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Originally Posted by Fish Sandwich

I can agree that would've been cool but I think I'm way happier they did what they did. It really spices things up if you maybe thought they were getting dull (I sure didn't), and it really differentiates Drive from pretty much every other Kamen Rider out there to have a publicly known identity.

There's a moment at the end of Surprise Future where you see Drive doing a little photo-shoot for "Crime Prevention Week" or something like that, and he's wearing a little sash over his existing tire-sash that says "Let's get rid of crime, at top gear!!!" It basically epitomizes what makes me love Drive so much. No other Rider would make the time to do something like that, and I always loved how Drive emphasized how Kamen Riders are Superheroes, and not just "dudes who happen to fight monsters in spandex".

Not sure what in this would be considered spoiler or not, so I'm just gonna tag the whole thing

I meant beforehand. It would have made the reveal a lot more potent if they showed him trying to hide it more. There were only like one or two episodes where "oh no, nobody can find out" even seemed to cross his mind. Sure, there were a lot of times where there wasn't anybody around so it didn't come up, but I feel like he hardly ever mentioned or put any thought into whether or not he was going to be found out aside from the couple of times I mentioned earlier (eugh, run-on sentence. Can't figure out a better way to phrase it though...) Also, did the fact that he always wore the shift car stuff not raise any questions with other people? It just seemed like he wasn't being overly careful, and if it wasn't for the two or so times it was mentioned I wouldn't have even realized that his identity WAS a secret. All of this led to me being severely underwhelmed by the reveal, even though it was still a good episode.