[TheJaz]

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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Lucha

The katakana for Kiva and Kiba are exactly the same, キバ. There isn't really a "v" sound in Japanese, so it's usually substituted with a "b" sound. It was only the stylized English spelling that was modified, but not even -- kiva is still a valid transliteration of キバ.

The katakana for KR Geats is ギーツ, or "giitsu." The katakana for the Swedish Geats is ギース, or "giisu." Those are two totally different words. In English it would be like saying that because internet and internal are spelled similarly, they can be used interchangeably. Which, I'm sure you'd agree, is ridiculous.

It's far more likely that Geats/ギーツ is a portmanteau of two English words, like "geek" and "beats." Or maybe it's a portmanteau of a Japanese word and an English word, like "gin" (silver) and "cheats." Like... maybe Geats wears a karate gi-inspired suit and transforms using meats. Even that ridiculous notion is more likely than Geats referring to a Scandinavian myth that no Japanese five year-old has ever heard of or would ever care about in a million years.

I'm simply not buying the Beowolf thing. It is clearly the product of fans searching "geats" in English Google, seeing that the word relates to Beowolf's Swedish clan as literally the first hit, and then drawing the laziest possible conclusion that this Rider must be Beowolf-themed.

Now, if it turns out that I'm wrong, then I will happily eat crow. But I've been around in Tokusatsu fandom long enough to have seen this exact same cycle play out every single time a Sentai or a Kamen Rider show has a not-easily-discernable title. And what is almost certain to happen is that "Geats" will mean something far less cool and much weirder than Beowolf, and fans will feel betrayed because they had all these badass ideas for a Beowolf Rider, and it will sour the perception of the show before it's ever released.

Mark my words. This happens pretty much every year.

I was going to write basically this exact post, thank you for saying this lol

I feel like I've been losing my mind seeing so many people buy into the Beowulf angle, when it has no backing at all and is a theory solely pitched by western fans