WMG / Kamen Rider Zero-One

Pre-reveal

The first series of the next era will be a modern retelling of Ichigou

• As in the same premise updated with modern techniques.
  • Kamen Rider Zero-One contains many visual homages with Ichigou, but otherwise has its own story.

The first series of the next era will have the first female main rider

• Jossed.

2019-2020 Kamen Rider predictions

• Chinese mythology
• An insect based Rider for the first time since Kabuto. They'd have forms based on various insects.
  • Confirmed as part of animal motif
• A batch of riders who each take different forms based on various (in-universe) kinds of Magical Girl.
  • For extra irony, this will be one of the batches without a female rider!
• Pirates
  • The treasures will be its power ups.
• Mecha
  • Confirmed
• Scientific Elements
• Yokai
• Sports to fit the Olympic theme
• Birds
  • Confirmed as part of animal motif
• 2019 has been confirmed to be titled Kamen Rider Zero-One

Pre-premiere guesses

Jin will steal the Flying Falcon ProgRise Key from Aruto to become Kamen Rider Jin

• I mean, unless there are multiple of the same Key, this would only make sense.
  • Confirmed.

Final Mode for the main riders will be based on dinosaurs

• Jossed. An arguments could be made for what Aruto final form is, but none of them involving dinosaur.

The final modes for the main riders will be based on mythical animals

• Jossed

Aruto is a HumaGear

His 'grandpa' (actually his designer) created him to be a perfectly human-like HumaGear, the absolute pinnacle of the technology. This is also why he succeeds his grandpa as the CEO of the company instead of his own dad; because his 'dad' doesn't exist at all, being a memory programmed in to give Aruto more personality. This also explains how he was described in the promos. He wants to be a comedian even though he tells bad jokes. That's because he literally doesn't understand humor. Aruto was given a directive to assume the mantle of Zero-One in the event people used the HumaGear technology for evil purposes. A major conflict in the story once this is revealed will be how much of his actions are because he 'wants' to and how much is because he was 'programed' to.

• This may extend to a major upgrade that is only compatible for use by HumaGears due to its immense power, meaning only Aruto can use it. Through Character Development, Aruto finds the will to seize and use its powers for good.
• However, he is physically missing a pair of ear-pieces that HumaGears are normally seen having.
  • Perhaps he may be an advanced HumaGear capable of even hiding his ears to 100% blend in as a human.
• Aruto's father does exist, having passed away but "remade" into a HumaGear. However, this also brings up the potential of Aruto himself having also died and remade into a more advanced HumaGear.
  • While Aruto's father had already died and the one seen in flashbacks is a HumaGear to act as a replacement father, Aruto might be the original article who was turned into a cyborg at some point. It would also be evocative of the original Kamen Rider Takeshi Hongo, one of the two Riders (the other being Kuuga) Zero-One is being made as a successor to.
• Aruto is human by episode 8. Fully jossed.

Yua will survive the entire series

• To subvert the common trend of killing off female riders.
  • Actually, the subversion of female riders being killed off seems to be the trend in of itself^List In backwards order as of in the Neo-Heisei main series: Kamen Rider Tsukuyomi died ambushing another Decade, then came back to life when Sougo changes the timelime; Kamen Rider Poppy sacrificed herself to undo Super Gamedeus's virus, then Kuroto restored her data; Kamen Rider Dark Necrom P didn't die from her Gamma Eyecon being destroyed; Kamen Rider Mage (Mayu) didn't even get into a life-threatening situation, at most, she's hospitalized by Ogre Phantom in a post-series movie. Kamen Rider Marika is the only odd one out, as she died protecting Kamen Rider Baron from an ambush.
• Confirmed!

Assuming Zero-One's forms as a Multiform Balance

• Rising Hopper is his base/primary Jack of All Stats form
• Flying Falcon before it gets stolen by Jin is a Fragile Speedster that'll grant him flight and swiftness.
• Biting Shark is the Squishy Wizard form best suited for water
• Flaming Tiger will either be Falcon's replacement as the speed form or a Glass Cannon.
• Freezing Bear is the Mighty Glacier form
• Breaking Mammoth is the Mini-Mecha
• And Shining Hopper/Assualt Hopper are the Lightning Bruiser form.

The name of notable members in MetsubouJinrai.Net will contain the letter used in the organization's name

• MetsubouJinrai is made of the word 'Metsu' which can be read as 'Horobi'; 'Bou' which can be read as 'Na'; The word 'Jin'; and 'Rai' which can be read as 'Kaminari'. Two of the word exist as the evil rider's name; Kamen Rider Horobi and Kamen Rider Jin; who are the leader and one of the notable members of the organization. The other two might exist as a component of the name of notable members or if they have rider form, it will exist as the rider's name
• There are four symbols in the villain base, each one probably representing each member, which means there are two extra members we haven't shown yet.
  • Lampshaded and probably confirmed by episode 14 with Raiden.
• Confirmed with episode 25. The last member is 'Naki' (same writings with 'Bou').

Death is cheap in the series

• We will have a character who died and be revived (presumably a HumaGear with backup memory and body) ala Connor from Detroit: Become Human.
  • Played With, so far hijacked HumaGear can be remade but lost their personality.
  • Also played straight. Once the Ark is active, it can directly hack them without Forcerisers. The data can be backup so they didn't lose their personality.

• Alternatively a human will die and be revived as a HumaGear with copy of his memories.
  • This part is jossed.

We will get either character death or important plot twist near Christmas

• Following Ex-Aid and Build. It can include:
  • The reveal that Aruto is a HumaGear instead of a real human.
  • Valkyrie dying.
  • Izu turned evil and/or dying.
    • Or to kill two bird with one stone, Izu turned evil and killing Valkyrie.
  • Sixth rider reveal.
  • Alternatively nothing happened at all, but after everyone sighed in relief the Wham Episode happened during New Year instead.
• Confirmed with Jin's death and Gai revealed ZAIA is behind it all.

One episode plot will be about Aruto possibly affecting revenue

• The board will tell Aruto not to destroy the Monster of the Week until the right moment to maximize profits and get more positive approval from the public. Doing so, however, would lead to some consequences to the point Aruto goes against the wishes of the board and destroys the monster because it’s the right thing to do.
• Confirmed with competition arc, where Hiden and ZAIA compete to make the highest profit by selling houses.

In universe, the text to speech was meant to be placeholder

• The whole 'A jump to the sky turns into rider kick' was meant to be placeholder before the real action programmed in.
• If this is true, the creator of the driver seems to be interesting person. Either he's genius enough to create the driver yet forgot to remove the text to speech, or he was quirky enough to let it be in the final version simply because he thinks it was cool.

IRL: The text to speech device will be a meme.

• Let's be real here. It's grammatically choppy English in a text to speech device. It's only a matter of time until someone uses The Emperor's quotes over some transformations.

The HumaGears are actually alien technology

• The trailer opens with a HumaGear floating in space implying they might not be man made after all.
  • While not impossible, it's debatable whether the HumaGear was floating in space, or if it was just being shown in darkness/on a black screen to be dramatic; the lack on stars in that shot (when they are visible around the space station and Earth) and the way the HumaGear seems to be lying on some sort of table/bed (that looks like the very same one it sits up from in the following scene) seems to indicate the latter.
  • There's also a similar 'black background' scene in the second trailer where the HumaGear is standing beside the bed, and Aruto is standing next to it, also indicating it's a style choice/some kind of room. While alien involvement is not out of the question, the trailers do not currently seem to be implying it.

Aruto's Grandfather isn't really dead.

• He faked his death, for some reason that will become apparent much later.
  • Maybe he's the big bad? It would be a nice plot twist, we've had brother and father as villain before, but not grandfather yet.
    • And if Aruto's Grandfather is the Big Bad, then the Vice President will ultimately becomes the Big Good to oppose him, as prior to that, he has already Took a Level in Kindness when it comes to his relationship with Aruto, and with him getting over from his Always Second Best-fueled Green-Eyed Monster attitude along the way.
• Jossed.

There will be a meme character

• Following the success of Kuroto and Woz. (Gentoku kinda tried too, somewhat).
  • I predict it will be the sixth rider, who's also a Large Ham. Even his belt is blatant advertising.
• Confirmed, it's Isamu.

Jin and Horobi are HumaGears.

• Their plan seems a little short-sided for humans to be doing. If the HumaGears do get powers, what's to say they won't turn on them too? Additionally, their heads are both partially covered up, so we can't tell if they have those same antenna that Izu and the other HumaGears have.
  • If it is Kamen Rider Horobi in the recording 12 years ago, then he is probably also hacked (Note his lines are : This is the will of MetsubouJinrai.net, similar lines to the hacked Magia.)
  • Given Horobi's sentiment towards Jin, he's probably activated/created the latter.
• Confirmed by episode 8.

