[Paladin]

Shoma sets out to rescue Hanto with a new Gochizo.

[Zolda]

Like I said last week in episode 15 thread here, Hanto/KR Valen is indeed kidnapped by the crab Granute and Jeebh's agents. And yeah, Shouma/KR Gavv fails to prevent it because he's exhausted due to using the Caking RG. Buuuuuttttt, if KR Gavv Bushel form was already able to kill Shita's and Jeebh's agents at the end of episode 13, then why doesn't he use the Bushel RG instead of the Caking RG that uses up so much energy to the point of total exhaustion? If the Caking RG was only required to fight general-level villains like Shita, Jeebh, and other Stomach siblings, then why the heck does Shouma decide to use the Caking RG to destroy mere agents in this scene? Heck, even KR Gavv Gurucan form was able to destroy Lango's agents in episode 11. Shouma/KR Gavv is pissed off @ 01:03, but he can only blame it on his own idiotic, irrational, nonsensical decision-making skill. Yep, once again it's clear: Shouma is a 1000% dumb protagonist. His decision to use the Caking RG makes no sense at all. The reason is obviously because Bandai needs to shill the DX Caking RG, but if the negative side effect of the use of the Caking RG can create a huge idiot (sub)plot like this one, then why the heck did the writers put it in the first place? Don't know! It seems like the writers of this series love shooting themselves in the foot. Oh, and there were only 2 of Jeebh's agents that were involved in the crab Granute's cheap farce in episode 15 @ 18:20 and they were destroyed by KR Gavv Caking form, but when the camera switched to the fight between KR Valen vs the crab Granute, there are 2 other agents of Jeebh who assist the crab Granute. Bizarro writing at its finest.

Lango's agent is showing the Hito Pressed humans collected by Lage 9 to Lango and Glotta. And yes, they're impressed by their high-quality. Like Glotta says @ 01:45, it seems like she and Lango have already known about Lage 9's modus operandi and his very very very convenient happiness-maximization power. Lango says @ 02:15 that he's glad that Lage 9 got hooked on Dark Snacks, but I don't think that's the case. As shown @ 09:46, an agent gives him a box of Dark Snacks as a reward for the high-quality Hito Pressed humans that he's just collected in a movie theater, but he just tosses the box and doesn't actually eat the Dark Snacks. In episode 12 @ 10:30 when he acted like a high, desperate junkie who attempted to steal a box of Dark Snacks and was promptly restrained by 2 agents, he was just faking it. So, Lage 9 likely has never got hooked on Dark Snacks in the first place. I have a hypothesis that Lage 9 could be a spy from the Granute police department like I mentioned in episode 6 thread here, although his undercover operation was still limited to the Granute world, and his only way of entering the human world was through Stomach's portal, which required him to infiltrate Stomach as a part-timer. It makes sense for Lage 9 to throw away the reward Dark Snacks because an undercover cop will never get high on the drugs sold by the organization they're infiltrating. Lage 9's convenient power is likely used to gain Lango's trust which will allow him to climb up Stomach's corporate ladder and investigate them further, and perhaps to sabotage their operations from inside as well. Lage 9 would likely cooperate with Lango for several episodes and would finally betray him in episodes 25-30 and side with Shouma/KR Gavv and Hanto/KR Valen. Bonus point to Lage 9 if he gets hooked on Sachika, not Dark Snacks, haha.

Shouma says to Dente @ 03:54 that he hoped that the crab Granute could be rehabilitated, but Dente says that Dark Snacks addiction can't be cured. So yeah, it seems like Lage 9 has never got hooked on Dark Snacks in the first place. Shouma says @ 04:6 that he hasn't told Hanto that he's a a human-Granute hybrid, and Dente agrees that he should keep quiet since if Hanto/KR Valen knows that Shouma is a human-Granute hybrid then he'll also make Shouma his next target. Seriously, Shouma? You showed in episode 14 @ 09:39 right in front of Hanto's two eyes that you understood the Gochizou's language, so by that very moment Hanto should've been 99,999% sure that you're not a normal human, Shouma. That scene in episode 14, where Shouma was also shown to chose to go to the Mizoguchi warehouse after reading Shita & Jeebh's ransom note, not the station where the explosion occurred, should've already informed Hanto of Shouma's true nature as a non-human. I've been hypothesizing that the plot of the main conflict between Hanto and Shouma in later episodes would not be about Hanto finding out about Shouma's identity as a Rider, but about Hanto finding out about Shouma's identity as a human-Granute hybrid who might also have been the Wolf Granute who kidnapped his mom 18 years ago. Hanto would likely be very surprised when he finally found out about it, which would mean that his plot is an idiot plot. Hanto: "So, you're not a human, Shouma?!" Me: "No shit, Sherlock."

