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| 7 | !!This is a partial character sheet for ''Series/KamenRiderExAid''. Visit [[Characters/KamenRiderExAid here]] for the main character index. Subjective trope and audience reactions should go on the [[YMMV/KamenRiderExAid YMMV page]]. |
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| 11 | !!Seito University Hospital/Ministry of Health |
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| 13 | [[folder:Emu Hojo/Kamen Rider Ex-Aid]] |
| 14 | * See [[Characters/KamenRiderExAidEmuHojo here]] for more details. |
| 15 | [[/folder]] |
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| 17 | [[folder:Hiiro Kagami/Kamen Rider Brave]] |
| 18 | !!Hiiro Kagami/Kamen Rider Brave |
| 19 | !!!'''Portrayed by:''' Toshiki Seto (live), Jiro Uchikawa ([=LV1=] suit), Jun Watanabe ([=LV2=] suit) |
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| 21 | [[quoteright:210:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hiiro_kagami.png]] |
| 22 | [[caption-width-right:210:The Genius Surgeon]] |
| 23 | -->''"There's nothing I cannot cut!"'' |
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| 25 | An elite surgeon working at the Seito University Hospital, where his father is the director. He was previously working in the United States before being recalled to Japan in the wake of Game Disease outbreak. After being given the Gamer Driver, he transforms into Kamen Rider Brave. |
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| 27 | Five years ago, Hiiro lost his girlfriend because of Bugster's infection, which turns out was Taiga's case. Since then, he had deep animosity with Taiga. |
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| 29 | [[spoiler:At some point, Masamune used said girlfriend's data as a hostage to force Hiiro to serve him, in order to prolong ''Kamen Rider Chronicle''.]] |
| 30 | !!!Tropes that apply to him in general |
| 31 | * TheAce: A master surgeon and a damn good fighter at that. [[AvertedTrope Averted]], however, when it comes to games. |
| 32 | --> '''Emu:''' Well, you don't even open the chests! Do you even play games? |
| 33 | * AntiHero: Not as much as Taiga, but he still only fights to cure the Bugster's infection and doesn't care for the patient other than operating on them. [[spoiler:Temporarily becomes an AntiVillain while working with Masamune... reluctantly, all because he want to see Saki once again.]] |
| 34 | * AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: He may be cold to his father, but when he learns that he was fighting as a Ride-Player and is infected with the Bugster Virus, he immediately tells everyone to retreat. He also tells Emu and Asuna that it was his father himself that inspired him to become a doctor in the first place. |
| 35 | * BadassBookworm: Is referred to as a genius-level surgeon, and lives up to it. He's also quite the combat-capable fighter in combat and the one with more physical power out of the Riders. |
| 36 | * BadassBoast: "There is nothing I cannot cut!" Usually done while raising his hands in preparation. It's also his CatchPhrase. |
| 37 | * BadassLabcoat: Same as Emu; it's part of his regular attire. |
| 38 | * BashBrothers: Gains a strong mutual respect with Emu and they work well together. Best shown in #27 where they drudge back to CR soaked with similar looks of disbelief on their face at Taiga and Nico's attitude, [[spoiler:and in #39 when they tag-teamed Cronus]]. |
| 39 | * BerserkButton: |
| 40 | ** Taiga is a walking one for him. Anytime Hiiro sees him, there's nothing more he wants to do than to beat the crap out of Taiga and take away his Driver and Gashat. |
| 41 | ** Later, Graphite also becomes this for him, [[spoiler:after finding out he was responsible for Saki's death]]. |
| 42 | * CharacterTic: Raising his hands in front of his face. He usually does this before transforming or entering Level 2. This ties into his doctor motif, as surgeons do this before commencing an operation. |
| 43 | * TheComicallySerious: Difficult surgery in the OR, fighting the Bugsters, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking eating an apple pie]]? |
| 44 | * CruelToBeKind: The source of considerable conflict during the second ten episodes, as [[spoiler:Emu's Bugster infection]] makes Hiiro fret over whether or not he should tell Emu the truth. [[SuperpowerMeltdown Given Emu's reaction]] when he finds out, Hiiro's hesitance ends up justified. |
| 45 | * DarkAndTroubledPast: He [[spoiler:lost his girlfriend to the Bugster virus]], and blames Taiga for it. This fuels the great animosity he has for Taiga in the present. [[spoiler:It's revealed in #34 that he always thought that he is the one responsible for Saki's death, so he jumps at the chance given by Masamune to revive her]]. |
| 46 | * DeadlyUpgrade: Fantasy Gamer being a jump from Level 5 to Level 50, using it just once leaves Hiiro clutching at his chest for a considerable amount of time afterwards. A second use causes him to collapse in the middle of battle. He gets better at using it as the series progress. |
| 47 | * DealWithTheDevil: [[spoiler:When [[AnOfferYouCantRefuse Masamune offers him Saki's data]] in exchange for [[FaceHeelTurn his cooperation with the former]], he accepts]]. |
| 48 | * DefrostingIceKing: By the twenty-episode mark he's defrosted enough to not only be shocked at M's {{Jerkass}} ways, but take up the job Emu normally does of connecting to the patient. He's still much more comfortable playing it cool and detached, but it's made clear he's come to see Emu's methods as having value. |
| 49 | * TheDragon: [[spoiler:Masamune blackmails him into becoming his right-hand man using the data of Saki.]] |
| 50 | * DrJerk: Hiiro only focuses on performing his operations and nothing else, openly disregarding the patient's feelings. This puts him at odds with the much kinder Emu, though each is forced to see the effectiveness of the other's methods. He gradually softens his stance over time, but remains cold and standoffish compared to Emu. |
| 51 | ** JerkassHasAPoint: He throws a ReasonYouSuckSpeech at Emu after Taiga swipes the latter's Rider Gashat. This is downplayed as Emu still saved Yuuki and doesn't seem to mind, confusing Hiiro. |
| 52 | --->'''Hiiro:''' You reap what you sow. This is what happens when you take on risky operations. |
| 53 | * EvilCostumeSwitch: [[spoiler:While calling it ''evil'' might be stretching it a bit, he ditches his lab coat and simply dons a black formal two-piece suit after [[DealWithTheDevil accepting the deal from Masamune]].]] |
| 54 | * ForcedIntoEvil: [[spoiler:As a result of being offered a deal from Masamune, which has something to do with his decision to save Saki]]. |
| 55 | * GeniusSweetTooth: A GradeSkipper and talented surgeon, and he’s often seen eating cakes. |
| 56 | * GradeSkipper: Being the genius that he is, Hiiro is said to have skipped grades before graduating from a top-class foreign university. This is why despite being the same age as Emu, he is already far more experienced in the medical field. |
| 57 | * GratuitousEnglish: He gives a "no thank you" to anyone he deems a nuisance. Seeing as he studied in America for a while, this is to be expected. |
| 58 | * HeartbrokenBadass: [[spoiler:The reason he became a Rider was the death of his girlfriend, Saki Momose, who was Graphite's host. Her wish for him to become the best doctor in the world is also the reason why he worked so hard to become as skillful as he is now]]. |
| 59 | * HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: [[spoiler:In #33, Hiiro is [[ForcedIntoEvil forced to]] [[FaceHeelTurn backstab the Doctor Riders and Kuroto]] [[DealWithTheDevil just to get Saki's data from Masamune]], becoming the latter's right-hand man in the process. At the same time, this act would also convince Parado and Graphite to form an EnemyMine with them. At the end of #36, Masamune's deal is later revealed to be a HostageSituation when the latter proposes a SadisticChoice to him. It took [[HeelRealization Taiga being hospitalized]] [[HeelFaceTurn to snap Hiiro out of his personal issues over Saki's death]]]]. |
| 60 | * HeroicSelfDeprecation: [[spoiler:Believes that the reason Saki didn't tell him that she was suffering from the Bugster Infection was that she didn't love him anymore, because of his neglectful treatment of her in favor of his studies]]. |
| 61 | * {{Hypocrite}}: Constantly talks down to Emu for getting emotionally invested in things...but as Emu points out, Hiiro himself constantly allows his hatred of Graphite and Taiga to get in the way of his job. |
| 62 | ** Another example comes up when he is visibly upset because of his inability [[spoiler:to save Emu]], although it's more a sign of CharacterDevelopment, as by that point he's essentially stopped complaining about Emu's methods after seeing how well they can work. He even picks up the slack on connecting with a patient when Emu's left unable to. |
| 63 | ** And the most hypocritical thing he's done is letting his emotional side won him over to Masamune. |
| 64 | * IKnowMortalKombat: Inverted. He can use [=DoReMiFa Beat=] (which is a rhythm game) because he knows CPR. |
| 65 | * ILetGwenStacyDie: [[spoiler:Saki]]. |
| 66 | * InSeriesNickname: "The Super Surgeon who Never Fails". |
| 67 | * InsistentTerminology: It's not a sword that Brave's using during operations, it's a ''scalpel.'' |
| 68 | * ImplausibleFencingPowers: Hilariously shown in #6 when he cleanly slices a cream puff with a knife. |
| 69 | * {{Irony}}: His Taddle Fantasy and Legacy Powers with quite contrasting situation, Hiiro using Taddle Fantasy while he was in the good side with reluctance to do dirty works. But His Taddle Legacy is more to Good power but [[ForcedIntoEvil his situation becoming dirty worker for Masamune]]. |
| 70 | * ItsPersonal: Graphite is this for him [[spoiler:due to having killed his girlfriend Saki back when he'd infected her]]. |
| 71 | * TheLancer: Fulfills this role as the secondary Rider who works with Emu, and traditionally, the only one get a SuperMode. |
| 72 | * LancerVsDragon: He's the one who fights [[TheDragon Graphite]] the most often, on top of having a personal grudge against him. |
| 73 | * MeaningfulName: "Kagami" means mirror, with is supposed to represent how different he is from Emu. It also represents him and Taiga being {{Mirror Character}}s. "Hiiro", of course, is "hero", which fits with his RPG protagonist-inspired Rider form. Doubly so when you look at Saki (whose spelling uses a character that means "princess") Taddle Legacy (a game where a hero rescues a princess). |
| 74 | * MirrorCharacter: Despite his animosity towards Taiga, they're actually quite alike in some ways - they're both SmugSuper {{Jerkass}}es who are very confident in their own abilities and they see Emu as an IdiotHero. Both of them also don't care about their patients' feelings, Hiiro being a strict perfectionist who will complete his operation without any flaw, while Taiga will do whatever it takes to win, no matter who gets in the way. They also have a personal vendetta against Graphite, though they have different reasons for said vendetta. [[JacobMarleyWarning Taiga eventually warns Hiiro not to end up like him, a broken and disgraced man with nothing left to lose.]] |
| 75 | * TheNicknamer: He has a habit of calling the other Doctor Riders by their occupation rather than their names: Emu is “kenshuui” - “intern” (and he gets upgraded into “shounikai” - “pediatrician” in [[Series/KamenRiderZiO Zi-O]] when he becomes an official doctor at the hospital), Taiga is “mumenkyoi” - “licenseless doctor”, and Kiriya is “kansatsui” - “coroner”. Somewhat humorously, when Hiiro has to interact with an 8-year-old Emu from a simulation of Emu's past in ''Mighty Novel X'', Hiiro briefly internally stumbles over still calling him "pediatrician" before settling on "pediatrician junior." |
| 76 | * AnOfferYouCantRefuse: [[spoiler:Saki's data, which is in Masamune's possession.]] |
| 77 | * OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Emu's able to tell that Hiiro is hiding something from him, and that it's about Emu himself, because Hiiro's visibly upset for once. |
| 78 | * OneSteveLimit: Averted in a strange coincidence, as there was [[Series/KamenRiderKabuto another Kagami who was also a blue secondary Rider]]. |
| 79 | * ThePerfectionist: He isn't called "The Super Surgeon who Never Fails" for nothing. He carries this mentality even outside the operating room, whether it's a battlefield or time for dessert. |
| 80 | * RedOniBlueOni: The Blue to Emu's Red. [[ColourCodedForYourConvenience The colors also match, as Brave has light blue schemes on his armor]]. |
| 81 | * SmugSuper: He views himself as superior to everyone he meets, ''especially'' Emu. Seeing his track record as a surgeon and his prowess as a Rider, it's hard to not agree with him on some level. This is especially true when it comes to his surgeon skills, given he's multiple times successfully performed 'impossible' surgeries with complete success. |
| 82 | * TheStoic: As part of his "surgeon 24/7" mindset, Hiiro rarely emotes, no matter the situation. |
| 83 | ** NotSoStoic: Graphite is the first to crack his armor and elicit rage from Hiiro. Later on, his reaction to having his Gashats stolen by Genm makes it clear to Emu that there's more going on than simple theft. |
| 84 | * ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: In #26. It's one of the things marking his CharacterDevelopment. Having to stand aside because of ministry's orders visibly [[TookALevelInKindness pains]] him and disagreeing with Emu, who decided on this trope pretty much immediately doesn't make it any better. Ultimately, he also settles down on this trope. |
| 85 | * SweetTooth: Has a penchant for cakes and sweets. [[spoiler:He didn't until after his girlfriend's death. As one of the last things she did for him was bring him some sweets, it appears that he developed a taste for them [[HisQuirkLivesOn in her memory]].]] |
| 86 | * TookALevelInKindness: At first he merely treats Emu as an intern. As episodes go on however, he begins to respect him and even acknowledge his skill in defeating Bugsters. He eventually warms up to Emu particularly when he learns of the intern's disease, wanting to be the person to cure him. And at the debut of ''Maximum Mighty X'', he believes in Emu to be able to create the Gashat, calls him by his name rather than his occupation, and even tries to solace him. |
| 87 | ** The way he interacts with Taiga goes from hate to TeethClenchedTeamwork through the time, at large thanks to Emu directly or indirectly. The two are forced to work with each other multiple times, particularly after Graphite's defeat. With Emu's health and life on at stake, Hiiro works with Taiga in order to get cure the intern's disease. And towards the Gashat Gear Dual Beta's debut, he finally acknowledges Taiga, especially after the latter telling him not to waste his accomplishments by following his dark path. |
| 88 | ** As of #28, he's taken a few more. After Emu [[spoiler:non-lethally clears Poppy's Game]], Hiiro tells him to his face that he did well (for an intern), then goes a step further by personally apologizing to Poppy [[spoiler:for trying to kill her]]. |
| 89 | * {{Tritagonist}}: After Emu and Kuroto, the series focuses most on Hiiro, specifically on his development as he interact with the rest of the cast and his still very strong feeling for the late-Saki. |
| 90 | * UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Had he not [[spoiler:stopped Emu from beating Cronus' pause ability, Masamune would have been stopped right there and Saki would still be inside the Proto Gashat, not being held hostage.]] |
| 91 | * VengeanceFeelsEmpty: Comes to this realization after [[spoiler:helping kill Graphite]]. Instead of feeling happy about [[spoiler:avenging Saki's death]], he's left questioning if there was ever a ''point'' in doing so, since it doesn't change anything. This ultimately marks the start of his CharacterDevelopment. |
