[DreadBringer]

Not only the Gochizos, how the Riders are named is done in-universe too.

Not only about losing their family or getting surgeries from a sus scientist, Shoma and Hanto are pretty much acting the same way in trying to hide their Rider identities and also their embarrassment in how they act to each other including their names. Otherwise, as they don't know yet about their truths, they think they're the same as each other, where Gavv thinks Valen is a modified Granute done by Dente (thus he has Gochizos), while Valen thinks Gavv is a modified human experimented on by Suga, etc.

So Hanto is still his swell self when dealing with humans, like of course his embarrassments above when he interacts with Shoma in Hapipare, still awkwardly laughing with each other. But when he confronts Glotta, he seems to have a prejudice against the Granutes, wanting all of them to die, not exclusively the ones that murdered his mom and mentor. Wonder if he learns that Granutes are a normal society that is threatened by Stomach Inc. too later, or even if he knows Shoma is one too.

So like Takebe's previous food series Gaim, Shoma's superhuman strength can cause trouble when he tries to help too, just like when Kouta tried his Gaim powers in his jobs in ep. 2. Sachika now has to teach Shoma the basics, and it's revealed she does learn a lot of stuff for her handyman job. Fortunately for Shoma, one of the patrons Tamaki Tatehori is pleased with Shoma's ability to break stuff. Tamaki's first shot of the location on the statue she's sawing with is insane stuff though.

Sachika's flaw so far seems to be similar to Ikki's busybody or early Keiwa's platitude stuff, that Sachika just keeps going on trying to help in what she thinks is best for that person, like giving Suetsugu Egawa snacks or praising their work. It's a dick move for Suetsugu to splash Sachika with paint for this, but this is also something Sachika needs to work on. And next week, likely she quickly learned about Granutes and also the Riders (with the selfies). So far, it's claimed that her bringing joy to people runs on the family, with her also having her grandaunt introduced, like Shoma's Dente, Masako Takarayashiki.

The earlier granduncle Dente now has an upgrade to Shoma by giving him a Gochizo memory reader to record what the Gochizos have seen, letting him show evidence against Granutes that deny their identity and crimes, like Katsumi Iwashimizu a.k.a Granute Dean. While for now, Suga can only hope that Hanto brings Gavv with him, which he declines. Gavv has another form debut here, Chocodan, and like Valen, he's armed with long-ranged Chocodangun, but with a different finisher.

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Originally Posted by gashatfreak

And judging from the preview, yeah I think Sachika is absolutely gonna encounter her first Granute, seeing as how really mad she sounds upon the idea of swindling people's happiness. She actually provides an interesting foil to the Granutes in that her organisation is genuinely devoted to giving people joy while Stomach Inc only makes people happy to turn them into spices.

Dunno if it's Stomach Inc general to make people happy, or it's just some part-timers strategy to disguise themselves. They seem to just target humans that seem happy. Though this may be a foil in how they make Granutes "happy" by making them addicted to Dark Treats. And she has to be careful now about making people happy, as it can endanger them. Like Shoma in ep. 5. Unless she has full faith on Riders would be able to fend them off.

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Originally Posted by Kiwami

At first I was all for it, then I saw what Hanto went through, and now I don't want Sachiko to get hurt.

In my mind I'm seeing her adopted by Stomach Inc. and turned into a puppet at first or something, please no.

I don't exactly agree with the mindset that one needs to be harmed or suffer to be good, but likely Sachika should be agreeing to throw herself to harms way, if it means she can advance her goal on bringing joy, unless later the toku scientists like Dente or Suga manage to develop a harmless henshin device, in case she becomes a Rider. Then she'd be like the heisei lead Riders' debuts

Dunno honestly why the Sachika talks are all about what'd happen to her, not about what'd she do. While people often complain about female's agency, this talks doesn't seem to give her one, tbh, mostly about worrying if she'd be a victim.