Hanto is kidnapped and locked up inside an empty warehouse, and the crab Granute very very very conveniently left the Valen Buster on a table there right in front of Hanto's line of sight. Yep, that screams dumb plot point, haha. The crab Granute should've kept it in a very safe place, or just deliver it right to Lango or Glotta. But does Lango and or Glotta know that all this time Nyelv has been conspiring with Kenzou to make Hanto transform into KR Valen? As shown in episode 8, it seems like Glotta doesn't recognize KR Valen, so it's very likely that she (and also Lango) doesn't know that KR Valen and the Valen Buster was created by Kenzou who has been conspiring with Nyelv. But, if Kenzou's research on Granutes and the development of the Valen Buster has been financed by Stomach via Nyelv as his conspirator, then does it mean that Lango and Glotta are giant fools who are ignorant about the details of Stomach corporation's finance? Don't know! It makes sense if Nyelv has been conspiring with Kenzou by using his own money and resources, but the scale of the development of Valen Buster required financing and resources from a huge organization like Stomach. If Nyelv is indeed able to control Stomach's financial and move Stomach's resources as he pleases, then yes, Lango and Glotta are the biggest fools among corporate executives.

In the scene @ 05:21 it's revealed that Jeebh's agents that were involved in the crab Granute's cheap farce in episode 15 @ 18:20 simply because he wanted to capture Shouma/KR Gavv. My hypothesis in episode 15 thread last week is proven wrong because Hanto's kidnapping has nothing to do at all with Nyelv's new Driver. Jeebh's is disappointed because the person he kidnapped is Hanto, not Shouma whom he has had grudge against since Shita was killed by Shouma/KR Gavv Caking form at the end of episode 14. So, the crab Granute is a very very very stupid, illogical, irrational person with zero common sense because he was very specifically ordered by Jeebh to kidnap Shouma/the red Gavv/KR Valen, not Hanto/KR Valen. Why the heck did he change his plan and kidnap Hanto/KR Valen instead? If the crab Granute is a normal, rational person with common sense and normal reasoning ability, then he'd have very very very easily kidnapped the weak, collapsed Shouma/KR Gavv due to his idiotic decision to use the Caking RG. Hanto/KR Valen being beaten down only made it much easier since he couldn't help Shouma/KR Gavv anymore. So, why the heck didn't the crab Granute take the weak, collapsed Shouma/KR Gavv who sabotaged himself and put himself on a silver spoon? Why the heck didn't the crab Granute kidnap the weak, collapsed Shouma/KR Gavv and kidnap Hanto/KR Valen instead? Or better, why the heck didn't the crab Granute kidnap the weak, collapsed Shouma/KR Gavv and Hanto/KR Valen? The answer is clear: Because this story is very very very lazily, poorly, sloppily written. If the crab Granute did kidnap the weak, collapsed Shouma/KR Gavv, then this series would've ended in episode 15 due to Shouma being tortured to death by Jeebh. This series would be broadcasted today in episode 16 as KR Valen since KR Gavv had already been dead in episode 15. Gosh, what a hilariously, laughably, miserably sloppy, lazy, convoluted, heavy-handed, and atrocious writing!
The most fundamental equation in KR Gavv's story:
Common sense = 0

The crab Granute didn't kidnap the weak, collapsed Shouma/KR Gavv, and kidnap Hanto/KR Valen instead, because, as usual, the crab Granute is programmed by the writers to dispense infodump to Hanto. He's doing a very convenient monologue @ 06:34 as an infodump for Hanto who is acting unconscious there. His infodump is telling Hanto that Lango is the big shot leader of Stomach. His dialogue @ 10:37 with Lango's agent is also an infodump for Hanto where they mention the door/portal to the Granute world. The crab Granute has been making so many stupid, illogical, irrational decisions with zero common sense because he's only a tool to dispense infodump to Hanto. Very convenient!

Also, in the same scene @ 10:37 the crab Granute tells Lango's agent that the person he's captured is KR Valen, and even Hanto himself is offering crucial info such as the weakness of KR Gavv, but why the heck does the agent say that she doesn't need human info? Haven't Glotta and Lango still not known about KR Valen? Now that Hanto/KR Valen is captured by the crab Granute, why the heck don't they allow Hanto/KR Valen to be taken to the Granute world? Why the heck does the agent tell the crab Granute to keep collecting Hito Presses? It makes no sense at all, unless Lango and Glotta have already known about Hanto/KR Valen and Nyelv-Kenzou's conspiration/joint research.

