Farewell, Hiroshi Tsukuba! Eight Heroes Forever....

Farewell, Hiroshi Tsukuba! Eight Heroes Forever.... (さらば筑波洋！８人の勇士よ永遠に・・・・) is the fifty-fourth and final episode of Kamen Rider (Skyrider).

Synopsis
Hiroshi joins the Seven Legendary Riders in a final battle to defeat the Great Leader of Neo-Shocker, forcing to overcome his tragedies in order to bring an end to the organization's reign of terror!

Plot
Ichimonji Hayato and Shigeru Jo assemble all the previous riders in order to do battle with the Great Leader of Neo-Shocker. Meanwhile Hiroshi is bringing is mother some place safe before he joins the fight. A band of Neo-Shocker  assassins attempt to take their lives when Hayato appears to save them. Even though Hayato asks for Hiroshi to come join the fight, he denies him, yearning to protect his mother until she finds somewhere safe, only then will he join the fight. Realizing theirs no use, Hayato accepts his resolve, and joins the other riders in a fight against the Great Leader.

In the city, Neo-Shocker parachutes an oxygen bomb and threatens the riders and the city to meet their demands. Stronger and Nigo challenge the leader and the 7 riders go to battle.

Hiroshi's mother tells him that he should go to fight with the other riders, and that his father would want the same. Just as they hug goodbye, a surviving assasin shoots his mother in the back, dealing a fatal blow. Hiroshi Holds his dying mother in his arms, vowing to avenge her with the very crossbow that killed her.

The 7 riders are losing the battle against the Great Leader and his size. Skyrider finally appears and land a critical attack on his foot with the crossbow that killed his mother. This wasn't enough so the 8 riders combine their powers, with skyrider using one last sailing jump, they fly into the leader and the bomb. GanGan G and the rest of the supporting cast join together to watch their heroes pass away, along with the leader and the bomb.

Cast
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DVD Release
Skyrider Volume 5 features episodes 49-54.