Aside from Brave being able to control Drago Knight Hunter Z completely by himself, just like Snipe, without any issues at all, did anyone notice that the suit is actually different now?

http://i.imgur.com/vYQyCKl.jpg

The back is completely closed up where as the original version has a gap for the Lv. 1 face. I actually went back to the episodes where Snipe was using it and it also was closed up.

I wonder why they made that change. Maybe Night of Safari had something to do with it? I haven’t seen the Brave special but could it be that that suit had a closed back and they reused parts of it?

Well done sir, well done.

Amongst the things that leveled up: Kuroto's laugh, it's more and more awkward.

Back when Snipe used the Full Dragon form and I noticed it was a lot bulkier now (you'll notice Brave and Snipe also have their heads completely covered by the helmet while Ex-Aid only had the Dragon face stuck to his own) I speculated that it's to make it a one-size-fits-all thing.

Like, I think the back part was originally made attached to the Level 1 head on Ex-Aid's back, and the helmet was obviously unique to Ex-Aid. I think the big armor is so the other Riders can just sort of put it on top without having to make new parts specifically to fit each of them.

But that's just my guess. For all I know it may have always been meant to look that way and Ex-Aid is only different because his hair is too spiky.

And, the Safari Gamer form does use the back part, but it's the exact same one they use here--black with the dragon spine. They sort of half-assed that part on the repaint. Actually, not even half-assed, they didn't even try. So I don't think that's where it came from.

Another good episode. It's always nice to see Taro Suwa pop up for a guest role again.