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Yui had a battle placing Kanzaki's mirror monsters against each other sing her control of them. If both of them drew them as children, I guess this only makes sense. Meanwhile, Tiger's still recovering and manages to cover up any mirrors he might be ear, fearfully. That afraid of losing his life when he's so quick to take it from others.

Yui doesn't remember a thing about controlling the monsters supposedly. Imperer apparently WAS rich, but his father disowned him so he could learn something. And now that his dad died, he has money, so...if he was patient enough he wouldn't have needed to become a Rider in the first place. Even he seems to think it's pretty pointless to be a Rider now. Kanzaki obviously disapproves.

Y'know...I get why Kanzaki can't allow Riders to quit...but is it really that bad if they don't wanna give up or have the gall for it? He can't just switch to another person? I'm pretty sure he has the power to do so. I guess years of going mad doing experiments kinda rattled his mind.

Also, if he wanted people who wanted to fight to the death mercilessly for a wish, he should've given decks to a bunch of prisoners or something. Which would be pretty bad, but him handing out decks to more relatable , normal people does make him more of a villain.

Imperer has cash now and tries to hire other riders for a change Shinji and Ren refused, thought there was a pretty funny scene of Ren staring blankly at all the money that was in Imperer's briefcase. Kitaoka, however instantly accepts. But Imperer distrusts him...and trusts Tiger?! that's not gonna end well for him, I suspect.

Imperer really is a character that should've been introduced earlier though. Still, nice to know he and Tiger became friends before Tiger unsurprisingly brutally betrays him. And then he instantly runs into Asakura afterwards, who breaks his deck. Ad there goes Imperer. His death was kinda tragic, at least for what they could build up about his backstory with one episode. Worst part is no one would know he died though.

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Or they could just state Imperer went missing in the paper. Bt Ren and Shinji figure out what really happen obviously. Once again, Shinji feels down that another Rider died. and Shinji agrees with my assessment that Asakura is easier to understand then Tojou, but he's still against Ren killing him.

Toujou then rescues Asakura from the police so they can fight later, thinking if he kills the other Riders, he'll get some kind of power-up apparently. and ORE journals been shut down due to tax issues, but Editor-In-Chief isn't giving up! so he's lodged up at Yui's grandma's cafe while Megumi and Shimada decided to bother Kitaoka.

Yui's beginning to erase again and sees a child version of herself, telling her that she'll disappear on her birthday. would be kinda creepy if the child actor was a bit better. Sepaking of creepy, Toujou is really disturbed to find out that he didn't kill Imperer and Asakura did instead. No imaginary power-up for him I guess.

The riders fight a bunch of weird mirror monsters and Kitaoka faces Tiger, telling him that he originally thought being like him or Asakura would help him win the Rider war, but he sees now they're pieces of shit so good for him. Meanwhile Yui passes out in front of a truck and Odin just shows up to smack the truck away. Killed the driver, think though. Sorta harsh, but Yui's about the only person Kanzaki cares for anyway.

So Kanzaki's entire plan was for Yui was so she didn't disappear. Hmm. So I wonder how the Rider war accomplishes this.

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Yui's situation gets worse as Shinji and Ren debate on what to do about it. Meanwhile, Kitaoka's sorta shook Toujou with his words about being the hero meaning you've already lost the Rider War. Shinji's desire about saving Yui is challenged when Kanzaki appears, telling him to win the Rider war to save her. But that goes against Shinji's ideals, since he would have to kill the others. Guess Kanzaki finally has something to hang over Shinji's head as a reason to participate in the Rider war.

Tojou invites all the other riders to a fight, yet doesn't show up while Ren, Kitaoka, and Asakura do. He does douse the car in gasoline, deciding that riders are scum and he shouldn't listen to them. I'd say he's gone off the deep end, but...

So, Kitaoka tricked Asakura into getting hit with his contract monster's own attack. Asakura got pissed enough to attack Kitaoka in the real world, which he might have succeeded in if Goro hadn't intervened. Asakura's car blows up thanks to Toujou's doing, but...I dunno if he's gone just yet.

So Toujou thought by getting rid of a ride,r he could be one step closer to becoming a hero. But in the end he lost his life doing the only truly heroic thing he ever did. A fitting ending for one messed up dude. And Shinji...seems to have finally given in and has a reason to fight in the rider War. But only time will tell if he's serious about it. Or...the next episode, really.