Tokusatsu

In the last episode, Shoma recounted how Hanto’s mom was killed after being captured. Overwhelmed by sadness, Hanto left Shoma for now, as he needed time to process his emotions. After Hanto’s departure, Bitter Gavv continued to cause chaos in the city, which prompted Shoma and Lakia to deal with him. However, while saving an injured civilian, Bitter Gavv managed to flee the scene.

Last time, Shoma and Hanto reconciled after the two drifted off following Glotta’s unexpected reveal. Together, they defeated Bitter Gavv, who continues to terrorize people in search of snacks. However, the impact of the explosion following Bitter Gavv’s defeat unlocks memories from when Shoma was young.

In the last episode, we saw Hanto get mad at Shoma after it was revealed that the latter was a Granute. Shoma managed to tell Lakia the truth about his identity but struggled to tell Sachika about it. He then passed out after he left Hapipare to buy food. Meanwhile, Dark Shoma is rampaging, searching for foods that create his gochizos.

In the last episode, Glotta’s unintentional revelation that Shoma is a Stomach to both Hanto and Lakia was shocking. This revelation shattered Valen, who was already stunned from witnessing Shoma and Lakia join forces against Glotta. Disturbed by what he had learned and seen when Shoma and Lakia teamed up, Valen claimed he was teaming up with Lakia to create more Dark Treats…

Last time, Shoma and Lage-9 had a heated fight that eventually ended in a reveal about the reason why Lage-9 joined Stomach Inc. Shoma was spared, but he wasn’t sure if his request for alliance got through to Lage-9.

Last time on Kamen Rider Gavv, a fierce fight happened between Gavv and Granute Chooul as well as Valen and Vlam. While Gavv defeated the Granute, Hanto is in a really rough shape after being put out of his transformation.

We are now heading to Episode 18 of Kamen Rider Gavv! Last time, we saw another mass disappearance of humans in a school for the elderly while some minor human kidnappings happen thanks to Granute Chooul.

Finally, the first episode of the new year! Kamen Rider Gavv enters a new arc with a new poster featuring Kamen Rider Gavv’s Caking form (which debuted in Episode 14), Kamen Rider Vram, Kamen Rider “Bitter Gavv”…

Tokusatsu refers to a Japanese media style that focuses on practical effects used in Japanese live-action media. These include explosions, transformation into suited forms, and filming in scaled models of cities, invoking the feeling that the heroes and enemies are way bigger than their environment. There are three big franchise series in Japan under this genre: Ultraman, a show with an alien hero fighting kaiju (giant monsters) or other aliens…