[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by Zatyme

Emperor form was introduced so early for real life reasons called the base form was too heavy and almost killed the suit actor, so odds are it was never meant to show up in this episode in the original version

Also tied into that is that the core idea of Emperor form is being extremely lightweight and easy to do stunts in but it comes at the cost of literally the entirety of Kiva’s arsenal being abandoned except for the base Kiva form like I’m pretty sure due to Emperor form being able to kill the soul of a fangire we’ll never see castle Doron ever again same with the bike

Huh! That's a bit of a bummer. Obviously I'm a-okay with a show opting not to murder of its main artists, but it's a shame they couldn't find some way to tweak the base suit. I'm sure I'll have more thoughts on Emperor Form in the next episode, when it won't exist so much in the shadow of The Greatest Love-Story In Tokusatsu, but the hot take version of it is: It's okay. I like it less than the base Kiva suit, but not a ton less. I pretty much hate Tatsulot so far, though.