It appears the cast leak was correct.

So, with confirmation that the cast leak was correct, and with how out of focus Dapan was despite being Tycoon's sister, I feel even more convinced that Dapan will end up being an early death, or otherwise taken out of the game relatively early on. Like, at least around Christmastime.

Either that or the Riders we see for the latter ones, of Dapan, Ginpen and Merry are placeholder dudes and their main cast members are coming after these no names die.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zArj8Cy-Jxk

Geats Press Conference

In the group shot of them all together in their Entry Forms Dapan and Merry actually look more masculine to me (especially next to Naago). I could be totally off-base but that could be because they're not initially female.

Also I know people are worried about Ginpen and Merry not being around long but also...

We've already seen two Dapan's in the trailer, their helmets being slightly different from each other and we know that only the eyes really change for forms, not the design of the helmet.

Not to mention well, they could easily have P-Bandai ID Cores and Buckles for those two lined up. We just got through with a Rider where 80% of Riders fell onto the P-Bandai side of the spectrum, especially early on. It would not surprise me if they did that for Geats.

pleased with what I see so far.

Some thoughts :

- Aoshima Kokoro is perfect as the "poppiesque" game navigator. It fits her acting and personality. I didn't expect her to be presented alongside the 4 main riders and be showcased that much. hope she is a big regular.
And oh God that shot in the trailer where she sits next to Neon in a Cat cafe and a cat is licking her lollipop xD

- Keiwa/Tycoon really feels like a Kagami (Kabuto) character. He almost feels like the main protag of the show

- Buffa looks fierce as expected, but not particularly evil. Just the standard edgy guy.

- Ace definitely has tendou vibes, but not as extreme as him. he just looks very confident as a person.

- There is a shot in the trailer where you see the 7 participants back, facing Tsumuri. Merry and Dapan don't match with the rumored cast, but like some other people said, they might be non important dudes waiting to be replaced (all of them look like men except Neon)

- Merry helmet is... fluffy ? xD

- There is a shot in the trailer where buffa is dressed with a big collar (Desire Grand Prix uniform ?) with a different guy, and the shot appears just after we see Ginpen and Buffa entry form. maybe the guy is Ginpen for now.


So far I like everything I see, except maybe for the fact that riders aren't really antagonising each other yet.

I actually saw more Kiriya Sento in him. Tendou, from my recollection, smiled much less often and less optimistically.

The new driver looks like zio and accel from double combine.

*Sento Kiryu/Kiryu Sento but yeah I feel the same? perhaps it?s the confident and ready but not too overconfident kind of thing. Tendou has the confident because I?m born for this (the chosen one) kind of feel whereas Sento has the I?m ready and confident enough but I wasn?t necessarily born for this