List of Kamen Rider Geats episodes
Appearance
This is a list of episodes for Kamen Rider Geats, a Japanese tokusatsu television drama. It is the fourth series in the franchise released in Japan's Reiwa Era and the 33rd entry of Toei's long-running Kamen Rider series produced by TV Asahi. The episodes are divided into arcs that correspond to an individual Desire Grand Prix (DGP) tournament.
Episodes
# | English title Original Japanese title |
Director | Writer | Original airdate | |
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1 | "Daybreak F: Invitation to the Rider"[1] Transliteration: "Reimei Efu: Raidā e no Shōtaijō" (Japanese: 黎明F:ライダーへの招待状) | Shojiro Nakazawa | Yuya Takahashi | September 4, 2022 | |
Mysterious monsters attack the city as individuals chosen as Kamen Riders are assembled to fight them in a competition known as the Desire Grand Prix (DGP), in which the winner gets to have their wish granted. Two of them are Ace Ukiyo, who can transform into the fox-like Kamen Rider Geats, and Michinaga Azuma, who can transform into the buffalo-like Kamen Rider Buffa. Job-hunting university student Keiwa Sakurai and rich social influencer Neon Kurama are caught in the competition's battle, but manage to survive the event. The winner of the game is Ace. | |||||
2 | "Encounter I: Treasure Hunting and Thievery"[2] Transliteration: "Kaikō Wan: Takara Sagashi to Tōzoku" (Japanese: 邂逅I:宝さがしと盗賊) | Shojiro Nakazawa | Yuya Takahashi | September 11, 2022 | |
Keiwa, Neon, and many others are chosen to participate in the new DGP. Among the participants is Takahito Taira, the director of an IT company who interviewed Keiwa during his failed job-hunting, and Ace and Michinaga, the returning veterans who saved Keiwa and Neon from the previous competition. As the first bout of the DGP starts, Takahito is killed by a Jyamato and dies in Keiwa's arms, but Ace fulfills his wish to save his sickly son. | |||||
3 | "Encounter II: Zombie Hunting"[3] Transliteration: "Kaikō Tsū: Zonbi Gari" (Japanese: 邂逅II:ゾンビ狩り) | Teruaki Sugihara | Yuya Takahashi | September 18, 2022 | |
Following Takahito's death, Keiwa's trauma further increases during the first bout of the new competition. Concurrently, while trying to get away from her strict mother, Neon happens to meet Ace and asks him to guest star on her livestream. However, as Neon's show is interrupted, the second bout of the "Encounter" DGP suddenly begins. Elsewhere, Michinaga and Kanato Sumida form an unlikely alliance before the latter attempts to turn Neon into a zombie by having a Zombie Jyamato attack her. His plan succeeds, but he is also bitten as a result. | |||||
4 | "Encounter III: Conditions for Victory"[4] Transliteration: "Kaikō Surī: Shōri Jōken" (Japanese: 邂逅III:勝利条件) | Teruaki Sugihara | Yuya Takahashi | September 25, 2022 | |
With Neon infected by the Zombie Jyamato amidst a Zombie Survival themed round of the DGP, her mother deletes her videos. Meanwhile, Kanato uses his immunity to the Zombie Jyamato to freely attack his competitors, but this results in him being attacked by them before he is disqualified for breaking the rules. | |||||
5 | "Encounter IV: Duo Concentration"[5] Transliteration: "Kaikō Fō: Duo Shinkeisuijaku" (Japanese: 邂逅IV:デュオ神経衰弱) | Takayuki Shibasaki | Yuya Takahashi | October 2, 2022 | |
Keiwa helps cure Neon and help her live a more normal life. Meanwhile, in response to Kanato's disqualification, the mysterious and silent Kamen Rider Punk Jack replaces him to accompany Morio Koganeya for the teamwork round at the DGP admins' behest. However, Morio abandons Punk Jack in favor of Michinaga, whose past, reasoning for his rivalry with Ace, distrust towards Kamen Riders, and participation in the DGP is revealed. | |||||
6 | "Encounter V: Reversal Boost"[6] Transliteration: "Kaikō Faibu: Gyakuten no Būsuto" (Japanese: 邂逅V:逆転のブースト) | Takayuki Shibasaki | Yuya Takahashi | October 9, 2022 | |
As Morio believes his odds of winning the teamwork round have improved with Michinaga as his partner and gradually reveals his true duplicitous nature, Keiwa trains with Punk Junk. Ultimately, Ace and Neon take first place while Michinaga abandons Morio for Keiwa, his original partner, to take second place. Due to getting the lowest score, Morio and Punk Jack are eliminated. | |||||
7 | "Encounter VI: Last Boss and Kicking Can"[7] Transliteration: "Kaikō Shikkusu: Rasubosu to Kankeri" (Japanese: 邂逅VI:ラスボスと缶けり) | Kazuya Kamihoriuchi | Yuya Takahashi | October 16, 2022 | |
Only Ace, Keiwa, Neon, and Michinaga remain as the DGP's final round commences, with the fate of the world resting on a variation of "kick the can" that includes the most powerful Jyamato they have ever faced yet as the final boss. Along the way, Ace reveals tidbits of his origins and allows Keiwa to get hurt so he can acquire stronger Rider powers. | |||||
8 | "Encounter VII: Trump Card Ninja"[8] Transliteration: "Kaikō Sebun: Kirifuda Ninja" (Japanese: 邂逅VII:切り札ニンジャ) | Kazuya Kamihoriuchi | Yuya Takahashi | October 23, 2022 | |
