Ryoma. Unless Sagara as the embodiment of Helheim takes action, I think Ryoma will be the one who threatens to destroy both worlds in his madness. He clearly has something in mind and giving Mitsuzane the new lockseed wasn’t just out of good will too. I bet he tests this creation of his and will use a more perfected version in combination with the power of the golden fruit to become Final Boss-Ryoma.

My sentiments exactly. I'm hoping that he was either lying or "creatively telling the truth" about the origins of the Raisin lock he gave Micchy. With it as it is now, he's killing two birds with one stone, three if he's lucky: He gets test data, he eliminates Micchy for sure, and absolute best case, he eliminates Kouta.

Ok I absolutely love Ryugen Yomi. Design wise, concept wise, what it represents for Micchy. It's freakin kick-ass. It's a nice way to bring everything back to the beginning by using the Ryugen base once more, symbolizing how far Micchy has fallen since he first became a Rider. I also love how he's become a total berserker now and it seems the Ouja comparisons are coming true with how ruthless and apathetic he's become towards human life. And dammit the idea of a Tertiary Rider getting a dark rider form is quite unique.

At this point it feels like Micchy is more the Secondary than the Tertiary Rider. Truth be told he seems to have been switching back and forth with Kaito since the mid-teens.

I love Ryugen Yomi too, don’t get me wrong, but I'm a little bit angry about how half-assed it is. Only 2 episodes of appearance (apparently), no explanation about how he has Overlord weapons (or both of his Rider-weapons for that matter) and no real technique to summon them. I mean Kiwami-Gaim turns the key and the belt announces the weapon, with Ryugen Yomi he just pulls it out of nowhere. Or maybe out of his ass and that’s why it hurts so much.

I think this form was rushed or never planned, reason being its just a repainted mix of two already existing suits (even the lockseed is a repainted Budou) and it also only uses weapons that are already there. They didn’t even bother repainting the back of the Kiwi-helmet or his weapons.

And Ryoma just opening the drawer and pulling the lockseed out was anti-climatic as hell. I hope we get back at this, with Ryoma unveiling his reasons behind creating and giving it to Mitsuzane, and that it is actually a very important part of his plan.

Because if they just throw this out and never talk about the damn thing again I'm really mad.

Everything else about it is cool though, especially the way the armor gets summoned and attaches. But that’s the next thing: Its definitely no crack. Then what is it? I wouldn’t put it past Gaim to actually include this, that maybe not Yomutsu Heguri itself is the deal, but the world it comes from. The series will end soon, but Ryoma harnessing the power of another world that was previously devoured by Helheim could be a thing.

Outside of marketing, Gaim doesn't conform to Main, Secondary, Tertiary, etc. It's more a tier set up with the top tier being the most important Riders with the most focus, the middle tier being important to the story but have less focus than the top tier, and the bottom tier being Riders of the least importance.

Top Tier Riders: Gaim, Baron, Ryugen
Middle Tier Riders: Zangetsu, Duke, Sigurd, Marika
Bottom Tier Riders: Bravo, Gridon, Knuckle, Kurokage (Both Hasse and trooper).

PS I just noticed that these tiers match their ranks for power to with the top being the most upgraded Riders, the middle being Energy Riders, and the bottom being the rest of the Sengoku Riders.

Please. We all know the differences in tiers are between Fruits and Nuts. In Mitsuzane's case, that's as close to the truth as possible.

Sadly I figured out where all this is going. And it isn't to a nice place. I do find Sagara's reveal to be quite interesting. He's the Q of the Gaim universe.

I'm also saddened that we're reaching the end of this story. It's been so good, it's going to be a hard series to top in any fashion.

Oh, and Kamen Rider troupe is active! Repeat, troupe is active! - If you're the sidekick, your belt is probably trying to kill you.

Just like Chalice and Garren!

Why do Blade comparisons keep popping up in my analyses of this show?

Because Gaim is like Ryuki, Faiz and Blade all squished and blended into one with a fruity flavor. Plus, he's probably gonna rip off the ending from Blade.

With a sprinkle of Madoka on top.