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Recap and Review: Kamen Rider Ghost Episodes 7 & 8

peacemaker2448 — Sat, 05 Dec 2015 20:45:34 GMT

We have two episodes to cover this week and it is a two parter which makes things a little easier. So let's start off with episode seven "Bullseye! The Legendary Gunman!". We start off with toothless talking shit at Ryu's grave and declaring he will achieve his goals. Makoto arrives to visit Ryu's grave and toothless seems to recognize him. Takeru meanwhile has a dream about his father and goes on to practice some more. Akari arrives with a flashback in tow as the reminisce about Makoto and his sister from ten years ago. The two went missing then and haven't been seen since. Takeru goes to ask Sage for advice but doesn't find him and only sees the Bat Clock and Spider Lantern with messages saying they will be useful. Takeru finds out Billy The Kid is next up on the Eyecon list and Akari wishes him luck as we plug the movie magnets. Onari arrives with a new client Tanaka Tsuneo.

He is looking for help finding his pest friend who has been acting strangely. He along with the entire housing complex he is living in are walking around places and not responding to anyone talking to them. Also whenever he tries to follow them he is knocked away. The two other monks arrive with word of toothless heading to a western shop and the team decides to split up from here. Takeru will head with Tanaka to find his friend and Akari and Onari will head out to the western shop with the gadgets as backup. Takeru supports Tanaka with his own story of a missing friend and after they see Tomonori just blow off his friend they are soon attacked by a bee Ganma. Takeru goes Ghost to take on the queen bee and after a little back and forth Specter arrives and interrupts the fight. The two trade blows with Musashi and Nobunaga but Ghost has had enough of Specter and vows to not back down now and powers up a Rider Kick in Ore form. Specter attempts to counter with his own Kick but it ends in a draw showing Takeru is growing stronger. Takeru goes to help Tanaka and finds out everybody is gone and he heads off to find them.

Makoto reflects on Takeru's words as toothless arrives to introduce himself. Saionji asks if the two got sent to the Ganma's world ten years ago and we soon see by flashback that he and his sister were pulled into a portal in the monolith to the Ganma's world. Saionji was helping Ryu with studying the monolith and according to him they may have been sent there as an experiment. Saionji says no more after commenting on his sisters state and leaves to continue his work. Takeru manages to find all the people of the housing complex but we cut away to Saionji gaining the Billy The Kid Parka Ghost using the same method as Takeru except he is using a Ghost Driver like device in his bag to convert them to Eyecons. Makoto goes to Alan for answers on toothless and gets nothing on him or what happened ten years ago. He does give back Edison and thanks him for lending it. Onari and Akari manage to follow Saionji back to his hideout and thanks to Onari's antics take the Billy Eyecon for themselves. After the Ganma attack them and they try to get away the Bat Clock gets them an opening and head out to find Takeru.

Meanwhile Takeru sees the people are being controlled by the Ganma with her little solider bees and after freeing everybody except Tomonori the queen bee attacks and using her swarm technique overwhelms Takeru. Onari and Akari arrive and toss Takeru Billy allowing him to go Billy the Kid. With the Bat Clock acting as a second gun Takeru hits all his marks and manages to turn the Ganma back into her normal monster form. Combining the guns into the rifle form Ghost sets up a Omega Impact finisher. He seems to hits it mark but Onari and Akari are captured by the Ganma that were chasing him and Takeru has to fight off a giant bee bulldozer with Iguana Ghostriker as we end off on this episode.

We pick up with said cliffhanger in episode eight "Activating The Other Monolith!". Takeru and Iguana have a tough battle but with some creative tongue use the giant bee goes down to a Rider Kick. Takeru looks for his friends but doesn't find them but with the Bat Clock's help he sees where they were last and heads out to save them. Saionji attempts to have the pair be possessed by Ganma but Takeru arrives just in time to put a stop to it. We have the usual antics between the two before we cut back to the temple as the team reconvenes on what to do going forward. Makoto is seen by Saionji at Ryu's grave and we see an Eyecon we have yet to see. More on this later but keep it in mind. Saionji continues to push Makoto into fighting Takeru as keeps up the story of them being subjects of an experiment and Ryu is responsible. He finally push just enough buttons to push Makoto into a bit of a frenzy as he bolts off in anger and Saionji gloats as he himself has five Eyecons as well and we are one away from having all fifteen in play. The team is in a good mood after a another case is closed except Takeru did not see Tomonori run away and still be under the Ganma's control as Tanaka informs him as he drops by. The team splits up to go look for him seeing the case is not yet closed.

The team manages to pin his location down to a abandoned factory they use to frequent as kids and Takeru prepares to head in but Makoto cuts him off looking for a fight. Takeru tells Tanaka to take cover while he deals with the rouge phantom. Takeru is confused by his words about Ryu and Takeru finally figures out he is Makoto. Specter goes Nobunaga and attacks Takeru with everything he has. Takeru goes Ghost with Ore and the two have a long fight in the local junkyard. Takeru tries to find out what happened but mentioning his sister only makes things worse as Specter is out for blood and will take nothing less than that. Specter eventually goes Tut and sets up a Omega Fang after saying that they didn't care they were gone and stuck in hell. Takeru blocks the attack with Newton's gravity powers and a few cars and runs away as he has other things he needs to do right now. At the factory the team finds Tomonori along with other people working on a monolith. Tanaka attempts to get his friend back only for him push him away and attacked by the Ganma. Takeru arrives to clean house and after a little exorcism saves Tanka's friend from the Ganma possessing him. Takeru goes on to fight the queen bee and with some help from the Spider Lantern pins her down and with one more Omega Impact from Billy she goes down for good this time. The team is alerted by an explosion and they see the monolith destroyed leaving very little to go on when it comes to the Ganma. Takeru is glad the friends are back together but we get an interesting piece of news from Yurusen as states that if someone is possessed by a Ganma for 99 days they are completely taken over and he can't save them. More on this is a bit again but for now Takeru has saved the day and Alan has another location where the mark of the Ganma exists. Takeru reveals to the team Makoto is Specter and we end with the team now having to contend with an old friend in order to get all 15 Eyecons.

These two episodes show Ghosts strengths and provide a big reveal that builds to the end of the first arc of the show. All 15 Eyecons being in play by next week is exciting and I can't wait to see where we go from here. I am curious as to how Makoto will eventually become Takeru's friend again as shown in Movie Taisen Genesis. I have made a prediction on how the end of the arc will go and you can check out TGS/R for more on that. Anyway this show is getting more interesting as the Ganma plot continues to go unhindered for the most part and now we have the mystery of what happened ten years ago there is a lot to look forward to. Overall two great episodes that helped to show Ghost is a good show worth your time. Next week we find out more about what happened ten years ago and Takeru obtains the final Heroic Eyecon Benki.

