[FairyKing]

I prefer when a rider's collectables have plot relevance, but I normally wouldn't mind the Capsems being just power-ups, since plenty of riders have done that before. Gotchard and Gavv both gave their collectables more relevance that average (by making them living beings), so on the one hand Zeztz feels like a bit of a step backwards by comparison, but on the other hand it's a bit of a welcome break.

But what's bothering me about the Capsems is how unexplained they are. All the info we've gotten is that they have the power to make dreams come true, but where do they come from? How did CODE obtain them? And why the heck are they dispensed from a gashapon machine!?
I know the real-life reason is because their name and appearance resemble gashapon capsules, but it makes no in-story sense for a secret agent's equipment to be randomized like that, especially since there's apparently nothing stopping Baku from just turning the crank until he collects them all. It's also odd to have so many machines when there don't seem to be that many different Capsems and no use for duplicates.

The show is clearly leaning into the mystery aspect with a lot of things, so I'm content to wait and watch for now, cautiously optimistic that the eventual payoff will be worth it. But I really hope this and other questions (like how the real CODE and Zero have the same names as in Baku's dreams) will get satisfying answers somewhere down the road.