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Icon-kamenriderThis article is about an episode in Kamen Rider, the original series.

The Eerie Man Spider (怪奇蜘蛛男, Kaiki Kumo Otoko), is the first episode of Kamen Rider, and the first episode of the Kamen Rider franchise overall.

Synopsis[]

Takeshi Hongo is abducted by the evil organization Shocker. They turn him into a cyborg in order to conquer the world, only for him to escape and turn against his captors.

Plot[]

Takeshi Hongo practices for an important race with his mentor, Tobee Tachibana. Man Spider is watching from the sidelines looking for a chance to catch his assigned target. In the middle of practice, Takeshi is ambushed by Shocker Combatmen and kidnapped for cyborg conversion. While the physical modification is successful, he is saved by Professor Hiroshi Midorikawa before the brainwashing begins. Man Spider ambushes them, threatening both Midorikawa's and his daughter's life, but Takeshi, now wearing the whole Kamen Rider suit, fights off the Combatmen and helps the professor escape.

Meanwhile, Midorikawa daughter, Ruriko, feels the presence of a stalker. She goes with a friend to Snack Amigo, but before they can go, their boss tells Ruriko that her father has been found. Ruriko asks her friend to switch clothes with her, then borrows Tachibana's car to find her father.

Ruriko excitedly mentions her father's hideout along the way there. Unknown to her, a tracking device is attached to the car, allowing the Shocker Kaijin Man Spider to find Professor Midorikawa.

The professor nervously awaits his daughter at a warehouse with Takeshi, to whom he tearfully apologizes for recommending him to Shocker in the first place. Ruriko overhears a conversation between the two but mistakes it for a heated argument. While Takeshi isn't looking, Man Spider kills the professor, and before Takeshi can save him, Ruriko arrives and mistakes him for her father's killer. Man Spider then attacks Takeshi with a poisoned dart, but it goes instead to the professor, who dissolves in his daughter's full view.

As his cover has been blown, Man Spider attacks the duo head-on and abducts Ruriko. Man Spider uses her as bait to make Takeshi follow him. Takeshi then transforms into Kamen Rider and defeats Man Spider and his grunts, destroying Man Spider with a Rider Kick. He later contacts Tachibana so he can take Ruriko home, as he can't face her due to the misunderstanding involved in her father's death.

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Digital Releases[]

  • Kamen Rider DVD Volume 1 features episodes 1-7.[1]
  • Kamen Rider Blu-ray Volume 1 features episodes 1-26.[2]
  • Kamen Rider 4K Remaster Box 1 features episodes 1-26.

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