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Originally Posted by Kiwami

It would’ve been cheap if Banno was a character that jumped out of a box in the last 10 episodes. Well, he kind of did, but he always was a factor in the story, even though he appeared later on.

I mean. I think technically he makes his first appearance in episode 3.

[GreenPsychoRanger]

What does the "R" on all of the Drive stuff mean?

[Helios]

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Originally Posted by GreenPsychoRanger

What does the "R" on all of the Drive stuff mean?

It stands for rider, but since it's a stylized "R", it contains the letters "K" and "D" in it, so all together it stands for Kamen Rider Drive.

[GreenPsychoRanger]

Thanks Helios.

[barnstenchfartface]

Though it should really be noted that while the R most logically stands for "Rider," that doesn't really make sense, since it was the Roidmudes who gave Drive the "Kamen Rider" title. Which is to say, after they first saw Proto-Drive, who from the get go was emblazoned with that symbol. So who knows really.

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Originally Posted by barnstenchfartface

Though it should really be noted that while the R most logically stands for "Rider," that doesn't really make sense, since it was the Roidmudes who gave Drive the "Kamen Rider" title. Which is to say, after they first saw Proto-Drive, who from the get go was emblazoned with that symbol. So who knows really.

See, this is exactly what confuses me about the symbol...

[GreenPsychoRanger]

So what's the deal with ZO and J? They look almost identical. But yet you usually only see one during the Taisen Movies.

[barnstenchfartface]

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Originally Posted by GreenPsychoRanger

So what's the deal with ZO and J? They look almost identical. But yet you usually only see one during the Taisen Movies.

They were intended by their creators to be the new "Double Riders," like Ichigou and Nigou. That's why they look similar. Obviously they didn't really take off though.

I've only seen a couple of Taisens, but I don't think either was missing from either. J is usually more notable and easier to see (even though mistreated) because of his whole growing thing, though. I imagine that's the main reason he has the spotlight (however briefly) more often than ZO.

[GreenPsychoRanger]

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Originally Posted by barnstenchfartface

They were intended by their creators to be the new "Double Riders," like Ichigou and Nigou. That's why they look similar. Obviously they didn't really take off though.

I've only seen a couple of Taisens, but I don't think either was missing from either. J is usually more notable and easier to see (even though mistreated) because of his whole growing thing, though. I imagine that's the main reason he has the spotlight (however briefly) more often than ZO.

I only ever see J because he's big. But when I don't see him around being all tall and stuff, I thought it was him while being small, not ZO. My bad.

[Switchblade]

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Originally Posted by barnstenchfartface

I've only seen a couple of Taisens, but I don't think either was missing from either. J is usually more notable and easier to see (even though mistreated) because of his whole growing thing, though. I imagine that's the main reason he has the spotlight (however briefly) more often than ZO.

The best way to sort them out is to watch the short Kamen Rider World movie where they team up. Seeing them in action together really helps highlight their differences. I've never gotten them confused since then. ZO has lots of thin gold piping on his suit; J has a few thick green stripes.



ZO is on your left, J on your right.

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Originally Posted by GreenPsychoRanger

So what's the deal with ZO and J? They look almost identical. But yet you usually only see one during the Taisen Movies.

I don't think Shoji Yonemura remembers that J isn't always a giant.