The Legend Lives

**The Legend Lives** is the first episode of *Kamen Rider Legend*.

## Plot

A young couple walks through the woods as they are being stalked by something. The man of the couple gets paranoid as he hears something moving. He then notices that his girlfriend is in stunned silence. He looks at what she’s looking at and it’s themselves, naked. Different vines grab hold of the couple, and they are covered in the vines. The vines leave nothing but their clothes behind. This turns out to be a story being told by a young man, Jun Kaito, to his friends. One of his friends, Trisha, tells Jun that he needs to stop believing in urban legends. Jun says that he believes in the legend and that there are monsters in the forest. Trisha asks him why the monsters haven’t left the forest to come attack the city. Jun then says that there are warriors known as The Oni who protect everyone from the monsters. Trisha says that the monsters don’t exist and neither do the Oni. Their class begins as Jun begins sketching in his sketchbook and draws a picture of what he presumes the Oni look like. Afterschool, Jun rides his bike home where he enters and greets his mother. His cousin and uncle are there as well. His cousin, Maya, asks him if he wants to go hang out. Jun agrees to join her. Meanwhile, a man is sleeping against a tree in the middle of the woods. Something is watching and a strange bird like figure is sitting in the tree. The man wakes up and the being watching him quickly runs up and attacks him. It is unknown what happened as the bird-like figure flies away. Meanwhile, Maya and Jun walk to a pond as Maya asks Jun if he’s still been drawing. Jun says that he has and shows her his sketchbook. She asks him if he’s drawing about the Oni urban legend. Jun says that he has but he still believes that there’s something more to the legend. Maya asks him to come to the forest with her and maybe they can find out. Jun says that they shouldn’t go deep into the forest, but Maya says that they’ll be fine. The two head towards the forest and sees that there is a gate blocking it. Jun suggest that they go back to the pond, so they won’t get hurt and Maya agrees. However, Maya then becomes hypnotized by something and begins walking into the forest. Jun tries to tell her not to, but she ignores him with her face having a blank expression. A woman is calling her name and she follows to were it’s being called. Jun follows after her. The bird-like figure watches over the two. Maya stands in the forest and a woman is staring at her with a smile. Maya begins to get consumed by vines, but Jun quickly saves her. Maya falls unconscious as Jun tries to wake her up. The woman disappears and a monster appears and tries to attack the children. Jun then hears the sound of intense wind. The leaves begin to blow aggressively around the forest. Jun turns around and sees what he believes to be a member of the Oni. The Oni fights the monster. Jun tries to carry Maya to safety; however, he is then stopped by another monster. The monster prepares to attack the two as both Jun and Maya have vines wrapped around their legs.

## Cast

* Ren Itsuki: Erik Sanada
* Jun Kaito: Nic Suzuki
* The Man: Jun Tomiyama
* The Woman: Kiera Tomiyama

## See Also

* The Echoing Oni - Counterpart in *Kamen Rider Hibiki*