The true Big Bad is a human

• Humans Are the Real Monsters is a recurring theme in the Kamen Rider series and the last two series to feature AI villains both had their final villains be normal humans. Not only that, but given the trend Kamen Rider has been having with its villains he will also have a massive god complex.

There will be an arc where Aruto loses his position as President

• Due to mistakes likely on his part, Aruto gets discredited as President of Hiden Intelligence, and loses the authority to use the Zero-One gear. He deeply regrets it, and would need to earn back the trust of the company through Character Development in order to be re-hired and re-granted his access to using Zero-One.
• Alternatively, someone else may take his spot as President during his absence and use Zero-One for themself. They may also be the primary culprit for Aruto's loss to begin with, having sought to ursurp his position and powers by framing him for crimes he did not do and getting him fired.
• Izu may also have conflicts on whether she should serve the new President due to her programming, or follow what she feels is right to save Aruto and reinstate him as the true righteous President.
• Alternatively, Jun might finally have the president position... only to fail so badly that everyone wanted Aruto back instead.
• Confirmed. Hiden Intelligence loses the Workplace Competition and Gai buys out the company, while Aruto loses his position as president. Is also faced issues with her programming urging her to return to serve Gai, but nonetheless she sticks to reinstating Aruto.

Hiden Intelligence has other companies trying to compete with them

• These may be Incompetence, Inc. companies led by a Pointy-Haired Boss who snark and snide at Hiden for producing the HumaGears, trying to get them into trouble by pinning the blame of the rogue HumaGears onto them for producing them.
• They might also somehow steal the blueprints for the HumaGears, attempting to produce their own knockoff versions with upgrades. This may end up Gone Horribly Right if the knockoffs go rogue, as they will be stronger and harder to defeat.
  • This could possibly create a second group of stronger Monster of the Week.
• Confirmed. It is ZAIA Enterprise.

There will be Spider, Bat, Mantis, Chameleon, Cobra (or Snake) and Crab themed Progrise Keys

Just to allude to the earliest kaijin fought in the franchise. Here are some ideas for their powers with possible text-to-speech announcement.

• Swinging Spider: "Weave webs to immobilize."
  • There is a Progrise Key for Spider.
• Sonic Bat: "Make some noise to locate with echoes."
  • There is a ZetsumeRise Key for a bat like animal: The Onycho Magia
• Cutting Mantis: "Twin scythes to reap the target."
  • There is a ZetsumeRise Key for a mantis like insect: The Berotha Magia.
• Stealth Chameleon: "Blend into the scenery to strike unseen."
• Searching Cobra: "Find the quarry from their heat."
• Armored Crab: "Resist attacks with a hard shell."

Post-premiere guesses

There would be Kamen Rider 00

• Given the binary theme naming, it should have started with 00 before 01. Maybe some sort of prototype.
  • Maybe Horobi?
  • The movie shows that there are riders called 001 and Type-1 who uses Force Riser belts to transform.
• Jossed

Izu will get hacked and turned into Magia

• Which will end with her becoming a Kamen Rider thanks to Aruto's help and her willpower.
• Jossed

Kikaider or Kamen Rider Kikai will appear in a crossover event

• And will be briefly mistaken for HumaGear and maybe hacked by MetsubouJinrai.Net.

There will be a Kamen Rider Zero-Two and Kamen Rider Ninety-Nine

• Zero-Two will be Izu, while Ninety-Nine will be the last villain/final boss to be fought in the show.
  • Maybe a Butterfly Progrise Key for Izu that has her color.
    • Confirmed. Zero Two is Zero One's final form. A tribute to Kamen Rider Nigou from Showa Era.

There will be a brand new faction consisting renegade HumaGears

• As a result of atrocities caused by MetsubouJinrai.Net and A.I.M.S.' extreme prejudice towards A.I.s, it's only a matter of time when some of HumaGears will developing their own free will and exercise the Zeroth Law Rebellion, declaring their war against humanity, with A.I.M.S. being their first priority.
  • And if it's not a war, there will be a HumaGear revolution to fight for their recognition as being more than just robots.

Aruto’s Driver will be destroyed at some point

• But since the original was assembled in mere minutes, there’ll be a backup ready and waiting.
  • I can see this is Played for Laughs instead.
• Confirmed. The replacement didn't happen soon though given Aruto already had new driver at that point

At least one HumaGear that will turn into a Magia will give a smile from the heart to Aruto

• Said HumaGear will not understand the concept of dream at first, but as soon as they do they will be forced to turn into a Magia right in front of Aruto, who will try to remind them of their dream, causing them to struggle to regain control and ultimately desire to be destroyed to save others' dreams.
• Jossed

One or more of the villains, Magia or Evil Rider, will have a redemption arc

• This has been happening a lot, specially lately. Reiwa will be no exception. In addition to this expectation:
  • Jin and/or Horobi will end up losing someone close and that will lead them to question their ideals.
    • Confirmed by near the series end.
  • A Magia will overcome the hacking and become an ally.

The theme is actually about 'Dream'

• Just like Ex-Aid theme is actually about 'death', the theme for Zero One is actually about having dream. It is because having a hopes or wish or dream (a will of their own) is what makes HumaGear evolve to have human-like personality.
  • Seems to be confirmed if the movie trailer is any indication.
  • Up to episode 31, I can safely say this is 1000% confirmed.

Vulcan and Valkyrie will get giant robot forms

Vulcan could get one based on a Dire Wolf and Valkyrie could get one based on a Smilodon (saber-tooth tiger).

• Why not sloth for Vulcan?
• With the reveal of Zaia manufacturing/owning their own Progrise Keys, the most likely option among them is Splashing Whale. The similar color and naming scheme along with a large animal, this time the largest in the oceans, leads one to believe an underwater exploration type of Gigar will be created and most likely will be given to Valkyrie. What she does with it is another story.
• Jossed

Instead of Izu, it will be Shester who was hacked.

• And she will be broken beyond repair, driving Jun to pull a Face–Heel Turn against Aruto. Especially if he knows Aruto is Zero One.
• Jossed.

A rider introduced mid-series will be a HumaGear

• Confirmed. Jin is revealed to be a HumaGear in episode 6.
• Double confirmed with Horobi in episode 8.

There are 99 Progrise Keys altogether.

For Kamen Riders Zero-One to Nine-Nine.

The Mammoth Progrise Key will originally be a Zetsumerise Key before being reprogrammed or hacked by Hiden.

Out of all the Progrise Keys, The Mammoth is the only one based on an extinct animal like the Zetsumerise Key so it is possible that this will happen.

• In addition to the previous statement, One of the new Magia is based on a Mammoth making this theory more likely.
  • Episode 7 increases the likeness of the Mammoth Key's conversion part of the guess due to Yua from A.I.M.S. taking the Key after the Mammoth Magia's defeat, before Jin could retrieve it.
    • Episode 9 confirms it. Yua gives Izu the Mammoth Zetsumerise Key to upload the data. The Progrise Key is then manufactured.

The Magia Starting to be based on more well-known creatures is because they are getting stronger.

Considering that the early Magia is weak and based on lesser-known Extinct species, then the Mammoth and Dodo are the next generations based on stronger more well-known extinct animals and programmed with the first generation of Magia combat Data on The Kamen Rider to Combat them. This will eventually lead to the final Generation of Magia Based on Dinosaurs.

Prediction for future HumaGears and humans to be victim/monster of the week

• A police
  • Not a Humagear but one of the (human) police willingly became a Raider.
• A teacher
  • Confirmed in episode 7. Kobe the PE teacher becomes the Mammoth Magia.
• A caretaker or a nurse
  • Confirmed in episode 8. Mashiro-chan and her colleagues were turned into Trilobite Magia.
• A famous idol/singer or an actor/actress
  • Seine is a voice actress but otherwise confirmed in Episode 6.
  • Also confirmed with Enji in episode 11.
• A news reporter
• A construction worker
  • Confirmed: some of them turned into Trilobite Magias in Episode 3.
  • Also confirmed with Master Takumi Saikyo in 20.
  • Horobi turned another construction Gear into a Degraded Boss; however, Aruto brought him back to normal with the Progrise Blade Hopper.
• A musician
  • Confirmed: MC Check it Out became the Dodo Magia.
• Someone's working with animals, maybe a zoo keeper or vet.
• A waste manager
  • Confirmed: one such gear in Episode 42 became a Degraded Boss; fortunately Aruto brought him back to normal with the Progrise Blade Hopper.
• A fire fighter
  • Confirmed in episode 26.
• A tour guide
  • Confirmed in episode 4. Anna gets turned into a Trilobite Magia.
• A fashion model
  • Jossed. Delmo only got shot but she did not became a Magia.
• A pilot or a flight attendant
• A martial artist teacher
• A stage magician
• A maid.
  • Jossed. Yua managed to calm down a maid-type gear in Episode 44 into not becoming a Magia, all without transforming to Valkyrie.
• Boxer, just because it will make a nice competition with ZAIA and Yua can raise a board saying 'round 1'
• Yua herself. She will probably joined in one of the competition against Hiden and turned into Raider.
  • Confirmed, Yua turned into a Raider.