| 92 | * VitriolicBestBuds: While the two have extremely different personalities and frequently disagree on the proper way to handle patients, he and Emu have built a close working relationship and friendship by the end of the second arc. |
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| 94 | !!!Tropes exclusive to him as Kamen Rider Brave |
| 95 | [[quoteright:210:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/krea_bravel1.png]] |
| 96 | [[caption-width-right:210:''Gashat! Let's Game! Metcha Game! Mutcha Game! What's your name?! I'm a Kamen Rider!'']] |
| 97 | [[quoteright:210:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/krea_bravel2.png]] |
| 98 | [[caption-width-right:210:''Gachan: Level Up! Taddle Meguru! Taddle Meguru![[note]]Battle for your Future, Fight for the Adventure![[/note]] Taddle Quest~!'']] |
| 99 | [[quoteright:210:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/krea_bravel50_9.png]] |
| 100 | [[caption-width-right:210:''Gachan: Dual Up! Tadoru Meguru RPG! Tad~dle Fan~tasy!'']] |
| 101 | [[quoteright:210:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/krea_bravel100_3.png]] |
| 102 | [[caption-width-right:210:''Gachan: Level Up! Tadoru Rekishi! Mezameru Kishi![[note]]Embrace The Legacy! Awaken Your Chivalry![[/note]] Taddle Leg~acy!'']] |
| 103 | * AwesomeButImpractical: When Hiiro goes all-out, Fantasy Gamer Level 50 is phenomenally powerful. Not only does it comes with higher overall stats than all three other Level 50 forms, it's got a plethora of magical skills including [[GravityMaster gravity control]], magical barriers, teleportation, SummonMagic, the ability to remove Para-DX's biggest advantage by [[StatusBuffDispel dispelling his power-ups]], a combat ready BadassCape and enhanced senses. Many of the powers it displays are ones normally reserved for a final boss, [[JustifiedTrope which of course is what it's based on]]. However, actually ''using'' any of these powers [[DeadlyUpgrade causes Hiiro to collapse from the strain]] within as little as a minute of combat. Using it as just a physical power-up seems to be considerably less strenuous, but wastes the vast majority of its potential. |
| 104 | * ActionRPG: ''Drago Knight Hunter Z'', more specifically based on ''[[VideoGame/MonsterHunter Monster Hunter]]'' and similar games. The basis for all four Hunter Gamer Level 5 forms, with each carrying a piece of the full armor, Brave's piece being the right arm-mounted Blade. Brave can also take the full armor for himself as Full Dragon rather than share it, and [[OneWingedAngel while lacking quite the same proficiency with it as Snipe]], he doesn't suffer from Ex-Aid's ClippedWingAngel status either, [[WeakButSkilled able to make up the difference with Energy Items]]. |
| 105 | * BadassArmFold: His [[DivingKick Rider Kick]] has him striking this pose. |
| 106 | * BadassCape: Fantasy Gamer Level 50 and Legacy Gamer Level 100 come with damn impressive ones. Helped by the fact that it can actually be used to attack as well. |
| 107 | * BadPowersGoodPeople: Fantasy Gamer Level 50 comes with an array of powers better suited for an EvilOverlord than a heroic knight, such as [[EnemySummoner summoning minions]], [[MindOverMatter telekinesis]], [[BeehiveBarrier energy barriers]], [[PowerFloats levitation]], and [[VillainTeleportation teleportation]]. |
| 108 | --> '''Genm:''' He made the Demon King's power his own?! |
| 109 | * BareFistedMonk: While [=DoReMiFa=] Beat likely isn't ''intended'' to be this, Hiiro's use of CPR techniques to create a rhythm make it this. |
| 110 | * {{Combos}}: The main gimmick of his Level 3 form: as long as he continues attacking along with the beat of the music playing, his strength multiplies up to four times. Hitting a full combo on Graphite clearly hurts a great deal. |
| 111 | * CoolSword: His trademark weapon, the Gashacon Sword. It comes with both fire and ice-enhanced modes. |
| 112 | * CPRCleanPrettyReliable: Subverted both due to the fact it's ''not'' safe, and that fact is ''why'' he does it. To use the rhythm power of his Level 3 form, he uses a weaponized CPR, complete with aiming for the heart. The result is pretty much what you'd expect with or without the SuperStrength: Graphite in serious pain and clutching his injured chest. |
| 113 | * DanceBattler: You'd think so, but nope, totally [[AvertedTrope averted.]] Hiiro uses the [=DoReMiFa Beat=] Gashat by combining his fighting skills with... [[ImprobableWeaponUser CPR.]] Does make some sense though, considering that there is a tempo for it (which is about 100 compressions per minute) and CPR in real life often results in broken ribs even when trying to ''save'' lives instead of pummeling monsters into submission. |
| 114 | * DarkIsNotEvil: Though Fantasy Gamer's armor is from a demonic source, Brave uses it's power to cure others. |
| 115 | * DispelMagic: One of Fantasy Gamer's abiities, allowing him to remove any power up effects used. |
| 116 | * DragonKnight: When using the Drago Knight Hunter Z Gashat |
| 117 | * ElementalWeapon: His Gashacon Sword can switch between [[PlayingWithFire Fire Mode]] and [[AnIcePerson Ice Mode]] with A. B increases or decreases the temperature of the blade, depending on the element. While in level 1, he can either summon the weapon, or wrap himself in its two elements for physical strikes. |
| 118 | * EnemySummoner: One of Fantasy Gamer's many, many powers is the ability to create Bugster {{Mooks}} for Brave to control, due to being a VillainProtagonist EvilOverlord game. [[AbnormalAmmo He can even fling them out of a portal en masse as missiles]]. |
| 119 | * ExcaliburInTheRust: His trademark weapon first appears as a "legendary sword" that's covered in rust and embedded in a stone before he picks it up and the rust comes off. |
| 120 | * FinishingMove: |
| 121 | ** Kimewaza Slot Holder |
| 122 | *** Critical Strike: By inserting a Gashat into the Kimewaza Slot Holder, Brave can do attacks depending on what Gashat is inserted. |
| 123 | ** '''Taddle Critical Strike:''' |
| 124 | *** Taddle Quest |
| 125 | *** Level 1: Brave covers his right foot in yellow energy before leaping into the air, and delivering a kick to the enemy. |
| 126 | *** Taddle Legacy: Has two variations. A pair of wings appear when Brave does his attacks. |
| 127 | *** Rider Kick: Brave charges his leg with blue energy and floats in the air, before performing a powerful kick at the enemy covered with blue, white and gold energy. |
| 128 | *** Rider Slash: Brave charges his whole body and his Gashacon Sword Fire Mode with light blue and gold energy, before jumping up in the air and performing a powerful slash, which then turns into two light blue fireballs at the enemy. |
| 129 | *** '''[=DoReMiFa=] Critical Strike:''' Brave scratches the [=DoReMiFa=] Turntable and delivers a musical energy blast from the Watts Up Sounder. |
| 130 | *** '''Drago Knight Critical Strike:''' |
| 131 | *** Dragon Blade: Brave along with the other doctor Riders deliver consecutive energy attacks to the enemy (In Brave's case, he creates energy slashes with the Dragon Blade which fly towards the enemy), effectively destroying the said enemy. |
| 132 | *** Full Dragon: Brave combines three energy attacks into one. A variation of this attack involves Brave sending the enemy into the sky before flying after it. He'll then shoot it with the Dragon Gun before delivering a kick to it. |
| 133 | *** '''Famista Critical Strike:''' Brave jumps to the sky and throws a flaming baseball at the enemy, which then explodes. |
| 134 | *** '''Night Of Critical Strike:''' Brave focuses power into his right leg, making it glow yellow as he slams into the enemy with a claw energy-based flying kick. |
| 135 | ** Critical Finish: By inserting a Gashat into the Gashacon Sword, Brave can do a multitude of energy slashes. |
| 136 | ** Gashacon Sword: By inserting a Gashat into the Gashacon Sword, Brave can do a number of energy slashed. |
| 137 | ** '''Taddle Critical Finish:''' |
| 138 | *** Taddle Quest: Depending on which sid the blade is on, Brave can do an energy slash. |
| 139 | *** Fire: Brave delivers a powerful fiery slash to the enemy. |
| 140 | *** Ice: Brave freezes the enemy and slides to the enemy to slash them consecutively. |
| 141 | *** Taddle Legacy: The attacks are the same, but are much stronger than Taddle Quest. |
| 142 | *** Fire: Brave delivers a powerful fiery slash to the enemy that turns into a fireball. |
| 143 | *** Ice: Brave shoots ice bullets at the enemy, freezing them on contact. Afterwards, the ice breaks and hurts the enemy. |
| 144 | *** '''[=DoReMiFa=] Critical Finish:''' By inserting the Gashat into the sword, Brave can do energy slashed, deposing on what spent the speed is on. |
| 145 | *** Fire: Brave delivers a fiery musical slash to the enemy. The pattern of the strike's resembling a spinning G Clef note. |
| 146 | ** Gamer Driver |
| 147 | *** '''Taddle Critical Slash:''' By closing and opening the Gamer Driver, Brave can do a multitude of attacks. |
| 148 | *** Rider Kick: Brave surrounds himself with a magical shield to block any incoming attacks, then expands the shield to surround himself and his enemy, and delivers a powerful kick at them. |
| 149 | *** Rider Slash: Has two variations. |
| 150 | *** Brave delivers a purple energy X cross slash with the Gashacon Sword. |
| 151 | *** Brave expands the tornado to surround his enemy and delivers a straight slash with the Gashacon Sword. |
| 152 | * FlechetteStorm: Can be done in Fantasy Gamer with dark constructs of the Gashacon Sword. |
| 153 | * FlunkyBoss: Fantasy Gamer' is capable of creating Bugster {{Mooks}} for the user to control, making this a rare occasion that the ''hero'' gets to be this. |
| 154 | * HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: The premise of the ''Taddle'' RPG series where the adventuring KnightInShiningArmor from ''Taddle Quest'' becomes the VillainProtagonist of ''Taddle Fantasy'' who's trying to kill the new hero out to stop him until reconciling his two aspects in his old age during ''Taddle Legacy'', winding up as an AntiHero of dubious alignment who's out to save his princess no matter the cost. |
| 155 | * HeroesPreferSwords: Wields a blade named the Gashacon Sword. As battling is considered a medical procedure here, he refers to it as his scalpel. |
| 156 | * KnightInSourArmor: Brave fulfills the "Knight" part due to his primary Gashat, Taddle Quest, being based on [[RolePlayingGames RPGs]]. The "Sour" part comes from his CombatPragmatist tendencies [[spoiler:and the death of his girlfriend Saki due to the Bugster virus]]. |
| 157 | * LightningBruiser: Fantasy Gamer is an enormous all-around upgrade, combining both speed and power equal to his Level 50 peers with a vast arsenal of magic. |
| 158 | * LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: Brave has a shield on his left arm. Its shape changes depending on his form: in Level 1 it's a handheld, while in Level 2 it's more buckler-ish in appearance. |
| 159 | * MagicKnight: Fantasy Gamer qualifies once he recovers his Gashacon Sword, retaining all the combat skills he had with Taddle Quest and more along with his new arsenal of sorcery. The Gashacon Sword's own power is even increased by the form. |
| 160 | * MidSeasonUpgrade: Fantasy Gamer Level 50. |
| 161 | * MightyGlacier: Brave has more power and defense than Ex-Aid and Genm, but lacks speed and agility compared to them. [[FridgeBrilliance Makes sense,]] since he's based on the knight, a typical RPG class that protects themselves with heavy armor. |
| 162 | * MiniGame: His Level 3 form basically ''weaponizes this''. The robot assistant it summons can let loose an onslaught of musical notes that must be danced to; failing to do so results in his opponent taking heavy damage when it ends. In terms of Brave's Level 3 form: it revolves around him playing a rhythm game with his fists, attacking in time with the beat until it ends, his power increasing more and more as he keeps the {{Combos}} going. |
| 163 | * PaletteSwap: His Legacy Gamer Level 100 is virtually identical to Kamen Rider True Brave's Legacy Gamer Level 50, just with the base color changed. Similarly, the armor granted to him by ''Night of Safari'' is just his Hunter Gamer mode with a leopard motif and his Famista Quest Gamer form is a scarlet recolor of his Beat Gamer form but with the speakers and turntable replaced with a pitching machine and baseball glove. |
| 164 | * ThePowerOfFriendship: ''Taddle Legacy'' makes Hiiro stronger whenever his allies attack and gives him extra power boosts when they fall in battle in order to avenge them. However, this works so long as he considers them his friends so if he were to attack them while still considering them his comrades, he'd be empowered regardless. |
| 165 | * ReverseGrip: When the Gashacon Sword's edge grows glacier cold, Brave wields it like this. |
| 166 | * RhythmGame: ''[=DoReMiFa=] Beat'', the basis for Brave's Beat Quest Gamer Level 3 form. It allows him to use rhythm to become a BareFistedMonk or produce streams of musical notation with his sword. |
| 167 | * RolePlayingGame: |
| 168 | ** ''Taddle Quest'', the basis for Brave's primary Quest Gamer Level 1 & 2 forms. It gives him the ability to summon the Gashacon Sword, with allows him to attack with fire and ice. His PowerUps come from chests rather than Ex-Aid's blocks. |
| 169 | ** ''Taddle Fantasy'' is also based on this genre, but more specifically on role-reversal games like ''{{VideoGame/Overlord}}'' and ''{{VideoGame/Disgaea}}''. It is, oddly enough, ''not'' based on ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' in anything but name, while ''Taddle Quest'' is a more straightforward homage to ''[[VIdeoGame/DragonQuest Dragon Quest]]''. |
| 170 | ** [[RuleOfThree Then comes]] ''Taddle Legacy'', which will allow Hiiro to access his SuperMode, again based on this genre. |
| 171 | * ShouldersOfDoom: In his Quest Gamer Level 2 form, Brave gets shoulder pads with pretty intimidating spikes protruding to the side. His Fantasy Gamer Level 50 form has even bigger, badder pauldrons. |
| 172 | * StatusBuffDispel: One of his abilities in Level 50 is canceling the effects of Energy Items, making him the perfect match against Para-DX Puzzle Gamer. |
| 173 | * StealthPun: ''Taddle Legacy'' is about a hero who saves the princess using powers of light and the devil. Saki's name has a character that means "princess". The user's name is Hiiro. |
| 174 | * SuperMode: His Legacy Gamer Level 100 form, which resembles his Level 50 form but has a gold and white angelic motif. He uses the Taddle Legacy Gashat to access it, which is the same one Game World's Hiiro uses to transform into True Brave. Unlike True Brave though, Hiiro can access Level 100 using it, while True Brave can only access Level 50 with it. Masamune gave this to him as a mean to defeat the CR. |
| 175 | * SwordBeam: He can do this in his Level 3 form. However, they're not fast enough to keep up with the likes of Snipe's Combat Shooting Gamer Level 3 form. |
| 176 | * ThemeMusicPowerUp: His Level 3 form ''invokes'' this: it begins playing a remix of the shows theme and if he attacks to the beat of the song, his power keeps going up as long as he keeps it up. |
| 177 | * TooAwesomeToUse: ''Taddle Fantasy'' is extraordinarily powerful for its level, but almost never used, both due to Snipe hogging the Gashat for the period where it's a dominant force and due to the issues that keep Hiiro from using it properly. By the time he's ready to use it, the remaining threats have greatly eclipsed it in power, and it's only a few episodes from being replaced with ''Taddle Legacy'' as his primary Gashat. |
| 178 | * VideoGameGenres: Like Ex-Aid, Brave can use his set of Gashats to gain an array of video game abilities for his operations. |
