[FairyKing]

Maybe it's just a quirk of the fan-translation that I watched, but I found it interesting that Shoma referred to the Gochizo as his "minions" rather than friends or partners. It makes sense with how many he can make (though I bet not having any of the flavor he needs will be used to put him in a pinch at some point), and more importantly with how he treats them as expendable! I was worried he would repeat the "befriend the collectable monsters" gimmick Houtaro did, but it's actually very different. He also said "I can use these too," and I wonder if that implies other Granutes can also create and use minions?

And IDK how reliable it is, but I read on the wiki that the Gochizos are voiced by the same actors as the masked agents of the Stomach family (although heavily edited). So until we learn otherwise, my theory is that those agents are the Stomachs' equivalent to Gochizos, created when a full-blooded Granute eats humans in the same way Gochizos are created when a hybrid like Shoma eats snacks.