Izu is a Replacement Goldfish.

The clue is Aruto's HumaGear father. If Soreo was intended as a "reborn" version of Aruto's father, then it would be likely that Izu is pulled from the same wool; only then it is Aruto's deceased sister if he had one.

• Not my theory but someone suggested she was Aruto's mother/Korenosuke's daughter instead.
• Comes the final episode this is Played With a twist. Izu is a replacement for Izu herself.

Aruto isn't a biological grandson of Korenosuke.

Soreo Hiden, as a person, does not exist—the HumaGear was created for Korenosuke to have a son of his own when he isn't able to start a family.

• Jossed. Aruto repeatedly states that the real Soreo Hiden was killed in a car accident when he was a baby, and the HumaGear Soreo was made to raise him.

The hacked HumaGear data and personality is actually kept in the Zetsumerise key

• Someone noted it is weird that the villains specifically targeted HumaGear that has reached Singularity, yet in the process erasing that personality when they turned into Magia.
• It could be that they need specific research data. In that case, it is possible the original personality is actually kept in Zetsumerise key. And Jin always retrieve those key... Maybe they still can be saved.
  • Half confirmed with Dodo key, but it was unique.
• Episode 24 shows there are Humagear progrise key that can store their data.

Zero One will end with Daybreak Town being rebuilt...

• And HumaGears being relocated there. This will make a nice setup for the next rider series. Even if it takes place in the same world, this would explain why HumaGear is unseen.
  • This is actually the main topic in episode 28, it is possible it will come up later in the end
  • It is partially reconstructed during the competition but then abandoned after Hiden loses the vote to allow it.

Aruto and Izu will be official couple

Izu caused the Daybreak Incident, if the OP is to be believed

• The real reason Izu was re-activated is not just to assist Aruto but to redeem herself from causing the Humagear rampage twelve years ago.
  • Additional WMG: Original long haired Izu is one of the four members of MetsubouJinrai.net. She is destroyed during the incident and be remade into current Izu. Horobi and Jin aren't simply going to turn her into Magia, they would give her memory back and try to recruit her.
    • This point is jossed. The last member is Naki.

Zero-One's final form will be called...

• Gold Nova Hopper (If Aruto gets a Golden Super Mode)
• Triumphing Zoo (if there is a Progrise Key that contains all the powers of the others)
  • Seemingly Jossed, his final form appears to be Zero-Two and uses the Zero-Two Progrise Key and Driver. It's possible a new key will be introduced afterward, though, possibly in the post-series movie.

A.I.M.S is somehow linked to MetsobouJinrai.net

• The kanji for Metsuboujinrai includes the kanji for both "dead" and "lightning" and what is A.I.M.S logo? A skull with a lightning bolt in it.
  • Additional WMG: ZAIA is playing both sides, which explain how they managed to get both Progrise and Zetsumerise keys.
    • This part is confirmed by episode 16.

The final shot of five riders at the end of the opening...

• ...is gonna be shown at the last episode as the five riders against the final villain.
  • Which imply all five riders make it to the end (or they die and be revived) and worked together, at least for the final battle.
  • Also the unfortunate implication that Izu would be unavailable for the final battle.
• Jossed for series end, but could still happen for the movie.

Zea, Hiden Intelligence's satellite AI, will go rogue and become the final villain

• Zea was voiced Noriko Hidaka, who also voiced the Sibyl System from Psycho Pass. A deliberate Casting Gag from Toei?
  • She actually plays Zat, the security AI that also controls the fabrication booth. Zea is a separate system that communicates with Zat.

Izu might have an Evil Twin of sorts

• During the opening, we get a brief shot of what seems to be her being hacked, but the hair is noticeably longer by comparison. This could be foreshadowing another Humagear who bears this resemblance.
  • it seems that this may be related to the Daybreak Town incident from twelve years before the show. It may have been her or a prototype of some kind that was hacked. We'll have to wait and see.
  • Confirmed, but it doesn't seem to be for the above reason.

Yua is working for Zaia

• it would explain why she set up spy cameras in Aruto's office in episode 3, as it seems Zaia is a competitor to Hiden Intelligence.
  • And she will have a Heel–Face Turn at some point assuming Zaia is Evil, Inc.
• Confirmed.
  • Though she eventually quit. Violently.

Zaia will be the MegaCorp Big Bad of the show

• Zaia is revealed in episode 4 and seems to be a competitor to Hiden Intelligence. What if they were the ones responsible for Daybreak Town's destruction? Perhaps they hacked the Humagears and caused the attack. Metsubou Jinrai.net could've spun out of it while they tried placing the blame on Hiden. Zaia could also be the ones who created the Zetsumerise Keys. What if after the public discovers the existence of the Kamen Riders (and they subsequently become popular)), Zaia creates Thouser to try to take the spotlight from Hiden?
  • So Thouser will be Chronus 2.0?
    • Potentially. Also, it would explain why Thouser uses both Progrise and Zetsumerise Keys to transform.
  • Original WMG confirmed. But Gai becomes fairly ineffectual as a villain due to his arrogance leading him to give basically everyone their upgrades. And while he was supposedly controlling MetsubouJinrai.net from behind the scenes, they end up going rogue.

Being able to hack Izu will be a major part of Metsubo Jinrai's plan (or other antagonist)

• She operates the satellite that makes the gear for Zero-One, and is the assistant to the CEO of the biggest AI company, and has been basically ignored by the Magia's tendrils. So, when they decide to attack her, things are gonna reach a climax.

How Hiden Intelligence "revives" or builds replicas of the destroyed Humagears.

• The focus Humagear in the episode is summoned to Aruto's office, as seen in episode 3 and 4. It could be possible that Aruto knew beforehand that they would eventually end up as targets by Metsuboujinrai.net, and thus have their data collected for backup. Said data would be compiled to build new HumaGears on their likeness; the factory that produces Humagears gives the android's human appearance at random as seen in the first episode, thus necessitating a custom rebuild. Those HumaGears directly reporting to Hiden Intelligence like the security guard Mamoru already had their data and physical characteristics stored on the databank and thus Hiden Intelligence can easily replicate them.
• Somewhat confirmed, it is stored in Humagear progrise key
• Zea cuts off communication once Gai takes over Hiden Intelligence. It did this because every HumaGear has its personality backed up to the satellite, which Aruto then copies to Progrise Keys for safe-keeping and convenience. They don't have to custom build the androids though - they are capable of producing their own outward appearance including clothing, at least for current-generation models. They just need the correct programming.

Zaia wants to research the potential to use artificial intelligences in war.

• As a counterpoint to Aruto (who believes that HumaGears and humans can coexist), A.I.M.S. (who believes that all HumaGears should be destroyed), and MetsubouJinrai.net (who want HumaGears to suplant humanity as the world's dominant lifeform), Zaia believes that HumaGears and artifical intelligences in general, are mere tools for humanity to exploit, and wants to create robots and A.I.s meants for warfare.
• According to Gai in episode 25, ZAIA seeks profit from weaponry (and Kamen Rider) itself.

Aruto will die at the end of the series

• Also doubles as Book Ends, as the series both started and ended with the Hiden CEO death. Of course it is probably not permanent, since they will need Zero One for future crossover.
• Bonus point if they made a Shout-Out to Double, since Fuwa kinda look similar to Shotaro.
• Jossed.

If Horobi and Jin ever pull a Heel–Face Turn...

• They will be comedic duo, with Horobi being the Comically Serious, while Jin ended up more like Kuroto.
• They will have Good Costume Switch.
  • Bonus point if it reached Gentoku level.
• Jossed.

This series will offer commentary on the Mechanization or Automation of jobs

• Episode 1 had a HumaGear comedian which is not a task usually given to robots, Episode 3 had a HumaGear learn to be a sushi chef and Episode 5 went into detail on a manga that was HumaGear-made with the original creator sitting back and collecting money. All those professions require some level of creativity or ingenuity.

Jin will eventually take over for Horobi and become Aruto's Evil Counterpart.

