Tiger's a Hero

Tiger's a Hero (タイガは英雄 Taiga wa Eiyū) is the forty-sixth episode of Kamen Rider Ryuki.

Synopsis

 * Shinji learns that the Rider War was created to Save Yui
 * Tojo challange the other Riders to a Battle. Later, He douses their cars in Gasoline to stop them from leaving Mirror World.
 * Asakura dies in an explosion after igniting a Gasoline covered Car
 * Tojo sacrifices himself by jumping infront of a Truck to save a Boy and his father.

Plot
Kitaoka & Tojo continue to fight. Kitaoka tells Tojo that he is already disqualified from becoming a hero because he tries to be one. This angers Tojo and he tries to attack but Kitaoka manages to keep him at a safe distance, allowing Kitaoka to escape. Tojo flies into a rage.

That night Ren & Shinji discuss the situation about Yui and how Shiro is really trying to save her from fading. Shinji, although he wants to save Yui, is still reluctant about fighting. Ren reminds him of Yui impending birthday and tells Shinji that Shiro was the one that saved Yui.

Yui remembers the young girl telling her that she will disappear and wakes up from the nightmare.

The next morning, Yui's Grandmother senses that something is wrong with Yui but Yui denies it. The Chief Editor shows up to the Cafe for another day of work. Shinji runs out, ignoring him completely.

Tojo is back in the Lab at Seimeiin University where Shinji goes. He tries to get information from Tojo about what Yui specifically has to do with Mirror World but Tojo tells him to go at look at Hideyuki's Files himself. The files are infront of them in the fire. Shinji quickly rips them out before they can be completely burnt. Shinji asks Tojo why he was burning them to which Tojo replies that he didn't know what to do next so he erased everything. Tojo leaves and Shinji starts reading the damaged papers.

Goro manages to put Kitaoka in an interesting situation by telling Megumi & Shimada to be bodyguards for him. Kitaoka takes a phone call from someone.

Shinji finishes reading the files and realises, with the assistance of Shiro that the whole point of the Rider Battle is to save Yui. Shiro tells him to save Yui by winning the Rider Battle. Shiro tells Shinji that not that he has a wish, he is a true Kamen Rider. On the way back, Shinji runs into Ren who tells him that Tojo has challenged them to a fight and that Asakura & Kitaoka will probably join in too. When Ren asks him if he will fight or not, Shinji still can't decide whether to fight or not.

Ren asks Shinji if he has saved anyone yet. He explains that no matter whether Shiro was lying or not about the winner gaining power, Either Eri or Yui will be saved. Kitaoka goes off somewhere (presumably to fight Tojo). Shinji returns to the cafe where The Chief, Yui & Grandmother are doing the Christmas Decorations. Yui apologizes to him for worrying him. She begins to fade again. Both Yui & Shinji realise. Shinji then runs out of the cafe.

Asakura starts smashing Tojo's Car just as Ren & Kitaoka show up. Although Tojo hasn't shown up yet, They all transform and enter Mirror World to fight eachother. As they enter Mirror World, Tojo appears with a can of Gasoline. Tojo starts dousing all of their vehicles in Gasoline and plans to set them alight to prevent them from getting out of Mirror World.

The three-way battle is interrupted by the appearance of hundreds of monsters. Ren gets taken away by a Group of Monsters while Asakura & Kitaoka begin to fight again once they wiped out their share of the monsters. Just as they are about to fight, Tojo activates a Final Vent and Destwilder attacks Kitaoka. Fortunately, Kitaoka shoots Destwilder while Asakura tries to hit Tojo with a Metalgelas Final Vent. While it doesn't work because of Tiger's Arms, Asakura continues to attack Tojo. Kitaoka tries to hit Asakura but Asakura summons Venosnaker who melts Zolda's Missile Shooter with his Venom. Asakura returns his attention to Tojo while Kitaoka is busy with Venosnaker. However, Kitaoka dodge's one of Venosnaker's Venom shots, hitting Asakura instead and allowing Tojo to escape. Asakura & Kitaoka both leave Mirror World. Asakura goes crazy and tries to hit Kitaoka with a Pipe, but Goro is there and helps Kitaoka.

Asakura kicks Goro out of the way and gets into Tojo's Car. He starts the ignition and and literally ignites the car in an explosion (Due to Tojo pouring Gasoline on it Earlier). Kitaoka picks up Goro who was knocked out by the explosion but a still living Asakura grabs Goro's Suit and tries to pull him into the flames. Kitaoka manages to save Goro.

Tojo celebrates in getting Asakura. He has an imaginary conversation with Hideyuki about finally becoming close to being a hero. He walks to a Pedestrian Crossing where he says a Man with a young boy which reminds him of Hideyuki & his son. The pedestrian sign goes green and they begin to walk across the road. A truck who doesn't see them veers around the corner, and Tojo without thinking pushes them out of the way and gets hit instead.

Ren, who was taken off before, uses a Final Vent to destroy his group of monsters. Shinji appears and destroys one that nearly attacks Ren. Shinji tells Ren that he will fight to save Yui and bear the burden of the Rider War. The both activate Survival.

Tojo, having taken the hit of the Truck, dies on the street infront of the Young boy, his father and a crowd of people. Ironically, the next day in the newspaper, he is labelled a Hero for saving the Boy and his father.

Shinji and Ren prepare to fight in Mirror World.

Cast
Shinji Kido (城戸 真司 Kido Shinji): Takamasa Suga (須賀 貴匡 Suga Takamasa)

Ren Akiyama (秋山 蓮 Akiyama Ren): Satoshi Matsuda (松田 悟志 Matsuda Satoshi)

Yui Kanzaki (神崎 優衣 Kanzaki Yui): Ayano Sugiyama (杉山 彩乃 Sugiyama Ayano)

Shiro Kanzaki (神崎 士郎 Kanzaki Shirō): Kenzaburo Kikuchi (菊地 謙三郎 Kikuchi Kenzaburo)

Shuichi Kitaoka (北岡 秀一 Kitaoka Shūichi): Ryohei (涼平 Ryōhei)

Goro Yura (由良 吾郎 Yura Gorō): Tomohisa Yuge (弓削 智久 Yuge Tomohisa)

Takeshi Asakura (浅倉 威 Asakura Takeshi): Takashi Hagino (萩野 崇 Hagino Takashi)

Satoru Tojo (東條 悟 Tōjō Satoru): Jun Takatsuki (高槻 純 Takatsuki Jun)

Daisuke Okubo (大久保 大介 Ōkubo Daisuke): Kanji Tsuda (津田 寛治 Tsuda Kanji)

Nanako Shimada (島田 奈々子 Shimada Nanako): Hitomi Kurihara (栗原 瞳 Kurihara Hitomi)

Megumi Asano (浅野 めぐみ Asano Megumi): Chisato Morishita (森下 千里 Morishita Chisato)

Sanako Kanzaki (神崎 沙奈子 Kanzaki Sanako): Kazue Tsunogae (角替 和枝 Tsunogae Kazue)

Trivia
Episodes Kamen Rider Ryuki