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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

Yeah, I'll try to be fair to it as a story. It's not like Hana's arc was what I was loving the most about Den-O. (It was usually sort of boring and nonsensical?) That performer, though. She was such a charismatic presence on the DenLiner, and I'm definitely going to miss her.

Oh yeah. A full series with Shiratori is just after Taketara's original plan for Hibiki on my list of non-existent Rider material that I'd love to see.

The one upside to this, though? This is the last time this happened. The closest we've ever come since is Koyomi's actress on Wizard being too busy to appear on the show very much. It sucked, but she didn't leave the show and she still got to complete her character's arc.

I remember when I first started watching Rider back during W, there was some talk of being the lead female character on Kamen Rider being cursed. This came out because there was some vague controversy about Hikaru Yamamoto (Akiko) posting risque photos of herself on social media and/or having had a nose job. I forget the exact details. Ultimately came to nothing, but after Shiratori, Satonaka, and the untimely death of Hibiki's Miyuki Kanbe, it really did seem to be a job that had a lot of misfortune attached to it.