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 - 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…
#2 - Change Imagin World
Season 17 - Episode 40 - Aired 11/11/2007
With the timeline altered due to Yuuto’s erasure, Ryotaro tries to find a way to restore him while also battling against further manipulations by Kai. But when Yuuto reappears, what cost comes along with it?
#3 - Candy Scandal
Season 17 - Episode 41 - Aired 11/18/2007
Shocked by his actions in the timeline without Yuuto, Deneb tries to forge new memories of him,to offset the damage done by the use of the Red Zeronos cards, but even his best intentions may cause even more trouble for Yuuto!
#4 - Something Missing
Season 17 - Episode 43 - Aired 12/2/2007
As Ryotaro comes to realize that defeating Kai would mean the Imagins might vanish, he resolves to prove he can fight on his own without their help…
#5 - Resolution of a Single-Action
Season 17 - Episode 44 - Aired 12/9/2007
With Ryotaro continuing to deny the help of the Imagins out of fear of losing them, Momotaros decides to take a stand while the others deal with the stowaway Imagin in the King Terminal.
#6 - 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…
#7 - 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.
#8 - 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…
#9 - 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…
#10 - The Climax Goes On, No Matter What
Season 17 - Episode 49 - Aired 1/20/2008
Back in the present, Ryotaro confronts Kai to bring an end to his destruction of time, even if it means eliminating all of the Imagin! The final battle reaches the climax at last!
#11 - The Rider Disappears As Well
Season 17 - Episode 39 - Aired 10/28/2007
While Ryotaro tries to figure out the older Sakurai’s intentions, Kai decides to experiment in eliminating Zeronos in the past, which could have dire consequences for time as Ryutaro knows it!
#12 - 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…
#13 - 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.
#14 - 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!
#15 - 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…
#16 - 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!
#17 - 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!
#18 - 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!
#19 - 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?
#20 - When the Saints Go Marching In: I Am King
Season 18 - Episode 29 - Aired 8/24/2008
As Yuri cleans Otoya’s house, she worries about feeling happy when Rook is still on the loose, reaffirming her desire to defeat the powerful Fangire, but Jiro has his own revenge plans and enlists the help of Otoya to plan a four-way attack with Ramon and Riki while keeping Yuri in the dark. In 2008, Wataru reconciles with Mio, but Bishop refuses to accept these circumstances while Megumi is approached by her brother, who makes a donation to the Blue Sky Group in order to force her to return home to her family.
#21 - 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…
#22 - Let Me Say This to Start
Season 17 - Episode 20 - Aired 6/10/2007
After trying to explain to Ryotaro that protecting time and saving people aren’t the same, Ryotaro resolves to prove he can do both, starting with defeating the Jellyfish Imagin. But, as Ryotaro and Momotaros seem outmatched, Yuuto transforms into a Rider!
#23 - Fighting Style
Season 17 - Episode 21 - Aired 6/24/2007
When Ryutaros grows jealous of Yuuto’s connection to Airi, he possesses Ryutaro, assumes Gun Form, and attacks, forcing Yuuto to use another of his Zeronos Cards. Meanwhile, Deneb tries to help a man who unknowingly enters into a contract with an Imagin while napping…
#24 - An Unspeakable Future
Season 17 - Episode 22 - Aired 7/1/2007
With Ryotaro putting an end to the fight against Zeronos, Hana asks Yuuto about where the ZeoLiner came from and whether it’s true that it was from her lost time, but he refuses to answer unless she helps Deneb. Meanwhile, the contract holder is laid up in the hospital alongside his boss when he remembers his wish and completes the contract by accident…
#25 - Enter the Prince, Kneel Down to Him!
Season 17 - Episode 23 - Aired 7/8/2007
A bizarre white Imagin calling himself Sieg has boarded the DenLiner and quickly begins to order the other Imagin around. He explains his strange origins and the connection to the baby he protects, and meanwhile, a man searching for a baby comes in contact with another Imagin…