Recap: Kamen Rider Gavv, Episode 10 – Extra Large! Candy Cannon!

Shoma and Sachika are helping out at a construction site which had to halt work the other day after workers began hearing strange things and even saw a huge figure dragging something along at night.

While waiting for Kirari, Hanto tries to figure out what happened to the disappeared cake shop. But he sees a madeleine wrapper on the ground and realizes she might have been taken by the Granute too.

Back at Hapipare, Shoma tries donuts for the first time thanks to the gift from the foreman. His mind if of course blown away by the delicious treat and he writes about it in his diary.

Shoma is taken aback when the donut box begins moving on its own. But it’s just three Gochizos moving around. A new Gochizo pops out of his stomach mouth as well.

Sachika is done washing up and she notices something moving around, thinking there might be rats. Shoma tries to redirect her attention.

Just then, Hanto comes in and asks them to find the cake shop, telling them about the missing children. Sachika finds it and Hanto confirms the owner is the man he saw. As Shoma secretly tells the Gochizo to go look for him, Hanto starts to head out too. Shoma, worried Hanto would be in danger chasing a Granute, asks to come with. Hanto hesitates, thinking he won’t be able to henshin with Shoma round. But he agrees and they hurry out.

Over in the Granute world, the twins are upset about that pesky red Gavv. But they decide that if they can procure lots of high quality Presses, they can prove to their big brother that they are not useless.

Meanwhile, Glotta visits Nyelv and asks him what he’s scheming considering he knew all about red Gavv and the other Rider already. Nyelv says he just wants to conduct interesting experiments. And the two of them were convenient opponents to test his new creations on. He’s actually excited to see the results of his latest work.

Back in town, Shoma and Hanto head to the original location of the cake shop. They see the drag mark on the ground and Shoma remembers what the foreman said about seeing a huge thing dragging something along in the middle of the night.

Sachika calls Hanto to tell them about the new location of the cake shop. They hurry over to the location, but it is another empty lot. They ask a woman who says a shop did open up here, but it suddenly disappeared.

Just then, the Gochizo come to Shoma to tell him about finding the man handing out madeleines to preschool children. As Hanto sees another drag mark, Shoma tells him about the preschool. Hanto realizes the Granute is after children, so they hurry over to the location.

They find another empty lot, but also see more skid marks on the ground. They follow the marks and end up finding the school. They walk in and sure enough, they see the shop owner inside.

The Granute is on the phone with someone, reporting that he has met the twins’ procurement quota. He says going after a preschool was the right move since it was easy to collect so many humans.

Shoma and Hanto can’t henshin with the other there. They agree to split up. But Shoma knocks over a tube of posters, alerting the Granute to their presence. Hanto tells Shoma to make a run for it. Shoma hesitates, but decides to hurry out so he can henshin.

Hanto confronts the Granute who transforms into his Granute form. The Granute says children are high-quality premium ingredients thanks to their innocence. Hearing that angers Hanto and he quickly henshins. They take the battle outside as Shoma arrives.

As they work together, Shoma uphenshins to Gurucan. The Granute tries to leave and collects the school into its shell to move. Shoma gives Hanto the Gatling, but it’s too heavy for him. Shoma says it’s alright since Hanto was able to slow it down at least. A Gochizo comes by and Shoma uses it to uphenshin to Bakucan.

Shoma is able to crack the shell open. The children Presses fall out and Hanto hurries to collect them all. Shoma then delivers a Bakucan Blast finisher to take care of the Granute for good.

They release the children from the Press. They release Kirari last and Shoma pulls Hanto over to hide as she might be frightened of them. Kirari has no idea what happened, but remembers she has to meet Hanto.

Shoma and Hanto both wonder where the other has disappeared to and if they might have gotten caught up in the explosion.

Shoma thanks the Gochizo and Hanto realizes he has run out of them. Especially since Suga-san just steals the Gochizo for him. Hanto asks Shoma if he can share some Gochizo with him. He says he does not want to rely too much on the guy who modified him.

Shoma remembers Valen cannot make Gochizo so it must be hard for him. He understands and says he of course can share some choco Gochizos.

Shoma arrives back at Hapipare and Sachika is happy he’s okay. Shoma asks if Hanto is okay and Sachika says Hanto called to say he’s alright thanks to the Kamen Riders. Actually, Hanto was worried about Shoma too. Sachika takes a video of Shoma to send to Hanto to show he’s alright.

Shoma is touched Hanto cared about him that much and is happy to know he is a kind person.

Meanwhile, Hanto meets Kirari who excitedly shows him her new dance steps.

Meanwhile, Suga-san gets a package. He excitedly opens it up to reveal a USB containing video of the two Kamen Riders’ battle earlier. Suga-san is amused that Hanto has been busy. But he is also intrigued by the continued evolution of the “original”. He believes it must be because he is a Granute at his core.

Episode Thoughts

It’s a good episode! The show laid out a great foundation in the first eight episodes. So these last two episodes which took on a more MOTW feel were great and worked very well to put what we’ve learned of this “world” in action.

Of course it was fun to see Shoma and Hanto out in the field together and trying to hide their identities once again. Like I mentioned last episode, I think it was, that dynamic should be fun to watch for a while. Though I don’t know how long they will maintain it. Perhaps until the midseason climax. That would be a good time to reveal themselves to each other.

Especially as shown at the end, their hidden identities can help to develop their friendship and connection. (And yes, bromance too! lol).

Of course, also great to have Sachika involved. Looking forward to seeing them all three out in the field again too.

With the Stomach Sibs, nice little tidbits showing their individual personalities in quick moments. And at the end, a nice tease of Kenzo’s mysterious motives as well.

Elsewhere, it was funny how people did not give any second thought to whole buildings suddenly popping in and out. You’d think that would be a big deal. Lololol

And it would’ve been nice to have more with Hanto and Kirari. Like a nice update about her or something. But they kinda just squeezed her back in at the end there. It’s okay I guess, but it made their story feel rushed or incomplete.

Overall, another good episode. Gavv moving along quite well!