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Originally Posted by FairyKing

I remember there was also some speculation that he was going to die because he didn't have a stock footage transformation like the others. The logic went "he doesn't have stock footage" -> "the showrunners don't plan on having him transform enough times for stock footage to be worth making" -> "he's going to get killed off."

But then IIRC he did get stock footage in one episode, which we haven't seen again since, and meanwhile Kento who did have stock footage died, so it's anyone's guess now which swordsmen will survive.

I only saw his stock footage transformation on his demo video. I don't think they actually used it in-show.

I think what's more plausible was that his suit looked like there was lass effort put into it than the other riders. That might not on-purpose, but I always assumed he looked like that because either:

A. Easier to move in for Fujita to use with. I kinda like to think this was the same case for Valkyrie's lack of upgrades was so that they didn't have to get into the trouble of making an upgrade for Valkyrie that both looked like and improvement and easier to move in.

B. Ren was going to get another base form down the line anyway, so why bother doing any effort on the first one. Ren's behavior last week's episode makes me hope he's getting one micchy-style.