If you want to see the show for yourself check out Over-Time or TV-Nihon for subbed episodes every week or check out http://taima.tv/r/TokuNMecha for Super Hero Time, Shuriken Sentai Ninninger and Kamen Rider Ghost, live at 5:30 p.m. EST on Saturday. Join the discussion either in the comments or on the forums on the site and check out TGSR Saturdays at 9:00 p.m. EST as we discuss the show further.

Recap and Review: Kamen Rider Ghost Episode 5 & 6

peacemaker2448 — Thu, 19 Nov 2015 15:12:38 GMT

After taking a longer than needed break we are back with two episodes of Kamen Rider Ghost so let's get right down to business with episode five "Impact! The Mystery Kamen Rider!". We start off with Akari asking Takeru about Specter only for him to be in the dark just as much as him. He heads out to think about the new person after the Eyecons while our villains plot what to do since Specter seems to at least be cooperating with them. Toothless is after the Eyecons and is enlisting the help of pretty boy in exchange for assumingly helping to summon Ganma. Pretty boy sends out more of the Ganma Eyecons which go on to posses multiple people at a school. Specter in his human form drops by the temple and just stares down Takeru for no reason. Takeru just politely nods and walks away as he has not seen the man behind the mask. A kid named Kanta is looking to enlist the aid of the team in solving a mysterious event surrounding his school being closed. After it was shut down parents took to protesting only for a unknown person show them off with an attack. No one can see the perpetrator and while this looks like a Ganma related case Takeru seems uninterested and tells Onari to take Akari to go do something about it.

Speaking of her she is busy trying to crack more code about the lab and while Sage seems to want to help he doesn't and is only concerned if she can see him for some reason. At the school the Ganma attacks and Takeru goes after him. Takeru goes Ore to start with and even with the minigun hand Takeru seems to be one step ahead of him as he goes Newton and blocks all of his shots with the power of gravity. Takeru gives chase on the Ghostriker after the Ganma leaves. Ghost is cut off by Specters arrival and the two have a duel on their bikes which leads Specter winning eventually turning it into a hand to hand fight. He declares Takeru to be weak and after Ghost goes Edison, Specter bring out Nobunaga. The two duel with Omega Drives but Takeru's Edison Omega Drive is no match for Specter's Nobunaga Omega Spark. Takeru is taken out of his form and Specter claims the Edison Eyecon leaving Takeru defeated and revealing the man behind the mask. Pretty boy thanks Specter for the help but the two seem to not be on the best of terms as Specter is dismissive of pretty boy's actions and is only after the Eyecons. The team plus the kid find Takeru and as Takeru tries to make up for his failing the kid runs off saying Takeru is useless and leaving Takeru wondering if he is too soft.

He heads to the school pondering Specter's words when he comes across the people from earlier looking to construct a portal for the Ganma. Takeru henshins and heads after them and using the Eye symbol brings out the Ganma goons to take down. Takeru manages to dispatch most of the before the boss arrives leading to a rematch between the two. Akari and Onari are on site but are quickly taken hostage preventing Ghost from going Newton. Ghost is at the mercy of the Ganma as Specter arrives showing his full henshin. He goes after Ghost with no regard for the Ganma which angers the boss and provokes him to attack Specter. He doesn't take too kind to this and goes Tutankhamen and with the Cobra phone attaching to the Gan Gan Hand a Omega Fang takes down the Ganma leaving Takeru and Specter to duel once more. Specter looks to take Newton but the two duel with their Base Form Omega Drive Kicks which leads to Takeru's lose but he gets Newton back and with some help from Akari and Onari Specter is persuaded from continuing for today. We see the Eye portal outline is still active on the school and while the team was successful in their case we get a hint of the kid being sent by Specter to the temple and we end with our two Riders pondering their next move. Takeru at his father's grave asking him if his is too soft and Specter looking at one of the Ganma Eyecons.

I will leave final thoughts until after the second episode so let's get right into "Destiny! The Comeback Melody!". We start off with sage informing Takeru of the next Eyecon Beethoven. Sage takes interest in Takeru's schedule for getting the Eyecons and says it is useless to him and tosses it out. Akari arrives but finds the place empty as Takeru seems to not be able to make himself visible. She uses the Shiranui but Takeru quickly disappears after being hit. He seems to be in a dupe once more because of his losses to Specter. At a local school Onari informs Akari and unknowingly Takeru of their latest case. Kimishima Youko has been experiencing a strange event that seems to be connected to her brother. The event see the loss of all sound in an area for some time and Takeru makes the connection to Beethoven and heads off with the team in tow to her brother. Kouske will hear none of this nonsense about Ganma and simply wants to finish his masterpiece. The sound goes out again and the team reveals the Ganma and Takeru, who disappeared earlier. Takeru goes Ore and takes on the musical monster but seems to be a bit outmatched this time. Takeru is in a rush to end this fight before Specter arrives to attack him once more, but it is too little too late. Specter goes to his Rider form and takes on Ghost while the Ganma heads out. Using Edison and the Gan Gan Hand Specter looks to claim the Musashi Eyecon from Takeru as he is once more bested and runs off. Akari steps in to protect Musashi and Specter decides to leave empty handed for now.

Back with Kosuke he finishes his masterpiece but is not ripe enough to get the Parka Ghost but a little prodding from the Ganma leads him to thinking the suicide will cement his masterpiece in history. Back with Specter, now know as Makoto, speaking to the Ganma Eyecon that talks in a female voice. His sister I presume due to the language used asks him about Akari as the two knew each other. Pretty boy arrives seeing if Makoto is helping them directly now and he tosses him Edison and heads out. At the temple the team minus Takeru find out about how Kouske got the sheet music from Beethoven and how he changed after that meeting. Akari heads out to find Takeru while Onari and Youko do something else. She "finds" him underneath the temple and decides to do her best to give him a pep talk. She admits this is all a bit overwhelming and the only thing that matters is that Takeru is here and hopefully for good once they get all the Eyecons. The local mailman informs them of Kouske looking to jump off a roof and the team heads out to stop him. On the roof the team looks to talk him down using Beethoven's own experience to prove to him that there are people around him that care about him and not to throw his life away for a place in history. Takeru is also inspired by these words and this gets Kouske off the edge only for the Ganma to use his influence to push him back. Takeru does his hug trick and even pulls out Beethoven. Specter decides to take a break and leave this one to Ghost for now.

With Beethoven helps Ghost goes into the musical form and with the power of musical notes and other musical terms sets up the Ganma for the finish. With Musashi back in hand he goes into the swordsman form and unleashes a Omega Slash Drive to send this Ganma back to school. Takeru is back in high spirits and the team teases each other over words said this episode. We end with Sage saying it is time to prepare the next step as he looks over the monolith.

