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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    undefined Season 13 Episode 5 - Original
    10.0/10(2 votes)

    S13:E5

    Takumi, Keitaro and Mari go to see her father as he will know about the Orphenochs. Yuji takes Yuka to see someone who can help her.

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  2. undefined Season 13 Episode 6 - Trio × Trio
    10.0/10(2 votes)

    S13:E6

    While working in Keitaro's laundry business, Takumi burns some clothes. Mari believes that he is distracted due to what happened to his friend.

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  3. undefined Season 13 Episode 12 - Ryūsei School
    10.0/10(2 votes)

    S13:E12

    Takumi and the main girl were able to meet with her friends and teacher from Ryusei School. They discussed that whomever uses the Kaixa Gear will die. They were then attack by an Orphenoch known as Jay. One of the students transformed into Kaixa, just to get the stuffing beat out of him and die. Just then, Takumi as Faiz, saves the day. But this is a hollow victory as the group of students lost their teacher before he had a chance to tell them what happened on the day of the reunion.

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  4. undefined Season 13 Episode 13 - Friend of Foe?
    10.0/10(2 votes)

    S13:E13

    Mari, Takumi, and Keitaro begin looking for Mari’s schoolmate Masato Kusaka. Yuji has decided not to attack humans. Naoya is still trying to figure out what he wants. Yuka is trying to figure out Naoya. Naoya decides to be human and date. He drags Yuka out on a practice date. Takumi, Mari, and Keitaro find Masato. As he and Takumi have a fencing battle, Mari’s former schoolmates are attacked by an Orphenoch. They go to rescue them. Masato follows and transforms using the Kaixa belt. He defeats the two Orphnochs .

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  5. undefined Season 13 Episode 20 - The Beautiful Assassin
    10.0/10(2 votes)

    S13:E20

    Two of the members of Smart Brain are ordered to get the Faiz Gear back and kill all traitors. Saeko of Lucky Clover meets another Orphenoch that wants to take Jay's spot. Takumi faces off against one of the members while Yuji Kiba faces the other one. Both fights end up the same: defeat, but Takumi's is much worse because the Orphenoch that he lost to took his Faiz Gear and transformed into Faiz to kill Takumi and finish his job.

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  6. undefined Season 13 Episode 21 - Accelerating Spirits
    10.0/10(2 votes)

    S13:E21

    Takumi and Yuji were blasted away into the river because of the new Faiz. The new Faiz also gloats to the female member of the Lucky Clover that he will take back the Kaixa Gear as well. Kaixa returns to fight the new Faiz and take back the belt. But Takumi gets the belt again with a new gadget that lets him change into Axel Form. Using this form, he defeats the Centipede Orphenoch.

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  7. undefined Season 13 Episode 26 - Enter, Delta
    10.0/10(2 votes)

    S13:E26

    Kyouji was disappointed about the loss of the belts as he looks for another Lucky Clover candidate. Masato reminds Takumi to keep quiet about what they saw at the school as they met the Ryuseiji later. On the other hand, the remaining Ryuseiji fought over who should keep the Delta belt. A girl appeared at Keitaro as she offered to work part-time. Delta appeared.

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  8. undefined Season 13 Episode 27 - Ryūsei School Breaks Up
    10.0/10(2 votes)

    S13:E27

    Members of the Ryusei School are trying to find the Delta belt and are arguing over it at the same time. Itsuro of Lucky Clover continues to try to kill Yuji. As they are fighting, they run into Keitaro and Saya. Keitaro encourages Saya to run and soon Delta appears on the scene. Everyone thinks that Aki has the Delta belt. Kyosuke and Ken kidnap Mari to lure out Aki, who continues his murderous rampage as an Orphenoch. Aki kills Kyosuke and Ken as Takumi and Masato arrive on the scene to save Mari. Delta arrives on the scene.

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  9. undefined Season 13 Episode 28 - Dark Clover
    10.0/10(2 votes)

    S13:E28

    Faiz and Kaixa are fighting Aki with little success. Before Delta can join in, Mari intervenes and Aki escapes. Everyone is still trying to figure out who has the Delta belt. They are beginning to suspect that maybe Saya has it. The belt was originally sent to her. Mari and Masato try to arrange a meeting with Aki. In the meantime, Itsuro meets up with Kitazaki. Anyone who Kitazaki touches dissolves. Three crooks found that out when they tried to steal from Kitazaki. Aki eventually meets Masato and Mari. He tells Mari that he has always liked her. By killing her he can completely throw away his humanity and grow stronger as an Orphenoch. He and Masato transform and fight. Takumi arrives to fight Aki as does Saya. Sawada kills Saya and gets the Delta belt. He is made a part of Lucky Clover.

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  10. undefined Season 13 Episode 36 - Restored Memories
    10.0/10(2 votes)

    S13:E36

    As the story begins, Naoya begins to show an interest in the boy he saved from the fire. Everyone is still in shock about Takumi being an Orphenoch. Mari and Keitaro imagine seeing him in familiar places. Mari is starting to remember the reunion. She remembers that Masato was there even though he insists he wasn't. She and Keitaro get Takumi to come back home. He stays for a little while but leaves again when he realizes that the others are uncomfortable around him. Kyouji tracks him down and shows him a video of him in Orphenoch form at the reunion. As the story concludes, it seems as though Takumi is going to try to defeat Yuji, who transformed into Faiz to protect Mari and Keitaro, to get the Faiz belt back and join Lucky Clover.

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  11. undefined Season 20 Episode 41 - J’s Labyrinth/A Bizarre Villainess
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    S20:E41

    Jinno asks Shotaro to help him find a cold-hearted, diamond-obsessed woman who set him up for arrest.

