After Sho had his control metal ripped out by Enzyme did Sho die right then and there, or did he live after the bio-booster creature began to devour him? Was he alive during the final assault on Enzyme before he exploded into a bloody shower of acidic blood and gore?

Thats hard to tell, from what we saw of guyver II's death the host is still conscious as the they are being devoured. However the full process was cut short by Sho's mega-smasher so we dont know how long it takes for the hosts conscious to fade away or if it disappears at all. Whats more the bio-booster creature seems to retain at least some of the host's memories as we saw with the one that spawned from Sho's severed arm. Most likely it was a both Sho's desire to protect his friends and the creature's instincts that drove it to keep fighting.

Edited January 10, 201511 yr by Adolphus Strigoi

If some of Sho's consciousness remained after having his control metal removed I wonder how long he could have continued to fight while being consumed by the bio-booster creature. I also wonder if his mind would have melded with the creature and become something completely new?

Thats something we really dont know. Without a control metal to restrain it the booster creature will aggressively try to absorb everything it comes into contact with, its like Aptom but ruled by instinct and is less stable. The host is likely consumed very quickly and their mind along with them, if their consciousness did survive the pain would almost certainly drive them mad. If Sho had lived passed his fight with Enzyme he would more then likely be no different from the poor beast that spawned from his arm, a creature of instinct and fractured memories.

Edited January 11, 201511 yr by Waferdanos

I just reread the chapter that contains the bio-boost creature, and I noticed some things. Sho said that he remembered everything up to the point of having his control metal ripped out. This may indicate as to when Sho's consciousness died out, and when the bio-boost creature took over. Another thing that I noticed was the facial expression of the bio-boost creature after it was disabled by Makashima. When Sho was walking up to it the creature had a sorrowful look on it's face. I cannot prove it, but it is apparent to me at least that the creature had some form of awareness. I suspect that it may have had a small understanding of what it was (a ghost of the original Sho Fukamachi). I think that the creature was mainly running on instinct, but also carried the fractured memories of Sho. Perhaps the creature was suffering from an identity crisis, and wanted to absorb Sho to make itself whole?

Thats what I was thinking, although I think that the reason Sho only remembers everything up to the point of having his control metal ripped out is because the control metal only had his memories recorded up to that point.

Spoiler if you haven't read the latest chapter

Gigantic Exceed had its hand cut off by Apollon, I hope it dosent become a godzilla sized bio-booster creature!

Edited January 11, 201511 yr by Waferdanos

Gigantic Exceed had its hand cut off by Apollon, I hope it dosent become a godzilla sized bio-booster creature!

Now that would be interesting!