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Originally Posted by TheJaz

Great! Great!

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Originally Posted by TheJaz

I'm curious if now that Ikki killed the demon that was inside him if that will affect his personality at all, hmm, i hadn't considered that

Good point! Vice mentioned how he would die if Ikki got killed, since devils are a part of humans. But clearly that doesn't work in reverse. So I presume destroying a Deadman just returns the devil to their host. Now that I think about it, that might even be a reference to Fourze in honor of its 10th anniversary, since Last One Zodiarts were destroyed the same way.

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Originally Posted by Pineapple924

I assume the "considering" part may be because the production team is still in the middle of weighing other variables like: the remaining budget left for Q2-4, George's potential popularity, what can the writers and fight choreographers do with an additional Rider in the mix, etc.

Yeah that would make sense. Like how (Black) Woz was originally supposed to be a final villain but people loved him too much so he became the new Kamen Rider Woz instead. I don't know what they got planned for George, but if people love him the way I already do, then hopefully he can become a Rider later!

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Originally Posted by DreadBringer

So this is a season that takes the place of what Fourze was planned to previously as yearly anniversary season (50th, to Fourze's 40th), I wonder (and hope) how will anniversary season that doesn't involve revisiting previous series go. For anniversary, so many 50 motifs, including the main family's surname Igarashi which means "Fifty Storms".

Hey, you know who else has that kanji reading for their surname? Professor Igarashi from Ghost!

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Originally Posted by DreadBringer

The series seems to be the lighthearted and spiritual type (probably a nod for Fourze before too), though the spiritual aspect seems to be at surface, a dark type that it involves a demon worship cult Deadman, contrasting to Ghost's spiritual themes that are portrayed in positive light such as "Heroic Spirits" (albeit it glorifies the likes of Nobunaga and Edison too much). Keep the lighthearted part of the main cast, but I'd like for them to explore more of the world there, like how it ends up centering on a devil cult, which probably can add up bleak elements in the world. Currently the cult members are acting like concert audiences... even despite Julio telling them off to not "pretending to be happy" *cheers louder*. The Deadman's opposition Fenix being scientific already contrasts the Deadman, which should be ok for the darkness to contrast the lighthearted-ness opposite faction.

The Deadmans cult seems to be very hedonistic, believing that they should all just let their devils run wild without moderation. Which makes Ikki a contrast to them, as a protagonist who sacrifices his own ambition for the sake of his family onsen. That might be way Vice seems a little more intelligent than the other devils we've seen so far, since Ikki is dissociating between his conscious side and the unconscious side he wants to reject.