Recap: Kamen Rider Gavv, Episode 39 – I’ve Been Searching For You

Shoma tells Sachika that he wants to visit Uncle Dente just to check up on him. Remembering Uncle Dente asking her to keep his teeth a secret, she asks to come with.

They arrive at Uncle Dente’s cave and are surprised to find him on the ground. Rakia is standing over him and Uncle Dente throws a tantrum about not wanting to work anymore. Rakia explains that Uncle Dente has hit a wall while helping him with something. So Uncle Dente asked for a break and for Rakia to take him on a human sweets tour.

Uncle Dente says he learned about these special treats that you can only enjoy in restaurants and shops: parfaits. The only thing is, he doesn’t have a human disguise, so it would be impossible for him to go.

Sachika suggests they make some parfaits here instead. Uncle Dente is now motivated to keep working.

Sachika has Rakian accompany her to buy silver platters they will use to serve the pudding a la mode. Sachika tells him that Uncle Dente has not been doing too well so she hoped to at least keep his spirits up.

Rakia says he has been visiting more often lately, but has not noticed anything out of the ordinary. He realizes this must be why Uncle Dente has had trouble with his work lately. He feels guilty about not catching on to his brother’s changes after becoming addicted to Dark Treats either. “Why am I always like this,” Rakia asks.

Sachika smiles and tries to cheer him up.

They get to the housewares store. Rakia judges the platters based on how edible the platters themselves are.

Shoma is at the grocery store buying the ingredients when he runs into the snack shop owner. They walk out together after paying for their items and he tells Shoma he had visited his parents’ graves today. He adds that they had gone too soon.

On the way, they run into Hanto. The shop owner invites Hanto to stop by when he likes as well.

After the shop owner leaves, Shoma invites Hanto to come with to make pudding. But Hanto reminds Shoma that sweets are not his thing and he’s also busy right now. Unbeknownst to Shoma, Hanto continues searching for Inoue Michiru.

Meanwhile, Liselle visits Glotta to check on why the Dark Treats supply has slowed down and her daddy isn’t getting any. She critiques the ones on the table as being poor quality even though Glotta insists they are the good ones and tells her to get her eyes checked.

Liselle says she is more popular than Glotta now and taunts her with Jiip not even telling his big sister or consulting her about getting his gavv modified.

Nyelv is checking Jiip out and says there’s nothing wrong with him. Jiip asks why he still lost to Shoma even with this disgusting mouth on him. Nyelv advises him to wait a bit longer until his body fully accepts the modified gavv.

Liselle arrives and tells Jiip to calm down, saying him being alive is proof that he is evolving and he just has to take his time.

Nyelv watches as Liselle pets Jiip like her dog.

Liselle tells Nyelv to provide more research on the toxin Lango was using.

Later, Glotta confronts Nyelv about not being informed about Jiip getting a red black gavv. But Nyelv laughs that it wouldn’t have mattered since Glotta likes to get physical instead of talking it out or listening.

Glotta grabs Nyelv’s tablet and tosses it on the ground when Nyelv brings up Jiip relying more on his wife instead of her. But Glotta is shocked to see on the tablet that Uncle Dente is still alive. Nyelv tells her he has been in the human world helping Shoma.

As Shoma, Sachika, and Rakian prepare the pudding and all the ingredients to bring over to Uncle Dente’s, Glotta pays him a visit.

Glotta grabs him by the neck and tells him he will be coming with her to help take their company back from the Jarudaks. Uncle Dente calmly takes her arm and says this isn’t about the company. He believes she cares about her family so much. And with everyone dead or gone, she is lonely. She doesn’t have to pretend anymore.

Glotta refuses to be seen as that weak and throws Uncle Dente on the ground. He insists he will not work for Stomach Inc ever again. But he can help her reconcile with the one sibling she has left.

Glotta tells Uncle Dente to shut up. But he invites her to come live with them here in this world. She raises her scythe at him.

