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Originally Posted by 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.

If Lachesis is going to team up with anybody, it's got to be her rival Spanner, right? He did just save her life and as a Kamen Rider, he may have proven himself worthy of her respect.

I wonder if Atropos really feels no love towards Lachesis, or if she's just forcing herself to be cold to refute Rinne's claim that she desires friendship. This must be why Geryon favors her among the Dark Sisters, while Clotho clearly doesn't want to see Lachesis get hurt and only goes along out of the same fear that Lachesis feels.

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Originally Posted by Zolda

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?

Majade specializes in the Fantastic and Cosmic categories, so I think it would make sense if she ended up using Dragonalos and Gaiard for her Final Form. If Dragonalos represents destruction, then I guess he would be symbolic of the Norse world serpent, Jormungandr, as well as the Ouroboros. Surprisingly, Gaiard is male, with a super deep voice that caught me off guard for sure!

Humorous how Geryon is still after Houtarou's GotcharDriver to complete the door of darkness, even though there are now 4 of them with Wind's debut. Geryon should seriously just make his own at this point, since he already has full access to Alchemy Academy's resources!

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Originally Posted by Mesnick

Regarding the 26th episode. I expected a denouement in it, but it turned out to be only a prologue. We learned a little about the history and hierarchy of Chemies. Kamen Rider Wind performed beautifully, but quickly left. Geryon won as befits a villain: with a sneaky stab in the back. We were also told that Fuuga was an alchemically created double. I assume that the person who died in the first episode was the same. This means that his words to his daughter are not consolation or meta-commentary, but the truth, because the real Fuuga is most likely still hiding somewhere.
As to why he didn't use his power earlier. Fuuga talked a lot about young people who should realize their dreams, which means he wanted to prepare them, not overshadow them. The show states quite confidently that it is what you create that is valuable (the example with the igniter earlier), so if the Wind did all the hard work, then the young riders would not get anywhere. Also, I'm not sure that Fuuga is capable of fighting for a long time and often. Age and forbidden alchemy have a bad effect on health (I?m sure in the future they will show how Geryon pays for his power).

Wind even tells Dragonalos Malgam that relying too much on Chemies is no good unless the body and will are strong as well. This would explain why Iron Gotchard performs poorly, since Houtarou is still recovering from his previous fight and Rinne insisted that he only henshin as a last resort. Using alchemy costs power, so I presume Fuuga's artificial body has a similar limitation. Intriguing how Wind specializes in the same two categories as Majade but uses 9+1 cards like Gotchard SteamHopper.