Tojima Wants to Be a Kamen Rider (東島丹三郎は仮面ライダーになりたい)

Die.

Yukarisu!

Mitsuba! Get away!

What is this?

The female combatant... betrayed us?

Yukarisu!

Run, Mitsuba.

I... I-I...

I'll take you on!

I didn't think it was possible.

You have to fight me!

No, I'll handle it!

No, me!

No! The rest of you should run!

I won't do it!

You should really leave this to me, so the rest of you can—

- Hey. - What are you doing?

In Kamen Rider episode 13...

Rider was defeated by Tokageron initially,

but after training, he faced down an army of revived monsters...

He did it without hesitating for a moment, or ceding any ground...

He rushed in and fought them by himself!

It was from that moment on...

that I decided I wanted to be like Kamen Rider!

Kamen Rider does not retreat!

Rider...

Rider...

Punch!

That crazy bastard!

Wha...

What in the world are you?

What's going on?

Are they filming something?

I can't expose Shocker's existence over this nonsense.

What were they doing?

I have no idea. Let's get going.

Works for me.

Th... Th-That was...

Awesome!

FUTABA'S PUB

Welcome—

Party of five.

Big Bro...

Big Bro?

Yes. She's my older sister, Futaba Shimamura.

Are we not going in?

She's the owner and manager of this pub, and well...

What the hell are you doing here?!

That's some greeting.

I chose this place out of all the options because I haven't seen you in ages.

Where do you get off?!

– They don't get along? – I'm your brother. Would it kill you to greet me with a smile for once?

– You could say that. – I'm your brother. Would it kill you to greet me with a smile for once?

– Sounds like there's some real baggage there. – Are you out of your mind?

– Sounds like there's some real baggage there. – You can be so unpleasant. – Shut your mouth!

– Incidentally, she has absolutely no interest in Kamen Rider. – Look, I'm just here to drink.

– As unfortunate as that is... – Put a sock in it! – I will not!

Get your ass out of here!

I already banned you, or did you forget that?!

What?!

C-Come on now, Futaba.

I'll chaperone him today.

We're also here with friends.

So, please? Just for a while.

Friends?

Oh, hell, where are you people coming from?

Treat your customers better!

Mitsuba, I'll give you a private room, so do your drinking quietly.

If there's any trouble... you know what happens.

Cheers!

I have to say, that was a fine Rider Punch.

Thanks.

Even I have to admit, it was probably the best I've ever thrown.

All the training I've done

has really paid off.

Now, hang on.

Why are you guys throwing them back?

Is there a problem?

I can think of a few!

I'm pretty sure you couldn't find a Kamen Rider who drinks if you tried!

Putting that aside...

Should we begin the wedding ceremony?

For Mitsuba and the female combatant.

W-W-W-Wedding ceremony?!

Here in this pub? Right now?!

Yes, let's get underway.

I want to thank you all for gathering on this auspicious day!

It's an honor to have you here to celebrate my foolish brother's nuptials!

Hey! Keep it down!

What the hell is with the speech? Order some snacks already!

I'm officiating Mitsuba's marriage.

You should be here for this.

Futaba...

This is the woman I'm going to marry!

Welcome!

Mitsuba, why don't you say a few words.

Right!

I want to thank you all for joining us to celebrate this occasion.

And while my... overzealous brother

might have pushed for this to happen sooner than I imagined,

I get the feeling that, by tomorrow, I'll be grateful for what he did.

But if I may, there is one thing I'm concerned about

that needs to be addressed. That is...

The fact that I'm in Shocker.

Not that!

I expressed my earnest feelings to Yukarisu and proposed to her.

Even if you're a part of Shocker...

I still love you!

Let's get married!

Mitsuba!

I love you too!

I confirmed her feelings for me, as well.

But... she never actually accepted my proposal.

That is a major issue!

So, I'll ask again.

Yukarisu...

Will you marry me?

Yes!

Congratulations.

I wish you two all the best.

So... they're married? Now? By doing that?

Indeed.

What is wrong with you people?

Oh, I never mentioned.

My name is Tackle, also known as Yuriko Okada.

I'm a high school teacher.

You're a teacher?!

I'm Tanzaburo Tojima.

I'm Kamen Rider.

And this one?

I'm a female Shocker combatant...

Although I'm not really sure how I ended up that way.

My duty was to keep an eye on people who were aware of Shocker's existence.

Manager!

Go out with me.

- Sure. - R-R-Really?!

- Yeah. - That simple?

The simpler the better, right?

But... you'll probably get fed up with me pretty quickly.

Wh-Why?

Part of the appeal of the V3 series

has to be the presence of Riderman!

He's not like the other upbeat, forthright heroes.

The angst that you can feel from him

really helps develop the melodramatic aspects of the story!

I could tell you about Riderman's appeal,

but that'd take six hours, and by then the sun would be coming up. Do you mind?

– But over time... – but that'd take six hours, and by then the sun would be coming up. Do you mind?

I started to love the way Mitsuba would talk about Kamen Rider so passionately.

So much that...

I'm wondering if that's what reversed the brainwashing.

Yukarisu...

But... because of that...

Shocker could kill me as early as tomorrow...

I'm so sorry!

No! I will protect you!

– What the hell? – Mitsuba!

Mitsuba!

– Yukarisu! – This is nuts. I want no part of it.

This is nuts. I want no part of it.

Hey, Futaba.

As my foolish younger sister, how about a few words of congratulation?

FOOLISH F... Foolish?!

Are you calling me a fool?

All right, you piece of shit!

You can make it clear I'm the younger one...

without insulting me!

My foolish older brother!

So be it.

I'll have to transform.

Transform!

– You shouldn't! Not in here— – Here we go again.

V—

3!

You dead yet?