[The Chaos Entity]

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Originally Posted by Librarian

Guessing entirely.

But looks like Mad Rogue might be Rogue after he loses to Evol and then gets recruited by Evol.

Which would suggest Evol is BloodStalk to bring the story back around to how it started in their dynamic but in a new way with the power dynamics altered and more apparent in that "Evol above Mad Rogue" way, instead of the Blood Stalk and Rogue way where Rogue thought he was in charge but Stalk was really using him instead. Which seems to suggest further character growth of Rogue between the flashback special to the start of the series in how his ego keeps trying to push him to feeling in control and in charge, but he's really never been and Stalk has been using that ego to manipulate/control him. Which fits to the Evol over Mad Rogue dynamic as Rogue having to keep swallowing his pride as the series seems to keep doing to him by trying to force him to put that ego in check. But I could also see them building up to a Night Rogue vs Mad Rogue too and trying not to over hype that as yet to keep it a surprise. But I could also see Evol giving Rogue the Mad Rogue gear after destroying the Rogue gel system. As a kind of proving his superiority thing since even with equal gear before, BloodStalk was still more powerful/used it smarter.

But I could also see Mad Rogue being someone new that sends Rogue on a downward spiral of despair by getting defeated and having his "fake Rogue" power revoked to further the blows to his ego, and force other character developments as that ego caused no one to be willing to create new gear for him and has isolated him and forced him to change as a person.

Either way, loving the Evol form designs with how his torso stays as is. Looking forward to how this story plays out in the show!

That "Rider" bottle seems to have some interesting potential to it too for other matches.

The scans confirm Stalk is Evol, yes.

It also basically confirms Mad Rogue is Utsumi, not Himuro.
Mad Rogue is noted to be someone highly intelligent and use the pronoun 'watashi' (like Utsumi does, whereas Himuro uses 'ore'). He's also shown doing Utsumi's glasses pose.
Meanwhile, Kamen Rider Rogue is shown fighting against Evol, together with Grease, Cross-Z and Build - and Himuro has been set up for a redemption arc for some time now.