[Sh Ranger]

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Originally Posted by Clockworx

Blades is definitely a more LOGICAL thematic rider name when we look at stuff like Saber, Espada, Kenzan, Caliber.

However it kinda makes me feel like the Cross-Z situation if this turns out to be true. クローズ Kurouzu... Kuroz? Claws? Clothes? nope Cross-Z yet the Z at the end is pretty much just for for a visual flare it seems. It doesn't seem to fit with the way the name would read with just the Kana.

Blades would be a similar case i feel, since i'm fairly certian Blade is often written Bu Re i Do , WHile what we have for the rider is Bu Re i Zu so the D sound would be rather absent.

Also Ending theme? Has it seriously been that long since we've gotten one. I know its been a while but i honestly haven't even realized we've been lacking them. Like i could of swarn we had some during Den-O guess i was mistaken though.

Cross would just be "Kurosu" whereas adding the Z gives you "Kurōzu". It's a weird romanization and one that often gets mispronounced as a result, similar to the n in Genm which actually sounds closer to m due to preceding a bilabial consonant.

Blades on the other hand is a perfectly acceptable romanization of "Bureizu". I mentioned before that it would have been more convenient to use ヅ (dzu) instead of ズ (zu) but the former is seldom used since there's no auditory distinction between them in Japanese.

I speculate that the ending theme is to compensate us for the mysterious lack of one in Lupinranger VS Patranger and maybe to make the Reiwa Rider Era feel more distinguished.