Shouma goes to the warehouse where Hanto is kept @ 12:29, and he's manipulated again by the crab Granute. Shouma's finally got captured by the crab Granute. So, like I mentioned earlier, why didn't the crab Granute kidnap Shouma/KR Gavv when he was exhausted at the beginning of this episode? Gosh, what a convoluted, heavy-handed writing. Once again, @ 15:12 Shouma is showing right in front of Hanto's two eyes that he's not a normal human when he's ordering his Gochizous to untie him, and Hanto is still unable to connect the dots. Yep, this story is definitely, patently, certifiably an idiot plot. Oh, and @ 17:43 Hanto is indeed taking back the Valen Buster that was put on a table nearby by the crab Granute earlier. I laughed so hard at that scene, haha, because it was sooooooooooooooo hilariously, predictably dumb. Wow, what an impressively bad writing! *facepalm

In the scene @ 21:30 Hanto is suspecting that Shouma perhaps know something crucial and is hiding it from him. I was like, "Duh. You should've already arrived at that conclusion several episodes ago, Hanto." Likewise, @ 21:54 Shouma is wondering whether he'll be able to tell Hanto that he's a human-Granute hybrid. I was like, "Duh. You already did it in episode 14 when you show that you could read Granute alphabets. Not to mention that you've showed several times right in front of his two eyes that you can communicate with Gochizous." The inner thoughts of these 2 people with room temperature IQ has become increasingly, facepalm-inducingly cringy.

Nyelv is showing the his completed new Driver @ 22:22. Dang, it looks veeeeeeeeeery nice indeed. The color combination of metallic dark blue, metallic orange, and metallic yellow looks very nice. Like I hypothesized last week in episode 15 thread here, it does feature a crank lever on the user's right-hand side. The crank lever might work like Sclash Driver's up-down crank lever, not rotary ones like on the Build Driver/Evol Driver and Henshin Belt Gavv. The trinket used is the Doppudding RG, a new RG that doesn't look like Shouma's RG's due to its tubular shape. Is it also a one-use trinket like Shouma's RG's? Due to it being created by Nyelv, it's very likely that it's not a one-use trinket.

The user is actually Lage 9. In episode 15 @ 08:46 Nyelv experimented with a cup of pudding he received from Kenzou earlier and said that it'd also suit "him" while reviewing some kind of a white paper/schematics. Nyelv's statement here actually meant that the pudding's soft texture suited Lage 9's motif as a jellyfish Granute. I should've seen this, although I did mention that there was still a lower possibility that Lango or even Lage 9 could be the one who would transform into KR Vlam. But aren't jelly snacks or jelly drinks better suited motifs for a jellyfish Granute? Anyway, I hope he'd become KR Vlam permanently until the end of the story, and not become a mere initial test subject like Sabimaru who transformed into KR Dread.

Now that Lage 9 is proven as the one who transforms into KR Vlam, then Jeebh would very likely transform into the rumored KR Bitter Gavv, the dark version of KR Gavv who will transform with the Sparkin Gummy RG as shown on the newest poster posted on KR Official website this morning. Jeebh would likely ask Nyelv for or be offered by Nyelv an operation on his Gavv based on Dente's original procedure on Shouma. But, Jeebh is a pure Granute, unlike Shouma who is a human-Granute hybrid. So, would Dente's procedure actually make Jeebh much stronger than Shouma/KR Gavv? I think so. I bet he'll be the one who kick Lage 9/KR Vlam's butt when he finds out that Lage 9 is an undercover cop, haha.

Next week:

Nyelv says in the preview section @ 23:09 that the deal between "you" and "me" is done. Is it his deal with Kenzou, or with Lage 9? It seems like Nyelv and Lage 9 had a deal where Nyelv would give his new Driver to Lage 9 if he's able to climb up Stomach's corporate ladder, and Lage 9, being and undercover cop, would find a Driver crucially useful for protecting him from harm. Nyelv could be scheming to use Lage 9 to topple Lango from the CEO position, and by using data harvested from his new Driver/trinket that is used Lage 9/KR Vlam, he's likely already planning to develop his own ultimate Driver. Nyelv has likely already known or at least suspected that Lage 9 could be an undercover cop, and he let Lage 9 use his new Driver in the hope that Lage 9 would ultimately defeat Lango. In the resulting power vacuum, Nyelv would then use his ultimate Driver to seize the position of Stomach CEO and consolidate power for himself, and perhaps even change the direction of Stomach corporation altogether. The only problem with my hypothesis is I can't really find where to put Glotta in the whole situation, haha. Or maybe it's simply Nyelv's deal with Kenzou.