These two episodes place Specter in an interesting position as he is not truly villain but seems to have his own reasons for getting the Eyecons. There were a multitude of forms over the two episodes and they are good with Beethoven having the best transformation jingle out of the bunch and I would say Tut having the best finisher. Takeru has a mini arc over these two episodes as we seem him brought down by Specter only to rise and become stronger and now ready to fight Specter and maybe win one. Our villains remain in the shadows but next week might reveal more about the villains and potentially the monolith. The cases themselves were find although the gunman case looks to set up something in the future while the musical case was more of a Takeru character case. Sage continues to look to like he is playing a bigger game with Takeru as his pawn. I wonder just what it is and whether or not he will be more active in the future or remain in the background much like Sagara in Gaim. Overall these were two good episodes that saw Takeru have a new obstacle in his path to getting the Eyecons and more hints of the larger game at play. We find out about a event ten years ago that involves our heroes, Ghost and Specter clash once more in a more even fight, and Takeru gains a new form with the help of an Old West Outlaw.

Recap and Review: Kamen Rider Ghost Episode 4

peacemaker2448 — Thu, 29 Oct 2015 01:20:03 GMT

Ghost looks to add a new player to the game this week and also reuse some footage from OOO Wonderful. How let's find out in "Astonishing ! The Castle In The Sky!". We kick off with our two villains talking amongst themselves over what to do next and before we find out anything important we cut away to the temple as Onari tells Akari and Takeru about the rumor of somebody going around promising to make any wish come true. Onari and Akari have their usual bickering as Takeru wonders just what he should do as he is on the clock and still have 12 Eyecons to find. Sage arrives to be cryptic and tell Takeru that Nobunaga is next up on the Eyecon list. Onari receives a phone call that gives the team their next case as Kuroda Hideo of the Sengoku Corporation is having some trouble with his boss and floating objects.

He explains how his boss Hashiba Nobuyoshi is kind of being a dick about buying out companies and that there are randomly floating objects around the office. The two events started around the same time and the team figures a Ganma is involved somehow. To complicate matters affiliates have had the floating of objects thing happen to them to so the team will split up to investigate. Takeru heads out with Hideo to talk to President jerk while Onari and Akari hit up the associates for additional info. At Sengoku Corp. HQ Takeru finds out the president ambitions extend to within the company as well but his talk will have to wait as a very fruity Ganma takes somebody out to the roof for some fresh air. Takeru tells him to let him go and he agrees by pushing him off. Ghost catches him mid drop and after landing has to fight off our comedic villain. He reveals the ability to spilt himself off into clones minus a bird on his hat and while his clone eats a Omega Stream finisher from Ghost's Gan Gan Saber Naginata Mode the original heads out. Takeru is a bit disappointed to be duped but regroups himself and goes to interview the president. As he does we see our first look at Specter as he observes the battle. Back at the HQ Takeru notices a woman force the man from earlier give into the presidents demands.

Meanwhile Onari and Akari confirm the floating objects thing and find a mysterious map. Takeru sneaks into the president's office and finds a mysterious letter that after being confronted by the president finds out it is a letter from Nobunaga himself that was written to his ancestor. He also mentions how a priest from the temple was looking into the letter some time ago, most likely Takeru's father although nothing is confirmed. Takeru leaves as the girl from before arrives and we find out she is Hashiba's secretary, Sakuma Risa, and that is all he needs to know before heading back in to listen in on their conversation. Hashiba seems a bit too ambitious and Risa seems to be pushing him further. Back with our support squad they find out the dots on the map are in the shape of a eye and after seeing some floating objects reveal one of the Ganma's clones. Unfortunately the Ganma's plans are complete as the eye shape is used to separate that part of the city and lift it high into the air. Risa shows Hashiba his castle to rule from and with letter in hand plans to summon Nobunaga. Takeru manages to break it up with the power of hugs and after some encouragement from Takeru sets up his way of summoning the Parka Ghost. The Ganma arrives to break up the party but Taker goes Robin Hood to take on the clown.

Takeru manages to fight off the Ganma for a while even with the numbers against him but after the clown busts out his cyclone clone maneuver Takeru has to go big to win. Using a Omega Strike Drive Ghost clones himself and strikes down all of the clowns once and for all. Unfortunately by Toku rules now that the monster is dead his spells are gone meaning the castle in the sky is dropping fast. Yurusen tries to pull Takeru back towards the summoning but Takeru heads in to save the dropping part of the city. The not toothless villain sends out more of the not quite Eyecons that we have seen blow up every time a Ganma is defeated. Under the dropping city Ghost remembers thanks to Yurusen about Newton from the final episodes from Drive. With the power of a Omega Drive Ghost slows down the decent to place it back where it belongs and even remembers he can phase through stuff. Takeru celebrates but it is too early as he still has a Parka Ghost to summon. We see that Risa was possessed by a regular Ganma and after a quick Rider Kick Takeru is ready to claim Nobunaga. Specter arrives and claims the warlord and heads out saying Takeru is too soft. The team bids farewell and while Akari and Onari wonder about the possession Takeru seems to not be happy with being blindsided. He confronts Sage over this and he is dismissive as always saying he simply forgot. We end off with Takeru now knowing the Ganma can possess people in order to manipulate them to summon Eyecons.

This week kept things quick and while I am not against this pacing I kind of hope the show does slow down at some point in order to do more character development for our main cast. Specter was a cameo this week and while the suit looks cool and I dig the contrast of similar suits between the two Specter gets his proper debut next week both in and out of suit. Sage and Yurusen once more show themselves to be more interested in getting Eyecons than anything else and I wonder just what their true goals are. Takeru and crew go by the numbers this week although we could use more of the comedy Takeru is surrounded in instead of the super charged antics. Overall this was another good episode that leads us into was should prove to be one of the standout episodes of the show. Next week Akari and Onari are in trouble as they are targeted by the Ganma, Specter challenges Takeru, and our hero must find the courage to fight for his chance to live again.

If you want to see the show for yourself check out Over-Time or TV-Nihon for subbed episodes every week or check out http://taima.tv/r/TokuNMecha for Super Hero Time, Shuriken Sentai Ninninger and Kamen Rider Ghost, live at 6:30 p.m. EST on Saturday. Join the discussion either in the comments or on the forums on the site and check out TGSR Saturdays at 9:00 p.m. EST as we discuss the show further.

