[Sh Ranger]

1) Gotchard
2) Gavv
3) Saber
4) Revice
5) Zero One
6) Geats

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Originally Posted by Byg42

Gotchard's designs hit a very specific sweetspot for me of being both cool and fun.

Agreed! It's cool and versatile how Gotchard has so many forms in so many shapes and sizes. All the Riders generally look cool. My main complaint is that Valvarad Kurogane doesn't look Kurogane enough.

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Originally Posted by Byg42

What I like about Saber aesthetics is that all the Riders are fairly distinct from each other while still feeling cohesive. For example, they all share the same "head with a sword sticking out" design motif but each of them utilize and present it in their own unique way. It makes the designs feel varied while still looking like they come from the same show.

Some of the Seiken Swords are much more interesting than others though. Like, Hayate has 3 modes, while Gekido only has 1. The Seiken SworDriver looks clunky to me. Functionally though, the Swordsmen's aesthetics have grown on me a lot and Xross Saber is Fantastic (since Fantastic means "blue" )!

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Originally Posted by Byg42

As the first Reiwa Rider show, Zero-One feels like it's going back to a simpler, animal based aesthetic but with a modern edge, and I think it pulls it off pretty well.

While the upgrades cook, the Q1 forms bother me. Rising Hopper is too simple, Wolf and Cheetah are too asymmetrical, Gorilla has no pants and I dislike Jin Flying Falcon on principle for stealing the Key from Aruto. I don't like Thouzer either, even though I admit the tackiness of it is appropriate for the user.

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Originally Posted by Byg42

However, forms like base Gavv and Vram feel like they're trying to ground the designs by adding this element of tacticool with the silver undersuits and such, which just feels off in my opinion.

Snacks are often sold in aluminum packages though, so I imagine the silver accents represent that.

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Originally Posted by Byg42

I also have hang ups on certain choices, like Geats being the only one who has a full body for his base form among the main riders.

And poor Na-Go not even getting pants to complete her Final Form.

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Originally Posted by Byg42

I think the core issue is mostly just the colour schemes. The designs most of the time are fine, they just sometimes have weird and perplexing colour choices. Like Revice Thunder Gale's colour scheme is an acquired taste to put it nicely, so I think most people prefer the Shin Revice colours from the stage show.

Personally, I love the pink/blue/purple for Revi's forms, but I dislike Kamen Rider Revice for basically vomiting over the cool Jack Revice. Doesn't help that its debut marks the major decline for the story. Evilytylive is not bad, but I think it's a visual downgrade from the cleanness of Holy.