| 179 | * VillainProtagonist: The premise of Taddle Fantasy, Brave's Level 50 game. The player plays as the [[MaouTheDemonKing Demon King]], who must kill the Hero in order to rule the world. |
| 180 | * WeakButSkilled: Forced into this position around the midway point of the show by his inability to wield the power of ''Taddle Fantasy'' without collapsing. Snipe, who can use ''Bang Bang Simulations'' without issue, claims control over the Gashat Gear Dual Beta, leaving Brave stuck with ''Drago Knight Hunter Z'' as his strongest available Gashat. To close the gap he begins making considerably more use of Energy Items than either of the other Riders. |
| 181 | * YinYangBomb: The premise and thus ability set of Taddle Legacy. With the combined powers of the Hero and Demon King, the protagonist now must save the Princess. |
| 182 | [[/folder]] |
| 183 | |
| 184 | [[folder:Kiriya Kujo/Kamen Rider Lazer (Turbo)]] |
| 185 | !!Kiriya Kujo/Kamen Rider Lazer |
| 186 | !!!'''Portrayed by:''' Hayato Onozuka (live), Jiro Uchikawa ([=LV1=] suit), Honda [=CRF250L=] ([=LV2=] "suit"), Satoshi Fujita ([=LV3=] onwards) |
| 187 | [[quoteright:210:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kiriya_kujo.png]] |
| 188 | [[caption-width-right:210:The Coroner]] |
| 189 | -->''"Alright, I'm on board."'' |
| 190 | \ |
| 191 | A medical examiner who's been investigating the Bugster Virus outbreaks on his own. Some time ago, he blackmailed Kuroto Dan about Zero Day to get the Bakusou Bike Gashat, becoming Kamen Rider Lazer. |
| 192 | |
| 193 | [[spoiler:His curiosity got him killed by Kuroto]]. [[spoiler:Later, he is "respawned" to serve as Masamune's lackey, but quickly rejoins the Doctor Riders after revealing himself to be a FakeDefector. Because of his actions in #42, he's officially recruited into CR. He finally became human once again in the ending of ''Kamen Rider Genm vs. Lazer'']]. |
| 194 | !!!Tropes that apply to him in general |
| 195 | * AntiHero: Reveals himself to be one at the end of #4, as he only wanted a Bugster sample for research and his own interest in them. Though he's the least nasty compared to the other doctors (sans Emu) as he has more justified reason in thinking that his ConsummateLiar nature is his misguided attempt to do what he thinks is right, thus he rather quickly grew out of this by #11, as after talking with one of the nurses that was part of Emu's surgery, Kiriya eventually decided to trust Emu and work with him from that point on. |
| 196 | * AlliterativeName: '''K'''iriya '''K'''ujo |
| 197 | * BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:He returns, albeit temporarily, in the ''Kamen Rider × Super Sentai: Chou Super Hero Taisen'' movie, the ''Kamen Sentai Gorider'' miniseries, and the Hyper Battle DVD special]]. [[spoiler:He would come back in the main series but this time for real]]. |
| 198 | * BequeathedPower: [[spoiler:Passes on his Gamer Driver and Bakusou Bike Gashat to Emu during his final moments. It's a bit more macabre than most examples, as the Gashat can be used to summon ''a mindless, blank-eyed version of Kiriya's corpse'' to ride around on. His Girigiri Chambara Gashat and the Gashacon Sparrow weapon it provides, meanwhile, are taken as trophies by his killer.]] |
| 199 | ** [[spoiler:[[ChekhovsGun Eventually his Gamer Driver becomes important as Emu loses his own through Kuroto's Critical Dead]]. His Girigiri Chambara Gashat is recovered by Emu after Kuroto perishes]]. |
| 200 | * BewareTheSillyOnes: The way he acts when in Level 1 form is rather goofy compared to the other Riders. Turns out, he's rather cunning and a really good liar. |
| 201 | * BorrowedCatchphrase: [[spoiler:In his final moments before dying, he tells Emu that "he can change his fate with his own hands"]]. |
| 202 | * CameBackWrong: [[spoiler:By the time he comes back later in the TV series, [[FaceHeelTurn he's in cahoots with Masamune]]]]. [[spoiler:[[SubvertedTrope Or at least that's]] [[FakeDefector what he wants everyone to think]]]]. |
| 203 | * CassandraTruth: After lying to Emu and the others, very few people in the CR were willing to trust him for some time. |
| 204 | * CharacterTics: Has a fair number of them. |
| 205 | ** Wearing his jacket on his shoulders: While he does properly put his jacket on when fighting, he makes it a point to wear it like this, quickly adjusting it should his jacket fall off on one side. |
| 206 | ** Kicking: As noted under ExtremityExtremist, he prefers to fight almost exlusively with kicks when unarmed. But it's first highlighted in his proper introductory by his kicking his portrait during the character selection phase of his henshin, which is later upgraded to spinning roundhouses during select scenes. |
| 207 | ** Spinning: To evoke a spinning wheel, he punctuates a lot of his actions with this. Before inserting his gashat, he spins, as mentioned before, he can sometimes use a spinning roundhouse kick during character selection, when leveling up from Level 1, he spins as he pulls the lever on his Gamer Driver, and much more mundanely--he frequently spins around using the office chairs in CR. |
| 208 | * ConsummateLiar: He regularly lies due to feeling guilt about his friend's death when he actually gave a BrutalHonesty, thinking that it's more benefical to do so rather than causing another event like his friend's. [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed]], as this actually causes him to be viewed as untrustworthy by other cast [[CassandraTruth even when he does tell the truth]]. [[spoiler:This pays off more since his return that his lying nature can be used to play a FakeDefector to swipe the Proto-Gashats from Masamune.]] |
| 209 | * CoolShades: Often shown wearing them. He take it off when getting serious. |
| 210 | * TheCoroner: He's a medical examiner. |
| 211 | * CryingWolf: His lying to Emu leaves the rest of the Cyber Rescue team ''very'' distrustful of him to the point where even Emu struggles to trust him when he's actually being ''honest''. It works quite well at playing into the hands of the villains, who don't have to do much to discredit him when he finds out information that they don't want him to spread around. |
| 212 | * DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: He's a motorcyle-themed Kamen Rider that gains a bike-themed form, and can summon his level 2 form (which is a motorcycle) for his finishing attack. |
| 213 | * DoNotGoGentle: He could've run away, but Kiriya fought to the end, even attempting to kick away Genm's FinishingMove. Even after taking its full brunt, [[spoiler:which eventually proved fatal]], a demorphed Kiriya kept trying to hold onto Genm's leg and climb to his feet to continue. |
| 214 | * EvilCostumeSwitch: [[spoiler:When he's brought back from his Proto-Gashat, he's working for Cronus and his jacket and Hawaiian shirt have [[PaintItBlack changed to mostly black]]. Subverted, as he was only pretending to be evil and he switches back to his normal clothes when he comes back to the CR.]] |
| 215 | * ExtremityExtremist: As shown in both Heisei Generations & [[spoiler:once he is brought back to "serve" Cronus as Lazer Turbo]]. Kiriya tends to almost exclusively favor his legs in unarmed combat preferring use his arms for blocking. |
| 216 | * FakeDefector: [[spoiler:Pretends to be a willing minion of Masamune... just long enough to gain his trust and swipe the Proto-Gashats out from under his nose, stabbing him in the back to help Emu.]] |
| 217 | * FalseFriend: In his first appearance he pretends to be Emu's friend, even going as far as getting his Gashat back for him, only to betray him to get a Bugster sample. [[LaserGuidedKarma However, Genm immediately shows up and attacks them to prevent that]]. |
| 218 | ** By the time [[spoiler:he dies]], the friendship becomes a real one. |
| 219 | * {{Foreshadowing}}: ''Kamen Rider Chronicle'' has a silhouette that has of features Lazer's Level 1 helmet design (particularly the mohawk) but is on a tall body of a Level 2. Kiriya returns as Kamen Rider Lazer Turbo Level 0, which pretty much has features of his Level 1 form (barring the handle bars) on a Level 2 body. |
| 220 | * ForgottenFallenFriend: Averted. [[spoiler:He dies at the end of the first cour, but his death has an outlying effect on Emu and the other Riders, not to mention that the information he gained upon his death becomes important around the end of the second cour.]] |
| 221 | * FourIsDeath: Is the fourth Rider to be introduced officially. [[spoiler:He is the first one to die]]. |
| 222 | * FunnyBackgroundEvent: |
| 223 | ** When the camera pulls back, Kiriya having to throw away the wheels his Level 1 form comes equipped with to free his hands becomes this, such as when he levels up alongisde Hiiro and Taiga in #11. |
| 224 | ** When he witnesses Emu fighting [[spoiler: Cronus with the newly-revealed Hyper Muteki gashat]] he's very excitedly pointing, jumping, and hooting. |
| 225 | ** When essentially babysitting [[spoiler: Kuroto during the creation of a replacement Hyper Muteki gashat]], and Emu flops back onto the stretcher, Kiriya salutes with a bored expression and lowers the height of his chair. |
| 226 | * HeightAngst: The first person narration from Kiriya's point of view in ''Mighty Novel X'' shows that he's well aware of how short he is compared to his other male coworkers and finds it annoying, but mostly keeps it to himself. That being said, he hates it when people make it clear they're looking down at him whether it's physically or figuratively. As [[Emu's father]] does both upon just meeting him, Kiriya instantly dislikes him. |
| 227 | * HeKnowsTooMuch: The reason [[spoiler:Kuroto Dan kills him. It wasn't that he found out about Emu's Bugster infection six years ago, but rather that he knows about Kuroto's father and the incident ''sixteen'' years ago]]. |
| 228 | * HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:In the ''Gorider'' miniseries, he gives up any chance of resurrecting to make sure Genm stays dead and Emu and Kenzaki can escape the collapsing game world. He's last seen holding onto Genm with the other dead Riders to force him into his own TakingYouWithMe attack to destroy him for good. He comes back later, though.]] |
| 229 | * HeroicSelfDeprecation: Implied in #7, when he plays into Parado's hands and makes it look like he was lying about Genm's identity just to get the Giri Giri Chambara Gashat. He lies to Emu that it ''is'' what he really wanted because now there's no way to convince him otherwise. |
| 230 | * HiddenHeartOfGold: Part of being a ConsummateLiar seems to come from [[spoiler:[[ItsAllMyFault his guilt over Jungo's death, which involved telling him the truth about being infected by the Bugster virus]]]], and feeling that it's better to lie than delivering disastrous BrutalHonesty, including calling Emu out for being straightforward about informing a patient's condition. #7 strongly implies that when he ''does'' tell the truth, [[CryingWolf only for things to look like he was lying again]], [[SureLetsGoWithThat he pretends that's the case]] [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption knowing he can't get anyone to believe him any further]]. [[spoiler:He also makes it look like he CameBackWrong as part of his plan for CR to get all the Proto Gashats, even managing to get Emu's help in keeping up the masquerade]]. |
| 231 | * IconicOutfit: Typically sports a Hawaiian shirt, a red leather jacket, torn up jeans that are rolled up to his calves, and red, white, and blue boat shoes. He also has round shades that he typically enters a scene with before taking them off and tucking them into a chest pocket. |
| 232 | ** SignificantWardrobeShift: See EvilCostumeSwitch/PaintItBlack. But in addition to this, during flashback scenes surrounding Jungo's death, Kiriya's seen wearing a simple striped button-up shirt, black slacks, and red sneakers, heavily implying that his more much more audacious present-day wardrobe is part of his being a StepfordSmiler. |
| 233 | * IdiotBall: |
| 234 | ** Yes Kiriya, tell the evil Rider that you know his secret identity. [[SarcasmMode That's not going to bite you in the ass, no siree]]. |
| 235 | ** A far worse case in #12, when Kiriya opts to use the Dangerous Zombie Gashat on Kuroto Dan ''who just gave it to him'', rather than sticking with his tried-and-tested [=GiriGiri=] Chambara Level 3, especially knowing that Dan now lacks the Shakariki Sports advantage. [[spoiler:It costs him his life.]] |
| 236 | * ILied: His response when Emu confronts him after getting thrown off. He [[HiddenHeartOfGold (seemingly)]] doesn't feel guilty about it either. |
| 237 | --> '''Emu:''' Aren't we friends?! |
| 238 | --> '''Kiriya:''' Oh, yeah! It was all a lie. |
| 239 | ** [[spoiler:Uses this to tip off Emu that [[FakeDefector he's tricking Cronus]].]] |
| 240 | * {{Irony}}: |
| 241 | ** Since he's just a bike in his Level 2 form, he needs a partner to bring out his full power. Now consider the above tropes and think about why that might be a problem. Of course, since he pretty much blackmailed his way into getting a Driver, it's possible that Kuroto [[LaserGuidedKarma gave him the Bakusou Bike Gashat on purpose.]] |
| 242 | ** After lying to the Riders for so long, Kiriya decides in #7 that it's time to tell them the truth about what happened to Jungo and who Genm is. Unfortunately, thanks to Parado swapping out himself for Genm at the last moment, he only ends up making their trust in him even ''[[FromBadToWorse worse.]]'' For extra irony, he lies to Emu about ''lying'' knowing he can't get them to believe him now. |
| 243 | ** He's a medical examiner, the guy responsible for reporting how victims died as well as the fourth Rider to make his transformation debut, [[spoiler:[[FourIsDeath so of course]]...]] |
| 244 | ** The reason [[spoiler:Kuroto killed him]] was so [[spoiler:he couldn't give the Riders the info they needed to stop his plans.]] Turns out [[spoiler:his death let them find what he'd already uncovered anyways.]] Oops. |
| 245 | * KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:He's killed by Genm Zombie Gamer in #12]]. [[spoiler:Eventually subverted, after Masamune brings him back.]] |
| 246 | * LegallyDead: |
| 247 | ** Inverted. [[spoiler:While Cyber Rescue, the Ministry of Health, and the villains know he is dead, the public thinks he's missing as that was reported to the public]]. His poor friend doesn't know where he is. |
| 248 | ** [[spoiler:Played straight in the final episode. He's alive, but as a Bugster, and is still counted among the victims of ''Kamen Rider Chronicle''.]] |
| 249 | * NoBodyLeftBehind: [[spoiler:His final fate. His body disintegrates when he dies, leaving nothing behind but his Gamer Driver.]] |
| 250 | * NotBrainwashed: [[spoiler:After Emu uses Maximum Gamer's reprogramming power on him, he detransforms and proceeds to kick him in the face to show that, yes, he's doing this willingly. Luckily for Emu, he's still the same old heroic liar whose real plan is to help him.]] |
| 251 | * OneSteveLimit: [[Series/KamenRiderHibiki There actually was a Kiriya in the past]] who was TheScrappy whose heart turned out to be in the right place - though his path to Rider-hood was a bit different. |
| 252 | * RedemptionEqualsDeath: While he is far from evil (and in fact the most heroic Rider next to Emu), his constant lying and scheming puts him at odds with Emu and turns him into TheFriendNobodyLikes. However, at #11, his actions get vindicated while learning the value of trusting people, becoming friends with Emu. Come #12, [[spoiler:he gets murdered by a Level 10 Kamen Rider Genm]]. |
| 253 | * SacrificialLion: [[spoiler:The first Kamen Rider to be killed off... at least until #34]]. |
| 254 | * SmallRoleBigImpact: [[spoiler:While his character never lasted for a fourth of the show, his actions have a long-lasting impact in the plot. Even his seemingly small actions have shown to be quite useful, as Emu is now using his Gamer Driver. And then he comes back as Lazer Turbo, mostly to make sure Gamedeus can't stop Cronus just yet. Then he joins CR to stop ''Kamen Rider Chronicle'' once and for all.]] |
