Divergence II: Bravo! Jyamar Ball Showdown!

is the eighteenth episode of Kamen Rider Geats. It features the debut of Kekera.
==Synopsis==
The second round of the reborn Desire Grand Prix is ​​"Jyamar Ball". It is a group competition in which the Riders and the Jyamato compete for the ball and put it in the opponent's goal to compete for points.
Ace and the other Riders form a team and fight together, but the game turns into a close battle. In the midst of such a battle, Keiwa is suspected of being a traitor due to certain actions. He is driven into a corner...!?
==Plot==
The DGP interviews Ace on how he feels about the changes to the game for the audience and he says that he expected such an outcome but finds the Dezastar rule to be problematic. He then breaks the fourth wall, asking the audience if they can figure out who the Dezastar is…
Keiwa has made a delicious breakfast for everyone, but this arouses suspicion from everyone else because of the Dezastar game. Neon thinks Keiwa put laxatives in the food and Sae refuses to eat it because she doesn’t eat before her matches. Daichi wonders why Keiwa would cook for them and when Keiwa comments that he always treats talking like a quiz, Daichi says it is natural as he always seeks knowledge. Keiwa defends his actions by saying he loves to cook and in fact he cooks at a local food pantry near his apartment for the children living there.
Before everyone started eating their breakfast, Chirami makes an announcement that their Spider Phones have been given an update to their software to allow voting for who they think the Dezastar is. Whomever gets the most votes in a round is eliminated from the game regardless of whether they were actually the Dezastar or not. 
Keiwa objects to this, wondering why they should be manipulated into mistrusting each other with the world at stake, to which Chirami replied that it is all part of the new reality show experience and that refusal to participate will result in the person refusing to also be eliminated. Ace seems fine with the new rules but Keiwa seems hesitant, a frog statue is observing Keiwa on a monitor from a sponsor room, a voice coming out from it saying Keiwa must fight and become the Desire God.
At the Jyamar Garden, Archimedel tosses a volleyball to the Jyamato Takeshi Goutokuji and criticizes him for not being “in uniform”. The duplicate changes his appearance, wearing Archimedel’s shirt and overalls and the two Jyamato Riders transform into Takeshi Goutokuji clones. Michinaga sees this and demands an explanation, with Archimedel saying that they are going to have a little sports competition with lives hanging in the balance, maniacally cackling at what is to come.
Keiwa arrives to work at the food pantry, happily greeted by all the children. The lunch lady worries about him, seeing he has lost weight and asks if he has eaten anything lately. Keiwa reassured her he is fine and says he will continue to offer his volunteer services to the pantry if she needs it. 
He hears an explosion outside and races to see that the Jyamato are attacking the city and heading for the food pantry, quickly transforming in front of the kids and then telling them to run to safety as he fends off two Jyamato Riders. The children don’t get very far as the Jyamar Area barrier has them and the lunch lady trapped inside, forcing Keiwa to try and hold back his foes from reaching the kids.
The leader Rook Jyamato throws a volleyball, which goes into a floating holographic goal zone, scoring 5 points for his team. The other Riders are informed by Tsumuri that the game they are playing for the second round is “Jyamar Ball”, a kind of mix of basketball and volleyball where all the players must form a team and try to defend their goal from the Jyamato team and score points by hitting the ball into their goal zone. If they win then they clear the round, if they lose it is an automatic game over and the area they are in will be destroyed and everyone inside it will die.
Ace and company transform and fight the Jyamato, entrusting the ball to Keiwa, who then passes it to Sae. She passes around with the others coming closer towards the goal, with Ace making the final pass to her to hit the goal score 3 points. Tsumuri explains that the points given are determined by the distance from the goal, a long range shoot to the goal will net the players 5 points while short distance throws and kicks to the goal net the team 3 points.
The Jyamato Riders get control of the ball and Keiwa tries to stop them, but Rook says words that Takeshi Goutokuji used and unsettles Keiwa enough to allow Rook to score 3 more points. Daichi sees this from afar and becomes more suspicious of Keiwa. Team Rider scores another 3 points but Keiwa hesitates again, haunted by Rook’s words and Team Jyamato scores another 5 points. Ace manages to score a long range goal before time runs out for the first half, with Team Rider lagging behind at a score of 11 to 13.
In an interview, Sae says she doesn’t trust Keiwa because he is acting strange and she wants to keep her guard up around him just to be safe, suspecting he is the Dezastar.
The trapped children are crying as their parents are on the other side of the barrier, desperately trying to get through. Keiwa pleads for them to stay inside the pantry and reassures their parents that he will keep them safe. Ace is sorrowfully watching this and Ziin appears, wondering if he is thinking about Mitsume, but Ace denies this and says he was doing “image training”. The reason Ziin asked is because he did some digging and Ace’s mother is Mika Ukiyo, wondering why he would claim a former DGP navigator is his mother. 
Ace is curious about Ziin and the shadowy audience watching the games, wondering who exactly his “fan” is. Ziin simply says that he and the others are “tourists” from other dimensions seeking entertainment. Ace decides to keep an eye on Ziin, and the super fan says he will likewise observe him and seems excited by interacting with his idol.
Meanwhile, Sae and Neon bond with each other during training, with Sae revealing that she has younger siblings and experience being an athletic coach to them. Neon is envious of her having siblings and a happy family being an only child. Sae laughs with her and then resumes instructing Neon on the finer points of defense and passing the ball.
In the Lounge, Daichi confronts Keiwa about his behavior during the last half of the game and the latter explaining his concerns about the Jyamato. While Daichi is also concerned about this revelation, theorizing that Jyamato are dead players that were brought back by horrific means. Daichi believes revealing this information to the others would be bad for morale and they should keep it a secret, to which Keiwa agrees.
