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Jyamato beware! Make his friends cry if you dare!

Sure, the Desire Grand Prix is a tense Battle Royale where only one can emerge the winner, but just like any battle Royale, this series and the game featured will have stunning highlights for all to marvel at, from the Riders' daredevil feats to their sheer cunning. After all, Kamen Rider will not be complete without amazing moments.

Main series

Episode 1: Dawn F: Invitation to Be a Rider

• Geats single-handedly destroying the Fortress Jyamato, riding around its insides on the Boostriker and then finishing it off with the series' first Rider Kick.

Episode 3: Encounter II: Zombie Hunting

• Despite being stuck with two lesser Raise Buckles, Geats proves that he isn't the reigning champion of the DGP for nothing - he still ends up at the very top of the leaderboard.
• One moment has him take out an entire roomfull of Zombie Jyamato by flooding an adjacent room using the Water buckle, then jumping out of the way after opening the door to said adjacent room.
• How he ends up dealing with a partially-zombified and very hostile Da·Paan.
  • First off, Geats promptly leads Da·Paan on a wild goose chase through the building they're in, effortlessly dodging every single shot that Da·Paan sends his way.
  • He ends the goose chase by luring Da·Paan into a narrow corridor that has very limited vantage points - not something that is exactly easy to deal with when you're a Cold Sniper like Da·Paan. When Da·Paan finally manages to get two clean shots off on Geats, he dodges the first by using a Revolve Change, and then throws a nearby Zombie Jyamato directly at Da·Paan to block the second, which has the added benefit of blocking Da·Paan's vision, allowing Geats to sneak up behind him. Finally, with Da·Paan's advantage neutralized, he goes to town on him.
  • As for how he was able to stay at the top of the leaderboard despite having to deal with Da·Paan? Simple - he figured out that Da·Paan had been bitten by a Zombie and used that to his advantage.

Episode 4: Encounter III: Conditions for Victory

• Na-Go gaining her Heroic Second Wind and transforming into Boost/Hammer Form, destroying the remaining zombies and avoiding being eliminated. Bonus points for her teamwork with Geats and Tycoon, culminating with her wielding a giant rocket-propelled hammer to finish off the last zombies.
• Upon getting home after surviving the round, Neon stands up to her awful mother, blocking the usual slap and bluntly declaring that she'll find some way to leave.

Episode 5: Encounter IV: Duo Concentration

• Ace and Neon make for a really good team, where the latter is able to keep up with the former in his preferred Magnum Boost form, using music to keep themselves coordinated, which shows that her level from previous episode sticks.

Episode 6: Encounter V: Turnabout Boost

• Buffa gets to be the second Rider to use the Boostriker, turning it into a bull-based form instead that he uses to help defeat a Trump Jyamato.
• To purposely eliminate the actually Evil All Along Morio, Michinaga executes a plan that's far more cunning than what someone as headstrong and straightforward as he is would suggest. To wit:
  • To keep everyone in the dark, especially Morio himself, he chooses to go along with Morio's new partnership, and chooses not to call him out when he's accused of stealing the Boost Buckle.
  • Instead, he chooses to have Morio and Keiwa fight for it, and after Morio wins it in their little competition he chooses to keep the Buckle himself, rather than let his new partner get his prize back.
  • After the DGP returns Michinaga holds off until the last moment, which confuses Morio, finally using Zombie Boost after Keiwa starts to fight, finishing off a pair of Heart Trump Jyamato together with him...
  • ... whereupon it's revealed that Michinaga also bought a ticket to reshuffle partners and ended up going back to Keiwa right at that point, catching Morio off-guard and leaving him with 0 points.
• The Ace and Neon team prove to be even more effective this time around, bringing down two pairs of Trump Jyamato at the same time.

Episode 7: Encounter VI: Kick the Can with the Last Boss

• Geats debuts the Ninja Buckle and puts its Combo Platter Powers to good use, by cloning himself to surround the Knight Jyamato then bombarding it with powerful attacks. He then revolves the buckle to equip Ninja on his legs, allowing him to outrun even Boost to kick the can.

Episode 8: Encounter VII: Trump Card Ninja

• As Keiwa is about to get eliminated by the Last Boss, the Ninja Raise Buckle refuses to be used by Geats, flies to Keiwa's Desire Driver and activates itself, allowing him to use Substitution Arts to continue fighting and even destroy the plant that feeds the Last Boss while having the handicap of being heavily injured, to the point he was forcibly retired for his own well-being. Keiwa originally wanted to set up a plan for them to team up together to defeat the Last Boss, and he himself took the role of bait to give the others the opening they needed to kick the can. While Ace kicked the can and Michinaga first, it was a combined shoot with Neon that got the can out of the barrier.

Episode 9: Encounter F: Wake Up! Monster

• The finale of the "Encounter" DGP round is as explosive as it suggests. To wit:
  • Michinaga's Determinator attitude shakes Ace back into top gear, and makes him use the egg given to him earlier in the episode to shield the former from the Knight Jyamato's attack, leading to the birth of the Monster Buckle.
  • Ace uses the Monster Buckle to defeat the Last Boss with but one punch.
  • More one for the arc overall, but this episode shows the culmination of Neon's growth from an heiress in over her head to one of the final participants of the "Encounter" DGP without using anything more than Armed Buckles. She even manages to wipe out much of the Pawn Jyamato force by causing the Knight Jyamato to accidentally fire on them, boosting her score enough to make her take second.

