Zawame City is a municipality planned and developed by the giant Yggdrasill Corporation.
Yggdrasill supplied the city's young people with Sengoku Drivers and had them play the "Inves Game."
Kouta and another so-called "guinea pig" fall into their hands,
but escape with DJ Sagara's help. However...
Transform!
GRAPE
LOCK ON
GRAPE ARMS
Eliminating the target.
DRAGON, FIRE! BANG, BANG, BANG!
Mitsuzane... it was you?
Let's do this.
We've got company!
Forget them! Speed up!
Whoops!
Got it, move... wow...
Don't say no, just live more!
It's survival, you gotta move
When life's in a warring state
Who's got the strength to win
Now that all the locks are open?
Don't say no, just live more!
Where will you find...
Don't say no, just live more!
And how will you use...
The forbidden fruit?
The wind of the moment has its own message to share
It's blowin' stronger and stronger till it reaches you
Your dreams and future may seem so far away...
When you've got all you can out of life, that's when you can stop
But don't let life get you down
Keep your head held high
Wherever you may go
Never compromise yourself
Follow the path you believe in, and just live more!
Don't say no, just live more!
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Get off my back!
Let's try this one!
STRAWBERRY
LOCK ON
STRAWBERRY ARMS
SWOOSHING SPARK
Whoa!
Kaito!
Alright!
Let's break through!
Right!
Why do we have to let them escape again?
It's not my business.
I'm sure Professor Ryouma knows what he's doing.
APPLE PINES HOSPITAL
Rat!
Kouta!
Kouta...
How do you feel?
Ow, ow, ow!
Hey! Take it easy, Rat.
I'm fine, really!
They did some tests, but didn't find any plants growing anywhere.
So once those cuts heal, he's good to go.
I'm sorry!
I could have stopped this...
Look, man...
You don't have to feel responsible for everything.
We're friends, right?
Rat...
It's not just Team Gaim either.
Mai's going around talking to all the teams...
...to get them to give up the Inves Game and work with us.
Why won't anyone listen?
We all started this to dance the way we wanted to.
When did we start caring so much about the rankings and taking each other's stages?
It's gotten out of hand.
Everything's changed since the Inves Game started catching on.
What? Whoa...
An Inves?
No way!
Mai! Wait!
You...
Oh, it's just some chicks from Team Gaim.
You used that Inves to steal all this?!
Hey, they all think the Beat Riders are psycho monster summoners anyway, right?
So let's have some fun with our Lock Seeds!
We got nothing holding us back now!
You idiots!
Don't you remember why you started dancing?!
For the fame! For the freedom!
That's all we got to say to you.
Get 'em.
Run!
Do you have a death wish?
Baron?
You guys must've been living under a rock.
Every team's like this now.
Since they all found out how to jailbreak their locks.
Jailbreak?
It just takes a simple modification to summon a fully materialized Inves.
Like Armored Riders can.
No way!
So the Inves lurking in the city...
Most of them are being used as diversions by Beat Riders to commit crimes.
We have to keep our own locks just to defend ourselves.
Our team is taking fire too, after all.
That's awful... why is this happening?
Now, no one will ever believe us...
Transform!
GRAPE
LOCK ON
What do you have to say for yourself...
Sid?
Why did you give him a Sengoku Driver?
I had no idea.
Same thing happened with your Watermelon.
A missing Driver just found its way into his hands.
Pleading ignorance?
I assumed he had your permission.
Can you blame me?
Would I dare suggest the head of a project to save humanity
wouldn't have his one and only blood brother by his side?
That would just be ridiculous.
So...
This was your plan all along.
Will you two put aside your squabble and consider our next move?
I'll handle Mitsuzane personally.
As for the other two...
Sid.
I expect you to follow through this time.
You heard the Overseer...
But what about you, Professor?
Why did you let those two go?
I was curious how they escaped containment.
The breaches of security are too flagrant.
Didn't the Overseer's brother get them out?
It's not merely that.
One of the prototypes is missing from my laboratory.
Only I should be able to open the lock on that container.
I just can't figure it out.
You're saying we have a mole.
I need to let the guinea pigs paddle along and see where things lead.
Honestly...
Everyone around here asks way too much.
Come on! Hey!
Maybe I'm not focusing enough.
Right?
Okay! Concentrate, Kouta Kazuraba!