Recap and Review: Kamen Rider Ghost Episode 3

peacemaker2448 — Sat, 24 Oct 2015 17:58:21 GMT

Ghost continues to set up how things are going to go weekly and we continue to have no two parters. Let's see how this next episode goes in "Bullseye! Archery of The Righteous!". We start off with a robbery by a unknown individual in a hood with psychic abilities. Toothless is working with this person and sets informs him of the next job. Meanwhile Takeru asks Sage what is the deal with the Ganma. Sage completely ignores the question and points Takeru towards the next Eyecon which is Robin Hood. Sage bugs out as Onari comes to tell Takeru of the mysterious robber by the name of Little John. This person is acting like Robin Hood and has drawn the interest of the team due to the strange way he is committing these crimes. Takeru is going to out to find out more about Little John while Akari will investigate the lab downstairs for more info on the Eyecons. Onari is left alone to talk with a client that just arrived. Takeru talks with the reporter covering Little John's robberies. Mari Shirase states the obvious but seems to believe that John is doing the right thing and we see a small flashback about how her father was killed by corrupt individuals. The two share a moment over there dead fathers and Takeru says that one should not fight justice in the shadows but in the light, odd thing to here from one bearing the title Kamen Rider. Mari says that is naive and heads out.

Meanwhile Akari manages to make the obelisk light up and now can access information related to the stone decoration. She finds a formula to back ghosts visible called Shiranui. Back with Onari who is talking with the client who wants protection from Little John. Speaking of said person he is there to steal a bow and arrow, presumably Robin's. Takeru arrives to fight the Ganma helping John and goes Ore to take on the axe bearer. The two take their fight outside and after a floaty back and forth Ghost goes Musashi and after deflecting some thrown axes finds our Ganma is gone along with the bow and arrow. Back at the lab Akari is still missing a component which is then provided by Sage who becomes visible after Akari drops it in. The gold glitter confetti is temporary but is effect and Sage heads out after helping. Onari manages to find Little John's hideout while Takeru is informed by Akari of her findings. A call from the Condor Phone has Takeru find out from Onari about his findings but his is quickly captured by John and without any way to track it they have no idea where he is. Yurusen arrives to tell the pair to ask the phone to show them the way. While they are initially confused they see the phone transform into a Condor and follow it to Onari, John and the Ganma. They find out John is the reporter Mari and she has been doing this trying to fight for people. The Ganma has been manipulating her so her life can be traded for the Parka Ghost in the bow and arrow. This is how the Ganma summon Eyecons and Takeru refuse to have a Eyecon come out through this method. Takeru manages to use existence as a ghost to kill the connection and save Mari. Akari goes on to use her leaf blower plus game cartridge to make our axe wielder visible to all and encourages Mari to use her current job as a method to fight for people.

Takeru goes Ore and frees the Robin Parka Ghost and gest one more Eyecon for the collection. Ghost and the Ganma battle it out although Edison proves to not be useful as the axe Ganma has a shield as well. Robin Hood is up next with the Gan Gan Saber combining with the Condor Phone to get the Bow mode. The two trade shots and Onari and Akari have to run from falling axes after they get a bit too close. Yurusen arrives to tell Ghost he doesn't know how to help but Onari spots the holes created in the Ganma's shield that gives Takeru just enough of a hole to get the Omega Strike shot to hit true and send our Ganma off to where ever they go after being blown up. The team celebrates a job well done as somebody with the Mobile Cobra recording the battle. Our two bad guys tire of losing to the kid and we end with Mari turning herself in and the team glad to have another Eyecon and everybody finding their role in the team as 89 days are left on Takeru's clock.

This episode was pretty good as we continue to establish the status quo. We get more details on the Ganma and now we know a bit more ho how the operate. Yurusen and Sage continue to be suspicious and I am going to keep an eye on them from here on out. Our mysterious not Chase makes his debut next and I wonder how similar or different he might be to Chase for the first part of the show. The episode plot itself wasn't too bad but a bit predictable with Little John. Overall this was decent to good third episode that helps Ghost continue to build its foundation and continues to further the mystery of the Ganma, Sage, and the obelisk. Next week Ghost looks to connect to the Drive episodes as Newton premiers, and a new player enters the game as a second Rider shows himself.

If you want to see the show for yourself check out Over-Time or TV-Nihon for subbed episodes every week or check out http://taima.tv/r/TokuNMecha for Super Hero Time, Shuriken Sentai Ninninger and Kamen Rider Ghost, live at 6:30 p.m. EST on Saturday. Join the discussion either in the comments or on the forums on the site and check out TGSR Saturdays at 9:00 p.m. EST as we discuss the show further.

Recap and Review: Kamen Rider Ghost Episode 2

peacemaker2448 — Sat, 17 Oct 2015 19:54:54 GMT

Ghost start will a spectacle but now can it keep the audience excited going into its second episode let's find out in "Electric Attack! The King of Invention!". Before we get to the episode properly we first start with the full opening. While nothing is there to really speculate upon it is still a pretty good opening and the song sounds good. Anyway starting with a quick recap of how Takeru got into this mess to begin with we soon see Akari and Onari trying to figure out how to help Takeru. Onari is down with finding the Eyecons and even does up a calendar to keep track of Takeru's time limit. Akari on the other hand believes this is ridiculous and thinks there is more going on that ghost things. Akari decides to take Takeru to the hospital and take apart the Ore Eyecon. Takeru is not down with either and when is pulled into another of their arguments he poofs out to the basement to talk with Sage. Sage continues to not be helpful as while he can confirm how the Eyecons came to be he has no idea what the deal is with the giant monolith in the basement with Ghost's symbol on it. I'll touch on this thing later but just know that this 99 day limit might not be the only main plot of the show. Anyway after Onari decides to be used for comedy by Sage Takeru is informed of the next Eyecon to appear. An Eyecon connected to Thomas Edison is to appear next and Sage leaves the rest to Takeru.

Meanwhile we see toothy from last episode give out the supplies to summon a Ganma to somebody and Onari inform the other monks they will help Takeru. Akari is sent by one of her professors to find out what is behind a series of electricity related incidents and she finds some dude named Sonoda working on some sort of transporter. Takeru and Onari arrive and with some help from Takeru the three get to hear what this mad scientist is up to. He is a big fan of Edison and looks to become like him one day and become a great inventor too. Takeru spots the Ganma and goes Ghost to combat the monster although Sonoda doesn't believe he is being manipulated by the monster. The transformation this time uses what seems to be stock footage although if this is a onetime thing or a recurring happening is left to be seen. Takeru does his best against the electric villain but when Takeru goes Musashi he only gets hit hard by his electricity. Back at Sonoda's temporary lab he is gone and Onari heads out to find him. Takeru and Akari get some alone time to hash out their feelings on this whole situation and while they are initially not in agreement Akari at least believes in Takeru no matter what weird thing is going on. This gives Takeru the confidence to keep going and the next day we see him training a bit until Onari tells him of where Sonoda went.

