[barnstenchfartface]

TIL Fukami means Deep.

(more or less)

That explains a lot. Actually, it explains like, one thing. But yeah.

[TokuKnight89]

So, what does "RX" of Black RX mean? I can't seem to find a good reason why they went with that lettering? I feel like it's suppossed to be a play on "Resurrection", but don't quote me on that!

[GoseiWonder]

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Originally Posted by TokuKnight89

So, what does "RX" of Black RX mean? I can't seem to find a good reason why they went with that lettering? I feel like it's suppossed to be a play on "Resurrection", but don't quote me on that!

My guess, absolutely nothing.

[Kiwami]

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Originally Posted by TokuKnight89

So, what does "RX" of Black RX mean? I can't seem to find a good reason why they went with that lettering? I feel like it's suppossed to be a play on "Resurrection", but don't quote me on that!

Your guess is as good as anyone else’s since no official source ever specified what RX means. My guess is that they twisted and expanded the original Black's logo (which is a stylized Golgom emblem) until it resembled some letters and then ran with it, without any deeper meaning behind the letters.

[Guyver Spawn]

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Originally Posted by GoseiWonder

My guess, absolutely nothing.

Probably they wanted it to sound cool.

[Switchblade]

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Originally Posted by TokuKnight89

So, what does "RX" of Black RX mean? I can't seem to find a good reason why they went with that lettering? I feel like it's suppossed to be a play on "Resurrection", but don't quote me on that!

I always assumed it was some kind of racing thing, like you had Kamen Rider Black, but this is the souped-up version, Black RX.

[Jkin62]

I also realized just recently there's a pattern with the Drivers and the correlations with what season they are from Decade onward.
Decade uses one card to transform.
W the two in one detective, uses two GaiaMemories to transform.
OOO uses 3 medals at all times.
Fourze, in addition to having "Four" in his name, plus he's the 40th anniversary Rider, has 4 slots where he can use switches.
Wizard who has a driver with 5 fingers on it.
Gaim who uses locks to transform. Lock is pronounced roku in Japanese, and Roku means six.
Drive and Ghost are probably the hardest to prove with this though. I guess with Drive the tire across his chest and his shoulder decor makes it look vaguely like a 7. For Ghost the best i got is that his chest logo and his driver could maybe resemble an 8 if you turn your head, squint hard enough, have some chlorine in your eyes from swimming a little bit ago, are tired, and if it's on a leap year with a black cat within eyesight.

[Kiwami]

You stumbled upon the numbers thing which is a long ongoing conspiracy theory thing in the fandom. Toei did use numbers in their gimmicks until after Fourze, but it stopped with Wizard. Because he never used 5 rings or had the number 5 related to his gimmick. He uses one ring one each hand, not 5.

Gaim has nothing to do with the number 6 either, aside from that wordplay, and Drive and Ghost have absolutely nothing gong on number-wise.

People keep inventing bullshit theories to prove that the numbers thing is still relevant, but the only answer is: It isn’t.

[Aoi Kurenai]

I'd also add that ロック for 六 is not a connection that comes up a lot in Japanese. There is a subtle difference in the way the words are pronounced.

The number theory kind of bugs me because a lot of the arguments seem like basic pattern recognition - our brains are hardwired to find patterns in things, even when there aren't any. (this is why sometimes pictures of rocks from Mars look like faces and bodies) I think it's a case of people finding false positives and wanting something to be true enough that the most minuscule thing serves as justification. Hey, the Shift Cars look like a seven when flipped (they...really don't?), hey, that one Drive form that shows 777.

People use the fact that there are hexagons in Ghost as justification or that Mugen has the infinity symbol all over its body. They wanted Ex-Aid to be a continuation of this being thing rescue = kyuukyuu = 9.

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So, what does "RX" of Black RX mean? I can't seem to find a good reason why they went with that lettering? I feel like it's suppossed to be a play on "Resurrection", but don't quote me on that!

The only thing even remotely close to being sourced I've ever found was a supposed quote from a radio program that says R stands for Rider while X stands for "unknown quantity", which is a reference to his multiple forms.

[Switchblade]

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People keep inventing bullshit theories to prove that the numbers thing is still relevant, but the only answer is: It isn’t.

Yes, and they are terrible people who should rethink their major life decisions.