[Zolda]

I have several new speculations/hypotheses:
- The protagonist is an eager, optimistic novice/junior agent with a big dream who is working for a secret agency/organization similar to Men in Black, National Devil Extermination Public Safety Commission (in Chainsaw Man), ZECT (in KR Kabuto), or Sword of Logos (in KR Saber) that's said to be created for the sake of mankind.
- The organization could have a specific method for erasing their tracks, like the Men in Black and the Alchemy Union (in KR Gotchard) did. Perhaps they also use a mind-wipe method similar to the one used by the AU.
- Later he finds out that the organization he's working for is corrupt, or at least the top leaders are (like Sword of Logos or Fenix). Surprise surprise.
- The 2nd or 3rd Rider is likely his rival or senior from the organization. Or perhaps almost all the other Riders are, since this the organization employs several agents as Riders, similar to Sword of Logos.
- There's a rogue agent who is conspiring with the enemies (like KR Calibur who worked with the Megiddos), or at least defected from the organization to pursue his own interest, and even goes to the extreme and modifies his own body with kaijin body parts, like Alpha/agent A did in the Men in Black cartoon (1997). I'd love to see that.
- The heroine is likely a non-human, very likely the same species as the enemies, and she's some kind of a liaison between the protagonist and the organization. Her name could be something that has to do with dream or wish, such as Yume, Yumena, Yumiko, Yumena, Yuna, Miyu, Nozomi, etc.
- There could be another Driver where the Capsems can't only be spinned, but also be opened (or rather: be force opened), exposing the inner parts, perhaps by using a lever, similar to the Metsubou Jinrai Force Riser that force opened Progrise Keys without authorization. This could be a more "dangerous" prototype or experimental variant of the standard Zeztz Driver, perhaps used by the enemy or the rogue faction within the organization. The Capsems for this Driver could be of a new, different type compared to the standard ones.

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Originally Posted by Sunred

My theory on the term Capsem (the collectible items for this show) for now is that it's a wordplay on "capsule" and the onyomi for dream (夢) which is pronounced "mu" (ム).

カプセル + ム(夢) = カプセム

If this turns out to be correct, maybe the Capsems are some sort of condensed tangible form of the dreams of individuals that Zeztz is trying to rescue, etc. something along those lines.

In various Eastern cultures and philosophies such as Buddhism and Taoism, the concept of nothing/nothingness is written with the kanji 無, which is spelled as... Yep, you guessed it: Mu. Dreams are basically nothings, an image of a future that hasn't happened yet and may or may not even happen, and the Capsems being physical manifestation of dreams could mean that the theme of the show could be something in the vein of "creating something out of nothing". This idea of "creating something out of nothing" is the reason why I hypothesized in my 1st post here that dreams/imaginations could be seen as a portal to potential worlds or even alternate worlds, and in my 3rd post here that the Capsems contain dreams which could be their own universes.

With dreams being mostly subconscious imagination of human minds, there could be episodes where the protagonists would enter surreal worlds that were created by people with bizarre imaginations where normal laws of physics and logic didn't apply. In several fan forums there have been rumor/speculation about KR Zeztz using the same CG background approach that Toei used in King-Ohger, and after it was revealed several days ago that the theme of the show is indeed dreams, I can see that that rumor/speculation could be more than 50% true, perhaps even 70-80%.

The method of producing Capsems could be via certain people with their own specific dreams, similar to how the Eyecons in KR Ghosts were produced, for example:
- an aspiring martial artist who is dreaming of becoming the strongest one could be the one who would produce the power-focused Capsem/form (Physicam Impact?),
- an aspiring physicist who is dreaming of becoming the next Einstein could be the one who would produce the technique-focused Capsem/form (Technolom Stream?),
- an aspiring magician who is dreaming of becoming the next Houdini could be the one who would produce the magic/illusion-focused Capsem/form (Esprim Recovery?),
- an aspiring philosopher who is dreaming of becoming the next Nietzsche could be the one who would produce the mind-focused Capsem/form (Paradigm Wonder?),
- etc,
- while the basic Capsem that the protagonist uses for his base form could be produced from his own dream, which could be simply to be able to dream bigger, similar to how the Ore Ghost Eyecon (that was used by Takeru Tenkuuji to transform into KR Ghost Ore Damashii, his base form) contained his own soul. Or, based on the fact that the base form (Physicam Impact) has similar color schemes to KR Nigo, perhaps the protagonist's dream is being a Kamen Rider, haha. Or perhaps he uses that Capsem simply because that's what his employer gave him, haha.

The naming convention for the Rider forms I've found so far is:
Noun/adjective (in English/French) - the last syllable (in Romaji) + mu + Capsem name
For example:
- Physicam Impact = physical - l + mu + Impact
- Technolom Stream = technology - gy + mu + Stream
- Esprim Recovery = esprit(?) - t + mu + Recovery
- Paradigm Wonder = paradigm - m + mu + Wonder
Paradigm Wonder sounds cool because it's the same whether in English or in Romaji.

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Originally Posted by Sunred

Hmm, I wonder Physicam Stream and Technolom Stream are supposed to be a partial tribute to Nigo and Ichigo, respectively. Because the terms Chikara no Nigo(力の２号) and Waza no Ichigo(技の１号) come to mind seeing how Technolom doesn't have any weapons as well.

That could be the case, since Chikara no Nigo and Waza no Ichigo were KR Nigo's and Ichigo's catchphrases. The color schemes of Technolom Stream form (green-red) corresponds to KR Nigo's first color schemes, while the color schemes of Physicam Impact form corresponds to KR Ichigo's first color scheme (blue-light blue).