Nightmare Fuel / Kamen Rider Revice

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"That human... she was delicious."

Kamen Rider Revice's Big Bad and their motives are guaranteed to make your blood run cold. Remember, this is all from a series where the main heroes fight monsters with "acrobatic poses" and funky, colourful stamps.

In General

• The central concept of the show is that all mankind has inner demons that have some influence over us. Not metaphorical inner demons - literal, actual monsters of demonic origin. And they can, with the right encouragement, emerge and attack people with no ulterior motive besides destruction. On top of that, there is a nihilistic cult that thinks unleashing these demons on mankind is a good idea.
• Not due mention due to how widespread the Deadmans cult actually is, a lot of their members are Hidden in Plain Sight amongst the public. Just about anyone (even your loved ones) encountered could secretly be a member.
• In the first few seconds of the opening there are a few frames that shows Ikki sporting a Slasher Smile or a rather wide grin. Completely unexpected and guaranteed to catch you off guard every single time.
• Certain Revice Remix forms include an amount of Body Horror, due to the duo's body joints bending at very unnatural angles.
• Ikki is slowly disappearing from memories (photos, that is) due to him borrowing Vice's powers. In due time he will forget even his family.
• The Gifftarians in general. Imagine this: you don't know where you are. Then someone decided to stamp the Giff stamp on you and turn you into a Gifftarian (as seen above). After you get destroyed, you don't come back. Forever.
• If you think about it, Fenix knowing about Kamen Riders would be certainly this, considering the founder is actually the Mole in Charge. It's not really scary, but when you realize they were able to get info about Riders from an Alternate Universe (those from Decade, Build, Zi-O, and Zero-One), it might creep you out.
• Imagine that George Karizaki somehow got his hands on the R-Factor, which is implied to be the genome of Kamen Riders, of pretty much every single Kamen Rider and used them to not only make Vistamps but to also to make the Clone Rider System

Series

Episode 1: Family! Treaty! Whispering Demon at the Ready!

• Vice tried to eat Yukimi Igarashi immediately after being released and Ikki couldn't do anything about it without the Revice driver.
• It's never stated what happened to the convict that Deadmans picked up to use for the current Monster of the Week.
• Hiromi's heroic, but failed attempt to transform only created another rampaging Deadmen. Daiji's horrified reaction just says it all.

Episode 2: The Demon Within Is Just a Loathsome Villain!?

• Vice throws Ikki at the current Deadman attacking to remove him out of the way to another attempt to eat his family, Daiji in this case.

Episode 3: A Hostage Situation! What's Your Decision, Brothers!?

• Someone threatening to shoot people and taking hostages for money is realistically scary. An origami monster stomping around the neighborhood is just a cherry on the top.

Episode 5: The World-Reforming Rider! Who is the Traitor!?

• How does Kamen Rider Evil make his debut? Past evil Riders have had grandiose entrances designed to build up an ominous sense of foreboding or to demonstrate how powerful they are. Evil does none of that. He literally walks up behind Revi from offscreen and holds the blade of his weapon/Driver to Revi's throat without so much as a remark. And he then proceeds to no-sell a punch from Vice before cold-cocking him through the roof in return.

Episode 6: The True Identity of Evil! A Showtime So Cruel!?

• There is not much explanation for how exactly was Daiji possessed by his inner demon, but he was probably drifting in and out of consciousness through #5 and eventually lost the fight for control.
• Kamen Rider Evil easily shrugged off everything that Ikki and Vice came up with while throwing them both around like rag dolls. That guy means business and his bussiness is to slowly reduce the duo into a colorful smear on the ground in the most painful way possible and savor every moment.
• Julio has weaseled into Sakura's presence in the dojo with the intention to use her against Ikki. With Daiji gone, Yukimi in hospital, Genta pretty much useless and Sakura in danger, Ikki is losing his support fast and may eventually break under the pressure.

Episode 8: A Family Vacation, of Relaxation and Devastation?