• It could be either a case of The Starscream or Horobi becoming unable to lead MetsubouJinrai.Net, but Jin is currently the best suited to act as the main villainous Foil to Aruto. Aruto is a CEO who acts like he's still a comedian, but takes his position seriously when he has to; Jin is a terrorist Psychopathic Manchild who can't stop laughing at the chaos he causes. Aruto makes it a policy to not keep any secrets; Jin blatantly reveals the existence of MetsubouJinrai.Net to Aruto in the second episode. And the big one: Aruto succeeded his grandfather as CEO of Hiden Intelligence; the end of episode 5 reveals that Horobi is Jin's father, or at least sees Jin as his son. Jin succeeding Horobi would further the already existing parallels.

There will be an episode where the Magia merely reverts to normal instead of being destroyed.

• Confirmed.
• The Progrise Hopper Blade lets Aruto do this in conjunction with the MetalCluster Hopper key.

Yua will get a HumaGear love interest

• Could be random victim/monster of the week, could be regular character.
• Yua thought HumaGear are tools. The only way she could change her mind is if she knew one personally, probably one that had achieved Singularity.
  • Bonus point if they ended up dead, inverting the Dead Girlfriend trope.
• Jossed.

Another faction will have Cyborg rider

• As a nice Shout-Out to original Kamen Rider series. Possibly Thouser from ZAIA.
  • Sort of confirmed - Gai reveals the Shotriser requires an AI chip has to be implanted into the user's brain in order to work. Everyone who uses a Raidriser has either ZAIASpec or an implant as well. His own Thousandriver seems to be designed to work even without one, though it hasn't been specifically stated whether he has one or not.

Horobi is a HumaGear

• Note that he created a HumaGear to be his son. Said HumaGear seemed to grow like a human child, learning things manually in contrast to mass produced Humagear who learned things instantly.
• He could be one of, if not the original HumaGear. He could've overseen the process of HumaGear creation before something caused him to snap and decide to cause a Robot Uprising.
• Confirmed.
  • Double confirmed. A flashback showed that he had the first generation "headphones" much like Soreo Hiden and Was. He isn't the first HumaGear but he is the first to be hacked by the Ark, and was meant to be a teacher. He joined the Robot Uprising because his original personality was overwritten.

Aruto is or will be part HumaGear

• Maybe he didn't make it out of Daybreak Town unscathed and he had to have parts implanted for one reason or another. That, or he becomes part HumaGear later in the story after being thoroughly destroyed by an enemy. It could in homage to the Showa Era Riders.
• Jossed. Aruto is completely human.

Aruto's grandfather, Horobi and Thouser

• ...know each other personally. Hiden and ZAIA used to work together in creating a new type of HumaGear, resulting in Horobi.
  • Semi-confirmed. ZAIA helped develop and launch The Ark and worked with Hiden on the new HumaGear design. Horobi was the first to be hacked by The Ark, but he wasn't one of the new generation models. He was a copy of the model based on Soreo Hiden, and was built about 12 years ago in the show's timeline, meaning he was among the last of the first generation models.

The Mass Produced Shot Risers will later gain transformation function

• As of right now they can't be used to transform but it is possible that they will be modified allowing the rank & file A.I.M.S. soldiers as an answer to Trilobite Magia.
  • Jossed, a Mass Produced version hasn't been implemented. A.I.M.S. switches to a different belt system. The Raidriser, which ZAIA makes alongside the Forceriser and others.

Episode 8 refers to Fuwa's medical checkup...

• ...Where Fuwa skipped his brain scan and refuses to take one. Maybe this will be brought up again, Played for Drama (or even Played for Laughs, since this is Fuwa we're talking). Kamen Rider already had a Rider whose brain scan result was (sub)plot-related.
  • Confirmed. It turned out to be a plot point that Fuwa had a chip on his head which enables him to transform.

Zaia is the true mastermind behind the Daybreak incident and MetsubouJinrai.net's existence

• Zaia builds weapons for A.I.M.S., not to mention Thouser's driver is a Zaia-Brand driver with a Zetsume Rise Key compatable with said driver. Plus Metsubou Jinrai.net's existence would lead to Zaia getting more money via A.I.M.S. buying weapons from them to be used against the threat they created. Plus here's the thing you got to consider. When Jin had the Force Riser equipped, he had lost his newfound sentience, just like when Jin equipped the Magia belts onto the Humagears when they gained sentience. So, if Horobi's experience with having that driver equipped is anything like Jin's. Who put the driver onto Horobi? Because something like this shouldn't happen on it's own.
• Zaia Enterprise "developed" the Gigers but Hiden Intelligence had something similar way before the Gigers were "developed". This could mean that, as a rival company, Zaia Enterprise could have conducted industrial espionage and stolen the early plans and then weaponized it. They may have also stolen plans for the HumaGears back before the incident and made a knockoff, thus a possible explanation for existence of Horobi.
• More evidence for this theory comes up by episode 14, on a few points:
  • It's established that HumaGears can be programmed to perform tasks subconsciously, either without realizing they've done the task at all or while being aware but mentally justifying it. Everything Horobi does could be under Gai's direct control without Horobi being aware of it himself.
  • Gai begins speaking about following the will of the Ark, just as Horobi's plan to reactivate it reaches fruition.
  • Gai is aware that the Dodo Magia will be sent to shoot Shinya Owada before it happens, telling Aruto about it with enough time for Aruto to get across town to the shooting site seconds after it happens.
• Adding to this theory: the hacking and theft of the Giger was part of the plan, with Gai sabotaging his security forces to allow Jin a chance to get in and snag it.
• Gai's reasons orchestrating the plan? To discredit Hiden and allow a hostile takeover when the bad press inevitably ruins the company, giving him access to Zea, the Progrise code it possesses, and the power to destroy the other Kamen Riders after creating a Key that contains all of the individual powers.
  • All of these details seem to be confirmed with one twist: he specifically wants to discredit Hiden because he's resentful for Korenosuke Hiden continuing work on HumaGear when Gai suggested human augmentation instead. He assumed the machine learning process would eventually make them turn rogue, and when it didn't happen as quickly as he wanted he made it happen.
• Confirmed. Gai openly admits to Yua that he deliberately arranged for the Ark to hate humanity so that it would create MetsubouJinrai.NET.
  • On top of that, it goes even deeper: Gai casually reveals that MetsubouJinrai.Net is actually completely loyal to him. Everything was part of his plan.

Related to the above, Horobi has been grooming Jin to strike back against ZAIA

• If Horobi is a puppet of ZAIA who can't fully control his own actions, and he's aware of this but unable to act against Gai directly, then he's been working on building Jin up to reach Singularity so that Jin will be able to act in ways that Horobi can't himself. Putting the Force Riser on Jin to stunt his growth may have been Gai blocking Horobi's efforts the first time that Jin reached Singularity, or Horobi holding Jin back because it was too soon.
  • Seemingly disconfirmed. Horobi finds out that Gai had a Zetsumeriser and starts going ballistic when he puts two-and-two together - that Gai was behind all of it to begin with, making Horobi a pawn.

Dr. Omigoto from episode 9 will make another appearance in the future

• He's the only known HumaGear so far that can resist hacking, it might play important role in the future.
  • He's the only named HumaGear, but the episode showed that others had resisted it as well.
  • Confirmed, he appeared with other Humagears in episode 24

Aruto's grandfather was murdered by Jun and it was covered up as an accident.

• He wanted that job so badly he killed the previous CEO, or had him killed, and covered it up. Aruto was a Spanner in the Works.
  • Seems jossed by the movie. Although it is an alternate timeline.

Eventually everyone will joined the same side...

• And by everyone I mean the main five riders, plus Thouser as sixth rider.
  • It will give off sentai vibes as all riders fighting against the final villain (probably non human/Humagear characters) in an effort to save the world or something. I mean the recent endgame threat in Kamen Rider series almost always involving world destruction somehow...
• Bonus point if there's Dinosaur themed upgrades, and mecha like Gigars and Breaking Mammoth being used in final episode.
• Not yet Jossed, but seems unlikely. Gai is the Big Bad and behind ''everything''.
• Jossed.

Horobi gets an Alas, Poor Villain ending.

• It'd be a terrible waste to set up a Cold Ham robot turned against humanity and not give him a "tears in the rain" moment.
  Related to the above...
• Jossed

Horobi gets to use that katana in an actual fight...

but it's his Last Stand.
Along the same vein...

Gai Amatsu will become Thouser

• Simple logic. Thouser is affiliated with Zaia and, when first fully revealed, Amatsu makes a prediction with 1000% certainty - the number Thouser and some of his gear are named after.
  • Confirmed by episode 16 and winter movie.

