[Zolda]

Lachesis shows her true colors when she states her intention of betraying Glion. Although, she's kinda disappointed in Minato on how he didn't go straight betraying him. Now that Minato is pretty much powerless, who is she gonna join forces with? Houtarou and his club? I hypothesized about her and Minato joining forces and secretly sabotaging Glion's plans for several episodes, but I was wrong. It turns out her true intention is outed by Glion effortlessly in this episode. Sigh. Another underwhelming development that had a great potential. It could be better.

As stated @ 08:30, the chemistry that Glion has been waiting for for 10 years is the opening of the door of darkness via the fusion of all 10 level 10/level X RCC's. He says that the door is made of all those RCC's, of which he already has 8. One of the remaining Chemies (Dragonalos, Fantastic 10) is actually stored inside his beloved Rubik's cube. That's probably what has powered his cube all this time. Funnily enough, in several cultures the letter X can also mean death.

Dragon Malgam states @ 14:54 that Dragonalos and Gaiard were the first Chemies created and were the basis for the later level 10 Chemies. It's thematically consistent where dragons are often depicted as mythical creatures with great destructive power, and Gaia/the Earth is the place of the creation of life. The fusion of Dragonalos and Gaiard is the fusion of the power of destruction and creation. I wonder if KR Gotchard can actually access these RCC's. It'd be better if these RCC's are used by the new villain Rider, preferably the user of the ancient Driver I've been hypothesizing since episode 12 here because they fit nicely with the theme of ancient, primordial forces. Perhaps Houtarou's dad will finally show his face?

As Dragon Malgam overwhelms all the Riders, Fuga appears and transforms into the new Rider, KR Wind, which fits his name. It's visually similar to KR Majade due to the use of the same attachment unit. He manages to defeat Dragon Malgam and reclaim the Dragonalos RCC and Gaiard RCC, buuuutttt... He dies (again!) after being stabbed in the back by Glion?! I don't buy it. Like I've said several times, this man's got many tricks up his sleeves. As implied by himself @ 21:04 and stated by Isaac @ 21:50, he may be using a surrogate/prosthetic body, probably created via similar alchemical methods as Glion's homunculi. That kinda explains his "death" in episode 1 where he was seemingly disintegrated by The Sisters. What was destroyed was merely one of his surrogate bodies. He can simply activate a new one if the current one is destroyed in a mission. His real body may be stored somewhere else, hidden from anyone's view. As I hypothesized back in episode 4 here, his modus operandi is likely similar to Sennin/Edith's from KR Ghost. Oh, and I smell there's a TTFC-exclusive spin-off/miniseries coming that will focus on Fuga/KR Wind and his backstory. It's like what they did with KR Vail: Tease a new Rider with a nice costume for just one episode in the series, and his real action is actually in the TTFC-exclusive spin-off/miniseries. If that's indeed the case, then I hope it will also hint on Houtarou's dad and his connection to the story. That, or Fuga will simply reappear with a new surrogate body in later episodes, haha.

Next week:

The decisive battle for the fate of the world! What's actually the door of darkness that Glion has been hyping up? What power does it grant to the person who opens it? Can it actually grant someone the total control of the Ouroboros? Glion will also debut as KR Dread Type 2 (using Repli Steamliner and Repli Daiohni cards) whose left hand looks like KR Beast's Buffa Mantle.

This episode will be the debut of Cross Hopper (Hopper1's level 10 evolved form) and KR Platinum Gotchard. How does Hopper1 evolve into Cross Hopper? Hopper1 and the other Chemies used by Glion to open the door of darkness are seemingly "dead" and disposed of in the Ouroboros world. Houtarou will probably somehow find a way to revive those Chemies and their revival helps evolving Hopper1 into Cross Hopper.