The fruit appears in myths all over the world.
Known as the golden apple. The fruit of immortality, Ambrosia...
The fruit of knowledge eaten by Adam and Eve.
He who plucks the forbidden fruit will have vast power.
But only a single victor, the last one standing, will be chosen.
Time to end this!
Ever since the Overlords attacked,
Zawame City has remained quarantined.
And Helheim's invasion shows no signs of stopping.
If I want to save the world...
Hey, it's dangerous out here.
What is that?
That? Isn't it just a soccer ball?
Soccer?
What's that?
You... don't know what soccer is?
You kick the ball around like this, without using your hands.
You get one point if you can shoot it into your opponent's goal.
And you just compete for points like that.
I see. So those are the rules of this fight.
And... what about the loser? Will they be killed?
No way. Nothing will happen to them.
But... then why would they fight?
Why? I guess...
Because it's fun?
Fun?
Yup! You'll feel happy if you win, and even though it might be frustrating to lose,
you can always try harder next time.
Isn't that enough?
I see.
So these kinds of fights exist too.
Let's chat somewhere else. The Inves might pop up again.
I'll take you somewhere sa–
Huh?
Hey! Watch out!
Huh?
I can hear something...
Cheering? That's not...
Baron!
Gaim!
What's going on!? There shouldn't be this many people in Zawame City right now!
Kouta!
Where've you been?
Mai!
It's about to start! Hurry up and change!
Wait! I don't really understand what's...
Did you forget? Team Baron challenged us, Team Gaim, to a match today!
A challenge?
It's soccer!
SOCCER!
Kaito? What's with that outfit?
What are you talking about? I clearly told you we're going to settle our score today.
That's right.
Today is an important match.
Yuuya? Why are you...?
Hey, is something wrong? You're kinda off today.
No... I mean...
We're counting on you. Get yourself together!
Just what the hell is going on here!?
Are you fired up yet, Zawame City?
It's starting to heat up! The All Rider Cup!
Today, at last, Team Gaim and Team Baron...
...will be fighting each other!
Okay, now which team will the Goddess of Victory smile on?
I can't take my eyes off the match!
Transform!
BANANA
LOCK ON
COME ON!
BANANA ARMS
KNIGHT OF SPEAR
BANANA SQUASH
Hey, that's cheating!
What? You're supposed to use every tool at your disposal.
That's what a challenge is.
It's as Kaito says.
You're...
Yuto Sato from JEF United!
Why are there pros here too?
We're not gonna lose either.
You're Komano from Jubilo Iwata!
Is this supposed to be a special match?
Make sure you come at me with everything you have too!
Kouta!
- We're counting on you. - Okay.
I'm leaving it to you.
Okay.
Fine, I get it! I just have to transform too, right?
I'll protect our goal! Transform!
WALNUT
WALNUT ARMS
MISTER KNUCKLEMAN
- Alright, come at me!
Transform!
ORANGE
LOCK ON
ORANGE ARMS
THE PATH OF BLOSSOMS! TO THE STAGE!
ORANGE SQUASH
Gotcha!
Well done, Kouta!
Thanks!
Thank you!
He's not bad... don't you think so, Hassy?
He's nothing special. I can shoot better than that.
Neither of them are quite up to standard yet.
Let me, Pierre Alfonso Oren, show you what soccer really is.
We, Team Charmant, are going to win this. Look forward to it.
Why do I have to be here too?
Yggdrasill's aim is to control the world through soccer.
My, my... what a slave driver. Right?
She actually likes this...
Come on! You can do it!
We won! We did it!
Thanks, everyone!
Nice game, Kazuraba.
Once the match ends, it doesn't matter which side we're on.
Don't you think so?
Y-Yeah, but... you're acting kind of weird today.
Good job, guys!
If only I had a powerful belt too... Then I could take a more active role...
Hello, Zawame City!
Wasn't yesterday's game amazing?
But don't forget that Gaim and Baron aren't the only teams on the scene.
It's almost as if we have our own Soccer Warring States right here in Zawame City now!
