According to the scan Banno used a roimude body and a duplicated drive driver to be Gold Drive

Ghost starts earlier though, in late September, so even if the last episodes are a crossover Drive has less episodes overall.

Not to keen on the new forms, the typical re-usage of suits that happens towards the end of a series. And they are not particularly good looking either.

Pretty sure we're able to have our own Sentai team of Drive repaints at this point. Red, Silver, Black, Orange/Blue, Gold......



I don't even care that it's just a gold Drive repaint, I'm a sucker for evil versions of Riders, and that form looks friggin' cool.

And having good versions of Riotroopers is an awesome idea.

We got an Orange/Blue Repaint?

Yeah I love Gold Drive as Evil Drive and yeah I definitely agree with the Mach Troopers.

I thought the series was gonna end on a anti-climactic fight tbh, but this! I love what I see! And really Hope lt. Otta or Kiriko gets to be a rider, heck the whole Tokujo squad should be riders xD
Also, with Banno Drive being equivalent to an ultimate evolution, does that mean the promised number is completed?

So Banno is final villain that Drive fought with before Lupin reappears in Crossover Special! Hmm..

Type Fruits lol

Info about mass-produced Mach in the scan:

- Police has created a combat suit as the battle against roimudes reaches its climax

- Thanks to the Picopico no.3(3rd iteration of that contraption our heroes would wear to track down roimudes) equipped on the back, people who wear the suit can move even if heavy acceleration/donyori occurs

- Unlike the riders, the henshin belt which is not yet named, transforms the user via activation key, Rinna developed the system

That backpack on the trooper Mach suits is ridiculous. Totally figured it was a new version of their old Roidmude packs though. And Gold Drive is rather... uninspired.

But the story direction of them I like.

So it appears that the final number of Riders for this show is around 4 (Drive, Mach, Chaser, Gold Drive), 5 if you include Proto-Drive. Then comes around to 7 when including the movie Riders (Lupin and Dark Drive)

I did not expect that many.