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Originally Posted by Fish Sandwich

Of all the very, very smart things Gavv has been doing, tying the Gochizo directly to the kindness Shouma receives from others is ~probably~ the most smart? Because, thinking back, it's almost *always* been that way, right? Even those very first gummies were a gift from someone.

I hadn't made that connection, yet. You're probably right, which provides a different reading than what I'd gotten from episode 11's scene of Shouma eating sashimi. It was the first time I could remember him having that particular characteristic, joyous reaction to eating something without producing Gochizo minions.

At the time, I'd interpreted it as a kind of hint about the nature of his abilities. I'd interpreted it as meaning Gavv isn't just a food Rider, he's a *junk* food Rider; he doesn't get powers from relatively nutritious food. I re-watched the scene after reading your comment, though, and it establishes he'd actually purchased the sushi using his wages. That'd be consistent with your observation, here, and begs the question: would he start producing sashimi Gochizos if a friend fed him home-cooked sushi?

I'm curious to see whether future Gavv forms continue with junk food. (I'd've called it sweets if not for ZakuZaku and HiriHiri chips.) I think I'd be a bit disappointed if, ultimately, Gavv's most powerful forms end up coming from nutritious food, even though that's the direction I'd expect a children's show to take.

Unrelated: I'll chime in that I love the suits, and didn't much care for Gotchard's. I can't tell whether that's a result of leftover Gaim fondness on my part. (I also never quite got over my disappointment that the show drifted away from fruit weaponry when the New Generation Riders debuted. We never got the cherry, peach, lemon, and melon weapons we deserved.) Gavv is going hard on these junk-food forms and I'm LIVING for the cognitive dissonance between the whimsy of the suits and the show's more visceral-than-usual violence.