Gou has proved himself as a Rider but with Chase slowing uncovering the truth how will it shake up the team dynamic.  Let's take a look at episode 14 "Who is the dark shadow chasing her?".  We start off with an unknown woman being stalked by an also unknown criminal.  They have a quick conversation over the phone before a Slowdown happens and a Roidmude attacks.  We cut to Kiriko being approached by Chase.  He is puzzled by recent events and wants to know who she is relative to him.  We intercut this with Buckle informing Tomari and Gou about Chase's number and Gou acting very hostile towards the idea of a "good" Roidmude.  He leaves after telling Tomari Kiriko doesn't know.  We see Chase hear Buckle's voice in his head telling him to protect humans and writhing in pain ... Read more »

          Mach has made his grand debut but how will the group dynamic change now that the daredevil has entered the scene.  Let's find out with episode 13 "Why does my brother have no brakes?".  We first see that a professor Harley Hendrickson was responsible for Mach.  He is Buckle's mentor and informs the crew of Gou leaving in the middle of training.  He says the belt is unstable at the moment and to look after him.  Tomari is taken back at finding out that Mach was made to surpass Drive and Kiriko is infuriated with Buckle for giving Gou the belt.  Whether this is true or not is up for debate but considering his past actions I would not be surprised if it was true.  Tomari tries to pull her off but it takes Gou telling the two they look nice as a couple.  The two state otherwise  but qui ... Read more »

          Drive is on break this week but we still have plenty to talk about.  Around a month ago a little movie called Kamen Rider x Kamen Rider Drive and Gaim Movie Taisen Full Throttle came out in theaters and attendees got access to a DVD that contained episode zero of Drive.  This was a small prequel story to the series and billed as the first look at the mysterious Proto-Drive.  So how what did we find out, let's take a look and see how things go.

          Tomari gives us a quick introduction which is framed as a dream for him. Hayase and Tomari are after Neo-Shade, a criminal who is responsible for a multitude of bombings.  We cut to the Roidmudes in the ... Read more »

          The last episode of 2014 for Kamen Rider Drive is here and we got quite the episode in store for us.  Let's see what happened in episode 12 "Where did the white Kamen Rider come from?"  We start the episode with a meeting from various departments of the police discussing the current case of the week.  Hanamura Kinzo, a real estate speculator, is in the hospital from a blow to the head and there are many people who could have done it.  Otta reports that Slowdown happened and a monster possibly pulled this off. He is laughed out of the room but he vows to prove his theory right.  The S.C.U. doesn't find anything suspicious but Otta is not giving up.   Tomari gets to play is partner for a while as Kiriko is off today prepping for her brother's return from oversea.  At the crime scene To ... Read more »

          So how will Tomari get out of the tight spot he is in.  Let's get right back in to the action with episode 11 of Kamen Rider Drive "Who will prevent the Unholy Night?".  We kick off with Kiriko informing Rinna about the current situation.  Kiriko is told that Tomari and Buckle have been gone for some time now and she has no idea what they are up to.  Back with Tomari and Heart we see Chase use the Spider Execution finisher to break up the two and save Heart.  Chase makes due on his promise to save Heart once he enters the Dead Zone.  This was something mentioned last time and we get some context to it here.  Apparently it is a last ditch move of his that gives him a lot of power but it will kill him.  We see the Driver broken along with pieces of Type Technique.  Chase says it is over b ... Read more »

        The case involving Volt is far from over but Tomari will have more than just the good doctor to contend with this week.  So how will our heroes contend with this threat let's find out in episode ten of Kamen Rider Drive "What happened in the belt's past?".  We kick things off with Tomari being teased about his Christmas Eve birthday.  He takes off after their discussion and the team decides to get him something.  The usual chief comedy follows but a blackout interrupts.  Electricity is being drained from many sources including the generators in the Pit.  Buckle finds this odd and we see that Volt is revived at the junkyard. The next day, Tomari reopens the case after investigating the Roidmudes identity.  We find out he is an author who died three months ago.  His book Unholy Night holds many s ... Read more »

        Tomari continues to grow stronger but what will he come to blows with this week.  Let's find out with episode nine of Kamen Rider Drive "How can he use the cool body?".  We kick things off with Buckle introducing the crew to Fire Braver, Rolling Gravity, and the new form change Shift Car, Shift Technique.  We also find out that Wild required burning passion to use and Technique will need Tomari to be cool.  Very vague but Tomari fails because he seems a bit too nervous about the new form.  Braver heads off to take care of a fire that broke out in the middle of the night.  The S.C.U. gets a new case involving a string of house fires and the team is there to investigate Density Shift reports.  On the way there we see Tomari is into self help books to find a way to gain access to Type Technique.  At t ... Read more »

        Tomari is down for the count and Kiriko is the only one standing between him and Chase.  Let's see our heroes get out of this one in episode eight of Kamen Rider Drive "What is the secret that they hide?".  After a quick recap of last week's episode we see Chase intestinally miss hitting Kiriko.  He seems to be puzzled by this and flies off while Tomari passes out from his injuries.  Chase later on gets chewed out for his actions by Brain and even wonders himself why he missed.  Back at The Pit Tomari wakes up and proceeds to tell Kiriko she is being too reckless.  This leads to a bit of a fight with Kiriko leaving to continues the investigation while Tomari realizes that him turning Kiriko down on visiting Hayase was what lead to the fight.  Rinna arrives to be turned right back around to get Drive ... Read more »

          Drive continues and this week provides a bit of twist in terms of the story and just how the Roidmudes are operating.  Let's see how all this played out in episode seven of  Kamen Rider Drive "How was the key moment photographed?".  We kick things off with a mysterious photographer taking photos of a building collapse.  We are then filled in by the team on how multiple buildings are collapsing mysteriously .  They are built by Kaishima City Construction and nothing else ties them together outside when they collapsed.  No sign of Density Shift Particles at the scene suggests no Roidmudes but there is still too many questions to rule out anything.  Tomari is off visiting Hayase at the moment and Kiriko heads off to do some investigating in  a hurry for some reason.  We also get a quick ga ... Read more »

          So Tomari cannot access Wild from because he is distracted by the twist of the latest case, beaten down by Crush and Chase, and now is dying from a none specific neurotoxin, yep he is having the worst day yet in his short career as a rider.  Let's see if things change in episode six of Kamen Rider Drive "For whom does the warrior fight?".  We find our hero about to be executed by Chase before Vegas uses his finisher to buy Tomari time to flop into the ocean.  Tomari washes up on a bank nearby and with the help of Mad Doctor gets healed up although the process is very painful.  He wakes up in the hospital the next day with Kiriko watching over him.  Tomari was dropped off by a stranger and he gets ready to join the interrogation of Front-R's president.  Buckle uses the story of Nobel, who ... Read more »