[gashatfreak]

Oh yeah, I'm gonna watch this one weekly alright. Last show I watched weekly was Revice, and skipped Geats and Gotchard due to burnout (Saber to Revice was way too much to handle). This looks like it'll be a fun show (even though it's impossible to fairly judge from just two episodes), and I really really love how they used potato chips in this form. It's just so creative, from the way the swords broke (Shouma testing it out on random infrasturcture was hilarious and clever) and the finisher, it's such a delight seeing it on screen.

We see in the opening that Sachika, Shouma and Hanto getting along, so I don't think Hanto is gonna be against Shouma as what it seems to be building up towards, at least not for very long. Wouldn't be surprised if Valen's Gochizou is generated by Shouna, because I don't see any other way for Hanto to get his hands on one otherwise.

The characters are fun. It's great to see the kid from last week again, even if his role was a cameo that served to move the plot forward. Good to see Hanto doing actual detective work. Also, Shouma is a bundle of innocence, but is done in a way that doesn't come off as grating. Like, he's an actual good boi. Loving him already.

I do find it darkly hilarious how the monsters Gavv is wiping the floor with are part timers. Like, I'm imagining all these random college students or washed-out middle-aged men just trying to scrape money for their rent or something and then suddenly getting attacked by this random purple guy out of nowhere while they're doing minimum-wage labor. As much as people are meming online about how diabetes would ultimately be the final villain, I wouldn't mind seeing a union or evil work safety group popping up halfway through the season.

Something I found interesting is that everyone is surprised by the red Gavv, even the Stomach Inc. ladies from the preview. So either it's an actual mutation due to Shouma being a human-Granute hybrid, or it's the result of a super secret experiment/weapons project that few or none in Stomach Inc is aware of. Also, they use the term 'Kamen Rider' in the preview as well. I wonder what would lead to Gavv being labelled one.

Anyway, real glad to be back to Kamen Rider after some time.