[Tokumonkey]

Someone helpfully posted a timeline of forms in the "First scans" thread, and it seems likely to me that suggests a structure for the early part of the show.



Although the series is supposed to start in September, the first stuff on the timeline is for late August. At this point, it's not a surprise when the final episodes of a Rider series feature the next Rider (or at least the next Rider's evil twin for no apparent reason), but it occurs to me that Build could segue into Zi-O in a way that never would've worked for prior Rider series, but doing so would mean that the story of Build might functionally end a couple of episodes before the series ends. (A bit like Wizard, I suppose.)

Also, the picture suggests that Zi-O will have visited eleven different series and acquired the Ride Watches for twelve previous Riders in its first three-and-a-half months. If the show has a Decade-like structure, this means we'd be blowing through prior Rider series at a breakneck pace. Of course, I'm assuming that as in Decade, Zi-O will acquire a new Rider power in each storyline, but some form debuts (like Zi-O using the Ghost Ride Watch a month and a half after Gates) are spread out over time. I'm hoping that rather than being linear, Zi-O will be a series that can bounce back and forth. Otherw

Well, and I'm really, really hoping that the series has its own strong story elements, since one of the ways in which Decade disappointed me was that it didn't have much of a story of its own outside tribute episodes.

Also curious: why does the Wizard Ride Armor take up two slots? Does the story actually slow down and do something other than introduce toys for a week? That's usually when recent shows have started to get good.

Hm. Just noticed they also hit every neo-Heisei series before mid-December, with just a hint at the first nine with the 555 Armor Time for Gates. Probably not a coincidence that we'll see the Hei-sabre around that time, as well as what I suspect will be the first proper upgrade in Decade. (Well, unless that's an entirely different Rider using the Decade armor, either a new character to Tsukasa.)