Episode 10: Scheme I: Beat of the New World

• Neon shows that the experience she gained over the "Encounter" DGP wasn't for nothing, as she uses the Beat Buckle to defeat a squad of Pirate Jyamato that had been giving Michinaga fits.
• The Game Master's scheme to have Ace eliminated by having his partner Hareruya desert him blows up in their face as Geats proceeds to eliminate the squad of Pirate Jyamato all by himself anyway.

Episode 11: Scheme II: Labyrinth of the Jyamato

• After the Game Master deploys the Fever Slot Buckles to even the odds against the Jyamato Riders, Ace immediately puts one to good use the moment he gets one, combining it with his Boost Buckle to take on a small army of Shitsuji and Maid Jyamato. He summons the Boostriker to engage in Bike Fu (done with better than usual CGI), and defeats a Jyamato Rider with a Golden Fever Victory.
• Ittetsu, in spite of the fact that he has sketchy fighting skills at best, decides to put his life on the line to protect the civilians he's with. While he does get manhandled by the Jyamato, he nevertheless manages to survive to another day.

Episode 12: Scheme III: Slot ☆ Fever

• Yoshiki pulls a Go Through Me to protect his sister; the boy's resolve ends up inspiring Keiwa to fight again, culminating in the latter becoming Kamen Rider Tycoon again.
  • Even awesomer is how Ace managed to talk his way into letting Keiwa become Tycoon again, by attacking the Game Master's logic of disallowing any additional Riders into the DGP despite their entire goal to save people, something Keiwa has proven time and time again. Especially when a few episodes ago, he allowed Neon back in due to a declining number of Riders.
• Geats and Tycoon fighting off a wave of Jyamato with a Back-to-Back Badasses moment.
• All of the Riders in the game have now got their own copies of the Feverslot Buckles, and to say they put them to good use would be an understatement. While PunkJack did stumble on his part, the rest of the Riders made up for it in spades.
  • Seriously, the amount of teamwork shown by the crew wouldn't be out of place in a Super Sentai series. For people competing against one another, they mesh together like a well oiled machine.

Episode 13: Scheme IV: Reclaim the Driver!

• Keiwa fighting off a horde of Pawn Jyamatos as a normal human and successfully retrieving not 1, but 2 Drivers at once, both his and Neon's, preceding seasoned DGP veterans like Ace and Michinaga, or a DGP staff like Win.
• Geats demonstrates the power of the Command Twin Buckle with ease. Even with just the Command Jet Buckle combined with the Raising Sword, he mows down Jyamato with ease as "Trust・Last" plays in the background.
• Once he's finished charging up the Command Cannon Buckle, he then transforms into Command Form Cannon Mode, which defeats a Jyamato Rider with its finisher.

Episode 14: Scheme V: Glare of Anger

• Neon using her Faux Paw henshin pose to block attacks from the Jyamatos unmorphed.
• Tycoon Command Form Cannon Mode managing to throw off the Bishop Jyamato's spores and destroy it.
• Ace being revealed to let Michinaga take his Driver on purpose so that the Game Master would let their guard down and corner Win into giving him some needed information regarding the DGP.
• Glare's debut is both terrifying and awe-inspiring: No Sells whatever PunkJack throws at him, holds him on his head in the air with one hand as if he were as light as a sheet of paper, and then proceeds to hack him against Ace to prevent him from staying in the DGP and succeeds.

Episode 15: Scheme VI: Right to Be a Kamen Rider

• While Ace didn't anticipate Giroli's attack on him and got eliminated... all of it got nullified by how he turns out to be so Crazy-Prepared, he both left himself a guide on how to restore his memories, and his first wish overturns the illegal elimination entirely.
  • Not to mention that the situation Giroli set up blows up in his face given that Ace's elimination and Win's incapacitation placed the remaining Riders in a bind where, like how Keiwa ended up returning to the DGP, he's reluctantly forced to have Ace participate in the DGP or else everyone is dead.
• Tsumuri standing up to Girori, defying his orders and giving Ace his Driver and ID Core by using the loophole in Ace's first wish.
• Geats solos a group of Jyamato that defeated Buffa and gave Tycoon and Na-Go a run for their money, using the Boost, Magnum, Zombie, and Command Twin Buckles to destroy them.