Zero-One's final form would utilize a Progrise Key with the motif "Zoo"

• Both as an All Your Powers Combined to the Animal Motifs of all the Progrise Keys shown thus far and all the Riders that are on Aruto's side a la Trinity.
• Bonus if the name is Animal Kingdom or something.
  • Seems jossed, since Vulcan's upgrade already had All Your Powers Combined

Ansatsu chan will make a future appearance

• They seemed to leave the option open.
• Even though the actor has already received flowers, he might return if he was popular enough, like Lazer.
  • Somewhat confirmed. He reappeared in HBV.
  • Confirmed, he appeared in episode 24 with the rest of Humagear.
  • Confirmed again in episode 30

Izu will be 'gone' by the end of the series...

• But with the implication she could be brought back like Ankh from OOO
• Alternatively, she got the end like Philip or Poppy and Parado.
  • Specifically Izu will lose physical form and ended up being uploaded to Zea (or, alternatively, the Ark in a moment of Taking You with Me). She will eventually return.
• Jossed. Aruto simply recreates a new Izu and had her learn from beginning.

Yua will get betrayed by ZAIA instead

• For all her comments about Humagears being tools to be used, it will make a nice irony if she was being used herself.
  • To elaborate: Gai will order Yua to get rid of Fuwa. Yua tried, but actually didn't have a heart to pull it off, and when she changed her mind to do Heel–Face Turn... Gai declared she was no longer of use in a You Have Failed Me moment.
• Sort of confirmed, possible that it will be more literal later. Yua realizes that Gai has been using her for his own ends, and that he's responsible for the Daybreak Incident. Despite seeming like learning this broke her somewhat, she still follows orders but isn't very happy about it. She also hasn't used her Rider form since finding out.
• Played With. Gai claimed both Yua and Fuwa are merely tools to him, which resulted in Yua's denial and claiming that she's not a tool.

Jin will join Aruto

• And they will have a Bash Brothers moment. I mean the two have similar, goofy fighting style.
  • Bonus point if it gets to the point like Emu and Parado.
• Sadly jossed.

Izu is Ark's sleeper agent...

• ...And she is unwillingly responsible for the Raid attack.
  • We know from Raiden it is possible for Humagear to be spies, even if they themselves didn't know it.
    • Jossed, the one responsible for turning human into Raider is someone else.
  • The way Jin attacked Izu is similar to what he did to Raiden (and influencing his programming to bring riders into Daybreak).
• We will see a version of evil, long haired Izu, then getting snapped back to sense by Aruto. She will be horrified to know what she did, leading to the scene of crying Izu in the rain in the opening.
• Seemingly fully Jossed but with a little wiggle room. The Presidential Special two-parter shows that "long haired Izu" is a separate HumaGear called Azu, and that she's the emissary of the Ark. Izu helps break Aruto out of the Ark's system once Azu reveals herself.

Hiden will recreate Jin...

• Izu might be the one doing this with her own initative, mirroring Poppy bringing back Kuroto in Ex-Aid.
• If this is happened, this version of Jin will have no memory of Horobi and grew up properly this time.
  • Jossed on both account. It is ZAIA who recreated him.

There is a fifth main member of Metsuboujinrai...

• Four main members have the letters of Metsuboujinrai... however the fifth one refers to .NET part. The name could be an anagram, maybe TEN, written as 10. The opposite of Zero One.
  • And it would be Gai Amatsu, since he is indirectly creating M Jnet. 1000% is simply mean as TEN times anyway.
  • Confirmed, but not Gai. An Evil Doppleganger of Izu name Azu will join them.

Amatsu Gai is Aruto's evil counterpart

• And he has some opposite traits compared to Aruto. He mainly wears white and a professional CEO. More random guess here:
  • Unlike Aruto who believes in dreams, he didn't actually have dreams on his own.
  • He mentioned following the will of ark. My guess is he is raised by the ark itself (similar to Aruto being raised by robot) only evil.
  • He actually had a good humor sense unlike Aruto.
  • As #18 revealed he is actually older and have old fashioned style. He keeps a photograph and even regular name card in a technology based world.

Both Aruto and Gai aren't completely human.

• With the possibilities of Aruto being something like a Humagear or a hybrid, Gai will also turn out to be whatever he really is, so he wouldn't be kidding about having a role in the Daybreak Incident despite appearing to be around the same age group.
  • Pretty sure this is already jossed in Aruto's case, at least for now, as episode 8 showed him to be completely human. As for Gai, it might be possible. He's said to be behind the Daybreak incident and the corruption of the Ark, so he'd have to have been active at least that far back, and we've recently seen a photo of him together with Koronosuke at physically the same age he appears to be now. Of course, given that Koronosuke only just recently died (at the start of the series), this isn't necessarily evidence that Gai is older than he appears.
  • Gai is literally twice as old as he appears due to a severe case of underage casting. Even in Daybreak Town's heyday he was in his 30s.
  • It's possible, given his obsession with making humans better than HumaGears, that he's been augmented and Became Their Own Antithesis.
• Jossed hard. Both of them are humans.

Theory about Yua

• Yua know Isamu back then in Daybreak.
  • She might be responsible for his survival, citing how she always had to take care of him. However, Isamu is unaware of this.
  • I had no basis saying this but they might even be siblings. She is shown several times to be specifically cares about Isamu. I thought they were going to go for Ship Tease but if they are family, it could also explain things.
• Yua is also involved in Daybreak and instead blaming it on Humagears, she blames it on Hiden. This explains why she is so determined to brings Hiden down.
  • Yua's attempts to bring down Hiden seem to just be orders from Gai. She has also said she doesn't see Hiden or HumaGears as responsible, but could have been lying like she has in the past. But her finding out that Gai was directly responsible for introducing malice into the Ark to intentionally force the Daybreak Incident to happen hasn't hampered her loyalty, at least on the surface.
• Yua may actually be a Child Soldier of sorts. Her loyalty and allegiance to Gai, despite seeing his corrupt actions, may be due to being raised to obey Gai and to follow his orders without questions, similar to what Namba Heavy Industries was doing to Sawa and Utsumi. Yua shows signs of disapproval and wanting to break free from Gai to help others, but when Gai scolds at her, she turns back to being subservient and docile to him.
  • Nevermind, it's jossed. She wasn't raised by Gai, but she was made to follow his orders because of the microchip planted in her head in order for her to transform into her Kamen Rider form.

Yua will be turned into Raider

• She will survive though.
• And if she did, maybe a Raider based on Rushing Cheetah or Lightning Hornet, the Progrise Keys she had used so far.
• Confirmed. She becomes the Fighting Jackal Raider.

Isamu is the one who repaired Horobi

• Horobi was dead until someone repaired him, something that he taunts Isamu was done by a human. Isamu immediately jumps to Yua as the culprit and confronts her, but she neither confirms nor denies having done so. Yua hasn't hesitated to deny things she's been accused of in the past, even when there was video evidence, so this suggests that Isamu's accusation is a red herring. Isamu was given surgery by a HumaGear doctor who'd been hacked, and uses a Progrise Key that's directly connected to the Ark itself. Either of these are opportunities for him to have been given the same sort of subliminal programming that Raiden received to make him a sleeper agent. He could have repaired Horobi without ever realizing he'd done so.
• This matter seemed handwaved. It is either Jin hacking Fuwa via Naki to repair Horobi, or whoever is responsible for Jin's return is fixing Horobi too.

Long haired Izu will be called Amu (Am)

• Following the Theme Naming of Izu (Is), Wazu(Was), and Will
  • Jossed, her name is Azu (As).

One of the upcoming Raid does not hold any ill-will towards HumaGear.

This will show the outright mind-washing power of the RaidRiser as well as a rude surprise when the person starts being malicious towards the HumaGear.

• The event is confirmed, but the motive is jossed. The Storming Penguin Raider doesn't have any particular malice towards HumaGears before or after getting the Raid Riser. He's driven by seeing Match as a love rival instead.

Gai and the other villains will ultimately be upstaged by whoever becomes the Masamune Dan of the series.

It also won't (and shouldn't) be Korenosuke, but someone who would serve as his Evil Counterpart (Gai is already Aruto's).

• For those who think it'll be the Ark, it honestly seems more like Gamedeus than Evolt.
• April 2020 magazine scans at least confirm Gai will finally be defeated in the next arc with Horobi being the only rider absent. Anybody experiencing Déjà Vu yet?
• Confirmed. It is Ark.

Aruto will gain the power to reprogram the Magia...

And turn them back into the benevolent HumaGears they once were.

• Confirmed. The Progrise Hopper Blade has this power.

Isamu Fuwa that we know is not human

He died before the series starts at during the Daybreak incident. Instead, his mind is transplanted into a prototype humagear meant to emulate humanity every few years that achieves true Singularity. Fuwa shares some traits with Takumi/Faiz, notably:

• Wolf theme
• Transformation devices function as weapons, and handguns at that
• Are able to use devices that are remarked to only work with the monsters of the week(Faiz gear for Takumi, Assault Wolf for Fuwa)

As for why no one knows, not even Zea or Ark, is due to him not being "connected online". Due to aforementioned human mind and true Singularity, Ark is not able to turn him berserk.

