Within the forest of Helheim exist highly-evolved creatures with the power to avert the apocalypse.
The "Overlords."
Having learned this, Kouta ventures in search of them,
but is completely helpless before them.
Believing that the world can still be saved,
Kouta continues fighting to protect it!
Why are there so many today?!
Run, now!
They keep coming...
Nice save, Micchy!
There's way more cracks lately...
If they can help us, then maybe...
Worrying about it isn't going to help, Kouta.
If you do something stupid and we get beaten,
there'll be no one left to protect the city.
It's about time you got that into your head.
But if we don't do something soon, then...!
Calm down, jeez!
Don't worry about it, Kouta. We can handle this for a while yet.
Yeah. It's just...
We're saved! Thank god for the Armored Riders!
The heck are you saying?!
The Inves are their fault to begin with!
But they've saved so many people!
Damn it...
How come they get all the attention?
Damn it, I should have stomped all those other teams...
Then we'd be the kings round here!
...Wait, the rankings are gone now, aren't they...
Hey, my old teammate...
Meiya!
Mai!
Long time no see!
Yay!
I've come up with an awesome new routine!
Really?!
I wanted to show you guys first!
Awesome!
Sure! Let's head to the garage!
Come on!
Say, your old leader, Jounouchi...
He was such a showoff, wasn't he?
Yeah, but he was a total wimp!
Total wimp...
He's the least manly guy ever...
Least manly guy ever...
And those glasses do not suit him at all.
That's just cruel!
But it's true!
Poor Jounouchi!
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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Come on, keep whisking.
Don't space out on me!
Sorry, boss...
Tiens? You're acting strange today.
Something on your mind?
Honestly. How many times must I tell you?
Your game was but a silly little amateur distraction.
I'm amazed you can even be this shallow.
But...!
I applaud you for realizing this nonetheless!
It means you are finally on the road to becoming... a true man!
Very well!
Allow moi to give you the training you require!
Straighten that spine!
Let's go toughen you up, my dear!
Wha–?!
Where are the Overlords...?
Kouta Kazuraba.
Oh, it's Kaito!
What are you doing here?
I could ask you...
Oh, right. You're looking for the Overlords too, huh?
What?
How do you know that?
Why didn't you tell me?
If I'd known there was another way to save the world, apart from Yggdrasill's...
You actually expect them to be the answer to your prayers?
The Overlords can control the forest at will, right?
With their power...
You think they'd bother saving humans?
Ridiculous.
Why the heck not?!
The Overlords are incredibly strong.
I found that out when I fought one.
You what?!
You...
Humans are weaklings to them, beneath their notice.
Why would they bother saving us?
This has nothing to do with your strong and weak crap!
Why did you have to go and piss them off like that?!
You think if you beg for their pity, they'll go out of their way to save you?
Well I won't know until I ask, will I?!
Knowing you...
I doubt they even bothered listening to a word you said.
Well...
We can't negotiate with them yet.
We need more power.
They need to learn humanity has the power to humiliate them into submission!
Then we make our demands.
How goes the investigation into DJ Sagara?
Not very well.
His identity is false, and tracing where his wages went turned up nothing of use.
So his very involvement in the project was to deceive us, then.
Hey.
You sure took your sweet time.
You!
I hear you've been a bit obsessed with me lately.
Or... am I not welcome?
No, you are.
I've been wanting to talk with you.
DJ Sagara. What, exactly, are you?
I'm just an observer.
As such, it pained me to see you having an unfair advantage in this little contest.
So I thought I'd give the other side a little... encouragement.
That's why you helped Kouta Kazuraba?
Yeah.
But of course, only helping him would be rather biased of me, don't you think?
And I wouldn't want you thinking I had it in for you or anything.
So, you're going to help us too, are you?
I want to be sure what it is you're really after.
That way, I can answer the question you most want answered...
Your "plan" to save humanity, Project Ark,
is just to let you move Yggdrasill's resources as you see fit.
Your actual aim is something else...
Isn't it, Professor Ryouma?
You've got me figured out, I see.
I suspect that Helheim has linked to our world many times before,
going back to before recorded history.
Countless mythoses tell of the existence of an otherworldly fruit.
The golden apple of Norse legend,
The so-called "ambrosia" of Greek mythology that grants eternal life.
It's my hypothesis that all these legends find their origin in the fruit of Helheim, and if that's so...
Then Helheim does not merely contain an invasive species, that converts humans into Inves...
But it is also the bearer of a forbidden fruit, that grants its holder incredible power.
Well reasoned.
That is indeed the truth of Helheim.
The forest doesn't exist merely to consume the world.
But to grant further evolution to the ones worthy of ruling the world to come.
Then it really does...
But true evolution comes from the fight to survive.
The forbidden fruit is not something just handed out on a plate...
It must be taken, by whoever fights and steals their way to the top of the pack.
I see, I see!
We're prepared for that.
The golden apple always brought bloodshed and tragedy in its wake.
It's just as the legends said!
DJ Sagara.
How do you know all this?
Now I really wanna know what you are.
