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Originally Posted by Daikaijuman54

So Decade has embraced that he's evil and that all of that development was for naught, and he's got a sidekick, Tackle (Wonder how she feels about Decade killing Stronger...), and also he gets a "new" form, Violent Emotion, which it's only real difference is his eyes, which I didn't know until people pointed that out after I watched the movie.

Actually, the eyes aren't the only difference with Violent Emotion. The gem on the head is also purple instead of yellow! Violent Emotion is my favorite Decade form for how crazy OP it is. If you count it as a variation of the base form, then you could probably say that Decade is the strongest Rider in base form, since he has access to all the Riders' powers and weapons, including non-Primary Riders, without the need to Kamen Ride. He's even the final boss of Battride War while being possessed by Callas!

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Originally Posted by Daikaijuman54

Much like Vs. Dai-Shocker, W's inclusion feels hamstrung and unnecessary, as he only crosses over with Decade because they're both Kamen Riders just riding along. Nothing against W, because they're great, but this movie is almost like the Chou-Den-O movie in which Decade had no reason to be in, sure W feels a little more prevalent here, but I feel Decade should have stuck to his guns and made this a standalone.

When is Decade ever a standalone though? This is a special event for Double, getting to team-up with a Rider from another show, but for Decade, this is just business as usual. The W half of the Movie War is real good as well, focusing on Begins Night where Shoutarou and Phillip had their destined meeting, the reason why Phillip is scared of using Fang Memory and the lore of Shoutarou's mentor Soukichi. The teamup itself has the awesome triple Rider kick between Decade, Double CycloneCyclone and Double JokerJoker, with the Final Form Ride being business as usual for them as well since they're always splitting in half for finishers like Joker Extreme and Joker Strange.

W is 6/19 in my Heisei Rider Ranking. Decade is 9/19 and would be higher if the ending had better execution.

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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

KAMEN RIDER DECADE - THREAD WRAP-UP

Next up are the three Cho Den-O films for the endless and eternal Den-O thread, which should drop sometime in early November. Can’t say exactly when, because my schedule is going to be super nuts for the next two months. Turn on notifications for that thread, if you’re interested in participating.

After that, I really want to rewatch Legend Rider projects leading up to Zi-O. I haven’t made a list yet of what all that’ll entail, but it’s probably going to be every Phase 2 winter movie I haven’t already written up (W through Ghost, basically), as well as any project that includes previous actors in it (Go-Rider, etc). Probably going to be around two dozen individual things, and that thread’ll start… I don’t know. Maybe sometime in December? Probably not until January, though. We’ll see!

Have you considered when you're planning to watch Kamen Rider G, The First and The Next though?

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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

I think that wraps it all up? Thank you so much for allowing me the chance to explore Kamen Rider Decade with you, and for continuing to be the best thing about being a Kamen Rider fan. I appreciate you taking this Journey through Decade with me!

Thanks for giving the opportunity and being very accommodating as a host. I enjoyed it!

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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

I don't know if I'll be rewatching Kamen Rider Brain, but maybe!

Oh man, I was going to make that joke.

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Originally Posted by Androzani84

(the winter movie is Kuuga, Den-O and W all in one)

And Zi-O and Build.

Double may have a prominent place on the poster, but not so much in the movie, due to a scheduling conflict forcing Toei to improvise on their plan.