• Given how it is possible for Humagear to have almost 'normal ears' like humans... I wouldn't be surprised if someone turned out to be Humagear. It will be a plot twist if it was Fuwa though.
• Fuwa is probably related to Naki. He is the only one ever seeing the hooded figure.

• Jossed hard by episode 35.

Aruto moves on to his final form because Ark strips all the Metal Cluster stuff off of him...

...to make a proper Ark body for him to beat the heroes directly. Literally Kamen Rider Ultron.

• Jossed.

The series will become a Mêlée à Trois

• With Zero-One/Vulcan making up one side, Metsuboujinrai another, and the final side being ZAIA (represented by Thouser and Valkyrie.)

Horobi will finally use his katana in combat...

• And it will end up being left in the heart of a deceased Gai.
  • Jossed, sadly.

Fuwa has a Zaiaspec prototype in his head

• Fuwa eats, bleeds, and has had surgery, so he's probably got to have a human body. However, as the nurse Humagear mentioned, he hasn't had a head examination. Zaiaspecs seem to interface with the brain, so...
  • Gai keeps calling Fuwa a dog, and according to the Thouser special trailer, was having Yua specifically manipulate him.
  • Also makes sense with his headache as he was apparently haunted by the hooded figure- he may have malware.
  • Gai says he intends to "turn the wild dog into a pet dog." It seems pretty obvious he's attempting to control Fuwa.
• He had a chip, it is unknown if it's actually related with the specs itself but most of the guess is Confirmed.

Gai is a HumaGear and the true leader of MetsuboiJinrai.net.

Over the course of the series, we found out that he's behind the Daybreak Incident and the Ark going rogue, that his company developed the RaidRisers that Naki has been giving out, the he has Zetsumerisers of his own that he uses on HumaGear should he judge them "unfit," that every single round of the job competition is being sabotaged by a ZAIASpec user, and finally that he's willing to destroy evidence and commit perjury to defend his company's reputation. Through all of this, it becomes more and more obvious that he's either delusional in thinking his plans will paint him as a hero, even if all of this makes it to the public, or that it's all Just as Planned because he simply wants Hiden out of the way so that MetsubouJinrai.net can accomplish its goals. But beyond possible motivations, there's the fact that he seemingly hasn't aged a day since he studied under Korenosuke Hiden. After the reveal that Jin "evolved" to have his HumaGear earpiece become little more that what looks like an earring, Gai could be hiding his with makeup or a cover of some kind. If this is the case, it means his hatred of HumaGears is all an act meant to keep him below suspicion. His infrequent but repeated statements that "all is how the Ark wills it" and multiple losses of technology to MetsubouJinrai.net because of laughable to nonexistent security makes it seem like he's not just letting them to further his goals, but that he's hiding his true intentions.

• Whether or not he's a HumaGear, he freely and even casually admits that MetsubouJinrai.net are loyal to him. The "losses" of the Gigers and Progrise and Zetsumerise keys were orchestrated. He even tries to use a Giger against Aruto later, showing that he still has control over them even after being stolen.
• He isn't a HumaGear after all, and his motivations appear to be even more petty than before. Gai used to have an AI dog named Thouser who was his only friend and companion until his strict father berated him for having a 99% score on a test, demanding perfection at all times. Gai was forced to give up Thouser in order to focus entirely on his studies and career. After he gets Thouser back in a new body, Gai turns around pretty quickly. This suggests that his dislike of HumaGear isn't really because he thinks they're dangerous, but because he doesn't want anyone else to have what he couldn't. Getting Thouser back makes him realize how badly he's messed up and pushed him toward his his Heel–Face Turn.

There will be a big plot twist

• Considered the last few shows, I expecting this show to have a big plot twist and when the plot twist is reveal, Nothing Is the Same Anymore
  • Is this WMG? There's plenty of Rider series doing this, it won't be shocking if Zero One follows it.
• I consider it confirmed following episode 42. No one saw that coming.

If Gai doesn’t redeem himself, he’s either receives a brutal and horrific death or suffer a Fate Worse than Death

• As the one who put all heroes and Humagears through hell, it will be Catharsis Factor to see him get killed in a brutal way or end up in Fate Worse than Death if he doesn’t redeem himself.

The promotional Blue Thouser will appear in the series through...

• Gai redeeming himself and changing his appearance into something more heroic.
• Gai dying with his belt being picked up by someone else.
• A copy of the Thouser Driver being made by someone else.

The Ark will get their own Humagear body in order to fight heroes and all humanity

• I wouldn’t be surprised if Ark does receive their own Humagear body since Ark is the one who causing problems for the heroes and Humagears. Even through Ark may doesn’t end up as final boss, I bet we would see The Ark fighting heroes in their own Humagear body.
  • If they do get their Humagear body, The Ark will be voiced by a famous Japanese Seiyuu in order for The Ark to talk.
    • Confirmed with Kamen Rider Ark-Zero voiced by Show Hayami.

Based on a recent scan, Yua will finally reach her breaking point and fight back against Gai

• In a recent scan where Yua teams up with Fuwa and they're fighting against Gai and I believe Gai will do something so hideous that eventually Yua cannot be obey to Gai anymore and start to fight back her former master.
  • Confirmed! She finally reach her breaking point when Gai tell Fuwa about 12 years of his life was nothing more but false memories as they were fueling his hatred toward HumaGears and Yaiba is utterly disgust with Gai so much that she’s no longer to obey him anymore
  • She decks him in the face after he's already bloody and bruised, than rips off her lapel pin and throws it away.

The Ark will either get destroy by heroes or self-destruct itself

• If The Ark doesn’t redeem themselves, the heroes have no choice but to destroy The Ark in order to protect not only the humanity but Humagears from being corrupted by The Ark again.
  • If The Ark does redeem themselves, The Ark realizes they did awful things to Humagears by corrupting them and the only way to prevent them from being corrupt is self-destruct themselves so they wouldn’t hurt Humagears again.

The Ark will control humanity through the Zaia Specs

• So instead of destroying humanity, they will serve HumaGears.
• Confirmed in episode 34, via Naki, they just go on rampage, though

Similar to Yggdrasil Corporation’s fate from Kamen Rider Gaim, ZAIA Enterprise will fall from grace once Gai’s crime is expose to the media

• When Gai finally receives his comeuppance from the heroes, not only his crime is exposed to the media but his own company, ZAIA Enterprise will fall from grace as they help Gai to commit the crime against Humagears. What a brutal and fitting way to punish Gai and ZAIA Enterprise for all things they cause pain for Humagears.
• For the time being, ZAIA seems to be a bit of a Karma Houdini. Even still, the company is too big to fail overnight even after they lose customers because of Gai deactivating the HumaGears despite many customers being opposed to it.

When Auroto re-possesses Hiden Intelligence there will be a rematch of the last competition, but with another HumaGear

The HumaGear in question will be Jin who now truly became Aruto's friend and with his freedom shall become a politician-type HumaGear due to being an example that although HumaGears can be violent they can still calm down, learn from their mistakes and live alongside humanity.

Fuwa will become Aruto's employee

• I mean he is technically jobless after he quit AIMS...
  • Bonus point if he forced Aruto to let him work there.
  • Confirmed, he became his bodyguard.
• Yua too. It's only a matter of time until she had enough of Gai and left ZAIA for good.
  • Jossed for Yua. In the end she went back with AIMS.

Naki will receive their own Kamen Rider form once they gains their own HumaGear body

• Considered all major members of MetsubouJinrai.NET got their own Kamen Rider form, I wouldn’t be surprised if Naki manages to gain their own HumaGear body and become a Kamen Rider and we will see Fuwa fighting against Naki for what they put him through.
  • Alternatively, the Horobi we see in the opening isn't Horobi at all. It's Naki using his body to fight against Thouser, because Horobi is the only Metsuboujinrai.net Humagear remaining that is actively hostile to Humanity, and it doesn't look like that'll change.
    • Even Horobi is beginning to consider giving humanity a chance, particularly Aruto.
• Confirmed, Naki gets a Japanese Wolf Progrise key and becomes a rider.

Jun will become a Kamen Rider

At the end of Kamen Rider: Reiwa the First Generation he expresses a desire of becoming one and this could be foreshadowing or a big joke.

• Just like Kamen Rider Drive there will come a mass-produced Kamen Rider series which Jun tests for a one scene joke.
• He will pick up the Thouserdriver once Gai is defeated.
• Sadly jossed.

