Well, all delusions have to come to an end sometime and it’s time for this one to wrap up as the batch for Akibaranger Season 2 arrives in the real world.
This batch contains Episodes 1-13 in 720p. v2 encodes are available for Episodes 5 and 7 to fix the episode titles in the previews for the subsequent episodes. Otherwise, there were no major fixes. A patch pack is available below for those who have downloaded the original releases.
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Well, we’ve taken a bite out of another piece of the Heisei Rider back catalog as Kiva reaches the finish! That was a bit of a sprint at the end there but you can thank a very slow week at my day job for that.
Massive thanks to Railler Subs and Earthly for their help with the subs and to the uploader on ADC that posted the Kiva BDs shortly before the site died!
I’ve often heard that Kiva is a divisive series and if I’m being honest, I’m not sure why. The dual timeframes was a choice I was surprised by when Rider had just come off of Den-O’s time travel, but I thought the perspective of the father and son was an interesting one. I suppose what we learned from the 2008 scenes tended to spoil some of the outcome of the 1986 story, but I still found it to be fairly interesting despite that.
Surprising no one, a batch is planned, and I’m hoping to get it done next week along with the Akibaranger Season 2 and Hibiki batches. If that doesn’t happen, look for it right after Zi-O Box 4 is completed in December. We’ll also be getting the DDLs caught up for the shows that are missing them.
As mentioned when Hibiki wrapped up, we’ll be jumping backward to Kabuto next, but as Earthly will be assisting with some TLC on the subs before release and I need to encode the raws, I will not be starting Kabuto until January just like Go-Busters. This is largely because I have the files for the first box for Ryusoulger arriving in my hands shortly along with Zi-O Box 4 releasing in just a few weeks. I also have my annual January vacation scheduled from the 8th to the 12th, but it’s possible that Kabuto will kick off around New Years if things are ready. In any case, be ready to Clock Up in January!
Last Episode – Finale: The Inheritors of Kiva
With Wataru as the self-proclaimed King of the Fangires, Taiga confronts him and claims to have killed Maya. The brothers begin to fight, but Bishop appears with his army of Fangires, so the two switch targets, with the Arms Monsters arriving to back them up. Nago, with the help of Megumi, engages Bishop at the same time, struggling with his damaged eyesight, but with Megumi’s help, he triumphs. But in defeat, he succeeds in reviving the King, forcing the brothers to team up and fight the Bat Fangire just as Wataru and Otoya did 22 years earlier. The fate of humanity and the Fangires is about to be decided!
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Episode 47 – Break the Chain: Obey Me!
Taiga and Wataru resume their fight after eliminating Bishop’s revived Fangires. With the embracing of his Fangire side, Wataru defeats Taiga and tells his brother he refuses to help him. While Bishop’s plans to revive the previous King continue on, Taiga visits Maya after she refuses to grant him the power of Dark Kiva, he attacks her and obtains Kivat-bat the 2nd. Meanwhile, Nago plans to resign due to his injury, but Megumi demands he continues to fight, with her acting as his eyes.
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Episode 46 – Full Stop: Goodbye, Otoya
Wataru battles the Bat Fangire after his father is injured, but he’s no match for the incredible power wielded by the King. Enraged, the injured Otoya switches to IXA, but the weaker prototype is easily dispatched by the King, as the IXA armor shatters. Despite knowing that using Dark Kiva again will mean his demise, Otoya transforms and the two Kivas stand side by side and finally destroy the King. Otoya begins to die but puts on a brave facade as his son fades away, returning to the future he came from. Back in the future, Wataru exudes new confidence while Nago fights Bishop but is severely injured in the process…
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Episode 45 – With You: The Last Transformation
After Wataru rescues Otoya, the King reveals his true Fangire form and attacks, but Otoya escapes and encounters Kivat-bat the 2nd, who tells him that Maya sends a message: they can never meet again. If they do, the King will kill Taiga, who he is holding hostage. Disgusted by his actions, Kivat-bat the 2nd proposes a pact with Otoya, granting him the Dark Kiva powers at the risk of his life! In 2008, Taiga agonizes over Mio’s death until Bishop reveals Wataru did not kill her, he did, in order to send Wataru into despair. Taiga reacts violently, angering Bishop into acting on his own, plotting revenge…
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Episode 44 – Punk: Back to Father
In the aftermath of Mio’s death, Wataru confronts Taiga until Jiro drags him to the Time Door, hoping that Wataru will regain his composure if he meets his father. But when Wataru returns to the past, he is hellbent on saving Mio by erasing his own existence and keeping his parents from getting together. When he is forced to reveal his parentage, Otoya is unable to believe it, but he slowly comes around until the two are attacked by a Fangire, leading father and son to fight side by side.
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Episode 43 – Wedding March: A Time of Parting
In search of Otoya, Yuri and Maya battle the Silkworm Fangire as Otoya’s life is drained into Castle Doran. As time is nearly up, he requests that the King allow him one final performance, playing a song to act as a beacon for Maya and Yuri. As they escape with him, Otoya dons IXA to defeat the Silkworm Fangire while Maya is stripped of her powers. In 2008, Shima acts strangely as the Sungazer Fangire appears, but everyone is stunned when it changes back into Shima! Meanwhile, Taiga and Mio begin the wedding ceremony, but Mio has plans of her own…
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Episode 42 – The Power of Love: The King’s Rage
In 1986, Otoya battles Dark Kiva with IXA but is hopelessly outmatched and is taken prisoner by the King, intending to feed him to Castle Doran. Maya pretends not to care, but she seeks out Yuri and begs her to help rescue Otoya after she admits she is in love with him. Yuri agrees, and the two enter the Lost Woods, where Castle Doran sleeps. In 2008, Taiga is upset by Wataru’s decision to fight for humanity, pointing out they’ll end up fighting one another eventually. As Shima visits Yuri’s grave, he is attacked by a Fangire and gravely wounded, but Taiga offers Wataru a way to help him…
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Episode 41 – Lullaby: Release the Heart
The Arms Monsters attempt to eliminate Otoya in order to be spared by the King, but none of them can go through with it and the trio decides to split up and run, but they don’t get before the King uses his dark Kiva powers to seal them into the weapons Wataru will use in the future, imprisoning them in Castle Doran. In 2008, Shima fires Kengo, who begs Wataru not to give up with Nago and the others, but Wataru won’t budge. But when a vision of Maya comes to him in a dream, will he find his resolve to believe in himself?
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