The brightly shining golden paradise of soccer!
So show me your best performance!
And... reach out for glory with your own two hands!
Right here... was the stage we used to dance on, right?
Hey!
Hey, hero of the day. I saw yesterday's game!
Nakayama Gon!
That's right! I'm the Blazing Striker, Nakayama!
That was a great goal you scored, Gaim.
Keep it up, okay?
O-Okay!
Here I come again, everyone!
I'm going for it!
Something's off here.
This Zawame is free from the threat of Helheim.
What's going on here? Am I dreaming this?
- Hey... - Yeah?
What would you do if you somehow got the golden fruit?
Well... probably wish for money or something.
That's boring.
I guess I should probably wish for love instead.
Hey, mister.
We meet again.
You're... that boy!
I'm Lapis.
l'm Kouta Kazuraba. Nice to meet you, Lapis.
Nice to meet you too, Kouta.
Right. It was after I met him that the city became like this.
Hey, uh, Lapis. There's something I want to...
You were right, Kouta.
Soccer is fun.
You can fight without anyone getting hurt or dying.
This in wonderful. I never knew it existed.
Uh, yeah.
The city is at peace. There's no need for any more sacrifices.
I want this to continue on forever.
Here, I'll demonstrate.
See?
Don't you think so too?
Peace like this... forever?
Kouta?
There you are! What are you doing?
Just...
Mitsuzane.
You seem unfocused recently. Is something bothering you?
No... nothing's wrong.
Are you going out?
Right. I'm going to visit my wife in the hospital.
She'll be lonely if I'm not there when she awakes.
I see. Please be careful.
I will.
Takatora doesn't have a sick wife.
More importantly, I struck him down myself...
This isn't the Zawame City I know. What's going on here?
I need to find that out.
We overwhelmed them, Kouta!
I knew it was a good idea to give you the Sengoku Driver!
Yeah...
If we just keep going, even the championship is within reach.
We should decide on a wish now, I guess...
You mean that rumor about the golden fruit?
The golden fruit?
Oh, I've heard it too.
The last man standing after all the fighting will get the golden fruit, and have his wish granted.
Or so I heard.
But if we win, do you think the whole team gets a wish each?
Don't be greedy!
So it's the same one from Helheim... what's going on?
If that rumor is true, you might just be the one closest to the golden fruit.
Hey, Peko.
Zack. Aren't you... getting a little overconfident?
What are you on about?
You're all set as Baron's number two...
But... If I had a stronger belt, that spot would be mine to take.
How did you...?
Transform.
PINECONE ENERGY
LOCK ON
LIQUID
PINECONE ENERGY ARMS
Peko!
BANANA ARMS
KNIGHT OF SPEAR
Kaito!
What do you think you're doing?
Get out of my way!
I... just wanted... you to... acknowledge me... Kaito!
Peko...
This is a joke, right...
What just happened?
Who's there?
I want chocolate cake.
Chocolate cake? Even though no one else can make it?
I'll eat it by myself!
Well, alright then.
What the hell!
What are you doing!
This is bad, Kouta! Hase's gone crazy at Charmant!
- Let me go, Hassy!
What did I do!?
Shut your mouth!
You know damn well you've been taking advantage of me!
- That's quite enough!
Not in front of the customers!
Power...
If I have power, no one else can take advantage of me!
Transform!
PINECONE
LOCK ON
PINECONE ARMS
STRIKE IN THE SHADOWS
It seems I'll need to punish you.
Transform.
DURIAN
LOCK ON
DURIAN ARMS
MISTER DANGEROUS
Still up for more?
You bastard...
Hase!
Boy...
What just happened?
What was that...
That was Lapis...
Did you hear? Armored Riders from Team Baron and Team Charmant have disappeared.
Huh? Why?
It's that thing.
Only the last man standing can gain the golden fruit.
So you're saying... the Armored Riders are fighting each other...
And only one of them can remain standing...
Who are you?
I finally found you.
Alright, now tell us everything you know.