| 255 | * SelfProclaimedLiar: Part of his HiddenHeartOfGold-hiding act: Emu seemingly found out that he's a ConsummateLiar in #4 after defeating the Motors Bugster. He was once a believer in BrutalHonesty, but events in his past led him to become afraid of the consequences that telling unpleasant truths can have. |
| 256 | * SmugSnake: An anti-heroic example, best shown in #4. He's a serious smart-ass -- he fakes his backstory to Emu and pretends to be his best friend before showing his true motives. In that same episode, Kiriya learned his place [[LaserGuidedKarma when Genm showed up]]. |
| 257 | * StepfordSmiler: Both before and after his initial deception of Emu in #4, Kiriya consistently presents himself as upbeat and playful, but when no one's around, he shows a much more solemn and frustrated side by dropping his smile and occasionally hitting his surroundings. Best shown at the end #7, as when Parado conceals Kuroto's identity as Genm during Kiriya's attempts to reveal it, therefore making the latter seem like he's lying yet again when he wanted to be trusted, he stares ahead of himself while turned away from Hiiro and Emu for a few moments before turning around to laugh at them with his usual smile. |
| 258 | * SweetTooth: While obviously not approaching Hiiro's level, in ''Kamen Sentai Gorider'', he makes it a point to say that he can't stand taking his coffee black, and it's reinforced in [[spoiler:the final episode]], where he's seen with a small pile of empty, discarded sugar packets and creamer cartons while he's emptying yet another sugar packet into his mug. |
| 259 | * TrademarkClothing: His Hawaiian shirt. [[spoiler:It shows up as a logo in his computer to show his ownership]]. |
| 260 | * TrademarkFavouriteFood: Moco Loco, according to the web series ''Poppy Pipopapo's Room''. |
| 261 | * TurningBackHuman: [[spoiler:Thanks to Saiko Yaotome, he's turned completely back to human by the end of ''Lazer vs Genm''.]] |
| 262 | * VitriolicBestBuds: Given this dynamic with ''Kuroto'' of all people, with many of their scenes late in the show playing off one another and the pair even jointly voicing a Gashat. It's made quite clear, however, that despite hitting all the beats of the trope, they aren't anything remotely resembling friends. |
| 263 | * WhatTheHellHero: Gives this to Emu in #7 when he delivers BrutalHonesty regarding Yoshio's condition, claiming that telling patients the truth about their condition can sometimes be the wrong action, as it was what Kiriya did in the past which caused his friend Jungo to panic and died in an accident. |
| 264 | |
| 265 | !!!Tropes exclusive to him as Kamen Rider Lazer / Lazer Turbo |
| 266 | [[quoteright:210:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/krea_lazerl1.png]] |
| 267 | [[caption-width-right:210:''Gashat! Let's Game! Metcha Game! Mutcha Game! What's your name?! I'm a Kamen Rider!'']] |
| 268 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kr_lazer.png]] |
| 269 | [[caption-width-right:350:''Gachan: Level Up! Bakusou Dokusou Gekisou Bousou[[note]]Blast Dash Crash Burn[[/note]] Bakusou Bike!'']] |
| 270 | [[quoteright:210:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lazerturbolevel0.png]] |
| 271 | [[caption-width-right:210:Lazer Turbo Level 0]] |
| 272 | [[caption-width-right:210:[[labelnote:Click here to see Lazer Level X]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lazer_x.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 273 | [[caption-width-right:210:''Buggle Up! Giri-Giri-Giri-Giri (Wow!) Chambara (Wow!)'']] |
| 274 | |
| 275 | * ActionRPG: ''Drago Knight Hunter Z'', more specifically based on ''[[VideoGame/MonsterHunter Monster Hunter]]'' and similar games. The basis for all four Hunter Gamer Level 5 forms, with each carrying a piece of the full armor, Lazer's piece being the arms and legs-mounted Claw. |
| 276 | * CombiningMecha: His Level 3 form is basically this, being a combination of his level 2 bike form and the little robot ally the Gashat summons. |
| 277 | * CoolBike: With a twist: ''he is the bike.'' He can summon it in his Lazer Turbo form to perform a finisher. |
| 278 | * CripplingOverspecialization: By far the fastest of the Riders, fast enough that he can even fight Genm on even ground, but his vehicle Level 2 form makes him dependent on someone to ride him. [=GiriGiri=] Chambara provides him with the much-needed ability to fight solo, turning him into a LightningBruiser. |
| 279 | * DiscardAndDraw: As Lazer Turbo, he loses the ability to transform into a bike in exchange for [[spoiler:a base Level 2-esque humanoid form that can fight independently and arm itself with Masamune's cache of Proto Gashats.]] |
| 280 | * EverythingsBetterWithSamurai: Lazer's Level 3 form is based on samurai/swordsmanship games. |
| 281 | * EvilKnockOff: Wary of his son's [[spoiler:Bugster abilities]] after they were used against him, [[spoiler:Masamune]] decides to hire a [[spoiler:Level 0]] Kamen Rider of his own to neutralize them by [[spoiler:"respawning" Lazer]]. Although the entity he's meant to act as a knock-off to isn't exactly good. |
| 282 | * FinishingMove: |
| 283 | ** '''Bakusou Critical Strike:''' Charging power from both himself and his rider, Lazer fires out energized exhaust that destroys his foe. |
| 284 | ** '''Bakusou Critical Finish''': Charging energy into both his partner's Gashacon weapon, as well as his back tire, both Lazer and his Rider drift around his target, hitting them multiple times with both charged weapons. |
| 285 | ** '''Giri Giri Critical Finish:''' Charges power into the Gashacon Sparrow and fires a RainOfArrows at the opponent. |
| 286 | *** Lazer can do an alternate version in Dual Scythe mode, where he slashes his foe twice. |
| 287 | ** '''Drago Knight Critical Strike:''' Lazer mimics both Brave and Snipe and launches both of their Strikes at his foe. |
| 288 | ** '''Bakusou Critical Finish''' (Turbo version): Lazer rides Bike Gamer Lv 2 to perform a ramming attack to the enemy. |
| 289 | * FragileSpeedster: In his Level 1 and Level 2 forms, Lazer is the fastest of the Riders, but not the most durable. |
| 290 | * HackAndSlash: ''[=GiriGiri=] Chambara'', the basis for Lazer's Chambara Racing Gamer Level 3 form. It equips him with an enormous amount of armor which trades in some of his speed for immense power, as well as the flexible Gashacon Sparrow weapon. |
| 291 | * ImprobableWeaponUser: At least in comparison to the other Riders. The action-themed Ex-Aid has the Super Mario-esque Gashacon Breaker and the knight style Brave has the Gashacon Sword. So what is Lazer's motorbike racing and samurai game themed Level 3's weapon? The Gashacon Sparrow, a bow that can turn itself into [[BifurcatedWeapon a pair of handheld scythes.]] Later he gains a bike wheel in Lazer Turbo's Proto Shakariki Gamer. |
| 292 | * LightningBruiser: Chambara Racing Gamer is the strongest of the Level 3s statistically, trading a small amount of speed for a great amount of strength and durability. On top of that, unlike the other Riders, who specialize in either melee or ranged combat, Lazer's Gashacon Sparrow is equally proficient at both. |
| 293 | * NonStandardCharacterDesign: Already stands out because of the bike thing, and at Level 3 he has a heaping lot of additional armor compared to the others. |
| 294 | * PaletteSwap: His SuperMode for '''Genm vs. Lazer''' is the recolored version of Chambara Bike Gamer Lv. 3. |
| 295 | * ThePowerOfFriendship: Unfortunately [[FalseFriend for him,]] the Bakusou Bike Gashat is apparently dependent on this. |
| 296 | * RacingGame: ''Bakusou Bike'', the basis for Lazer's primary Racing Gamer Level 1 & 2 forms. It provides him with unmatched speed, at the cost of being a living vehicle who needs another Rider to function properly. His power-ups come from racing trophies. |
| 297 | * RainOfArrows: His Level 3 [[spoiler: and X]] finisher for the Gashacon Sparrow in bow mode is this. Lazer shoots several arrows at enemies, before creating a massive amount of energy arrows that under his command (In this case, a kick), can impale the enemy in high speed. |
| 298 | * ShootEmUp: ''Proto Jet Combat'', the basis for Lazer Turbo's Combat Bike Gamer Level 0 form. It offers all of the same abilities that the finished Gashat does in Snipe's hands, but at an enormously higher level of power. |
| 299 | * SportsGame: ''Proto Shakariki Sports'', the basis for Lazer Turbo's Sports Bike Gamer Level 0 form. It offers all of the same abilities that the finished Gashat does in Genm or Ex-Aid's hands, but at an enormously higher level of power. |
| 300 | * SuperMode: In Genm vs. Lazer Episode, he gains Lazer X utilizing Buggle Driver II. |
| 301 | * SuperPoweredEvilSide: As Lazer Turbo Level 0, he's not only humanoid, but can also use the various weapons of seemingly all the Level 3 Proto-Gashats, which would be awesome for the heroes... [[spoiler:except when he's faking his service to Cronus]]. |
| 302 | * SwissArmyWeapon: The Gashacon Sparrow can switch from bow and arrow to dual scythes by pressing A. B depends on the mode. Dual Scythe mode seems to increase the slashing power, whereas Bow mode seems to increase the impact strength of the arrows. |
| 303 | * TooFastToStop: In his Level 1 form, he's incredibly fast and obliterates the giant Bugster in a few seconds. He just has trouble stopping afterwards. |
| 304 | * VideoGameGenres: Lazer can use his set of Gashats to augment his movements based on their games' genres. |
| 305 | [[/folder]] |
| 306 | |
| 307 | [[folder:Poppy Pipopapo/Asuna Karino/Kamen Rider Poppy]] |
| 308 | !!Poppy Pipopapo/Asuna Karino/Kamen Rider Poppy |
| 309 | !!!'''Portrayed by:''' Ruka Matsuda (live), Jiro Uchikawa ([=LVX=] suit) |
| 310 | [[quoteright:380:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/asuna_karino.jpg]] |
| 311 | [[caption-width-right:380:Asuna Karino/Poppy Pipopapo]] |
| 312 | \ |
| 313 | An official personnel from the Ministry of Health. Her true identity is Poppy Pipopapo, the mascot character of the [=DoReMiFa=] Beat rhythm game and its Bugster. She serves as a navigator for the Riders in their battles against the Bugsters. She was given a Buggle Driver II and the Toki Meki Crisis Gashat by Ren Amagasaki while working with the Bugsters, allowing her to transform into Kamen Rider Poppy. |
| 314 | !!!Tropes that apply to her in general |
| 315 | * ActualPacifist: Even after Amagasaki gave her Rider powers and Emu reprogrammed her in their second fight, she refuses to fight or hurt anyone, [[spoiler:which would've costed her life while fending off the Doctor Riders and Nico if it weren't for Emu calling them out for attempting to kill her]]. Since she's a RhythmGame-based Bugster, this is understandably justified. |
| 316 | ** [[spoiler:Subverted later when she transforms into Poppy Level X again and teams up with Nico to fight Motors Bugster.]] |
| 317 | * AlliterativeName: '''P'''o'''pp'''y '''P'''i'''p'''o'''p'''a'''p'''o. |
| 318 | * AllLovingHero: Poppy, in her normal state, refuses to fight or hurt anyone just because she's a Bugster. |
| 319 | * AndThenWhat: She says this word for word to Parado and Graphite as unlike them, she realizes there is no point to the Bugsters' war against humanity. [[spoiler:Parado woud start to realize this after Emu opened his eyes. Graphite decided it's not his purpose to wonder about this because he is an enemy character and there is no AndThenWhat for him]]. |
| 320 | * AmnesiacHero: Of sorts. While Poppy is a Bugster, she's understandably horrified after finding out that she was ''supposed'' to be the "enemy of humanity". |
| 321 | * ArtificialFamilyMember: Was created and named by [[spoiler:Kuroto]] who Poppy sees as her birth father. The feeling is surprisingly mutual as [[spoiler:Kuroto]] also sees her as family. Might also be because Poppy is the Bugster of [[spoiler:his mother]]. |
| 322 | * BabyTalk: When Gamedeus brainwashes her in Final Stage, she reverts to Bobby Babybabu, who only speaks in this. |
| 323 | * BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:In the final episode, Kuruto's able to resurrect her from the remaining data following her death.]] |
| 324 | * BadassPacifist: She may be an ActualPacifist, but didn't became a Kamen Rider for nothing. |
| 325 | * BenevolentAI: Like all Bugsters, she's [[ArtificialIntelligence video game character data that became self aware.]] Unlike the rest of her kind, however, she's benevolent and helpful. Even being reprogrammed into a malevolent AI by Amagasaki didn't last very long. |
| 326 | * {{Brainwashed}}: Inverted. Kuroto tampers with Poppy's original Bugster programming so he could use her to act as a data collector within CR. Amagasaki [[EasyAmnesia erases her save data]] and reverts Poppy back to her true self. |
| 327 | * BreakTheCutie: She's no better than Emu in this department when she had a huge breakdown upon regaining her "save data" in #28. To elaborate, she finds out that she was born from unknowingly killing a human (who turned out to be [[spoiler:Kuroto's ill mother]]), got strangled by Parado, who tells her to "enjoy the game", called a "monster" by two random Ride Player thugs, [[spoiler:and then targeted by Hiiro, Taiga, and Nico as part of their Doctor Rider business]]. Emu has to snap her out of her HeroicBSOD '''''[[HitMeDammit by demanding her to shoot him!]]''''' |
| 328 | ** At the end of the same episode, [[spoiler:Parado possessing Emu to punch her in the face]] would probably leave her with more emotional injuries. |
| 329 | * ClarkKenting: In public Poppy disguises herself as a regular nurse, or occasionally a businesswoman. It's not a bad disguise, but she breaks character whenever someone calls her Poppy. |
| 330 | * {{Deuteragonist}}: ''Ex-Aid'' may have a rotating EnsembleCast, but overall it's Poppy who proves key to most of the plot developments in the story. |
| 331 | * EvilSoundsDeep: While working under the Bugsters, her voice changes into a deeper one when she is about to transform into Kamen Rider Poppy. Most notably, when she is saying ''Henshin!''. |
| 332 | * FirstNameBasis: She calls all the Riders by their first name. Even Taiga, surprisingly. |
| 333 | * {{Foreshadowing}}: In #12, Poppy tells Emu and Hiiro that she's a Bugster despite the latter two knowing it the whole time. This leads to her becoming a Rider after Amagasaki "seduced" her into joining the Bugsters' side. |
| 334 | * GenkiGirl: As Poppy, in stark contrast to her Asuna persona. |
| 335 | * GirlFriday: Serves this role to the Doctor Riders and used to be one of these for [[spoiler:Kuroto]] during the early days of CR when he was more personally involved with the group. |
| 336 | * HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: She's a [=DoReMiFa=] Beat Bugster who started out as the Doctor Riders' TokenHeroicOrc, and then Amagasaki dragged her back into the Bugsters' ranks until Emu reprogrammed her ''again''. |
| 337 | * HeroicBSOD: Being a Bugster [[spoiler:and a punching bag for anyone, ally or enemy alike]], damages her mental health. Thank god Emu, the Doctor Riders' OnlySaneMan, gives her the needed emotional therapy, but still... |
| 338 | * HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Injects the Gamedeus antibody into herself, dispersing herself to cure all of the infected at once at the cost of her own life.]] |
| 339 | * IOweYouMyLife: While she knows that he only created her to [[spoiler:save his mother]] and his persona of a benevolent genius turned out to be a sham, Poppy still has a degree of fondness (with limits) for [[spoiler:Kuroto]]. |
| 340 | * KidWithTheLeash: Becomes this after [[spoiler:Kuroto's resurrection. Since she's the one holding onto the Bugvisor II, she can just suck him inside whenever he gets too out of line. FridgeBrilliance comes in when you realize Poppy is the bugster of Kuroto's mother...]] |
