Oh my word.



That's brilliant. Thank you for doing this. :lolol

I was about to joke about how this show's plot is literally one giant game of Among Us also replace yellow with Grey, yellow would already be dead in this scenario

Is anyone else kind of confused by Saikou's color scheme? The yellow I understand because of his golden motif, and red and purple are based on the comic book hero, but they could have made the comic book hero any colors, so why red and purple? And why on earth is the WRB lime green and orange!?

It is interesting that the X-Swordman on the cover is styled like a samurai instead of like the comic hero. And it's a left-slot WRB, so I wonder what mythical creature it's based on... I know Japanese folklore has a whole class of youkai based on living objects (tsukumogami), are any of those based on swords or samurai armor?

excuse u i love the x-swordman wrb's nickelodeon colors

and i'd argue that the samurai is more based around a westerner's idea of what a samurai would be like, like the silver samurai from the marvel comics

Perhaps it could be based upon something else. First of all X-Swordsman is a superhero. That much is true. Typically, most superheroes aren't normally all human. Whether that means that they were born super, for example, Superman, Wonder Woman, the X-Men, other mutants, and some of the Kamen Riders (Kiva and the Saber Riders), or they gained their powers due to something happening to them for them to gain their powers, for example, Green Lantern, Hulk, Spider-Man, and some of the Kamen Riders (like Ex-Aid), superheroes aren't typically all human. Essentially, I think that the basis for X-Swordsman is "Demigods", "Superheroes", and/or other heroic figures that aren't exactly all human. Essentially, X-Swordsman is less a "God Beast" book and more of a "Legendary Hero" book. So essentially, it is a case of technicalities.

A lot of old super heroes and cartoon character colors were dictated on random stuff like the cost of the ink for the comic or colors on the action figure.

For example, the original Gundam was mostly all white and it was changed to Red, Yellow, and Blue both because those colors would make it more interesting to children, and because those were common colors used in toy manufacturing.

Bright nonsensical colors were synonymous with comic book heroes because it helped them stand out on the page. I don't think there's too much to read into it here.

Like why was Nin-nin/Comic purple and yellow? It's just part of the design language of Kamen Rider.

Oh this would be incredible imo. I figure it's more likely as a one-off like that time buster/Kenzan/slash all swapped secondary books, but would be so neat to see. To be honest I wouldn't mind seeing more of other folks wielding Saikou in his sword form either!

EDIT: Just realised X-Swordman seems to be a larger book and so might not fit into Gekido/Hayate/Suzune, which sadly makes this less likely... hey, maybe it will actually fit, or maybe they'll say "eh, you can't do it with the toys but what the hell let's do it in the show"

Though, I just realized 1 thing. That the Dragon on the Cover of "Primitive Dragon" bears a striking resemblance to the Dragon/Ice Pokémon of the Unova region, Kyurem.
https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/c/c3/646Kyurem.png
https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/ka...20210128193635
See? The resemblance is uncanny.

Edit: The image didn't load, so here is the link
https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/ka...20210128193635

Considering how Saikou's X-Swordsman form is basiccally Saikou Sahdow but with colorful comic panels swapped all over the place, it makes sense why RKF Saikou is so darn expensive (4180 yen).

That being said, with all the parts-swapping Figuarts has been doing recently, I can't help but wonder if the SHF Saikou will come with parts-swapping ability to create X-Swordsman and Saikou Shadow.

It does. Saikou Shadow is the base figure and you can plug armor on top to create X-Swordman, X-Swordman Powerful, and X-Swordman Wonderful.