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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

MASKED RIDER AGITO EPISODE 38

I'm a little late in commenting on this, but I have to mention the scenes with Shouichi getting interrogated are all not just some of my favorites, but what I think are some of the most definitively Agito scenes in Agito. The way Shouichi immediately screws up lying about not being Agito, and then just gives up and admits it outright in his typical carefree manner, which actually succeeds in making it seem less like he's Agito to these two guys who were probably expecting someone a little more dignified? It's all brilliant. Not many shows would think to handle a big twist like that in such a comedic way. "When are they gonna find out Shouichi is Agito?" is a question viewers are going to be asking from day one, and then they get there, and it's just a downplayed, humorous series of events culminating in Hikawa being embarrassingly locked out of the loop for several episodes straight. It's an extremely bold choice, and yet it's so true to the style and tone the series has always had, nothing else could've been better.

Speaking of things that can't be better, I'll also just throw out there I kind of think Agito is the single best designed Heisei Rider costume ever? I generally don't play favorites to that extent, but that's just it. He's not even my favorite per se. But every single time I see Agito, I'm always struck by how absolutely perfect each individual line is. Like, just the... geometry of it, I guess, is stunning. Agito's shoulder pads are nothing more than a round black bit and a pointy silver bit, and yet I could stare at them for hours and never stop thinking about how pretty they look. It also maintains a sort of continuity with Kuuga, while still being its own, more divine looking thing. There's absolutely no extraneous bits, anywhere you look, basically. It's as lean and mean as can be. Hence, best designed costume ever. I mean, I actually like Burning Form plenty, but it's no wonder why it and Exceed Gills rub you the wrong way when you've been beholding the majesty that is Ground Form for 40 episodes straight now.