The WORST episodes of Kamen Rider
Every episode of Kamen Rider ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Kamen Rider!
A motorcycle-riding hero of justice rises up to fight an evil force, stopping their evil deeds while using their own power against them.
#1 - Opposite Goodbyes…
Season 17 - Episode 48 - Aired 1/13/2008
Having left Kintaros behind, the DenLiner travels back to stop Kai, but Urataros turns on the others, stranding them a year in the past. It is here that Ryotaro learns the truth of his missing memory and discovers Sakurai’s full plans…
#2 - 80's: Angry Rising Blue
Season 18 - Episode 27 - Aired 8/3/2008
Nago offers his resignation to Shima, but Shima refuses, granting him access to IXA’s Rising upgrade as he feels Nago has accepted his own weaknesses. However, the celebration is short-lived when Megumi and Shima are arrested. Nago is informed by the senior officer responsible that his former dealings with the Blue Sky Group 22 years prior led him to be injured by IXA, and in order to save his colleagues, Jiro appears and grants Nago access to Castle Doran’s Time Door, sending him back to 1986 and bringing him face-to-face with Otoya!
#3 - Metronome: Miraculous Memory
Season 18 - Episode 26 - Aired 7/27/2008
Continuing to take advantage of Otoya’s memory loss, Maya attempts to learn more about human love as Otoya searches for the lost ring. But when Yuri finds them, she may have to be the one to explain it to the Fangire Queen! In 2008, Wataru worries about Mio’s whereabouts as she hides from her duty as Queen. With Bishop demanding her obedience, she turns to Wataru for help, but gets ambushed by the Spider Fangire, who has stolen the IXA gear!
#4 - Fanfare: The Queen's Awakening
Season 18 - Episode 25 - Aired 7/20/2008
With Jiro’s disappearance, Yuri supports Otoya’s induction into the Wonderful Blue Sky Group as IXA’s official user. But when they plan to seek out her mother’s lost ring, Otoya finds himself suffering memory loss after a battle with Rook, when Maya, the Fangire Queen, arrives and claims to be Yuri! Meanwhile, in 2008, Wataru finds Mio has distanced herself from him after an encounter with Bishop, another member of the Checkmate Four!
#5 - Emperor: Golden Fever
Season 18 - Episode 24 - Aired 7/13/2008
After Jiro’s attack, Otoya is rescued by Ryoko and Shinji, who nurses him back to health, and he inadvertently repays the favor when he interrupts Maya as she’s about to eliminate Shinji. At the same time, Jiro has taken Yuri hostage and loses control, madly declaring that she’ll be his forever, but the admission she makes shocks him. In 2008, as Ryoko’s illness takes a turn for the worse, Shinji takes her to the tree they planted 22 years ago, but when Nago confronts him, he flips into a rage and attacks Mio, upsetting Wataru and unleashing a new power…
#6 - Variation: Fugitives Forever
Season 18 - Episode 23 - Aired 7/6/2008
In 1986, Ramon and Riki’s massage parlor is shut down for operating without a permit, so Jiro arranges for them to work at Mal d’Amour, leading Otoya to give Riki advice on love. Meanwhile, Maya is continuing to eliminate Fangires who have fallen in love with humans, but one Fangire named Shinji manages to escape her as he struggles with his relationship. In 2008, Megumi convinces Mio to model with her when one of the other models is ill, leading Wataru into a confrontation with the Grizzly Fangire!
#7 - Overture: An Intersection of Fates
Season 18 - Episode 22 - Aired 6/29/2008
As Otoya works to help Yumi gather money, the Luxur store manager continues to attack patrons, until Shima explains what’s been going on and a trap is set to catch the Fangire. In 2008, Wataru learns the name of the awkward waitress he met before, and after running into her again, the pair hit it off as Mio asks Wataru on a date.
#8 - Rhapsody: The Fate of the Ring
Season 18 - Episode 21 - Aired 6/22/2008
After Yuri treats Otoya to a meal to thank him for what he did during the wedding incident, Jiro becomes angry at Otoya’s affection for Yuri, prompting Jiro to propose to her! Stunned, she isn’t sure whether to accept, but Shima thinks it’s a good idea. In her frustration, Yuri sets up a group date where Otoya runs into an old friend. Meanwhile, in 2008, Kengo suggests to Nago, Wataru, and Megumi a group date of their own, where things go poorly, including the antics of a clumsy waitress…
#9 - Nocturne: The Messiah of Love
Season 18 - Episode 20 - Aired 6/8/2008
As the Ladybug Fangire escapes from the Otoya-possessed Wataru, it takes Kengo and Keisuke as hostages to force Megumi into a fight as IXA. As “Otoya” tries to teach her about the resolve needed to be a warrior, she refuses to listen, and time is running out for the hostages. Meanwhile, in 1986, the actual Otoya runs into a mysterious woman at a wedding while looking for Yuri, who is revealed to be the queen of the Checkmate Four, Maya…
#10 - Lesson: My Way
Season 18 - Episode 17 - Aired 5/18/2008
Otoya is tasked with helping a young girl pass an audition, being promised a date with Yuri in exchange. In 2008, Wataru meets an archer named Mami, who takes him under her wing, while Nago angrily pursues a criminal that is also the Seastar Fangire…
#11 - First Gig: Golden Speed
Season 18 - Episode 12 - Aired 4/13/2008
As Yuri demands to know why Jiro was chosen for IXA over her, she learns of the cost of using the still-incomplete system while in 2008, Wataru is injured after the attack by Nago, causing him to struggle with his role in the band…
#12 - Rolling Stone: Door of Dreams
Season 18 - Episode 11 - Aired 4/6/2008
Wataru discovers rock music when he’s asked to help a musician with his band while in 1986, Yuri tries to position herself to become the first IXA in order to take revenge on the Fangire that took her mother.