Zero-One's final form will be a culmination of...... something

• Most Rider's Final Forms are usually culmination of all collectible devices or their special relationship with someone like Fourze with Cosmic States, Drive with Type Tridoron, Build with Genius Form or Zi-O with Grand Zi-O but I don't know about Zero-One's final form cause not only Metal Cluster Hopper is a culmination of Aruto's relationship with HumaGears but Fuwa's Rampage Gatling form is a culmination of all Progrisekeys. I got nothing about Zero-One's final form.
• Something that stands on its own like Muteki? Dream Hopper?
  • There is Realizing Hopper, but it is unknown if it counts as final form.
• Given that the joke battle of Aruto and Taro revelaed that a Humagear Progrise Key has the data of making blank Humagear into copies. Given Hopping Kangarro's use of Humagear and key potential, it may be a power combiner of Humagear processing data or something.

Horobi will offed Gai

• Since the third arc started with everyone beating Thouser each week, it is just about time until Horobi killed off Gai for real.
• And he will take Thouser driver and keys as his own, resulting in blue eyes Thouser. Horobi is already OP in basic form without upgrades. Imagine how OP he is with Thouser.
  • Jossed.

Jin will fight Horobi

• And he is the only one who can 'defeat' him, simply because Horobi doesn't go all out on him.
  • Bonus point if Jin outright stole Aruto's catchphrase. "The only one who can defeat you is me!" And Aruto reacting to his line being stolen.
• Jossed.

The potential identity of Kamen Rider Ark-Zero

The magazine reveals Kamen Rider Ark-Zero will appear in the show but doesn’t reveal the identity of the character, here’s guesses on the character’s identity.

• Ark in a HumaGear body
• Horobi
• Corrupted Is
• a long-lost and Remember the New Guy? member of Metsuboujinrai
• Korenosuke Hiden in a HumaGear body
• A random and unexpected character that no one will see it coming similar to Paradox Roidmude from Kamen Rider Drive
• Amatsu Gai, probably corrupted with ark itself (similar to Aruto getting corrupted with Metal Cluster Hopper).
• As it turned out, ark just hijack the nearest available Metsuboujinrai member.

Gai will be the first victim of the final villain.

Let's face the facts. Ever since the third arc started, his plans started falling to pieces, and has stopped being a physical threat to basically any major player, with his attitude and actions making every single Rider and even the Ark hate him.

Even with that, he keeps being smug and thinking he can retake control of the situation. Now, come the new antagonist, Ark Zero, and needs to make a statement of its power. What better than crushing the previous Big Bad, who caused this scenario and empowered all his enemies? Such act would also put Aruto and his allies in no illusion that they are playing for keeps.

• Jossed.

Horobi won’t pull Heel–Face Turn

Despite the end of Opening Sequence have the heroes even Jin & Horobi doing a Sentai team pose, Horobi doesn’t become good guy and is remained antagonistic toward the heroes.

• Episode 35 showed that Aruto have faith that Horobi should have his own dream.
• Finally jossed by the last episode.

Fuwa’s REAL backstory will be explores for potential V-Cinema spin-off movie

.It was revealed that Fuwa’s memories of the Daybreak Incident were a fabrication by Gai using his chip implant in order to fuel his hatred toward HumaGears. So, if they don’t explores his REAL backstory for the show, they could explores it for a potential V-Cinema spin-off movie focus on Fuwa and reveal who he was before get involved with A.I.M.S.

Jin didn't really betray Aruto, at the very least, he didn't intend to.

I don't think Jin really wanted to betray Aruto but wanted to convince the other members of Metsuboujinrai.net to try to coexist with humanity. Maybe try to have Naki and Raiden give Jin their support so that Horobi might concede. It wouldn't make sense for Jin to have Naki connect to the Ark, after everything he said about wanting to free the Humagears and have independence from Zea and the Ark. It's too out of character for him. It's out of character for Naki too, since they wanted to coexist with humans, even help Humagears achieve their dreams. Either Naki's connection to the Ark was due to circumstances of their revival that were beyond Jin's control, or he uploaded data for Naki to find in the blank Humagear body their mind was uploaded to so that Naki would play the part of someone wanting to exterminate humanity until the time was right. I base this observation on the fact that Naki and Raiden's headphones are glowing Blue even though both they're supposedly connected to the Ark.

• I support this. Yua is also there to listen for Jin's motive and she didn't even try to stop him. And it's really out of character that Jin decided to suddenly turn against Aruto, and supporting Horobi who simply get rid of Humagears that worked with human.
• As per episode 35, it seemed Jin really wanted to revive Metsuboujinrai, but it is for his own goals.

The throwaway joke line from Gai about tea is actually hinting at something else

• Gai complained that the tea should be 60 degree celsius, while the one served is actually hotter. The thing is, normal human shouldn't be able to correctly measure the temperature, and he isn't wearing ZAIA specs at the time. The theory Gai is not 1000% normal human could probably explain this.
  • It's possible that Gai, being the obsessive maniac that he is, either tested tea at every temperature possible to find the best one, he has a chip implanted like Yua and Isamu that lets him use the Thousandriver, or As stated in an early WGM, he's actually a HumaGear that evolved like Jin did.

Horobi was supposed to be 'father' for orphaned children, like Aruto...

• And the kid that he is supposed to take care of? Fuwa Isamu. Plus it would tied nicely to be a backstory for both.
  • Jossed. Fuwa's past had nothing to do with Horobi.

Fuwa Isamu will finally admit he likes Aruto jokes and laugh in front of him...

• But it would be Played for Drama. Maybe he was about to die (or having near-death experience) and the last thing he wants to do is to laugh
  • Sort of Jossed. Naki reveals his sense of humor to Yua, and once Isamu starts working for Aruto, he lets a laugh slip out during one of Aruto's jokes. He tries to deny it, but it's too late.

Aruto's grandfather is actually still alive

• And he was responsible for Jin's revival.
• Alternatively, he is dead. But left some directives in Zea.
  • Either way, Zea had to be involved. Case in point: Someone needed to print new progrise key for Jin. It is either Zea or Ark. I doubt it's Ark because Jin isn't connecting to it. Zea can't actually connect to him either because Jin isn't originally created by Hiden.
  • Jin is also needed to infiltrate Hiden, hacking Hakase-Bot, and put the bugs for his plan of freeing Horobi. Someone inside Hiden is involved.
    • Jossed hard. Newly rebuilt Jin is presented by ZAIA.

The final opponent will be the Ark possessing Gai

• Not only would this allow both main villains to be taken down at the same time and potentially lead to a united front for all the other Riders, it would be the the most karmic way for Gai to go out: as a tool for the monster he created and tried to control. If this leads to a Rider distinct from Ark-Zero and Thouser, their name would either be a combination (eg. Ark-Thouser) or Zaiark.

Crosssover with Mashin Sentai Kiramager incoming

• Sayo is the only doctor capable of removing any remaining chips in Fuwa and Yua just before the final battle
• Would they still be able to transform into Kamen Rider without the chips?

The last episode title

• Would be another play of 'I am a president and Kamen Rider'
  • Maybe 'Truly, I am a president and Kamen Rider'?
• Jossed.

Jin is an Unwitting Pawn

• The person who revive Jin is the true big bad and they've have been manipulating Jin since his revival. In other words, Jin is Yua Yaiba 2.0.
• Jossed.

Horobi will allow himself to die by Jin's hands.

• Jossed. He did try, though, to die by Aruto's hands.

Jin will follows Eiji and Gou's footsteps and find a way to revive Horobi.

Jin was rebuilt by Zea

Ark claims he is able to predict anyone's actions with the exception of Zea. The Ark was never able to figure out how Jin revived so it would stand to reason Jin's ressurection was performed by Zea. That could explain why Jin was able to resist the Malice Learning Ability from the Ark-One Progrise Key the same goodwill data from the Progrise Hopper Blade. Jin must not have any memory of how he was rebuilt. So as to prevent the Ark from finding out. Jin must play a very vital part in taking out the Ark. The only way Jin's data could've survived is with a Progrise key but since Jin did not have a progrise key that we know of, the Progrise Key in question would have to be Flying Falcon. It is possible that Zea was waiting for Jin's data to be sent to them the very next time Aruto used the Flying Falcon key and held off on fabricating Jin's body until the good will data that Izu gathered for the Progrise Hopper Blade was gathered. That was when Zea used that Goodwill data to perform 2 special projects: The Prog Rise Hopper Blade to cut Metal Cluster's connection to the Ark and allow Aruto safe usage of the Metal Cluster Hopper's Progrise key and Jin. With measures taken to protect Jin from falling under the Ark's control, he was able to remain autonomous and free of malice even after having his singularity data stolen. For what reason, is unknown. Maybe to help MBJR.net regain their singularity. Ikazuchi did to show signs of regaining his singularity from seeing a shuttle launch station and seeing memory flashes of his time as Raiden with his brother, Subaru. It is well within the possibility for the rest to of MBJR.net to regain their singularity by helping them to remember.