Hey! Calm down, Kaito!
What's going on?
Don't butt in, Kouta Kazuraba.
This guy might have killed Peko.
When Peko vanished, he was there watching.
He knows something.
Lapis.
What's going on?
Why do you all hate each other?
I thought I'd finally found a way to fight bloodlessly.
What did you say?
I've had enough!
Let's just get him, Kaito!
Zack...
It's his fault that Peko's...
I'm taking him down!
WALNUT
LOCK ON
WALNUT ARMS
MISTER KNUCKLEMAN
- Wait! Stop!
No way... Even Zack...
Zack...
You bastard!
It wasn't supposed to be like this.
I can't believe the teams all ended up like that...
Everyone's just worried that someone's out to get the Armored Riders because they want the golden fruit.
But isn't the golden fruit just a rumor in the first place?
I knew it...
It's Helheim's Fruit of Knowledge... that's why everyone's fighting over it...
Bonsoir, citizens of Zawame City!
Whoever has been attacking the Armored Riders one by one just doesn't know when to stop.
In fact, I suspect the culprit is an Armored Rider themself.
And so, I will be forming an army of justice under the name of Team Charmant.
I promise you I'll find this cowardly person and punish them thoroughly.
That's all, everyone! Bonsoir!
Fine by me. I'll take you on.
Don't bother trying to run. I anticipated your betrayal from the very beginning.
You'd better have a good excuse ready.
I'm tired of being someone else's lapdog.
And for that, I need absolute power... I need the golden fruit!
CHERRY ENERGY
I don't know what you're going on about... but I'm going to put an end to it.
MELON ENERGY
MELON ENERGY SQUASH
Not yet... I can't die here...!
Your turn is next, Yoko Minato.
I won't just let anyone mess with my world as they wish.
Prepare the troopers.
We're taking down the rebellion in Zawame.
I see. I was wondering why I haven't seen you around.
Professor Ryouma.
You were the first sacrifice.
What's this...?
Transform!
BANANA
LOCK ON
COME ON!
BANANA ARMS
KNIGHT OF SPEAR
I can't let this go on. I have to stop everyone!
Transform.
MELON ENERGY
LOCK ON
SODA
MELON ENERGY ARMS
Transform!
ACORN
DURIAN
LOCK ON
ACORN ARMS
DURIAN ARMS
NEVER GIVE UP
MISTER DANGEROUS
This...
This isn't the kind of scene I wanted...
In the end... you're just like us. Fighting is in your nature.
It's impossible alone...
The only way to have your wish granted is to get your hands on absolute power.
Yuuya!
But the only way to get that is to fight till you're the last one standing.
So, Kouta... I know you desire the golden fruit as well.
Boy!
It ends here.
I used to be fond of you, but that ends here.
DURIAN AU LAIT
You'll be the ones meeting your ends!
BANANA SQUASH
MELON ENERGY SQUASH
I won't let you run.
The one fighting there was your brother, wasn't he?
You would leave him to die?
This is more important.
I looked into Ryouma Sengoku's research. You're at the the root of all this.
I found something interesting while I was investigating the Overlords' ruins.
It appears some rogue Overlords were trying to create their own being to manipulate the Fruit of Knowledge.
Once I finish analyzing this data, I might be able to recreate that godly power myself.
First, I'll continue the Overlords' research through my own methods.
I don't know why or how you did any of this.
But you're the one who trapped us in this fake Zawame and erased the Armored Riders...
...aren't you?
I am indeed the one responsible for this world.
So you admit it.
Don't jump to conclusions so quickly.
Sagara? Why?
The snake, huh?
Killing him won't solve anything.
lt's true that he created this Zawame City...
But he's not the one erasing the Armored Riders.
What do you mean?
Kouta! Yuuya!
Stay back, Mai!
Kouta?
Hey, now! What's wrong?
I've always had this nagging suspicion, Yuuya.
You handed the Sengoku Driver over to me, didn't you?
