"Kamen Rider Geats" series: Episode thirteen 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. That did happen but the first contest ended in the ninth show and two new Riders 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.

Tsubasa Sakiyama as Win Hareruya/KR Punk Jack.... The newest Rider who we first met in the tenth episode though there was another person who  played Punk Jack in the fourth and fifth shows. This Rider has been recruited by the Game Master Girori to bring KR Geats down and get him thrown out of the contest! The why part isn't known as of yet but bringing down the ace KR Geats many prove to be impossible!

 KR Riders Dapan, Merry, Ginpin and Keirou have been killed or retired 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.

Short promo video for episode thirteen

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.

Episode one .... Episode two .... Episode three .... Episode four

Episode five .... Episode six .... Episode seven .... Episode eight

Episode nine .... Episode ten .... Episode eleven

 

Refer to the Riders as KR (Name).

 As you can see in the top screenshot above we're back down to five drivers. The older man KR Keirou was 'retired' in the last episode and he was replaced by the returning KR Tycoon. In the screenshot below that is the Desire Grand Prix navigator Tsumori who announced that yet again KR Geats has won a mini contest, he hasn't lost one yet! An overall Grand Prix contest lasts for six months, have no clue how much longer this one has. In the third screenshot is the Game Master Girori who is so furious at how KR Geats has kept winning. The winner of each contest gets to choose what kind of world they want to live in, for this current contest the wish for KR Geats is so become a staff member of the Grand Prix if he wins. There's some dark secrets of the game that Girori is hiding, there's no way he can let KR Geats discover any of them. He's recruited a traitor named KR Punk Jack but like everyone else is no match for this Ace but the upcoming challenge will be the hardest one yet for KR Geats.

 That last episode ended off with Girori talking via phone with the older man above. We've seen him thee times but only for a total of two minutes, he still has no name. But this man is working with Girori on the game and though it sounds hard to believe the man is somehow growing the Jamato monsters in a greenhouse! Sure that'll become a storyline and now on to the action for this show which is the beginning of the third game in this current Grand Prix contest. All five Riders have gone back to their regular lives until summoned by Tsumori because of a Jamato attack. KR Tycoon aka Keiwa has finally gotten a job at his favorite local Soba shop, we finally saw a bit more of Nene. In the second to last screenshot above is Neon aka KR Nago who had her Desire Driver dropped at her feet by a little girl. That device is attached to a Rider's belt and let's them activate their powerful weapons. The same thing happened with KR Geats and he was able to nab that little girl who is so noticeable because of her red hat. 

 That girl has gone unnamed and she won't be around for too long but is causing havoc among the Riders, above KR Geats aka Ace asked her if she uses magic? This girl has somehow been able to swipe the Desire Drivers from the Riders and how has she been able to do it without them noticing? Without the Desire Driver a human can't transform into a Rider thus not being able to use weapons against the Jamato creatures. While KR Geats was talking to the girl an army of Jamatos attacked, they're not all that strong as Ace was able to defend himself, that is until the traitor KR Punk Jack joined the melee and attacked Ace! That's a no-no for a Rider but KR Punk Jack didn't care, once and for all he wants to take down Ace as he was unable to defend himself against the Rider weapons. But coming to Ace's unlikely rescue was that little girl who somehow was able to swipe KR Punk Jack's Desire Driver meaning he became a human again. Above Ace was furious with him but before he could do anything against this traitor the Riders were called back to the Rider HQ.

 There Tsumori has announced the third mini contest which is called Musical Chairs. That little girl has stolen all of the Desire Drivers but for now only four can be obtained as a Jamato has the fifth, as Neon says above the Rider who can't get a Driver back will be eliminated? That appears to be the case and if so I wouldn't doubt if this is KR Punk Jack's final contest. The problem is where are these Desire Drivers, does the little girl have them or the Jamato creatures? What will make it much more difficult is that the Riders will have to fight as humans and without their Rider weapons, not an easy thing but least a Jamato isn't overly powerful. Luck is on the side of the Riders as this little girl with the red hat was spotted going behind a shrine, that was thanks to Keiwa's sister Sara. He went there with Neon and Keiwa has really changed since the first time he was a Rider. He saw the girl surrounded by a group of Jamatos, though with no weapons Keiwa jumped in and was able to snatch back two of the Desire Drivers, one for him and he gave the other to Neon who transformed into KR Nago.

 After getting those Desire Drivers back the pair rushed into action as there was another attack from the Jamato army, the question now is what about the two other Drivers? KR's Tycoon and Nago were able to hold their own against the creatures and at the scene was Ace along with KR Buffa who we haven't seen as much of in the last few shows. He was against KR Tycoon and Nago defending him from the Jamatos but Ace talked some sense into him as they won't be able to defeat all of the creatures as humans. But though they've improved so much as fighters there were too many Jamatos for KR Tycoon and Nago to bring down, an unexpected event soon happened then. Out of nowhere a new weapon was delivered out of the sky to Ace and who sent it to him(?), of course it wasn't the Game Master Girori! This new weapon is called Command Twin Buckle and it's the most powerful weapon to date. It was so powerful mixed with other weapons KR Geats was a bit afraid using it. Watching from the Rider HQ was Girori and he couldn't believe his eyes, this weapon hasn't been implemented yet so how did Ace, who now transformed into KR Geats, obtain it?

 The Jamatos aren't too strong but have been getting more powerful as the shows go on. KR Geats knew that even with this new weapon he needed more firepower and asked KR Tycoon for his weapons. He made the promise that he would return the weapons and even give KR Tycoon his new Buckle which was agreed upon. It was a struggle but eventually KR Geats did bring the creatures down, in the process he was even able to get KR Buffa's Desire Driver back. So after the skirmish KR Geats was a man of his word and returned all of the weapons to KR Tycoon, however that meant KR Geats is once again without a Desire Driver. So isn't KR Punk Jack and whoever doesn't get one in the next show is looking at being eliminated from the Desire Grand Prix! In that next show think we'll be meeting a pair of new people, one is in the second to last screenshot above. His name is Nilam and it was him who sent KR Geats that Command Twin Buckle. His partner is a woman named Samas and the two really hate how Girori is running this contest so we should learn more about them in the next few shows. Should have the next pair of recaps in two weeks and plenty of screenshots to help you follow the story better.