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Originally Posted by Fish Sandwich

Due to the way this show is written, I'm pretty sure I won't get another chance to ask this question if I don't right now – what in the heck is up with the goofy TheBee tattoos!? It is such a baffling narrative decision that the series is also totally noncommittal about. Like, I'm trying to think of why this was done on a meta level before anything else, and immediately I hit a brick wall. Did they somehow think viewers wouldn't understand who was TheBee at any given time without a little extra hint? Was it some insanely overcomplicated way to remind Kagami of all that was now riding on him/letting Kagayama brag to Yaguruma? And, hey, actually, about Yaguruma! Forget about the creative motivations, because now I'm just going to ask if Yaguruma ever had one of these too. Does it go away when you stop being TheBee? Or, wait, for that matter, does every Zecter do this, or is TheBee just quirky that way? Does Tendou have one? Is the reason Daisuke is so disinterested in being a Rider because he values aesthetics and is sick of his chest randomly glowing with the blinding force of the sun at inopportune moments, completely ruining his style?

Well since anybody with good enough reflexes can just grab a Zecter in midair, the brand might be a helpful way to remind people who's supposed to be that Rider. Like if someone hijacks a Zecter and frames the chosen one for a crime, the chosen one can show their brand as credentials to prove their innocence.

Alternatively, it looks cool I guess? The Bee Zecter is notoriously picky compared to the others and is never satisfied with its user, abandoning them if it detects even the smallest flaw in their corresponding personality trait.

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Originally Posted by Switchblade

This is the version of Hongo from Kamen Rider The First, a theatrical reboot of the original series that came out at around this time. It’s very, very Inoue. You’d like it.

I second this. I love the modern take on the original 3 Riders. The First is cool and I think The Next does horror even better than Amazons.

After Decade, there's going to be the "Die watches miscellaneous Kamen Rider movies" or whatever thread right? These two movies should definitely go there.