Episode 1 - Kamen Rider Ryuki

"The Birth of a New Rider" (Atarashii Raidā no Tanjō) Air Date: February 3, 2002

Shinji stands before a shattered department-store mirror. His reflection shows with blood-red eyes. He punches the glass. It doesn’t break—his hand goes through, and a new Rider (scarf blowing in no wind) watches from the other side. kamen rider ryuki episode 1

The episode opens not with a fight, but with a disappearance. We are introduced to , an eager and somewhat clumsy rookie journalist working for the ORE Journal. Shinji is investigating a string of bizarre disappearances linked to a rumor: people are being abducted by their own reflections in mirrors. "The Birth of a New Rider" (Atarashii Raidā