I checked:

https://twitter.com/Shame08_/status/1409852053682327552

Well, the only other candidates (excluding Hayato and Daichi) are Mei, Tassel, and Sophia. Sora and Luna are too young. And they wouldn't have a random nobody like Mei's boss pop in.

I'm thoroughly intrigued by who could take up the sword that seemingly no one seems to want to keep (though for good reason).

I fear for Tassel to be.... RIP.

Either Mei or Sophia... maybe.

yea Tassel and Dezast are gone. My guess is that either Bacht or Daichi come back to use it

Perhaps Daichi will be redeemed since no sign of flowers.

Bahato RIP

http://pbs.twimg.com/media/E5C3RbwUU...jpg&name=small

While details are hard to make out, I am curious as to who the crew with Storious is. Admittedly just seeing four other dudes makes me happy though because that means it won't just be everyone fighting against one guy, we've got a Quirky Mini Boss Squad too to allow all the Riders to shine. At least that's what I assume.

i bet it's those sage guys that logos said he got rid of

i bet they didn't actually die

Personally thinking he brings Logos, Legiel, Zoous and Tassel back to life as brainwashed servants. Would fit with the powers he has, matches the number and they have designated opponents that would work

That would be interesting. It's even plausible that he won them over saying he defeated Logos.

This close-up pic of Storious, the four dudes next to him, and all the Saber Riders.

Pay attention to Calibur's pose.

Here's my evidence-less verdict.

Give me SophiaCalibur.

Calibur 4.0 has a very interesting stance. I don't want to give people hope by saying it's feminine, but it's kinda feminine in my opinion.

Man, I really like that Solomon Storious's face is the back of an open book, that's so cool.

It also looks like we are getting some collective legend rider wonder ride books as well 1st book is about all of the Showa riders. 2nd is about heisei rider and the third is about the reiwa riders

it is and you can also tell by the torso, it's very narrow, the arms and legs arent bulky either, i actually knew from the zero-one real time pic for zero-two to zero-one, that zero-two was feminine and it was izu just from the body structure of the suit.

It could mean nothing, but I'm also looking at how the Riders are spaced out and the only two Riders in close proximity to one another are Sabela and Durandal and Saikou and Calibur, which leads me to believe the identity of Calibur is someone who is particularly close to Yuri.

My money is on Tassel, since the feminine-like pose definitely fits his mannerisms, though the next episode could easily debunk this. Mei is probably the runner up after that, though it'd be really odd seeing the most upbeat character on the show become a Rider that's been traditionally associated with characters stuck in perpetual suffering lol

Mei would be a good choice to become Calibur because the wielder of the Kurayami is forced to see possible outcomes and Mei has the power of positivity to resist the doom and gloom. She is incorruptible.

Kurayami: "Let me show you the dark futures that await you MWUAHAHAHAHAH"

Mei: "LALALALALALALALA LALALALALALA NOT LISTENING"

Kurayami: "IMPOSSIBLE NOOOOOOO"

*Kurayami is now perfectly controllable*

Either Mei or Luna could be the next Calibur!

Luna is a child, and at this point, there is no way they’re hiring a new actress to play her as an adult (especially because, judging by the last episode, ‘adult Luna’ would just look like Sophia, and so be played by Rina Chinen).
Realistically, the options are Sophia, Mei, or Tassel, depending on whether or not he survives the next episode or not.

Tassel's probably gonna die. Either Mei or Sophia would be nice.

inb4 Tassel just loses his powers, thus allowing him to easily interact with the real world again and allow him to wield the sword he created.

Still to be inspired by Mystic Knights.

US/CA Henshin Calls:

• Saber; Fire within me!
• Blades: Water/Ice before me!
• Espada: Thunder above me!
• Buster: Earth beneath me!
• Kenzan: (The) Wind(s) around me!
• Slash: Sound resonate me!
• Calibur: Darkness consume me!
• Saikou: (The) Light envelop/shine on me!
• Sabela: Smoke vanish me!
• Durendal: Time challenge me!
• Solomon: Rule and conquer all!
• Falchion: Void awaken me!
• Storious: ?

In an adaptation of Saber, what if the "homosapiens" would be switched to a different race? Like say... elves or something?

https://kamenrider.fandom.com/wiki/F..._Ride_Book.png

I feel like they'll just use this for that.

For this reason only, I can accept if someone like Mei have the possibility to control the darkest sword in kamen rider history.

It's nice that the classic red Brave Dragon suit is still around. When Xross Saber first showed up, I wondered if they permanently painted over the only suit they have! (rip Ichigata, Thouser and possibly Jaou Dragon)

Already thinking that for the finale, they'll pull a Realizing Hopper and have red Saber deal the final blow on the villain.

While not strictly relevant but I found a fan made seiken meant as an upgrade for espada on Twitter like cross Saber but triangular in style and golden

That would be nice, especially if the sword ended up responding to her anxieties in a battle. It'd be a nice role reversal between Kurayami and its user, as well as an excellent reason for someone with almost no sword-wielding experience to suddenly have a cool trick like the sword being something she can move with her mind.

plus the dark powers are very powerful so it wont kill her either.

Everybody keeps wanting Mei or Sophia to wield a Sword but like, the show literally showed Yuri wielding both. They'll prob have either him or Ghost-Dad wield it whenever needed.

Unless I missed some crucial plot point that he no longer can.

But here's the thing, the stance of the new Calibur is neither that of Yuri or the older one. It's a feminine stance.

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

https://toku.fun/storage/app/uploads...9719972160.jpg

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