Episode 16: Scheme IR: Fox Hunting

• Both Command Twin Buckle users fighting mano-a-mano.
• Keiwa and Neon's Big Damn Heroes in their own respective way: Keiwa proving that the tanuki does indeed have eight disguises to the fox's seven after all by only agreeing to fight Ace so that Girori will appear and assist him when Keiwa's in trouble, exposing his corruption to Niramu, something even Ace didn't see coming; and Neon turning her Nepotism into her advantage by reporting Girori's actions to the Game Producer via her father, who fortunately complies. This actually earns them both a So Proud of You from Ace in his own way.
• All of the remaining DGP competitors taking on Kamen Rider Glare and actually holding their own. Bonus points for Neon for keeping up with Ace and Keiwa despite using the Beat Buckle instead of the more powerful Command Twin Buckles.
• This all ends with a triple finisher that sends Glare flying through several walls and leaves him barely standing. And to top it all off, Girori gets fired on the spot by Niramu. The Riders are indeed not the Game Master's pawns, and the bastard really deserved what came to him.

Episode 17: Divergence I: Welcome! To the New Season!

• Geats using the Powered Builder Buckle, first activating the blaster, then the hammer, and then finishing off the last one with the sword... which is enlarged to skyscraper-comparable heights before utterly obliterating the enemy.
• In contrast to most of the extra Riders, Daichi and Sae are former DGP finalists, and it shows in them actually beating Ace in the current standings, though it's also helped by DGP's Popularity Power ranking system.
  • Daichi's analytical mind being shown several times like luring the Jyamatos to trap them (and Na-Go) in sand, figuring out the contestants' wishes simply by analyzing their behavior, and figuring out the secret mission, the last one putting him in top of the current standings.

Episode 18: Divergence II: Bravo! Jyamar Ball Showdown!

• As terrifying as Michinaga's whole situation was, he managed to earn his moments of awesomeness by forcing his broken ID Core to make the Desire Driver transform him, hold his own against a Jyamato Rider and destroy it while being in Entry Form, use the Jyamato Buckle to dispatch two more Jyamato Riders and survive whatever it did to his body, and he will even find a way to return to Earth to encounter with Ace. Just how determined is he that he stops at absolutely nothing?

Episode 19: Divergence III: Vote! Who Is the Desastar?

• Given a chance to prove himself thanks to Ace revealing the truth behind the Jyamato Riders. Keiwa takes it with all he has. He goes holding the ball against a horde of Jyamatos while being in Entry Form and succeeded, until Sae gives him back the Ninja Buckle and, once he gets back the ball, it gets into an amazing sequence of Tycoon racing up the walls, evading the Broy Arms as he goes up the building, through it, onto the other side where Ace's girders give him platforms to land on. Sae and Neon tacking two other Jyamato Riders in the air leaves Keiwa facing down the Rook Jyamato, leading to a Beam Tug Of War between its own energy blast and the Ninja Strike force, breaking part of the Tycoon helmet in the process, but letting Keiwa make the winning score!
  • Furthermore, usually when a Rider's helmet breaks in the franchise it is a sign that they won't make it past the battle that caused it. Keiwa not only survived but he was pretty much unharmed, compared to his previous stunt against a massive power.
  • His performance also ends up skyrocketing his popularity, ending up second behind Ace now.

Episode 20: Divergence IV: Delivery from the Jyamato!

• Keiwa stepping up when his sister's in danger of a Jyamato Pineapple Bomb. For starters when chasing after a Jyamato delivery truck he cuts the middleman out and just destroys it. When he finds the Pineapple Jyamato holder, he immediately chases after it. When he can't get through the wall in his way, he takes Lopo's Zombie Buckle and goes Zombie for the first time to cut through. He then proceeds to use Zombie strike to finish it off and still have enough time to save his sister.

Episode 21: Divergence V: Gazer's Iron Hammer!

• Lopo being the first extra Rider to successfully execute a Finishing Move and defeat a stage boss on-screen.
• Neon rushing in with 5 seconds left to save Sae and her family from being blown to bits. One hell of a close call that she did very right.
• The debut of Kamen Rider Gazer is nothing short of a classy curbstomp battle with Buffa on the receiving end.
  • Buffa himself gets one at this moment: he avoided being deleted by activating Zombie in the nick of time! This impressed Niramu so much that he acknowledged Buffa as reality.

Episode 22: Divergence VI: Pursuit! Catch the Chirami Oni!

• As hilarious as it is to see KAMEN RIDER GLARE doing the worm, credit has to be given to the suit actor, Takahiro Yoneoka, for pulling it off despite the costume's considerable chest bulk. It's also awesome that he manages to dodge Geats' shots while doing so.
• Keiwa figuring out that Neon's the actual Desastar. His keen senses pays off that he's aware that Neon only focuses on suspecting Ace alone, but never suspecting him, unlike regular players who changes their suspicions depending on the situation as they genuinely don't know, which'd mean she already knows she's the Desastar but purposely suspects the players she wants to eliminate. He also knows enough about Ace that he won't make sloppy mistakes such as accidentally shooting her, when she pulls a Wounded Gazelle Gambit to frame him.
  • Or rather: Keiwa figures out Ace could never be the Desastar because he's perfect at everything, so he would never make a mistake that would cause others to be suspicious of him. So it was not hard for him to connect the dots.
• A villainous example, but the Riders once again prove that they aren't Game Master's pawns, shown in Daichi using his Sherlock Scan skills to pull a Batman Gambit where he purposely convinces Archimedel to put his Jyamatos on hold, knowing that as Chirami wants to keep the show's rating afloat, he'd step in to the game himself when there are no Jyamatos, leaving him vulnerable for Beroba to take his Vision Driver.
  • Nadge-Sparrow also manages to destroy a Jyamato Rider in his Entry Form. Doubles as another extra Rider to successfully execute a Finishing Move.
• Beroba delivering an offscreen Curb-Stomp Battle to Glare, a Rider who is shown to be clearly superior to DGP Riders previously, even taking multiples of them at once (albeit Glare2 has weaker stats).