• Kagero specifically pulls Daiji out of their shared subconscious to mock him and his inability to regain control. Daiji is pale and sweating heavily from the strain, but according to Kagero, it's completely pointless.
• Kagero attacks in front of the whole family and even though he introduces himself to Ikki later on, the remaining Igarashis are left to ponder over whether this man really is Daiji and what happened to their son and brother.
• The fact that our protagonist Ikki could have died, not fighting in battle, but from a simple Tampering with Food and Drink from Aguilera, had Kagero not intervened.
  • Kagero is not happy at Aguilera's attempt to kill Ikki, nearly strangling her. One can only imagine what Kagero would have done to her if her plan succeeded.

Episode 12: The Weakest is also the Strongest!? Invincible Jeanne!

• The Planarian Vistamp. It's capable of producing an infinite number of copies and, with a steady supply of sufficiently prepped hosts, a line of Phase 2 Deadmen. Worse, it's in the hands of the slimiest bastard, who tops even Olteca where comes in manipulating people.
• The Planarian Deadman itself has a very disturbing design, with parts of its upper body being covered in thousands of the insectoid faces all Deadmen have, giving it a nauseating, trypophobic look. It retains this trait in Phase 2, where the back of its head is covered in faces and it has faces for eyes, making it look like it's being eaten alive by parasites.

Episode 13: A Close Call Case in the Fenix Skybase!

• Aguilera reveals that there's only 2 more people needed to be sacrificed. Which means that they're THIS close to accomplishing their goal.
• Just the thought of the Commander being the Chameleon Deadman...
  • Even worse: It has been revealed the Chameleon Deadman has been in the Fenix Tribe Base many times before.

Episode 14: The Man in Command... is a Deadman!?

If the previous episode isn't scary enough, then this episode will be.

• Kudo and Amahiko attacked Happy Spa and Sakura's school respectively, just to deal with their grudges with Ikki and Sakura respectively.
• So how was the Chameleon Deadman able to access Skybase in the previous episode? He killed and replaced Yujiro Wakabayashi during the first episode. This alone gave Hiromi a Heroic BSoD.
  • To elaborate on that point, just the suggestion plunges him into deep denial and the confirmation rapidly reduces him into a sobbing mess, whose agonized screams sound straight from the pits of hell.
  • After being Lured into a Trap by a suspicious George, Fake Wakabayashi tries to talk his way out of the situation in a cool, affable way, calling on Hiromi's trust and approaching him for a comforting pat on the shoulder. Then he grabs the paralyzed, hyperventilating man into a choke hold and cements his betrayal by laughing psychotically and bellowing the Deadmans' catchphrase, which is immensely jarring given how stoic he was before and after that.
    "GRRRACIAS, DEADMANS!"
  • The way on how he was able to do it would remind you of Evolto from Kamen Rider Build. Switching faces, inducing Paranoia Fuel and traumatizing someone by posing as their hero, that sort of stuff.
  • What's the scariest part of this? The fact that it's been done by a Monster of the Week, not the Big Bad.
• Then it is revealed that the Deadmans are actually done with their goal, once George gives the Gifu Stamp to the Chameleon Deadman as if they were still friends.
  • Even worse, it's unclear why he did it. Was it part of the plan? Whose plan? Did he do it so the Chameleon Deadman wouldn't kill Hiromi? Nothing Is Scarier indeed.
    • Before he gives the Vistamp, he seems to do something to it. Just how Crazy-Prepared is George after all? Crazy enough to sneak in a self-camouflaging tracking device that no one noticed at all.
  • The fact that Aguilera herself is also a sacrifice for Gifu. It goes uneasy for her...
    • Before the reveal about Aguilera being the last sacrifice for Gifu, Julio was clearly excited to hear Olteca's answer. But the moment he made the reveal, Julio was truly not comfortable with it.
• All of this shows how Cerebus Syndrome works for what is normally a light-hearted series.

Episode 15: Ruination! Confrontation! Ending the Deadmans' Reign!

• It turns out that unlike with Phase 1 and 2 Deadmen, Gifftex — being humans who have completely fused with their Deadmen — cannot be saved by a Finishing Move, as shown with Haitani and Kudo, who upon their final defeats disintegrate while crying out in terror and agony. Ikki is understandably rattled by this.

