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Originally Posted by Switchblade

I don't know much about the behind the scenes stuff with these movies, but I justassume from how little Inoue cared about actually putting Kamen Riding into The Next, he really didn't care about continuity with The First. You are right, though, Asuka's absence is incredibly glaring if you watched The First.

It's very weird. I read on the Kamen Rider Wikia that Takeshi split with her before The Next. That pretty much makes his rivalry with Hayato pointless in The First. To see an important character just disregarded like that is puzzling.