Spirits That Manipulate Darkness

is the eighteenth episode of Kamen Rider Blade. It features the debut of Go Kiryu as Kamen Rider Leangle.
==Synopsis==
While fighting Blade, Leangle unseals three more of Blade's cards. Leangle suddenly reverts back to Mutsuki, who was unaware of what he was doing, and Kazuma takes his belt away. Sakuya meets up with Go and sees what a cruel person he's become. The belt finds its way back to Mutsuki and he falls even more under the Spider Undead's control. Mutsuki tries to throw the belt away but it returns to him and transforms into Leangle. The Boar, Deer, Locust, and Jaguar Undead show up and Leangle, Blade and Chalice go to fight them. While fighting with Blade, Leangle is defeated and Go picks up the belt.
==Plot==
to be added
==Cast==
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===Guest cast===
*Basketball Team Member: , 
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*Criminal: 
*Basketball Player: JUNYA
*Locust Undead(Voice): 
*Deer Undead, Jaguar Undead(Voice): 
*Boar Undead(Voice): 
*Leangle(Voice): 
==Notes==
*As part of Super Hero Time, this episode aired alongside episode 15, .
*Viewership: 8.9%
*Closing Screen Rouse Card: Change Spider (Improper Seal)
*The intro was updated to include Leangle.
===Meme===
*A scene of the convenience store's old female worker alerting a robbery by calling Mutsuki to catch him has become a subject for the Ondul language, given the lady's near-unintelligible line , which sounds like . This line usually appears in Niconico streaming sites where videos of chase scenes would occur, causing the audience to quote the meme. It was also through this meme that Mutsuki gains the nickname , a fact that is acknowledged by his actor, Takahiro Hojo,https://twitter.com/0525Joe/status/875968848083664897 who also at times visiting the store's real life location (Mami Mart in Matsukazedai, Higashimatsuyama, Saitama) and/or reenacting the chase scene.https://twitter.com/0525Joe/status/1287445661529436160https://twitter.com/0525Joe/status/1593800058902024193https://twitter.com/0525Joe/status/1658341368127963137
KR-Blade-17-A-Thief!.jpg|"A Thief!"
KR-Blade-17-After-Him-Mutsuki.jpg|"Go get him, Mutsuki!"
==DVD releases==
Kamen Rider Blade Volume 5 features episodes 17-20: The Evil Belt, Spirits That Manipulate Darkness, One Who Conquers Darkness and The Target is Kotaro. It was released on DVD on December 10th 2004, with a total run time of 93 minutes.
Blu-ray Box 2 comes with 16 episodes.
==External links==
*TV Asahi's page on "仮面ライダー剣(ブレイド) - 第18話"
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