They arrive at a power plant that he is using to power his device and we see that the device is being used to open a portal for the Ganma to come through. Takeru does his best to cheer up the mad scientist after he screwed up and with this Takeru can now get the Edison Eyecon. Unfortunately the Parka Ghost is devoured by our monster which turns him into a massive creature that takes Akari with him out the door. Ghost gives chase but the monster is a bit too powerful fro him right now and he will need some help. Luckily Yurusen arrives with Captain Ghost, a pirate ship, to help out and even catch Akari when she was dropped by the electric beast. Onari will take care of Akari while Ghost uses Captain Ghost in combination with the Ghostriker to become the IguanaStriker. This keeps the big monster busy while Ghost activates his second finisher the Optic Orb. With four trigger pulls of the trigger a giant Eyecon is summoned and with a quick kick the portal is closed and Iguana even knocked Edison free giving Takeru the chance to go Edison Form. With the Invention King on his side it seems like our monsters electric attacks are ineffective and help to charge the Gan Gan Saber's finisher. With a single Omega Shoot shot the monster goes down and our villains seem to have gain something important in the long run as they were observing the battle.

Takeru gets some thanks from Sonoda for the help and back at the temple Sage phones in to tell Takeru to not call him unless it is important. Onari takes great pleasure in rubbing in what happened to Akari as while she is fine she is a bit hurt both physically and mentally. Takeru decides they will open up a Paranormal Investigation practice to investigate strange occurrences and search for the Eyecons. Thirteen Eyecons are left and Takeru is only 94 days away from poofing for good and we end with this information.

This was a good episode to follow up the spectacle as we establish how episode are going to go from here on out. We will have the team investigate strange occurrences related to anything potentially paranormal, Ganma will be using humans to open portals to get more of their kind across and at least for now we are going to be getting an Eyecon a week. Not a bad set up and seems to be setting up a more weekly episodic feel than a two episode format. Back to what I said earlier the 99 day time limit theoretically will run out sometime in late January-early February long before this show is expected to end. This means that the 99 day time limit is only, from my own speculation, one half of the main plot of the show. The other half being what is the overall plan of the Ganma and how the obelisk in temple plays into Ghost. I honestly believe Sage knows more than he lets on and while he has the goofy demeanor he is smarter that he shows himself to be. Anyway there is also the mystery of what the Eyecon like things the Ganma seem to have on them after they are defeated, we haven't gotten the best look at them yet but I believe they are another piece to the puzzle. So while we as the audience might be focused on the time limit do not let yourself be fooled into believing that is the only thing this show is about. Other than that I am still enjoying Ghost and can't wait for more episode. Next week Akari works on a way to make ghosts appear, Little John is out thieving and Robin Hood gives Takeru some arrow slinging abilities.

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Recap and Review: Kamen Rider Ghost Episode 1

peacemaker2448 — Sat, 10 Oct 2015 17:17:22 GMT

Drive has come and gone and outside of a few side stories is now complete so a new Rider must take center stage and begin his adventure. Now enters Kamen Rider Ghost and his first episode "Eye Open, Me". We start off with someone summoning Goumen, the baddies for this season. He gives them weapons in order for them to transform into a advance form we cut to a flashback of Tenkuuji Takeru receiving a necklace from his dying father. We see Takeru in the present sleeping in some underground base under a temple. We cut to Tsukimura Akari arriving at the temple looking for Takeru and running into three monks meditating Shibuya, Narita, and Onari. Onari is the only one who will be relevant from here on out since he is the only one of the three to appear later and he is the only one bald so he must the higher ranked monk. Akari heads out to the underground base while Onari sees some disturbing news. Akari wakes the daydreaming Rider as she wants to know why he didn't come to her birthday party. He wasn't interested in it and only finds interest in a book of famous heroes from across the world. Takeru wishes to become a great hero himself and swore on the necklace, a hand guard from one of Miyamoto Musashi's swords, that he would become a hero. Takeru wants to be a proper ghost hunter but has yet to see a ghost for himself.

Onari arrives to inform the pair of the strange occurrences happing in the city and the people dying because of said occurrences. Onari and Akari argue over whether this was because of ghosts or not and Takeru heads out after being pulled into it. The local mailman is attacked by one of the Goumen and heads out to the temple to deliver a package to Takeru. He describes the encounter and the other two monks pull him away to see the cut up bike while Takeru sees the package is from his father. It was sent ten years ago today, Oct. 4 the day this episode aired. The ghost slashes open the package to reveal a Eyecon that allows Takeru after griping hold of it to see the pair. Onari tires to attack the pair but is kicked in the butt for his trouble and Takeru saves Akari from being attacked. Takeru draws the pair away and finds out they are after the Eyecon. He will not hand it over easily and while he is outmatched he will not back down. Takeru tries to block a shot with a staff but it is split in two and he is killed by the strike. As Takeru dies he says he doesn't want to die and give up on his promise to his father. Onari and Akari run over to his body and "try" to revive him meanwhile Takeru takes a trip to somewhere through a waterfall. He has a encounter with a mysterious person known as Sage. He says Takeru can be revived if he seeks out 15 Eyecons holding the souls of great heroes. The Eyecon Takeru has now contains his soul and by collecting the other 15 he can revive himself with that power. It won't be easy since the Goumen will be after the same prize and he will need to become Kamen Rider Ghost to battle them. Sage grants him the Ghost Driver along with the assistance of Yurusen and sends him back through the waterfall.

Back on Earth Takeru's body disappears which draws Onari and Akari away from the battle while Takeru, now a ghost like the Goumen, attempts to activate the Driver to fight them. Yurusen pops up to tell him how to actually use the thing and after some initial hesitation due to the Parka Ghost, Takeru becomes the black and orange Rider and takes hold of the Gan Gan Saber to fight the pair. While Takeru is still a bit of a novice he is at least able to hold his own this time and can even fly now. Takeru activates the Ore Omega Drive finisher and delivers a Rider Kick to one of the Goumen destroying it outright. Takeru attempts to celebrate but is pulled away as the other Goumen heads out. Takeru chases him on his motorcycle the Machine Ghostriker. After a bit of a tussle the pair battle it out on the beach with the Goumen calling in several blank Goumen for back up. Takeru is outmatched by thanks to the hand guard Takeru obtains the Musashi Eyecon. Sage appears to inform Takeru of how he got this and how to use it. Takeru goes Musashi form and turns the Gan Gan Saber into its dual sword form. We get the opening song in the background of the fight as Takeru goes to town on the goons and prepares to fight the advance Goumen. Takeru manages to best him and with the Musashi Omega Slash another Goumen goes down. The man from the beginning of the episode overlooks the battle as another confronts him over what has happened. Takeru attempts to talk to his friends but finds himself still invisible. Yurusen tells him to change his emotional state so they can see him and after some shenanigans surrounding this Takeru decides to just poof away to the underground base to rest only for Sage to tell him the catch. He needs to gain all 15 hero Eyecons in 99 days in order to revive himself. If he can't he will stay dead. We end with Sage looking over the basement which is Takeru's father's.

