[Chasing]

The new Seiken looks fucking sick, even if it doesn't really scream final form weapon to me. Beyond that, there are so many strange things about this.

Almost every other final form we've gotten has taken the show's gimmick to the next level(or at least not go back to square one) - the Genius FullBottle being this giant bottle that takes up both slots on the Buildriver, the Kiwami Lockseed being completely unique in every way possible(on top of the fact it literally compliments the Kachidoki Lockseed), and the Hyper Muteki Gashat speaks for itself. Zero-Two looked very simple, but personally, you can sell me on it for the Zero-Two Driver alone(then again, in-series the Progrise Key itself isn't that unique) Stuff like that is what screams "final form" to me, which I feel is pretty important considering we have more than one Seiken Swordriver user. I would have expected an adapter if he was still going to use Brave Dragon.

The glowing hand that Saber has going on looks to be part of the suit design, which is pretty weird to me, too. I dunno, it's a bit jarring that this is the second year in a row where people are just like, "are we sure this isn't a part of a side/special material?". I hate to call it a repaint, but surely every single soul that watches Saber expected more. I'm all for simple designs, which I guess this technically is, but still.

I don't hate it. I don't love it. I loved Zero-Two because of the Nigo homages. Zero-Two being simple made sense to me because in-universe, Zero-Two is a new Rider with a new Driver. I think that's what they're going for here, as well. Cross Saber has a new Seiken, and new Seiken in the Saber universe also means new Rider. With Zero-Two, I was hoping for another gimmick or some kind of extra form change, but I still loved what we got. With Cross Saber, I'm a bit apprehensive at the high possibility that this is all we're getting.

I wonder - if in-universe, Rekka transforms into this new Seiken, how does Touma become Saber Brave Dragon again? I guess it just gains the ability to switch back and forth.

I really hate to say it, but this reminds me of Fresh Orange Arms. I want to hope that we'll see other WRBs being used with this new Seiken, but considering that this form will probably debut with 10-11 episodes left at best, I'm not holding my breath.