Genesis III: The Jet-Black Shogun
- Original Airdate: June 25, 2023
Written by: Yuya Takahashi
Directed by: Koichi Sakamoto
Summary
Tsumuri: Having obtained the Goddess of Creation's powers, Ace Ukiyo now operates his own DGP, in the hopes of creating a happy world for all.
However, Jyamato are now infecting humans in Daichi Isuzu's Parasite game...
...resulting in unexpected casualties.
However, Jyamato are now infecting humans in Daichi Isuzu's Parasite game...
...resulting in unexpected casualties.
Daichi unleashes his new wave of parasite Jyamato upon the populace, with their victims now in Stage 2 of infection — meaning that there is no way for them to return to normal. With Zitt and the DGP still gunning after Tsumuri, Ace and Win have their hands full protecting her.
But that's the least of their problems. After what happened last time, Keiwa now has one goal in mind now: make Michinaga pay, and he has a new form ready to wreak havoc!
Tropes
- Curb-Stomp Battle: Tycoon Bujin Sword makes short of Buffa.
- Cliffhanger: The episode ends as Keiwa lands a powerful blow on Michinaga directly where his belt is. Since Buffa is shown battling Kekera and Beroba in the next preview, it's likely his Driver remains intact.
- Dead Person Conversation: Due to the events of the previous episode, Michinaga hallucinates Sara questioning his reason for fighting every time he kills the infected. While he has no answer the first time around, he tells her to shut up the second time.
- Do Not Adjust Your Set: Daichi broadcasts to the people the facts about the Parasite Jyamato, just when swarms of them arrive and parasitize people.
- Dramatic Irony: After getting Tsumuri away from Zitt, Ace believes that she's in good hands with Keiwa, not knowing that the latter has gone under a Sanity Slippage.
- Five-Second Foreshadowing: After a scuffle with Ace and Win, Zitt warns them to keep an eye on Tsumuri lest someone with a stronger desire than Ace come around and claim her. The very next scene is the one where Keiwa asks Tsumuri to give him the power to save people, albeit warped into the Bujin Sword Buckle.
- Heroic BSoD: For most of the episode Keiwa has locked himself in his apartment, despondent over losing his sister.
- Internal Reveal: Ace tells Neon about Sara's fate.
- Jerk Justifications: Michinaga explains Sara and the other Parasite Jyamato's deaths as something necessary for The Needs of the Many. Keiwa doesn't buy it.
- Laser-Guided Karma:
- Just 10 episodes earlier in Lamentation arc we have Buffa ending Tycoon, now it's his turn to pay, using his own Final Form to boot.
- On the flipside, Keiwa using The Power of Hate to make his wish for the Bujin Sword buckle results in a form that represents everything wrong with him and that decision, rather than anything he actually (thinks he) stands for.
- Lawman Baton: Zitt attacks Ace with one of these, nearly overpowering both him and Win.
- Mark of Shame: Bujin Sword's reversed color scheme from Ninja and the purpose Keiwa uses it for essentially makes it this. The cape is even called the "Delude Mantle".
- Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: Buffa firmly believes there's no going back for those infected with the Jyamato, so he keeps defeating them to keep them from hurting others. This plays into Daichi's plan perfectly, since every infected Jyamato sends its victim to be absorbed into a tree in Daichi's new Jyamar Garden.
- The Reveal: The victims of Daichi's Jyamato are revealed to be absorbed into a tree.
- Roaring Rampage of Revenge: Keiwa is now out for Michinaga's blood for what he did to Sara.
- Sanity Slippage: Keiwa is notably unhinged when facing off against Michinaga. He brushes off the idea that his personality changed when pointed out by the latter.
- Sympathy for the Devil: Neon can't help but pity Kousei over Akari.
- The Worf Effect: Tycoon Bujin Sword Form proves to be more than a match for Michinaga in #41, especially without his Rider invulnerability factoring into things anymore. Michinaga tries to put up a good fight, but the Bujin Sword Buckle is so far beyond the Zombie Buckle that Michinaga gets thrashed and defeated with relatively little effort on Keiwa's part.
Mission 1 — Parasite
Entry Players
Entry Players
Ace Ukiyo/Geats
Keiwa Sakurai/Tycoon
Michinaga Azuma/Buffa
Keiwa Sakurai/Tycoon
Michinaga Azuma/Buffa
DGP Rule #27
Kamen Riders fight to create a world where everyone can be happy.