Episode 23: Divergence T: Now! For the One You Support

• Ziin making his Kamen Rider debut by easily defeating both Michinaga and Daichi using his Gravity Master powers.
• Despite Buffa using both Zombie and Jyamato Buckle, Geats still manages to hold his own against him with only Magnum. Buffa only wins due to Geats being distracted by recent reveals.
• Beroba showing off her power as a Kamen Rider by easily destroying the whole Jyamar Garden with her Power Fist, creating a nuke-like explosion in the process.

Episode 24: Divergence SP: Special Feature All About The DGP

• As Beroba begins to unleash the Jyamato against the general populace, Ziin, Kekera and Kyuun confront her over the DGP takeover. All hell breaks loose as the 4 become Kamen Riders and begin a three-on-one battle for the fate of the DGP.
• The flashback regarding how Ace joined DGP showed that while all other people are running away, Ace was already a Badass Bystander fending off the Jyamatos by himself.
• Beroba has just effectively shut down permanently the Desire Grand Prix, taking it over and creating the Jyamoto Grand Prix. Tsumuri uses the restored feed to implore the Jyamato's attacks in the city, and despite the fact that their desires can't be granted and their support system is subverted, Ace, Keiwa, and Neon don't even question what they need to do, and head off to save the world for real.

Episode 25: Lamentation I: The Jyamato Grand Prix ♡

• The Jyamatos who are participating in the JGP raising the stakes against the heroes by showing off their power up items as well as their newfound sense of tactics and sentience due to their evolving humanity, overwhelming them with individual Jyamatos on par with each Riders, only boasting far more numbers.
• Buffa manages to put a better fight against Geats compared to before, and he pulls some crazy awesome tactics by throwing his Raise Sword away after getting Command and resorting into Bare-Fisted Monk, and then he charges his Raise Sword by slashing himself, which works.

Episode 26: Lamentation II: The Scarlet Boost!

• BOOST! MarkII! Suffice to say, the debut of Geats' latest form did not disappoint. To wit:
  • Ace gains the Boost Mark II Buckle by thrusting his Boost Buckle into the sky as four other Boost Buckles join it, being granted by the Goddess of Desire.
  • Said Buckles only came to being because of four long-delayed wishes from Ace's past selves, that in the event of their future self facing a great challenge, he should be granted the power to save the day. Ace is shown to have the foresight to the point of ensuring his future reincarnation has said power, which is simply next-level thinking.
  • On to the fight itself, Geats effortlessly handles Buffa and the Knight Jyamato, despite being outnumbered by them 2 to 1 and having previously struggled to fight them even with Ziin by his side in the previous episode.
  • It needs to be said how awesome this form is, because not only did he manage to wipe out Buffa and the Knight Jyamato, Ace was able to take on all of the Jyamato as well as directly destroying all the lightning plants that were about to wipe out the city and easily zapped any other Riders out of their transformation and severely injure them. Never before has Ace made Jyamato stomping look so badass!!

Episode 27: Lamentation III: The Thrilling Sengoku Game ♡

• Continuing on from the last episode, Geats in Boost MK II continues to lay the absolute beatdown on Buffa and the Jyamatos singlehandedly, to the point they are forced to retreat, and Geats was still worn out from the previous usage.
• The out-of-suit actions in this episode under Sakamoto's direction, consisting of Keiwa performing some spins and flips to fend off the Jyamatos, Neon being handy with her sword, Ace making an entrance to defend Niramu as a ronin, Ziin performing Gun Fu with his Laser Raise Riser, and even Tsumuri fending off some Jyamatos unarmed, courtesy of her actress being a black-belt in Shorinji Kempo karate.
• While it is terrifying for Beroba to use the Vision driver to become Glare2, it's just as awesome as she uses it surprisingly better than Chirami did with it. To the point that she manages to defeat a supporter Rider in Ziin with it.

Episode 28: Lamentation IV: The LaserBoost of Bonds!

• Two words: LASERBOOST!!!
  • No longer having the stamina weakness, Geats proceeds to totally wipe the floor with Beroba as Glare2 and her two GM Riders with no effort, utilizing the Gravity powers of the Laser Raise Riser to his advantage. Worth noting that Beroba had gone undefeated through her appearances as a Rider prior to this to the point of curb-stomping everyone she fought up to this point, which makes Laser Boost even more powerful than it looks.
  • Also it's finisher is just so damn amazing! Bebora gets rider kicked by not one, not two, but Five Geats to symbolize the number of boosts the MK-II buckle has!
• Keiwa saves Ace in the nick of time with Command Jet form, and he and Neon easily deal with the Jyamato Riders to allow Ace and Ziin to escape.
• Niramu manages to defeat a bunch of Pawn Jyamato while untransformed, albeit armed with a sword in his guise as a shogun.