Episode 17: A Betrayal's Depths, How a True Buddy Accepts.

• We see how a Gifftarian is made in disturbing detail, as shown in the image above: the sacrifice bursts into flames after being touched by the Giff Stamp, then eventually turns into stone. Said stone then breaks apart like a cocoon, revealing the newly born Gifftarian. It's implied that a version of this would have happened to Aguilera, had the ritual to revive Giff succeeded.
  • The appearance of the Gifftarian alone is already very intimidating. The Phase 1 Deadmen were brightly coloured animal-themed origami monsters, with Phase 2 and Gifftex Deadmen sporting visceral details while still having creative and eye-catching designs. The Gifftarian has none of that, being a dark, sinister monster whose only distinguishing features is its golden eyes and sharp teeth.
  • What makes it worse is the fact that like the Gifftex, people sacrificed to become Gifftarians cannot be saved, though in this case there is nothing left of the human it once was TO save. The Gifftarian is aware of this and even takes pleasure in eating humans, an act which even Vice is disgusted by.
    Gifftarian: Indeed, she was delicious...
  • The cultist used as a sacrifice is calm during the stamping, right up until she starts screaming in agony after bursting into purple flames. It's implied through her reaction that she either realized too late what was about to happen and was horrified by it, or was experiencing the sensation of the Gifftarian eating her soul alive. Vice is actually rendered speechless, stammering out horrified gibbering at the birth of the damned thing.

Episode 18: A Buddy's Vice, The Miracle of Fire and Ice.

• Right as Yosuke and Julio seem to have reconciled over their betrayal, Olteca suddenly appears next to Yosuke, then immediately puts him in a chokehold and turns him into a Gifftarian, all while giving a sadistic Slasher Smile.
  • This proves to be the Rage Breaking Point for Julio, who immediately kills the Gifftarian with one punch and began his Painful Transformation into the Wolf Deadman Riot, screaming in rage whilst spikes burst out of his body. Even Olteca has an expression of fear upon witnessing his transformation.
• Julio as the Wolf Deadman Riot in general is a walking nightmare. Not only is he far stronger and faster than he was before, he levels an entire city block with a giant explosion and foregoes his gun in favour of tearing at anything in sight with his bare hands while screaming like a feral animal. Even one claw strike was able to make Olteca Half the Man He Used to Be.

Episode 19: Demons' Grave Warning, Hiromi's Deadly Encircling!?

• Granted, the Demons Driver gradually turning Hiromi into a demon through Rapid Aging of his internal body organs is creepy enough, but then it suddenly talks on its own... and it talks about how it will devour him. Seriously, George is practically nutty as he is, but what the hell was he thinking when he designed it!?
  • It's not what the hell he was thinking, but WHO it was actually designed for. Hiromi was never its intended user, Olteca wants the driver, and then there's the fact George was working on it for the Director of FENIX Tribe for whoever knows is the purpose.
• Olteca summons a Gifftarian from offscreen to help him fight Revice. The scary part is how this is the first Gifftarian we see in the show whose host we don't know, making one wonder just who was the hapless person sacrificed for its existence.
• Chigusa has apparently always been a good person, and even worked as a mole for the FENIX Tribe within the Deadmans for whoever knows how long... But something she discovered about the FENIX Tribe was so sinister that she changed sides in a snap and questioned FENIX's goals. Just what could be worse than a crazy cult trying to revive a sealed evil entity?!

Episode 20: Unfeeling And Fleeting, The Price Of Transforming.

• In Olteca's flashback, we get a brief glimpse at the Deadmans' founder. He has the same Character Tics as Director Akaishi, which raises more questions about him.
• George coldly tells Hiromi that he was nothing more than a lab rat to him, mocks his heroism and Catchphrase and states that his goal is to create the ultimate Kamen Rider. Goes to show that despite being a Kamen Rider fanboy working for FENIX, George is far from heroic himself.
• Olteca transforms Chigusa into a Gifftarian right before Hiromi's eyes, just as the latter was about to reveal the truth behind FENIX. It's her scream and betrayed reaction that highlights how horrific the process is.
• Although Olteca gets his contract destroyed and the Giff Stamp taken from him, he's shown flashing a Psychotic Smirk when FENIX takes him into custody, showing the audience he has something up his sleeve and the heroes' victory is hollow at best.

