In 1986, after defeating Dogga for attacking her, Maya is surprised to see Otoya remaining in spite of knows her true identity as a Fangire. In 2008, Kiva's fight with the Moose Fangire is watched by Saga, who takes his leave after the Fangire retreats and Kiva reverts as he walks into Mio, who pleas him not to let her go as Wataru promises her that he'll stay by her side. After Taiga finishes a meeting with a young man named Numakawa, he sees Wataru and invite him out to dinner in order for him to meet his fiance. When Wataru finds out the fiance is Mio, Wataru is shocked as he gets down in the dumps that his girlfriend is seeing his best friend.