Kamen Rider Black Ep 1 ((link)) -

The episode truly ignites when Kotaro, now living under a false name in Tokyo, is finally cornered. A squad of Gorgom’s mutant soldiers, the reptilian “Kumo-Jin” (Spider Monsters), tracks him to an abandoned factory. They are swift, strong, and silent. They move to execute him.

Kotaro and Nobuhiko had been kidnapped on their 19th birthday, not by chance, but by a dark prophecy. The ancient, sinister cult known as Gorgom, an organization that secretly ruled the world from the shadows, had chosen them as the final two candidates to become the next Creation King. The ritual was brutal: one would be surgically altered into the invincible creation king, a living god of darkness. The other… would be disposed of. kamen rider black ep 1

The wind howled across the desolate coastline of Kyushu. Two young men, Kotaro Minami and his sworn brother Nobuhiko Akizuki, stood trapped inside a sterile, white chamber hidden within a secret Gorgom base. They weren't prisoners in the traditional sense. They were offerings. The episode truly ignites when Kotaro, now living

As the last monster falls, Black stands amidst the smoke and silence. He looks at his own hands—hands that are no longer entirely human. He hears a whisper on the wind, a familiar voice twisted by darkness: “Kotaro… you cannot save me.” They move to execute him