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1* What happens to the coffee shops that the photography studio keeps displacing? Where do they go? And if there are people in them, where do ''they'' go?
2** They go to the world that the photography studio started in.
3** Or [[spoiler:Tsukasa, while he was the head of Dai Shocker,]] bought plots of land in each world so that whatever they traveled in could land there inconspicuously, and without causing a disturbance that would alert that world's riders.
4** Either that, or they keep entering these dimensions in a place that's empty/abandoned recently, which is why people wouldn't bat an eyelash at it having been something else at some point.
5** Or it just sort of merges over top of the version of the photography studio in that dimension, much like Tsukasa sort of merges with someone in each dimension.
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7* Why doesn't Yusuke actually help Tsukasa more? He's a Rider, too! In Ryuki World he could've fought for Natsumi as well, and in Blade World he could've helped hunt down Undead.
8** It's quite likely that he's unable to enter mirrors in the Ryuki World. As for his lack of help in the Blade World, your guess is as good as mine.
9*** He ''tried'' to offer his help in the Blade world, but was misunderstood by the BOARD chairman as ''wanting'' their help. To which he got told, "if you want us to help you, you need to pay us." As for why he doesn't transform into Kuuga more, it's probably so we don't get treating to one of the more popular Riders getting the holy crap kicked out of him every week.
10*** Additionally, regarding Ryuki's world, he was focused on helping Shinji find the truth in the real world. Even if he transformed and went into Mirror World, he isn't exactly a lawyer and probably couldn't do much to help on that front.
11*** Also, since he wasn't chosen to be a Rider it would have probably caused a mistrial.
12*** I'll buy it, but with bile in my throat. Now what about Faiz?
13*** He can't go into Mirror World. Decade's belt lets him do it, but Kuuga has no ability to. Also, the Undead sucker punched him when he tried to transform in Blade World.
14*** Faiz protecting his own home. Nuff' said
15*** I get the feeling that the effects budget on this show is pushing the breaking point as is. Since Kamen Rider doesn't use StockFootage it means one less henshin that they have to pay for.
16*** Then he finally transforms in Den-O World only to have Momotaros shove a sword up his ass and use him as a morning star. What's up with that?
17*** RuleOfFunny. It's Den-O's world after all.
18*** And Kaito stole the real card, originally it was meant to turn Den-O to the Denliner and run Decade through and give him Climax Form armor, said armor splits into all 4 taros beats the crap out of the foe as seen in Ganbaride
19*** Then he finally gets to transform and do something useful in the Shinkenger world.
20*** And RX's world, and Amazon's world... I think the writer began to realize that he has Kuuga to use instead of just some ButtMonkey.
21*** This is probably spot on. Notice how all the episodes he transforms in (after the Agito arc) are primarily written by the same guy.
22*** The Kuuga question is the most commonly asked and the most obvious. SO KUUGA DOESN'T STEAL ANY SPOTLIGHT. If Kuuga showed up in every other world, you would see that world's Rider a little less. And it's only a little, I know, but with Decade and Diend pretty much shoving the world's Rider into the background as is...
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24* What did Daiki do with the belts he stole in Faiz's world?
25** I think it was just to show Daiki's Phantom Thiefy-ness, because after Faiz's world, he either does not get the tresure, gives it to someone else/the original owner, gets a substitute tresure, or just gives up all together.
26*** It could just be that he stole some stuff off-screen, but kept it secret.
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28* What did Tsukasa and the others do with their Kivala imposter in Kabuto's world?
29** Lunch.
30** Or, more likely, the worm just went away when they changed worlds.
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32* Why didn't Natsumi (or anyone) show shock that Grandpa and Kivala were alright after the studio got vandalized during the [[Series/KamenRiderAmazon Amazon]] World Arc?
33** They've just come to expect it? They had other things on their mind? Showing five minutes of someone saying "Thank god you're alright" isn't riveting television? Take your pick.
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35* Where did [[spoiler:all of the laser bolts come from in the final episode?]] In the fight at the end of the finale [[spoiler: the 10 Heisei Riders surround Decade and begin beating him up. As this happens laser bolts start flying on and off the screen in different directions and not a single one (well maybe ''just one'') flies out from one of the Riders' weapons. Did Kaito use an Attack Ride card to fire multi-coloured laser bolts?]]
36** Clearly, the answer is that it happens in [[Franchise/TouhouProject Hakurei no Sekai]].
37** Or maybe they're fired by the second-string Riders from the various series, who want to help but are smart enough to not even be in the same shot as Tsukasa "Destroyer of Worlds" Kadoya.
38** It's more of a ShoutOut to the training scene from [[Series/KamenRiderBlackRX Black RX]].
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40* Why doesn't [[spoiler: Kamen Rider Kivala function at all like the other [[Series/KamenRiderKiva Kiva]] riders?]] [[spoiler: She isn't a fangire, Kivala doesn't bite her to transform, her henshin process doesn't involve the whole "turn to glass and shatter" process that all the other Kiva riders have, and she doesn't use fuestles for her finishing move.]] Seriously, what gives?
41** Maybe [[spoiler: Kivala's]] power changed when [[spoiler: she]] passed through with the others.
42** Another possibly is, judging by [[spoiler:Kivala's]] size, [[spoiler:she]] may be a younger member of the species, and so may function differently.
43** Because she has no [[spoiler: Fuestles]].
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45* About Diend...This has been bugging me for awhile, but why doesn't Diend have something to ride on like the other riders? He is a Kamen Rider, he needs to ride on something!
46** Addressed [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwGU8INtD6M here.]]
47*** Well, Film/{{Shin|Kamen Rider Prologue}} and [[Series/KamenRiderHibiki Hibiki]] aren't exactly known for riding something (while transformed at least), so why should Diend?