| 341 | * MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter: Or "Mad Programmer's Beautiful Surrogate Daughter (and also [[TangledFamilyTree surrogate mother]])". |
| 342 | * ManchurianAgent: Twice over. Originally planted in CR by Kuroto Dan as a means of gathering data on the Riders, Parado giving Kuroto misinformation about how perfect Bugsters functioned meant he was also able to keep her there as the Bugster for ''[=DoReMiFa=] Beat'', ensuring Kuroto could never complete ''Kamen Rider Chronicle'' on his own. All Ren had to do was erase her save data and she reverted back to her raw Bugster programming, joining the others to complete the game. |
| 343 | * MeaningfulName: Her civilian name, Asuna Karino, is an anagram of ''kari no naasu'', meaning "provisional nurse". Hiiro finds it suspicious for a human to have such a fitting name. |
| 344 | * MagicalGirl: Certainly has this vibe. Her Bugster form dresses in a cutesy outfit with pink hair, and she's able to transform between that and a civilian guise. |
| 345 | * ModestyShorts: A small white pair can occasionally be seen when she twirls. |
| 346 | * MoralityPet: It eventually turns out she's one for [[spoiler:Kuroto. He even sheds a tear when she sacrifices herself.]] |
| 347 | * OohMeAccentsSlipping: She will revert to talking like Poppy when in "Asuna Mode", if called by her real name. |
| 348 | * ParentalSubstitute: [[spoiler:To Kuroto, whose mother is her host.]] |
| 349 | * PerkyFemaleMinion: Serves as one to the Bugsters while under Amagasaki's control. And honestly, she's not too far off from being a heroic version when she's among the doctors, either. |
| 350 | * PinkMeansFeminine: Besides her Bugster form, her nurse's outfit is also pink. |
| 351 | * RedEyesTakeWarning: When she first transforms into Crisis Gamer Level X, she has red eyes. In the second version of EXCITE, she has blue eyes instead. |
| 352 | * RefugeeFromTVLand: Like all Bugsters, she's a video game mascot come to life. |
| 353 | * ShoutOut: |
| 354 | ** To games like ''VideoGame/HatsuneMikuProjectDiva'' and ''VideoGame/PopnMusic'', and the mascot characters who dance along to the songs. |
| 355 | ** Poppy's TransformationSequence is similar to various MagicalGirl shows produced by Creator/ToeiAnimation, particularly ''Anime/SailorMoon'' and ''Anime/PrettyCure''/''Anime/GlitterForce''. |
| 356 | * SingingVoiceDissonance: It's made rather clear that, due to the forced limitations of Bugsters, Poppy has no idea how to sing without a backing track of some kind. |
| 357 | * SixthRangerTraitor: To the Doctor Riders while working under Amagasaki. To be fair, she was supposed to be this from the start when Kuroto sent her to CR as his spy. As of #28, she's also this to the Bugsters. |
| 358 | * SplitPersonality: She is serious and composed as Asuna, but is perky and preppy as Poppy. |
| 359 | * StrongerThanTheyLook: Given she's a Bugster, Poppy's a lot stronger than her slender frame would suggest, and sometimes Emu takes the brunt of it. In Girls Remix, she even knocks out a security team of several grown men in a single hit each with just some casual shoves and half-hearted punches. |
| 360 | * SuddenlyShouting: In #40. When Emu doesn't provide her with a good answer [[spoiler:to why he finished off Parado]] in the end of #39, she asks again and much louder. |
| 361 | * TeamMom: Thanks to Maximum Gamer's reprogramming, [[spoiler:Poppy has gained access to the memories of Kuroto's mother, which she uses to keep him in check.]] |
| 362 | * TokenGoodTeammate: She's among the least malicious Bugsters, even after Amagasaki reprogrammed her to do Parado's dirty work. |
| 363 | * TokenHeroicOrc: She's a Bugster, yes, but she's also on the side of the Riders. Although she was temporarily turned into a Bugster ManchurianAgent via Amagasaki's reprogramming. |
| 364 | * TookALevelInBadass: From a loud cutesy supporting character to a loud cutesy ''Kamen Rider''. Notably her ''[[DatingSim Toki Meki Crisis]]'' Gashat is Level X, the same as '''''[[SurvivalHorror Dangerous Zombie!]]''''' |
| 365 | * TheUntwist: InUniverse, Poppy's status as a Bugster is fairly obvious, but she doesn't outright state it until #12. Emu and Hiiro both respond by pointing out all of the obvious signs: they already knew that "Poppy Pipopapo" is a game character, and that even her "nurse" name was a bit too on-the-nose.[[note]]Karino Asuna is an anagram of ''kari no naasu'', meaning "provisional nurse"[[/note]] |
| 366 | * VerbalTic: Peppers her speech with a number of "p-" syllables like the ones that make up her name. During #12, she even sings a cover of "Jingle Bells" comprised of nothing but her name's syllables in a string of festive gibberish. |
| 367 | * VideogameGenres: Poppy herself is a mascot from a rhythm game, ''[=DoReMiFa=] Beat''. |
| 368 | * WasOnceAMan: Being a Bugster who can take human form suggests she at one point killed a human and took over their body for herself. [[spoiler:Parado eventually confirms that no, being a TokenHeroicOrc doesn't make you an exception to that particular rule. And then later on revealed that her host was Kuroto's ''mother''.]] |
| 369 | |
| 370 | !!!Tropes exclusive to her as Kamen Rider Poppy |
| 371 | [[quoteright:210:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/krea_poppylxv2.png]] |
| 372 | [[caption-width-right:210:''Buggle Up! Dreaming Girl! (Wow!) Koi no Simulation! Otome wa itsumo Toki Meki Crisis! (Wow!)'']] |
| 373 | * BadassAdorable: She may look incredibly ''cute'', but make no mistake, her stats as Kamen Rider Poppy is enough to rival that of any of the Level 50 forms. |
| 374 | * BreakingOldTrends: The ''first'' time a heroine character in the franchise becomes a Rider. Poppy's popularity would establish a trend going forwards for the franchise. |
| 375 | * CuteBruiser: Kamen Rider Poppy. With the sugariest MagicalGirl like TransformationSequence ''ever'' as she transforms with a DatingSim-based Gashat, her cutesy personality doesn't waver as she hands Emu and Taiga their asses. Her weapon? [[ChainsawGood A freaking chainsaw]]. Her finisher? The cartoon/anime hearts and stars that fly around when she transforms return as she spins... and then fly at you and EXPLODE! Her driver phrases alternate between a deep evil male voice and a perky female one too.) |
| 376 | -->'''Poppy''': Your po-pa-pi-pu-penalty is [[HarbingerOfAsskicking disqualification]]. |
| 377 | * DatingSim: The Toki Meki Crisis Gashat, which allows her to transform into Poppy Level X, is based on a dating game. |
| 378 | * FinishingMove: '''Critical Crews-Aid:''' Poppy presses the B button on the Buggle Driver II and charges herself with rainbow energy, before pressing the B button again, causing her to float or jump in the air and twirl around continuously, sending [[HeartBeatDown pink heart and yellow star shaped energy attacks rapidly at the enemy]]. |
| 379 | * GirlWithPsychoWeapon: Wields the Gashacon Bugvisor II, and seems to really like it in chainsaw mode. |
| 380 | * HeartIsAnAwesomePower: Both as the Bugster for [[RhythmGame DoReMiFa Beat]] and the user of the [[DatingSim Toki Meki Crisis Gashat,]] Poppy proves more than capable of keeping up with the CR Riders in a fight. |
| 381 | ** Also rather literally in that her {{Finishing Move}} involves floating pink hearts '''exploding the crap''' out of anyone unlucky to get in their path. |
| 382 | * InnocentBlueEyes: Without Amagasaki's/Lovelica's influence, her true eye color is blue. |
| 383 | * MagicalGirlWarrior: Has the same MagicalGirl aesthetic Poppy normally does, but now she's a fighter. |
| 384 | * ThePowerOfLove: To repeat: ''{{Dating Sim}} Gashat''. |
| 385 | * TheSmurfettePrinciple: Discounting Nico (who as a Ride-Player may or may not qualify), Poppy is the only female among the Riders. |
| 386 | * VideogameGenres: As with all Gamer Riders, the Gashat she uses is base on a video game, though its genre does not match hers. |
| 387 | |
| 388 | [[/folder]] |
| 389 | |
| 390 | [[folder:Haima Kagami]] |
| 391 | !!Haima Kagami |
| 392 | !!!'''Portrayed by:''' Hanamaru Hakata |
| 393 | [[quoteright:210:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/haima_kagami.png]] |
| 394 | \ |
| 395 | The director of Seito University Hospital and Hiiro's father. [[spoiler:As ''Kamen Rider Chronicle'' started, he fights as a Ride-Player to try and resurrect Hiiro's vanished girlfriend.]] |
| 396 | ---- |
| 397 | * BunnyEarsLawyer: As expected of a mentor in a Kamen Rider show. In #32, Hiiro reminds the others that his father was the inspiration for his own decision to become a doctor. |
| 398 | * ButtMonkey: On top of Hiiro frequently ignoring or dismissing him, he's the target of plenty of physical comedy, such as Asuna closing the door on his face twice in one episode, giving him a bloody nose, and getting splashed by hot coffee alongside Emu. Less humorously, he's also been held by the neck and threatened by Taiga and Parado on two separate occasions. |
| 399 | * TheDitherer: He can be counted on to agree with whoever spoke last. Even if it's in direct opposition to the previous person he agreed with. |
| 400 | * DotingParent: He will always believe his son is in the right... well, unless Poppy points out otherwise. |
| 401 | * GoodParents: Putting aside his status as director, he always believes in Hiiro and supports him in practically everything he does, from always having cake ready for him in CR, to [[spoiler:try and revive Saki on his own as he knows how much she means to Hiiro]]. |
| 402 | * ShooOutTheClowns: It looks like he's disappeared from the plot when the ''Kamen Rider Chronicle'' arc begins... [[spoiler:then he reappears ''as a Ride-Player!'']] |
| 403 | * SoProudOfYou: While he's always quick to show his amazement of his son when he's not ignored or belittled by him, Haima gives a beaming smile as Hiiro rushes out of CR to assist Emu in helping Ride-Players against Kyotaro Hinata's initial orders. |
| 404 | * WackyParentSeriousChild: Contrasting his exaggerated expressions and antics with his generally more serious and reserved son, he easily qualifies. |
| 405 | [[/folder]] |
| 406 | |
| 407 | [[folder:Satsuki Ogimachi and Mizuki Mizoguchi]] |
| 408 | !!Satsuki Ogimachi and Mizuki Mizoguchi |
| 409 | !!!'''Portrayed by:''' Mayuna Saburi (Satsuki), Megumi Mizoguchi (Mizuki) |
| 410 | [[quoteright:450:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/nurses_0.png]] |
| 411 | [[caption-width-right:450:Satsuki (left) and Mizuki (right)]] |
| 412 | The assistant nurses of Hiiro who accompanied him during his first Bugster operation. |
| 413 | ---- |
| 414 | * DamselInDistress: Both end up at Asakura's mercy on separate occasions during the special. Satsuki gets brutally beaten with a pipe during her route from work while Mizuki is kidnapped from her shower and almost gets stabbed with a glass shard. |
| 415 | * HeroWorshipper: They hold Hiiro in high regard. |
| 416 | * OutOfFocus: After their first appearance, they hardly appear much at all. They do have more speaking lines in the ''Kamen Rider Brave'' special though. |
| 417 | * MsFanservice: The camera really likes to pan at their legs. |
| 418 | [[/folder]] |
| 419 | |
| 420 | [[folder:Kyotaro Hinata]] |
| 421 | !!Kyotaro Hinata |
| 422 | !!!'''Portrayed by:''' Hironobu Nomura |
| 423 | [[quoteright:210:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kyotaro_hinata.png]] |
| 424 | The Deputy Director-General of the Ministry of Health. He was the doctor who saved Emu Hojo when he was a child. |
| 425 | ---- |
| 426 | * BigGood: He is the one heading up the effort to deal with the Bugster virus and the main person the the CR Kamen Riders report to, putting him opposite the BigBad. |
| 427 | * TheChainsOfCommanding: He really starts feeling them by the ''Chronicle'' arc. He has to balance keeping the public informed of the very real threat Kamen Rider Chronicle has produced, all the while trying to prevent a mass panic. The Ride-Players continue to disobey him either out of arrogance or the belief that they need to save themselves regardless of the Ministry's input and Hiiro and Emu bounce back and forth between obeying his requests to stay under the radar or disobeying him to save the already infected. |
| 428 | * TheComicallySerious: He remained stoic in front of Asuna and Haima's antics. |
| 429 | * RedHerring: [[spoiler:Was suspected to have something to do with Emu allowing him to become Kamen Rider Ex-Aid when he performed surgery 16 years ago. All he did was giving him a game console; Emu unknowingly had a separate operation that wasn't led by this guy.]] |
| 430 | * TurnInYourBadge: Upon failing to capture Kuroto and [[spoiler:Emu's destroyed Driver]] he presents this as an ultimatum to Hiiro and Emu: stop Kuroto or be discharged from CR and return their Gashats and Drivers. He's not happy with the option, but with the Ministry taking an unfavorable view of the Riders in light of not killing Kuroto he's had to bow to the pressure. |
| 431 | [[/folder]] |
| 432 | |
| 433 | !!Others |
| 434 | |
| 435 | [[folder:Taiga Hanaya/Kamen Rider Snipe]] |
| 436 | !!Taiga Hanaya/Kamen Rider Snipe |
| 437 | !!!'''Portrayed by:''' Ukyo Matsumoto (live), Satoshi Fujita ([=LV1=] suit), Eitoku ([=LV2=] suit) |
| 438 | [[quoteright:210:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/taigahanaya.png]] |
| 439 | [[caption-width-right:210:The Dark Doctor]] |
| 440 | |
| 441 | -->''"I am the only Kamen Rider needed."'' |
| 442 | \ |
| 443 | An unlicensed doctor who also came into the possession of a Gamer Driver, becoming Kamen Rider Snipe. He was previously a member of the radiology department at the Seito University Hospital, and used the Proto Bang Bang Shooting gashat as Kamen Rider Proto Snipe to fight early Bugster attacks. [[spoiler:Five years ago he failed to stop Graphite from manifesting and killing his host (who is Hiiro's girlfriend) which caused his firing from Seito and also cost him his medical license]]. |
| 444 | |
| 445 | He collects the Rider Gashats for becoming the only Kamen Rider in existence. [[spoiler:In #43, he's become the second Kamen Rider Cronus.]] |
| 446 | !!!Tropes that apply to him general |
| 447 | * AbandonedHospital: #3 showed that he uses one for his medical practice, which is unsurprising, considering he's practicing without a license and must do it in secrecy. Though it seems that CR or anyone with knowledge of the Bugsters has an easy time finding the place. |
| 448 | * AcquiredPoisonImmunity: Because he originally fought using the Proto Bang Bang Shooting Gashat, he's far better able to withstand the side effects of using the Gashat Gear Dual β and Level 50 than Hiiro is. [[spoiler:Near the end of the series it turns out that he's the perfect candidate to become Kamen Rider Cronus for the same reason.]] |
| 449 | * AirQuotes: One-handed quote mocking someone, that is. He is usually holding something (like gashat) in the other hand. Nico mocked this habit of his once and used both hands. |
| 450 | * AngerBornOfWorry: His first reaction when Nico's actions get her into trouble. #27 sees him getting so mad at her that he has to be dragged out of CR's medical bay by Hiiro. Despite his attitude there, he was reallly just worried sick about her and then torn with conflict over what [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech she told him]]. |
| 451 | * AntiHero: Easily the most anti-heroic of the main Riders. He's selfish, arrogant, downright unpleasant and couldn't care less about any of the patients the Bugsters infected. |
| 452 | * ArchEnemy: Graphite is this for him. He has a longtime grudge against him and wants nothing more than to destroy him. Even the reason he wants to collect all the Gashats is so that he can get revenge on Graphite. |
| 453 | * ArrogantKungFuGuy: More like Arrogant Sharpshooter Guy or Marksman Guy. In his case, his incredible skill is more than enough to back it up. |
