Do you not realize why or how this discussion began in the first place? We literally have a scan of Calibur transformed right next to Saikou while holding a feminine pose. Said scan also states that our next Calibur is an "unexpected" user - which rules out Hayato.

Yeah, I can see Yuri using Saikou Shadow both. Calibur is next to Saikou and he has a connection to Kurayami as well. Tho, Calibur's pose in the picture leads me to believe there's a person in there. Saikou Shadow has a specific neutral pose.

Tho, just for fun, I'd like to raise that Sophia is the 2nd most likely user for Kurayami, unless they bring back Tassel and/or Kamijou would love to see Kamijou back out of all of them, even if temporarily. Sophia has connections to the two Calibur users, and she's pretty much just there a figurehead for the swordsmen and nothing else. Taking up the sword would be her honoring her two closest friends and becoming of help towards the swordsmen.

Also, a holy/pure dressed woman using a dark sword is a neat idea to me. It's only my reasoning towards a narrative purpose. Mei is Akiko II pretty much, she has no connections towards Kurayami and the Caliburs before her. Becoming Calibur would be out of left-field. Tho, Dezast did become Falchion despite having nothing towards Kyomu or Bacht, but still.

I guess in terms of ranking Calibur IV candidates to simplify it for me.

1. Kamijou = Sophia
2. Yuri
3. Tassel

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I wouldn't say it's automatically feminine, since it's just a legs together pose. Does it seem that way, sure, but it could also be a more "focused" kind of stance.

Oh lmao my bad. Uh don't read into poses too much? Dunno if you remember but everybody was convinced Zi-O was a woman due to poses and chestpieces.

Other then that maybe Sophia I guess? She seems most likely to get a piece of the action and that Q4 last minute "Yeah she's totally part of the action now guys" for the remainder of the episodes.

It's not automatically feminine, but I think it's worth keeping in mind that every other Rider in that shot is basically in their signature pose - the kind of thing you'd see in marketing or even the back of an SH Figuarts box.
The only people I can think of who would hold that as their signature pose would be Tassel and Sophia. What other Calibur user would hold Kurayami with two hands outside of combat, and after transforming? Not one that we've seen, IMO.

And? That just means everybody was dumb as fuck lol the name literally translates to "Time King" in Japanese. Also the pose didn't really have anything to do with it - I actually recall people only believing so because the angle of the scan available at the time made Zi-O's chest look like it was protruding more than it actually was. The color scheme and slender suit didn't really help, either. Think people just got overzealous at the thought of an anniversary primary Rider being female.

Poses are important for marketing - ergo they're usually big hints as to Kamen Rider identities, especially in series' where the mantle of a certain Kamen Rider gets passed around multiple times. It's called body language. How else are you supposed to discern them when you see them on screen? Things like that are how we figured out Mad Rogue would be Utsumi.

And yeah, we're in the last few episodes of Saber, so I could see it going down that way for the reasons you stated.

ZI-O Zukan has these pics of the Kasshine. Saw these around /m/ and a nice discussion around it.

The one in the middle is obviously Storious/Solomon's suit. There are 4 others around him that look similar, but use different armor.

Storious was with the four sages. It's entirely possible we might see all the kasshine suits repurposed.

While I'm not a fan of these being a "final enemy thing" for Saber, I'll at least hope they won't look too bad. Storious' rider suit looks fine enough besides it being, well, a kitbash.

That makes a lot of sense - especially if these mooks end up being basically zombies of the guys Isaac killed way back. I'm sure they'll even have the Sword of Logos emblem on their chests, too.

I guess in some way too, this is a neat way in giving each duo of riders their own villain to fight.

1. Slash & Buster
2. Saikou & Calibur
3. Sabela & Durandal
4. Kenzan (or Kenzan & Espada)
5. Storious - Espada, Blades, and Saber (or Saber & Blades)

NGL, my initial idea when I thought about the 4 guys with Stoorius was that they'd all have repaints of existing sword and other kitbashed suits.

Could be, too, if they're willing. But I see 4 Kasshines more likely just to get that new theme of Storious mirroring Touma now.

Also, I read somewhere someone joking the 4 sages are going to be the Blade actors lol. Highly unlikely, though, considering Mutsuki's actor is retired I think. Still, it'd be funny if Kenzaki and Hajime are in there.

Just havin a weird dream where Revice show up in Saber’s last battle. Doin rampage stuff, accidently hit Yuri and drop the Kurayami. Take the sword out of curiosity, and boom, Calibur