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  12. undefined Season 1 Episode 1 - AMAZONZ
    10.0/10(2 votes)

    S1:E1

    Everything started with the experimental so-called "Amazon Project" which aimed to grow artificial life forms into humanoids. Two years ago, an accident occurred inside the research facility and four thousand test subjects with a preference for human-derived protein were released into the city.

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  13. undefined Season 2 Episode 1 - NEO
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    S2:E1

    Amazon. A new beginning. It's been five years since that fateful day... It seemed that operation Tlaloc had taken care of a large number of escaped Amazons. However, there appear to be unexpected developments. During an Amazon hunt of his own, Chihiro has a fateful encounter with Iyu, an Amazon-fighting girl.

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  14. undefined Season 13 Episode 35 - The Resurrection Riddle
    9.5/10(2 votes)

    S13:E35

    Since only Lucky Clover members have complete access to Smart Brain, Takumi has decided to defeat Aki and become a member of Lucky Clover. He transforms into the Wolf Orphenoch to fight him.

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  15. undefined Season 13 Episode 43 - Red Balloon
    9.5/10(2 votes)

    S13:E43

    Yuji begins to wonder if humans and Orphenochs can live together. Osada goes to live with Mari and Keitaro. She realizes that Keitaro is her pen pal. She runs away and the others search for her. The police search for her and Yuji. One of the Lucky Clover approaches her after Keitaro finds her. Yuka transforms and defends Keitaro. He sees her true form. Meanwhile, Yuji and Takumi are fighting off Orphenochs and police that are trying to capture them.

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  16. undefined Season 13 Episode 44 - Final Mail
    9.5/10(2 votes)

    S13:E44

    Yuji and Takumi manage to escape. Yuka tells Keitaro she left because she didn't want to be a burden to him and the others. He hugs her and tells her he thinks that humans and Orphenochs should live together and be happy. Takumi and Yuji continue to disagree about humans and Orphenochs being able to live together. During the fight with Bat Orphnoch, Yuka is ultimately wounded by humans and killed by at arms at Saeko.

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  17. undefined Season 10 Episode 48 - Kuuga
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    S10:E48

    Yusuke resolves to become the 'dreadful warrior' in order to defeat #0, and before that final deciding battle, he rides his bike through the unrelenting downpour to give thanks once again to all the people who supported him.

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  18. undefined Season 10 Episode 49 - Yusuke
    8.5/10(1 votes)

    S10:E49

    To defeat the one who brings the ultimate darkness, N-Daguba-Zeba, Yusuke transforms into the Ultimate Form, the dreadful warrior. Staining the brilliant white snow field with crimson blood in this literal fight to the death, at last the conclusion is reached.

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  19. undefined Season 32 Episode 35 - Unknown Threat, The Road One Should Take
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    S32:E35

    The director has scheduled his press conference as the Igarashi siblings try to figure out how to stop him.

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  20. undefined Season 11 Episode 11 - The Past Tied Together
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    S11:E11

    Toru Hojo flees the battle with the octopus Unknown after his attacks fail to work, abandoning the G3 suit and leaving Agito to defeat the Unknown. Shouichi and Mana decide to track down a friend of Tomoko Miura who may or may not know about Shouichi's past. Ryo Ashihara discovers a notebook in his father's belongings full of names and tries to figure out what his father was working on before he passed away.

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  21. undefined Season 11 Episode 12 - The Crash in the Lake!
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    S11:E12

    Due to his excellent deduction work and saving a woman, with some help from Agito, from a pair of Unknowns Makoto Hikawa is once again instated as the operator of the G3 unit. Saeko Shinohara tells Shouichi and Ryo that there are ruins of an ancient civilization in the nearby lake and that the people of the civilization use to revere a warrior whose mark bears a similar resemblance to Agito's mask. Unfortunately, Saeko seems to have closed herself off to other people after the Akatsuki incident.

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  22. undefined Season 11 Episode 18 - The New Boss
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    S11:E18

    Kamen Rider Gills is left for dead after being assaulted by Toru Hojo's firing squad and G3's attack. Shouichi decides to live at Aki Sakaki's house while she's gone. Due to the lack of progress in anti-Unknown defense the police decide to bring in Toru's ex-partner Ryuji Tsukasa to head the G3 team.

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  23. undefined Season 11 Episode 19 - Breakup Decision?
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    S11:E19

    Shouichi decides to take over the bakery he works at when his boss, Sashi Hanamura, is murdered. Ryuji Tsukasa convinces the police department that the current G3 team should be disbanded and a new one should be made with him at the helm. Toru Hojo figures out that Hanamura's death was not caused by an Unknown but by a human making it look like an Unknown.

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  24. undefined Season 11 Episode 26 - Restored Memories
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    S11:E26

    Agito is defeated by Gills, leaving him to drown. Shouichi doesn't die but regains his memory and then proceeds on a trip to find out just who the real Shoichi Tsugami is. Ryo Ashihara continues to work down the list of names in his father's notebook, meeting Aki Sakaki's "friends": Masumi Sekiya and Katsuhiko Sagara.

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  25. undefined Season 11 Episode 27 - Ryo Dies…
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    S11:E27

    After being saved by Ryo Ashihara, Masumi Sekiya and Katsuhiko Sagara decide that Gills possesess too much of a threat to them and must die. Shouichi and the real Shoichi Tsugami meet face-to-face and talk about their one common link: late sister and girlfriend Yukina Sawaki, who was one of the first people with powers and committed suicide.

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Hidenori Ishida Ratings Summary

"Original" is the best rated episode directed by Hidenori Ishida. It scored 10/10 based on 2 votes. It was written by N/A. It aired on 2/23/2003 and is rated 0.0 points higher than their second-best episode, "Trio × Trio".