| 454 | * BackAlleyDoctor: He's an unlicensed doctor, similar to [[Series/KamenRiderAgito a past Rider]]. As a radiologist known for his incredible skill (capable of spotting an early onset of rare kind of cancer), Taiga seems to be [[TheAce quite successful]] and [[Fiction500 very wealthy]]. |
| 455 | * BadassBookworm: A very skillful fighter and was referred to as the "genius radiologist" when he was still working at Seito and a member of CR. |
| 456 | * BadassLabcoat: While the others wear them too, the lab coat he wears is particularly long, making it more noticeable. |
| 457 | * BadassNormal: Taiga is shown to be skilled in hand to hand combat, in contrast to Emu. |
| 458 | ** In a less combat-wise sense, the reason he was chosen as Kamen Rider Snipe was because he managed to find the Bugster Virus infection in the patient only using standard medical equipment. |
| 459 | * BecameTheirOwnAntithesis: From the gentle doctor to the self-centered JerkAss. CharacterDevelopment starts to turn him back again once [[MoralityPet Nico]] settles down in his office. |
| 460 | * BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: #27 reveals that he tolerated Nico because [[TearJerker he was happy]] that she called him [[IJustWantToBeLoved her doctor]]. |
| 461 | * BloodFromTheMouth: The strain of using proto Bang Bang Shooting Gashat causes this in ''Episode Zero''. |
| 462 | ** [[spoiler:After being badly injured in #37.]] |
| 463 | * BerserkButton: Graphite. Even seeing him causes the usually [[TheStoic disturbingly]] [[DissonantSerenity composed]] Taiga to fly into a rage. Treating the Kamen Rider business as a game is another way to set him off. Threatening Nico is also a thing after he started to care about her. Unfortunately, Nico loves pushing his buttons and endangers herself every so often. |
| 464 | * BrokenAce: He had a reputation of genius radiologist and used to be CR's Rider five years ago, then lost his medical license and position. He must practice illegally now while seeing his old position being filled by other Riders. #8 heavily implies that being thrown out of CR really damaged his pride and sense of self-worth, as he keeps saying how "one of us [Riders] is enough" and that he's "[[ThereCanBeOnlyOne the only Kamen Rider needed]]". |
| 465 | ** #20 reveals the extent of the damage inflicted upon him from being chosen as a Rider pre-series: Taiga sees absolutely no value in his life other than being a Rider, and he posits this makes him better-suited than Emu or Hiiro to shoulder the burden of fighting the Bugsters as he has nothing left to lose. |
| 466 | * CharacterDevelopment: Slower than Hiiro's, but visible nevertheless: over the course of the first twenty episodes he gradually softens from JerkWithAHeartOfJerk to JerkWithAHeartOfGold, [[HeroWithAnFInGood or maybe bronze]]. Still an improvement. |
| 467 | * CombatPragmatist: Taiga is not afraid to use any dirty tactics in order to defeat his opponent. |
| 468 | * CruelToBeKind: His reasons for fighting Ex-Aid some more during the second ten episodes: he reasons that telling Emu about [[spoiler:his Bugster infection]] would be dangerous, while ''attacking'' Emu under pretense of trying to take his Gashats won't stress him out at all because he ''expects'' Taiga to act like a jerk who wants to take his stuff. [[DullSurprise He's right.]] |
| 469 | * DarkAndTroubledPast: Five years before the story began, he was both a doctor for the Seito University Hospital and a Rider for the CR. After failing to [[spoiler:defeat Graphite, which resulted in the death of a patient named Saki Momose, who also turned out to be Hiiro's girlfriend]], he had his medical license revoked and was forbidden from fighting as a Rider. |
| 470 | * DeclarationOfProtection: Towards Nico in #27 and #43. He failed to save a patient once and he is not going to do so again no matter what happens. |
| 471 | * {{Determinator}}: Taiga has considerably more willpower than either Emu or Hiiro. The former is demonstrated in his ability to wield Drago Knight Hunter Z alone with much greater power and proficiency than Emu displayed, while the latter is demonstrated by his ability to use Bang Bang Simulations, a Level 50 Gashat when Taiga's highest-level Gashat before then was a mere 5, without the crippling backlash that Hiiro suffered from using Taddle Fantasy. Taiga notes that his experience with the side effects of Proto Bang Bang Shooting acted as TrainingFromHell that prepared him for more strenuous Gashats than the other Riders were ready for. [[spoiler:It nearly kills him in ''#37,'' where his desire to keep fighting until Graphite is finally dead results in him getting stripped down to his human form, and then cut up by Graphite, leaving him bleeding out.]] |
| 472 | * DiseaseBleach: When he is rendered an EmptyShell after the Zero Day robbed him of his career, friends, sense of self-worth and nearly sanity, several white streaks appear in his hair. |
| 473 | * DrJerk: He's even more unpleasant than Hiiro, not even pretending to care about the patient's condition. |
| 474 | * DullEyesOfUnhappiness: His usual expression are [[TheStoic stoic]], [[PerpetualFrowner annoyed]] and [[DeathGlare angry]], but also has an apathetic one that involves this. As it's caused by him losing everything in past, it reduces in frenquency once he gets stuck with [[GenkiGirl Nico]] and CR crew acknowledges him as an ally. |
| 475 | * EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler:After the hell he had to go through as the first Gashat-based Kamen Rider, losing his friends, respect, and license, the Ministry of Health gives him a chance to start over, turning his abandoned hospital into a game disease clinic so he can practice as a doctor within the law and with a strengthened resolve by the end.]] |
| 476 | * EverybodyCallsHimBarkeep: Inverted: Taiga calls everyone else by their Rider names rather than their real names, even after he has gone through CharacterDevelopment. |
| 477 | * EveryoneCanSeeIt: Taiga insists that Nico is his "patient". But, everyone apart from them have different ideas: |
| 478 | ** The first one poking fun at them is Ren Amagasaki who said that they're a couple. Then, Ren also threatens Taiga about Nico. |
| 479 | ** Kiriya, when came back from Masamune's side, also teases them about their relationship. |
| 480 | ** In #40, Hiiro stops an injured Taiga that wants to fight Masamune to save Nico. |
| 481 | ** Finally, Poppy's last words to Taiga is that he must act more gently to her. |
| 482 | * FallenHero: Back when he was chosen as Kamen Rider Snipe five years ago during Zero Day, he was a nice guy who prioritized the patients first before the Bugsters. While he gets better, by the time the series starts, he's a lot less willing to do it for the people and is a lot more selfish in his actions as he fights. |
| 483 | ** [[spoiler:Hiiro asks him if he really wants things to stay like this in #42, but is brushed off.]] |
| 484 | * Fiction500: Not to the point of [[Series/KamenRiderGaim Takatora]] or [[Series/KamenRiderRyuki Itsuro Takamizawa]], but Taiga's still pretty loaded. He's capable of throwing lots of money at Kuroto in exchange for a Gamer Driver and the Bang Bang Shooting gashat. Later on, he has no problem forking up more so Tsukuru can develop a new game to defeat Genm and according to Taiga, he still has more if Tsukuru needed it. In ''Mighty Novel X'' it's explained thatt while he does help yakuza members due to being unable to practice legitimately and is compensated by them, his vast amounts of money comes from investing that money into stocks and making sure he always has enough to maintain his clinic. |
| 485 | * FingerGun: As befitting of his Rider motif, he does this to Emu from afar after watching his first fight as Ex-Aid. |
| 486 | ** Also does this during the "Select!" stage of his transformation. |
| 487 | ** He is also aiming for Emu on the cover of the [[https://68.media.tumblr.com/d9e3fe25bc1e02eeacb1453d49971db9/tumblr_ogs8meA1BX1ti6qpho1_1280.jpg 62nd]] volume of Hero Vision magazine. |
| 488 | * {{Foil}}: |
| 489 | ** To Emu. Both Emu and Taiga enjoy games, but while Emu truly enjoys playing them, Taiga is obsessed with them and doesn't care about anything else other than winning. ''Episode Zero'' takes this further, as before the events of the miniseries, he was also primarily driven by seeing his patients smile after their treatment, but while the trauma and stress of his past has led to Taiga becoming much more rough around the edges to say the least, Emu makes an effort to remain kind and idealistic when he can. |
| 490 | ** He's also this to Hiiro. Both of them are [[DrJerk unpleasant]] but incredibly [[SmugSuper skillful]] at what they do. While Hiiro is a strict perfectionist, Taiga is [[TheUnfettered relentless]] and will do whatever he wants without caring about what anyone else thinks or who gets hurt. It's likely not a coincidence that their specializations mirror one another. Hiiro, the close-quarters fighter, against Taiga, the long-range one. The same even goes for their normal work life--while Hiiro's job as a surgeon requires him to be hands-on and up close with his patients, Taiga (as a radiologist) treats his patients through the use of medical imaging techniques. |
| 491 | * GunTwirling: Fittingly, his henshin pose includes him twirling his Gashat before entering it into the driver, just like how someone would twirl a gun before putting it into their holster. |
| 492 | ** It also invokes [[Series/KamenRiderGaim another anti-heroic Rider who did the same in his henshin pose.]] Only Taiga twirls it repeatedly and in a more aggressive manner, compared to Kaito who only twirled it once. |
| 493 | * HeKnowsTooMuch: Fearful of how he was able to spot an early onset of Game Disease with just his normal radiologist equipment and keen experienced eye, [[spoiler:Kuroto]] arranged for Taiga to become a Kamen Rider so that the young doctor would be too busy fighting Bugsters to have any time or inclination to study them further. |
| 494 | * HiddenDepths: Surprisingly has an eye for investing in stocks, and has accumulated a comfortable amount of money that way. |
| 495 | * HiddenHeartOfGold: It's hidden far beneath his ego, selfishness and resentment, but it's definitely still there. It's shown quite well in #20, when a passed out Hiiro finds himself in Taiga's abandoned hospital after his body gave out due to Level 50 being too much to handle. Taiga could've just stolen the Gashat Gear Dual Beta and walked off, but he didn't. |
| 496 | ** Unfortunately, this hidden heart very much contributes to his suffering as it torments him with [[IShouldHaveBeenBetter regrets]] over people he couldn't save. |
| 497 | ** He gets ''pissed off'' when Nico asks him how to become a rider so she can satisfy her childish grudge against Emu, telling her that being a Rider [[NotAGame isn't a game]] despite the fact that he himself said earlier in the series that it was. Not to mention that earlier on when he discovers that Emu has the Game Disease he decides to take it upon himself to operate on him before the virus gets critical, even going as far as to inform Hiiro about what he learned when he had no reason to. |
| 498 | * HugeGuyTinyGirl: With Nico, who reaches up to his chin only because she is wearing platform shoes with high heels most of the time. |
| 499 | * ItsAllAboutMe: Taiga doesn't want anyone else to be burdened by the dangers of being a Rider after experiencing the tragedy it brought him, but that same tragedy left him damaged enough that he ends up making it sound much more selfish than it is. |
| 500 | ** Maki tells him in ''Episode Zero'' to stop acting like he is the 'chosen one' who has to stop Bugster Virus all on his own. It was in response to Taiga ruinning himself by working tirelessly on curing a patient after patient. |
| 501 | * IShouldHaveBeenBetter: This continues to haunt him as [[ItsAllMyFault his perceived failures]]. [[spoiler:His last words after being gravely injured fighting Graphite in #37 certainly implies this.]] |
| 502 | --> '''Taiga''': ''(to Nico)'' [[spoiler:[[SorryThatImDying ... sorry, I can't take care of you anymore...]] ]] |
| 503 | * ItsPersonal: Graphite and his animosity to one another. It's strong enough to get him to stop playing around and fight at max strength. |
| 504 | * JacobMarleyWarning: He has a hard time spitting it out, but this is the main reason he wants to be the only Rider, to save others from having their lives ruined by the job the way his was. He delivers a much more personalized one to Hiiro, who's a genius surgeon the way Taiga was once a genius radiologist and who Taiga sees has the same potential to break. |
| 505 | ** So it naturally hurts him [[spoiler:when his warning goes unheard and Hiiro starts working for Masamune]]. |
| 506 | * LackOfEmpathy: In the beginning of the series, he shows no sign of caring about anything other than achieving his goals. He's not afraid to even endanger the life of a patient just so he can get what he wants. He gets better over the course of the series, especially thanks to Nico as his MoralityPet. [[spoiler:#42 finally averts this as he is shown caring about patients suffering from Gamedeus Game Disease]]. |
| 507 | * LockedIntoStrangeness: The combined physical and emotional stress and trauma of everything that happened in ''Episode Zero'' ends up permanently giving him his streaks of white hair. |
| 508 | * MajorInjuryUnderreaction: The delivery is far from deadpan, but also far from appropiate reaction. [[spoiler:The aftermath of him losing a fight against [[ArchEnemy Graphite]] is one of the [[MoodWhiplash most]] [[DarkerAndEdgier gory]] scenes that had transpired in the main continuity tv-series (not counting V-cinema, spin-off and so on) in quit a few years. He is bleeding all over, in great pain and [[BloodFromTheMouth coughing up blood]]. He is aware of his state enough to try and deter other Doctor riders from providing him with first aid, knowing he doesn't have very long to live. Yet, this doesn't seem to bother him as much as that he lost the aformentioned fight and is going to leave [[MoralityPet Nico]] on her own. Whether shock has been at play depends on the interpretations as this fits him perfectly.]] |
| 509 | * MeaningfulName: His first name consist of 大(big) and 我 (ego/I/selfishness), lampshading his jerkish tendencies. |
| 510 | * MirrorCharacter: With Hiiro; they're both SmugSuper {{Jerkass}}es who don't care for the feelings of their patients -- Hiiro is mostly focused on getting his job done, while Taiga only cares about collecting Gashats. And then, there's the personal vendetta against Graphite which they both share, but for different reasons. Taiga eventually brings it up, [[JacobMarleyWarning and warns Hiiro that if he's not careful he could go down the same road that led Taiga to become the broken man he is today]]. |
| 511 | * NominalHero -> HeroWithAnFInGood: Yes, he fights against the Bugsters, but it's not because he cares about the patients or their lives. He just wants to collect all the Gashats so can he destroy all the Bugsters and get his revenge on Graphite. He also doesn't care about who gets hurt because of his actions. He gets better. |
| 512 | * NotSoStoic: [[GenkiGirl Nico]] proves exceptionally skillful at pressing Taiga's buttons, such as taking him to a haunted house where it's revealed he's scared of ghosts and jumpscares. |
| 513 | ** Nico pushes all of his buttons at once in #27 causing him to get so mad at her that Hiiro has to drag him out of the room. |
| 514 | * NotSoAboveItAll: He is seen in Nico's ''very'' girly room toying with a puzzle in #28, obviously okay with everything. |
| 515 | * OneSteveLimit: Averted. There is [[Series/KamenRiderKiva another Taiga who is also a Rider]] from eight years before ''Ex-Aid''. |