Back in the Jyamar Garden, Michinaga finds his ID Core and a Desire Driver while Archimedel is distracted and tries to escape. He finds the tree where the Jyamato are growing and is horrified to find the dead corpses of previous contestants buried in the soil with ID Cores scattered around. 
A Jyamato Rider discovers him and goes towards him in an attempt to kill him, with Michinaga placing his broken Core into the Desire Driver and despite being electrocuted by the item not working, he hits it until it starts up. The Buffa powers malfunction and continue to shock Michinaga but through sheer force of will, he takes down the Jyamato Rider and takes its Jyamato Buckle when two more Riders appear. He inserts the buckle into his Driver and screams in pain as he becomes Buffa Jyamato and vines come out of his body which impales the two Riders destroying them. Michinaga detransforms and limps to an open area and discovers the ruins of buildings and more greenhouses. Michinaga heads back and Archimedel observes from the bushes, saying how the young man “doesn’t belong anywhere” now.
Later that evening, Sae and Neon are still training by shooting hoops in basketball, with the latter revealing more about herself and Sae commenting that she should not run away to find love but try to head towards her goal. She then asks Neon what kind of person Keiwa is before they wrap up training. In the reality show interview, Neon says she likes Sae and doesn’t believe that she is the Dezastar but is concerned that she thinks Keiwa is… 
At the lounge, Daichi tries to rouse suspicion that Keiwa is the Dezastar. When Keiwa tries to remind him about what they discussed earlier, Daichi lies claiming that they had no such conversation to further the suspicions and making him seem unhinged talking about Takeshi. Ace mentions that he tricked Girori previously when Keiwa tries to appeal to him, resulting in Daichi confiscating his Ninja Buckle. 
Chirami enters and announces that it is time to vote on who they think the Dezastar is. Kekera is unhappy about this outcome and prepares a secret mission for the next game and Ziin enters his room and insists Keiwa will not be granted access to items if he’s the Dezastar. Kekera denies that his Rider is the Dezastar but Ziin points out that Keiwa already has three votes nominating him. 
Ace comments that if things don’t change, Keiwa will be eliminated from this game. Tsumuri starts the kickoff of the second half of Jyamar Ball, only to discover that the Jyamato are cheating by having more players on their team and two balls in play. 
The game gets frantic and the Rook Jyamato fires the ball from its arm, which Daichi tries to catch but it deflects and breaks the wall of the food pantry, forcing Keiwa to abandon the game to save the children inside by catching collapsed debris and holding it up until they are clear by going further into the building. This clears the secret mission that Kekera set up, allowing Keiwa to obtain the Twin Command Buckle. 
Despite charging up and changing into Jet Command, Rook pulls a dirty trick at the last second to stop Keiwa from attacking by taking on Takeshi’s appearance. This causes Keiwa to hesitate and stop Daichi from attacking what he believes is a former ally, which further complicates his relationship with his teammates as they grow more confident that he is sabotaging them as the Dezastar. The Jyamato score another 3 points and the clock is winding down, if Team Rider doesn’t make a comeback soon, it will be GAME OVER and everyone in the area including them will die. 
==Cast==
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*Narration: 
===Guest Cast===
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*Ace Ukiyo (Child): 
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*Riku's Mother: 
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===Suit Actors===
*Kamen Rider Geats: 
*Kamen Rider Tycoon: 
*Kamen Rider Na-Go: 
*Kamen Rider Buffa: 
*Kamen Rider Nadge-Sparrow: 
*Kamen Rider Lopo: 
==Forms and Collectibles Used==
===Raise Buckles===
*Buckle Used: 
**Geats
***Powered Builder, Gigant Hammer, Gigant Sword
**Tycoon
***Ninja, Command Jet, Command Cannon
**Na-Go
***Beat
**Buffa
***Jyamato
**Nadge-Sparrow
***Monster
**Lopo
***Zombie
**Jyamato Riders
***Jyamato
*Form Used:
**Geats
***Powered Builder Form (Upper half)
**Tycoon
***Ninja Form (Upper half), Entry Form, Raising Form, Command Form Jet Mode
**Na-Go
***Beat Form (Upper half)
**Buffa
***Entry Form, Jyamato Form
**Nadge-Sparrow
***Monster Form (Upper half)
**Lopo
***Zombie Form (Upper half)
==Errors==
*to be added
==Notes==
*As part of Super Hero Time, this episode aired alongside episode 44, .
*Closing Screen DGP Rule: 
*Count at episode end
**Raise Buckles in Geats' possession: Powered Builder, Gigant Container, Gigant Blaster, Gigant Hammer, Gigant Sword
**Raise Buckles in Tycoon's possession: Command Jet, Command Cannon
**Raise Buckles in Na-Go's possession: Beat
**Raise Buckles in Buffa's possession: Jyamato
**Raise Buckles in Nadge-Sparrow's possession: Monster, Ninja
**Raise Buckles in Lopo's possession: Zombie
*Eliminations: N/A
*Riders Remaining: 5/5 (Geats, Tycoon, Na-Go, Nadge-Sparrow, Lopo)
*This episode features the debut of Geats Powered Builder Form, Tycoon Command Form Jet Mode, and Buffa Jyamato Form, as well as the final appearance of Buffa Entry Form.
*This is the first episode to feature a Rider transforming and fighting completely outside of the DGP.
*This is the first episode to feature a Rider willingly transforming into Entry Form on screen.
==External links==
*TV Asahi's official episode guide for 乖離Ⅱ：ブラボー！ジャマーボール対決！
*KR Official's official episode guide for 乖離Ⅱ：ブラボー！ジャマーボール対決！
*JAE's official episode guide for 乖離Ⅱ：ブラボー！ジャマーボール対決！
Category:New Form Episode