Huh that so? Well I just wonder why Toei didn't get him to represent Kuuga, althought that might trigger some. Then again Toei bought back Kiriya and redeemed him.

While Zi-O is almost end, there's still some surprise to be seen.

Speaking of which I know this is a fat chance since Geiz and Woz will get it, but I kinda wish that Zi-O's V-cinema would focus on Decade and Aqua.

Although there's a possibility that Woz's V-cinema could have him obtain Aqua Miridewatch.

Hu what? I love Onodera Yuusuke from Decade...Do people really hate him?

Onodera's hate is primarily because he isn't Godai. Hell, he only exists cause Odagiri didn't want to return

I remember finding him the most pointless character in Decade without even having watched Kuuga. I disliked him on his own terms.

I get the non-legacy role he was supposed to fill - being a much more lighthearted and comedic character compared to Tsukasa and Natsumi - but he just never felt like a good character.

The issue is that it was pretty clear the writers themselves didn't like the idea. It probably came from a producer and was imposed on the staff. Sho Aikawa while he remained the main writer, although treating Onodera decently as a supporting character, never had him transforming into Kuuga after the Kiva World. Inoue and the writer of the Kabuto episodes outright disregarded him completely.

Kobayashi and Yonemura were willing to use him as Kuuga, but clearly weren't attempting to make up for how much the other writers ignored him, so even in their episodes he was just kind of "there". There wasn't a single one of Decade's writers who legitimately attempted to push him as the new Kuuga.

It sucks that Joe doesn't want to come back, because I had a thought that by some insane miracle that he did come back, that they would tribute the scene where we first see him try to cheer up a kid as a way of book ending the Heisei era.

I've got to co-sign this big time! Half the time he didn't even henshin, he just stood around watching Tsukasa fight

Honestly I found it really bizarre how many times Onodera would be present but simply just didn't Henshin to lend an assist to Decade

I think for me the thing is, what saves Decade for me is the relationship Tsukasa has with the other cast members, and how bizarre yet real they feel in different ways. His relationship with Natsumi feels like the most sibling relationship of all toku siblings with how much they hate yet love each other, while his relationship with Daiki feels very much like two bitter whiny exes. And I kind of love these.

In a series that I found a lot to love - likely unintentionally - in how these characters were so awful yet loveable with some of the funnier relationships on a base level, Onodera... just... didn't manage to fit into that for me.

I think (it's been a while since I've seen Decade) in Hibiki Sekai he hid behind a tree in fear or something like that. It's like, c'mon dude, did you forget you're a Kamen Rider?

I definitely like Decade quite a bit overall, but some of those AU Riders were pretty lame, especially Onodera. I wonder if a different actor had been cast to play him (besides Joe obviously) if he would have been better received?