It's me, Shouma!
I was taken in by a kind old couple who were happy to have me,
but my older twin Granute siblings Shiita and Jeebh found me.
I managed to repel them,
but I had to leave the couple behind.
Happy humans become targets for my siblings, after all...
Finally awake?
A Granute!?
Where are we?!
Welcome to my hideout of sorts!
I'm not going down without a fight!
GUMMY! EAT GUMMY!
- What!?
Henshin!
Could it be!?
POPPINGUMMY! JUICY!
That's some muscle you've got...!
I take it the surgery was a success!?
Ehh- "Surgery"?
That was a minion of yours, was it not?
I see, so these are the powers they have?
Why couldn't he tell me the good news sooner?
Always a wet blanket, that Bouche.
"Bouche"? Like, my Dad?
Also, what did you mean by "surgery"?
What, you forgot already?
I tinkered with your Gavv when you were a wee lad!
Really? Can't say I remember...
So...who are you...?
Dente Stomach, at your service.
I am your father's-
father's-
little brother!
Ahh, too confusing!
Mabushikute modoranai shunkan
Life's treasured moments
mou dare ni mo ubawasenai
must be held dear and never taken away
Sonna sekai kanaeru tame
To make such a world a reality
Got-Boo-Got Got-Boo-Got Energy Got Boost？
Dare no mainichi mo onaji janaikarasa
No one shares the same day-to-day
Honey & Vanilla tokidoki Bitter kimochi ajiwatteku
some taste of honey & vanilla, others a little bitter
Deatte wakare iku sen no hito no nagare
Each of life's many encounters and farewells
Kimi wa kanjou ni pin o tatete
is a fond memory you can pin up
Sukoshi dake demo egao o On the top
as you wear your best smile on the top
Kazarouto Runnin' to Runnin' to somewhere
running somewhere else to share it
Hitogoto ni wa binkan nanoni jibungoto ni wa donkan atomawashigimi
Always blissfully blind to your own matters yet always putting others first
Marude dokka tooku ni wasuremono shita mitai
staring into the horizon as though you've forgotten something dear
Hurry Hurry Isoide ma ni maniau you ni
Hurry, hurry, or you might miss it
Tasting sui mo amai mo dare ka no eien no ichi byou
the sourness and sweetness of life's each and every everlasting second
Mabushikute modoranai shunkan
Life's treasured moments
mou dare ni mo ubawasenai
must be held dear and never taken away
Sonna sekai kanaeru tame
To make such a world a reality
tsuyoku narou toshite
you've gotta get stronger
Never enough nough nough
though it never feels enough
Make someone laugh laugh laugh
each laugh you bring is worth the world
Soshite Tough Tough Tough ni natteku
and toughens you up like nothing else
Kitto mirai no shiawase wa wakeaeba fukuramu
The good times you'll bring are sure to swell if you share them
Like a Bubble-Gum
- Who would've thought Mr. red Gavv would beat our Agents... - Who would've thought Mr. red Gavv would beat our Agents...
Episode 5 - Memories that tingle
He was such a weakling as a brat.
Not to mention Dente-jiisan's failed enhancement surgery.
- Or maybe the results have only just started showing? - Or maybe the results have only just started showing?
He was the genius engineer behind our human spice system-
and the engineer Nyelv-niisan studied under.
- Things are getting interesting! - Things are getting interesting!
What's so "interesting"?
- Lango-niisan! - Lango-niisan!
I ordered an improvement in the quality of our human harvests, yet I see no change.
Why is that?
YOU told me you could handle it, so take responsibility and use those brains.
Make it work, or we'll go back to using my Agents instead.
- As in you'll fire us?! - But we're family!
I am on a mission to change Stomach Inc.
We will use these Dark Treats the old man developed to rule over Granute society.
These snacks look yummy!
Keep them for later, alright?
Okay!
Yay!
I-I got an invite...
O-One of those, please.
- One of these, correct? - Take it...!
You never know when the authorities might crack down on us,
with them being exclusive to the black market.
Hence, the need to attract the wealthy to our product, and quickly.
Deadweights are deadweights-
family or not.
- "Quit fooling around and do your job", huh? - "Quit fooling around and do your job", huh?
- Do us proud. - Do us proud.
We will.
An illegal gambling backroom?
Yeah. And I got a tip that a number of celebs frequent the place, on top of it.
Hanto-
- Up for a stake-out? - You bet.
'Scuse me.
Hi, Karakida here.
I nabbed you another sighting!
Really?!
Not of Kamen Rider though,
more like a weird monster-like thing, or something...?
"I saw a tiny little monster!!!"
"It was moving all weird, I've never seen anything like it."
"What even was that thing?"
So, uhh-
It's fine, I'll handle the stake-out.
Thank you so much!
The tip was kind of sus, but I wanna see it myself.
Good on you. Don't just take Suga's shady info as gospel-
- Seeya!
- sniff out- as much as you can until you have a fuller picture.
I better put on the finishing touches before you escape~
Here's my harvest!
S-Seriously!? Only one!?
- Bring higher quality targets. - Are you kidding me?
That's the stuff!
No, no, no- I gotta savour this properly...
I wanna gobble it so bad...
Fancy another one, then?
as payment for a special assignment.
I'll do anything you ask!!
I see... Bouche has passed on...
Why are you here in the human world, anyway?
