[DreadBringer]

The current victim of the week, Yahiko Sujimoto, is rather different compared to Hajime or Sachika. He's seemingly a thug who attempts to attack Shoma for accidentally splashing his gummy at him. However, when Shoma actually faints, Sujimoto feeds Shoma and explains about proper eating in his rough way. It turns out that he really is a thug who wants to steal and gets Shoma to help him, although it's for noble intentions of repaying the man who took him from the streets. But many criminals can do their crimes for noble intentions.

Criminals like Sujimoto are also typically treated as obvious "others" or "monsters" who need to be purged by society, not only the monster species like Shoma as a half-Granute. Good and bad come from the same place, from humans in this case; they all have a capacity for both good and bad. Separating the bad humans as "monsters" would only divert attention away from human issues and perpetuate bad deeds. Acknowledging how they're the same humans can lead to awareness of factors that lead to harmful actions and take steps to prevent them.

As someone who gives chances to Granutes to walk away despite their crimes, Shoma disapproves of Sujimoto's actions, and Sujimoto can't resist due to Shoma's superhuman strength. But Shoma also tries to reason with him about the reason for Sujimoto committing crimes (to which he gets an honest answer) and saves him from Granute Bon. For the capacity of both good and bad, Sujimoto realizes the error of his ways when he learns his boss took him not to be repaid, unlike Sujimoto feeding Shoma, and he changes for the better.

About someone kind and heroic being often said to be only suspect to be taken advantage of, Shoma objects to that where being kind isn't only about helping anyone near you, but also about preventing wrongdoings. Because as he said, even if Sujimoto is helped, he'd harm Yamada. This also should mean that kind people should reject themselves being hurt by the people who take advantage of them, as it would perpetuate their crimes. Otherwise, Sujimoto makes Shoma realize that he's eating snacks to cope over Michiru's fate.

Hanto already knows both Sachika and Ritsu, with Sachika nicknaming him Hunty. Hanto seems to be a bit standoffish to keep his distance away from both girls, as well as arguing with Kenzo Suga at the end over the Kamen Rider topic. Wonder how useful Kenzo would be as a scientist in toku. I still wonder who posts Gavv's fighting on social media; it's done during Gavv's fight so that Sachika can track him, and Hanto finally can see Gavv.