#I just don’t see a ‘Kamen rider’ in suga’s character

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How is everyone feeling about Suga becoming a Kamen Rider? Personally I’m not super into it. I can kinda see the narrative sense but still,,, so far I’m not feeling it. I can be convinced though by this week’s episode.

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Kamen Rider Gavv Episode 25 Production Blog

turns out that the kid is not, in fact, fuku suzuki’s younger brother

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taken from this website

Looking at the Next Episode

Rakia’s part-time work arc will continue in the next episode. The script is written by Nobuhiro Mouri, and the director is Takayuki Shibasaki, who filmed Vram’s debut episode. This “Happy Parade” work arc is good! Sachika, the president who delivers happiness, is also plenty active. Nozomi Miyabe’s friendly smile is wonderful. Next episode has scenes that Director Shibasaki was very picky about. Please look forward to it. This is an episode written by Mouri, who last wrote the “Gift of the Magi” episodes at the end of the year. I somehow feel a heartwarming flavor in these episode, too. Next episode will have turmoil for Koji. What will Rakia do?

And Valen/Hanto… His transformation and action were both cool, and it’s good that he’s become strong, but Suga’s smile is unsettling. The subtitle, “Virtual Happiness Tastes of Honey,” was intended to be about virtual images and the favorite food of rhinoceros beetles, but… it seems to take on another meaning as well. The next subtitle… may have a similar meaning to it. 🍮 Aren’t there a lot of subtitles that talk about pudding? (This is the third episode with it, the fourth if you count the caramel reference)

The producers each put in their own ideas for the episode titles, and it’s decided with something like a final vote. Some other ideas for episode 25 were, “Transformations Are After the Tea Party”, “Boy Meets Granute” [TN: yes that was in katakana i’m pretty sure it’s referencing “Boy Meets World”], “A Dangerously Sweet Stream”, and “A Boring Part-time Job”. We come up with ten or more ideas. Look forward to the next episode’s rage-filled pudding!

(Written by Naomi Takebe)

The Episode in Short

Thank you for watching episode 25! Although Shoma has obtained the power of Blizzard Sorbet, he’s still not back to full health. Meanwhile, Hanto is distancing himself from Shoma since learning the truth about his mother, and Rakia has acquainted himself with Sachika and begun to familiarize himself with the human world…

It’s already been half a year since the start of broadcast (!), but the relationships between the show’s characters will still continue to change, so please don’t miss any episode!

Bright New Talent - Happy Parade Debut!

Just as Rakia thought he was ready for spring, he received an excited summer break-like invitation to come eat ice cream, and went to the Happy Parade.

Aren’t they getting well accustomed!? (The people in the photos)

And then his favorite food is established.

Rocks.

Shoji, you became a rock five years ago, and now you’re eating them… you’re always up to something with them. For filming, we’re using candies that resemble rocks, but the sound of him biting in with a crunch was extremely satisfying.

Rakia decides to start a test job after Shoma used his usual negotiation skills and told him that “if you make money, we’ll get you delicious rocks to eat”. A promising newcomer (at 188 cm tall) has arrived to work at the Hapipare with its president!

The uniform that Shoma uses is ankle-length for him (Laugh).

Work conduct is also important…! Client, president, I’m sorry.

When Rakia lies down and fits properly, you can see that “oh, the width here is about 190 centimeters”. …Though, I don’t know what to do with that information (Laugh).

It doesn’t seem like it’s that painful to just stand in line for your job.

He’s waiting in line patiently, but it seems like he still doesn’t quite understand why humans are so passionate about sweets.

Rakia’s first client for a solo job, Koji, is played by Ayumi Yokohama.

This is a series where we see actors quickly develop starting from a young age and grow some kind of bond with them. He was able to play Koji, who is at the height of his adolescence!

The slightly blunt Koji and the ever low-energy Rakia make for an odd pair.

