despite Rakia having turned villainous in the name of revenge. Notably, the antidote is not used here, even though Dente has completed it.

Although Vram's usually the aura farm guy, his A La Mode's debut isn’t particularly impressive after the battle with Gavv Over/Master Mode. It only seems to match the level of CaKing, so it'd explain. Vram faces defeat again against Glotta even as Jelly. He received help from CaKing to overwhelm Glotta’s reflection, although it’s clear he had the upper hand when fighting Glotta alone. As mentioned, he uses a suit from Gaim, specifically Z̶a̶n̶g̶e̶t̶s̶u̶Mars's shield.

Turns out Lango survives despite previously appearing to explode. Glotta finally admits to feeling lonely. However, she still maintains a low opinion of humans or the Granutes who are weak in her eyes, like the Amarga family, and cannot comprehend why she would lose to them. Lango, who has always been the most aloof and distant member of the family, vows to rebuild the Stomach family. For once, Lizel supports Glotta by providing her with the tool needed to fulfill Jaldak’s demands: Lango's toxin.