Episode 21: As My Life Turns To Dust, My Emotions I Entrust.

• Hoo boy, where do we begin?
  • We finally get why Chigusa decided to get the hell out of FENIX: apparently, the Deadmans' founder happens to be none other than Hideo Akaishi, who releases Olteca from prison. This raises even more questions than answers: Did Chigusa knowing the truth behind FENIX and Deadmans result in Olteca transforming her into a Gifftarian?
  • Sakura suddenly being ambushed by a horde of Malevolent Masked Men as she steps into the Ushijima household has horror written all over it, even after they're revealed to be Weekend members testing her.
  • Teasers for this seen in the official site has Olteca wearing the Demons Driver. Oh it's not that part that's nightmarish, what's that is how he offs Hiromi by blasting him off a cliff and easily he performs multiple Genomixes, which downright harmed Hiromi when he tried to do it; keep in mind, this is after he was hit with a Volcano Festival, resulting in the separation of his Deadman form. And then we have the Driver remarking that Olteca smells like a demon. Just what exactly is he!?
  • At the end of the episode, Genta suddenly collapses in pain when Giff awakened, and sees a vision of Giff whilst clutching his (nonexistent) heart. It confirms to the audience that yes, he's connected to Giff in some way.

Episode 22: Slam-Banging Action... An Attack on Kūki Kaidan!?

• Kagero pops up to mock Daiji, making it obvious that he is only biding his time until he can take him over again.
• The Rolling Vistamp's Transformation Sequence. As soon as Ikki initiates it, we see Vice directly mirrored below his feet... and then he suddenly dissolves into liquid as he envelops Ikki, who reacts in pain while transforming into Jack Revice. Oh, and did we mention that Ikki is nowhere to be found after Jack Revice untransforms and only leaves Vice? Needless to say, this does not sound good for him. The only mitigating factor is the previews having Vice running around and engaging in harmless fun after breaking out of his prison by FENIX... though this raises more questions about what happens to Ikki.
  • One important thing needs to be mentioned here, however. Normally, when George sees an creation of his ending up in someone else's control, he gets angry. In this case, however, he didn't create the Rolling Vistamp. And if one gathers up the information over here, then it's implied that his reaction to it is less of anger and that of horror. Then again, this is the guy that created the Demons Driver...
  • His first reaction is to make a beeline to that place and, as shown by #23 preview, with a whole lot of backup and arrest Vice, because he is scared what will Vice do without Ikki to hold him back.
  • Another thing to note is for the DX toy version of the Rolling Vistamp, as shown by toy painter #Rin_ch, you can play some lines recorded by Subaru Kimura as Vice. Needless to say, this could have potential implications for what's coming up, and they're not pretty.
    Vice: Betrayal is a demon's specialty. Let's transform.
  • It has been spoiled by previews, teasers in the site, and much earlier by Televi-Kun that Ikki and Vice traded places, which means that Ikki is now his inner demon.
• Daiji is justifiedly confused and horrified by what he is witnessing, because Ikki is gone, Vice took his place and everything seems to have rolled off the deep end.

Episode 24: The Return of Professor Karizaki! A Topsy-Turvy Rescue Strategy!

• Vail, the demon within the Demons Driver, escapes at the end of the episode. Keep in mind, up until now, as powerful as Demons could be, neither Demons was using Vail's full strength because he didn't allow it. Given how sadistic Vail has been and the amount of damage he's done while sealed, just imagine what he'll do now.

Episode 25: Revival! Vail!? The Igarashi Family's Dark Tale!

