[Zatyme]

So Kamen Rider Chalice’s insect theme is a mantis while his playing card theme is heart also known as the suit of cups, which a chalice is a type of. The fun part is that his rouser is the buckle itself (the heartrouser) which while not connected to cups is a heart and thus counts, while his weapon the Chalice Arrow requires the rouser to be removed from the belt and attached to it in order to scan cards.


Regarding the show proper I feel like one of the problems is it’s one of thise works that’s not that good early on until you rewatch it with future context. And it also feels like it’s one of the most clear cut cases of this show fully learned from Faiz’s mistakes and is acting on correcting them similar to say a proper sequel to a video game in regards to fine tuning the gameplay.