Oh, actually on a slightly unrelated note; for Rintarou's moment where he takes out the Tenkuu no Pegasus WRB of its case, I think it would have been cool if in the flashbacks, we saw that it was his master's main book, like if they let us see what Blades would look like if he only used that. I just think it would be an even more emotional moment if that were the case, but maybe that's just me!

It's definitely not just you. I totally agree. I think Pegasus, Journey and Cerberus look great as alternative Issatsu forms and it would have been cool if the previous Sword Riders used those as their defaults. I also want to see Blades and Espada use some Wonder Rider forms.

Oh I'm glad it's not just me! And yeah, I agree about the Wonder Rider thing too. It's a shame only Saber has done it so far out of the three. But I guess Toei and Bandai didn't leave a lot of room for it with the lack of variety in the types; there's a definite surplus of story books.

And speaking of; I do hope that we get a battle at some point where they do go all out of Wonder Rider; Saber Dragon-Hedgehog-Peter, Blades Cerberus-Lion-Saiyuu and Espada Pegasus-Eagle-Alangina. I just think it'd be a cool moment since the latest episode was about their bond and friendship, so them each using a book from each element would not only be cool as a character moment, but would also just be a bit of fun with the gimmick, like whenever we'd get to see Gaim use Lockseeds not normally associated with him.

I wonder when we’ll ever see these forms.

Saber
- Storm Eagle
- Saiyuu Journey
- Eagle Saiyuu

Blades
- Peter Fantasista
- Tenkuu no Pegasus
- Pegasus Peter
- Lion Pegasus

Espada
- Needle Hedgehog
- Tri-Cerberus
- Lamp do Cerberus
- Cerberus Hedgehog

I get the vibe that the various Sacred Swords have pretty much always been around? Like, I don't think Kamijo was the First Saber, just the Previous Saber. We know from the spin-off short that Gekido and Suzune were both around fifteen years ago too, so presumably Ikazuchi was and I'd wager that Hayate was too!
...I was about to say "obviously with a different user, because Akamichi/Kenzan is about fourteen", but then again we saw from Retsuden that whilst Daishinji was active as Slash 15 years ago neither he nor Ogami looked any younger, so its possible that being a sword-wielder freezes or slows your aging...

It's also entirely possible that they just aren't human and don't have equivalent aging to us; if Rintarou's "no normal homo sapiens can wield a seiken" is anything to go by.

6 of those aren’t going to happen. The base Ridebooks are a required part of the transformation.

All of them have at least one base ride book.

I understand why there are so many story books since they're the most abstract and complement the show's themes, but yeah, it doesn't help the gimmick. I like the functionality of the Seiken SworDriver with 3 books but it feels like legendary creatures and living things are just there to fill the gaps. Maybe it would have been better if each book was connected to a story in a different way.

We can hope!

Yeah, the Book of Ancients created the world so Sword of Logos might be a few aeons old at least, which is too broad a timeline to place the invention of each individual Seiken Sword but if Suzune was around 15 years ago then the others probably were as well. That's why I think there was a previous Espada. He might have been stationed at Southern Base considering Reika had his Tri Cerberus book.

Also, you really think Ren looks 14 or you're exaggerating? His actor is 19.

I guess Amatsu Gai isn't a mere homosapien either then. :p

But if this is another Ryusoul Tribe situation then Kento and Luna shouldn't have been kids like Touma 15 years ago.

Curious if they'll henshin with another of their personalize color book like saber using storming eagle to henshin. We know the books are lock in their arrow pointing placement located on the cover of the books. It'll be interesting during a tight fight situation.
The most recent episode felt like a Xmas new year twist episode done early . We hardly know any of the cast in depth and we're hyping and reeling in all the stakes. Next week we are getting jaoh drgaon despite base calibur didnt amount to much.