• Olteca is so unconcerned with those around him, he murders two cultists by turning them into Gifftarians, just to force Aguilera into line and helping him "fix" the Demons Driver.
• Vail. Just Vail. For starters, he's possessing Genta, and he not only is willing to kill the man's family, he actively desires to. He is absurdly powerful, seemingly teleporting in creepy ways and shattering a building as just a side effect of an attack. He grabs a Gifftarian by the face, lifts it off the ground with one hand, and proceeds to casually crush its skull. It's also implied he's actually Genta's heart, as a result of it being injected with Giff's cells.
  • Kamen Rider Vail's transformation: as the Vail Driver pulses, Vail rises up behind Genta as a gigantic mass of darkness with glowing red eyes before eating Genta. His eyes never vanish, they merely transition directly into Vail's optics.
  • There's just something wrong about the way Vail moves, even without the glitching teleporting.
  • All of this is set to a nightmarish soundtrack with a drone similar to Prowler's theme.
• Throughout the episode, Giff's coffin absorbs the energy from the defeated Gifftarians. Except now, with each one a haunting scream is heard getting louder and louder. The rider demons all react to the screams, with Kagero trying to surface, Vice collapsing in pain and Lovekov trying to attack Sakura. This culminates in the disturbing ending where a Fenix researcher is flat out eaten by a spectral limb that shoots out of the coffin.
• It was Vail that set fire to the Happy Spa and nearly succeeded in murdering the family, but the then 4 years old Ikki could only see his own father going completely nuts all of sudden. It's no wonder that the present time Ikki can only curl up and scream in horror upon remembering.

Episode 27: Stop It! The Ramming Runaway's Rumbling Rampage.

• The Ushijimas entering Happy Spa all of a sudden and tasering Ikki so they can kidnap him is already shocking enough by itself, but it's even moreso from Yukimi's perspective. After a tearful reunion with her children, the people she thought were family friends suddenly come in and render her son unconscious, all because he's a possible threat.
• While far less fantastical than most of the entries on this page, the flashback showing a young Olteca being beaten by his father for being a child prodigy is no less harrowing. Making it clear that Akaishi wasn't the only person who helped shape him into what he is.
• Back to the present day, Giff's impending awakening and Olteca's rampage combine to evoke a strong sense of dread. To wit:
  • Combat Tentacles springing out of Giff's statue and using them to consume several hapless Fenix researchers before disappearing into thin air.
  • Giff's statue reappearing in the air above Olteca, happily consuming even more sacrifices his demented disciple had prepared for him.
  • Olteca turning two more people into Gifftarians, including a young child.
• Jack Revice going berserk and somehow managing to resist Holy Live and Jeanne's attempts to restrain him.
  • And before then we are treated to a sight of Vice, in Ikki's body, losing control of himself with glowing eyes, similar to what happens to Eiji in his home series.

Episode 28: Gale and Thunder Beyond Fear! The Time to Merge is Here!

• Ikki's nightmare starts off a bit silly for the wear, with him getting startled at everything that's unusual in this version of Happy Spa, Sakura and Daiji's antics, and the Gifftarians taking a bath and beckoning him. However:
  • He hears Genta asking him to not go there, and as he turns he finds himself with Vail-Genta inside the Deadman's office with Giff's sarcophagus, who talks him down into letting go of voice if he wants to be happy, and when he refuses the light turns pale and shines under Vail-Genta's face, making his already Slasher Smile much sinister.
  • Next is the confrontation with Ikki-Vice, which is Vice with Ikki's head. Even Ikki himself is afraid.
• Giff reveals his true form once he absorbs Olteca.

Episode 31: Guided by an Illusion, the Consequence of Aspiration.

• Vail's true form is revealed to be a red version of Vice, with his mouth full of sharp teeth exposed at all times.
• At last the cause of Ikki being erased from photos is revealed: because of his contract with Vice, he borrows a little of Vice's powers to erase memories, which has been erasing him from the photos.
  • Even worse: when Ikki asked what would happen if he continued fighting, Vice regretfully informed that Ikki would eventually forget his own family.

Episode 32: A Lost Place to Reside, the Dethroned Queen's Pride.

