[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by Enchilada645

Ah yes, the Kabuto Arc. Definitely a fun time, and I do love that we've got another canon character back in the role of the Another Rider. Now when I said I love Yuko as an Another Rider, I mean it. But I feel like Yaguruma is up there in terms of memorability because well... it's Yaguruma for petes sake.

The one thing I dislike about Yaguruma being Another Kabuto is that it means we see so much less of the KickHopper suit. I love that suit, and I love how it looks when he's in a scene with PunchHopper.

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Originally Posted by Switchblade

One of the things I remember from when this came out is that Kageyama's actor, either in an interview or social media post, said that he wished he'd gotten more advance warning before Teoi contacted him so he could have gotten into better shape before appearing on camera.

I think it works! There's a potential narrative reason for Worm Kageyama to be a little older, a little dumpy: it feeds into Yaguruma's nihilistic worldview, for Kageyama to come back the same, but worse. But there's also the meta reason of, like, Kageyama always looked in not great shape?

(That said, the episode isn't doing that dude any favors by having Sougo compare 2019 Kageyama to a picture from 2006. I don't think anyone's going to feel flattered by a thirteen year time jump?)