Episode 29: Lamentation V: Surprise A Game Of Bullfighting ♡

• Ace once again foils Beroba's plans, counters the Jyamatos' cheating and effortlessly takes on the Bishop Jyamato and the new Dunkleosteus Jyamato that ambushed and defeated Keiwa with just Magnum and Ninja. Then when Beroba revealed the dark truth about Neon, Ace in a Tranquil Fury starts to absolutely thrash the two Jyamatos using LaserBoost that causes the Dunkleosteus Jyamato to retreat, with the Bishop Jyamato now trying to avoid Geats. Ace then makes a vow to take down Beroba for her cruel stunt against Neon.

Episode 30: Lamentation VI: The Prince in The Letter

• How does Ace show Beroba he's furious? By throwing the Bishop Jyamato right into the window she's looking from and letting her know that he is gunning for her.
• After spending multiple episodes having a fraught relationship with each other, Neon teams up with Kyuun to defeat the Dunkleosteus Jyamato. To wit:
  • Kyuun comes up at the nick of time to save Neon, motivate her, and transform to fight by her side, giving her the Boost Buckle he had for her birthday, and even lending her his Laser Raise Riser just so she could finish off the Dunkleosteus Jyamato by jousting through it while riding Kyuun.

Episode 32: Lamentation F: Final Judgment

• As befitting the finale of the Jyamato Grand Prix, this episode is replete with awesome moments from the remaining Riders.
  • Ziin returns and takes back his Laser Raise Riser from Ace in order to save him from "Archimedel"/Dunkleosteus Jyamato and attempt to rouse him from his Heroic BSoD.
  • Ace and Michinaga have one more duel in their basic forms of MagnumBoost and Zombie, and as usual, Ace has Michinaga on his ropes with his various battle tactics. Eventually, Michinaga seemingly shows just how much more powerful he's gotten by actually knocking Ace out of his transformation. However, Ace has one more trick up his sleeve, and shoots at a distracted Michinaga so he could then get his hands on Michinaga's Vision Driver.
  • Niramu is able to keep up with Geats in Boost Mk II while barely lifting a finger, only really getting into the fight once Ace is able to get past his defenses.
  • The crowning achievement in the episode however has to go to Beroba, who pulls off a successful Batman Gambit to get Ace and Niramu to fight, and Michinaga, who takes advantage of Ace and Niramu being distracted by their own fight and close to the pit to drag the two men off below the floating city and turn them into bubbles, defeating the two strongest Riders in the series at once and allowing him to claim their Vision Drivers and become the Jyamashin.

Episode 33: Yearning I: Buffa Unrivaled!

• Michinaga picks up where he left off in the previous episode and demonstrates the power to crush all Kamen Riders he gets from being the Jyamashin, by utterly wiping out the slew of Riders Chirami sent at him in an attempt to restart the DGP. Granted, most of it was offscreen, but we do see him making quick work of a few Riders like John, Ben and Kazunori/Groovy.
  • One of his victims is said to be a previous Desashin even.
• Even the superior non-DGP Riders, like the supporters (who previously gave Michinaga a Curb-Stomp Battle) and Game Masters, cannot do anything against Buffa, as he beats Ziin's Rider form and dominates the fight against Chirami as Glare2.
• Ace returns via Tsumuri's prayer then he transforms as Geats into MagnumBoost form and seems like it will be another Geats vs. Buffa fight... until he points his gun at Chirami/Glare2 declaring him as his enemy and makes his vow to take down the DGP to rescue his mother.

Episode 34: Yearning II: Geats' Spearhead

• Following his revival, Ace manages to go through Chirami's Beam Spam with his fighting skills, and eventually closing the distance between him and Chirami, deliverers a mean kick towards the bastard... all while using the comparatively basic MagnumBoost form. At the end, Michinaga eventually lands the killing blow against said Rider, this time being one of those who's actually asking for it.
• Kekera manages to set in motion a plot to not only bring Keiwa back by persuading Beroba, but to strengthen his resolve as a Kamen Rider as well by getting his sister in danger instead of him.
• We get more evidence to show why Daichi, despite his callous, cruel and heartless tendencies, was a former DGP finalist, as he utterly mangles the girls (though Neon also has to try protecting the inexperienced Sara while fighting him) and manages to keep pace with Keiwa once the tanuki rider returns to the field.
  • Aside from being skilled and ballsy enough to tangle with Daichi, Keiwa gets another one that shows why he was chosen by Kekera in the first place; the instant he realizes Daichi was beating his sister into mincemeat, any hesitation at returning as Tycoon goes out the window, and he enters the fray going absolutely apeshit.
• Not even a punch from Geats with the power of Boost Mark II could harm Buffa Musou, it's likely he was just testing the differences between them but still...