#13 - Replay: Every Person Gives Off Music
Season 18 - Episode 6 - Aired 3/2/2008
As a bizarre Fangire attacks mother and daughter in both the past and present, both Otoya and Wataru must save their respective female targets before the Fangire is able to make them his bride!
#14 - Request: Time-Altering Battle
Season 18 - Episode 28 - Aired 8/17/2008
Still in 1986, Nago tries to explain to Tanahashi that he’s from the future and trying to change history, but Tanahashi believes he’s lying. After Nago attempts to throw Otoya off by kidnapping Yuri, Maya saves him and asks about human love, and while Nago can’t explain it directly, he gives her the button from his first bounty, calling it a good luck charm. Later, when the events leading to Tanahashi’s injury begin to unfold, Nago changes the future and vanishes, but upon his return, after assisting Kiva, he discovers that Wataru holds the very button he gave Maya! But why does Wataru have it?
#15 - My Last Moments Made You Cry
Season 17 - Episode 47 - Aired 1/6/2008
As Kai begins a multi-tier attack to eliminate Airi, Ryotaro and Yuuto desperately try and stop him, but as things look bleak for Ryotaro, Kintaros uses Rayotaro’s New Year’s resolution to complete his contract, taking the Den-O Belt…
#16 - Now to Reveal Love and Truth
Season 17 - Episode 46 - Aired 12/23/2007
With the shocking revelation of what really happened the day Sakurai disappeared with Airi’s memory, Ryotaro must piece together how it connects to his own broken memory as the truth regarding the key to the junction point is revealed.
#17 - Reliving a Blank Day
Season 17 - Episode 45 - Aired 12/16/2007
As Christmas approaches, Ryotaro and Airi receive a strange gift: another watch just like Sakurai’s! Seeking to discover the full truth, Ryotaro tries to find a way to travel back to the day his sister lost her memory to find out what really happened to her and Sakurai…
#18 - Memory Update
Season 17 - Episode 42 - Aired 11/25/2007
With the discovery that Shouko’s wish is Yuuto himself, Deneb is tasked with taking her on a date to try and draw out the Imagin. Meanwhile, Ryotaro has Owner ask the Station Master about Yuuto’s connection as the key to the junction point…
#19 - I Bet My Face Gives It Away, Doesn’t It?
Season 17 - Episode 37 - Aired 10/14/2007
Ryutaros finds himself in conflict when the man behind a mysterious voice that’s been speaking to him arrives and tells him to forget Ryotaro and to target Yuuto instead. Meanwhile, the DenLiner and ZeroLiner arrive at a strange station outside of time…
#20 - No Possession, No Secession, Train Slash!
Season 17 - Episode 36 - Aired 10/7/2007
With Yuuto resuming use of the cards despite the cost to himself, Ryotaro tries to stop him until Yuuto explains why he does it. But when the two Riders enter battle, Ryotaro discovers that his connection to the Imagin is unstable thanks to the mysterious new line, but the Imagin have prepared for this…
#21 - The Card’s Tragic Revival: Zero
Season 17 - Episode 35 - Aired 9/30/2007
Fearing for Yuuto’s ultimate fate due to his knowledge of what happens to those who are forgotten, Ryotaro decides to become strong enough to protect him and time itself. But Yuuto refuses to sit back and watch, as he is offered a new set of Zeronos cards…
#22 - The Pianist of Time
Season 17 - Episode 34 - Aired 9/23/2007
Ryotaro works to discover what the piano man’s true wish could be, which leads him to a comatose piano prodigy, but the Imagin hasn’t stopped trying to fulfill the wish! As the tragic story is revealed, with Yuuto out of action, it’s up to Den-O alone!
#23 - The Last Card: Zero!
Season 17 - Episode 32 - Aired 9/9/2007
With Ryotaro heavily injured thanks to the Anthopper Imagin, Yuuto and Deneb struggle with using the final card and the permanent damage that will come with it, but when Airi is kidnapped, both Riders jump into action despite the consequences…
#24 - Madam, How About The Fireworks?
Season 17 - Episode 30 - Aired 8/26/2007
Deneb begs Ryotaro to form a contract with him in order to prevent Yuuto from having to use the final Zeronos card as the two find themselves trying to help a man who wants only to reunite with his estranged wife and son and show them his dream…
#25 - The Ticket to God's Line
Season 17 - Episode 26 - Aired 7/29/2007
Ryotaro continues to attempt to assist the Zeronos in protecting a contract holder from the Spider Imagin even as Yuuto’s future self keeps dragging him to another time! And what is with the mysterious visions of the Imagins that Ryutaro keeps having?