But, contrary to expectations, the sweets-loving Koji might feel like a little brother to him…

Koji ignored Rakia’s warning that it’s dangerous and came to meet anyway, but just as we feared, the Granute “L’Beed” (??) had taken over his popular streaming channel “Kabuto Man”, and was luring in people!

This Granute’s motif is that of a rhinoceros beetle, which has tough armor. However, lost his ability to change into a human form (Mimic Key), so he came up with the extremely flexible plan to do it virtually!

We wanted Kabuto Man to charm his viewers with an attractive male voice, so we got Yuki Ono to voice act him! His balance between charm and scariness is incredible. He did Kyuranger with Director Shibasaki, so they have an amazing connection.

The story behind the creation of Kabuto Man’s beautiful avatar will be revealed in the next episode’s post-broadcast blog!

Rakia arrives with very heroic timing to end the first episode of the pair. 🍮 Can’t we get a taste of it?!? What about us!! [?]

A parallel universe where the director then comes to save Rakia.

Before this point where he seems to transform into Vram, he was in many somewhat random battles involving Gavv, Glotta, Valen, and Bitter Gavv, so this is the first time he’s fought against Stomach Company part-timers like Shoma and Hanto have.

At the scriptwriting meetings, we had many discussions about what would cause him to decide to fight a Granute who is currently taking the same path that Comel followed.

Are you going to actually transform into Vram…?

Rakia is angered by L’Beed’s words! How will their battle end?

Chocold Rush!

The veteran worker isn’t in good condition, so he’s working diligently on something else.

Director Shibasaki is also helping.

The first one to respond to news of Bitter Gavv reappearing yet again is Valen Chocold Form, who successfully destroyed a Granute by himself last episode.

He seems to display a whole new level of power. What? “Should he be using it this much, with no thought of the risks?” …I do wonder..

Shoma and Hanto have separated once, and the distance between them isn’t getting any shorter. It feels like the difference in color is also gradually increasing.

Hino, whose independent scenes have increased, seems a little happy that he can occasionally be with everyone. ☺️

Gavv fights with all his energy despite his poor health, but the ice cream melts…! It mercilessly melts with the passage of time, even in the middle of a battle.

And the one to take over the fight against Bitter Gavv is…

Valen again! Isn’t the transformation where he hits the wall so cool?

Battle scenes in cramped spaces are a specialty of Action Director Fujita’s.

The scenes where oil drums, barrels, lumber, and other objects that would likely be in that place, are used for attacks are exciting and full of realism. The actors have amazing physical strength, with how they make so many poses that use metal rods or wires one after another.

It also feels like Valen is using his gun more aggressively than normal. He exudes strength by keeping up the battle at his own pace, like he’s not even using his full power.

But…

See, I told you it has some kind of bad influence…!!! I’m extremely worried about Hanty’s heart and lungs… [TN: they made a pun on “heart and lungs” and “worry” both being “shinpai”. i’m not going to try and localize it.]

Ack, please stop throwing metal drums every time we talk about something boring…!

Please look forward to Rakia’s work next week as well.

(Written by Minami Takishima)

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(Some Gavv spoilers and conspiracy theories here)

I’ve been thinking a lot about this and considering that in 2 weeks or so, we’ll be getting a new Rider in the form of Kamen Rider Bake, I’d figure that there’s no time like the present than to share these thoughts!

I still lowkey want Sachika to be a Rider. She 👏needs👏the👏ability 👏to 👏kill (or give her a gun Ichijo style, speaking of which I’m finally actually watching Kuuga). She’s going to meet Dente in the next episode so there’s that and there might be a possibility that he copies Lakia’s Vram driver for Hanto which is probably why he has it in the scans (praying that this is actually the case and Lakia doesn’t die) and maybe he could do something similar for her. Whether that being with or without a Granute organ which some people think that he might die somewhere in the show and if he does, that one of his organs will be used for this.

Now where am I going with this? Well some people don’t want her to be one. Whether that she’s fine being a supporting character, that not every character needs to be a Rider or they don’t want her in danger. It’s the second thing that I want to talk about.

