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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

I think I saw somewhere (the Wiki, I'd assume) that Mana has the Poppy part on Den-O? I think that's fun, when an actor isn't just brought back a year or two later, when they're fresh in the minds of viewers; but six or so years later, when they might as well be brand-new to the audience watching. It's like Tachibana showing up as the Principal on Fourze, or how Ankh played every single role on Ex-Aid (attribution needed).

Yeah, Rina Akiyama was also Naomi on Den-O.

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Interesting! I'm not sure I'd've caught the difference in styles. It'll be neat to see what the 30s and 40s of this show look like under a different hand.

Why was Aikawa brought on? Did the other guy quit, or get fired?

I honestly don't know. I've never heard an explanation behind it. The only real staff change I know a lot about is Hibiki's because it was such a massive clusterfuck and some of the cast openly complained. If I didn't know Blade had a writer change I probably wouldn't have known since, for the most part, the story feels like a continuous whole. A lot of stuff from the early episodes still factors into the conclusion, which leads me to believe that Aikawa either got a basic outline when he took over or really paid close attention to the lore that was already established. Sadly, the same can't be true for the later series where Aikawa was the writer who left halfway through.