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Wednesday, November 23, 2022

"Kamen Rider Geats" series: Episode ten of ?? recap

 


 Air Dates: September 4th until August 2023(!), Sunday mornings at 9:00 am on TV-Asahi
Screenwriter: Yuuya Takahashi     Subs done by Anon at NYAA

Main Cast: This will be an ongoing work in progress and this section may never be 100% complete! Most was written up after viewing the first episode though we didn't meet every character and sure a bit more will be added in for every show but hopefully most things will be known by the fifth or so episode. They were known but the first contest ended in the nith episode. Two more Riders have joined and will be added in for the 12th recap. All of the riders are fighting an alien race called Jamato.

Desire Grand Prix rules

 Not all about the game has been revealed yet but this is what's known after two episodes. The contest lasts for six months, during it a Kamen Rider gets points with the most being for killing the alien Jamatos. Points can also be earned for saving human lives and other acts of heroism but not as many as slaying a Jamato. At the end of the contest the winner gets to choose what kind of world he wants to see exist, check on Ace below to see his wish as he won the last contest. Once a contest ends any person involved will have their memories reset and know zero about the contest and Jamato army so that person can live their live in peace. If they return for another contest those memories will return. The Jammer Area is a bit like an arena, when a battle goes on the action can only take place in this smallish area and it's forbidden to leave or attack outside of it. Will update this section too as we go along.

Hideyoshi Kan as Ace Ukiyo/Kamen Rider Geats.... He truly is an ace fighter though slightly arrogant and is the most current winner of the Desire Grand Prix. Ace had a very unique and selfish wish for his new world. It would be one where he would be the Star of Stars or in other words immensely popular and to say he has a huge ego would be an understatement! KR Geats has acquired too many weapons to count! He won this season's first Grand Prix in the ninth show and is now considered to be a Deza God.


 Ryuga Sato as Keiwa Sakurai/KR Tycoon.... Newest Kamen Rider who was recruited at the end of the first episode. Keiwa is the younger brother of Sara and he was a college student who had been looking for work with no success.  His weapon is a powerful Armed Arrow, also has acquired a Booster Buckle which makes weapons even more powerful. His wish if he wins the current Grand Prix is to have world peace.


 Yuno Hoshino as Neon Kurama/KR Nago.... She was also recruited at the end of the first episode and is the youngest Kamen Rider. Neon comes from a very wealthy family and until becoming a 'superhero' had been a very influential celebrity influencer, especially among high school girls. Her weapon is an Armed Hammer. If Neon wins the Grand Prix her wish is to find her 'true love' of the world!


 Kazuto Mokudai as Michinaga Azuma/KR Buffa(buffer).... Think the Buffa is actually short for Buffalo and he is as tough as one! He has two weapons, one being a Water Shooter and obtained his second from KR Dapan which is a Magnum. But actually these weapons change hands so often am having a hard time figuring out who has what! If Buffa wins the Grand Prix his wish is to see.... all Kamen Riders eliminated(!).... but would he be killed too? Buffa now has a Zombie Buckle, why not a true weapon it does provide protection.


 KR Riders Dapan, Merry and Ginpin have been killed or eliminated from the contest.

 The others of the cast, don't think many more will be added in

Kokoro Aoshima as Tsumuri.... Navigates the Grand Prix as far as figuring out the points and other tidbits go but don't know enough about her yet.


Shugo Oshinari as Girori/Game Master.... Just added him in for the ninth episode though he's been part of the cast since the beginning. Giroro runs the rest center the Riders go to during their breaks from fighting the Jamato army. But we learned in the eighth show he's also the masked man Game Master who is Tsumori's superior but is there someone above him?




 Nene Shida as Sara Sakurai.... My main reason for watching this show! She's the older sister of the newest Kamen Rider Keiwa and works as an OL. Their parents were killed over a decade ago in an accident.... that's what she thought until this episode seven.



Previous recaps:

It's not important to read all of these but would recommend the first two episodes as so much was explained and won't always refer back to those things.



 


 Few changes to to this series but not as many as I was thinking though not 100% positive on that either. There could be two new Riders but will wait until the next recap to add them in, want to be sure they'll stick around for a while plus need to learn a bit more about them. The Desire Grand Prix is a six month contest where the Riders defend the Earth from the Jamato aliens. The Rider with the most points at the end of the battles is the winner and the prize is to choose what kind of word you want to live in.

 For the second contest in a row KR Geats aka Ace is the winner, am wondering if he may have won at least one contest before the two we know of. His wish for winning that first Grand Prix was to be the 'Star of Stars' or the most popular person in the world. Will get to what Ace chose this time around in the very beginning and that first contest seemed to be over in a flash, six months lasted just nine episodes? Let's get to this recap where a new contest begins and the next post is for the eleventh episode.







 Will be referring to the Riders as KR (name).
 
