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So yeah, I’m one of the few people who this string of episodes (Blade-Hibiki) did nothing for. Mostly because of how they feel like they came from a different show altogether when it comes to handling the Legend Rider elements. And unlike Fish or Switchblade, Believe Yourself playing didn’t evoke anything in me (I’ve never really liked the song, even after rewatching this after watching Agito. Give me Dead or Alive, rebirth or Full Force any day).

And talking of Agito songs, it’s time for this.

Ridewatch Playlist: Fantastic Religious Lore that Never Comes Up Mix

This time, we’re doing the one series where they never released the Secondary’s Ridewatch (though it does exist canonically as of the V-Cinema, and they did release his super form).

“Awakening the soul, power of the land. The evolving Rider is… Agito”

And like with Kuuga, I’m here to explain where the prefixes for these watches come from, given that Agito’s gear was the last before it became commonplace in Japan for henshin heroes to have their equipment announce the transformations and attacks. In this case, Ground = from “Ground Form”

And despite my mini-disdain above, I still went with Believe Yourself for this watch.

“Beyond evolution! The warrior shining like the sun, Agito Shining Form”

Shining = from “Shining Rider Kick”

And here is where we go with the second version of the theme (which was not easy to find) Kamen Rider Agito 24.7

“Weapons and armour now empower G3, G3-X”

Launcher = Refers to G3-X’s main weapon, the GG-02 Salamander, a launcher.

And here is where I learned Agito apparently had a song for the movie, namely Jiken Da (It’s a Case)

“Fighting with pure instinct, the evolution Rider is Gills”

Heel Claw = from “Gills Heel Claw”

And we close off with this, Stranger in the Dark

And now for the list of unreleased watches. This time, there were no winners.

Kamen Rider Agito (Storm Form)
Kamen Rider Agito (Flame Form)
Kamen Rider Agito (Trinity Form)
Kamen Rider Agito (Burning Form)
Kamen Rider Exceed Gills
Another Agito
Kamen Rider G3
Kamen Rider G4

And now for the compare and contrast, this time Another Agito contrasts Shouichi, Kaoru and the concept of Agito as a whole. Whereas Shouichi lost his memories and Kaoru lost himself in delusions of grandeur, both were able to hold onto reality in the end. Another Agito on the other hand lost their whole identity and became a mindless beast, obsessed with nothing but following orders. Meanwhile, while the Seed of Agito was meant to allow humanity to survive against the evil god and his minions, and only one person can actually become Agito, with anyone else close enough transforming into offshoots, Another Agito is a virus that infects anyone it finds, effectively assuring that humanity would eventually go extinct once everyone is infected.

Also, due to lack of time to show a few bodies flying out, Sougo and Shouichi basically murdered a few guys during their “six-nity”, as Tv-Nihon put it.

Next time, the Heisei Era ends by bringing back the most successful actor to come out of Hibiki.