Lage 9's debut as KR Vlam. Based on how it looks like in this episode and in the preview section, it seems like Nyelv's new Driver is detachable, unlike Shouma's Henshin Belt Gavv. The Driver looks nice, but the whole look of KR Vlam is average. Based on his power from the Doppudding RG, KR Vlam could have a body liquefaction ability like KR Black RX Bio Rider form and KR Necrom. Lage 9's debut as KR Vlam would be broadcasted on January 5, 2025, so yeah, he's the New Year's Rider. His debut would likely also reveal the clandestine organization he's working for, if he's indeed working for one, which I think is the Granute police department or other law enforcement agencies, like I hypothesized in episode 6 thread here and mentioned in KR Gotchard episode 50 thread here and elaborated in episode 4 thread here. Oh, and KR Vlam as the third Rider would likely kick KR Gavv Caking form's ass, haha.

Mmmmmaaaaayyyyybbbbbeeeee...

[Eclipyon]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zolda

Like I said last week in episode 15 thread here, Hanto/KR Valen is indeed kidnapped by the crab Granute and Jeebh's agents. And yeah, Shouma/KR Gavv fails to prevent it because he's exhausted due to using the Caking RG. Buuuuuttttt, if KR Gavv Bushel form was already able to kill Shita's and Jeebh's agents at the end of episode 13, then why doesn't he use the Bushel RG instead of the Caking RG that uses up so much energy to the point of total exhaustion? If the Caking RG was only required to fight general-level villains like Shita, Jeebh, and other Stomach siblings, then why the heck does Shouma decide to use the Caking RG to destroy mere agents in this scene? Heck, even KR Gavv Gurucan form was able to destroy Lango's agents in episode 11. Shouma/KR Gavv is pissed off @ 01:03, but he can only blame it on his own idiotic, irrational, nonsensical decision-making skill. Yep, once again it's clear: Shouma is a 1000% dumb protagonist. His decision to use the Caking RG makes no sense at all. The reason is obviously because Bandai needs to shill the DX Caking RG, but if the negative side effect of the use of the Caking RG can create a huge idiot (sub)plot like this one, then why the heck did the writers put it in the first place? Don't know! It seems like the writers of this series love shooting themselves in the foot. Oh, and there were only 2 of Jeebh's agents that were involved in the crab Granute's cheap farce in episode 15 @ 18:20 and they were destroyed by KR Gavv Caking form, but when the camera switched to the fight between KR Valen vs the crab Granute, there are 2 other agents of Jeebh who assist the crab Granute. Bizarro writing at its finest.

Lango's agent is showing the Hito Pressed humans collected by Lage 9 to Lango and Glotta. And yes, they're impressed by their high-quality. Like Glotta says @ 01:45, it seems like she and Lango have already known about Lage 9's modus operandi and his very very very convenient happiness-maximization power. Lango says @ 02:15 that he's glad that Lage 9 got hooked on Dark Snacks, but I don't think that's the case. As shown @ 09:46, an agent gives him a box of Dark Snacks as a reward for the high-quality Hito Pressed humans that he's just collected in a movie theater, but he just tosses the box and doesn't actually eat the Dark Snacks. In episode 12 @ 10:30 when he acted like a high, desperate junkie who attempted to steal a box of Dark Snacks and was promptly restrained by 2 agents, he was just faking it. So, Lage 9 likely has never got hooked on Dark Snacks in the first place. I have a hypothesis that Lage 9 could be a spy from the Granute police department like I mentioned in episode 6 thread here, although his undercover operation was still limited to the Granute world, and his only way of entering the human world was through Stomach's portal, which required him to infiltrate Stomach as a part-timer. It makes sense for Lage 9 to throw away the reward Dark Snacks because an undercover cop will never get high on the drugs sold by the organization they're infiltrating. Lage 9's convenient power is likely used to gain Lango's trust which will allow him to climb up Stomach's corporate ladder and investigate them further, and perhaps to sabotage their operations from inside as well. Lage 9 would likely cooperate with Lango for several episodes and would finally betray him in episodes 25-30 and side with Shouma/KR Gavv and Hanto/KR Valen. Bonus point to Lage 9 if he gets hooked on Sachika, not Dark Snacks, haha.