Seriously, come on!
Whoa, okay then!
Why won't it work?
Guess it has to go into this thing.
But then...
What do I do with this?
Maybe if I...
Kouta...
Mai...
What's going on?
October 6th. Case File 167.
Record of a civilian who made it into Helheim.
I'm impressed how much data you copied in such little time.
Brother...
What were you going to do with this?
Tell the world.
And show everyone that Yggdrasill was behind the Inves, and your human experiments.
You're mistaken if you believe you act for justice.
You believe that you can prove your maturity by challenging your elder brother.
Am I wrong?
I just...
Mitsuzane.
I believed you were one of the ones who needed protecting.
But it seems that was merely wishful thinking. My ego clouded my judgement.
Aren't you mad?
You've chosen to fight in the here and now,
rather than let us secure your future.
Just like me.
It goes to show you have the Kureshima blood flowing through your veins.
You truly are my brother.
Mitsuzane...
It's time you learned the truth. All of it.
Come with me.
Mine!
Like hell!
You wanted that?
Red Hot!
What are you doing?!
Well lookie-here, boys! It's one of the Armored Riders wrecking the town!
Please, Bravo, save us! A bad man's come to get us!
Pardon! Pardon!
Mai told me what you did!
Don't you have any pride as Beat Riders?
Don't you feel ashamed?!
Let's cut to the chase... Gaim.
Come join us.
If you deal with Bravo, ain't nobody who can stop us.
I watched a man turn into a monster.
And all I could think was... I don't ever want to see this happen again.
You guys may still look like humans, but you're definitely acting like monsters!
Well, sorry to break it to you...
But Sid warned us you might wanna come break up our party.
Sid?!
You really gonna use that, boss?
He said if we can get Gaim's belt,
he'll give us even better Lock Seeds than these!
That lock dealer knows how to cut a deal!
Are you really that stupid?!
You're playing right into his hands!
Get him!
Transform!
ORANGE
LOCK ON
ORANGE ARMS
THE PATH OF BLOSSOMS! TO THE STAGE!
Get him! Go on!
That's it!
Can't do anything without your friends, huh?
It's worth a shot...
LEMON ENERGY
Why won't it work?!
Wha-?!
Figures jailbreaking an A Class was a bad idea!
Stay back! Go away!
I'm sorry! I'm sorry!
Run for it!
Get back here!
No! If I don't stop it...
Are you okay?
You won't beat me!
Don't tell me...
It fits!
LEMON ENERGY
Now it'll work!
LOCK ON
MIX
ORANGE ARMS
THE PATH OF BLOSSOMS! TO THE STAGE!
LEMON RAIMENT!
This is my stage now!
Do you understand now?
This is the truth behind the Forest of Helheim.
No... I can't...
Do you still believe our cause is mistaken?
No...
And I know...
There's no way...
You could tell anyone.
Mitsuzane.
Join us in Yggdrasill.
And I will show you the true war we must face.
LOCK ON
ORANGE SQUASH
LEMON ENERGY
I won...
What is this thing?
It destroyed that Inves so easily...
I see.
Now we know where your missing gear went, Professor.
Sup.
What's wrong, Kouta? You look down.
Say, Bandou...
Does everyone who finds their way into power...
Do they all turn into monsters?
Bit deep for you, isn't it, kiddo?
Well, look. Think how many weak people there are in the world.
You think every one of them is a good person?
No... of course not.
Then on the flip side, just being strong isn't what makes all those strong people evil.
In short, power itself isn't good or bad.
Yeah... I guess you're right.
But it also means that people with power have to be real careful with it.
Because how they use it could make them a hero...
...or a monster.
Wow. You're wiser than you look, Bandou.
Well, ya know. I've been through a lot.
Come on guys, quick!
Hey, guys.
Yo!
Kouta!
Ta-da!
Yeah!
Rat's back in action!
You're healed already?
Ow, ow...
But yeah, I'm in top form!
Hey! No you're not!
Well, that is good news!
After the break, see another next-gen Rider, Malika!
How about I treat you all on the house?
Next time, on Kamen Rider Gaim:
Recover Kouta Kazuraba's Sengoku Driver for us.
Bring down your former friend and show where your loyalty lies.
If we bow down to you, this city is doomed...
Episode 17: The Peach Rider Malika Makes Her Entrance!
Kouta!