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Originally Posted by Mesnick

The story with Kenji goes almost exactly as predicted. Hanto is expectedly very hesitant and completely unsure of everything, but (as I expected) the main reason for his decision to spare Kenji is not forgiveness, but the desire to protect Hiroto from losing a loved one. Hanto himself went through this more than once, so he cannot allow others to suffer like this because of him.

Looks like I was right about Hanto walking the path of Takeru, emphatically not forgiving Kenji while still acknowledging that he deserves to live for Hiroto's sake. It was Hanto's right to decide Kenji's fate and he could've just killed him fair enough, so I'm proud of him for showing mercy and seeing something bigger than his revenge.

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Originally Posted by Mesnick

Speaking of Jeebh. Persuaded by Liesel and Nyelv, he becomes a Kamen Rider and defeats Vram quite easily. Apparently, this is a hint that fixing the driver is not enough and he needs a new form. But still, the breadstick has nothing to counter Gochipod, so Jeebh's suffering will continue. By the way, it's a good location for a battle. I especially remember the tower that Gavv climbed.

Good that Bitter Gavv Bakibakisticks at least won his debut fight against Vram before Gavv brought out his Gochipod and yeah, Eitoku totally deserves credit for bravely standing atop that tall tower.

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Originally Posted by DreadBringer

As everyone predicted, Glotta shows up intending to kill Kenji. It has already become clear, especially when Glotta threatens underperforming part-timers, that she was the one who killed Comel. More Granutes want to stop, not just Comel and Kenji, as Rakia pointed out. Still, Kenji?s death isn?t portrayed as something done by the heroes do to justify punishment and evil with evil, but the villain's cruelty preventing people from turning good or stopping their production.

Glotta's gone too far this time and the worst part is that she seems to immediately forget about Kenji after murdering him. She definitely seems like the most likely suspect in Comel's murder now. In that case, yeah, Lakia's path of revenge should be much clearer than Hanto's.

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Originally Posted by DreadBringer

Kenji is indeed Sae?s murderer.

No, Sae's murderer is still Lango.

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Originally Posted by MaskedRiderAsakura

I think at this point, Shoma has more pity for Jiip than anything else and doesn't even really like seeing his brother spiral like this. I think he lowkey wishes they could make amends, if only so Jiip has a chance to move past his obsession and experience happiness.

I don't think Jiip will get a full-on redemption arc, but I CAN see Jiip eventually burying the hatchet and helping Shoma in some way against Stomach Inc. and the Jaldaks. Because to be honest, the only reason Jiip has any real issue with Shoma at all is because of the position his older siblings put him and Shita in and the pressure they felt from Lango. They literally have every reason to be close due to their mutual trauma yet Jiip can't let go of his hate.

Jeep is like Narutaki as a Rider, he only shows up to pester Shouma and then angrily leaves when he gets his a** kicked. This is basically his only purpose in Stomach, showing that his shiny new title of vice president is nothing more than that. Bocca and Liselle are running the operation, Nyelve is making the tech and Glotta is murdering people, while Jeep can only say, "Damn you Red Gavv!". So I think Shouma no longer sees him as a credible threat to bother giving chase. Jeep still doesn't see his hypocrisy of feeling entitled to revenge when he had sadistically watched while Glotta murdered Michiru in front of Shouma, in contrast to the main 3 Riders who understand that other people have their own feelings.