After being traumatized by an attack from an unknown Rider,
Kouta resolves not to transform again, and returns his belt to the team.
Don't tell me you're...
Micchy! That's a...
It's not going to be that easy.
Meanwhile, Mitsuzane Kureshima resolves to protect his team,
and transforms into Armored Rider Ryugen.
Transform!
GRAPE ARMS
DRAGON, FIRE! BANG, BANG, BANG!
Micchy's become an Armored Rider?!
He's all show! Get him!
BATTLE, START!
Get back, guys!
GRAPE SQUASH
Take this!
He's so strong...
Alright.
Micchy, you...
Got it, move... wow...
Don't say no, just live more!
It's survival, you gotta move
When life's in a warring state
Who's got the strength to win
Now that all the locks are open?
Don't say no, just live more!
Where will you find...
Don't say no, just live more!
And how will you use...
The forbidden fruit?
The wind of the moment has its own message to share
It's blowin' stronger and stronger till it reaches you
Your dreams and future may seem so far away...
When you've got all you can out of life, that's when you can stop
But don't let life get you down
Keep your head held high
Wherever you may go
Never compromise yourself
Follow the path you believe in, and just live more!
Don't say no, just live more!
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Mai...
Be warned.
You are grasping for the reins of fate.
Continue down this path...
And there shall be no turning back.
You will have to fight until the bitter end.
Maybe...
But if that'll make Mai notice me...
Then I'll bear that burden! I'll suffer however I must!
A dream?
No...
It wasn't a dream.
Baron's alliance so far includes Raid Wild, Invitto, and Popup.
And yesterday, Souten and Red Hot joined that lineup.
So what, Baron's got most of the city's Beat Riders working for them?
Right.
Having so many factions has always kept things in check, and kept the fighting to a minimum.
But now that the battle lines are drawn, we're gonna have a lot more skirmishes on our hands.
Hey, Micchy. If we joined Baron's alliance, we wouldn't have to fight anyone, right?
So, why don't we just join up too?
Because Baron's just handpicking all the good dancers from the teams that join them,
and having them be Baron's backup dancers.
What?!
No way...
If we want to keep dancing the way we want, we're going to have to fight for it.
Fight to protect our stage.
Wait... Kouta?
Hey.
Long time no see!
Where've you been, man?
We've been worried!
So, hey.
This Armored Rider Ryugen I've been seeing on the net. Is that...
Yeah.
It's me.
What'd you wanna talk about?
Look, Micchy. I know I've got no right to butt in, after turning my back on you...
But those belts are dangerous.
You shouldn't be using them.
Kouta?
They're not for the Inves Game, or our little turf war between teams.
They're a whole dimension apart from that stuff, and you'll get dragged into it too.
I wasn't prepared when I went into this...
But power always has a price to pay.
I know. And I'm willing to pay that price.
Micchy...
Look, Kouta.
I don't expect you to understand me.
You've always been free to live your own life without answering to anyone.
You wouldn't know how lucky that makes you.
What?
I've never had any control over how I live my life. I've lived how other people want me to.
Do you have any idea how trapped I feel?
But with this belt... for the first time, I have the power to fight my own battles.
Your own...
This thing means more to me than you could ever know.
Five, six, seven, eight!
Team Baron
So, I hear you lost your Lock Seed to Gaim's new Armored Rider?
Well, sorry.
I was fighting them on your behalf, you realize.
You're pathetic, Jounouchi.
Team Invitto's Leader Hideyasu Jounouchi
Just gimme another Lock, will you?
You said you had as many as we needed.
Playing the ruler...
has not been nearly as interesting as I had hoped.
Then, why set up this alliance of yours in the first place?!
Because I can't stand situations that look like this.
The weak roamed free, infesting the streets,
while the strong went unrecognized among the rabble.
It's pathetic!
It makes my stomach churn just thinking about it!
Should the weak be banished from the streets?
I'm not so heartless as to suggest that.
But they must know where they belong.
That said...
Those who are ill-content in those confines cannot truly be called weak.
They may only be weak for the moment...
But there's hope for them.
Like Team Gaim...
I think they're worth keeping an eye on.
So I've decided...
To test them in combat personally.
Team Raid Wild's Leader Ryouji Hase
So, you get a new Lock?
I wasn't sure about this alliance thing at first, but it's definitely paying off.
I never thought I'd hear you say that, Hassy.
I'm a little disappointed, myself.
Huh?
I'm pretty sure Kaito looks down on us.
He thinks we'll be his lapdogs if he just throws some Lock Seeds at us.
You really think that's what he's like?
Every single one of us is just one of Kaito Kumon's little pets.
Are we going to take that, Hassy?
Like heck we are!
So if we want a fighting chance, our first step is to get ourselves up to Kaito's level.
Hey. I knew I'd find you here.
Kouta! What's the matter?
Listen, what do you think of what Micchy's doing?
I was surprised at first.
How did he get another Sengoku Driver, anyway?
Why didn't you stop him?
Honestly, I was going to deal with all the fights myself...