This episode was a whole lot of flash that really doesn't give the best picture of how the show will be week to week. We only really get a quick glimpse at Takeru's supporting cast and some turned out better than others, I am looking at you Akari. Sage and because of the final Drive episode Yurusen are the only ones to get enough time to really see their characters and I like that our mentor is bit aloof and Yurusen is kind of a ass but no bad enough to be annoying more mischievous than anything. The action was great and outside of some odd audio level issues this was on par with past episodes. I do like the Ghost suit and the Goumen and I can't wait to see what else we can expect from the suit department. I will leave thoughts on the opening till next week as we only got the song at the end of the episode. Overall a great flashy episode that sets up some good episodes to come that will allow us to get to know this cast just a bit more. Next week Takeru finds out his bike is more than just a bike, another Goumen strikes and the invention king arrives in the form of Edison.

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Recap and Review: Kamen Rider Drive Episode 48 (Finale)

peacemaker2448 — Thu, 01 Oct 2015 12:41:50 GMT

The finale of Drive may have aired but Tomari and crew have one last case to close. It is time for the final final episode of Kamen Rider Drive "The Ghost Incident". We start off with Tomari and Kiriko looking over a series of files covering Neo-Shade, the organization from back before Tomari became Drive, a month after the Roidmudes defeat. Apparently a device known as a Eyecon was stolen from police evidence and Tomari has been tasked by Chief to retrieve it and bring in whoever stole it. This will be his final case with the S.C.U. so Chief hopes he closes this with no regrets. We flashback to a month ago before all the finale stuff happened as Tomari and the rest of the Riders were taking down several members of Neo-Shade. They are attempting to capture their leader who has the mysterious Eyecon. They encounter several Roidmudes helping the organization and while Gou and Chase engage the goons Tomari heads off after their leader. Gou and Chase manage to destroy the Roidmudes with a combined fisher. Meanwhile the Neo-Shade leader encounters a specter of some sorts that demands the Eyecon and attacks the leader in order to get it. He drops the device and when Tomari attempts to advance he is attacked. We see Ghost arrive and drive off the specter and Tomari picks up the Eyecon. We find out Rinna attempted to analyze it before it was stolen and Otta arrives with a location of the leader. Otta, Kiriko, and Tomari head off and even have the name of the person who stole it, Okamura Keisuke a member of Neo-Shade. Kyu makes a offhand reference to Buckle and this seems to cause Tomari to hear Buckle talk to him which happened before. More on this later but for now Buckle is just going to show up randomly in ghostly like fashion. This distracts Tomari long enough for them to almost go off the road but they arrive just find and Otta and Tomari head into the building while Kiriko watches the perimeter.

The two clear the building and Otta gets Tomari's head in the game since he seems a bit distracted at not having Buckle with him. Tomari seems to be good and the two catch sight of Keisuke and head off to confront him. The manage to get him on the ground and after some rough interrogation from Tomari Otta handles subduing him while Tomari looks over the Eyecon. This prompts the arrival of the specter from before and with the Eyecon in hand Tomari can now see the phantom monster. Keisuke bails during the brawl with Otta's gun and him in pursuit while Tomari tries to handle the new monster. He is not doing well but refuses to back down even without any sort of ability to defend himself. Ghost arrives just in time and proceeds to go to town on the monster. With the Gan Gan Saber in hand the monster finally goes boom and Tomari thanks the Rider for the help and even recognizes him from his near death experience. Yurusen, a small ghost, appears and demands Tomari hand over the Eyecon and Tomari finally puts it together, a quick call from Otta reveals Keisuke has taken Kiriko and demands the Eyecon delivered to him in exchange. Ghost over hears this and tells him to head out and keep the Eyecon for now since he needs it. Tomari heads out and on the way seems to have put the pieces together. Yurusen follows Tomari and keeps being a bit of a jerk and while Tomari has his showdown with Keisuke at the place where Hayase was injured.

Tomari figured out Keisuke was the leader of Neo-Shade and he was going to use the Eyecon to replace his fallen Roidmude goons as muscle to accomplish his goals. Tomari throws away the Eyecon as he will not allow Keisuke its power and he will not allow himself to be weak anymore. He became a Kamen Rider and fought against the darkness and he will continue to do so even if he has no belt to become a Rider. Tomari draws his weapon and takes aim asking Kiriko to trust him. She trust her partner and Tomari pulls off the one and a million shot shooting the gun out of Keisuke's hand. At 8:20 p.m. Neo Shade is finally down for good and Ghost, overlooking the situation, says they will meet again as Yurusen has the Eyecon in hand.

Back at the Chief's office Tomari receives his promotion to First Division, Major Crimes and some parting words from Buckle given by Chief. The S.C.U. comes crashing in as they were eavesdropping the entire time. Chief gets on their case as Kiriko and Tomari share a nice quiet moment over the promotion and we see that the pair will go on to be both partners in First Division and in life as they will get married and have kids, one of which will be Eiji Surprise Future Eiji not OOO Eiji. The team congratulates Tomari and he heads off on his new path carrying the legacy of Rider even without a belt. We montage clips from the show as the credits roll and end with the a final goodbye to the show.

It has been a long ride this last year and while Drive stumbled in the beginning it found its footing in the end and delivered a great show. This episode is a nice extended epilogue that shows how far Tomari has come and gives us a better look at Ghost before his debut next week. We finally see where Tomari and Kiriko will be after this show and presumably Movie War Genesis and it is nice to see the pair finally get together. Ghost looked great in motion and I can't wait for his proper debut next week as we start this whole Rider journey all over again. Overall this was a nice episode that brought Tomari full circle back to where we first met him and showed how far the detective has grown. Next week Ghost takes center stage and we see what is in store for this spooky Rider in his journey to find the 15 Eyecons of great heroes.

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Recap and Review: Kamen Rider Drive Episode 47

peacemaker2448 — Thu, 24 Sep 2015 13:07:09 GMT

Here we are the "final" episode of Drive. How will this finale break down let's see in "Who will you entrust the future to?". Picking up with Drive healed up and him and Heat ready for round two with Sigma. While Sigma still overpowers the two they do a fast ball special to finally land a hit on the thing and prepare for the finish. Tomari does a All-Tire Mix-Up to set up Sigma and with this new Tire and Heart powering up to max an all out Rider Kick and Roidmude Punch leads to Sigma finally going boom and the Second Global Freeze being put to a end and the team celebrates the hard fought victory. We see Tomari and Heart are exhausted from the encounter and while Tomari is separated from Buckle he falls out of a hole in the building made by the destruction of Sigma with Heart chasing after him. In some unknown place we see Tomari wake up in a forest alone with a patch of black smog. A mysterious Kamen Rider, Ghost, appears telling him to not go near it only for Freeze, Sword, and Thief to appear from the smog and attempt to take Tomari with them. Ghost fights off the phantoms and gives Tomari the opening to leave. He destroys the phantoms with a flurry of quick strikes and sword slashes. Tomari wakes up outside the building with Heart sitting waiting on him to awake so they can finish things.