48** Diend is, depending on your interpretation, a Secondary Rider or a Dark Rider. Not all of them get their own cycle. Look at Kamen Rider Kabuto, at least five Riders and a Dark Rider, but I'm pretty sure only Kabuto and Gatack get cycles.
49*** Actually, TheBee and Drake both had motorcycles.
50*** Technically speaking, TheBee and Drake have motorcycles, but they don't have ''unique'' motorcycles - they (and Hercus, for that matter) rely on the Zectron[[note]]and supposedly, all the other riders could use it, but only the aforementioned 3 are shown using it[[/note]], which is a mass-produced motorcycle, whereas Kabuto and Gatack (and Dark Kabuto in the video game) have unique motorcycles. Diend ''does'' have a Machine Diender in one of the net movies, although it's just the Machine Decader recolored cyan in the recoloring room, and it does show up in ''Let's go Kamen Riders''.
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52* Here's a big one that bugs the hell out of me. What happened to the movie that was promised at the end of Episode 31? [[spoiler: ''Final Chapter'' [[NeverTrustATrailer is NOT that movie.]]]]
53** There was a last minute change. I don't remember what happened, but the movie became an impossible, so they changed the last episode, starting at the point where Kuuga was revived as Ultimate Kuuga. The scene became the Rider war scene from Ep. 1 instead.
54** No. Final Chapter IS that movie. Somehow Tsukasa manage to escape the fight and start his journey as the destroyer of the world. Of course, some scene has changed, such as [[spoiler: no Natsumi with a gun, or the scene where Tsukasa is washed up on a beach. The fight between two Tsukasas are only appear in his mind in Director's Cut, telling him whether to follow his destiny or not]]
55** Four words: ScrewedByTheNetwork.
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57* Was Tsukasa [[spoiler:chosen as the Great Leader of Shocker, or did he form it himself?]] They never addressed it, did they?
58** [[MathematiciansAnswer Yes]]
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60* Where does the Dai-Shocker movie fit into the series' continuity?
61** Tsukasa's original goal was to find his way back to his own homeworld, and the movie is when he ends up there, where he's [[spoiler:revealed as the leader of Dai-Shocker.]] But then he leaves for the next world at the end?
62** Well, personally I feel that both movies are after the end of the series, but that only holds up if you accept the broadcasted episodes 30 and 31 as canon.
63** It seems to take place after Black RX's world. Look at the end of #27 as Eijiro puts up a picture. It's the same one Tsukasa and the others look at in the movie.
64** The Wiki lists All Riders vs Dai Shocker as taking place between episode 27 and 28. Decade: Final Chapter takes place after episode 31.
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66* About [[Series/KamenRiderDenO Den-O]]: Now, supposedly, only singularity points can become Den-O. Now, Tsukasa could potentially count, since he's some sort of dimensional anomaly. But why could Yusuke and Natsuki use the Den-O belt when possessed by the Imagin?
67** Possibly because they're not of the Den-O World, and therefore may be exempt from the rules of its timeline.
68** Or that, by virtue of traversing spacetime, they're close enough to count for using the Den-O belt. [[Series/DoctorWho Or revive Daleks.]]
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70* I've just started this series. But something is nagging at me from the very start: How the hell did [[Series/KamenRiderKiva Wataru]], of all people, become the representative of the original Riders?
71** He's the most recent?
72** They probably just recorded it right before the finale of Kiva
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74* How the hell does Diend see?!
75** How?!
76*** It's really hard to see, but there are eyes on the helmet. They're visible if you look close when he Henshins [before the cards slot into place] and when viewed from straight ahead. It's one of those things that is best shown with the [[MerchandiseDriven toys]]; but they are there.
77** Really you could ask that question of a ''lot'' of Japanese costume heroes. While a lot of them have "eyes" on their helmet, they're often so fancy or shaped so strangely that the suit actor is presumably seeing through tiny little slits or just going through carefully-choreographed motions blind and relying on the people with easier-to-see-in masks to match up to him.
78** IRC They make 2 helmets for each suit. One for close up shots where they have slits, and another for far shots that have a better view.
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80* Why does the Diend Driver come with cards for Ouja and Kaixa? It would make more sense for Delta and Drake because they fit the motif of having guns for main weapons and all begin with D.
81** Presumably because someone on the writing staff had a different idea of what made sense than you do.
82*** Likely because in comparison to Delta and Drake, Ouja and Kaixa are a lot more popular.
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84* Why are Lords part of Dai Shocker? The Lords may have been villains, but they were DEFENDERS of normal humanity, only targeting those with potential to evolve into Agito. So why the heck did they join Dai Shocker?
85** There actually ''was'' a point in ''Agito'' where the Lords were hunting down all humans as opposed to just humans who had the potential to evolve into Agito. It's likely that the Lords were recruited from that point in time.
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87* Why does Tsukasa never just punch out Narutaki? Like, not even once? Considering how often Narutaki gets in his face, you'd think it would cross Tsukasa's mind at least once. It just bugs the hell out of me.
88** Does he know that he COULD punch Narutaki?
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90* Why didn't they use Nega Den-O for Diend's Complete Form? They used Ryuga for his form; why not use Nega Den-O to represent Den-O?
91** Because he was fighting a Den-O rider
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93* Just asking, but do they ever give an explanation for the order of the worlds that Decade visits? First he visits the world of Kuuga, then he jumps ahead 8 series into the world of Kiva, then he goes to the world of Ryuki, then Blade, Agito, Den-O, Kabuto, and lastly Hibiki. Wouldn't it make more sense if he went through the worlds in chronological order?
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95* Is it ever explained why Kaito can also create dimensional walls like Tsukasa.

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