Shouma says to Dente @ 03:54 that he hoped that the crab Granute could be rehabilitated, but Dente says that Dark Snacks addiction can't be cured. So yeah, it seems like Lage 9 has never got hooked on Dark Snacks in the first place. Shouma says @ 04:6 that he hasn't told Hanto that he's a a human-Granute hybrid, and Dente agrees that he should keep quiet since if Hanto/KR Valen knows that Shouma is a human-Granute hybrid then he'll also make Shouma his next target. Seriously, Shouma? You showed in episode 14 @ 09:39 right in front of Hanto's two eyes that you understood the Gochizou's language, so by that very moment Hanto should've been 99,999% sure that you're not a normal human, Shouma. That scene in episode 14, where Shouma was also shown to chose to go to the Mizoguchi warehouse after reading Shita & Jeebh's ransom note, not the station where the explosion occurred, should've already informed Hanto of Shouma's true nature as a non-human. I've been hypothesizing that the plot of the main conflict between Hanto and Shouma in later episodes would not be about Hanto finding out about Shouma's identity as a Rider, but about Hanto finding out about Shouma's identity as a human-Granute hybrid who might also have been the Wolf Granute who kidnapped his mom 18 years ago. Hanto would likely be very surprised when he finally found out about it, which would mean that his plot is an idiot plot. Hanto: "So, you're not a human, Shouma?!" Me: "No shit, Sherlock."

Hanto is kidnapped and locked up inside an empty warehouse, and the crab Granute very very very conveniently left the Valen Buster on a table there right in front of Hanto's line of sight. Yep, that screams dumb plot point, haha. The crab Granute should've kept it in a very safe place, or just deliver it right to Lango or Glotta. But does Lango and or Glotta know that all this time Nyelv has been conspiring with Kenzou to make Hanto transform into KR Valen? As shown in episode 8, it seems like Glotta doesn't recognize KR Valen, so it's very likely that she (and also Lango) doesn't know that KR Valen and the Valen Buster was created by Kenzou who has been conspiring with Nyelv. But, if Kenzou's research on Granutes and the development of the Valen Buster has been financed by Stomach via Nyelv as his conspirator, then does it mean that Lango and Glotta are giant fools who are ignorant about the details of Stomach corporation's finance? Don't know! It makes sense if Nyelv has been conspiring with Kenzou by using his own money and resources, but the scale of the development of Valen Buster required financing and resources from a huge organization like Stomach. If Nyelv is indeed able to control Stomach's financial and move Stomach's resources as he pleases, then yes, Lango and Glotta are the biggest fools among corporate executives.

In the scene @ 05:21 it's revealed that Jeebh's agents that were involved in the crab Granute's cheap farce in episode 15 @ 18:20 simply because he wanted to capture Shouma/KR Gavv. My hypothesis in episode 15 thread last week is proven wrong because Hanto's kidnapping has nothing to do at all with Nyelv's new Driver. Jeebh's is disappointed because the person he kidnapped is Hanto, not Shouma whom he has had grudge against since Shita was killed by Shouma/KR Gavv Caking form at the end of episode 14. So, the crab Granute is a very very very stupid, illogical, irrational person with zero common sense because he was very specifically ordered by Jeebh to kidnap Shouma/the red Gavv/KR Valen, not Hanto/KR Valen. Why the heck did he change his plan and kidnap Hanto/KR Valen instead? If the crab Granute is a normal, rational person with common sense and normal reasoning ability, then he'd have very very very easily kidnapped the weak, collapsed Shouma/KR Gavv due to his idiotic decision to use the Caking RG. Hanto/KR Valen being beaten down only made it much easier since he couldn't help Shouma/KR Gavv anymore. So, why the heck didn't the crab Granute take the weak, collapsed Shouma/KR Gavv who sabotaged himself and put himself on a silver spoon? Why the heck didn't the crab Granute kidnap the weak, collapsed Shouma/KR Gavv and kidnap Hanto/KR Valen instead? Or better, why the heck didn't the crab Granute kidnap the weak, collapsed Shouma/KR Gavv and Hanto/KR Valen? The answer is clear: Because this story is very very very lazily, poorly, sloppily written. If the crab Granute did kidnap the weak, collapsed Shouma/KR Gavv, then this series would've ended in episode 15 due to Shouma being tortured to death by Jeebh. This series would be broadcasted today in episode 16 as KR Valen since KR Gavv had already been dead in episode 15. Gosh, what a hilariously, laughably, miserably sloppy, lazy, convoluted, heavy-handed, and atrocious writing!
The most fundamental equation in KR Gavv's story:
Common sense = 0

The crab Granute didn't kidnap the weak, collapsed Shouma/KR Gavv, and kidnap Hanto/KR Valen instead, because, as usual, the crab Granute is programmed by the writers to dispense infodump to Hanto. He's doing a very convenient monologue @ 06:34 as an infodump for Hanto who is acting unconscious there. His infodump is telling Hanto that Lango is the big shot leader of Stomach. His dialogue @ 10:37 with Lango's agent is also an infodump for Hanto where they mention the door/portal to the Granute world. The crab Granute has been making so many stupid, illogical, irrational decisions with zero common sense because he's only a tool to dispense infodump to Hanto. Very convenient!

