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MASKED RIDER KUUGA - SUPER SECRET VIDEO



Okay, there's no story here, really: Godai remembers form changes, then fights a Grongi, blowing it up in a minute. Not worth discussing for any of that.

But this video addresses something that's been bugging me for the last, like, 30 episodes of Kuuga. Where are all the cool names?

As someone who entered Kamen Rider through the Neo Heisei series, I expect people to be shouting out finishing moves, for monsters to have awesome names, for drivers to not shut up ever. Kuuga skips all of that. The belt never announces form changes or upgrades. The monsters are only, like, #6 or #14. I don't think Godai's referred to his Rider Kick as a Rider Kick, let alone explained what his other moves are called. (I did love when he was like, "Ichijou, what if I shout out SUPER TRANSFORMATION when I change forms," and Ichijou's like "Uh, sure." At least Godai was trying!) Worst of all, I have to keep calling them Red Kuuga and Purple Kuuga because no one calls them anything else on the show.

Well, Christmas has come early, because here's a Super Secret Video to give me everything I've been missing. Mighty Form! Pegasus Form! Dragon Form! Titan Form! Splash Dragon! Calamity Titan! A finishing move called Calamity Titan, and they didn't say that on the show. They hid it away.

Y'know, I'm retracting any and all praise I bestowed on Masked Rider Kuuga. They had Calamity Titan, and they didn't say it. Sinful! An abject failure, suitable only for disobedient children and enhanced interrogation.