Ganbarizing honestly has a lot of cool original finishers for the Riders that I wish sometimes were in the show.

Like there's a finisher for Valkyrie where she rushes towards the enemy, kicks off them into the air, spins rapidly while dropping before slamming her leg directly into their head.

Other highlights for me include Build KeyDragon going Kingdom Heart's and summoning a keyhole portal to stab the opponent into it. The portal appears above Build who proceeds to roundhouse kick the fallen opponent with a boot full of flames.

And then one of the more hilarious ones for me, Zi-O Decade Armor throwing a Rider Card at the opponent and summoning Final Attack Ride Cards all over which he proceeds to zig zag through while kicking out before kicking against the enemy.

I almost prefer these colors for Cross Saber

Alternate reality where Saber gained the power of his allies by cutting them down and being washed in their blood.

I like Cross Saber's arcane blue color, but that sanguine red version looks like it could be good for a Kamen Rider Dark Saber, like how Dark Kiva was a repaint of Emperor. I would have called it Sabre with French "re" but I think that sounds too similar to Sabela.

It's also the spelling in British English, so it would work as a dark counterpart with the whole words and book theme of the series.

The blue color scheme for Xross Saber makes sense though. Fire goes from red to blue as temperature rises, no?

Fire's naturally orange, unless you add a certain chemical compound to change its color to red.

Well, sure but the blue on Xross Saber isn't supposed to be fire, it's supposed to be space/the cosmos.

The "Fire" aspect on Xross Saber is technically represented by all the stars scattered around the suit, as fire at it's hottest is an eye-searing white.

Yes, I should have said reddish. My bad. :lolol

I'd say it works both ways but what you said has more weight than mine with the flame color transition thing being more trivial. But because of his status as the fencer of fire I think it still justifies repainting him from a hot hue to what we tend to consider a "cooler" hue.

I'm sorry, but to me that red version just looks like someone dumped a bag of flour on Crimson Dragon XD

I was thinking poprocks. :lolol

He honestly looks like one of those white and red rocket popsicles? I forget what they're called.

Which is bad since I work in a grocery store so I should remember stuff like this since I pass the freezers a lot for cold returns.

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I'm so excited. Please give us something on the level of Spinning Wheel, again.

Music video of the three in some form of distress till Mei comes in and helps the three up on their feet? Hell yeah!

Altho, Mei doesn't really have a deep connection to Kento..

Ooooh yes, I can already envision an awesome scene of the side-by-side henshin of the three of them, with a big explosion just as a shiny new insert kicks in.

They're using the henshin to block an otherwise deadly attack, aren't they?

Honestly, that's pretty cool.

Saber insert theme sung by the main trio with lyrics by Shouko Fujibayashi? Like I said a bit back in the thread – these things just keep happening! :D

I'm kind of curious about how Crimson and Featuring Saber will fit into the narrative. I'm guessing in terms of power level it goes Xross->Crimson->Featuring. I thought they'd just be auxiliary forms, but since all of these forms are using the same element, it only makes sense for them to be methodical. There must be something unique if they're taking more than a single episode to really show it off.

We know Crimson and Featuring debut in June, so our true endgame enemy has to debut in July. With Solomon being incomplete and us not knowing what Desast and Storious are really up to(besides Desast getting his hands on Kyomu within the next 3 episodes), I really wonder how they'll deal with our final, big threat.

uh sorry it's called what

Yeah Dragon Lion Alangina is referred to as Featuring Saber.

Like how Dragon Arthur makes Hybrid Saber and Saber's Wonder Combo gives us Crimson Saber... even though I feel like they should have picked a better name for that form since he's blue.

They should have called him Fantastic Saber. Worked for Blades. :p

Something I don't like about "Crimson" Saber is how it uses the Brave Dragon head, even though they could have just repainted the Crimson Dragon head. Featuring using the Brave Dragon head is expected since Dragon Alangina used it as well, but "Crimson" Saber just looks incomplete without the Eagle and Journey head details.

You know what I think would be a cool idea for an extra final form? Haouken + Emotional Dragon = Emotional Saber!

I mean I would have honestly called him Wonder Saber. :lol

Given you know, Wonder Combo.

But yeah it's a bit odd that they didn't switch up the helmet, granted I guess they didn't want to make multiple new helmets since the forehead blade is done up differently.

That's a nice name as well!

Considering how the entire suit had to be handpainted due to the intricate nature of the design's colors, I suspect they ran out of budget or something to make and paint new helmets.

But why Crimson Saber? That suit ain't crimson. I agree with Enchilada here, call it 'Wonder Saber' or something but not Crimson Saber!