Also, in the same scene @ 10:37 the crab Granute tells Lango's agent that the person he's captured is KR Valen, and even Hanto himself is offering crucial info such as the weakness of KR Gavv, but why the heck does the agent say that she doesn't need human info? Haven't Glotta and Lango still not known about KR Valen? Now that Hanto/KR Valen is captured by the crab Granute, why the heck don't they allow Hanto/KR Valen to be taken to the Granute world? Why the heck does the agent tell the crab Granute to keep collecting Hito Presses? It makes no sense at all, unless Lango and Glotta have already known about Hanto/KR Valen and Nyelv-Kenzou's conspiration/joint research.

Shouma goes to the warehouse where Hanto is kept @ 12:29, and he's manipulated again by the crab Granute. Shouma's finally got captured by the crab Granute. So, like I mentioned earlier, why didn't the crab Granute kidnap Shouma/KR Gavv when he was exhausted at the beginning of this episode? Gosh, what a convoluted, heavy-handed writing. Once again, @ 15:12 Shouma is showing right in front of Hanto's two eyes that he's not a normal human when he's ordering his Gochizous to untie him, and Hanto is still unable to connect the dots. Yep, this story is definitely, patently, certifiably an idiot plot. Oh, and @ 17:43 Hanto is indeed taking back the Valen Buster that was put on a table nearby by the crab Granute earlier. I laughed so hard at that scene, haha, because it was sooooooooooooooo hilariously, predictably dumb. Wow, what an impressively bad writing! *facepalm

In the scene @ 21:30 Hanto is suspecting that Shouma perhaps know something crucial and is hiding it from him. I was like, "Duh. You should've already arrived at that conclusion several episodes ago, Hanto." Likewise, @ 21:54 Shouma is wondering whether he'll be able to tell Hanto that he's a human-Granute hybrid. I was like, "Duh. You already did it in episode 14 when you show that you could read Granute alphabets. Not to mention that you've showed several times right in front of his two eyes that you can communicate with Gochizous." The inner thoughts of these 2 people with room temperature IQ has become increasingly, facepalm-inducingly cringy.

Nyelv is showing the his completed new Driver @ 22:22. Dang, it looks veeeeeeeeeery nice indeed. The color combination of metallic dark blue, metallic orange, and metallic yellow looks very nice. Like I hypothesized last week in episode 15 thread here, it does feature a crank lever on the user's right-hand side. The crank lever might work like Sclash Driver's up-down crank lever, not rotary ones like on the Build Driver/Evol Driver and Henshin Belt Gavv. The trinket used is the Doppudding RG, a new RG that doesn't look like Shouma's RG's due to its tubular shape. Is it also a one-use trinket like Shouma's RG's? Due to it being created by Nyelv, it's very likely that it's not a one-use trinket.

The user is actually Lage 9. In episode 15 @ 08:46 Nyelv experimented with a cup of pudding he received from Kenzou earlier and said that it'd also suit "him" while reviewing some kind of a white paper/schematics. Nyelv's statement here actually meant that the pudding's soft texture suited Lage 9's motif as a jellyfish Granute. I should've seen this, although I did mention that there was still a lower possibility that Lango or even Lage 9 could be the one who would transform into KR Vlam. But aren't jelly snacks or jelly drinks better suited motifs for a jellyfish Granute? Anyway, I hope he'd become KR Vlam permanently until the end of the story, and not become a mere initial test subject like Sabimaru who transformed into KR Dread.

Now that Lage 9 is proven as the one who transforms into KR Vlam, then Jeebh would very likely transform into the rumored KR Bitter Gavv, the dark version of KR Gavv who will transform with the Sparkin Gummy RG as shown on the newest poster posted on KR Official website this morning. Jeebh would likely ask Nyelv for or be offered by Nyelv an operation on his Gavv based on Dente's original procedure on Shouma. But, Jeebh is a pure Granute, unlike Shouma who is a human-Granute hybrid. So, would Dente's procedure actually make Jeebh much stronger than Shouma/KR Gavv? I think so. I bet he'll be the one who kick Lage 9/KR Vlam's butt when he finds out that Lage 9 is an undercover cop, haha.

