Recap: Kamen Rider Gavv, Episode 8 – Dual Chocolate

As Shoma releases Tamaki from the Press and accompanies her back to Auntie Masako’s home, Hanto unsuccessfully tries battling Glotta who completely overpowers him. And with little effort too. She thinks it’s cute he thought he could take her.

Hanto goes to Suga-san to ask about Granutes being able to disguise themselves as humans. Suga says it’s like humans putting on clothes. When Hanto asks how they can be able to distinguish the Granutes from humans, Suga mentions how they will have stomach mouths which cannot be disguised.

Hanto lifts Suga’s shirt to see an example. But Suga is amazed that Hanto is disappointed when he doesn’t have one.

Meanwhile, the siblings are meeting with Lango confronting the twins about not reporting on the red Gavv popping up and hindering their human procurement. Lango fires them and says he will have his Agents take care of the supply chain instead. He also asks Nyelv to upgrade their workers to better counter the red Gavv.

Over at Hapipare, Sachika arrives after having washed off all the paint from her body. Though she tries to put on a hapi face and pass it off as her spilling it on herself, Shoma can’t help but think there’s something more to what happened.

Next morning, Umasho and Sachika head over to Auntie Masako’s to continue working. Today, Sachika has Umasho work in the workshop. He excitedly heads over, but he stops to answer the doorbell.

Shoma goes out to the gate to meet Hanto who is here to inquire about the missing artist from the gallery. Hanto would like to speak with Tamaki, but not wanting Hanto to be in danger, Shoma says Tamaki is not feeling well. Hanto decides to wait outside the rest of the day until Shoma and Sachika leave.

Just then, a mysterious Italian art dealer arrives and Hanto is immediately suspicious.

That evening at Hapipare, Shoma is working on properly cracking an egg. He again notices Sachika does not seem like herself. Auntie Masako arrives and says she knows what happened with Suetsugu after he finally told her. Auntie Masako apologizes. But Sachika says it was her fault for being too insensitive.

Shoma says Sachika should’ve stood up for herself. Sachika says she almost did. But this has been a trouble for her since she was a kid. She tries to cheer other people up, but they always throw a “You’ve always had it easy, you don’t know what it’s like to be us.” at her.

Sachika acknowledges that perhaps she hasn’t had it as hard as others, so that must be why she cannot understand how others feel. But Auntie Masako says she wouldn’t be this concerned if she didn’t understand. She says she has always loved how Sachika candidly shows her care for others.

Shoma says Sachika was able to cheer him up many times as well, especially when she gave him his tasty diary. Sachika thanks them for the kind words.

Next day at Auntie Masako’s Umasho and Sachika see Hanty waiting outside. Just then, they see the art dealer arriving once again. Once inside, Shoma and Hanto tell Sachika about their suspicions that the art dealer is a monster.

Sachika asks if there’s any way they can check. Shoma is surprised Hanto knows about the stomach mouths. But Sachika says they can’t just take the dealer’s clothes off to see. Shoma has an idea.

While the dealer is meeting with Suetsugu and looking at his work, Shoma comes in and intentionally spills tea on the dealer’s clothes. Shoma lifts the dealer’s shirt up and sure enough, he has the stomach mouth.

The dealer transforms into his Granute form and runs off. Hanty chases after him with Shoma close behind.

Hanto henshins before Shoma is able to catch up. Shoma henshins and tries to keep his gummies from being too visible to Hanto until he’s fully henshined.

As they battle the Granute, Suetsugu takes his anger and frustration out on his work. He feels like he is a failure and is about to stab one of his paintings to rip apart. But Sachika musters up the courage and stops him. She tells him to take it out on the monster and not his art.

Sachika knows what she has to do. She grabs a bucket of paint and runs off to where the boys and the Granute are battling. Shoma uphenshins to Chocodon and he and Hanto think they have defeated the Granute. But it reappears.

Turns out, Nyelv had already been working on upgrades to the Granute workers.

Just then, Sachika arrives and throws the bucket of paint on the Granute. She will no longer stand for anyone lifting people up only to drag them back down. She tells the Granute to go to hell.

Umasho and Hanty think they’ve defeated the Granute once and for all. But it appears once again. Sachika can’t believe it has survived and is all clean without paint now. That clues Shoma in that there is something off here and he is able to find that the Granute has been producing clones.

Now that they have found the real Granute, Shoma hands Hanto a new Chocodongun. And together, they are able to finish off the Granute for good.

Sachika is excited to take selfies with the Kamen Riders. But they both run away from her lest she find out who they are.

At Auntie Masako’s, she thanks Sachika and Shoma for their work. Before they leave, Suetsugu comes to apologize to Sachika and thanks her for scolding the Granute for him. He gives her a painting as a sign of gratitude.

On the way home, Sachika asks where Hanto was since he missed out on his opportunity to see a Kamen Rider up close. She also teases Shoma that he ran off scared too. Both boys just try to play it cool.

Hanto tells Sachika that she doesn’t have to look into the Kamen Rider for him anymore. Shoma agrees. Both don’t want Sachika in danger. She seems to hear them thinking out loud.

Episode Thoughts

A great episode! Really enjoyed getting to see more of our Hapi3 (is that what I’ll be calling them this season? Hehe) together and being out in the field together, fighting the bad guys. The final scene with them is the nice dynamic I look forward to getting lots more of this year.

A great episode for Sachika. We get to know her a little bit more. And I think the simple plot of the episode went a long way in helping to do that. Both her feelings and Suetsugu’s feelings were valid. You understand where both were coming from. But the relatively easy resolution gave us a great insight into who Sachika might and can be, especially for our two candy boys.

Definitely can’t wait until Sachika becomes a Rider too! Though hopefully no surgery involved hehe

Again, I enjoy the dynamic of Shoma and Hanto not knowing each other’s identity. I don’t know how long the show will drag it out, but they can do a lot with it. The little inner monologue moments are creative and those too can offer up some fun as well.

The episode started off big with that awesome battle between Hanto and Glotta. Very badass sister! It’s good how we’re slowly getting to know the siblings. Like seeing the twins a bit cocky and overconfident at first, but them shrinking and timid when with their big brother. I didn’t realize they were the youngest of the siblings. But it makes a lot of sense how they think they’re bigger than they really are. Hope to see more interesting dynamics with the siblings too.

Nice moment with Hanto and Suga-san and that bit of a red herring I suppose. But if Suga is a Granute or halfsie or is able to hide his stomach mouth, perhaps that can help bring about Sachika getting Rider powers too without one or something hehehe

Overall, another great episode of Gavv! The positive feelings continue on an upward trend for me every week!