[Androzani84]

The new Rider’s name does get mentioned… in fact, it’s the only point they use the term “Kamen Rider” rather than “Masked Rider system”. Luckily for you, I forgot the exact episode, so I’m not gonna tell you when it hits.

And now, I’d like to share the comment I made when I first saw this episode (though it was based on my experience of watching Kamen Rider Kiva and Kishiryu Sentai Ryusoulger, so I expect you to be befuddled by it)

Quote:

Before there was Otoya and Canalo, there was this guy

And now back to my semi-regular feature.

Kamen Rider Drake/Kamen Rider V3 (Dragonfly)

As mentioned above, the actor coincidentally got cast in the role of V3 in a Rider horror movie the next year.

* Both prominently surround themselves with female characters (V3 was like, the only Showa series aside from Black RX where the female characters are there from beginning to end. Though I do remember a funny thing from the video game for that series where one of them transforms into the old coot that serves as a mentor to keep the game’s unwritten rule that everyone has to have an untransformed version)

* Both commonly associate with children who aren’t theirs (Do you really think Gon is related to Daisuke?) (V3 had a scout group doing spy work and espionage for him… and their parents knew the kids were doing this work, but not that they were associated with the Rider. One guy compared it to sending the Boy Scouts to fight Al-Jazeera)

Both are the third rider in their setting (Drake is our other tertiary rider for this show and he actually has the suit actor to back up that claim, whereas TheBee changes based on who’s wearing the suit)

As for the question, I’m gonna go out on a limp and say Shoji Yonemura, this show’s main writer. Mostly because no matter how good or bad the scripts are, there’s at least something visually interesting to catch my eye (like in CSHT, which has a 3 second tournament lineup screen with some team lineups and names that actually make a lot of sense)

https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/ka...20180109165221

Other than that, I’d share your choice.