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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

What did you think of the costume?

It looks completely ridiculous, and I would never want it any other way. Complete Form basically set the precedent for how Toei would start designing a lot of main suits going forward, in that they were consciously aware it didn't look cool, but decided it was more important to leave an impact first and foremost. So they slapped a bunch of cards all over Decade, because he's the card Rider. Heck, they weren't going to have a card on his head at first, but Shirakura himself was like "we should totally slap a card on his head too if that's what we're doing", and then they put a picture of Decade on Decade's face.

And this is his big super form!

It's weird and dumb and yeah I miss the magenta and yeah I don't know what was supposed to be incomplete about the base form and yeah, frankly, I didn't like it that much either at first, but... all that being said? I really do think they made the right call with Complete Form, because weird and dumb designs being made to look cool became one of my favorite things about the franchise, and it was there to pave the way like never before. If they hadn't decided to push Decade this far back then, I feel like they wouldn't have had the courage to make any of the Ex-Aid designs later, you know?

(And the K-Touch is just plain cool. Love that thing.)

Anyway, yeah, this two-parter still isn't a favorite of mine. I guess fitting that spiel about Complete Form, it definitely sticks in my memory, at least, but I agree with most of your non-suit related opinions here. It's a shame, too, because that really is such a definitive Tsukasa speech! Just one of many solid pieces in these episodes that can't quite coalesce into something greater.