Next week:

Nyelv says in the preview section @ 23:09 that the deal between "you" and "me" is done. Is it his deal with Kenzou, or with Lage 9? It seems like Nyelv and Lage 9 had a deal where Nyelv would give his new Driver to Lage 9 if he's able to climb up Stomach's corporate ladder, and Lage 9, being and undercover cop, would find a Driver crucially useful for protecting him from harm. Nyelv could be scheming to use Lage 9 to topple Lango from the CEO position, and by using data harvested from his new Driver/trinket that is used Lage 9/KR Vlam, he's likely already planning to develop his own ultimate Driver. Nyelv has likely already known or at least suspected that Lage 9 could be an undercover cop, and he let Lage 9 use his new Driver in the hope that Lage 9 would ultimately defeat Lango. In the resulting power vacuum, Nyelv would then use his ultimate Driver to seize the position of Stomach CEO and consolidate power for himself, and perhaps even change the direction of Stomach corporation altogether. The only problem with my hypothesis is I can't really find where to put Glotta in the whole situation, haha. Or maybe it's simply Nyelv's deal with Kenzou.

Lage 9's debut as KR Vlam. Based on how it looks like in this episode and in the preview section, it seems like Nyelv's new Driver is detachable, unlike Shouma's Henshin Belt Gavv. The Driver looks nice, but the whole look of KR Vlam is average. Based on his power from the Doppudding RG, KR Vlam could have a body liquefaction ability like KR Black RX Bio Rider form and KR Necrom. Lage 9's debut as KR Vlam would be broadcasted on January 5, 2025, so yeah, he's the New Year's Rider. His debut would likely also reveal the clandestine organization he's working for, if he's indeed working for one, which I think is the Granute police department or other law enforcement agencies, like I hypothesized in episode 6 thread here and mentioned in KR Gotchard episode 50 thread here and elaborated in episode 4 thread here. Oh, and KR Vlam as the third Rider would likely kick KR Gavv Caking form's ass, haha.

Mmmmmaaaaayyyyybbbbbeeeee...

Wait, it took you this long to realise that Rojoe is not the brightest bulb in the shed?

This is someone who couldn't even secure himself a high quality hitopress despite having over 20 years of working experience we're talking about here...

[DreadBringer]

Upcoming debut of a new Rider.

Rojoe has become even more despicable as he uses Hanto as a hostage to torment Shoma while gleefully beating him up when he’s vulnerable. He shows no signs of stopping his obsession with Dark Treats. Guess Dente, the inventor of Dark Treats, who claims to have regrets about creating them, knows best about them that its addiction cannot be overcome. He also holds a negative perspective regarding Shoma’s situation, suggesting that Gavv might become Valen’s next target if they uncover their secrets.

Likely to keep up with time, Sachika’s advice to Shoma about his issue with Hanto (not that she is fully aware of the situation) is simply to sincerely apologize and keep trying until they understand each other. She compares it to her own friendship with Ritsu, implying that it’s normal for friends to fight and that they can reconcile without much trouble afterward. Still not touching upon various other things like if it got so heated that the friendship's broken beyond repair, I wouldn't be really convinced in that position yet getting that advice.

Even after they both know each other's Rider identities, Shoma and Hanto's buried feelings about each other continue to surface, but it's no longer goofy. Their external behavior remains positive, with Shoma learning that Hanto was captured for his sake to help ease Shoma's hesitation about fighting Granutes, and Hanto being freed by Shoma. However, Hanto is suspicious that Shoma knows more than he’s letting on in order to prevent him from pursuing Stomach Inc, but Hanto's still reckless, not learning at all from his previous fight with Glotta.

In contrast to Lango's agents, who refuse to accept information from humans, the next scene depicts Nyelv appreciating and effectively utilizing the notes from a human, Suga. This highlights the difference between Nyelv and the other Stomach siblings. So far, Lage9 is the one Nyelv intends to test the new Driver on, and he is also the one Lango praises. Currently, there are no significant plans for Jeebh other than his indifference towards non-Gavv Riders. It seems the third Rider will be fully villainous, at least for now.

[Kiwami]

Oh hey they are tinkering with a new belt!



Love when they do that, nice foreshadowing, can't wait to see how this is going to be used in a couple of episodes wait what the hell is this?



In all seriousness though, given that I have seen like zero merch being made for this Rider I doubt he will stay around for long. The belt will probably be modified and then passed to someone else.