Episode 35: Yearning III: A Sister's Wish, A Brother's Wish

• While also funny, Keiwa manages to stealthily trip Buffa just so Sara could land a hit on him and flee with Neon, exploiting a flaw in the invincible Buffa, something not even Ace could.
• Buffa delivering a No-Holds-Barred Beatdown on Daichi, coupled with a "The Reason You Suck" Speech, was surely the highlight of the episode and a good reminder that Buffa despises traitors above all else and that he will go the distance to get the message across.

Episode 36: Yearning IV: Temporary Co-Op

• Archimedel of all people found a loophole against Michinaga's wish that only affects other Kamen Riders, and proceeds to beat him with no problem.
• In stark contrast to Michinaga, who couldn't draw to save his life, Ace not only manages to draw a very realistic picture of PunkJack, but he does so in only 8 seconds. Even Michinaga is impressed, though he won't admit it openly.
• Geats and Buffa destroying the Dunkleosteus Jyamato. Keep in mind that Michinaga absolutely loathes Ace to hell and back and the Dunkleosteus Jyamato has whupped the asses of pretty much everyone who fought against it, yet not only does Michinaga work with his rival almost seamlessly, they collectively inflict far more damage to the Dunkleosteus Jyamato than Neon ever did in #30 with Kyuun's help.

Episode 37: Yearning V: Pure White Destruction

• Suel tries to get rid of Ace the easy way: wishing him to never exist. Mitsume, however, proves him wrong by refusing the wish and that she can decide whether a wish can be granted or not.
  • Ace who knows he may disappear within seconds shows no fear, meaning he has already resolved his desire to free his mother, even if it means losing his life.
• BOOST MARK III.
  • Ace. Make fun of him? He'll get you back. Those that harm his friends? He'll go LaserBoost on them. Force him to witness his mother crumbling in front of him? He'll make sure that all of those responsible will pay.
• As if mocking Suel, Ace changes the rule featured at the end.
  "Management are the sole developers and managers of all Kamen Rider technologies, ̶w̶i̶t̶h̶ ̶n̶o̶ ̶e̶x̶c̶e̶p̶t̶i̶o̶n̶s̶.̶"^ExplanationThe rule shown states that DGP staff members are the ones to decide and produce the current Desire Drivers and Raise Buckles, Ace has created a new Raise Buckle, one of which Niramu isn't aware of.

Episode 38: Yearning F: The Nine-Tailed White Fox!

• KAMEN RIDER GEATS IX.
  • To start off how powerful it is, Ace draws Suel down to ground level by destroying and rebuilding the skyscraper they're on.
  • Then as the fight continues it becomes clear that IX can alter reality. Even ours. Because at one point Ace stops Trust・Last from playing for a few seconds by shushing while he gets a powerful hit in on Suel.
  • Not only that, but for the final kicker to show how strong Geats IX is, he throws his sword through not one, not two, but a grand total of five force-fields from Gazer's Dominion Rays! The very same Dominion Rays that gave Geats and Buffa a hard time to break through, literally shattered like glass!
• We would be remiss if we didn't take a moment to discuss just how broken Geats's world-shaping powers are now. He first just undoes the Grand End via simply transforming. Then as noted above he gets the fight to ground level by destroying the building that both he and Suel were on before reforming it. And not via a simple explosion or disintegration, no no. The structure warps and bends as if it's made from malleable material before breaking apart and then just undoing it and returning to normal. As Suel looks on in disbelief, he hears Geats behind him and turns to find Ace walking down towards him via small platforms on air. So before the "fight" even begins it's abundantly clear that this is now fully Ace's show and his rules that we're playing by.
  • Then when Suel does manage to get a hit in and knocks Ace back for a second, the latter pulls a move that wouldn't be out of place in The Matrix, by landing on the side of another building, which then collapses inwards from the force like it was made out of jelly, then kicks off back to the battle causing it to explode...and then reform instantly.
  • The greatest instance however might be after shushing the music for a second. Ace slashes Suel into the ground and uses his tails to destroy it before he lands, so that the instant he does, it reforms, totally encasing his limbs into the earth and leaving him unable to move or defend himself for a moment, which Geats takes full advantage of both slashing and shooting with the Geats Buster QB9.

Episode 39: Genesis I: This Is My DGP

• The Jyamato at the skatepark deserves some credit, having mastered using a skateboard in just a few minutes and using it to dodge Ace's attack.

Episode 40: Genesis II: Tycoon's Awakening

• Geats IX easily wiping the floor against a group of infected Jyamato while keeping Neon safe from the harm.
• Sara implementing Improv Fu in her attempts to fight off the Jyamato, pinning it by pushing a cart to buy time for other people to run.

Episode 41: Genesis III: The Jet-Black Shogun

• Jitto immediately establishes that he is not someone to mess with. Rather than waste time bantering with Ace, he immediately attacks him, in civilian form no less, with a baton. Even with Hareruya showing up to even the odds, Jitto still holds his own against them both, even scoring some rather painful-looking hits with his stick.
• Finally, after getting the short end of the stick since the Divergence arc, at the end of the episode, Keiwa acquires his final form in Bujin Sword. However, the circumstances of getting it and who he is using it on (Michinaga) also make it a Tear Jerker.
  • Although, depending on your point of view, given how Michinaga had treated Keiwa in the "Lamentation" arc and all the things he'd done throughout the show him getting torn apart by Keiwa is arguably something he had coming getting some very deserved payback and getting knocked down a few pegs. Although his taking out Sara was something very accidental that he was tricked into, a lot of the current situation is arguably Michinaga's fault in the first place, and he keeps going around further taking out any phase 2 infectees he can find as well.