When the last episode ended with KR Geats winning the Desire Grand Prix once again the game's navigator Tsumuri was furious with his wish! It was kind of vague what Ace desired but we found out what is wish was in the very beginning which is the above top screenshot. Ace's wish was for.... the Grand Prix staff to be Ace's family!!!! Why wasn't revealed but to me Ace wants to know much more about how the game is operated, he asked Girori how the Riders were chosen but was told only the Game Master knows exactly why. Have an inkling that Ace knows Girori is the Game Master which was revealed to us viewers in the eighth episode but do have a feeling there are more than two running the contest. So Girori is now Ace's 'father' while Tsumuri is now his 'sister'.... what is Ace thinking as most of us would have chosen her to be our wife!!!! One other reason for having a 'family' is that Ace's mother disappeared many years ago and think she'll eventually become part of a minor storyline.

 In that first Desire Grand Prix contest 25 applicants started out and it was soon whittled down to seven. Then it was quickly cut down to four and they managed to protect the Earth from the Jamatos. But there can be only one winner who of course was KR Geats, the other three have been 'retired' which means they went back to their normal lives and have no memories of being a Rider. Two of the three returned in this show, the one who didn't was Keiwa aka KR Tycoon who is in the second to last screenshot with his sister Sara(Nene). It was the only scene we saw them in but 100% certain he'll be returning as a Rider in the next show. Returning in the screenshot above that one was Michinaga aka KR Buffa who in his human life is a construction worker. He's one tough fighter and perhaps the equal of KR Geats but isn't nearly as smart. When a Rider returns all of their memories also come back such as the hatred KR Buffa has towards KR Geats. Right after that was another attack by the Jamato aliens, in that bottom screenshot above you can see the new Riders who were recruited. Wonder how they are chosen as most appear to be useless and because of that almost all were quickly eliminated.







 In the second screenshot are the Jamato henchmen, we've only met one leader to date. These aliens aren't nearly as powerful as others in prior series but KR Geats has noticed that they're getting stronger in each battle. The first contest in this new Desire Grand Prix is called 'Pirate Game', the object is for teams of Riders to protect pirate flags from being stolen by the Jamatos. There were ~25 potential new Riders for this contest and after that first attack by the aliens the total dropped to nine and soon will be down to five! A new Rider who I'm not sure will be sticking around for long is in the top two screenshots. His name is Hareruya who assumed the identity of KR Punk Jack. As you can see this Hareruya fancies himself to be a punk rocker and thinks all women should swoon at his feet, including Tsumuri who was so repulsed by him! Girori aka the Game Master has high hopes for this new Rider and we'll soon find out in a bit of an evil way.

 KR Punk Jack is a character who we saw briefly between the fourth and sixth shows but don't think Hareruya was that character at the time. That Punk Jack was an extra for at the time there were five Riders and he was recruited to make three teams of two Riders, he was mainly useless. There's teams again this time around to protect the pirate flags and of all people KR Geats was teamed up with KR Punk Jack and there's no doubt that was rigged. KR Buffa was teamed up with two potential new Riders, one was a young woman named KR Letter. I thought she would be sticking around for a while but was slain by a Jamato in the first battle, when a Jamato kills you in a contest you're also dead in real life! KR Buffa's other teammate was named KR Keirou who did survive by the end of the episode. This man is an old timer, bet he's close to seventy in age! So he doesn't move around so well but after seeing KR Letter get killed he's all gung-ho and will KR Keirou be sticking around?







 In the second screenshot above is the next Rider to make a return to the Desire Grand Prix. She's Neon who comes from a very wealthy family, previously she had a very popular video channel where the main theme was running away from home. Neon failed 52 times and this time around no mention has been made of the channel and her personality seems so much different. While Neon's mother was telling her about an arranged marriage(!) who should show up at Neon's mansion than Tsumuri who quickly thrust her back in the contest, once again she's KR Nago. That's her above and her uniform is much flashier than what she wore in her previous stint. For now KR Nago's main weapon is a Beat Buckle which blares out beat music, doesn't seem like much of a weapon but the noise distracts the Jamatos to such an extent where they're much more beatable. KR Nago has been teamed up with KR Buffa and the new older man KR Keirou, the trio managed to protect all of their flags.

 So didn't KR Geats though his struggle was much more difficult. KR Punk Jack fled the scene claiming to be sick and though KR Geats is such an Ace he had trouble against the Jamatos and as he mused are becoming much more powerful. But in the end KR Geats was able to defeat each Jamato and didn't lose one flag, watching in the wings was KR Punk Jack who wears a pumpkin helmet and was hoping KR Geats would lose. That didn't happen and in the blink of an eye we're now down to five Riders, bet six soon as I expect KR Tycoon to return in the next show. That's KR Punk Jack aka Hareruya in the bottom screenshot above, he's talking with the Game Master! It appears he's been recruited to bring down KR Geats and as he says that's easier said than done! Almost forgot to mention that KR Geats now has the title of Deza God for winning a second Desire Grand Prix contest. Next post has the recap for episode eleven and plenty more screenshots to help you follow the action a bit better.
























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