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Yo, Nippon Ichi!

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Originally Posted by Zolda

Renge turned out to be goofier than I thought she was. She's like the JK of this show, while Sabimaru is the Tomoko. Tomoko also frequently carried an iPad around. It'd be interesting to see who could be the Ohsugi of this show. Ohsugi is my favorite comic relief in the whole Kamen Rider franchise.

Weird how Renge and Sabimaru here make Houtarou look like the sane one of the three. Renge is randomly dressed like Alain, while Sabimaru is even more shy than Daishinji. With these people as peers, I can kind of understand why Rinne is often exasperated.

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Originally Posted by Sunred

The weapon name Gatcha Tornado and the use of Kamantis put together is an unexpected reference to Kamen Rider Chalice.

Nice observation!

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Originally Posted by DreadBringer

The MOTW part do highlight the human malice more in them latching on the miserable humans who wish harm upon others and giving them the power to act upon it. I don't know why there has to be an MOTW that just exists to be creepy towards Rinne though, won't look good for the series image.

Human malice would naturally include behaviors like lust, so it makes sense that a Malgam similar to Spider Fangire would exist.

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Originally Posted by Enppu

I just do not care for the philosophical arguing between Hotaro and Spanner (can't believe that's his name) this early on in the show. Part of that is absolutely due to their personalities, but I also know next to nothing about them, their world, or the Chemies.

Yeah, the philosophical conflict here needs to be a little deeper to intrigue me. Spanner (a name perfectly befitting his motif) reminded me of Isamu before, but now he reminds me of Makoto in early Ghost, where he would just show up to bully Takeru, insult his idealism and attempt to steal his Heroic Eyecons. However, while Takeru and Makoto are childhood friends/cousins, Houtarou and Spanner are total strangers, so their dynamic is pretty weak so far. The scene does show off more of Houtarou's athletic skills though, so I like it for that.

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Originally Posted by Enppu

So far Hotaro and his goal of befriending all the Chemies has just come off as annoying. At least Fourze had such a goofy and lovable lead in Gentarou, that you just couldn't help but believe in him.

Lovable is subjective, but I don't think you can say that Houtarou isn't goofy. He's got to be the goofiest Reiwa Primary Rider yet. His goal of befriending all the Chemies is good, but the main problem as explored in this episode is how he doesn't think about getting to know them properly first. Maybe that makes him a little annoying sometimes, but you know, that means he has room for character development, whereas Gentarou didn't change much since he was already a friendship expert, he already found his "Gotcha".