Episode 42: Genesis IV: The Goddess' Transformation, The Blade of Darkness

• A villainous one where Beroba and Kekera get to show off their Premium forms and their surprisingly great synergy as fighting partners against Michinaga, who is struggling immensely with the Command Twin Buckle barely able to help him keep up with the two DGP Supporters.
• While this paints a dark picture of how far Keiwa's fallen, it is immensely satisfying to see Keiwa beat the ever-loving crap out of Daichi, who said that Sara's memories are worthless. Even with the latter's Jyamato powers, it's nothing more than a one-sided battle with the vengeful Tycoon dishing out all kinds of karma against Daichi, all while "Chair" by Back-On blares in the background. If Ace hadn't intervened at the end, Daichi would've gone the way that Archimedel went.

Episode 43: Genesis V: The Name Is Gya-Go!

• The instant Keiwa finds the gang responsible for killing his revived family he immediately goes on the offensive. The gang's leader has the Chain Array Buckle. Tycoon has Bujin Sword Form. The results are very much predictable.
• Neon managing to fend off Turbon with a fire extinguisher and rescue Kousei, unmorphed and without her Rider powers.
• Michinaga's visit to Daichi in the hospital reveals that Keiwa's beating from the last episode left him bedridden.
• Kousei gaining new Rider powers to save Neon from Akari's killer. Already well aware of how he screwed up with his daughters in the past, Kousei intends to make sure he doesn't fail as a father any more than he already has.

Episode 44: Genesis VI: Neon, Shine Bright

• Michinaga goes to confront Keiwa again in this episode. Though Keiwa gives him another well-deserved smackdown, he does a little better in their fight, managing to use Revolve-On transformation to break out of Keiwa's grip and land multiple solid hits.
  • He also seems to get through to Keiwa with his words slightly. Keiwa still hates Michinaga's guts, but he's starting to hesitate after seeing how much Michinaga believes in Ace. Unfortunately, his corrupted mindset also comes to the conclusion that defeating Ace will break all who believe in him, including Tsumuri.
• Using Kousei's equipment as raw material, Ace successfully restores Neon's ability to transform. The usage of her father's signature buckle also allows her to give Beroba a beatdown that was months in the making, with Neon's greater combat skills making full use of the Fantasy Buckle in ways that Kousei was never able to. Michinaga's smug remark to his former supporter afterward is just the cherry on top.
  • Neon manages to draw a whole new level of Power of Creation from this Buckle, by possessing selective intangibility, manifesting rapiers of light, creating magic circles that can violently push Beroba off the ground or increase the gravity to hold her in place, and she even gets twin tails of energy non-different from Geats IX's own when doing a Fantasy Strike, all this accompanied by the chimes of bells of Creation.

Episode 45: Genesis VII: Where Wishes Go

• The duel between Geats IX and Tycoon Bujin Sword finally occurs, and it allows both fighters to show off their powers, even if it ultimately ends in a Sheathe Your Sword moment.
  • On the one hand, Ace gets to use his powers as a God of Creation to create platforms for him fight on in the air and to craft barriers for himself, as well as showing off the fighting skills he's developed over his various lifetimes.
  • On the other, Keiwa seemingly manages to show off his growth as a fighter by slowly gaining an upper hand in their fight and eventually knocks him out of his transformation. Though just like #32, Ace threw the fight to reason with him without using force. Regardless, he manages to use tactics such as using his cape to obscure where his next sword strike will come from, and he even gets to reveal that his Bujin Sword form can combine and enhance itself with other Buckles, including good old Boost!
• Neon gives another amazing showing with the Fantasy Buckle, easily overpowering and outfighting a returning Kanato, even after he got a second buckle to try and even the odds. The only reason it's not an outright victory is due to Kanato specifically targeting Irumi, and Neon prioritizing her mother's safety over actually beating the returning psycho.

Episode 46: Genesis VIII: Goodbye, Micchy

• Michinaga, against all odds, decides to challenge Beroba, who used her original gigantic Rider form as opposed to the overpowered Premium form. And he did so using only his base form powered by the Zombie Buckle.
  • The entire fight is effectively a David Versus Goliath, with Michinaga clearly on the losing side but refusing to fold and pushing on to his very limits and beyond, showing his conviction to redeem himself.
  • Michinaga's last stand is going for a Rider Kick against Beroba's devastating finisher, and not only did he manage to hold his own against her, he also regained his Jyamashin powers and absolutely destroyed Beroba.
• After numerous misguided attempts, Michinaga finally claims a victory worthy of a Kamen Rider, by at long last making Beroba meet her maker. He wins, and she's not coming back anytime soon.

