Recap: Kamen Rider Gotchard, Episode 33 – Legend Rider? 100 Years Too Early!

Minato says the only one capable of things like this is the Meikoku King, but Supana can’t believe that is possible.

Speaking of, Atropos and Clotho speak with King Gigist and ask for his orders. He tells them to investigate the Hundred.

The Hundred3 are on a rooftop and agree that they must destroy Gotchard.

Houtarou seems to remember seeing the Hundred people. And just then, Butler walks in to Kitchen Ichinose with Houtarou thinking he is Ryo. Houtarou brings Butler to the Academy. And after they are in awe how much Butler and Ryo look alike, Butler tells them about the Hundred threat.

Suddenly, Hopper1 alerts them to a ruckus outside. So they all hurry out and see the strange portal in the sky; the Aurora Curtain. Out of it pops the Hundred3 and they introduce themselves as Saigetsu, Mimei and Tasogare.

The Hundred3 say they have come for the superweapon and will take it by force. They summon Kasshines and the begin terrorizing the civilians. Minato, Sabimaru, Renge and Butler help to usher the people to safety while Houtarou, Rinne and Supana face off against the Hundred3.

Clotho watches as the Hundred3 whip out Drivers and henshin. Houtarou, Rinne and Supana henshin as well and they battle.

Nearby, Lachesis joins Minato-sensei after Kyoka-san sent her to help. She henshins to MadWheel with the replica card Kyoka gave her.

Houtarou takes on both Saigetsu and Tasogare. He goes X-Rex Super, upset at the idea of them just taking powers from other Riders. He unfortunately gets overwhelmed by their power.

Ryo arrives and joins the civilians in watching the Rider battle. But he is soon shocked when he sees Butler looking liks his doppelganger.

Rinne, Supana and Lachesis take on Mimei. But Rinne suddenly begins attacking them after falling under Mimei’s control. Supana does not hesitate to fight her, however.

Clotho, still watching, can’t control herself and she henshins to Meikoku Gear. She wants to get in on the fight.

Minato, Sabimaru and Renge arrive and watch as Clotho jumps in to take all three of them on. She forces Rinne to dehenshin, which also breaks her free of mind control.

Supana and Lachesis end up forcing Mimei to dehenshin with a tag-team attack. Clotho kicks Supana to the ground. But she stops before kicking Lachesis as well.

Everyone watches the scene as Clotho walks away.

Outside, Mimei cannot believe what just happened. Just then, another Kamen Rider appears, introducing himself as Zein who will exterminate all evil. With a Super Rider Moon Surface Kick, Zein forces Mimei to dehenshin. She marvels at his immense power as she fades away.

Back at the main event, Houtarou is forced to dehenshin by Tasogare/Kamen Rider Eternal. Ryo is shocked to see his best friend is a Kamen Rider. Both Tasogare and Saigetsu say it is Houtarou’s fate to fall here today. But Houtarou refuses to give up.

Saigetsu prepares a major attack. But a young girl comes walking, looking for her mother. Houtarou leaps in to protect her and Butler takes her to safety.

The Hundred2 mock Houtarou for saving such a small life in the midst of the world ending. But Houtarou says there is no such thing as a small life. All humans and Chemies matter. And they make his Gotcha matter. That is why he must protect this world.

The little girl cheers him on, as do all the civilians. Houtarou gets a surge of energy from their sentiments and he henshins to Platinum. The crowd continues cheering him on as Houtarou, with the Chemies’ help, is able to counter Tasogare’s finisher.

Tasogare fades away, leaving only Saigetsu who applauds Houtarou. But he says the Aurora Curtain is now fully open and Dai Mazines will arrive to destroy this world.

Actually though, through the Curtain arrives Kaguya. Butler introduces him and Kaguya says he had taken care of Saigetsu’s weak soldiers.

Kaguya uses legendary Rider powers and easily finishes off the Kasshins. Everyone is amazed by his power. Saigetsu prepares to end the world. But Kaguya calls on Legend Kamen Rider to knock Saigetsu out of the sky.

Turns out the superweapon is the Legend Kamen Raiser. And it is now in Kaguya’s possession. Kaguya locks the card in and uphenshins to Legendary Legend.

Kaguya vows to bring about a gorgeous end to the Hundred.

Episode Thoughts

What in the world is going on?!?!?! Lololol

This was definitely a crazy episode. I enjoyed it of course. But boy, so much happened and I had no idea what was going on most of the time.

Again, I’m not sure what the plan is for Legend in-series. Is this just a quick miniseries or will he play into Gotchard‘s actual story. Either way, I’m happy to see Kaguya again. He’s definitely a great character. And wow that final scene was just fanservice extravaganza all the way. Lol

Definitely looking forward to seeing what Kaguya’s role will be in the grander scheme of things. Or to simply just enjoy his gorgeous presence and him meeting Houtarou’s friends.

Meanwhile, the Hundred3 definitely didn’t last long. Lol. They seemed like they could be a cool trio. But they were easily taken care of here. Almost like they were introduced to merely be fodder for some fancy power-ups and special visitors. Lol

Now about Zein. I had to look him up and it made me realize I actually have not watched Kamen Rider Outsiders except for Episode 0 back in 2022. So I have no idea who he is or what his deal may be lol

The episode also seemed to touch on the Gotchard-Geats movie? Another thing that I haven’t watched yet, though it was made available this past week. I definitely get to it in the next few days though.

So this unfamiliarity I had with a lot of these characters and/or stories added to my sight confusion during this episode. But again, it was still very exciting and lots of explosive fun.

I did love the moment the peoples cheered Houtarou on. It was almost a MaGMCM. Lol

And what about Supana and Lachesis? They are now officially destined for each other as Ex-MadWheel and NuMadWheel. I have decided. Lolol Seriously though, I loved seeing them battle alongside each other. And then that moment with Clotho and Lachesis! Very nice.

So much went on this week, Meikoku Oh himself was the least exciting and interesting part! Lol. He’ll take a backseat for now I guess because no one can take the spotlight away from the shining, shimmering gorgeousness of Legend Kaguya. Lol

Overall, a crazy full, but fun episode.