This article is about an episode in Kamen Rider 555. |
WARNING: This episode contains scenes of attempted suicide and murder. Viewer discretion is advised! |
The Belt's Power (ベルトの力, Beruto no Chikara) is the second episode of Kamen Rider 555.
Synopsis[]
Mari and Takumi continue to reluctantly travel together to Tokyo. Yuji still has not come to terms with what has happened to him. He tries to kill himself but finds he can't. He meets up with his old girlfriend thinking they can start over. She turns on him when the police arrive to talk to her about his cousin's death. He later kills her.
Plot[]
After obtaining his actual bag from the police, Takumi and Mari continue to reluctantly travel together to Tokyo. Takumi ditches Mari but he comes back when he realizes they have switched bags just in time to save her from an Elephant Orphenoch. Yuji still has not come to terms with what has happened to him. He tries to kill himself but finds he can't. He meets up with his old girlfriend thinking they can start over. She turns on him when the police arrive to talk to her about his cousin's death. He later kills her.
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)
- Yuji Kiba (木場 勇治, Kiba Yūji): Masayuki Izumi (泉 政行, Izumi Masayuki)
- Smart Lady (スマートレディ, Sumāto Redi): Hitomi Kurihara (栗原 瞳, Kurihara Hitomi)
- Sawamura (沢村, Sawamura): Koji Iwakawa (岩川 幸司, Iwakawa Kōji)
- Jyoji Soeno (添野 錠二, Soeno Jōji): Taro Ishida (石田 太郎, Ishida Tarō)
Guest Cast[]
- Chie Morishita (森下 千恵, Morishita Chie): Mika Katsumura (勝村 美香, Katsumura Mika)
- Kazuaki Kiba (木場 一彰, Kiba Kazuaki): Shinnosuke Abe (阿部 進之介, Abe Shinnosuke)
- Coated Man: Tatsumi Nagasawa (永沢 巽, Nagasawa Tatsumi)
- Pawnbroker: Shinmei Tsuji (つじ しんめい, Tsuji Shinmei)
- Police: Akihiko Haratake (原武 昭彦, Haratake Akihiko)
Notes[]
- This episode aired alongside Ninpuu Sentai Hurricanger episode 50, Scroll 50: Darkness and a New World.
- Viewership: 8.9%
- The events of this episode are revisited in the sixth episode of Kamen Rider Zi-O. As a result of Ryuichi Sakuma being transformed into Another Faiz by Ora, the timeline is altered while Takumi loses his identity as Faiz, along with his and Masato's deaths are averted. New footage accompanying this sequence sees a now 34-year-old Kento Handa momentarily appearing as his 18-year-old self.
DVD releases[]
Kamen Rider 555 Volume 1 feature episodes 1-4: The Start of a Trip, The Belt's Power, The King's Sleep... and My Name.
Blu-ray Box 1 comes with 17 episodes.