[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by Switchblade

Second, I want to talk a little bit about Zi-O's Decade armor. I generally like it. Decade's design is an all-time favorite, of course, so there's so automatic predisposition, but I think it avoids the big problem that I have with with the other Rider Armors. This is kind of related to my big problem with Rider weapons in general, but I'm rarely a big fan of armor power-ups. I think that Gaim is the only show that pulled it off well. With Zi-O and Ex-Aid, in particular, it often comes off looking like a mess of giant floppy foam and plastic pieces hanging off of the suit. The Decade armor, in contrast, is relatively clean and it brings back a lot of the lines from the original suit that I enjoyed so much.

I think Build will always be my favorite usage of both form changes and power-ups. The form changes in particular were neat palette swaps and weird accessories, rather than bulky pauldrons and crazy headdresses.

Zi-O's really leaned into a Maximalist aesthetic for the suits and monsters, so I can't pretend that Decade Armor isn't very much an expression of the story's reality, but I still don't dig it.

That said, I like how they slipped 2009 into the big barcode on the chest. That's cute.