Bringing this up now? You know that's why you can transform into Armored Rider Gaim–
Then, why are you always carrying that Lock Seed around?
It's useless without a belt.
Oh... You mean this?
It's called self-defense.
Given the situation, I thought I should at least leave myself a way to summon Inves.
What's an 'Inves'?
Don't listen to him, Mai.
He's not Yuuya.
I thought it was strange...
This Zawame isn't under any threat from Helheim, so Inves don't exist here.
Just who are you?
Oh, well.
I thought people like you who want to protect everything would be the first to grasp for power, but...
Who're you?
I'm the real golden fruit.
The God of a new era!
What are you?
Just as stated in your research.
I am a being who has transcended the Fruit of Knowledge.
Don't tell me... you're the one the Overlords created?
Transform.
LEMON ENERGY
LOCK ON SODA
LEMON ENERGY ARMS
FIGHT POWER FIGHT POWER
FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT F-F-F-FIGHT!
W-What's going on!?
It's been a long while since I was last awake.
Time to hunt...
You again? This time, I won't let you interfere.
Why did you attack everyone?
It was all to complete the golden fruit.
The best nutrition I could give the golden fruit is the fighting spirit of you savage humans.
That Lock Seed is the golden fruit?
If I remember right... I just have to do this, was it?
Transform.
GOLDEN
LOCK ON
GOLDEN ARMS
THE GOLDEN FRUIT
A golden Armored Rider...
Mai, run!
Come. It's time to finish this.
You'll make a good piece of food for the golden fruit.
Transform!
ORANGE
LOCK ON
ORANGE ARMS
THE PATH OF BLOSSOMS! TO THE STAGE!
My existence is beyond everything! There's nothing someone like you can hope to do.
I won't know until I try!
Humans are unworthy of evolving.
So I'll be the one to create the new world!
I am the only one needed. All you weak humans can just die!
Isn't that Kaito's... and...
What's the point of picking those up?
BANANA
LOCK ON
BANANA ARMS
KNIGHT OF SPEAR
This is my stage now!
BANANA SPARKING
ACORN
LOCK ON
ACORN ARMS
NEVER GIVE UP
How annoying!
There's more coming!
DURIAN
LOCK ON
DURIAN ARMS
MISTER DANGEROUS
Humans are selfish and power-hungry.
There's no point in carrying on their will.
That's not true!
ORANGE
LEMON ENERGY
LOCK ON
MIX
ORANGE ARMS
THE PATH OF BLOSSOMS! TO THE STAGE!
LEMON RAIMENT
You're the same. You're fighting because you want power too!
You...
All you can do is hurt and sacrifice others.
I'll never forgive you!
What's this?!
I just implanted a seed of evil into you.
Those infected by it will lose themselves to savagery.
Your desire for greater power will feed the golden fruit well.
So that's why... everyone...
I wanted their anger and hatred.
Now, be stained by evil!
I'm not... evil!
How interesting, this human...
Kouta!
Thank goodness, you're safe!
Get away, Mai!
Micchy?
Transform.
LEMON ENERGY
ORANGE
LOCK ON
MIX
LEMON RAIMENT
A black Gaim?
So the seed got him too.
Transform!
GRAPE
LOCK ON
GRAPE ARMS
DRAGON, FIRE! BANG, BANG, BANG!
KIWI
KIWI ARMS
WHIRLING WHEELS! SLICE AND DICE!
Why?
It's the same as with the dead Riders.
Right now, all Kouta can do is run wild with his savage desires.
Who are... you?
l'm Lapis, but my real name is Shamubishe.
You call us 'Overlords'.
Overlord?
Shamubishe? But you're too late.
Fake Yuuya!
There were those among us who wanted to create an artificial Fruit of Knowledge.
But that ended in disaster. Kougane was the result.
He sowed the seeds of conflict among the Overlords, causing infighting to begin.
To strengthen himself...
But I was interrupted.
You sealed me with that power of yours.
But thanks to the Armored Riders, I am almost complete.
All that's left is to deal with you,
and destroy this disgusting world!
