Recap / Kamen Rider Geats Ep 35 Yearning III A Sisters Wish A Brothers Wish

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

Original Airdate: May 14, 2023
Written by: Yuya Takahashi
Directed by: Hirofumi Fukuzawa

Summary

Showing this smile, my own weapon boiling media.
Keeping everything about my secret deep inside.

Sara: The Kamen Riders continue to compete amongst themselves in the Desire Royale.
The Desashin left standing will decide whether the DGP gets to exist in this world, or not.
I've been entered as a Kamen Rider myself, but...

Sueru has called in a new mission: an ID Core scavenger hunt giving elimination privileges to whoever collects the most Cores. With Ace and Michinaga still opposing each other despite sharing the same goal of taking down the DGP, Neon makes an alliance with the Sakurai siblings to stop both of them.

As Keiwa and Sara begin to wonder about the new status quo, though, Daichi decides to finally make his move...

Tropes

• Asshole Victim: Nobody is sad over Daichi being eliminated by Michinaga.
• Back from the Dead: Niram and Win return to the scene thanks to Sueru's intervention.
• Bait-and-Switch: After Daichi informs Michinaga of Neon and Sara's positions, the two girls are then approached by Ace, who lets them off with a warning. Daichi, on the other hand, gets to face Michinaga.
• Curb-Stomp Battle: Buffa unleashes one on Daichi for his manipulations.
• Defiant to the End: Even in the middle of his core being destroyed, Daichi is screaming all the way, refusing to accept that this is the end for him.
• Diabolus ex Machina: Archimedel steals the Nadge-Sparrow Core ID from Michinaga right before he can store it away for his Core ID collection count.
• Didn't See That Coming: Despite his Awesomeness by Analysis skills, Daichi fails to consider/realise that Michinaga hates people who play dirty for selfish reasons, pulling the same thing Morio did in seeking his co-operation for dirty work which ended up earning his ire instead, and thus getting himself targetted for Michinaga's own betrayal and sabotage.
• Enemy Mine: Daichi tries to pull this with Neon and Sara, as no Riders can stand up to Michinaga now thus they have to work for mutual benefit even if he admits that he'd exploit anything for his own gain. Subverted when Daichi informs Michinaga about their whereabouts for him to dispose.
• Even Evil Has Standards: Michinaga personally eliminates Daichi for deceiving Sara and Neon, stating he hates people who abuse trust the most.
• History Repeats:
  • Once again, Daichi's attempt to manipulate other participants only gets him eliminated from the competition early.
  • And once again, a villainous Rider pushes Michinaga's buttons in their cruelty of exploitation of others and have him pull Bad Guys Do the Dirty Work against them.
• Internal Reveal:
  • Neon's first scene is informing Sara about Ace's identity as Geats (before, she just knew he was part of the DGP as an unidentified Rider) and what she knows about the DGP through a handmade guidebook. Partly subverted in that she listed Keiwa under the "Past Riders" page, preventing her from learning that he has rejoined the game.
  • Michinaga learns that the Dunkleosteus Jyamato is still "Archimedel" after the latter takes the Nadge-Sparrow Core ID.
• Laser-Guided Karma: Daichi finally gets his comeuppance for his manipulation and double-crossing.
• Locked Out of the Loop: Invoked. Keiwa spends most of the episode hiding from Sara, not wanting her to know he's back in the game.
• Obvious Rule Patch: Sueru gives the player who collects the most ID Cores the right to inflict Non-Gameplay Elimination to give everyone a fair chance regarding Buffa's invokedGame-Breaker powers.
• Out-Gambitted: Daichi's plan in this episode is to distract Michinaga by sacrificing Neon and Sara to him so that he could collect the most Core IDs to eliminate Michinaga. Unfortunately for him, he didn't count on Michinaga approaching him first.
• Paper-Thin Disguise: Keiwa does a poor job hiding his Rider status from Sara, like using a Tanuki statue, that everyone else found out about what he's trying to do in the first place.
• Playing Both Sides: Daichi offers to ally with Neon and Sara in order to take down Michinaga whilst informing on the two women with the latter. Michinaga later gives him a piece of his mind regarding the matter.
• Pragmatic Villainy: Michinaga puts aside his want of destroying ID Cores as doing so lowers his point tally, which would give his competition a chance to defeat him if they win instead.
• The Reveal: Sueru reveals to Tsumuri he plans for the DR to be the final event organised by the DGP before they evacuate the era and leave no trace of their existence behind; the idea to pit Riders against each other directly being implied to be an Uriah Gambit just to get rid of them while he never intends to let any of them actually win.
• Screw This, I'm Outta Here: Niram's first order of business after being revived by Sueru is to immediately begin preparations for the DGP to leave this era of Earth as soon as possible.
• Spanner in the Works: Ace's presence and Michinaga's hatred for double-crossers leads to the former warning Sara and Neon and the latter defeating Daichi, which was not in the plans of Beroba and Kekera for the Sakurai siblings. They do note, however, that Archimedel's return presents an opportunity for them.
• Vengeance Denied: Instead of Keiwa eliminating Daichi due to their shared animosity for each other, it's Michinaga who gets to do the dirty work.
• What the Hell, Hero?: Keiwa is not happy with Kekera letting Sara join the game.
• Wham Shot:
  • After Sueru departs, Tsumuri is suddenly approached by the very familiar forms of Niram and Win.
  • Before Michinaga can fully destroy Daichi's ID Core, Jyamato!Archimedel steals it.

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Mission 1 — ID Core Scavenger Hunt
CURRENT STANDINGS

Ace Ukiyo/Geats - 7 points
Michinaga Azuma/Buffa - 5 points
Keiwa Sakurai/Tycoon - 0 points
Neon Kurama/Na-Go - 0 points
Daichi Isuzu/Nadge-Sparrow - 0 points (eliminated)
Sara Sakurai/Hakubi - 25 points

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DR Rule #4

When the Desire Grand Prix ends, all facts and memories pertaining to the DGP will be erased from this world.