Heart will not back down from his stance and Tomari tires his best to talk him out of it. Heart relentlessly beats on Tomari without transforming into his Roidmude form. Meanwhile Gou is woken up by Rinna and Otta as they check on him. They about kill him in their happiness and Kiriko comes across Buckle finding out about Tomari taking the quick way out of the building. Finally pushed against a fence nearby Heart powers up a massive Roidmude Punch to finish off Tomari. Kiriko arrives and tosses Buckle over to Tomari who seems to be ready to fight only for the punch to stop inches from Tomari who knew this was going to happen. Heart suffered too much damage to his core during the Sigma fight and was wishing to die by Tomari's hands. Heart wishes for his people to be remembered and Tomari and Kiriko promise to do so. Heart is happy to have finally made a human friend and the pair see him off as much like Medic and Brain and fades away into dust. Tomari announces that at 3:32 p.m. all 108 Roidmudes are gone and the pair salute Heart for his help in stopping Sigma. Back at the Emergency Pit the team congratulates each other and while the mourn Chase's passing they have saved the world. Tomari asks where Buckle is and the team says he took their Rider gear for repairs. Tomari figures out where he went and for one last time gets into top gear and the S.C.U. heads to The Pit. They find Buckle has packed up all Rider gear behind a shield in the center and is ready to lock himself and the rest of the gear away until the world is ready for his Core Driviars. The team says good bye to Buckle and Tomari hands over the Shift Brace and says that he has been a great partner. The team salutes Krim and the Shift Cars as they are lowered and Krim tells Kiriko to take care of Tomari.

They will make a better future and we flash forward to a few days later as the S.C.U. is backing up as they are parting ways as their team is no longer needed. Otta seems a bit pissed at just having to stand around not having anything to do. Meanwhile Gou still has the Signal Chaser and after Harley arrives to pick him up the pair head off presumably so the pair can accomplish what Gou wishes to do, revive Chase. Tomari hasn't touched his desk and him and Kiriko are M.I.A.. The pair are out for a drive in a fancy Nissan and Tomari seems to not be ready to move on. The pair are pulled over by a officer on a bike and we see that this officer is the person Chase copied. He is Kannou Kouichi, traffic enforcement officer, and a bit stiff around people. Tomari tells him he has a friend now and he will drop by to say hi. Kouichi is taken back by this and heads off saying he doesn't need friends. The pair get a laugh out of their encounter and Tomari is ready to say goodbye to the team and move on to whatever is to come in their lives. The pair enjoyed the ride there as we see what will happen to the various S.C.U. members outside of Tomari and Kiriko. Chief gets promoted to commissioner of the police, Rinna returns to research and gets a Nobel Prize for her research in physics, Otta goes on to become a inspector and eventually a captain of First Division. Kyu becomes for his skills behind the keyboard and pen, and Gou becomes a legendary photographer. We end with our dynamic duo riding off into the sunset laughing and enjoying the company of each other.

Damn this episode was light on action but made up for in emotion as we really do get to say goodbye to the team and share one last moment with all of them. The final encounter with Heart end in a way that was unexpected but fit with how the executives have changed over these final few episodes. Heart dies fighting for humanity and for believing himself to be better than the squishes proves to be the most human out of the three and maybe in some alternate telling of events could have been the secondary Rider to Chase's primary Rider. The Ghost cameo was cool and won't be the last time we see the spooky Rider before his proper debut in a couple of weeks. The send off for each of the team was great and it was nice to see where each of them will be in the future since it is very unlikely that we will any of them in future content outside of Movie War 2016. Buckle locking himself and the Rider gear away is a nice little plot point to set up for the movie to come and it will be interesting to see what will force Krim to come out early. Also very cheeky to bring Chase back for the final episode as the person he copied keep his potential revival for Movie War 2016. Overall this was a emotional episode that ends Drive on a slower note as we say goodbye to the team and prepare for the new Rider to come. Speaking of next time the team is pulled into one final case as Neo Shade returns, Ghost comes looking for one of his Eyecons and Tomari gets a second chance at the shot he missed.

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Recap and Review: Kamen Rider Drive Episode 46

peacemaker2448 — Thu, 17 Sep 2015 15:55:56 GMT

We are drawing closer to the finale of Drive and this week promises to keep up the pace set by last week's episode. So let's see what happened in "Why must they fight?". We kick off with Rinna and Otta taking out the power for the shield and having a little moment between the two. We cut away to Gou finding out Chase's sacrifice did little to stop Banno as he remains unharmed. He casually kicks around what pieces remain of the fallen Rider and Gou is furious that Banno continues to belittle his partner. Gou goes Mach to try to take Banno down but only finds himself out matched by the golden Drive's power. Kiriko meanwhile is making her way to the battle and is getting drenched in the process. Gou finding himself outmatched decides to do something a bit crazy. He inserts the Chaser Signal Bike into his driver and becomes Chaser Mach, a fusion of the two suits. The speed and power is simply too much for Banno to keep up with and Gou easily takes the advantage in the fight even with the injuries he has sustained. Banno tries his freeze technique but the appearance of Chase's Viral Cores break Mach free and he takes back the Signal Axe and Zerin Shooter. With the two weapons the daredevil Rider forces a clash of Rider Kicks. The two put everything they have into their shots but Gou isn't alone in this fight and Banno falls once and for all as the Roidmude body is destroyed.

Kiriko arrives just as the battle concludes and is informed of Chase death. She is heartbroken to find out her friend is gone. Back with Tomari and the remaining executives the three manage to beat the Reapers but Medic is unable to save the cores as her healing of Roidmudes seems to not be working. Heart stills wishes to settle things with Tomari after this is all over and Tomari gets a call from Kiriko informing him of Chase's death. Tomari vows to end this once and for all and after informing the pair of Chase's death the three head out to take down the Sigma Circular. Unfortunately those plans are having to be rushed as the Second Global Freeze is starting and even with Shift Cars Kiriko is caught in the effect. Banno reveals that Sigma Circular will continue on without him no matter what. Medic also can't handle the pressure created by the Global Freeze and she tells the others to go on without her for now. Meanwhile Gou decides to end Banno off in the only way he can with the Signal Axes finisher. The Dark Drive Driver is destroyed and Banno is finally dead for good and Gou hands off Shift Dead Heat so she can go help Tomari since he is too injured to help at the moment. She heads off while Tomari and Heart confront the semi sentient Sigma Circular. It is powerful and is easily able to keep the pair in check. The two are outmatched and we see the digitization process beginning as people are given their numbers and digitized. The pair decide to risk it all on the pair striking at the same time with all they have. The try their best but with Heart injured by Circular Tomari goes for a early Rider Kick and the pair are simply tossed around with Tomari dropped out of Type Tridoron. Sigma powers up an attack to execute the Rider but Medic ends up discarding her body to make it to Tomari to heal him. Medic fades away in Tomari's arms and Heart and Tomari are levied that one more life has to be sacrificed. Tomari goes Tridoron now sporting a white glow and Tomari declares that you will see what happens when he goes into OverDrive we end with this declaration.

