I don't like the sound of the NotMai stuff. She's been super enigmatic and almost otherworldy, and then she suddenly just get's all hands on? Also, Micchy destroys Kouta's driver untransformed? The only part of that I like is Oren as an enforcer and the idea of the Genesis drivers beign addicting and needing to be cleansed. Hase not becoming an invess seems cheap.

It all sounds just a bit too detailed and specific to be made up, but at the same time some of it sounds unlikely and I really hope it's not true because the bits I mentioned sound, well, awful.

The rumour quite clearly says the driver is fixed. Not replaced with a Genesis driver.

EDIT: HOWEVER, the rumour of NotMai encountering Baron makes a sense considering the intro shows a reflection with the two opposite Mai and Kouta.

So I have to ask this, who is going to be the first one to die?

And remember, the first one to die, LOOSES!

Yeah, some of it sounds cool, some of it I'm taking with a grain of salt...mostly the stuff I don't want to happen.

One of the things that makes me feel these might not be all that real is:
Zangetsu beats Baron and destroys his driver. Alright...and then just leaves him for the Invess to eat? Yeah, Yggdrassil's shady as shit and would rather destroy evidence of their corruption than save people, but Takatora seems the least evil of the lot. Yeah, they could've worded it wrong, but still.

How do you figure that when he literally tried to kill Kouta in like episode 3 or 4?

He didn't kill him though. He just beat him and seemed satisfied when Kouta just crawled off all defeated, like he just taught him a lesson, which he kind of did unintentionally. It seemed more like he just wanted to say, "Hey. Kid. Get the fuck out my forest."

And yet last episode he did the exact opposite with everyone.

Him leaving Baron is TOTALLY counter to what he's done so far.

Zangetsu has no interest in actually killing people. He DIDN'T kill Kouta. Nor Hase. Why should he try to kill Baron?

I have to agree, that point is the only one that seems unlikely. I actually think Takatora will grow more sympathetic over the series, in contrast with his brother. He seems to be a well-intentioned guy, if exceedingly ruthless.

The rumor states that Zangetsu thinks that Baron dies when in reality he faints - and decides to let the Inves clean up the mess, meaning he'd be in Helheim Forest, and Baron is instead saved by NotMai who then repairs his Sengoku Driver.

It's a weird read but that's what it's implying.

I have a hard time believing that Hase becomes Sigurd given next weeks promo.

I'd much rather Sid becomes Sigurd. He completed his primary objective and we already knows that he's conniving and semi-dislikes Takatora. This would be the kind of thing he does just to mess with Zangetsu.