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Originally Posted by xSauriaNx

I think this episode really solidifies that Valen and Gavv has a level of trust for each other to the point that Gavv has no problems giving Hanto some of the chocodan gochis just 'cause Shouma thought that Valen was like him and can't produce minions...

Those were Chocodons! Chocodan is the milk one that murdered Poppingummy in Episode 7.

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Originally Posted by Zolda

In the scene @ 06:29 Glotta visits Nyelv's lab. She points out her suspicion that he has already known about KR Gavv's and KR Valen's meddling, yet he's failed to disclose that. She suspects that he's plotting something behind her (and Lango's) back. he dismisses her suspicion, and says that his only interest is using KR Gavv (and KR Valen) as pawns in his experiments. It'd be interesting if Glotta (or Lango) actually tests his honesty (and loyalty) by spying on him and or sabotaging his plans.

Seems like investigation would be the only way to expose Nyelve's secret activity. Even though he's totally suspicious and hardly pretending not to be, it would be illegal to fire him without proof of misconduct, especially since Stomach are already deep in to black marketing that they'd want to keep quiet from the government. Nyelve gives me a serious final villain kind of feeling, as the only one uninterested in the company's goal and only using it for his own sake.

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Originally Posted by Eclipyon

Have you ever seen a spider with shell and pincers? That's a hermit crab, man.

The humorous part is how Zolda misidentifies him in the same paragraph where he faults people's observation skills.

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Originally Posted by gashatfreak

I'm starting to suspect that he might acutally be an Agent with a human disguise on. I mean, the Agents don't have belly mouths right?

They don't seem to have free will either, considering their suicidal subservience to their spawners. I think Suga has too much personality to be a mere agent.

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Originally Posted by DreadBringer

When Shoma?s actions blow their cover, he proves to be the quicker one to fold between the two; he?s more of a 'pushover,' often choosing the path that de-escalates the situation. In contrast, Hanto openly expresses his frustration and is bolder in his decisions.

Shouma was forced to risk the safety of Hanto to prevent Yard's escape with the Hitopressed kids, so even though Hanto is bolder and more stubborn, the one who made the important decision here was Shouma and I think he should be respected for that.

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Originally Posted by DreadBringer

So Gavv is also another series to feature a gigantic MOTW, like Takebe's previous series Geats, but not on the very first episode.

I enjoyed this fight scene for sure and I thought it was pretty cool how it basically switched the Riders' roles, with Gavv Gurucan being the destructive one who weakened Yard and Valen being the rescuing one who saved the Hitopressed kids. They've got strong synergy and it shows that despite their opposite temperaments, they're both worthy of the proud mantle of Kamen Rider.

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Originally Posted by Fish Sandwich

One of my bigger issues is that even though it's the crux of the plot, it doesn't really come off as any sort of revelation to me that Hanto is actually a pretty caring dude. Despite having the speech patterns of a street punk and a much more aggressive overall demeanor than our puppy dog main Rider this year, I don't think that's ever really been in question? And sure enough, even here, it's less about challenging Hanto's behavior and causing some change in him, and more about just sort of highlighting an aspect that's more or less always been there.

Yeah, it feels more like reaffirmation than revelation. Hanto became a Rider for revenge, but he became a journalist due to Shioya's inspirational speech about wanting to make a good change to the world. It's clear that Hanto totally loves justice and took his mentor's heroism to heart and now he actually has the opportunity to fight for that.

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Originally Posted by Fish Sandwich

Don't get me wrong, I still want the Christmas story to be from Shimo, but clearly Kaneko's at least got dibs on Valentine's Day after this, right?

Shimo doesn't write for this show though.