And this time, I'll become the God of a new world!
Please... stop...
Kouta... please...!
So one survived, I see.
Not just one.
I see. So that's your plan.
Kaito!
Impossible! You should have all killed each other!
Sorry to disappoint, but she saved me.
So you're the mastermind.
You pests keep getting in my way.
Transform.
GOLDEN
LOCK ON
GOLDEN ARMS
THE GOLDEN FRUIT
Transform.
LEMON ENERGY
Transform.
PEACH ENERGY
LOCK ON
SODA
LEMON ENERGY ARMS
PEACH ENERGY ARMS
You're in my way!
No... snap out of it, Kouta!
You have a special power, don't you? Please, save Kouta!
I can't.
Why not?
Even Kouta couldn't overcome his trap.
The seed feeds off savagery and a thirst for power.
Because... that's something every human feels from birth.
Humans, Overlords... they're both the same. Willing to fight and hurt each other.
I don't want to see such an ugly scene anymore.
What do you know of Kouta?
Humans might hurt each other, but Kouta wouldn't give up just because of that!
He's always fought to protect someone!
Yes... to protect someone...
I'll try.
What... happened to me?
What's going on?
Yes. These scenes are my memories.
I'm an Overlord who manipulates dreams.
Right now, our minds are linked through a dream.
That's why you can see my memories.
A... dream?
So, this Zawame City is...
It's a dream world that l created.
Why are you doing this?
Because I learned it was possible to live in peace... I wanted to try living like that with everyone.
But I never expected his seal to be broken.
I risked my life to seal him once... but even with him gone, the Overlords continued fighting.
And so they were destroyed.
It's the same with humankind.
Even though you have ways to fight without hurting anyone...
You still chose this in the end!
We're... the same as the Overlords?
I'm already... too tired.
That's right! Everything you did was useless.
Look at Kaito... Look at Micchy!
All they can think about is fighting and hurting each other.
What's the point of fighting for them?
Instead, I'll use the golden fruit to destroy this world and rebuild it from scratch.
So... let's just give up... alright?
Like that would fool me! I'll never give up!
Kazuraba!
It can't be!
TRIUMPHANT
LOCK ON
TRIUMPHANT ARMS
TAKE THE STAGE! HIP, HIP, HURRAH!
How...? How could someone like you beat me... beat the golden fruit!?
Golden fruit? What a joke!
All you are is gold-plated!
You...!
Give up!
I'm not done yet...
Kouta... why won't you give up?
You might be fighting in vain...
It's not in vain...
Humans do indeed hurt each other, but that's not all they can do.
They can also understand each other! I fight for that possibility!
FRUIT BASKET
LOCK OPEN
ZENITH ARMS
M-M-M-M-MIGHTY WARLORD
You're strong. Much stronger than me...
It's hopeless.
SONIC ARROW
Don't underestimate me!
PEERLESS SABER
MATCHLOCK ORANGE DJ GUN
Kouta!
Guys!
Curse you all! Now that it's come to this, I'll just rip each and every one of you to shreds!
Everyone, use these!
Kouta never gave up!
And neither will I.
Now there's an interesting look on your face.
I wish I'd gotten to see it earlier, but I guess it can't be helped.
Here, take this.
Let's go.
Transform!
LOCK ON
SILVER ARMS
THE SILVER NEW STAGE!
That's...
That's his real form, Kouta!
I'll lend you my power!
Let's go!
Zack!
Pass to me!
Ornac!
Mr. Oren!
This is my policy !
Kazuraba!
Like I'll let you!
I am a God! How could I be defeated by the likes of you...!?
This is...?
Was I daydreaming?
Kouta.
Lapis?
I'm sorry, Kouta. I caused a lot of trouble for you all.
But it's now over. And I can rest in peace too.
What do you mean, Lapis?
Thank you, Kouta, for teaching me about soccer.
I see... I get it now...
You've been working hard all this while... all by yourself...
Watch me, Lapis.
I'll definitely restore the world... to one where there's no need for us to fight.