Hot damn Drive keeps up the momentum and sets up a huge finale as we finally get to see what I assume is the Over Tridoron we know to be in the Drive Driver. Chaser Mach while a kit bashed suit make a fantastic impression for me and I love that while Mach can't get an entirely new suit for himself he will get some of the most powerful suits none the less. It is a shame the Mass Mach suit will be unused for the rest of the show let's hope that it gets used in the Movie War movie to come later this year. Medic pays the ultimate price to give Tomari and Heart the edge they need to win and while some may have a problem with her dying in Heart's arms I feel it will add to the fight to come next week. Gou gets to have the spotlight for half the episode and owns it with him finally calling Chase his friend. Overall This was a fantastic episode that sets up a huge finale and promises two great fights to come. Next week Tomari and Heart fight to save humanity from Banno's plans and then must settle things themselves as they go head to head as we say farewell to the S.C.U..

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Recap and Review: Kamen Rider Drive Episode 45

peacemaker2448 — Thu, 10 Sep 2015 22:48:05 GMT

After that explosive cliffhanger from last week let's what happened to our unlikely quintet in "What is a Roidmude's final dream? ". We pick up with Banno taking over the Special Defense Center flanked by several Reapers and claiming it as the Promised Land. Meanwhile Otta informs the reaming members of the S.C.U. about the situation as we find out they don't know where the Riders are. They are attacked by more Reapers and several Blinky MK. 4s are destroyed in the process along with most of The Pit. Otta and Rinna are chased outside as Kyu and Chief take refuge in another part of the HQ. Outside Rinna and Otta are saved by the three Riders arriving just in time. They proceed to go to town on three of the Reapers and we find out Gou used Dead Heat's finisher to knock them all out of the explosion saving their lives. Gou seems to be injured because of this and even though Chase tries to ask him about it is blown off. After a furious exchange of blows the three ready their Rider Kicks and with the help of the Tridoron, Ride Chaser, and Ride Macher a devastating Triple Rider Kick takes care of another three Roidmudes.

Down in The Pit the three are informed of the situation and shown that Banno is using the pointy spike things from the opening along with a force field to keep his Promised Land guarded. The team will need to make modifications to their vehicles to penetrate Banno's defenses. With The Pit destroyed they will need a new location and a timely call to Chief nets them what they need. An emergency garage has been prepared in case of a situation like this and we see Hayase was the one to prepare this. Members of the Special Vehicles Division are there to help the Riders and Hayase's partner. They get to work as we see Banno prep the Sigma Circular for the coming Global Freeze. At the emergency Pit the team confirms the final remaining Roidmudes are with Banno outside of Heart and Medic meaning that this truly will be the final battle. The team will attack first thing in the morning and we cut to Kiriko getting ready to head out after hearing the news. Tomari calls to tell her to stay put and stay safe. Tomari doesn't want his partner to get hurt and after hanging up brushes off Gou after he teases him. Tomari gets pulled away before Gou lets the pain show through although Chase is there to see it. He confronts Gou about going into battle hurt like he is and he tell Chase that he will go no matter what since that is what a Rider does and if Chase were in his place he wouldn't back out either.

The following mourning the three Riders head out to reach the Sigma Circular behind the shield as Otta and Rinna go to cut off power to said shield. The team salutes the Riders as they head out and when they encounter the spikes split up with Drive on his own and Mach and Chase together. Drive uses the Tire Extension to give Chase and Mach a shield made from Shadow and Spike respectfully and with Max Flare the three manage to break through the spikes and into the building. The head off only to be stopped and frozen by Banno. He proceeds to do a little show and tell about his plan. He will enact the Global Freeze and then digitize the entirety of humanity and using this he will rule the world. Gou calls him nothing more than a monster but ends up being the first target of Banno's Light Spear. The spear is stopped by Heart and Medic how arrived to pay Gou back for saving them and kill Banno themselves. The five are united in their effort to stop Banno once and for all and all three go their respective Final Forms with Heart and Medic going into their Ultimate Evolution forms. Mach and Chase decide to hold off Banno and the Roidmudes while Heart, Medic, and Drive head off to destroy the Sigma Circular.

The tree are stopped by the force field and other Reapers for the time being while Chase knocks out three Reapers himself as Gou struggles with his injuries against Banno. The golden devil uses his own Rider Kick to send Gou down into the parking garage and out of Dead Heat. He goes in for the kill but Chase interrupts him and engages the mad doctor. Chase proves no match for him and as he is sent into a wall by a massive punch Chase's Driver is destroyed leaving him little left in his arsenal to pull from. Banno decides to kill Gou with the Signal Axe but Chase goes Machine Chaser form and takes the blow for Gou. He manages to send Banno back with a Break Gunner punch but loses his Machine form in the process. Chase hands over his Signal Bike and license to Gou as he tells him he is glad to have had such great friends and he was able to protect Kiriko's happiness. Kiriko sees a storm in the distance and seems to be getting a bad vibe from it. Chase says Gou would never accept him but he should have them so they don't get lost and Chase proceeds to use his body as a bomb and self destructs on top of Banno. We see Chase's core exploded definitely this time and we end with Gou screaming for Chase.

Damn this week saw the departure of Chase and it really feels like the end for him. While there are questions as to whether or not this is truly the end of the Reaper turned Rider I can't say. All I can say is he went out the best way possible and I personally don't believe he will be gone for good. On to the episode itself it was an action packed episode and a great way to start the final battle of the show. The triple Tridoron Kick was flat out awesome and many other moments like this were great too. Hayase getting one final chance to help Tomari was great and it is a shame he was so underutilized in the show. I do hope Kiriko does get to make it to the final battle and dons the Mass Produced Mach Driver. This was a fantastic episode and shows just how strong Drive can be when it gets in the right gear. Let's hope the rest of the final episodes live up to the bar set by this one. Next week Tomari and Heart come face to face with the Sigma Circular, Medic gives everything for Heart, and Mach gains one last form Mach Chaser.

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