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So Fire Gotchard's finisher has a downside as well, that if he charges up but aborts, then the accumulated thermal energy has to go somewhere and ends up overheating the system. Makes sense.

More evidence that Minato is secretly still a good guy, as he gives Rinne an approving look after hearing her conclusion about making her own rules. With Rinne introducing the Chemy Capture Perk to Kitchen Ichinose Alliance, she's kind of like the leader now. Since her broken state in Episode 4, Rinne has grown a lot, in a way that doesn't change what she values but merely redefines them instead and I appreciate that. She still cares about the rules, like Fuga taught her, but now she's using critical thinking to decide what rules are worth following, like Fuga did. To value the rules, you have to know why they're important and when it's necessary to break them.

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That's got to be one of the best female Rider debuts of all time.

Maybe even the best. Character development, bad*ss fight scene, cool suit.... What more could we want, right?

Anyway, time for Secondary Rider statistics! At Episode 19, Majade ties with Accel and Zeronos for second latest debut, after Gatack at 22. She's also tied for youngest with Meteor. And of course, she's currently the only female Secondary Rider in history.

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Originally Posted by Zolda

How comfortable my life would be if I could transform a bunch of liquids into fried chicken, haha.

The true purpose of alchemy.

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KR Majade's proper debut is nice, but I think the fighting style doesn't quite match Rinne's personality. It's too athletic. It makes her look like a femme fatale, not a high schooler. I think the fighting style that matches Rinne's personality is a simple, graceful one with more focus on her alchemy power and less focus on acrobatic moves. I understand that the reasoning is to make a bombastic debut that's nice to look at, but it just doesn't fit the character's personality.

Looks like Shimozono Ayumi was cast specifically for Majade's leg-focused fighting style, which is pretty much identical to Kirama Pink's. While Rinne's alchemy skill is more highlighted, there's nothing to suggest that she can't also be athletic, or even that a high school girl shouldn't be athletic, since you basically just described a cheerleader like Miu.

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Lachesis displays some kind of jealousy when she sees Glion is favoring Atropos over the other Sisters. Could she be the first one to rebel against Glion's orders?

The order of Geryon's parental favoritism seems to be Atropos > Clotho > Lachesis. I speculated before that Atropos' childish appearance makes it easier for her to manipulate people, so maybe Geryon only made Atropos to look that way with the intention of a daughter, while he made Clotho and Lachesis to serve as tools.

Well, next episode involves Spanner's parents, so I guess that might be a subject that Lachesis will try and learn more about. I think it's pretty cool how each of the Dark Sisters has their own rivalry with one of the main 3 Riders, so they can develop alongside them.

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Episode 20 (or 21) is probably Spanner's debut as KR Valvarad.

I'd guess 21, since there's no sign of our ValvaRider in the preview. Better to give Majade more time to shine before she becomes last week's news.