Wait, what? This is the actual final form? I thought it was a Televi-kun suit and people were joking.

I like how Reiwas has taken a step back and down on the final forms. Heisei was getting a bit gaudy.

I mean if you want to be technical, Rekka's Final Form is pretty gaudy when comparing it to it's standard form. lol

But compared to like Genius and Muteki, it's downright plain.

Oh no I'm not talking about Saber, I'm talking about Rekka, the sword.

It's funny how when you think about it we're getting a final form for a weapon instead of the actual Rider really.

In retrospect this was kind of obvious considering the suit of our (supposed) main villain is like 85% recycled parts. :lol

I get it in some sense even if, to me, they're just lacking in that visual impact of a Final Form.

That's it? That's the final form?! THAT WAS JUST A CHEAP REPAINT!

What a rip.

GUURRHHHH!! SABER BETRAYED US! Auughhh! I've started - I should have never started this stupid fanclub in the first place! I'M GONNA GET RID OF ALL THIS SABER STUFF

All of it!

All of it!

*removes the Saber undies*

...All of it...!

I'm gonna run away! That's what I'll do, run away...! aughahaghaa!

...

Mmicb0b, come back! There's more! and his debut is directed by Shibasaki!

REALLY?!

time reversal

Ehh, I like it. That said, I guess during this Reiwa era it seems that whoever is now leading the rider franchise in general is taking the Frieza approach to ultimate forms. While Zero-Two was a totally new rider and this is just a repaint, the common element that I see here is ultimate forms are re-shaping the rider while taking it back to its core rather than adding more like I previously stated a long time ago when Zero-Two was revealed. It's as if said person who leads the rider franchise saw a bunch of Marie Kondo videos and applied her principles of trim away any useless clutter. :lolol

Zero-Two and Faiz Blaster are a good kind of simple while Cross Saber(don't really care for that name) is just a step above Realizing Hopper in terms of design.

I'm not a terribly big fan of this new trope of making the final form a new rider or very least treating it like one.