[Deepsea]

Liner form is a favorite form of mine from a design perspective. While I don't remember a lot about den-o but I remember someone (maybe Fish?) saying something along the lines of why Liner form is great from thematic perspective. It's that it represents Ryotaro going into battle on his own but with his friends still there with him. I think another thing about it that might be more inline with Die's analysis of Ryotaro is that liner form is Ryotaro accepting every part of himself while still being a himself. Climax is a bunch of friends working together, but Liner might pull more on the metaphor of the imagin as aspects of Ryotaro. He's pulling on the different aspects he's hidden away to be strong. or something like that. I don't know I haven't watched den-o in years, and also have very little ability to analyze tv.