[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by Androzani84

Also yeah, aside from getting the insert song to play for him, Gotoh has pretty much negative zero presence as Birth. Which is probably why once the actors were no longer contractually obligated to make appearances (roughly as late as Super Hero Taisen), Date became the main Birth in future appearances.

He just weirdly makes way more sense as Date's assistant? Not narratively -- his entire arc has been building up to him becoming a Kamen Rider, it's gotta happen -- but just... the vibes. Date going away for surgery just reinforces that we're getting Substitute Birth, which for sure doesn't help Gotou's bid for primacy, but I just didn't think this episode made the idea of Gotou as Birth very appealing dramatically. (Except he can fly now! Badly, but still!)