Find the Overlords.
The fruit you're looking for is in their hands.
A pâtissier needs stamina!
A pâtissier needs...
Keep it up, keep it up!
Climb!
NEVER GIVE UP
Climb!!!
I'll catch you.
No way...
Jump down.
Come on!
No, no, no, no!
Owww!
NEVER GIVE UP
Time out!
Fine!
Try and catch me, then!
Get back here!
Why are you laughing at me?
Jeez!
What's this?
Oh g–
No waaaaaaay!
NEVER GIVE UP
Listen well.
Strength alone is not enough to be a real man!
You must also be beautiful!
Go!
Wrong!
You must be elegant!
Go!
Wrong!
Make it beautiful!
No!
NO!
NEVER GIVE UP
How about strawberry shor–
NEVER GIVE UP
Don't start crying on me. Come on, from the top.
I'm done with this!
What's wrong?
If you can't even stomach this, you'll never be a real man.
Give it a rest, you buffed-up buffoon!
I'm done with your stupid games!
Shut up about being a "real man!"
I'm a faker, alright! I know that!
Do you think I don't know that better than anyone?!
It's alright for you! You've got your life sorted out!
But I don't even know what it is I want to do!
I...
I didn't...
You really are an idiot.
Of course you don't know what you want from life yet.
That goes without saying.
Shut up!
Damn it, Kaito...
Jounouchi?!
What happened to you?
Just what I needed...
Should you be sitting around here?
Won't the Charmant guy fire you or something?
Shut up and leave me alone...
I don't wanna work at his dumb place anyway...
On the house.
Man, nothing's any fun anymore...
Everything was better when I had Hase around with me...
I wonder what Hase's doing now...
The thing is, Jounouchi... I'm afraid Hase's...
Must be nice having friends.
Enjoying your youth together, or whatever you do...
Never mind, I'm grossing myself out.
No. It's not like that...
I quit the team. I'm just an outsider now.
And worse than that...
I'm keeping secrets from them...
I feel guilty all the time.
I know I'm a bother to Micchy...
And then there's Kaito...
I don't even know if I can really do this...
And every time I worry about it, I feel like the worry will crush me...
I guess life's not easy for you either, huh?
Not so fast.
Oh crap!
The Charmant guy!
Wha–?!
What are you two doing?!
Now then, little Aquarian.
You're trying to lead him astray again, aren't you?
Huh?!
Listen up!
This is the most important moment of his life!
The moment he tries to become a man!
And I will not let a ruffian like you lead him astray!
- Hold on!
You've got it all wrong!
- Not listening! Transform!
DURIAN
LOCK ON
Let's talk about–!
Wait! Just listen!
This way?!
That way?!
Stop it!
Pardon?
Dang it...
Get back here!
Transform!
ORANGE
I said get back here!
Now I've got you!
Okay, okay...
Ow!
My back!
Ow, my back!
You might be able to fool him...
But a professional like moi...
Ow ow ow ow...
...won't fall for it!
What are you even talking about?!
Fighting the Inves is just part of your plan, isn't it?!
I told you, it's a misunderstanding!
Inves!
Here we are! The proof is in the pudding!
I didn't, I swear!
They appear from cracks!
Cracks? What are those?
Quit talking nonsense!
There's more Inves?!
After the break, Ornac makes his decision!
What should I do?!
Listen up!
This is the most important moment of his life!
The moment he tries to become a man!
What the heck's gotten into me?!
Transform!
ACORN
LOCK ON
COME ON!
ACORN ARMS
NEVER GIVE UP
Let me...
I've got you!
Oren...
You can be such a handful...
Kid! Kid!
Not good!
TRIUMPHANT
LOCK ON
TRIUMPHANT ARMS
TAKE THE FIELD! HIP, HIP, HURRAH!
You two okay?
They're gone?!
Oww...
Huh?
You're back with us?
Don't struggle like that! I'll drop you!
I... I'm sorry...
You really are a complete idiot, you know that?
You could have been killed.
But... you were brilliant.
You showed your true colors back there.
And I think that deserves some praise...
Kid.
Oren...
But more importantly, I'm gonna beat some sense into that kid next time!
Umm... about that...
They really have quit the Inves Game.
Don't be ridiculous! Why are there so many Inves now, then?
Well, there's no rankings any more, so why would they be fighting?
Besides, my teammates seem to be getting on really well with Gaim's.
Then, what's going on?
Sorry about all this.
No, it's my fault too. I don't mind helping.
Kouta?
Hey, Mai...
Alright, I'd better get moving...
Huh?
Weren't you gonna help?!
Seeya.
Wait.
Kouta, I need to talk with you.
Hmmm... I see...
So this is a crack?
This demands investigation!
Next time, on Kamen Rider Gaim:
Tell me! I have a right to know, don't I?!
You stole Mai's happiness!
You don't get to play the hero!
Baron's using a Genesis Driver!?
LEMON ENERGY ARMS
With this belt, I can win...
Episode 26: Baron's Genesis Transformation!
Why are we fighting?! Humanity's future is at stake here!