[DreadBringer]

The devastating defeat of the final form.

The backstory of Nyelv is shown, where he's dismissed by his grandfather Zomb for being useless and not being like Lango and Glotta. So, he also got a tragic backstory, and for at least Nyelv, his villainy is due to Zomb, not Bouche, wanting to prove Zomb wrong about his capabilities. It's not something from Komura (Bima-X), but the next Bima, Bima-S animation, also features someone not as strong wanting to prove himself with his intellect, but it's a good guy rather than a bad guy.

It can feel that Nyelv is trapping Shoma, but it seems that Nyelv really overestimates himself and Shoma, thinking to just hypnotize Bocca and have Shoma destroy him with his final form. Nyelv has a sinister plan to use the Dark Treats against Granutes to control them, but it's still to benefit Shoma in securing Shoma's position. Hanto obviously would feel this way, which seems to be a good reason why Shoma wouldn't consult others to do this.

Lango actually knows about Nyelv's plan, but he's tolerant of Nyelv working together with Shoma, as even he knows that eliminating Bocca is more important to him, hoping for that to happen, which seems to be why he lets Sachika, Hanto, and Rakia go. But he still confronts a part-timer who follows Nyelv's orders and executes him, which seems contradictory, and got me to think he didn't know about Nyelv's plan.

Nyelv seemingly fighting Shoma in the next episode preview can seem to be easily interpreted as him backstabbing Shoma, which is expected, with Shoma also suspecting him that when he defeats Bocca, but it should be consistent that even for being depraved villains, Lango and Nyelv aren't onboard with Bocca, and that this can be about scheming against Bocca. Jeebh still doesn't fully know about what's happening right now, like Nyelv not answering for his battle data.

I guess Sachika retains her reckless methods in confronting bad guys, in both Hanto and Rakia when confronting Lango or entering the Granute World. But it's good for her to feel sympathy for the part-timer whom Lango executed, not limiting her vow to make everyone happy for Shoma. Though she focuses on ensuring that the main Riders are also happy, in both Shoma and Rakia, despite them potentially sacrificing themselves, as making everyone happy should include them too.

For tension, Over/Master Gavv loses against Bocca, though most of the onscreen fight is against Bocca's agents. Like Lango before, Bocca is about force fields, but is colored blue and is further from his body compared to Lango, and he can also fire beams, small or big ones. Vram aura farmed here to manage to hold on to Bocca's attacks by shielding the cast. Valen carries the MC (literally), but Vram carries the escape.