| 516 | * PetTheDog: He gets his first moment of it in #13. When Nico pretends to be infected with the Game Disease, Taiga actually believes her and is shown panicking a bit, even making sure to check her up (which she points out). The fact that the usually apathetic Taiga would actually do something for someone else shows that the person he was before the Graphite incident is still there, even if buried deep inside. This marks the start of his CharacterDevelopment, as PetTheDog moments from him become steadily more frequent after this point. [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Being Taiga]], of course, he doesn't necessarily pet the dog gently or kindly. |
| 517 | * PlayerKilling: He starts off trying to achieve the goal of being the only rider in existence by stealing Gashats of other riders. |
| 518 | * RedBaron: His nickname is the "Dark Doctor". |
| 519 | * ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: How Taiga managed to get his Driver and Gashat even though he was already forbidden from fighting as a Rider - he just bought them directly from Kuroto Dan. [[spoiler:As it turned out, [[HeadsIwinTailsYouLose Kuroto]] allowed this because he needed someone to clear the games and Taiga was good option with his experiences. Also, the money was good.]] |
| 520 | * ShipTease: He's always together with Nico, to the extent that Ren Amagasaki calls him and Nico "that couple", which they reacted by separating. The joke aside, Taiga is actually softening when he's with Nico, concerned with her well-being and protecting her from shady people (such as Kuroto or Ren). Again in #36, when Kiriya teases them about it. |
| 521 | * ShoutOut: |
| 522 | ** His skunk stripe, getting his way by throwing literal mounds of cash at it and the fact that he's an unlicensed doctor makes him very similar to [[Manga/BlackJack Dr. Kuro'o Hazama/Black Jack]]. |
| 523 | ** His younger self in Kamen Rider Snipe ''Episode Zero'' lacks them. They appear after he casts away his previous good nature and becomes the apathethic, cynical shell of a person he is known as in the story proper. |
| 524 | * SmugSuper: He may be a jerk, but his skill is undeniable. While in term of fighting prowess he's still a little below Emu and [[spoiler:Kuroto]], his experience as a veteran more than makes up for it. [[TheStoic One of the few facial expressions Taiga allows himself early on]] is a smirk. |
| 525 | * StartOfDarkness: The events leading up to Zero Day were one big TraumaCongaLine for him that saw the loss of a close friend, his medical license, and his ability to smile. He came out of the experience completely unrecognizable as who he once was. |
| 526 | * StartXToStopX: [[spoiler:Taiga brought up the idea of becoming the second Cronus as his last resort in response to Masamune's absorption of Gamedeus' data. He puts up a good fight against Gamedeus Cronus but it didn't help him anyway so he went back to being Snipe again instead.]] |
| 527 | * StraightManAndWiseGuy: Ends up the straight man to Nico, to his chagrin. |
| 528 | * TallDarkAndSnarky: The tallest and meanest of the Doctor riders. |
| 529 | * TokenEvilTeammate: Early on, while he's one of the heroic Riders fighting the Bugsters, [[NominalHero that's literally the only thing heroic about him]]. It steadily lessens over the course of the show thanks to his CharacterDevelopment. He's still not the nicest person around, but at least he's not as self-centered as he used to be. |
| 530 | * TookALevelInJerkass: When he was first chosen as a Rider, he actually declined, as he was truly dedicated to his job as a radiologist and viewed it as more important. Fast-forward 5 years later, thanks to his TraumaCongaLine, he's an asshole who doesn't really care about anybody, even the patients of the Bugster's infection and cares more about getting the Gashats. Even while he softens up a bit, he never completely goes back to being as kind as he was before. |
| 531 | * TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Nico calls him out on everything in #27, from his "only Kamen Rider needed" attitude to his supposed obsession with Gashats. [[HeroicBSOD He is not happy]], even more so when Hiiro elaborates. |
| 532 | * TrainingFromHell: His experience with using the Proto Gashats paid off in spades for him later, as Taiga can use other Gashats much more easily than the other Riders can due to being used to the strain. [[spoiler:This gives him best chances at being able to become second Cronus. Still, the strain of doing so is nearly too much even for him.]] |
| 533 | * TraumaCongaLine: Heavily implied in the main story, but fully detailed in ''Episode Zero.'' He starts off practically as optimistic as Emu, but he's driven to the breaking point by his quickly deteriorating health thanks to using the Proto Gashats, losing his best friend to Game Disease--with the stress over worrying about Taiga being what did him in, failing to defeat Graphite which leads to Saki's death, and finally having his medical license revoked. |
| 534 | * UnstoppableRage: Due to Graphite being the one who got him disbarred, Taiga disregards all form of tactics when it comes to him, and decided to just hit him with everything he has on two occasions. [[spoiler:Both fail miserably, but it's the second time he tries this tactic that puts him into critical health. ]] |
| 535 | * UsedToBeMoreSocial: In ''Episode Zero'', he has a close friend and good relationship with his patients, contrasting his (at best) arrogant aloofness in the story proper. |
| 536 | * UsedToBeASweetKid: When Taiga was working at Seito, he used to be a cheerful NiceGuy who had relationship with his patients simliar to Emu. |
| 537 | * VisualPun: The sukejan he occasionally wears has a picture of a tiger and a flower on it, both of which have a connection to his name[[note]]His family name contains the kanji "hana" (flower), while Taiga is the way the Japanese pronounced the word "Tiger" [[/note]]. |
| 538 | * WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer: As shown with Burgermon, he doesn't have much of a game plan for dealing with the Bugster Virus outside of "shoot everything until they stop moving and the patient recovers." Justified, as since destroying Bugsters is his first priority, this really is a viable plan from his point of view as he generally isn't concerned with patient's condition. |
| 539 | * WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: This confident badass is terrified of ghosts, and Nico loves teasing him over it. |
| 540 | |
| 541 | !!!Tropes exclusive to him as Kamen Rider Snipe |
| 542 | [[quoteright:210:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/krea_snipel1_7.png]] |
| 543 | [[caption-width-right:210:''Gashat! Let's Game! Metcha Game! Mutcha Game! What's your name?! I'm a Kamen Rider!'']] |
| 544 | [[quoteright:210:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/krea_snipel2.png]] |
| 545 | [[caption-width-right:210:''Gachan: Level Up! Ba-Ba-Bang! Bang-Ba-Bang! (Yow!) Bang Bang Shooting!'']] |
| 546 | [[quoteright:210:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/krea_snipel50_7.png]] |
| 547 | [[caption-width-right:210:''Gachan: Dual Up! Scramble da! Shutsugeki Hasshin! Bang Bang Simulations! Hasshin!'']] |
| 548 | * ActionRPG: ''Drago Knight Hunter Z'', more specifically based on ''[[VideoGame/MonsterHunter Monster Hunter]]'' and similar games. The basis for all four Hunter Gamer Level 5 forms, with each carrying a piece of the full armor, Snipe's piece being the left arm-mounted Gun. Snipe can also take the full armor for himself as Full Dragon rather than share it, [[OneWingedAngel and unlike Ex-Aid, he can actually use it all at once without issues, becoming nearly as strong as a Level 10 Rider]]. |
| 549 | * AlphaStrike: His Level 3 and Level 50 forms both have 'lock on and fire everything at once' as their FinishingMove. In the former, this is a barrage of gattling gun fire and missiles, in the latter, it's 10 naval ''cannons''. |
| 550 | * AnimeHair: Not as prominent as Ex-Aid and Genm, but that bang looks hardly practical to be anything else. |
| 551 | * AwesomeYetImpractical: [[spoiler:As the second Cronus, he's extremely powerful, and can use any of the Gashacon Weapons of the original 4 Riders, (which are further enhanced in his hands), and due to his training with Proto-Gashats, he's able to endure the strain of Bugster Virus better than the other riders. However, emphasis on ''endure'', not ''negate'', as he still feels plenty of pain while using it, and combined with the lack of Cronus's time control and other abilities due to him using the Gamer Driver instead of the Buggle Driver II like Masamune does, it ends up being less useful than Masamune's version of Cronus.]] |
| 552 | * BadassCape: Sports a yellow one in his Level 2 form, which covers his right side. |
| 553 | * BoringButPractical: Simulation Gamer Level 50 doesn't offer anything like the array of versatile spells and melee abilities that its counterpart Fantasy Gamer does. [[MoreDakka What it does offer are guns]]. [[WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer Lots and lots of guns.]] As a bonus, it doesn't tire Taiga out like ''Taddle Fantasy'' does with Hiiro. |
| 554 | * CoolHelmet: Snipe's helmet design incorporates a plethora of hi-tech visors and whatnot, clearly evoking the image of a SWAT member. |
| 555 | * EleventhHourSuperpower: During #43, he gets [[spoiler:''Kamen Rider Chronicle'', letting him transform into Cronus]]. Unfortunately it proves to be AwesomeYetImpractical, and he switches back to his Level 50 form shortly afterward. |
| 556 | * FinishingMove: |
| 557 | ** '''Bang Bang Critical Strike''' |
| 558 | ** '''Bang Bang Critical Finish:''' In Rifle Mode, the Gashacon Rifle charges energy and fires a concentrated blast of energy. Snipe can augment the shot with his built-in aiming sights. |
| 559 | ** '''Jet Critical Strike:''' Snipe takes aim and proceeds to unload his [[MoreDakka entire arsenal of bullets]] [[MacrossMissileMassacre and missiles]] at whatever happens to be in front of him. |
| 560 | ** '''Drago Knight Critical Strike:''' Charging energy into the Dragon's Gun, Snipe launches electrical blasts at his foe. |
| 561 | ** '''Bang Bang Critical Fire''': Locks on and charges up ''all'' of his cannons on the enemy and [[AlphaStrike fires them all at the same time.]] |
| 562 | * FirstPersonShooter: ''Bang Bang Shooting'', the basis for Snipe's primary Shooting Gamer Level 1 & 2 forms. It equips him with the Gashacon Magnum, a powerful gun that can switch between a handgun and rifle form with the ability to target multiple enemies simultaneously. His power-ups are found in steel drums in contrast to Ex-Aid's blocks and Brave's treasure chests. |
| 563 | * GatlingGood: In Level 3, he's equipped with two large gatling guns called the Gatling Combats. |
| 564 | * GlassCannon: Snipe is almost as strong as Brave and almost as fast as Ex-Aid, but has weaker defense than they do. Even lampshaded by Taiga himself in his debut episode. |
| 565 | * GunFu: Snipe will just ''not'' stand still - he will hop, lunge and roll around during his fights, all the while hitting bulls-eyes. |
| 566 | ** This make sense to those who player shooter games themselves. You're just a sitting duck by staying in place for too long in an FPS, unless you're absolutely certain the area you're in is clear. |
| 567 | * TheGunslinger: By virtue of so far being the only Rider in this series that uses a gun and being based off [[FirstPersonShooter FPS games]]. |
| 568 | * ImprobableAimingSkills: Fitting for the genre he's based on, Snipe's no rook when it comes to marksmanship; he got his Jet Combat Gashat by shooting it out of the Collabos Bugster's head after shooting down its jet pack while he was flying away. |
| 569 | * LightningBruiser: For the time it appears, Jet Combat offers overwhelming advantages compared to the other Level 3 Gashats, due to pairing the only Rider with good projectile attacks with flight making it so Ex-Aid and Brave can't even touch him. The only other Level 3 Rider who might have a chance against Snipe in this form is the bow-wielding Lazer, [[TheUnfought who never fights him]]. [[LensmanArmsRace Like nearly every form in Ex-Aid, though, the advantage is fleeting]]. |
| 570 | ** His Level 50 is statistically the slowest out of all the Level 50 forms, but it's still fast enough to keep up with Para-DX Fighter Gamer. |
| 571 | * MacrossMissileMassacre: His Jet Critical Strike is this combined with MoreDakka. |
| 572 | * MoreDakka: His Level 3 form has some serious firepower that rivals [[Series/KamenRiderRyuki Zolda.]] His Level 50 is even better, being equipped with ''10'' powerful naval ''cannons''. |
| 573 | * PaletteSwap: His Xevious and Combat Shooting Gamer forms are virtually identical in function and appearance save for their color schemes though it's a little less glaring than the other instances of this trope as their Gashats are of the same video game genre. |
| 574 | * RedEyesTakeWarning: Snipe has red eyes, which shows off very well paired with the bright yellow on the suit itself. |
| 575 | * ShootEmUp: ''Jet Combat'', the basis for Snipe's Combat Shooting Gamer Level 3 form. It equips him with flight and a pair of underslung gatling cannons. |
| 576 | * SimulationGame: ''Bang Bang Simulations'', the basis for Snipe's Simulation Gamer Level 50 form. Based on simulation naval warfare games such as ''VideoGame/{{Harpoon}}'' or ''VideoGame/NavalOps'', it equips Snipe with a massive array of cannons all across his body. |
| 577 | * SuperMode: As Brave & Snipe Episode trailer reveals, his ultimate form is indeed [[spoiler:Cronus, but this time he's using the Buggle Driver II, so he can access the dreaded Pause ability. He still can use any of the Gashacon Weapons.]] |
| 578 | * SwissArmyWeapon: Snipe's Gashacon Magnum switches from Handgun to Rifle Mode with a press of the A button. Pressing the B button seems to have different effects based on what Snipe needs at the time and what mode it's in. They're machine-Gun fire rate, multi-targeting, cannon-like fire. |
| 579 | * VideogameGenres: As with all Gamer Riders, Snipe can gain a variety of game related boosts by using different Rider Gashats. |
| 580 | [[/folder]] |
| 581 | |
| 582 | [[folder:Nico Saiba/Ride-Player Nico]] |
| 583 | !!Nico Saiba/Ride-Player Nico |
| 584 | !!!'''Portrayed by:''' Reina Kurosaki (live), Satoshi Fujita (Ride Player-Nico) |
| 585 | [[quoteright:210:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/nico_saiba.png]] |
| 586 | -->''"Transcend! Strongest! Genius! Ride-Player Nico is here!"'' |
| 587 | |
| 588 | A young girl who has it out for Emu and is pushing Taiga to rough him up. She's a fellow pro gamer who fought M in the finals of a video game tournament six years ago resulting in a clean defeat, and she's still salty about it to this day. Until she gets her revenge however, she helps out Taiga with his day-to-day activities as a sort of assistant, much to his chagrin. She later transforms into a customized version of the Ride Player. |
| 589 | !!!Tropes that apply to her in general |
| 590 | * ArchEnemy: Considers "Genius Gamer M" to be hers, and ''really'' wants Taiga to beat him up. Turns out it's the incredibly childish reason that he was the first to beat her in a video game, and [[DisproportionateRetribution she wants payback.]] After knowing that [[spoiler:the one that defeated her is Parado, she shifts the target to him.]] |
| 591 | * AndThenWhat: She asks Taiga what he will do after he takes everyone's Gashats. He answers that he will defeat all Bugsters and she takes it for the moment as she doesn't know he doesn't plan to live after that yet. |
| 592 | * BrokenWinLossStreak: Emu [[spoiler:(or rather, Parado)]] was the only one to ever beat her in a game and she wants to avenge her loss. |
