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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

A QUESTION

Kabuto’s suit! His full CHANGE BEETLE Henshin! I dug it. How do you feel about the debut of Kabuto’s base suit? Is that beetle crest too much? (I like how it comes up out of the chest and locks in.) Color work for you? (I think the red carapace as chest armor really pops.) What do you think is the best part of the Henshin, and why is it the alarm claxon that goes off just before Tendou inserts the Zecter?

Kabuto without beetle crest wouldn't be Kabuto. I think the Cast Off gimmick for the ZECT Riders is very cool and I've always had a penchant for superheroes with a focus on speed and agility. Every show has one but this show is all about that. Clock Up is OP, even by today's standards. Kabuto's red works fine, even though it's hard to deny that there were a lot of red Primary Riders in Heisei Phase 1.

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Originally Posted by DreadBringer

Recruiting Tendou to boss someone around... did Tendou rub off on Kagami? ZECT is just something that provides the Kabuto Zecter for... Tendou to use, and they'll hunt Tendou for being outsider who uses their tool without permission. That also shows about Tendou's apathy to something like rules or laws due to his ego being allowed to do anything because he's perfect and can accomplish any task, or at best, him being pragmatic to feel like someone that's capable should be the one wearing Kabuto Zecter and eliminate Worms. Tendou so far feels like having the mindset of a hero (or that he only wants to kill Worm for his narcissistic tendencies, he's another anti-hero main Rider either way) being someone that is never fail or lose; invincible (flawed take if it's the case, or he doesn't care about this), probably ZECT's true concern about the Kabuto Zecter being used by someone outside of its member is not about that, but likely about the Kabuto Zecter being misused for someone's other amusements in a horrific way (e.g. causing destruction), if someone's using that turns out to lack moral decency; regardless of how strong they are (which Tendou boasts himself as); strong person without decent morals is a thug, a strong person with decent morals but the lack of desire to use that strength to serve others may well make a great sportsman, but will be a lousy hero.

I think Tendo's vigilantism is what makes his character so appealing (when he's not being too aloof). A lot of my favorite Riders are chaotic good wanted men like Sento, Ryuuga and Inui Takumi, being pursued by their respective morally ambiguous organizations. Tendo doesn't needs rules to determine his actions, his judgement is Heaven's judgement after all. ZECT's efforts to reclaim the Kabuto Zecter are futile, since Tendo is the one ordained by the Zecter, whether they like it or not.