- Written By: Kento ShimoyamaDirected By: Kyohei Yamaguchi
Though bracing for their final battle, he and Geiz choose to cooperate and blaze a new path to the future.
And thus, the group is once again residing under the same roof.
Sougo Tokiwa, Geiz and Tsukuyomi...
As well as...myself.
Swartz gives White Woz the Another Blade Ridewatch, which Woz asks if he can use to his liking. Swartz says he can but gives him advice: there are two types of people in this world, those that are used and those that control. Those that control dedicate themselves to higher aspirations in ways that the used cannot begin to comprehend. He asks which type of person White Woz is and walks off, angering White Woz.Amane Kurihara, now an adult, is working at her mother's cafe Jacaranda as a waitress, having moved back in to live there. A customer asks her how she is doing and if she has gotten over that man she was with as a child. Amane says it wasn't like that as he was older than her and she viewed him more as a surrogate father figure. But pictures of her as a child with Hajime Aikawa decorate the cafe.
After closing, Amane cleans up for the night and for a brief moment thinks about Hajime. White Woz enters and forces the Another Blade watch into her, manipulating Amane's feelings for Hajime to bring out Another Blade. Elsewhere in a woodland cabin, Hajime is at his photo studio fixing his camera with the Spirit card reacting to the birth of the Another Rider.
At 9 5 DO, a drowsy Sougo comes down to breakfast. Geiz says he overslept but Sougo reminds him he doesn't need to go to school anymore as he graduated, so he fails to see the problem. Tsukuyomi asks what Sougo is going to do now that he is out of high school, to which he gives his usual response: he is going to become a king. Black Woz asks that they all eat up to keep thier strength as White Woz and Swartz are still out there. Black Woz then insults Geiz by treating him like a servant, asking for condiments, extra portions of food and the morning paper to be brought to him. The three of them are impressed with the large spread of food prepared for them and wonder why Junichiro would prepare all this. When Tsukuyomi asks, Daiki Kaito appears and answers that it is a small gesture and to enjoy their meal before leaving, with Woz recognizing him. The boys soon realize that they have been robbed, as all the Ridewatches except for Black Woz's are gone.
They chase after the hospitable intruder and try to face him after avoiding being shot by his gun, only to realize that the Zi-O and Geiz Ridewatches were pick pocketed off of them by Daiki. Black Woz arrives and tells Geiz and Sougo that they man who robbed them is Kamen Rider Diend, an ally of Decade. Daiki is surprised and amused, asking if they have met Tsukasa already. Geiz orders Black Woz to get their Ridewatches back, but he doesn't seem interested in helping. Sougo orders him to do it, as Woz needs his master to have his Watches to achieve his goal. Black Woz reluctantly agrees as he is correct and becomes Kamen Rider Woz while Daiki becomes Diend. At first, it seems Woz is winning when he changes into Futuring Kikai form and knocks several Ridewatches off of him to be recovered by his robotic arms. However, Diend gets the upper hand by summoning Kamen Rider Baron and Knight to gang up on Woz. He tells Woz that they can have those treasures back and uses his Attack Ride: Neo Invisible card to get away. The summons of Baron and Knight vanish soon after.
Sougo counts how many watches they recovered and discovers that Geiz's Revive Ridewatch, his Zi-O II Ridewatch and the Geiz Ridewatch are gone. Geiz argues with Woz, saying that he should have got them back. Black Woz says that he isn't his servant and the boy should be the one following orders. Before things escalate further, Tsukuyomi arrives and tells them that Another Rider is attacking.
At Photo Studio Ushieru, the employees are assualted by Another Blade, who keeps asking them where Hajime is. Sougo arrives and becomes Zi-O and during their struggle with each other, Black Woz notices something odd, the Another Rider's date on its back is 2019 when it should be 2004. Another Blade becomes enraged and prepares to fire an electric blast from her abdomen, but Zi-O shields the people in the line of fire and takes the full force of the electric shock as Another Blade escapes. Black Woz tells Sougo without the Zi-O II Ridewatch, he will need to find the real Kamen Rider Blade and gain his Ridewatch to defeat Another Blade. Since the creature was born in 2019, they have no need to go back in time to find Blade, they must simply search for him in the present. Sougo decides to split the gang up, he will go with Tsukuyomi to find Blade and Geiz and Black Woz must track down Diend and recover the remaining Ridewatches. Geiz objects to this, but Sougo leaves before he can protest.
Outside, Tsukuyomi stops Sougo and thinks that that was a bad idea, as Geiz and Black Woz hate each other and won't work together. Sougo knows this, but he feels he needs them to be forced to be together to at least grow to tolerate each other and eventually be friends. Tsukuyomi doubts his logic, but he then asks why the two hate each other so much. Tsukuyomi explains that Black Woz was part of the Resistance with them in 2068 and the team captain of their tactical squad. Woz claimed he was going to infiltrate Oma Zi-O's palace as a spy and bring back intel for them, but it turned out he was a spy for Oma Zi-O doing the reverse, giving intel to his master so he could locate and smite the entire Resistance army. Because of Woz's betrayal, Geiz hates him as his actions cost the lives of their comrades in arms. So no matter how hard Sougo tries, they will never accept each other as allies. She then asks how they are going to find Blade, but Sougo was so distracted by thinking about Woz and Geiz that he didn't think of a plan. They hear screams nearby and see Another Blade attacking a photo developer called ColoLab, interrogating one of its employees about where Hajime is. Sougo tries again to combat the Another Rider as Zi-O.
