Recap: Kamen Rider Gotchard, Episode 34 – Only One! All Roads Lead to Gorgeousness!

Kaguya delivers a Legendary Legend finisher at Saigetsu and gorgeously takes care of him. Butler thanks Kaguya for the gorgeous battle. Houtarou says he’s a totally strong Gotcha.

Kaguya is happy to see Houtarou again after a long time, but Houtarou still doesn’t remember him.

Meanwhile, Saigetsu reports to Hundred bosses that the Legend Kamen Riser is beyond their control. But the bosses call him pathetic and that he better come back with results or else.

Saigetsu vows revenge on Kaguya.

Meanwhile, the others bring Kaguya to the Academy classroom where he dresses Rinne, Renge and Sabimaru in gorgeousness which is great for the health. He wants to dress Supana next, but he passes. He just wants to know who he is.

Houtarou is filled in on his previous experience in Legend’s world and he finally remembers. Butler reasons that there was an error in the Aurora System which caused Houtarou’s memory loss.

Kaguya explains that after learning the Hundred were targeting the Legend Kamen Riser, he used it as a distraction in order to destroy their forces. Unfortunately, it seems to have brought the threat to this world.

Butler says it will take some time before they can return to their world. So Houtarou excitedly offers to show Kaguya around. In the meantime, Butler asks if he can take a look around the Alchemy Union’s facilities. Minato apologizes because he is supposed to help Kyoka with Lachesis’ treatment today. So he asks Rinne to show him around instead.

Rinne can’t help but confuse Butler with Ryo. But she takes him around the Union.

Houtarou apologizes to Kaguya when he remembers he has catch-up classes today.

That leaves Kaguya with Supana and Sabimaru. “Awkward,” Isaac says.

At school, Houtarou and Ryo are at their make-up English class. Ryo tells Houtarou about the Kamen Rider urban legend and thinks it’s pretty cool.
He wants to be able to see the Kamen Rider in action one day.

Just then, Kaguya appears and gives a quick English lesson on being gorgeous. Houtarou and a just-arrived Sabimaru try to usher Kaguya out of the classroom. But Kaguya is surprised to see “Butler” in class, not knowing it’s just Kajiki Ryo.

Sabimaru apologizes for not being able to stop Kaguya. Kaguya just wanted to see what a school was like with his own eyes.

An out of breath Supana comes running up to them and tells them about cleaning up Kaguya’s mess. He had given a TV interview about to show the world his gorgeous henshin.

Kaguya says it is his duty to gorgeously answer destiny’s call.

Suddenly, Kaguya’s new fan club arrives and he says he will make them all gorgeous.

Later, Houtarou asks Kaguya to remember he is from another world, so he should try not to stand out too much. Kaguya believes gorgeous is next to justice.

Just then, Hundred forces arrive, intent on eliminating Kaguya.

It’s gorgeous time. Houtarou and Kaguya both henshin. Kaguya thinks Houtarou has gotten more gorgeous since they last met. So he locks in Kuuga and Faiz Cards for Houtarou to gorgeously uphenshin.

Kaguya says Houtarou needs to catch up to his gorgeousness to be able to fight alongside him.

Kaguya uphenshins to Build Genius and the battle begins. He then uses a Hopper1-powered Final Chemy Ride finisher to take care of his group of Hundred forces. Houtarou delivers a Burning Fever finisher to take care of the rest of them.

Houtarou says not to take his friends Hopper1 and SteamLiner without asking first.

Houtarou says not to treat Chemies like tools as they are his friends. Kaguya says if Houtarou doesn’t want gorgeous to just say so. Houtarou says that’s not what he meant, but also doesn’t understand why he’s upset.

Kaguya says to forget it. He leaves to look for the rest of Hundred forces lurking about.

Butler pops out of the bushes. He was worried about Kaguya and had been following them. Butler didn’t want to interrupt Kaguya’s time with Houtarou. Houtarou says he can’t really tell what Kaguya thinks most of the time.

Butler says Kaguya is a bit awkward. To Kaguya, being gorgeous means to draw the enemy’s attention to him. That means he is always fighting the enemy by himself. For Kaguya to come to this world, Butler thinks that there must have been a reason beyond just taking care of the enemy. And perhaps, deep in his heart, Kaguya simply wanted to see Houtarou again.

Butler adds that living in different worlds just makes seeing each other that much harder.

Hopper1 comes and tells Houtarou something which makes him realize. Houtarou tells Butler that he will speak with Kaguya again. But he also has a favor to ask.

Elsewhere, Saigetsu finds Kaguya and vows to destroy him. Kaguya henshins after Saigetsu henshins to Ark. They battle.

Kaguya says he is in a bad mood, so he will make this quick. After uphenshining to Decade, he also summons Den-O power. But Saigetsu had an ulterior motive for this battle and that is to learn Kaguya’s abilities.

Saigetsu can now see all of Kaguya’s moves.

Just then, Houtarou as Iron Gotchard arrives and knocks Saigetsu away. Houtarou and Kaguya dehenshin. Houtarou apologizes for not thinking about Kaguya’s feelings.

Houtarou understands that Kaguya must have been hurt when he did not remember him. And he thinks that Kaguya has been acting especially gorgeous so that he will never forget him again.

Kaguya says that’s a reasonable assessment of the situation.

Houtarou holds his hand out, remembering that they were not able to do so last time. But they are interrupted once again when Saigetsu pops back up.

Kaguya and Houtarou gorgeously henshin together to Zero-Two and Platinum, respectively. Together, they are able finish Saigetsu off one more time.

Saigetsu escapes via Curtain, but he refuses to give up. The Hundred bosses say it’s over and they take his life before turning him into a time bomb.

Kaguya senses something is wrong and tells Houtarou that this is farewell.

Episode Thoughts

Another gorgeous episode! Really just so fun. Kaguya is an amazing character. And it’s great how the show is able to use Gotchard‘s existing themes of friendship and bonds with Kaguya as well.

That sad face on Kaguya when Houtarou asked “Do I know you?” He was so happy to see Houtarou, but Houtarou didn’t know him. Tsk tsk. Lol. Whether it’s Kaguya just lonely for a good friend or he has romantic feelings for him, it doesn’t matter. Because Gotchard has done such a great job with exploring many different types of friendships and relationships and how that can be a power as strong as any new Bandai toy.

Perhaps this can also foreshadow future story, especially an endgame.

But for now, this is really shaping up to be a nice mini-arc in Gotchard. It’s hard to resist the gorgeousness of Kaguya. And whether it is the funny moments like him being left with Supana and Sabimaru being awkward or the more sincere moments of making connections and bonds; it’s really all just a wonderful, gorgeous joy to watch.

And again, it all fits in with Gotchard‘s story without feeling forced or shoehorned in.

I assume next week is the last we will see of the gorgeousness this season, but it really has been so fun and exciting to get to experience it! Long live Legend!