You helped make Dark Treats as well, didn't you?
Why'd you help me?
Couldn't help it, after seeing that red Gavv.
You said my dad ordered this "modification"?
Your Gavv couldn't birth minions like ours could.
You had a human for a mother, after all.
That's not her fault! You all kidnapped her to help make your Dark Treats.
You'd be surprised. It was more like love at first sight for Bouche.
The guy did care for you two, in his own way.
I would like you to imbue my Shouma with power, using your skills and technology.
The same power to birth minions, like we possess.
So that he may live, proud and strong!
Twas a big ask, given I never worked on humans before.
Things weren't working out, no matter what I tried.
That said, you were such an adorable little tyke. Even I got attached.
I wanted to make it work, for your sake.
So I figured some human research was in order.
So I holed myself up here while looking into things,
but ended up getting addicted to human snacks, with this belly to prove it!
Who even needs clothes? Hahaha!
Want a bite of these? They're real good!
No thanks.
Take'em with you!
They're like an offshoot of regular potato chips.
Still, who would've thought human snacks would be the trigger for your latent powers.
You're the culmination of Bouche's love and my craftsmanship!
What love?
We always...
Mum always despised Dad...!
She never asked him to kidnap her, OR for his one-sided "love"!
Not to mention we were always just caged away in his mansion!!
That was for your own safety!
Lango and the rest weren't exactly your fans.
- It was that or risk getting spiced by being happy! - What, so he made us miserable on purpose...!?
We never asked for that!
You and Dad just decided that FOR us!!
Oi!
Hang on a minute, oi!
It was somewhere around here...
You're one of Kamen Rider's little friends, right...?
Oi!
Don't just-
Could that be-
That's all he had.
Hm. This one's higher quality.
Are those...the compressed people?
We never asked for any of that...!
They have no idea how much Mum was suffering...!
Mum, what's the world like outside?
Sorry Shouma, not even I know.
Go to sleep.
No! Let me go!
- Come, I'll make you stronger! - Please stop! Let him go!
Leave Mum alone!
Shouma...
I'll take you with me to the human world, someday.
We'll be able to be happy there...!
I'm sorry, Sei-kun... I can't lift it...
What's wrong?
My son dropped his toy.
Let me try.
Sure.
That was for your own safety!
It was that or risk getting spiced by being happy!
Here you go.
Thank you!
- Thank you so much! - No problem.
Thank goodness!
- Thank you again! - Bye-bye!
- See you! - See you!
Yeah...
Humans should be allowed to be happy. It's the ones turning them into spice who are in the wrong!
An "offshoot" of potato chips, was it?
It's spicy...!
but tasty!
I have to protect them, especially since I have the power to do so now.
I'll find enough happiness to make up for what we lost.
I'll deliver these to Jeebh-sama.
Please do.
Where are they taking them?
It'll probably be too late once they get turned into those confections...!
Who goes there!?
What am I doing...?
What's the point in me buying time...?
What are you doing?
The red Gavv.
Perfect, let us dispose of him.
Not happening!
Not after I just decided to find happiness alongside humans in their world.
GUMMY!
EAT GUMMY!
Henshin!
POPPINGUMMY!
JUICY!
Kamen Rider!
Oi, oi...!
Are they alright!?
They better be alive...
SNACK! EAT SNACK!
ZAKUZAKU CHIPS! CRISP & CRUNCH!
Use you?
Okay!
SNACK! EAT SNACK!
HIRIHIRI CHIPS!
Now I get it!
Nice!
- Ahh- one more!
SNACK! EAT SNACK!
HIRIHIRI CHIPS!
CHARGE ME! CHARGE ME!
No you don't!
In that case-
*tingly*
HIRIHIRI CHIPS FIRE!
Stop!
It won't come off...!
Don't force it!
They'll die if you snap them!
Close call...
I'll handle this.
Line them up.
'Kay.
A monster!!
Calm down!!
He's not a monster!
He's that Kamen Rider that's SAVING people from monsters! He saved you!
Right?
T-Thanks.
Here's this week's info fee.
Thanks.
Much obliged!
And here...is your receipt.
See you again soon.
Will do. Looking forward to it!
Okay...!
Evenin'.
G-Good evening!
Thank goodness he didn't realise it was me...
Hello?
Coming!
Ahh, Umashou?!
Sachika-san-
You're unbelievable, leaving without even a goodbye!
I'm so sorry!
I had to think over a lot of things...but could you let me work here again?
Huh?
I want to become someone who can make others happy, like you do!
Please.
"wan-chan" = slang for "puppy" or "one chance"
Fine, you get one more chance if you promise not to run off again without a word.
"Puppy"?
Like a dog?
Of course not! It just means this is a one-off.
Thank you!
In that case, I'll free up this spot for you.
Okay!
Can't have you on the sofa forever.
Mum...
I'm gonna find a different life here, away from that family.
Come on Umashou, give me a hand!
Okay!
Bum tip I guess.
Stake-outs are getting tough. Must be my age.
There you are~
Sorry, I'm actually a freelance writer-
you don't happen to have ties with that bar, do you?
Not at all.
I'm just here on a little errand.
Next time on Kamen Rider Gavv:
They look like little treats, so why not "gochis"?
Can I really?
Henshin!
Who is-
Everything needs a little thrill.
Episode 6 - A bitter chocolate transformation
We're done talking.
You're going down!