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Farewell, Hiroshi Tsukuba! Eight Heroes Forever.... (さらば筑波洋！８人の勇士よ永遠に・・・・, Saraba Tsukuba Hiroshi! Hachi'nin no Yūshi yo Eien ni....) is the fifty-fourth and final episode of Kamen Rider (Skyrider).
Synopsis[]
Hiroshi joins the Seven Legendary Riders in a final battle to defeat the Great Leader of Neo Shocker, forcing to overcome his tragedies in order to bring an end to the organization's reign of terror!
Plot[]
Hayato Ichimonji and Shigeru Jo assemble all the team in order to do battle with the Great Leader of Neo Shocker. Meanwhile, Hiroshi is bringing his mother some place safe before he joins the fight. A band of Neo Shocker assassins attempt to take their lives when Hayato appears to save them. Even though Hayato asks for Hiroshi to come join the fight, he denies him, yearning to protect his mother until she finds somewhere safe, only then will he join the fight. Realizing there’s no use, Hayato accepts his resolve, and joins the other Riders in a fight against the Great Leader.
In the city, Neo Shocker parachutes an oxygen bomb and threatens the Riders and the city to meet their demands. Stronger and Nigo challenge the leader, and the 7 Riders go to battle.
Hiroshi's mother tells him that he should go to fight with the other Riders, and that his father would want the same. Just as they hug goodbye, a surviving assasin shoots his mother in the back, dealing a fatal blow. Hiroshi holds his dying mother in his arms, vowing to avenge her with the very crossbow that killed her.
The 7 Riders are losing the battle against the Great Leader and his size. Skyrider finally appears and land a critical attack on his foot with the crossbow that killed his mother. This wasn't enough, so the 8 Riders combine their powers. With Skyrider using one last sailing jump, they fly into the leader and the bomb. GanGan G and the rest of the supporting cast join together to watch their heroes pass away, along with the leader and the bomb.
Cast[]
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Notes[]
- This episode ends with the apparent death of the first eight Kamen Riders. They would later return to aid the ninth Rider, Super-1, in the Kamen Rider Super-1 movie.
- This marks the last physical appearances of Hayato Ichimonji, (Kamen Rider), Shigeru Jo (Kamen Rider Stronger) and Hiroshi Tsukuba (Skyrider). They only appear transformed in their appearances in Kamen Rider Super-1: The Movie, the ZX special, Black RX episodes 41-47 and the various Heisei crossover movies.
- This is currently the last in the flesh appearance of Takeshi Sasaki as Hayato Ichimonji (Kamen Rider 2). He would reprise his role vocally in the movie OOO, Den-O, All Riders: Let's Go Kamen Riders (2011).
- This is the final appearance of Shigeru Araki as Shigeru Jo (Stronger). He passed away from pneumonia on April 14, 2012.
- This is currently the last appearance of Hiroaki Murakami as Hiroshi Tsukuba (Skyrider).
DVD Release[]
Skyrider Volume 5
Skyrider Volume 5 features episodes 49-54.[1]