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Hey, is there a source for the returning characters being the Go-Riders or is the news post just assuming too? Checking back at those magazine scans it does say something like "see which heroes transform into them in theaters!", so I guess it's totally likely they are, but you probably shouldn't treat it as a guarantee right on the front page.

I don't know, I also just can't imagine friggin' Kaito Kumon doing Sentai poses, so maybe I'm just in denial.

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Originally Posted by Annuga

Actually, I just remembered Kenzaki DID die.
In the novel he keeps trying to kill himself but fails, it ends with him stepping on a mine and getting killed

Is it like, some kind of super awesome special mine? Because that sounds really stupid. That sounds like exactly the kind of thing that makes me dislike the idea of any sort of epilogue to Blade.

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Originally Posted by MaskedRiderAsakura

That novel was actually canon?

Can we please stop pretending Kamen Rider has any sort of canon? Trying to cobble any individual work together with anything but itself is a doomed effort. Everything is in continuity with itself and whatever else the plot requires. That's as deep as it ever gets. It makes Power Rangers' attempts at canon look flawless.

Like, you gotta understand, the motivation behind bringing characters back is, AT BEST, 33% "we really wanted to further their story!", 33% "people remember them", and 33% "the actor was available/interested". It's done more for meta reasons of fan service than anything else. Reading too deeply into it will only bring madness.