Keiwa's older sister, Sara, has been kidnapped by a Knight Jyamato. Despite his injuries, Keiwa is re-motivated by Ace to not give up on saving Sara while Ace apologizes to Keiwa for using him. After finding Sara, the four surviving Riders transform in front of her. While Keiwa protects Sara, her hand accidentally touches her brother's ID Core, revealing to them that their parents were killed during a previous DGP. | |||||
9 | "Encounter F: Wake Up! Monster"[9] Transliteration: "Kaikō Efu: Weiku Appu! Monsutā" (Japanese: 邂逅F:Wake up!モンスター) | Shojiro Nakazawa | Yuya Takahashi | October 30, 2022 | |
Keiwa narrowly wins "kick the can", but is ultimately eliminated due to his injuries. With Ace, Neon, and Michinaga left, they learn that their final challenge is to hatch eggs. As the competition gets underway, Ace's desire to win and continue fighting slowly grows, having been inspired to carry Keiwa's wish to protect world peace. | |||||
10 | "Conspiracy I: New World's Beat"[10] Transliteration: "Bōryaku Wan: Shin Sekai no Bīto" (Japanese: 謀略I:新世界のビート) | Shojiro Nakazawa | Yuya Takahashi | November 13, 2022 | |
As Ace becomes a Desire Deity once more, he suddenly calls Tsumuri "older sister", who considers Ace's world "unacceptable". He and Michinaga return for the new DGP tournament, along with Neon after she unexpectedly received permission from her father Kōsei. The three soon learn that they have been joined a mysterious guitarist named Win Hareruya, who reveals himself as the true identity of Punk Jack. Concurrently, Girori is secretly revealed to be the DGP's masked game master as he privately entrusts Hareruya with important tasks. | |||||
11 | "Conspiracy II: Jyamato's Labyrinth"[11] Transliteration: "Bōryaku Tsū: Jamato no Meikyū" (Japanese: 謀略II:ジャマトの迷宮) | Teruaki Sugihara | Yuya Takahashi | November 20, 2022 | |
The next bout of the "Conspiracy" DGP sees the players helping four collared vine-covered civilians, such as Keiwa, escape a Jyamato labyrinth and fighting select Jyamato that control the vines and obtained the means to transform into a stronger Kamen Rider-esque form. In the midst of competition, the players soon learn that the monsters can strangle their captives with the vines if they get too close. Concurrently, the DGP's organizers secretly plot to eliminate Ace in retaliation for him making them part of his family while a mysterious gardener named Archimedel cultivates more Jyamato from his hidden garden and feeds them dead DGP players' ID Cores. | |||||
12 | "Conspiracy III: Slot★Fever"[12] Transliteration: "Bōryaku Surī: Surotto Fībā" (Japanese: 謀略III:スロット★フィーバー) | Teruaki Sugihara | Yuya Takahashi | November 27, 2022 | |
As the players struggle to decipher a code that will let them escape a mansion and save the captured civilians from the Jyamato Riders, Win tries to give Michinaga tips on how to outwit Ace while finding their owns of escape. Meanwhile, knowing Keiwa will not survive the Jyamato Riders without his memories from the previous tournament, Ace asks him to touch the former's Desire Driver to restore them, leading to Keiwa eventually finding his own Desire Driver and returning to the DGP. | |||||
13 | "Conspiracy IV: Recapture the Driver!"[13] Transliteration: "Bōryaku Fō: Doraibā o Dakkan Seyo!" (Japanese: 謀略Ⅳ:ドライバーを奪還せよ!) | Koichi Sakamoto | Yuya Takahashi | December 4, 2022 | |
Keiwa rejoins the DGP after new player Ittetsu Tanba voluntarily gives up his place in the tournament to him and becomes motivated to revive those who have died in previous DGPs. However, he and the remaining players discover a mysterious woman in a white dress and red hat has stolen their Desire Drivers and given them to the Jyamato, forcing them to regain them quickly lest they risk getting disqualified. |
References
- ^ "TV Asahi's official summary for 「黎明F:ライダーへの招待状」" (in Japanese). TV Asahi. Retrieved 2022-09-04.
- ^ "TV Asahi's official summary for 「邂逅I:宝さがしと盗賊」" (in Japanese). TV Asahi. Retrieved 2022-09-11.
- ^ "TV Asahi's official summary for 「邂逅II:ゾンビ狩り」" (in Japanese). TV Asahi. Retrieved 2022-09-18.
- ^ "TV Asahi's official summary for 「邂逅III:勝利条件」" (in Japanese). TV Asahi. Retrieved 2022-09-25.
- ^ "TV Asahi's official summary for 「邂逅IV:デュオ神経衰弱」" (in Japanese). TV Asahi. Retrieved 2022-10-02.
- ^ "TV Asahi's official summary for 「邂逅V:逆転のブースト」" (in Japanese). TV Asahi. Retrieved 2022-10-09.
- ^ "TV Asahi's official summary for 「邂逅VI:ラスボスと缶けり」" (in Japanese). TV Asahi. Retrieved 2022-10-16.
- ^ "TV Asahi's official summary for 「邂逅VII:切り札ニンジャ」" (in Japanese). TV Asahi. Retrieved 2022-10-23.
- ^ "TV Asahi's official summary for 「邂逅F:Wake up!モンスター」" (in Japanese). TV Asahi. Retrieved 2022-10-30.
- ^ "TV Asahi's official summary for 「謀略I:新世界のビート」" (in Japanese). TV Asahi. Retrieved 2022-11-13.
- ^ "TV Asahi's official summary for 「謀略II:ジャマトの迷宮」" (in Japanese). TV Asahi. Retrieved 2022-11-20.
- ^ "TV Asahi's official summary for 「謀略III:スロット★フィーバー」" (in Japanese). TV Asahi. Retrieved 2022-11-27.
- ^ "TV Asahi's official preview for 「謀略Ⅳ:ドライバーを奪還せよ!」" (in Japanese). TV Asahi. Retrieved 2022-11-27.