Shoma, Sachika, and Rakia come skipping through the forest. But they are shocked by what they find.

Glotta says she is not that far gone that she would ever work with akaGavv. She walks away. Shoma, Sachika, and Rakia run over to Uncle Dente, bleeding from the huge slash on his chest.

Rakia sees the slash and realizes it is the same wound Comeru had when he died. He now knows Glotta is the culprit.

Rakia chases after Glotta and confronts her. They spar, but Glotta nonchalantly says she has no idea if she killed his brother or not. She laughs that maybe she did and gloats about not remembering since she’s killed so many part-timers.

At this point, Glotta remembers murdering a young kid.

Rakia vows to avenge Comeru with her death. Rakia henshins. Glotta transforms.

Glotta is able to counter Rakia’s attacks, even knocking his Vrambreaker out of his hands. She tosses it back to him, but continues to overpower him until he is forced to dehenshin.

Glotta remembers what Uncle Dente said to her earlier and again declares that she is not some weakling. She is about to kill Rakia, but Shoma arrives. He comes running, henshins to Over and kicks Glotta away.

Episode Thoughts

That four second scene of Glotta murdering Comeru was horrifying. His scream! My God. My jaw dropped. That has to be the most horrific four seconds I’ve seen on a Toei toku in a long time!

I wanted to reach into the TV and pummel Glotta myself. She was already on thin ice with me, especially after last week. Pardon my French, but fuck her. What a contemptible character. I don’t care how hot the actress is or how badass she can be. Glotta is just pure evil trash. Like, not even in a fun way. I don’t pity the character at all. Like, zero positive feelings at all at this point.

There have been a few times they’ve shown she cares for her family. Most times though she comes across as indifferent and focused on the business. Maybe even more than Lango. So I would’ve liked them to have perhaps shown a bit more glimpses of her “lonely” side if they were going to go this route at this point.

Nyelv basically said she’s always been like this. Probably her foolish pride getting in the way of her deep down empathy.

But regardless, Glotta is just a vile person. Ick. Not only a murderer, but a hateful bigot. Not only has she killed some of the most major of characters, she is also disgusted by her half-brother because he is mixed race.

And that is fine. (lol) Having someone to hate in a superhero story is good. And it will make next week hopefully very satisfying.

I am going to be standing and cheering when Rakia ends her ass next week with a la mode mode. Drown her in pudding Rakian!

*takes a deep breath*

Okay. Lol

So rewinding a little, I might have been caught a bit off guard I guess because this episode had the typical Toei toku setup. Fun, amusing start to the episode to lull you into a false sense of security for the heavy stuff at the end. Usually I can spot it and prepare myself appropriately. But not today! It worked on me today lol

I should’ve known them planning a nice a la mode party for Uncle Dente was a red flag of what was to come lol

Like, when they found Uncle Dente on the ground again, I wasn’t even worried anymore. They wouldn’t kill him off randomly like that. I would’ve believed it more the other episode when it was a cliffhanger lol But obviously it would be one last fake out before he actually gets murdered.

Now, Uncle Dente could be all well and good next week. But, honestly, that doesn’t change me wanting Rakian to hold Glotta head down in a vat of caramel until she downs. lol

Anyway, the scene of Rakia in the housewares shop judging the platters on how edible they were was hilarious. And it was a perfect scene to follow the sad and heartwarming moment with Sachika before it.

Elsewhere, Liselle treating Jiip like a pet is gross. But he brought it on himself so I have no sympathy lol And looking back now, I’m not as annoyed by Liselle today if only because she was able to push Glotta’s buttons. Though maybe I should be more upset with Liselle because she basically helped trigger Glotta’s madness today lol But of course it’s still all Glotta’s fault in the end. She’s got plenty to pay for.

Overall, a great episode. Obviously heavy and dramatic and consequential. But when you can get riled up like this, then you know it’s good and affecting story. And Gavv has been that.