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Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider W & Decade: Movie War 2010 - Director’s Cut (2010) Timeline Explained – Every Event in Order

Release, runtime and language
2010 · 99 mins · Japanese
Directed by
Ryuta Tasaki
Starring
Alice Hirose, Masaki Suda, Toru Tezuka, Renji Ishibashi, Nao Oikawa, Koji Kikkawa

Director’s cut of Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider W & Decade: Movie War 2010.

On this page (4)
  1. 1 Events in order (15)
  2. 2 Timeline questions answered
  3. 3 Movie threads
  4. 4 Every angle

15 events in order · contains spoilers

Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider W & Decade: Movie War 2010 - Director’s Cut Timeline: Events in Chronological Order

Every key event of Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider W & Decade: Movie War 2010 - Director’s Cut (2010) in order, scene by scene, with when and where it takes place. Use it to untangle flashbacks, time jumps and parallel storylines, to refresh your memory before the sequel or to find the exact scene you are thinking of.

  1. Tsukasa Kadoya Accepts His Fate

    Tsukasa Kadoya embraces his role as the destroyer of worlds, determined to fight and capture various Riders from different universes. He uses cards to imprison these Riders, firmly accepting the dark path set before him.

  2. Yuriko Misaki's Support

    Yuriko Misaki steps in to assist Kadoya in his quest, trying to influence him to reconsider his actions. Their bond deepens as they confront the Riders attempting to thwart Kadoya's plans.

  3. Encounter with Natsumi and Onodera

    Natsumi Hikari and Yusuke Onodera confront Kadoya, each using different approaches to stop him. During this tense moment, Natsumi attempts to remind Kadoya of his true self, but he rebuffs her efforts.

  4. Enjiro Hikari's Transformation

    Natsumi's grandfather, Enjiro Hikari, meets with Ryu, who secretly provides him with the Doctor Death Gaia Memory. This transforms him into Super Doctor Death, empowering him to join forces against Kadoya.

  5. Super Shocker's Formation

    With the aid of Colonel Zol and Bee Woman, Enjiro Hikari joins forces to form Super Shocker. They plan to exploit Kadoya's actions for their own agenda while aiming to capture the Neo Organism.

  6. Daiki Kaito Confronts Kadoya

    Daiki Kaito confronts Kadoya, revealing a painful truth about Misaki's past. He accuses Kadoya of being responsible for her death, which Kadoya initially denies, leading to a bitter confrontation.

  7. Natsumi Becomes Kamen Rider Kiva-la

    Determined to save the multiverse, Natsumi uses Kiva-la to transform into Kamen Rider Kiva-la. She challenges Kadoya directly but faces an emotional decision when he allows her to kill him.

  8. Multiverse Restoration

    As Kadoya gives his cards to Natsumi, he implores her to remember him before passing away. Wataru Kurenai reveals that Kadoya's actions have, paradoxically, restored the multiverse, allowing its stories to continue.

  9. Natsumi and Kaito's Quest

    After returning to her reality, Natsumi and Kaito attempt to revive Kadoya using his camera. Their efforts are thwarted by an attack from Super Shocker, forcing them to fight back.

  10. Bee Woman's Return

    Bee Woman, a formidable foe, returns to the Super Crisis Fortress and releases the Neo Organism. The Neo Organism absorbs her, transforming into a powerful entity dubbed Doras.

  11. Hidari and Philip's Flashback

    Detective Sokichi Narumi reflects on meeting his protégé Shotaro Hidari, and how they first transformed into Kamen Rider W. Their bond deepened as they fought against evil together in the past.

  12. The Investigation Begins

    Hidari and Akiko Narumi begin an investigation for pop star Asami Mutsuki, who believes she is haunted by her sister. Their search reveals layers of deception related to supernatural forces.

  13. Shijima's True Identity Revealed

    Hidari and Philip discover that Father Roberto Shijima is the true antagonist, manipulating events for his gain. They confront him, leading to a dramatic showdown where they must fight both physical and emotional foes.

  14. Allied Riders Unite

    As the threat from the Neo Organism escalates, Kadoya, Hidari, and Philip join forces with other Riders. Together, they pool their strengths to face off against Super Crisis Fortress and its evil forces.

  15. Kadoya's Farewell

    In a heart-wrenching moment, Kadoya briefly brings an alternate version of Sokichi to give Hidari closure. With their tasks completed, Kadoya continues his journey, leaving behind cherished memories.

Last updated: September 28, 2026 at 10:55

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Timeline questions answered

Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider W & Decade: Movie War 2010 - Director’s Cut Timeline Explained: Your Questions Answered

When does it happen, and why in that order? The questions people ask about the chronology of Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider W & Decade: Movie War 2010 - Director’s Cut (2010): time jumps, flashbacks, cause and effect between scenes and the correct order of events, each answered with spoilers.