[Sunred]

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Originally Posted by Kiwami

In all seriousness though, given that I have seen like zero merch being made for this Rider I doubt he will stay around for long. The belt will probably be modified and then passed to someone else.

Kamen Rider Delta and Kamen Rider Dread: Welcome to the club, buddy.

[Mesnick]

The main part of the episode with the rescue of Hanto, the reconciliation of fellow riders and the homage to the gifts of the Magi was predictable, but enjoyable. It seemed to me that it was in Shoma’s character to reveal more information about himself under an influx of feelings, as in the case of his mother’s death, but, apparently, Hanto would not have accepted this, and the writers did not want to spoil the atmosphere of the Christmas episode.
What is more interesting is the future Kamen Rider Vlam, for now Lage9.His dismissive attitude towards Dark Snacks shows that he is most likely not a drug addict, but an undercover agent trying to uncover all the secrets of Stomatch Inc. This also coincides with Denta, who regrets creating drugs but is quite dismissive of human lives. I think that's the mentality of most Granutes. As for Lage9 himself, only time will tell whether he acts alone or is part of the police/government/other powerful family of the Granute world.
Sachika encourages Shoma and at the same time reminds the audience that friends are not those who blow each other’s boots off.
Jeebh actually surprised me. The Granute Crab gave him a unique opportunity: to take revenge on Shoma with the death of a loved one and combat partner. But he refuses.It seems that it was not for nothing that the older siblings had a very low opinion of the twins. Although this may be the first step towards changing Jeebh.
Kamen Rider Vlam is beautiful in its retro style. I'm looking forward to his debut and how he will change the balance of power on the show.
P.S. And in the cinema there is the same movie that was in the third special about Yodonna. Nice reference)

[Fish Sandwich]

It feels weird writing about these ones. The stuff I most want to dig into is all kinda right there on the surface, so it ends up feeling like I'm not accomplishing much by just pointing at it all and saying "I liked this"?

Because, you know, I do like these ones. When I was joking about getting Shimo involved for a Christmas Gavv adventure, I didn't actually think Koumura would cede the final two-parter for the year to somebody else, but in terms of the series structure, I'm really glad things worked out the way they did. Koumura does the usual big season finale thing in time with Caking's debut, and the two episodes after that are given to Mouri for a more mellow outing that still does what those end-of-the-year stories are supposed to do by setting up exciting new plot threads, but keeps it more simmering in the background to center instead on a cute little story loosely patterned after a classic holiday tale.

And even that, structure-wise, is super well placed? Just like Kaneko got to play around with Gavv and Valen right before they figured out each other's identities, Mouri gets to do one last outing with Shouma and Hanto as a duo before the Rider dynamic expands to include a third character. No doubt we'll still get plots about the two of them as a pair even after this (especially with Shouma's *other* other identity still being secret), but just as a perfect little snapshot of where Gavv is right now, in this specific moment, it's a nice way to close out 2024.

Which is probably the way to spin it that explains why I feel as satisfied as I do? This episode doesn't have the most creative, intense action or the most layered, surprising drama this show has given us, but the way it's set up means it doesn't really need to have those things to succeed. The background goal of creating intrigue around Lage Nine? It's already extremely clear he's not quite like any other character in the show, without much *else* being clear yet, so mission accomplished there. The foreground goal of telling a smaller, cute story about how people who care about each other work through the occasional argument? It'd almost be harder to mess that up with the chemistry Shouma and Hanto have built, so again, mission accomplished.

It's a rather cozy outing for Gavv all around, which can be just what you're after around the holidays. I mean, at this point, Kamen Rider has somewhat of a reputation for shocking and/or upsetting things happening this time of year, so -- assuming for a second that reputation is 100% earned -- in a way, it could be argued the biggest shock of all is that Gavv was content to keep building the story at the steady pace it has been from the start. But even if that's shocking, I think you'd be hard-pressed to ever call it upsetting.

[Kiwami]

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Originally Posted by Kiwami

In all seriousness though, given that I have seen like zero merch being made for this Rider I doubt he will stay around for long. The belt will probably be modified and then passed to someone else.

Nevermind, just saw the pics, the belt is a DX toy and he got a DX weapon too.

Guess he will stick around, which makes sense given it's a known actor and the character shows promise to eventually rebel.

I just want to know how they will market these toys given that the user casually kidnapped two dozen people on-screen to be used for candy processing

[Mesnick]

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Originally Posted by Kiwami

I just want to know how they will market these toys given that the user casually kidnapped two dozen people on-screen to be used for candy processing

Well, Genm will soon surpass Ex-Aid in toys, so I think there is hope that viewers will forgive Lage9.