The books used are the same in the Crimson Dragon form. That's why it's Crimson Saber.

After listening to Rewrite the Story in the recent episode, I got to say, I got Spinning Wheel vibes from it and got that same feeling from it in terms of hype.
Only downside is I got to wait till September for it to release.

I don't know if this has been added yet or not, mentioned yet or not, but there is a reason as to why Xross Saber is what it is, and just how intricate it truly is!

http://ukiyaseed.weebly.com/ukiyasee...-sabers-design

Buster chapter 5! We are (re) introduced to teen(?) Rintarou and Ogami needs to find the time for his family! Also, we are given a tease for Ren by Rintarou who is worrying about Hayate's successor being from the southern base.

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Does anyone feel Ryoga will die in the coming episode? Reika needs more character development.

Wonder how she'll have a friendship with Mei?

As for Ren? He'll never change his ways or else he'll probably join Kusaka in hell.

We understand the reason. We just think the reason sucks, is all.

I wish people would give some attention to Unlimited Drive which was performed by the very talented Kamen Rider Girls. I always felt like that insert was mostly ignored in favor of Spinning Wheel. Does anybody else agree that Unlimited Drive is a great song?

Reika probably needs to be a character first to qualify for character development, instead of a conduit for Ryouga's will. If either of the Shindais end up dead, I'd rather it be Reika, especially considering how she abused Sophia for her own amusement. Sophia is owed an apology which she has yet to receive.

Sophia and Ryouga barely count as characters either. Also death would be a mercy after beig reduced to just a conduit for siscon tropes.

Sophia must be a character if I care enough about her to not want her to get abducted and tortured. She deserves better than that.

I'm seriously amazed they didn't just have Ryoga die immediately once Solomon debuted, I guess we needed someone holding the Seiken, but still.

If only because, you have King Crimson as a Rider Power and it's pretty dangerous. Even the second time around Touma just barely gets a lucky hit on him. And then after that, Durandel is basically a joke in every single fight. I mostly wanted Durandel dead because well, that's too OP of a power to give to the good guys, now I just want Durandel dead because I don't need him being embarrassed any further.

Durandal amazes me in how redundant he is in every single respect; like I remember early on when the Q1 toyline was chock full of a billion riders everyone was talking about who was the most redundant and who they'd get rid of (mostly Kenzan), but I think ultimately all of them had a specific function in the story and their own storylines going on where if you did take anyone out, it wouldn't be easy and it'd require redesigning a lot of the show. It's pretty hard for me to imagine many turning points and moments in the show without Touma having had a large group of swordsmen he was friends with, all of which eventually went off and did their own individual thing anyway. I'm not saying I think it's all well done, mind; I still ultimately am not a big fan of this show or many of its characters, but I definitely think it's not simple at all to just say "one of these Swordsmen is redundant, take him out or replace him with Mei" or something.

Except Durandal. I'm continually shocked at just how utterly impossibly redundant he is where he's literally just usurped Reika's character arc, reduced her to someone who just says "onii-sama~~~", has no connections to or significant drama with any characters, and has absolutely nothing interesting going on with him where a redemption arc would be interesting, unlike the character who we literally saw spending half the season on Logos' side manipulating the Swordsmen and who ended up having second thoughts. Genuinely if he just didn't exist, every single action he's done falls so easily into Reika's hands and would have made her a more interesting character than either of them are at the moment; he doesn't serve a specific function, he's just... Reika 2 but kind of stern and has a trident with a funky power. The guy doesn't even have any toys on store shelves until we eventually get a 600 Yen SO-DO! I don't get why he's here!

I do! Drive had some sick inserts going for it

we have too many on the 'heroic' side, like 12 including the non-riders... against two villains and 1 wild card...

Its gonna be the three main riders against Solomon from this point lol...since the others seem too weak to do anything to him anyways. Saber being protag, Blades being secondary with the upgrade and Espada being plot-important but not surprised if they give him a last-minute upgrade in season. xD

On the Drive front, I love Unlimited Drive, also Don't Lose Your Mind.

I always feel like those two end up falling by the wayside when it comes to themes people talk about and enjoy.

High touch! Glad to see there are others who appreciate these underrated songs.

I have a feeling for those to fall throughout the show and their swords being used...
- Buster
- Kenzan
- Slash
- Durendal

While Saber, Blades, Espada, Calibur, Saikou & Sabela work together against Solomon & Storious.

Saber wielding Rekka/Haouken Xross Saber & Suzune
Blades wielding Nagare & Gekido
Espada wielding Ikazuchi & Hayate
and
Sabela wielding her brother's sword with Noroshi