| 593 | * CharacterDevelopment: Like Taiga, it's subtle, but it's there. While before she tried everything she could to get Taiga to beat up Emu, she later shows some genuine concern for Taiga's well-being, taking him to an amusement park to snap him out of his funk and showing happiness when he's reclaimed his Bang Bang Shooting Gashat from Genm. By #22, she's basically become less of an intentional aggravation and more of a surrogate little sister to Taiga. During the beginning of #23 she actually shows a heroic side to herself by helping people get away from Genm and his Dangerous Zombie {{Mooks}}. By #27, she gains enough to actually help the Doctor Riders fight the Bugsters using her custom Ride Player form. In #29, once she found out that M is [[spoiler:Parado]], she joins the Doctor Riders in their fight against Parado. |
| 594 | * DamselInDistress: As she's the ''only'' Ride Player capable of finishing ''Kamen Rider Chronicle'', Masamune always targets her. |
| 595 | * DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu: This girl doesn't come equipped with a fine tuned instinct of self preservation. |
| 596 | ** She attacked Kamen Rider Genm with nothing but a ''mop'' in #16 and got flung for her troubles. |
| 597 | ** #19 has her insulting Kuroto only to get freaked out by his SlasherSmile. |
| 598 | ** She challenges Parado[[spoiler:-posessed Emu]] to a game in #29 after he got access to Perfect Knockout and steamrolled Hiiro and Taiga. Fortunately for everyone, he only brushed her off. |
| 599 | * DefeatingTheUndefeatable: The reason for her animosity for Emu. He was the first to defeat her in a video game competition and is still very sour about it. |
| 600 | * DistaffCounterpart: From her attitude to her nickname of "Genius Gamer N", she's this to "M". |
| 601 | * EveryoneCanSeeIt: Despite Taiga's insistence that Nico is his "patient", everyone apart from them have different ideas: |
| 602 | ** The first one poking fun at them is Ren Amagasaki who said that they're a couple. Then, Ren also threatens him about Nico. |
| 603 | ** Kiriya, when he came back from Masamune's side, also teases them about their relationship. |
| 604 | ** In #40, Hiiro stops an injured Taiga that want to fight Masamune to save Nico. |
| 605 | ** Finally, Poppy's last words to Nico is that she must take care of Taiga. |
| 606 | * Fiction500: Again, not as extreme as other examples from the franchise, but apparently she made ''100 million Yen'' (approximately $920,000 in 2017 conversion of Yen to US Dollars) every year in total winnings from her gaming career. [[spoiler:She's so rich, in fact, that she becomes Genm Corporation's majority shareholder.]] |
| 607 | * GamerChick: She happens to be a talented gamer just like Emu, as such she became a runner up in a gaming tournament at the age of only 12. She's even gone pro and can make a living on her tournament winnings. |
| 608 | * GenkiGirl: A ''very'' negative example. Her overly energetic personality grates heavily on Taiga's nerves, and her enthusiastic and childish grudge on "M" gets her into serious danger. |
| 609 | * KingOfGames: She gets the same "genius gamer" title that Emu does, and has only one loss to her record. |
| 610 | * IrrationalHatred: Her grudge towards "M" is this considering it's based in the fact that he beat her at a game tournament. He wasn't even rude or [[UnsportsmanlikeGloating rub it in her face]]. All he did was pat her on the back and compliment her skills while expressing a desire to play with her again. |
| 611 | ** After knowing that [[spoiler:Emu is infected with Bugster virus, she theorized that the one who defeated her years ago is Emu's Bugster, so she no longer held grudges against him.]] |
| 612 | ** When said theory is proven correct by #29 with the revelation that [[spoiler:Parado is Emu's Bugster and in actuality "M"]], she even says word for word that she owes Emu an apology for all of the unnecessary and unreasonable antagonism on her part. |
| 613 | * HiddenDepths: |
| 614 | ** Despite being childish, selfish, and headstrong, she does seem to have good qualities. When she saw Genm attacking Taiga with intent to kill she flinched with every hit and eventually charged in and ''[[DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu hit him with a mop]]''. She was also visibly horrified at how Genm basically murdered Burgermon. |
| 615 | ** After Kuroto took Taiga's gashat, she went out of her way to take Taiga to an amusement park to cheer him up (too bad Taiga's bad with haunted house). She later looks very dejected after hearing Taiga's views about why he wanted to be the only Kamen Rider in existence, implying that she's worried about him. |
| 616 | * HugeGuyTinyGirl: With Taiga. She reaches up to his chin only because she is wearing platform shoes with high heels for most of the time. |
| 617 | * LaserGuidedKarma: Her childish behavior and selfishness comes back to bite her when fiddling with the Bang Bang Shooting Gashat causes her to be infected with the Bugster Virus. |
| 618 | * LivingEmotionalCrutch: She stuck around long enough to start caring about Taiga and for him to care about her and it made him a better person (again). Severing their relationship, or just threatening to, can't go on without both of them suffering. Nico can live without Taiga. Taiga living without Nico is much more of a question. |
| 619 | * ManChild: She acts really, ''really'' childish and immature (being 12 years old 6 years ago makes her ''18'') and only seems to care about sating her grudge against "M". [[spoiler:Said grudge is that he ''beat her in a video game'' and she's still salty about it.]] |
| 620 | * ManicPixieDreamGirl: Rare negative example - for all her haranguing of Taiga, her real objective is goading him into antagonizing Emu. |
| 621 | ** She eventually [[CharacterDevelopment outgrows this]], starting with tonning down her obnoxious behavior, dropping most of her grudge against Emu and taking nicer approach towards Taiga. Her most important step out of MPDG territory comes in #27, when she becomes Ride-Player Nico so she could complete ''Kamen Rider Chronicle'' and save the players who had Game Over. This is still a negative example, as while her intentions have a good side to them, and are somewhat justified, they cause some grand chaos. [[note]] 1) She further complicates things for CR by getting herself infected with Game Disease. 2) She endangers her life even more by fighting Busters on her own as Ride-Player Nico. 3) This presses all Taiga's [[BerserkButton buttons]] at once, causing him to spend most of the episode behaving as if devoid of all common sense.[[/note]] Things get better after it's sorted out, though. |
| 622 | * ManipulativeBitch: She often relies on manipulation, mostly emotional, to get what she wants. [[DudeNotFunny Even faking having the Bugster Virus]] [[EveryoneHasStandards which even Taiga thought wasn't okay.]] |
| 623 | * MoralityPet: Zigzagged on being one to Taiga. On one hand, she gets him to show his moral side when she fakes having the Bugster virus and he actually seems to care as he tried to diagnose her symptoms. But on the other hand, she is manipulative and tried to get him to defeat M. After some time, seeing how dangerous being a Rider actually is, and a generous helping of CharacterDevelopment, she's starting to become a more proper example of this. |
| 624 | * NeverMyFault: Her reaction to getting herself infected by the Bugster Virus? ''Blame Taiga for not beating Emu up like she wanted him to.'' [[SarcasmMode Yeah, sure Nico. It's all Taiga's fault. Not yours for stealing his property and then not being careful with it]], [[IWarnedYou like he just told you a few seconds ago]]. Even if she meant that Taiga should have beaten Emu up sooner instead of causing her to try doing it herself, it's not like he didn't have anything far more important to do than her petty request. |
| 625 | * OlderThanTheyLook: She's actually 18, but you wouldn't think so with the way she acts and dresses. |
| 626 | * OOCIsSeriousBusiness: |
| 627 | ** She says that she should apologize to Emu for antagonizing him as it was actually Parado's fault in #30. Taiga points out that this is unusual from her. She probably realized it too and didn't tell Emu anything. |
| 628 | ** She usually doesn't seem to have a problem with violating someone's personal space and especially not when it comes to Taiga. Still, she hesitated to touch him in serious comforting manner in #34, unsure what reaction it would provoke. |
| 629 | * PluckyGirl: What else would you call a {{Muggle}} who charged [[TheUndead Kamen Rider Genm]] armed with nothing but a mop? |
| 630 | * PunnyName: Saiba sounds like "cyber". |
| 631 | * RedBaron: Genius Gamer "N". |
| 632 | * RefusedByTheCall: Her attempt at using Taiga's Gamer Driver and Bang Bang Shooting Gashat fail ''miserably'' because she hasn't been immunized like the other riders. |
| 633 | * TheRival: To M. She wants to beat M no matter what the cost is. Originally targeting Emu because he's the person that beats her and he's Genius Gamer M, once she realizes that M is actually [[spoiler:Parado]], she shifts her focus to try and beat [[spoiler:Parado]]. |
| 634 | * SecurityCling: She usually clings to Taiga after encoutering something creepy (like Kuroto proclaiming himself to be god). |
| 635 | * ShipTease: She's always with Taiga, even not concerned with body contacts such as hugging him from behind (to troll him) and cheering him when his gashats are stolen. Ren Amagasaki [[spoiler:(a DatingSim bugster)]] even calls her and Taiga "that couple". |
| 636 | ** In #32, she gives Taiga his doctor robe and pleads him to "finish the job as a doctor". |
| 637 | ** In #36, she hides behind Taiga when Kiriya wants to introduce himself, and he immediately teases them about it. |
| 638 | ** And finally, after the series end, she happily applies to Taiga's clinic as a nurse. |
| 639 | * ShoutOut: Aside from the aforementioned DistaffCounterpart, many have compared her to [[Manga/BlackJack Pinoko Hazama]], due to having become a side kick of Taiga's of sorts. |
| 640 | * SkewedPriorities: The end-result of Nico's IrrationalHatred of Emu. Nico's grudge against Emu stems [[spoiler:not from a wrong done to her, but from her losing to Emu at an old gaming tournament, which prevented her from attatining a record of perfect wins]]. Rather small potatoes compared to the ''sentient gaming virus epidemic that's killing people.'' [[spoiler:Of course, this ends up subverted to hell with the reveal that the one who beat her wasn't Emu, but rather the leader of said sentient gaming virus, meaning that her priorities were ironically spot-on from day one, as Parado's defeat would go a long way toward ending the Bugster threat once and for all. She simply focused her hatred on the wrong 'person.']] |
| 641 | * SmugSnake: Other then the aforementioned little lie about being infected, her attempts at getting Taiga to budge never work and her attempt at beating up Emu by stealing Taiga's Gamer Driver and Gashat fails miserably. Also, while she considers Emu her greatest enemy, it's implied that all he ever remembered was a little glimpse of her as a kid ''at best.'' [[spoiler:Turns out that Emu just beat her in a video game and happened to be the first one to beat her. He didn't even gloat or anything, [[ButForMeItWasTuesday and it clearly wasn't as important to him as it was for her.]] Then it turns out it wasn't even actually Emu who beat her.]] |
| 642 | * SoreLoser: The reason she hates Emu so much is because he beat her at a video game tournament. It's been years since then and she ''still'' isn't over it. |
| 643 | * TakeUpMySword: Parodied. She wants Taiga to defeat Emu in her place, because after he retired from professional gaming, she can't compete with him as a medicinal intern or Kamen Rider. |
| 644 | * TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Pulls out one in #27 to Taiga after hearing too many times that Taiga alone will beat ''Kamen Rider Chronicle''. |
| 645 | * TheThingThatWouldNotLeave: Eventually become this to Taiga, as she starts frequenting his hospital and eventually decides to actually live there, much to his annoyance at first. After a while though, Taiga starts to get used to it. |
| 646 | * TomboyAndGirlyGirl: After she and Taiga start helping out CR more, she forms this sort of duo with Poppy, being the childish tomboy to her cutesy girly girl. |
| 647 | * {{Troll}}: Taiga is her primary target. She also screws with CR crew while having to stay there as they treat her Game Disease. |
| 648 | * UngratefulBitch: Although cured of the Bugster Virus she openly mocks Emu for getting beaten by a clearly stronger enemy, though there it's hinted that [[HiddenDepths she's forcing herself to say the things she did]] after seeing that what he does is dangerous work. |
| 649 | * WorthyOpponent: Emu viewed her as this after the tournament and treated her as such. She didn't return the gesture though. |
| 650 | |
| 651 | !!!Tropes exclusive to her as Ride-Player Nico |
| 652 | [[quoteright:210:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/krea_ride_player_nico.png]] |
| 653 | [[caption-width-right:210:''Enter the Game. (Whoa!) Riding the End!'']] |
| 654 | * AceCustom: Her version of the Ride-Player Gashat. |
| 655 | ** To put this in perspective, the average Ride-Player can't even be considered Level 1. Nico's stats put her at ''Level 10.'' |
| 656 | * BadassAdorable: Her Rider form is on par with Ex-Aid and Genm ''Level 10.'' |
| 657 | * ByThePowerOfGreyskull: Played with. Because the ''Kamen Rider Chronicle'' Gashat doesn't require a Gamer Driver in order to transform, Nico has to announce ''all'' of her attacks. |
| 658 | * CallingYourAttacks: Since Ride-Players don't have announced moves, Nico calls them all herself. |
| 659 | * TheChosenOne: Sort of. Since's she's the only Ride-Player with a realistic chance of winning against the Bugsters (not to mention she has the Doctor Riders as her allies), this makes her this in the context of advancing ''Kamen Rider Chronicle''. |
| 660 | * ConfusionFu: Her first fight has Nico make up for relatively weak stats with the power of slapstick. |
| 661 | * FinishingMove: Notably, she's the only Ride-Player so far to have a finishing move (three in fact). |
| 662 | ** '''Nico Critical Kick:''' Nico jumps up in the air[[note]]presumably with the help of her surroundings, as she used a balloon in the theme park to get the height needed in the kick's debut[[/note]] to did a rainbow-charged Rider Kick to the victim. |
| 663 | ** '''Nico Critical Hit:''' Nico does an rainbow-charged uppercut Rider Punch to the victim. |
| 664 | ** '''Rider Critical Finish:''' Whilst theoretically this can happen when using any Gashacons (Breaker, Sword, etc.), this (so far) is only shown with Taiga's Gashacon Magnum. She inserts her own Kamen Rider Chronicle Gashat inside the Magnum, which lets her shoot a powerful energy blast to the victim with a force so strong, she ended up ''flying'' several meters backwards from the recoil of the shot. |
| 665 | * InTheNameOfTheMoon: Evoked. “Transcendent! Greatest! Genius! Ride-Player Nico… has arrived! [[note]]Chozetsu! Saikyo! Tensai! Ride-Player Nico… Sanjou![[/note]] |
| 666 | * LethalJokeCharacter: She's ''much'' stronger than the average Ride Player, but she's a Ride Player nonetheless. However, she still manages to help the Doctor Riders [[spoiler:gather all the Gashatrophies and clear the game all the way up to Gamedeus.]] |
| 667 | * WeakButSkilled: Similar to Hiiro in Level 5, Nico is able to overcome the level gap between her and the Gashat Bugsters through clever use of Energy Items and the local terrain. Because she's a Ride-Player, she's the only one among the group who can ''actually advance Kamen Rider Chronicle'', as the Gashatrophies needed to advance to the next Bugster are only awarded to Ride Players who land the finishing blow to the Bugster. While a few Gashatrophies are gained by other means, she manages to gain the vast majority of them by legitimately defeating the Bugsters, even if she had much higher-leveled allies helping. |
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