While I want Sachika to be a Rider, I don’t want any members of the Stomach Inc family to become a Rider…except for one but it depends on how it’s done. Lango and Glotta, I don’t want them as Riders. They are fine the way that they are with just their Granute Forms. I mean Glotta beat the snot out of Shouma AND Lakia by herself, out and in Granute form so safe’s to say that she won’t be getting one. Lango, I don’t know what his deal is yet and I just don’t see him as wanting to be one. Nylev and Jeebh tho, that’s a different story.

Now I think that Nylev will probably be the next Stomach family out, that’s just what I’m theorizing, I could be wrong tho but I could see him lowkey thinking about creating a belt like he did for Lakia and using it against him probably for revenge on backstabbing them. He might want to have that extra firepower before he inevitably falls.

But if Nylev becomes a Rider, then I don’t want Jeebh to be one. However, I feel the same way about the other way around.

Jeebh could find a way to become a Rider, whether that being teaming up with Suga and trying to find a way to clone Shiita with all of her memories or something else, and intact revenge against Shouma. He’s been out of the picture for so long, he has to come back somehow so why not come back with a bang!

So if Jeebh becomes a Rider, then I don’t want Nylev to become one. Either one of them could become one and I would be ok with it!

But that’s just a theory…A GAVV THEORY!

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Kamen Rider Gavv Episode 21 Production Blog

i don’t have anything funny to say this time (i’m saving it for next week)

taken from this website

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Looking At the Next Episode

A dark Shoma has appeared. Chinen seemed to have a lot of fun preparing for the role. Everything is different from Shoma’s character, from the smile to the voice. He looks somewhat animated. Who on Earth is this bitter Gavv?! He will naturally be very active in the next episode.

Valen… is once again being defeated (cries), but since he’s human, it’s amazing that he’s transforming at all! I really like Shoma’s line where he says, “No, it’s not about whether he needs help or not.”

Shoma hasn’t been able to tell the truth since episodes 9 and 10– that was last year. In this era with a surplus of entertainment (everyone’s busy!), it might be a challenge to see how far a long story can go. I previously wrote that episode 20 “starts while having a lot of breaks”, but there’s also a huge moment in the story at the end of the episode. Everything is tightly connected. Bittersweet… Don’t miss the next episode.

The Episode in Short

Thank you for watching episode 21!

Director Tasaki helped Chinen in the “Gotchard” movie, and Shoji experienced working with him for two episodes in “Kiramager”. The cast members have met him before, but Tasaki’s episodes took on a new feel for “Gavv” (he’ll also be part of a new program in two weeks)!

A bitter new character (?) has appeared, and it seems like the relationship chart surrounding Shoma has not settled down yet.

Hanty’s Confusion

After witnessing a passionate battle (not in the romantic sense!),

(Rakia: “This is awkward…”)

The previous episode ended with Shoma’s secrets bursting out all at once. Hanto impulsively punched him, but he wonders what his situation is like.

His confusion only grows when Suga tells him what he knows about Shoma.

Director Tasaki also directed multiple episodes in “Zenkaiger”, but he seemed to have a great amount of fun filming the scene, saying, “Even though Zenkaiger has the same combination of Komura and Asanuma, his attitude and role are completely different! The way he plays Suga is so interesting!”.

Just as Hanto begins to want to hear Shoma out again, the Dark Shoma/Bitter Gavv appears, and he becomes even more suspicious, but what really is going on here…?!

Now’s the time to show the true value of journalism! Go, Hanto!!

We’re Sorry About Dark Shoma.

Dark Shoma’s identity and origin are a mystery, but the clothing creates a new form for him. The zipper on the stomach is still alive and well. Normally Shoma wears a lot of highly saturated colors, so his appearance changes quite a lot with the monochrome (almost black!) outfit.