But I think Micchy can handle it.
I told you that belt's too dangerous!
If you're not prepared, it could kill you!
Only because you always push yourself too far, Kouta.
Micchy can handle it.
He's not an idiot like some people I know.
That's not going to help!
Look, Kouta.
Micchy and I both want to keep dancing.
So, we're prepared to fight to protect our stage, if that's what it takes.
We're fighting for ourselves, for what we want to do.
That's where we're different from you.
And that's why I'm going to support Micchy with all my heart.
Huh? It's from Chucky.
Hello?
Mai! We're in trouble!
The Baron alliance has come to challenge Micchy!
What? Really?
So you're the new Armored Rider.
What happened to Kouta Kazuraba?
The team doesn't need to hire help anymore, now that I'm here.
So he ran away with his tail between his legs.
Pathetic.
You have no right to judge Kouta!
Transform!
GRAPE
LOCK ON
GRAPE ARMS
DRAGON, FIRE! BANG, BANG, BANG!
Transform!
BANANA
LOCK ON
COME ON!
BANANA ARMS
KNIGHT OF SPEAR
You need a hand?
I have much more reliable minions than you two.
Those are fully materialized Inves!
No way!
Seriously?
You should have studied harder.
BATTLE, START!
This is just another power of the Sengoku Driver!
It's worthless merely to have power...
If you don't wield it to its fullest potential...
Then you stand no chance!
Micchy!
He's fighting in armor while maintaining perfect control of two Inves.
Kaito Kumon's a force to be reckoned with.
Micchy!
Kouta!
Mai!
Are you okay?
Three against one?
So you finally decided to join us, Kouta Kazuraba.
But I have nothing to say to a man who turned his back on power.
Sit down and watch like the spineless maggot you are.
Kouta!
Pull out, Micchy! You can't win alone!
But I can't give up...
Not while Kouta... and Mai... are watching...
Give up!
Why doesn't he give up?
He can't win!
I think it's because you're watching, Kouta.
Me?
Micchy admires you. He looks to you for inspiration.
That's why he's trying to find his own strength.
And that's why he'd never back down while you're watching him!
I...
made him strong?
The belt.
Mai, get me the belt!
But Kouta, you...
It's okay, Mai! It's for me this time.
Kouta...
I'm fighting for myself now. I need the power to fight!
Okay!
Micchy!
Fine!
No! Kouta!
You don't have to fight anymore!
I'm the only one who can use that belt.
Its power came to me so I can do what only I can!
So I accept it!
I think that's what grownups mean by "responsibility"!
Kouta...
Kouta! Help Micchy!
On it!
Transform!
ORANGE
LOCK ON
ORANGE ARMS
THE PATH OF BLOSSOMS! TO THE STAGE!
This is my stage now!
Are you okay, Micchy?
Kouta!
I didn't think you would be content in the confines of weakness for long.
Get them!
But that belt is too much for either of you.
You must brandish your power to subjugate the weak.
You refuse to attain true strength!
You're wrong! Strength isn't just about showing off power!
Even if you think you can't go on, someone strong can inspire you to get back up!
Encouraging people around you, filling them with courage...
That's what real strength is!
Nonsense!
One more time!
Kouta! Use this!
Okay!
STRAWBERRY
What?!
LOCK ON
Alright!
A strawberry?!
STRAWBERRY ARMS
SWOOSHING SPARK
There's more new Riders after the break...!
Throwing knives? Nice, thanks!
Get' em.
Come on, Micchy!
Okay!
And swoosh!
Let's end this, Micchy!
LOCK ON
GRAPE SQUASH
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What?
We did it!
Well, well. So you did have a surprise for me, Gaim.
I don't think going two on one is a good idea, boss.
You two...
We'd prefer you didn't underestimate us.
We're not exactly slouches ourselves.
Wha–
Whoa! They've got belts?!
You may not have noticed, but we've been busy!
Transform!
ACORN
PINECONE
LOCK ON
COME ON!
ACORN ARMS
PINECONE ARMS
NEVER GIVE UP
STRIKE IN THE SHADOWS
That's a fourth... and fifth Armored Rider?!
The data looks quite satisfactory so far.
We had six Sengoku Drivers earmarked for testing.
I've already handed out five of them.
I think we're doing pretty well in this short a time.
And what were you thinking giving mere lab rats the ability to ride across dimensions?
It may place us in a sub-optimal position.
On the other hand, say one of them beat you to solving the mystery of the Forest of Helheim for us?
Don't be ridiculous.
Here's the files on the Belt wearers. You want a read?
I have no reason to.
Keeping tabs on them is your job.
If you say so.
Well, well...
Then I've got my work cut out for me.
Next time on Kamen Rider Gaim:
I wonder how Kouta's job hunt is going...
A patissier...
I'm a pâtissièr, thank you very much.
DURIAN ARMS
Behold, my pageant of death and destruction begins!
A top-tier combatant...!?
MISTER DANGEROUS!
Episode 6: The Durian Rider Enters The Fray!
And an Armored Rider!?