[DreamSword]

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Originally Posted by Kurona

All of which is to say, I'm sorry Dreamsword, but I--

*deep inhale* EVERYONE BUCKLE UP BECAUSE THIS MY SHOW NOW!

I'M ABOUT TO TELL YOU WHY AMAZING MIGHTY IS NOT ONLY THE BEST KUUGA FORM, BUT THE BEST KAMEN RIDER FORM OF ALL TIME!!!

First off, holy crap, what an awesome way to introduce a new form. Not just in the show itself, which is framed around some absolutely fantastic character arc conclusions and moments, but in a meta sense, which Fish already covered.

ALSO. Many might take it for granted, but it's a twist on things that actually makes sense! There's a bunch of proper foreshadowing, proper building upon how Kuuga's' forms were already established to work, AND proper payoff in the form of THIS!

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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die, probably

Ew explosions those are gross and--

And not even just the explosion shows just how much more powerful of a boost Amazing Mighty is. The way Gadoru ends up dying shows it too. The new symbol, the build up, how nothing else has worked up to this point, it's perfect. And it even makes a certain other plot point way more believable too given basic, simple math.

Plus, the design of the suit itself is absolutely fantastic. I love black and gold as a color scheme, so Amazing Mighty already has that going for it, but you can tell there was alot of elements that went into it; Both subtle and not. For instance, how it does the job of giving a symmetrical finish to Rising Mighty, and the armored, popping bits to show power. But oh no, we're not done, there's one more element to this that makes me love it all the more.

I dunno if you guys remember, but awhile back Die asked the board about what they felt alot of the overarching themes of Kamen Rider as a whole was. My answer was that I felt one big part of it was being a shining light in the darkness, in response to Die proposing that Showa wanted to establish "fighting darkness with darkness." Well guess what? Amazing Mighty pulls off both. The majority black suit, with the bits of gold and, more blatantly, the red eyes, show just those things.

Yusuke might be becoming a creature of the darkness on the outside as his strength continues to grow, but on the inside, he's still Yusuke. His inner light continues to shine through despite everything. Amazing Mighty does alot, tells alot, and symbolizes alot via the perfect combination of its design, as well as its really well played introduction. And these things would only go on to their ultimate conclusion within the next few episodes. I LOVE this form alot, and hopefully you guys can see why within all this uncharacteristic rambling I've done. *deep exhale*