Armor

This article is about an episode in Kamen Rider Kuuga.

WARNING: This episode contains scenes of graphic violence, blood, and murder. Viewer discretion is advised!

Armor

Kamen Rider Kuuga, Episode 15

Air Date

May 7, 2000

Production Information

Writer(s)

Naruhisa Arakawa

Director

Katsuya Watanabe

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For the forms from Kamen Rider Zi-O, see Armors.

Armor (装甲, Sōkō) is the fifteenth episode of Kamen Rider Kuuga.

Synopsis[]

Ichijo feels the pressure of working on an important day as he and Yusuke try to decipher the truth of the mysterious artifact flying towards Tokyo.

Plot[]

Metro PD Division 1, 8:26 p.m.

The police call an emergency meeting about the UFO and call Enokida. Ichijo, Sugita, and Enokida then go over the information that the Nagano department gave them about the UFO.

Bunkyo Ward: Pole Pole, 8:39 p.m.

Yusuke arrives and asks where Nana is. Tamasaburo replies that she takes acting classes in the evening and that she wants to become a famous actress. Yusuke then gets a call from Sakurako, and she tells him about the fragments. He then runs out to meet her.

Metro PD Task Force Office, 8:47 p.m.

Nozomi reviews the information about the UFO to the police and says that there have been multiple sightings and that the UFO appears to be assimilating metal into its body. Enokida theorizes that it is not currently complete.

Ichijo then calls his mother in order to tell her that he won’t be able to meet her tomorrow as Nozomi watches nearby.

Johnan University Archaeology Lab, 9:48 p.m.

Sakurako shows Yusuke her translation about the form of a beetle, and he comments that he got a vision of a flying bug. However, she has trouble translating anything else in the surrounding text, aside from a reference to a servant that protects a horse. Yusuke suggests that it may translate to horse armor.

Metropolitan PD Joint Task Force Office, 4:35 a.m.

Ichijo maps out all the known sightings of the scarab on a map in the conference room and arrives at the conclusion that the beetle is headed for Yusuke. Nozomi then calls him outside the conference room and gives him a birthday present. Ichijo politely declines the item, and Nozomi comments that her assumption that he had a girlfriend was correct, which he then denies. She then asks if he’s not interested in her, and he replies that that had nothing to do with why he declined the gift. Sugita then runs out of the room and tells him of a new Unidentified Lifeform sighting.

Johnan University Archaeology Lab, 4:41 a.m.

A phone call about ULF 24 appearing wakes both Yusuke and Sakurako up, and Yusuke then dashes out. As he rides to the scene, The scarab from earlier hovers near him.

Me·Garido·Gi is then seen backing up a truck in a forest and declares that he will use it in his Gegel. Xu·Goma·Gu says that it’s embarrassing that Me·Garido·Gi entered something made by the Rinto, but he responds by honking the truck’s horn and saying that he will be fine.

Mitaka: Crime Scene, 7:19 a.m.

Police inspect a crime scene involving several motorcycles and a truck. Sugita says that it was likely a Gurongi attack, due to witness testimony.

Metro PD, 7:33 a.m.

Nozomi tries to throw out the gift that she was going to give to Ichijo as Enokida watches nearby. Enokida tells advises her against throwing it out and tells her that Ichijo refuses everybody’s presents since his birthday is also the anniversary of his father’s death. When he was ten, his dad, who was also a police officer, died because he tried to save people drowning in a river and because he respected his father, he became a policeman. Since then, he visits his mother, who is a nurse (and always has to work, even during holidays) on his birthday. She explains that Ichijo likely wants to return home and meet his mother, but cannot due to the Unidentified Lifeforms.

Nagoya West Hospital, 8:05 a.m.

Ichijo’s mother, who is the head nurse, canceled her leave for the day due to Ichijo not being able to come over, so she woke up early in order to pay her respects to her late husband and left to work. She says that it can’t be helped due to Ichijo’s position as part of the Unidentified Lifeform investigation team. She doubts that she’ll see him for the rest of the year, since their attacks are unpredictable, and ignoring them so that they can meet would not honor the spirit of her husband.

Yusuke tells Ichijo that he saw the UFO flying near him, and tells him about Sakurako’s translation. He believes that the UFO doesn’t mean to hurt anybody, but Ichijo warns him that it still may not be safe. They then get a report of Unidentified Lifeform 24.

Nagoya West Hospital, 9:34 a.m.

Ichijo’s mother collapses at her work.

Chiba: Keiyo Road, 10:14 a.m.

A transformed Yusuke manages to cut through traffic in order to chase after Unidentified Lifeform 24. The UFO follows him, and he gives chase to the truck. As he does, the UFO merges with the Try Chaser 2000. As he catches up to Unidentified Lifeform 24, the Gurongi stops and reverses the truck in an attempt to hit him.