Right, I'm an idiot, that's of course the most logical answer. Guess I was so thrown off by the voice change so much I couldn't even parse it as Gai's voice. Thanks for bothering to check!

I'd like to see a Bicrossers-like KR show.

Who do you consider to be the main secondary rider in OOO? Date, who had a longer tenure as Birth, or Gotou, who was a main cast member for far longer and was Birth by the end?

Goto. Far more(and better) character development, had more of the typical tropes associated with Secondary Riders, and all in all he earned the Birth Suit and made it his own.

I agree with that, since Gotou had tons more time to establish himself as a character.
Still, I was mostly curious since Date did wear the suit for twice as long, I think, so I was wondering if that gave him any edge.

Gotou is very much the secondary rider for me. The moment he and Date meet you know things are laid out for him to become Birth and you're just anticipating that moment he meets his destiny. Date is a wonderful character and I'm glad he grabbed the Proto belt, but he makes it very clear he's just filling in for the guy!

The main secondary Rider in OOO is Birth. I'm not even trying to make a wisecrack there, it's just, I really feel like picking either one as the "definitive" version does no credit to how well both of those characters came across, and what they added to the show as well as each other. Date and Gotou are inseparable to me.

Like, which one do I like more? It's Gotou, in a heartbeat, but that doesn't make him somehow more Birth. There's a real proper lineage going on with Birth I don't think exists with any other Rider identity with multiple users.

So a big theme in Kamen Rider is using the powers of evil for good, whether being created by the villains (The OG), or turning what would tools of destruction into a force of good (Kabuto, Den-O, etc)

So I was wondering, how many series feature a protagonist that doesn't have a direct connection to the villain, mainly power wise. Like, the only one I can think of is Agito, since Agito was made to counter the Lords, but otherwise, I can't think of many (Especially since I have borderline no knowledge on Showa)

Super-1 was originally made for space exploration. J powers comes from the Earth and his enemy the Fog Mother is an unrelated alien who seeks to destroy all life on Earth. And Hibiki with the Oni and Makamou having no connections other than being different types of demons.

X is just some pre-existing thing Keisuke's dad is working on till GOD shows up and 'politely' asks him to give it to them. He does not.