[Mesnick]

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Originally Posted by gashatfreak

It has just occured to me, and I find this hilarious, that Saber Crimson Dragon isn't actually crimson. I don't think there's even a speck of crimson on that suit.

I don't understand shades of color, so I agree.

[Byg42]

Gotchard is weird for me in that I generally do like the show, but it's admittedly for very vibes based reasons. Gotchard was emulating a style of Rider show that I personally have been wanting for a while, so I had more interest in it compared to other recent Rider shows. It absolutely has problems and there's things that I wished it did differently. However I find that I'm also very forgiving of those problems, mostly because like the show itself being about a bunch of young characters navigating through life and facing adult circumstances, the production team also consisted of a lot of young creatives who were essentially making their first show. In a sense, Gotchard really is like youth itself, full of creativity and ambition, not necessarily getting all the steps right, but you can tell it has a lot of enthusiasm and potential behind it.

[henshinzero]

Here are my best bets on my fusion rider idea! And what do you all think on the possibilities? Because of the themes alphabetical:
A: AI - Zero-One
B: Books - Saber
C: Contract - Revice
D: Desire - Geats
E: Equal - Gotchard
F: Food - Gavv
G: Gnosis/Go to sleep - Zeztz

I'd imagine these themes:
H: Hierachy/Heraldry
I: Impulse/Inspriation/Imagination/Individuality
J: Junction - possibly for a fusion theme
K: Kinesis

And here are the fusions:
Ichigo + Kuuga + 01
Agito + Wizard + Saber
Den-O + Ghost + Revice
Ryuki + Gaim + Geats
Fourze + Build + Gotchard
Black (RX) + Kiva + Gavv
Faiz + Double + Zeztz
Blade + OOO + "hierarchical rider"
Hibiki + Ex-Aid + "impulse rider"
Kabuto + Drive + "kinetic rider"

[FairyKing]

I've noticed a shift in how the monster-of-the-week suits work. In a lot of Showa and Heisei seasons, it looks like each monster is a whole new suit, though often with parts kitbashed from previous monsters in the same season. But in a few Heisei and every Reiwa season so far, the monster suits seem to be more modular:

- Ghost and Saber use one generic lower half suit for all the monsters and combine it with unique upper halves (which a lot of recent Sentai seem to be doing too).

- Build, Revice and Gavv do something similar but with multiple different lower halves, and Build even mixed-and-matched them, using a repainted upper half and a different lower half to make a new version of the same monster.

- Zero-One and Gotchard use a whole generic base suit for all their monsters, not just a lower half, and makes them unique by adding different heads, weapons and various other attachments.

- Geats mixes the methods, using a base suit with attachments (in this case clothes) for the pawn Jyamato, and a lower half with unique upper halves for the advanced Jyamato.

What are people's thoughts on this? Personally I have mixed feelings, sometimes it comes across as cheap and lazy (though I don't know what it's like behind-the-scenes, modular suits might take more effort than I realize), but other times I find it's really good for giving the monsters a unified aesthetic.

[Mesnick]

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Originally Posted by FairyKing

What are people's thoughts on this? Personally I have mixed feelings, sometimes it comes across as cheap and lazy (though I don't know what it's like behind-the-scenes, modular suits might take more effort than I realize), but other times I find it's really good for giving the monsters a unified aesthetic.

Personally, I always like it when monsters from the same show have something in common. And if it can be done, and also save money, then I don't see anything wrong with it. The main thing is that the monsters themselves and their plots are interesting. But if there is a show where universal riders in the style of Geats meet universal kaijins in the style of Gotchard, it will look very lazy.
Although, of course, the costume designers of Toei had the most rest during Decade.

[DreamSword]

So long as it's not the same 5 monsters over and over again(Build), I'm lax about it.

[Mesnick]

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Originally Posted by Byg42

In a sense, Gotchard really is like youth itself, full of creativity and ambition, not necessarily getting all the steps right, but you can tell it has a lot of enthusiasm and potential behind it.

I subscribe to every word. I also catch myself thinking that I forgive Gotchard a lot. I just feel that the show has a soul and I just can't be angry with it.

[Mesnick]

Considering that the rule "Takahashi every three years" continues to be confirmed, I think we should expect that Reiwa's 10th anniversary will also be his. If, of course, nothing changes in the interim.

[henshinzero]

Does anyone know what the Japanese words for what Hiiro/Brave calls Ex-Aid, Snipe & Lazer as?

• Intern: ?
• Unlicensed Doctor: ?
• Coroner: ?

[henshinzero]

What if the new KR season with vibes of Blade & OOO gets a labyrinth or post-apocalyptic future setting? That future season can be all about a beast's or killer's instincts.