Drive 07 discussion post

[zaluzianskya]

Episode 7 is out! You can find Over-Time's subs here.

We get to learn more about how Roidmudes work, which is cool. The mechanic of copying forms and memories is reminiscent of the Worms in Kabuto, except apparently Roidmudes have to kill their target to copy them.

There's more of Tomari and Hayase too, and Kiriko gets a Big Damn Heroes moment.

Comments

[g_uava]

As of the episode featuring Kiriko's backstory, I'm going back and forth on the 'Kiriko is a Roidmude' theory.

Mr Belt has stated that "Kamen Rider" is what the Roidmudes call their enemy and if ProtoDrive is really an enemy of the Roidmudes, that would raise more questions as to why ProtoDrive would rescue Kiriko. It is possible that Kiriko became a Roidmude after encoungering the painter Roidmude but that would be super convoluted.

On a related note, my initial theory was that Mr Belt and Kiriko are renegade Roidmudes. However, when rewatching the flashback when Mr Belt was still a human, Heart is the one who was sent to kill him and not Chase the Roidmude hitman. The key to what Mr Belt and Kiriko are should lie in the backstory of how they formed their alliance, information which Shinnosuke could have probbed them further for in these episodes.

As for whether Kiriko knew Hayase, I'm guessing that she does since she has a lot of information on Shinnosuke's activities and visiting his ex-partner should be one of them. I haven't read much speculation on Shinnosuke's past, but as of late I'm thinking that before the Global Freeze, Shinnosuke and Hayase could be an (in)famous duo in the force. Perhaps that's how Kiriko heard about their partnership, and why Shinnosuke is given a lot of leeway for his slacking.