Then Gotchard's bad heroine is Hotaro. Rinne has two problems in the show: accusations by the audience of bad acting (for which it is enough to watch the specials to be convinced of the opposite) and only two forms, which is negligible for modern secondary ones. I also have an explanation for the second, but this is not a suitable topic. In any case, as for me, Rinne anyway gets less hate than Keiwa and Daiji, and even when she is sad, she does it without hysterics.

I'll admit that I was harsh on Rinne's actress when Gotchard began, but her acting has improved by leaps and bounds. She's especially really good in funny moments, and it's reached the point where I sadly feel she's being wasted in this show.

It's apparent that some BTS shenanigans have derailed the series from its original plan. If I recall correctly, Hasegawa didn't even have a villain group in his original plans for the series. And usually when there's a theme song change like this show had, it's a sign that there's been some sort of creative retool.

*Sips coffee while looking at Hibiki*
Wait, did the same thing happen to Blade too at the time of its airing?

I replied several comments about Gotchard here in Gotchard's own thread here.

Gavv's human name is "Shoma."

Yes, Blade changed head writers because the ratings had plummeted from the past few seasons.

Seems like my hypothesis yesterday here is correct. Shouma/human Gavv will transform onscreen in Gotchard's summer film. And is he giving candies to strangers, like Deneb often did in Den-O? Haha. Oh, and the actor is indeed Hidekazu Chinen.

Honestly with the amount of bts shake ups that have happened especially in Reiwa, I kinda just approach Rider shows by going with the flow nowadays.

Aruto's the Ark now? Cool
They ditched the Dezast vs Touma angle for him vs Kenzan? Makes sense
Hiromi's a central supporting character and Demons now? Why not

Basically, bts revisions/retcons/etc of the supposed "original plan" are just a thing that happens in Rider now, so I figure I might as well just sit back and see where they go

Yup, you're right, just confirmed he'll appear out of suit in the movie

https://twitter.com/GavvToei/status/...q0mCR4mLw&s=19

(At this point with so many preemptive announcements, I feel like toei is trying just trying to get info out early to beat the leaks, but leaks ate still getting out first, huh?)

Shoma seems like such an imp to me, very mischievous looking. Also I can't figure out what in the world is going on in the small image of him transforming with the belt. Did... did unzipping the pouch on his jacket turn it into some kind of belly-baring crop top?!