Q1

Why does Tsukasa Kadoya accept being the destroyer of worlds?

In Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider W & Decade: Movie War 2010, Kadoya embraces his destined role as the harbinger of destruction after being recognized as the traveler whose path inevitably erases other Riders' worlds. Rather than resist this fate, he chooses to actively hunt and seal Riders across the multiverse into cards, believing this is the only way to fulfill the role written for him. His acceptance is shown as a tragic surrender to a destiny imposed on him from outside, which is why even Yuriko Misaki's attempts to sway him initially fail.

  • kadoya
  • destroyer
  • traveler
  • rider cards
  • multiverse
Q2

How is Kadoya brought back to life after Natsumi seemingly ends him?

Kadoya is revived through the collective memories of the Riders from the Nine Worlds rather than any physical resurrection. In the Director's Cut, Natsumi, Daiki Kaito, and Yusuke Onodera refuse to let his memory fade, and together with the other Riders they pour their shared recollections into him through his camera. Wataru Kurenai had already revealed that Kadoya's journey paradoxically revitalized the multiverse by creating new memories, meaning his existence was sustained by the bonds he formed even after his apparent death.

Foreshadowing: Kadoya's parting request that Natsumi hold onto their memories foreshadows that those memories are exactly what will restore him.

  • kadoya revival
  • memories
  • nine worlds riders
  • camera
Q3

Who is Father Roberto Shijima and what is he actually doing in Fuuto?

Father Roberto Shijima is the cemetery keeper who manipulates Asami Mutsuki into believing he can reunite her with her dead sister Erika, but he is actually a Dopant user operating under the alias Death Dopant and later Dummy Dopant. His true goal is to exploit the grief of the living for his own power, using spiritual deceptions like conjuring Sokichi Narumi's ghost to destabilize Shotaro Hidari. Once Hidari and Philip expose his identity, he attempts to eliminate them before being driven off by the Sonozaki family's intervention.

Foreshadowing: Hidari instinctively finds him suspicious from the start due to his peculiar views on resurrection, which is the first clue to his Dopant nature.

  • shijima
  • death dopant
  • dummy dopant
  • fuuto
  • asami mutsuki
  • cemetery
Q4

How does Kadoya destroying Riders across the multiverse actually restore it?

Wataru Kurenai explains the paradox at the heart of Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider W & Decade: Movie War 2010 when he finds them after Kadoya's sacrifice. By traveling between worlds and sealing other Riders into cards, Kadoya inadvertently wove new connections between realities that had been severed, effectively giving the multiverse new stories to tell. His destruction was the catalyst that allowed nine separate worlds to remember each other again, which is why his memory, and not his body, had to survive for the multiverse to remain intact.

Foreshadowing: Kadoya's insistence on collecting cards from every Rider is reframed after his death as preservation rather than erasure.

  • multiverse restoration
  • wataru kurenai
  • rider cards
  • nine worlds
Q5

Why does Kadoya allow Natsumi to end his life?

Kadoya grants Natsumi the chance to finish him because he believes his role as destroyer is complete and that his continued existence would only endanger her and the other Riders. He passes his collected cards to her and asks her to remember him, knowing that his memories, not his body, are what matter for the multiverse going forward. His surrender is presented as an act of love rather than defeat, giving Natsumi the closure of choosing to end him rather than being forced to.

Foreshadowing: His earlier refusal to acknowledge his former self with Natsumi sets up that he has already emotionally let go before the final battle.

  • natsumi
  • kadoya sacrifice
  • kiva-la
  • rider cards
  • emotional climax
Q6

What is the Neo Organism and why is it so dangerous?

The Neo Organism is an ancient, shapeshifting entity that Super Shocker seeks to capture and unleash as a weapon in Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider W & Decade: Movie War 2010. After Bee Woman releases it at the Super Crisis Fortress, it absorbs her and transforms into the massive entity Doras, becoming large enough to threaten every Rider across the Nine Worlds. The Neo Organism ultimately falters and reverts to its original form before orchestrating a final assault with a giant robot, requiring the united Riders to dismantle it.

Foreshadowing: Super Shocker's earlier interest in capturing the Neo Organism establishes it as the climactic threat long before it appears.

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  • doras
  • super crisis fortress
  • super shocker
Q7

How does Kadoya's camera factor into his revival?

Kadoya's camera is the vessel through which he preserved his memories of every Rider he encountered, and those photographs become the literal mechanism of his restoration. In the Director's Cut, Natsumi struggles to develop the film because Kadoya's face refuses to appear in any of the images, symbolizing that he has not yet chosen to return. When Kaito, Onodera, and the Nine Worlds Riders pour their own memories into the camera, Kadoya's image finally manifests and he is pulled back into existence.