• Akemi breaks into Akaishi's office to uncover his shady actions, but gets caught by him after discovering he's kept his own collection of Proto Vistamps. He then removes a glove, revealing he has a Giff stone embedded in his palm before using it to summon two True Gifftarians. The camera cuts away to a close-up of Akaishi laughing maniacally just as Akemi screams in terror and the Gifftarians do something to her.
• The next day, Daiji questions Akaishi on Akemi's whereabouts, but a report on the sightings of two Gifftarians conveniently interrupts him before the latter gives an answer. As Daiji leaves, Akaishi can be seen smirking to himself, which all but confirms Akemi suffered a grisly fate.

Episode 33: Lovekov's Rebellion!? Sakura's Resolution.

• Akaishi reveals himself to be an immortal Humanoid Abomination who acts as a monitor of human evolution for Giff. He also proves far tougher than he looks, effortlessly withstanding Akemi shooting him with a gun and delivering a Curb-Stomp Battle against Daiji, even setting him on fire with his demonic powers at one point.
• Vail's true form as a red-coloured Vice with a mouth full of sharp teeth is revealed, and he immediately proves to be a powerful foe, possessing the powers of all the basic Vistamps thanks to Akaishi. To top this off, he threatens Ikki that he intends to tear apart the Igarashi family, one at a time.

Episode 35: An Unknown Threat, a Path For People to Thread.

• Giff emerges from his dimension and instantly disintegrates the FENIX soldiers surrounding Akaishi's podium, forces the Igarashi siblings out of their transformations and even crashes the FENIX Skybase, all without moving a step.

Episode 37: No Hesitation! The Risky Demon Recapture Mission!

• Daiji transforming to destroy a horde of Giff Juniors normally isn't scary. In this episode, however, he transforms with an empty look on his face, and he's fighting more brutally than usual, even throwing back his head and roaring at one point. He's getting dangerously similar to his father Junpei during the latter's days at NOAH, and Holy Live's angelic appearance only makes it even worse.
• Masumi removes his mask in front of George, leaving the latter shocked and horrified. And we are treated to only a few shots exposing a few areas of his burned face.

Episode 38: Father and Son Synthesize! The Ultimate Revice!

• The real reason Akaishi wanted to awaken Giff in this era cements how much of a threat we can become:
  Akaishi: Because humanity has progressed too far. Their sciences and weaponry are now capable of posing a threat, even to the cosmos above! Humanity themselves are the true demons.

Episode 46: Courage to Face Each Other... What Should You Really Protect?

• The Wham Shot of this episode is brought to you by Chic, Masumi's inner demon that was transplanted into George, who appears in growing out of his shadow at the end of this episode.

Episode 47: Karizaki's Rebellion, the Price of Transformation.

• George decides it is time to start cleansing, and that means beating the living hell out of every other rider. And he won't stop, not even if the Igarashi Siblings decides to hand him their drivers.
  • And what about him as Kamen Rider Juuga: it is pretty much a modern Ultimate Form Kuuga crossed with Kamen Rider Goda, controlled by a mad scientist who is a huge Kamen Rider fan and wants to become the one and only Ultimate Kamen Rider there is.
• After Vice delivers a short recap on last episode's events and muses that now that Giff's defeated and the Igarashis don't need to transform, Ikki doesn't need to lose any more memories and he can finally relax in the bath, the episode immediately cuts to a hallway full of downed Demons Troopers with George standing in the middle, holding the Juuga Driver.
  George: It's not over yet. [Bares a Slasher Smile]
• George's wide-eyed glare was already intense enough when he was ambiguously good, but now his eyes feels cold, soulless. Him flashing a Psychotic Smirk every single time he transforms into Juuga does not help.
• On her way to turn herself in, Hana runs into George near the bottom of a bridge, who immediately transforms and attacks her. The Reality Subtext regarding Hana's actress being a victim of stalking mere months prior only serves to make this scene more uncomfortable.

Episode 48: Proof of Tenacity! This is... Japan's No. 1 Busybody!