Even though he’s smiling, he somehow looks scary…! There aren’t any drastic differences in the hairstyle, to make it more convenient for Chinen to film when switching between characters, but you can feel that it’s “different from how it normally is” with the changes in expression and pose in just this photograph alone.

His love for food and hungry condition seems like Shoma? He ate both oden and pasta with his bare hands.

The steam was created by our machine operating team and not from actual heat, so no one went, “I didn’t hear about this!”, or, “I’m gonna sue you!” (Laughs).

Though not malicious, Dark Shoma does things that Shoma would normally never do. Chinen was challenged by his new role and put all his energy into every scene. Director Tasaki took cuts while smiling and saying, “Interesting!”.

Yasuhiko Imai played the role of the oden stand owner who was attacked.

At the end of the year, he stirred up excitement as the cunning Kani (the Granute Rojo), but here, he appears as a regular human. Dark Shoma attacks the shopkeeper played by the veteran actor Imai, who plays an extensive amount of roles in countless Toei tokusatsu works, from everything from heroes to robots to villains…

I’m so sorry.

The unlucky restaurant employee attacked by Dark Shoma is played by the promising young Shotaro Kajiyama.

He’s stepping on him, but he’s not actually doing that, he’s just hitting a stake that you can’t see (Laughs). I’m sorry!

Now, Dark Shoma finally finds the key snack, cola-flavored gummies.

Similar to the normal Shoma, he can’t give birth to Gochizos with oden or pasta, but it doesn’t work for every snack, either.

By the way, the normal Shoma couldn’t produce a Gochizo when he ate a macaron (and he also seemed to collapse afterwards…), but that was a little different from usual.

The owner of the penny candy store is played by Naoko Kamio.

She’s also a legend among legends, having played everything from heroes to villains to mascot-like characters. Kamio’s characters have a hard-to-dislike cuteness, and boast of a menacing survival rate (in my personal opinion, haha). Kamio, you know how secure the set feels when you arrive…

Oh… apologies. (But I’m glad that you were as strong as you always are after Hanto saved you, haha.)

From JAE’s [Japan Action Enterprise’s] young members to their big veterans, Dark Shoma attacks recklessly! He makes use of everyone’s feelings, and his brutal depiction intensifies.

His expression while transforming and the way he turns the handle are different from usual as well, and somehow seem dangerous. This is a guy who doesn’t want to act stealthy!

He’s slanted down even more than normal…!

The black Gavv’s shape is similar to Shoma’s red Gavv, but the sounds have an entirely different flavor. You should definitely get it for yourself and check it out.

The Too-bitter Gavv Rampages!

This is Kamen Rider Bitter Gavv, which the dark Shoma transformed into using a Sparkin Gummy Gochizo. The “Bitter” in the name is from the show’s snack theme.

Yuji Nakata serves as his suit actor. There are a lot of people on the production team who were in the staff for “Geats”, so we always wondered if Nakata would appear somewhere. After much anticipation, he took the mound as the peculiar character of Bitter Gavv!

He creates action where the character fights without knowing how strong he is, and battles while fixing a joint that was accidentally dislocated. The widely known respect that Nakata and the action director Fujita have for each other shines here.

In post recording, Chinen is challenged by speaking with a tone that’s different from normal, and vocalizing at an un-hero-like tempo.

It’s innovative that the Bitter Gavv Sword that he created seems extremely heavy to wield!

The letters appearing in the action are “juwa”s that weren’t on the “menu”. [??] It’s foaming like a carbonated drink…! There’s a brutal feeling coming from the kanji, too, in its shape and dakuten.

Rakia, who is now in the OP but has his cell phone deactivated, both due to betraying the Stomach company, sluggishly goes into action.

If the jellyfish is here now, that makes it a Rider battle… He’ll definitely target Bitter Gavv, who’s attacking Valen, but how will this end…?!

By the way, Rakia wasn’t just edited on top for the Hapipare shot in the OP; the other three danced for it again! Rakia hasn’t been in this colorful room before (Laughs).

Don’t miss it next week!

(Written by Minami Takishima)