[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by Zatyme

If I remember right Ankh was supposed to become the main Villain in an earlier draft of the series before the natural charisma between his and Eiji?s actors was noticed (and the same natural disasters that led to Gokaiger to get significantly more veteran actors to return to their roles caused other rewrites for OOO). So I wonder if this was initially intended to be the start of that plot point?

This does seem like a natural point in the story for an Ankh heel turn, which is part of the reason why this episode works so well on initial viewing: we've solidified our Secondary, we've given our hero the last big form change, and we've cleared the decks of a couple major antagonists. Everything in the show metatextually feels like it'd be natural for Ankh to be the villain here!

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Originally Posted by Androzani84

I?ll probably have more to say for the next episode, but for now, we?re at the debut of? whatever you want to call the other Ankh (I?ve seen Lefty, Kid Ankh and Ankh Lost all see use)

"Ankh Lost" is how I mostly see it labeled online and through merch, so that's what this thread will eventually use.