Granutes are SO interesting to me. What is Granute society actually like? They talk about it so much but we barely know anything about it. I wonder if there's any rhyme or reason to what Granutes look like since they've been animals, fungi, and seaweed (the one for the upcoming Hyper Battle Video who doesn't have a name yet) but there's not really a pattern to what they are. I'm gonna dump some theories I've seen on Reddit and analyze them because I'm really invested into Granutes to a point where it might as well be terminal.
Theory #1: Granutes are supposed to represent 'forbidden' food. This was an early theory and it could still hold up but it just doesn't seem solid enough for me. All the Granutes we've seen by the time someone shared this theory have been things relating to illegal/dubious foods. Dente is a whale and whaling is outlawed in most places, Hound is a dog, Otake is a mushroom and some fungi are poisonous, Early is an alligator which are edible but also have social stigmas surrounding hunting them, Bon is a porcupinefish which can be poisonous if not prepared correctly, Dean is a sardine which are often considered 'disgusting' food, etc. The things that break this theory are Chooul (bird), Whipple and Glotta (octopus and squid), the seaweed Granute from the upcoming Hyper Battle Video, Lango/Bouche (goats), and Rojoe (crab) since they're all commonly edible foods. Design-wise, however, most Granutes have decaying appearances with many part-timers actively having fly-like pieces incorporated into their looks and some even have a whole bug on their bodies so this theory is kinda still afloat.
Theory #2: The Stomach Family has multiple mothers. This one stems from the fact that besides Lango being a goat Granute like Bouche, no one else in the Stomach family shares the same animal form (not counting the twins because they're twins). From what I've heard, Lango's Granute head costume piece is the same exact one that was used for Bouche but with the facial hair removed. We haven't seen enough Granute families to actually figure this one out since the two other familial groups we've seen is the Granute mother and child in one of the early episodes that visited a treat selling cart (I can't remember their episode or what they looked like for the life of me) and the Amarga family. To be fair, we were JUST introduced to the Amargas by the time of me writing this so I don't know if we'll learn more about them. Still, Lakia is a jellyfish while Comer is a squirrel/chipmunk. Do Granute genes randomly assign a person a thing or are appearances genetic, with the Amargas and Stomachs having different sets of parents for each child? Again, we don't fully know the Amargas' situation but for the well-off Stomachs it's definitely possible for multiple mothers to be a thing since political marriages are confirmed to exist in the Granute world and Lango treated the idea of using his younger siblings for marriage tickets as nothing particularly new to the family.
Theory #3: The mother of the Stomach Family is the Granute who took Hanto's mother. This theory is my favorite for this show since it's so twisty and ironic. Someone on Reddit commented this and my life has been different since. The current reigning theories around the identity of the wolf Granute who attacked Hanto's mom is that it might've been Shoma before the show (similar to the Wolf Orphnoch from Faiz) or that the wolf Granute's gavv was surgically given/used to enhance Shoma's own gavv. While I'm not big on those theories, the importance of the wolf Granute IS going to be important either way and this theory really cements Hanto's story to the Stomach Family. It's CRUEL and PERSONAL and I love it! We don't know much about the significance of red gavvs besides the fact that they stick out like a sore thumb in Granute biology. Maybe it's a sign of high social standing, tying the Stomach mother back to the political marriage theory. Who knows! What I DO know is that the three wolf Granutes we see are the mystery flashback Granute and the Stomach twins, Shita and Jeebh.
Theory #4: The Granute organ that Hanto surgically received belonged to a part-timer. This is a new theory that's been popping up because of the most recent episode but it lends itself to multiple interpretations. We don't really know what happens to part-timers who don't fulfill their hitopress quotas besides the fact that they aren't paid and go into withdrawal. I can't imagine this would be a good limiter on part-timers if, like most drugs, Dark Treat addicts can be rehabilitated. That, along with the fact that Stomach Inc. already deals in illegal stuff, makes the idea of Stomach Agents killing unprofitable part-timers not that far out there, in my opinion. Since Stomach Inc. is already a black-market company why not add another product to their list of goods? What if Stomach Inc. also harvested organs from their staff? Again, this is another theory I've picked up from Reddit and it comes from speculation that Suga's Granute organ he had on hand to implant into Hanto was provided by Stomach Inc. since Suga had never really encountered Granutes in close quarters before. The Redditor took this theory a step forward and guessed that the specific Granute that served as Hanto's organ donor was Comer Amarga since Comer was running away with a large wound from Stomach Inc. Definitely one of the darker theories for this show but if that is true then the dynamics between the characters get even crazier.