Foreshadowing: Kadoya's lifelong habit of documenting every Rider encounter becomes the literal lifeline after his death.

  • kadoya camera
  • photographs
  • memories
  • revival mechanic
Q8

What is Super Shocker and how does it form in the movie?

Super Shocker is a coalition of villains assembled by Colonel Zol that exploits the chaos caused by Kadoya's rampage to pursue the Neo Organism. It is formed when Natsumi's grandfather Enjiro Hikari is given the Doctor Death Gaia Memory by his friend Ryu, transforming him into Super Doctor Death, and then joins forces with the enigmatic Narutaki and Bee Woman. Their goal is to harness Kadoya's destabilization of the Nine Worlds to capture an ancient power source, leading to the construction of the Super Crisis Fortress as their base.

Foreshadowing: Ryu's quiet offer of the Gaia Memory seeds the entire villain coalition before its true scope is revealed.

  • super shocker
  • enjiro hikari
  • doctor death
  • colonel zol
  • bee woman
Q9

Why does Shijima use Sokichi Narumi's ghost against Shotaro Hidari?

Shijima weaponizes Sokichi's spirit because he knows that Hidari's unresolved grief over his mentor's death is the most exploitable wound he can target. By conjuring Sokichi as an apparent ally, Shijima destabilizes Hidari emotionally and tries to drive a wedge between him and Philip, weakening the Kamen Rider W partnership from within. The deception only works because Sokichi's death left Hidari with unfinished emotional business, which Philip has to remind him of mid-battle.

Foreshadowing: Hidari's reflective Christmas memory of Sokichi immediately precedes Shijima's case, establishing the emotional vulnerability Shijima preys on.

  • sokichi narumi
  • shotaro hidari
  • shijima
  • ghost
  • grief
Q10

Who is the man in red at the end and what does his warning mean?

The cloaked figure in red who appears during Hidari and Philip's celebration declares that W is no longer the only Kamen Rider in Fuuto, signaling that a new threat has taken root in their city. The proclamation functions as a sequel hook, implying that another Rider, likely an antagonist or wildcard, has arrived in Fuuto and that the status quo of W as the sole protector is over. The scene deliberately leaves the figure's identity unresolved, framing it as an ominous new chapter rather than a resolved threat.

  • man in red
  • fuuto
  • sequel hook
  • new rider
Q11

Why does Kadoya bring an alternate-reality Sokichi to Hidari?

Before departing on his continued journey, Kadoya uses his dimensional powers to pull forth a version of Sokichi Narumi from an alternate reality in order to give Hidari the emotional closure his real mentor could not provide. It is not a resurrection of the original Sokichi who died saving Philip, but a gesture acknowledging that Hidari's grief had never been properly addressed. The scene lets Hidari finally say goodbye while also reinforcing Kadoya's theme that memories and alternate possibilities can heal the wounds of the original timeline.

Foreshadowing: Hidari's flashback to Sokichi's death and his lingering Christmas memory establish the unresolved grief Kadoya addresses.

  • sokichi
  • hidari
  • alternate reality
  • closure
  • kadoya
Q12

How does Bee Woman become the entity Doras?

After Misaki sacrifices herself to injure Bee Woman during the defense against Super Shocker, Bee Woman retreats to the Super Crisis Fortress and deliberately releases the Neo Organism. The organism then absorbs her entirely, merging with her to transform into the massive creature called Doras. This absorption is what elevates the Neo Organism from a latent threat into an active combatant, requiring the full union of the Nine Worlds Riders to defeat.

Foreshadowing: Misaki's earlier death at Bee Woman's hands is revisited, this time with Misaki's sacrifice repaying the wound.

  • bee woman
  • doras
  • neo organism
  • misaki sacrifice
Q13

How do the W and Decade storylines connect in the Director's Cut?

The two arcs run in parallel before merging in the climax when Kadoya, Hidari, and Philip cross paths while independently pursuing Shijima and Super Shocker. Once they unite, they coordinate with Kaito, Natsumi, Onodera, and the Nine Worlds Riders to bring down the Super Crisis Fortress together, effectively making the W investigation and the Decade multiverse crisis two fronts of the same final battle. Their convergence also lets Kadoya deliver Sokichi's alternate-reality closure to Hidari, giving the W arc a personal resolution on top of the larger multiverse victory.

Foreshadowing: The flashback of Sokichi and Hidari infiltrating a facility mirrors Kadoya's pattern of moving between secret installations, visually linking the two plots.

  • w arc
  • decade arc
  • storylines
  • super crisis fortress
  • riders unite

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Why these movies?

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