[Fish Sandwich]

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Originally Posted by FreshToku

I was in a nostalgic mood and watched a bunch of random rider episodes that had major form debuts. When it comes specifically to title rider final power-ups, I was sure for a long time that my favourite goes to Blade thanks to his mother-of-all-hype moments where he punches King's lights out, and is then rewarded with the effort with his shiny new King Form.

But I actually think I love W's the most. Shotaro and Phillip's uncertainty about their partnership concluding with them riding together to Nobody's Perfect and then transforming on their bridge is like, beyond iconic, and that it leads to CycloneJokerXtreme, them being more united than ever before, is just supremely ace...

Double's really nails it! I think I called it something along the lines of "a gold standard, much like the show as a whole" back when I did my rewatch in here, and I only respect it more and more with time. It's just super natural and smooth in everything it does, and in the process of exploring that relationship at the core of the series, it touches nicely on something I'd consider to really be the heart of most tokusatsu heroes, which is, well... exactly that. Heart. Just the idea that Shoutarou's earnest desire to protect the city he loves is a critical part of what makes them Kamen Rider.




It's stuff like this that keeps Double such a definitive Rider show, even over a decade later.