[Kiwami]

Funny since it's a Rider with sweets and snacks as a theme, but still, this show has me all Gordon Ramsay: "Finally, some good fucking food."

Gavv is excellent so far, the first five episodes which are build to make us familiar with its setting an characters are amazing. Now it's time to set the status-quo and enter the secondary Rider, I'm excited.

As for this episode specifically: I'm amazed that Granute society is a thing and that Stomahc Inc. is not at the top of it all? Like, I expected them to just go the easy way and be like "all the Granute are evil", because it's a kids show after all, why even bother. But no, the Granute have their own world, they have authorities opposing the bad guys, and Stomach Inc. is trying to take control by making the rich and powerful addicted to their Dark Treats. That's so cool!

And man do we get some back-story right here: We see the father of the Stomach family for the first time; we meet Dente, Shouma's grand-uncle who's actually responsible for creating the red Gavv and the Dark Treat production technology. So creating minions really does run in the family, again, that's so cool. And wow the scenes with Shouma and Dente hit really hard. Dente is all friendly and wholesome, but can't even grasp how horrible the situation was for Shouma and his mother.

I adore how they set up Shouma's main drive: He was afraid to make people around him happy so that they won't be targeted by the Granute, but realized that's no way forward, he needs to protect those who are happy. And find his own way to live.

The action scene was super fun also, as a moderate spicy chips addict I love the fire upgrade. Having a bad guy interrupt the interaction with the belt, and then using said bad guy to crank the handle by spinning oneself around was so creative and fun.

Yeah, can't state it enough: Gavv is an absolute winner of a show so far. Easily on track to become my favorite Reiwa entry, and a high contender for spot on the podium for best show overall. Please keep the quality this high, please!

PS. Another appearance of a King-Ohger vinyl toy. I love it!