This article is about an episode in Kamen Rider 555. |
WARNING: This episode contains scenes of graphic violence and character death. Viewer discretion is advised! |
A Sign of Destruction (滅びゆく種, Horobiyuku Shu) is the forty-ninth and penultimate episode of Kamen Rider 555. This is the third episode of the endgame arc, and the death of Kitazaki.
Synopsis[]
Takumi and Shuji find Masato's ashes; later Takumi relays this information to Keitarou and Mari who are devastated. Rina becomes devastated after hear the news Masato is dead. Takumi confronts Yuji that how heartless he is. As the gang fights Kitazaki assumed his Orphnoch form to avenge Masato's death. Kitazaki is injured by Faiz and Delta. Kitazaki is whipped by Itsuro's Orphnoch form before Kitazaki is executed by Arch Orphnoch, who consumes his body. Takumi comes to the realization that Teruo and the Orephenoch King are one and the same and transforms into Faiz in an attempt to kill him. He stops his punch at the last moment, Yuji then appears, transforms into Kaixa and they duel. Takumi is confronted with his own mortality as he notices his body decaying.
Plot[]
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Cast[]
- Takumi Inui (乾 巧, Inui Takumi): Kento Handa (半田 健人, Handa Kento)
- Mari Sonoda (園田 真理, Sonoda Mari): Yuria Haga (芳賀 優里亜, Haga Yuria)
- Keitaro Kikuchi (菊池 啓太郎, Kikuchi Keitarō): Ken Mizorogi (溝呂木 賢, Mizorogi Ken)
- Yuji Kiba (木場 勇治, Kiba Yūji): Masayuki Izumi (泉 政行, Izumi Masayuki)
- Naoya Kaido (海堂 直也, Kaidō Naoya): Mitsuru Karahashi (唐橋 充, Karahashi Mitsuru)
- Syuji Mihara (三原 修二, Mihara Shūji): Atsushi Harada (原田 篤, Harada Atsushi)
- Rina Abe (阿部 里奈, Abe Rina): Rie Kasai (河西 りえ, Kasai Rie)
- Teruo Suzuki (鈴木 照夫, Suzuki Teruo): Kayato Watanabe (渡辺 彼野人, Watanabe Kayato)
- Itsuro Takuma (琢磨 逸郎, Takuma Itsurō): Jun Yamasaki (山崎 潤, Yamasaki Jun)
- Saeko Kageyama (影山 冴子, Kageyama Saeko): Waka (和香, Waka)
- Kitazaki (北崎, Kitazaki): Ray Fujita (藤田 玲, Fujita Rei)
Guest Cast[]
- Arch Orphnoch (アークオルフェノク, Āku Orufenoku, Voice): Hiroshi Yanaka (家中 宏, Yanaka Hiroshi)
Errors[]
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Notes[]
- As part of Super Hero Time, this episode aired alongside Bakuryu Sentai Abaranger episode 46, Ep. 46: Praying! Abare Visual Kei.
- Viewership: 9.1%
- This episode is the final appearance of Kitazaki.
- At the end of the episode, the narrator announces "Open your eyes for the final Faiz.", foreshadowing the events for the final episode.
- Continuing on the aftermath of Kusaka's death from the previous episode in comparison to that in Kamen Rider Taisen, in this episode, Takumi became irate with Kusaka's death to the point of cursing all Orphnochs including himself; whereas in Kamen Rider Taisen sees him feeling guilty for it.
- On a side note, it is unknown how Takumi was devastated of Kusaka's demise when the latter constantly showcased his animosity towards the former all throughout the series.
DVD releases[]
Kamen Rider 555 Volume 13 features episodes 48-50: Masato, Dying A Glorious Death, A Sign of Destruction and My Dream.
Blu-ray Box 3 comes with 16 episodes.