• The preview for #49 shows Vice suddenly rampaging around... And covered with blood. Whatever happened to cause this sudden change of behavior is unknown, but that somehow caused Vice to do something involving innocents. Fortunately, the actual episode revealed that it was actually ketchup from Sakura spilling it over Vice's head.
  Vice: It's time I returned to being the devil I was.
  • Even worse... If Vice feels responsible for Ikki's memory loss, and thinks that his destruction will possibly reverse it... what lengths would he go to to force Ikki to destroy him, knowing that he never would otherwise? Thankfully, comes #49 and it reveals that everyone was just playing along with Vice's plan to make Ikki fight him for real.

Movies and Spinoffs

Kamen Rider Revice: The Mystery

Part 1

• The premise is right out of a mystery horror series: the heroes chase a monster to a lodge, the only bridge to it is destroyed, which traps everyone within the area, and there's now a killer among them.
  • Worth mentioning is that the murder already happens at the end of the episode. Sets the expectation for one death per episode.

Part 3

• The prime suspect, Shogo Ueshima, a mad scientist George Karizaki used to know and has been deceased for quite sometime... And it somehow his creations managed to appear everywhere. Whether he's truly dead or has been hijacked by something is left unknown.
  • George's goal with the Vistamps is revealed to be the awakening of dormant demons inside humans. Shogo's is to use them to turn anyone into monsters instead.
  • Even worse? Ryu Terui uncovers a whole desk in the laboratory that contains biological samples of every known monster except for one: Orphnoch.
    • Naoto Kamiya (or rather, Naoya Kaido) was preparing to flee the lodge before he was revealed to be the Snake Orphnoch. He likely knows he's being hunted and that the killer wants a sample off of him.

Part 5

• Shogo's research leads to the creation of the Oblivian Vistamp, which painfully turns the user (Suzu) into an amalgamation of ten different monsters.
• George managed to retrieve a perfect copy of Shogo's research. What it will be used for remains to be seen, but is unlikely to lead to something good.

Revice Legacy: Kamen Rider Vail

Part 1

• In a show of carnage and destruction not seen since Kuuga, Revice Legacy reminds viewers how destructive Kamen Riders can be when they don't hold back or just lack control over their own strength. In contrast to Vail's calculated and refined control of his abilities, Junpei just tears and thrashes the demons he gets his hands on with reckless abandon, with his Finishing Moves being so destructive he utterly demolishes the surrounding area, with dozens of civilians caught in the crossfire. Is it any wonder why NOAH wants to keep him on such a short leash or why they have to resort to shocking his own heart to get him to heel?

Part 3

• This episode reveals where the demons Junpei's tasked with killing come from. They're like him; humans infused with Giff's cells, with the only difference being that they never survived the process.
• The fact that Vail is none other than the "red demon" who murdered Junpei's parents is scary enough, but then you realize he was able to manifest and vacate Junpei's body before he underwent Masumi's surgery operation and infused him with Giff's cells. It raises a lot of questions as to what exactly in the hell Vail is if he had that much power before he and Junpei became a Kamen Rider.

Birth of Chimera

• Ryu Mukai's death. First he gets transformed on-screen into a demon, then Azuma/Kamen Rider Daimon finishes him off, resulting in him exploding, with the radius large enough that Nozomu Otami's parents had to shield him from the blast in order to protect him. While monsters exploding was a major risk as shown in Kamen Rider Kuuga, here we actually get to see an on-screen death caused by it. Small wonder Nozomu considered it personal between Azuma and him.

Revice Forward: Kamen Rider Live & Evil & Demons

• During the a teaser for the V-Cinema starring Live/Evil and Demons, we see Daiji and Kagero, mirrored and pulling Kubrick Stares, and then we cut to Hiromi with a pleasant smile that we expect out of him...which then becomes a rather sinister smirk. Repeat: Hiromi smirking sinisterly! And then, the screen starts flickering, and Hiromi's image is replaced with a heavy dark filter that only shows his face's right side lit by an ominous light.
• The truth isn't that much better. As it turns out, the "Hiromi" seen is actually Muramasa, an dual-wielding impersonator working for Alicorn, an terrorist organization who kidnaps children. And he isn't some kind of inner demon as the film would suggest- his true form is much worse, being a human mutant complete with Nightmare Face.

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