Scans credited to pali_mari ; thank you!



The Rider Who See Album of Memories… “W” is fate. I’m here because I was meant to take this role, to meet these people. – Kiryama “W” is life, soul. You can probably see the root of “Suda Masaki” in this, my origins. – Suda “W” is a dream. Playing an admired hero; one of my dreams has come true. – Kinomoto ~~~The Rider Who See Album of Memories… ~~~

Kinomoto: We shot the last 3 episodes (47-48-49) in about a week.

Kiriyama: There are still a lot of important scenes left.

Kinomoto: Yea, there are a lot of heavy, emotional scenes, so we’re crying almost every day.

Kiriyama: Indeed. Usually, there’s one or two comedic scenes in an episode, but lately, things have been serious from the very beginning of the episode.



Suda: Everyone ended up crying from the very first day of shooting these three episodes. In episode 47, Philip said he wouldn’t regret disappearing at all as long as Wakana-neesan was saved. Shotaro didn’t want Philip to disappear, so they argued about that. I put a lot of emotion into that scene.

Kinomoto: On the first day of our final three shoots, right?

Suda: Being left behind must be tough, Shotaro’s emotions must have taken a massive hit…

Kiriyama: Then, cry for me (cheeky grin)

Kinomoto: The director warned us beforehand, didn’t he? “Suda, don’t cry yet, okay?”

Masaki: It’s because Philip didn’t cry that made it easy for Shotaro to live on. My eyes got so swollen.

Renn: Director Ishida (Hidenori) has once again proven that he’s brilliant at creating tearful situations.

Masaki: The director, himself, cried too.

Kiriyama: Whenever I go check the monitor after a scene’s done, Director Ishida is bawling too. He takes the script and develops it from the stem up, carefully tending to this original world, adding minute and profound details depicting each character’s emotions.

Kinomoto: The director, oftentimes, can change the feeling of a scene without using words. He does it visually, with little things like shifting the actor’s head a little downward. He’s also really polite when explaining things.

Kiriyama: Since it’s the end for the director too, I can sense that he’s put more spirit into it than before.

Masaki: At the end of episode 48, there’s a scene where Shotaro opens up the gift that Philip gave him, right? Well, I was still getting ready with make-up and everything when the director called me to set. He wanted me to read Philip’s message, “I leave this beloved town in your hands, Kamen Rider Hidari Shotaro! From your partner,” out loud, to get the right feel going.

Kinomoto: I could barely watch it, because I would cry for sure (getting teary-eyed). Philip vanishing was definitely a shocker.

Masaki: Actually, I was utterly shocked when I first found out that Philip was dead. But then I thought about it and it makes sense, because there’s no way Philip could really be a normal human being. Of course, it’s still quite shocking to think that I’m dead, lol.

Kiriyama: I had actually heard about that from someone else before I had read the script, but even so, I’m okay with it.

Kinomoto: Well, we already knew how that was going to turn out way beforehand.

I’m glad we did this scene!

Kiriyama: In episode 48, where I put on Oyassan/Boss’s hat, and ride to find where Utopia was.

Up until this point Shotaro had been half-boiled, but then realized that it wasn’t Philip who was causing him pain, but himself. The character truly came to life the moment he turned hard-boiled, because we saw him evolve from the half-boiled-ness.

Suda: I loved the scenes where I get to act with Shotaro. Especially in episode 47, where I gave him the present. Or how we played catch on the beach in episode 48. The way everything looked like a solid picture was really cool.

Kinomoto: W’s world does appear like that, doesn’t it? As for me, I liked the scene where Ryu sacrificed himself…in Ep.47, he was beaten to a pulp by Utopia, but it protected his friends. It gave Philip and Shotarou time for that beautiful scene they had. I thought it was very Terui Ryu-like.

Suda: Just thinking about that scene makes me cry.

Kiriyama: Yea, that scene. The “let me do this” was really cool!

Suda: This area (pointing to the back of the neck), where you can see the blood vessels popping out, it’s like you’re using all of your strength -I think that kind of scene is really cool.

Kiriyama: I like scenes where I can throw back my head.

Kinomoto: What?

Kiriyama: Like when I’m screaming “Ahh!” or “Uaaah!” (while imitating the move).

Kinomoto: And then afterwards, I ended up wrapped in bandages, lol. In Ep.48, at the office, I was sipping coffee from the cup Philip had given me as a present, whole body wrapped in bandages, face barely recognizable, lol.

Kiriyama: At this point, you knew that Terui had an interesting side to him, but when you first came into Shotarou’s office, you always had a serious face on, lol.

Suda: When sad, if he returned to his other side, it would be interesting, lol.

Kiriyama: But, I’m more curious about Shroud’s death.

Kinomoto: I always thought she was a person made out of data.

Suda: I’ve always wondered about her covered face!