At a substation, White Woz meets up with Daiki, having been the person who ordered the theft of the Ridewatches. He is upset when he doesn't see his Woz Ridewatch among the stolen items. Daiki says he only steals treasures that interest him and he wants for himself, smack talking to White Woz saying that if he wants his treasures so badly he should get them himself. Insulted but unsettlingly calm, White Woz manipulates reality so that his Black counterpart stumbles upon Daiki and fights him again. As Black Woz and Geiz walk several feet apart from each other, Black Woz falls under the Future Diary's spell and is forced against his will to come towards where Daiki is. Geiz then figures out what is going on and follows him.
Zi-O uses his basic Rider Kick on Another Blade, but she absorbs its energy and gets back up. Zi-O is forced to brace for impact as Another Blade charges at him.
Daiki and Black Woz meet up and after discussing how each were manipulated by White Woz, transform and fight. Geiz confronts White Woz, who says he is running out of time as the Day of Oma draws near and both of them must correct history to their path. Geiz isn't interested in White Woz's future and he himself is no savior. White Woz is disappointed and tells Geiz in that case, he will annihilate the world to prevent the rise of Oma Zi-O.
Zi-O tries to fight back using GaimArmor to counter Another Blade's sword, but this eventually attracts the attention of Hajime, who believes Zi-O is hurting Amane and changes into Kamen Rider Chalice to defend her by attacking Zi-O.
Diend and Woz continue their battle, with Woz changing into Futuring Shinobi to outmanuver Diends gunfire and put him in a hold so Geiz can take back his watches. Geiz refuses to help out of stubbornness and Diend breaks free, summoning Kamen Rider Accel and Birth. Diend uses his Tesla Bands to speed up and strike Woz, followed by Accel changing into Bike form and ramming Woz into the air while Birth barrages him with Cell Burst shots. Diend aims his Diendriver after loading his Final Attack Ride Diend Card, making a perfect shot just before Woz touches the ground. But it turns out what Diend was facing was a bunshin dummy, as Geiz says the real Woz is a master of deception and lies. Woz appears behind Diend from a puff of smoke and slashes him, knocking out the Geiz Ridewatch from Diend's possession. Geiz knew that he was merely a distraction, but takes his Ridewatch back after Woz tosses it to him and he prepares to transform to tag team against Diend.
Chalice is fighting Zi-O GaimArmor, but the fight is shortlived as Hajime's Undead strength through his Spinning Dance Rider Kick knocks Zi-O out of his GaimArmor and sends him flying several feet. Before Chalice can continue, he senses a familiar presence and stops, seeing that Kazuma Kenzaki is walking towards him. Kazuma is disappointed in Hajime, as he promised he wouldn't transform again and that he sealed his own power away as the Joker Undead for Hajime's sake and the sake of the world. Angry and feeling he has no choice, Kazuma transforms into Kamen Rider Blade to fight Chalice. Despite this, Hajime knows what will happen if they fight and begs Kenzaki to stop.
Geiz and Woz face off against Diend and defeat his summons of Accel and Birth using a Rider Slash/Kick combo attack. They demand Diend to hand over the Revive Ridewatch and Zi-O II watch, but Diend says he does not have them anymore and tries to escape.
White Woz is walking away, and pulls out the two Ridewatches, which react to each other and his body by glowing from the remnant energies of his Woz Ridewatch. White Woz doesn't understand what this means and is disturbed by it but then sees that a new Ridewatch is being slowly created from the energies of all three.
Chalice and Blade continue to fight and the episode ends with the two of them clashing their weapons against each other...
Episode Tropes
- Always Save the Girl: Hajime returns just as Sougo is fighting Amane as Another Blade and steps in to protect her. Becomes a Deconstructed Trope in two ways: the fact that she's currently a monster attacking innocent people and Sougo is trying to stop her, and him activating his powers has HUGE ramifications.
- Breather Episode: While White Woz's machinations with Amane and the Jokers keep the stakes high, the overall tone of the episode when his plan isn't being focused on is a lot lighter than it has been since Sougo met his future self and White Woz first appeared, with the main quartet and Kaito providing a lot more comedy than normal for the second arc.
- The Bus Came Back: From Blade; Kazuma Kenzaki, Hajime Aikawa, and Amane Kurihara. From Decade; Daiki Kaito.
- Curb Stomp Cushion: While it's seemingly DiEnd have delivered a Curb-Stomp Battle towards Woz's Futuring Shinobi, it turns out he substituted himself before delivering a suprise attack from behind to DiEnd
- Drama-Preserving Handicap: While Black Woz is able to take back most of the Ridewatches that Kaito stole, Kaito kept the Zi-O II, Geiz and Geiz Revive Ridewatches just as Another Blade appears.
- Early-Bird Cameo: When looking over Ridewatches they managed to get back from DiEnd, the Ryuki Ridewatch is in the batch, meaning that sometime in between Episodes 22 and 29, the events of Rider Time Ryuki happened. note
- Enemy Summoner: DiEnd can summon other riders like his home series. This episode alone he summons Knight, Baron, Accel and Birth.
- Mythology Gag: The last scene before the opening credits has the camera move a close up into the Spirit Rouze Card, and enter into a blue force field. This is referencing to Blade itself as each episode would begin with that scene.
- The Reveal: Tsukuyomi reveals to Sougo that she and Geiz were once part of a Resistance faction under the leadership of Black Woz, who led them into a trap planned by him that killed most of their group after he infiltrated and joined Oma Zi-O's ranks, hence the reason Geiz was unwilling to co-operate with him.
- She Is All Grown Up: Amane reappears grown as we are shown pictures of her from Blade.
- Teeth-Clenched Teamwork: Despite Sougo's attempts to get Geiz and Black Woz to bond, they do not like each other but they can work together.
- What the Hell, Hero?: Kenzaki appears near the end of the episode, furious that Hajime is using his powers again after all Kenzaki did to seal them.