Episode 47: Genesis IX: A True Kamen Rider

• It's Kekera's turn to face the music, and this time, Keiwa's well aware of what the frog man did behind the scenes. To sweeten the deal, Ninja Form makes a grand return and holds its own against Kekera's premium form. And the cherry on top? Bujin Sword gets a purified form with bright red eyes. Note that Keiwa spends most of the fight against Kekera in Ninja Form, with Bujin Sword only appearing at the end to do the Finishing Move.
• Keiwa's transformation into Bujin Sword starts off with dark shadows forming around him, until a burst of light dispels them and Keiwa transforms into a red-eyed version of his final form, this time without those ghostly hands pushing the suit parts on him, symbolizing that while Keiwa got this power by less than noble means, what he chooses to do with it matters more.
• Keiwa's victory over Kekera also earns him the adulation of the people, a far cry from the lowly underdog he started off as in the Divergence arc, in part due to Kekera choosing to broadcast his game to the public.
• While there was no doubt Ace would break free, it needs to be stated that him breaking out of his wish binding chains and gaining control over his powers through sheer-force of willpower alone which continues to shock Zitt!
• Despite Zitt putting up a good fight against Ace as Kamen Rider Regad, Ace still comes out on top after he throws the Geats Buster QB9, impaling Regad before finishing him off with a Rider Kick.
• Daichi, of all people helps out Keiwa, rendering Kekera's sadistic game null and void by taking control over the Jyamato and using them to break Kekera's hostages free. Crossover with heartwarming as Keiwa's forgiveness and giving Daichi a second chance is what inspired Daichi to save the hostages.

Episode 48: Genesis X: Tsumuri's Requiem

• The Jyamatos pull a Heel–Face Turn via Daichi where they assist Win against a Game Master, help the civilians, and stop the forced End Riders.
• Michinaga stops a Game Master from deleting a player by landing a roundhouse kick that sends them flying.
• Girori sides with Ace after asking to not be lumped with the other Game Masters, whom they both acknowledge are Suel's pawns, and calls Suel and Samas out on their twisting the DGP from a show about fighting to save the world into a show purely made to please the audience, while telling right at them that he has an audience that sides with him in a just DGP.
• Neon and her father weakening Regad Omega by exposing to the audience that they are not truly safe. However, if they side with her family's business, then the Kurama Zaibatsu will protect them.
• A villain example of Suel reversing time from his Zillion Driver, causing Ace to be Brought Down to Normal, leaving him vulnerable to being killed with a single shot from the Magnum Shooter 40X.

Final Episode: Dawn I: Here Comes The Highlight!

• Suel dominating his fight against Keiwa, Neon, and Michinaga's super forms. The fact that he manages to best Michinaga with his Jyamashin powers, which allow him to curb-stomp all other riders, only adds to it, though he ultimately cheats his way to victory using the same reverse move that left Ace vulnerable to death.
• Despite being de-powered, the remaining Riders refuse to give in to Suel, and remain Defiant to the End even in the face of death. It only gets better when Geats makes a grand return to kick his ass before restoring his teammates' Rider powers.
• Even in their base forms, Keiwa, Neon, and Michinaga manage to stay toe to toe with Suel in spite of the fact that he overwhelmed them in their final forms just moments earlier. The three not only demonstrate how much they've grown during their participation in the DGP, but also their teamwork as they bombard Suel with a barrage of attacks. This includes Keiwa charging the Zombie Breaker for Michinaga and Neon igniting the boys' weapons to allow all three to deliver flaming slashes. Also this Badass Boast from the three:
  Michinaga: We're going to crush you-
  Neon: and create a happy world!
  Keiwa: That is our desire!!
• Ace is revealed to have planned his death from the start, considering it the final step of his ascent to godhood. This allows him to No-Sell Suel's attacks and to give him a very deserving beatdown that finishes him off once and for all.
• The audience gets one, as most of them weren't onboard with the Sadist Show angle and proceed to literally slam the door in the DGP staff's faces when they try to escape back to the future, leaving them to be erased by Ace's World-Healing Wave. Samas' Villainous Breakdown as this happens is priceless.

Movies and Specials

Kamen Rider Geats: Jyamato Awaking

• Ace manages to fight his future self to a stand still, to the point the latter had to resort to binding him in a different dimension to prevent him from interferring. But as Ace later proves, he could have broken free whenever.
• Michinaga twarts Beroba's plan to turn him into the ultimate Jyamato and manages to create a new power that can fight Doom Geats toe-to-toe. Beroba isn't even mad at this, she even admits that his being able to surprise her with his defiance is what amuses her.

Miscellaneous

• Ryuga Sato, who plays Keiwa, came with his own transformation pose and even boasts that he perfected a 0.45-seconds version of it affectionately dubbed "Normal Full MAX Version" by Kazuto Mokudai (Michinaga/Buffa's actor).
• The series somehow manages to not only add more supernatural elements (which has infamously tanked the ratings of previous series), but also do it in a way that seems natural. In fact, not only has Geats been ranked as the #1 Reiwa era series, it raised the bar for future series much higher than before.