Recap: Kamen Rider Gavv, Episode 34 – The Great 100 Gochizo Operation!

Shoma finishes off Magen and automatically dehenshins after delivering the finisher. Back at Hapipare, Sachika excitedly tells Uncle Dente about the Gochipod working so well. Shoma notices Uncle Dente has lost more teeth, but Uncle Dente says he just had to pull them out for cavities.

Shoma, however, is not too sure if Magan was defeated completely.

Sure enough, Nyelv finds Magen in the forest and says Shoma being unable to control the immense power is what ended up saving him. Nyelv acknowledges underestimating Shoma and Uncle Dente so Magan will be requiring more modifications.

Uncle Dente tells Shoma he’ll need 100 Gochizos to power up the Gochipod. But Shoma finds there are no more snacks anywhere in Hapipare. Sachika had welcomed Uncle Dente to eat as much snacks as he needed to recover.

Shoma and Sachika split up to go shopping. Shoma stops by the snack shop and grabs lots of snacks except a bag of gummies a little boy had set his sights on. Sachika calls Shoma back to Hapipare and tells him they can make some snacks too.

Sachika and Uncle Dente make pancakes, Hanty makes chips and Shoma makes some cotton candy. Rakia helps with the dishes.

Meanwhile, Glotta confronts Liselle and asks what her deal is with seducing Jiip and taking over the company. Glotta is shocked when suddenly “Siita” walks in. Liselle explains that this is actually Jiip and she reveals that by removing the Mimic Key.

Glotta is horrified. But Jiip says no matter what she thinks of Liselle, he needs her to avenge Siita. Liselle tells Glotta to focus on herself instead since out of all the siblings, she’s the one with no future and just going around in circles.

Glotta throws a flower vase on the floor as she walks out.

Next day, Magen is armed with an improved gun for him by Nyelv. He shoots at a building full of people and traps them, hoping to round them up and Press them for Nyelv.

A Gochizo comes to tell everyone at Hapipare what is happening. But Shoma does not have 100 Gochizos yet and his Gavv is not producing as much anymore. Hanto and Rakia go out to buy him some time as he continues eating.

Hanto and Rakia find Magen and they all henshin and battle.

Shoma is worried he is no longer producing any Gochizos. Sachika says he hasn’t been expressing his thoughts on the snacks anymore while he eats. Shoma realizes that snacks aren’t just to fill his stomach, but they are to be appreciated and give him the strength to fight.

Sachika serves Shoma some freshly baked almond cookies, ohagi, and crepe. Shoma finds himself on a merry-go-round of snacks. And with that, the last three Gochizos he needs pop out to meet him.

The 100 Gochizos hop into the Gochipod to power it up.

Back at the battle, Hanto is forced to dehenshin when his frappe melts down. Rakia pushes him out of the way and absorbs the attack from Magen instead. Hanto apologizes for the trouble. But Shoma arrives just in time.

Shoma locks the Gochipod in and henshins.

Magen is confident he can still defeat Shoma. Shoma does what he can, but can’t seem to gain the upper hand. Rakia says all Shoma needs is one decisive hit and he suggests he and Hanto help set that up for him.

Rakia and Hanto stuff Magen in donuts, teeing Magen up for Shoma’s Over Smash finisher. Magen appears to explode for good and the Gochizos fly up to snack heaven.

Shoma, Hanto, and Rakia hurry inside the building to save the trapped people as an Agent watches them.

Uncle Dente is back home and reminisces about the wonderful day he spent with the Hapi Gang. Knowing Shoma has all these great people around him, he is sure he will be okay even without him.

An almond cookie drops out of Uncle Dente’s hand as the camera zooms out.

Back at the Stomach boardroom, the president announces Nyelv will be promoted to an R&D role serving directly under him. He was impressed by his technical prowess, even in defeat.

Glotta and Lango can’t believe Nyelv would leave and plan to betray them all along. Nyelv thinks that’s a very cold assumption on their part. But his work requires a lot of financial aid and the president can provide that.

The president would also like to place a standing order for ten million premium Dark Treats.

Glotta says that would require an incredible amount of Presses. But the president says they’ll just have to figure that out on their own and he looks forward to their success.

The president leaves. Jiip gloats. Liselle tells them the Jarudaks will take care of all costs.

Glotta asks Lango-niisan what they will do. Lango says with the blank check, that will no problem.

Episode Thoughts

A very nice episode. Teamwork. Appreciating your snacks. And Uncle Dente happy and content leaving his grand-nephew in good hands.

I will say though the emotions that welled up from that zoom out of Uncle Dente were completely shattered by that final scene. Ugh. Lololol I could do without that interruption, thanks. lolol

No, but really, of course I would love to see more of Uncle Dente being a mentor figure for Shoma. But I very much appreciate how the show was able to have many scenes of him with Hanto, Rakia, and especially Sachika too. If they had to reach this conclusion for him, I’m glad they were able to include those great interactions. And all of them I think really meaningful both in a story-sense and for each character as well.

But for Shoma, specifically, it helped bridge that gap between the two worlds and his two sides. Especially maintaining and showing a positive connection to his family. So Uncle Dente is very much a huge part of the season.

I hope they don’t just pretend he doesn’t exist now though, you know? Like, if he’s gone, then address it. He would deserve it. If he’s alive and well, then even better!

Elsewhere, I think the whole “I’m not appreciating the food” theme was very good as well. Not taking things for granted is obviously a good lesson. And it’s a great lesson for Shoma, especially when his whole character is about love of delicious foods which also give him immense power.

So completing the new toy power up with that lesson is perfect.

Then we have more great teamwork. First with everyone at Hapipare pitching in to make delicious foods. And then Hanto and Rakia helping to tee up Magen at the battle for Shoma. The 100 Gochizos helping also before dying and flying up to snack heaven at the end lol Good stuff! And great action to go along with it.

Now, I guess, to the Stomachs. If we have to talk about them. lolol

First, I very much liked Glotta’s horrified reaction to Jiip and his Siita skin suit. Because any other reaction would be weird and gross. Lol There’s nothing normal or nice or heartwarming about enjoying being in your dead sister’s body!! Come on now! lololol

I will say, while I do not appreciate Liselle’s disrespect either, it was certainly very interesting to hear her comment about Glotta having no focus or goal or dream, etc. At the same time, that kind of seems to set up the moment where she realizes what she wants in life too late. Like, with her last breaths, she states her dream and regrets and all that. You know that familiar scene in Kamen Rider and Sentai lol

But we’ll see. I hope she outlives the Jarudaks at least. Lol

More support for Nyelv being Final Boss I think. Just accumulating all he needs for his endgame it seems like. But it’s nice to finally see Lango-niisan back outside of the castle/mansion/factory after a long time. Would be great to see him versus Shoma.

Overall, another great episode of course!