The impression I got from the trailer was Fourze with a pinch of Revice and AR Faiz from Decade. That said, not impressed with Hotaro but not disappointed either. I do wonder if Spana/Valvarad will go the way of Chaser from Drive or if he will be Kamen Rider's answer to Jugglus Juggler. Hope it's both. :lolol

Haven't really been wowed beyond the suit designs but it's interesting having a seemingly more low key season for the first time in a while, school setting was very fun in Fourze, one of the greatest we've had and I'm surprised at how a massive chunk of the cast we've seen are women, including the girls of fate in this gothy outfits, wonder if they're not really evil but rather morally ambiguous cause they're, y'know, the sisters of fate

I think the choice for the MC goes well with the basic premise "totally regular student stumbles upon something that changes his life forever". Execution and character development will be much more important.

I think this is the first trailer since Build where we only get to see one Rider.

Yep, that's right. They remind me of the Megid trio, except gender-swapped.

Personally, I like Houtarou so far. He just wants to find something he's really good at, like a lot of high school students, so he decides to become an alchemist and Kamen Rider. I have to respect this dude's ambition.

I mean, it is a perfectly normal Japanese name.

Speaking of names, I'd like to clear up Paladin's mistake. Icho Renge is portrayed by Abe Oto, not the other way around.

He's almost certainly important to the plot. Or dead. Or important to the plot and dead.

You should at least give the first 2 episodes a chance before making your final judgment.

I get Fourze and Faiz, but where are you getting Revice from?

I know but considering one of the most used (and shoved everywhere) Kamen Rider character of the last decade being Kuroto Dan you know, I found it funny.

Also if I wanted to go further (way too far actually) I could say Clotho is supposed to be the moirai who creates the thread of life for people (her 2 sisters are the ones measuring the thread and cutting the thread) and Dan Kuroto is kinda a creator of life himself ?
Found the coincidence funny

The Pokemon angle seems like it will be a lot of wholesome fun. Nothing dark can possibly happen from a series with cute battling creatures right? right....

If anyone here didn't know, the idea behind Pokemon was actually inspired in part from the original Ultraseven series, where the lead character Dan Moroboshi used monsters kept in capsules, Capsule Kaiju, Pocket Monsters.

The whole alchemy school stuff gave me vibes of Sakura's allies with George's dad and the regulars of her family's bath place.

I have to agree that this one isn't really grabbing me. Seems like a lighter show, which is sort of nice since we haven't had that style of Rider in a while, but beyond that it does feel quite generic. Still, I love being surprised so hopefully I'll be hearing glowing comments on the series from fans.

Yeah i just hope the show evolves

Like this isn't super sentai leave the overly light hearted stuff to that

Kamen rider tends to edge towards the more teens/late teens

So I hope it kinda does something unexpected that hooks me in

I have no doubt the show won't stay as light hearted as we can see now.

Even just for the fact Alchemy is sometimes seen as a discipline/art where humans play God, trying to create life, purify souls, doing human sacrifices and all. It can turn dark pretty fast.

At first I was worried about the action being inside the school too much, like Fourze was (even though that was a cool show), but it seems like the protagonist is moving to that specific Alchemy School, and we could have some kind of "Harry Potter" situation here, the normal guy suddenly being placed in a magical/mystical place and you never know what could happen in such a setting.
Things could go pretty dark with a teacher willing to sacrifice students for research etc etc...