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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

It just feels a bit weird to me, to have the suit in the opening credits and then not have it in the first episode. Feels like the first episode ran out of road, which is maybe appropriate for the Kamen Rider show about speed!

Would you be okay with them not showing the hero Henshin at all in the first episode? Or would that be too much?

Looking back to when I first saw this show I liked it and I still do. It just adds hype and builds up anticipation. Also It's been done before with Kuuga so I think I just accepted it without asking why.
Fun fact, Kabuto shares a few traits with the Showa era rider Kamen Rider Stronger; they are both modeled after rhinoceros beetles and both are the 7th rider to appear in their respectful era.