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Ace.... Lost! It finally happened.

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Originally Posted by DreadBringer

The winner though, is Buffa, with Gazer and Geats on the depths of the pits, and Ziin being defenseless as he gave his Laser Raise Riser to Geats again, who uses his Zombie Strike to summon giant hands that pulled 2 of the strongest Riders below the pit, turning them into bubbles. Overall, the JGP does provide him the means to win, with how he also got the power to create games with its rules as the Game Master, eliminating the need to defeat these 2 Riders head on, of which obviously he stands no chance, but he only needs to pull them down and let the game rules delete them, the "ring out" way. And the credit also has to go to Beroba as well, who is the one who managed to be enough of a threat to hijack DGP, and allow Michinaga to take control, and the one who expects Ace to escalate his conflict with Niram like this before.

I guess Michinaga remembered Ace's trick from the musical chair round, allowing his Driver to be taken so he could get closer to DGP's secrets. Here, Ace thought he was the one playing Michinaga by feigning his defeat and shooting away the Vision Driver, but Michinaga and Beroba were playing him and Niram the whole time. While the result for everybody else is bad, I have to respect that totally bad*ss tactical move, as Buffa got to simultaneously take out the two strongest Riders in the game and become the Jyama God!

Niram showing himself to Ace in Mitsume's chamber was a pretty climactic scene, leading to him inadvertently fulfilling his role as the JPG final boss. It fully established Niram as a Real villain who wants to continue DGP's format of granting ideal worlds and has no problem with sacrificing countless people's happiness and lives to keep it going, including Ace and especially Mitsume. I wonder if Michinaga has anything special planned for him in his new world, being the Producer for the game that ruined his life.

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Originally Posted by DreadBringer

Michinaga would still have to put more work than expected in his wish, in the continued Desire Royale, which apparently has Game Masters like Chirami as another target and returning John and Ben. Apparently the "power" Michinaga seeks to destroy them all has to be activated manually.

I think this is all according to Michinaga's desire. His personal hatred of Riders is so strong that simply pressing a "kill all Riders" magic button wouldn't cut it. He wants to destroy the Riders with his own hands, so he can make them all as miserable as him. He basically admitted as much to Ace in the previous round and Beroba mentioned that happiness isn't on his radar.

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Originally Posted by Daikaijuman54

And then there's the battle with Glare and Geats, which reminded me of Kamen Rider Odin in Ryuki in a way, I just love how Glare just stands there and the drones just attack Geats, but then there's just the crazy anti-gravity shenanigans at the tail-end of that fight which was just pure joy to see, leading up to Buffa taking out both.

I was thinking of Odin for how Buffa's going to function in the Desire Royale, siding with the monsters, forcing the Riders in to a fight to the death, while giving himself the ultimate power advantage so he can crush whoever's left. Although Michinaga wanting the fight to continue for its own sake is closer to the stated motivation of fellow purple Rider, Asakura, except Michinaga is harmless to civilians and has a sense of honor.