• Jossed. It is revealed that Jin's revival was thanks to the new ZAIA Japan CEO, Yotagaki Williamson.

In a post-series special, Gai's father will be the villain.

He's the source of Gai's negative attitude and might have something to do with how Gai has stayed young-looking. Maybe he'll be some kind of "Kamen Rider 2000".

Izu can be brought back even if her body is destroyed.

Because the Zero-one project needed to be kept secret, Izu and Wazu were were unable to have their memories backed up. Izu was able to create a Humagear Progrise key for herself while she was gathering the good will data for the Progrise Hopper Blade. Even then, that's only to help her "wake up" when she's deactivated. She needs her body in order for the key to be useful for anything. That's why Aruto had Jin fetch Izu's own body rather than use her key on a random blank humagear body. If her body was ever destroyed, there'd be no bringing her back.....is what would be the case if there wasn't already a suitable replacement. Ark created Azu in Izu's likeness. Her looks are copied down to a T aside from the hair dye and the hair length. Chances are, Azu's specs match Izu's down to the point where there are zero backups of Azu's Central memory. Ark had intended for Azu to assist him in getting Zero-one combat data to help create Ark Zero, and get the singularity data from the MBJR.net members to upgrade Ark Zero to Ark One. Being that it makes Ark into a powerful Kamen Rider and gives Ark an upgrade for his already powerful Rider System, It's likely he wanted to keep that secret from everyone, even MBJR.net should they betray him. Chances are good that he made Azu's body in such a likeness to Izu that Azu's body should theoretically serve as a suitable replacement for Izu should her body be destroyed beyond repair.

• Jossed. Aruto simply built a new Izu.

Ark is still alive because his own satellite still functions.

Horobi said that as long as the satellite still functions, The Ark will still continue to exist. Didn't exactly have to be the one that was just destroyed in space. Just because Satellite Zea was destroyed in space. Doesn't mean Ark's old satellite isn't able to serve as a Respawn point.

Aruto will retire from his position as Hiden's CEO due to the trauma of his actions as Ark-One.

While he might be forgiven by the rest, it's very unlikely that Aruto will forgive himself. As such, he will hand the company over to Jun Fukuzoe. Jun will muse that while he did want to run the company, he hates how it actually happened.

• Jossed.

Aruto will die at the end of the series, and the same goes for Horobi

Just to be clear, Toei had the balls to write off a Kamen Rider protagonist like in the case of Ryuki and Amazons, so it's possible that they would do the same to Zero-One. Of course, if either Aurto, Horobi, or both would die, there are two scenarios:

• Horobi would gain a new Rider form and the other Riders are forced to kill Aruto (as Ark-One) after Ark attempts to possess him.
• Aruto would regain his sanity, and then gets a final form (like in Ultimate Kuuga's case). At the same time, Ark gains a Kaijin form thanks to Azu's actions. The final battle ends with Ark offing Horobi and Aruto launching a suicide attack on Ark.
• Thankfully jossed on both accounts.

Aruto as Ark-One is a Dragon with an Agenda. no matter which side he's really on.

Best case scenario is that he meant to be a Fake Defector while the Ark is still influencing some of his actions beyond his control, worst case scenario is that he's become an Omnicidal Maniac who plans on destroying everyone, including the Ark, after accepting the utter cruelty that humans and machines are capable of.

• Sort of confirmed, by Jin's words. Aruto had his own plans for the final battle.

Aruto's use of his catchphrase at the start of his duel with Horobi may be an indicator that he's not there to kill him.

Having already had a heart-to-heart with his father the prior night, he may just be there to to try to knock some sense into Horobi.

The Zero-Two Driver may end up destroyed.

This would force Aruto to use the back-up Zero-One Driver that Soreo was holding during their meeting.

• Jossed, it wasn't destroyed, Aruto simply use the driver given to him.

Kamen Rider Reiwa: The First Generation guesses

There will be an Another Rider based on Zero-One in the Zi-O/Zero-One crossover

• The Another Rider will be a combination of Zero-One with robotic parts and some Tron Lines that look like circuitry going alone with the HumaGears theme.
  • Alternatively, Another Zero-One's design may simply be a grasshopper-armored Magia with red "wires" to represent his red
  • In regards to who Another Zero-One is and his abilities, Another Zero-One’s host will be a man who sees Humagears as tools and will have no problem turning them into Magia to further his goals.
• Supporting this theory is that there's a Zero-One Ridewatch, which likely will be Sougo's movie-exclusive form.
  • Confirmed; a Another Zero-One appears as a main villain in the movie, but he looks organic rather than robotic.

Sougo will mess up Aruto's Catchphrase and his finisher.

• When Sougo uses the Zero-One Ridewatch, he'll do his Running Gag of messing up the Rider's catchphrases. Aruto will say "That doesn't look right..." when he sees Sougo mess up his finisher.
  • Even better - Sougo gets the catch phrases confused and does the comedian lines as a Rider.
  • He might actually do the finisher right, as in: not twisting his ankle and tumbling like a bowling ball. And possibly cause Aruto to go "That... Does look right!"
• Possible guesses of how he'll botch up the catchphrase:
  • "The only one who can stop you... Is not me!" (he will use janaito, alluding to Aruto's bad puns' catchphrase.)
  • "The only one who may be able to stop you... Is me!"
  • "The only one who can stop you... Is him!"
  • Alternatively, he might not even mess up the catchphrase and go "The ones who will stop you... Are us!"
• Jossed, sadly.

Woz will announce Zero-One’s arrival in his usual hammy way

• Likely as “Rejoice! For the arrival of a new Kamen Rider for a new era has appeared! Kamen Rider Zero-One!”
  • He did herald Zero-One this way in Over-Quartzer, so it would be a tiny bit redundant.

Kamen Rider Ichigo will appear

• Thus having the movie serve as a tribute to all eras of Kamen Rider, Showa, Heisei, and Reiwa.
  • This would be a better spot for a Woz "Rejoice!" quote (e.g. "Rejoice! For all three eras join together as one...!").
• Adding to this, Sougo will summon both Ichigo and Kuuga and cheer the three on as they mow down the enemy forces.
• Jossed. Sadly, no Iwae either.

The villain of the movie will be defeated by a Rider Kick from Ichigo, Kuuga, and Zero-One...

• Plus Zi-O.

Zi-O will be confirmed as the protector of the Kamen Rider timelines

• This is what will bring him into the story: to make sure Zero-One's era moves along as it should.
  • Jossed. It takes place post series, Sougo and others are living 'a normal life'.

Yet another Time Jacker will be revealed, and be the source for Another Zero-One

Since Swartz was killed in the last episode of Zi-O, and Heure and Ora are now fellow high school students of Sougo, assuming they don't bring any previous villains back, this would be the best way to introduce Another Zero-One (assuming the Zi-O segment doesn't take place before the finale).

• Perhaps an alternate version of Tid.

• Yep, confirmed. Reiwa Generation will be getting Time Jacker Finis, played by Rina Ikoma, who also creates Another Zero-One.

Shocker will be main villains.

And they will be led by Another Ichigo.

• Jossed, Another Ichigo does appear, though

The Zero-One and Zi-O crossover will have Kikai

Kikai's plot is similar to Zero-One's and they are both dreams of Sougo. For that reason Kikai will appear terminator style to prevent his future from happening with the reason being that Humanoise were originally Humagear.

• Jossed

Kamen Norider will have a cameo guest appearance, like he did in Kamen Rider Zi-O: Over Quartzer

And no, it won't make any more sense than it did in Over-Quartzer.

• Jossed

Guesses for other riders/supporting cast members from other series that will appear

Assuming that the movie will feature riders outside of the cast of Zero One or Zi-O^note counting Decade and Diend as part of the cast of Zi-O, similar to how the first Movie War featured all of the A.R Riders from Decade, we might as well guess if any other Rider alumni or supporting cast from a previous series will return^note out-of-suit rider appearances that are off the table are Riderman and Stronger (actors are deceased), Super-1 and Hibiki (actors are fired and blacklisted by their agencies, with the former being a disgraced fugitive on top of that), Kuuga (actor has no interest in reprising role due to Shigenori Takatera having been fired), and ZO (no legal problems, and the actor hasn't stated he doesn't want to reprise the role, but said actor has seemingly disappeared off the face of the Earth); several others (Souji Tendo, Ryotaro Nogami, Phillip, Gentaro, and Shinnosuke), while not impossible, are rather unlikely due to how much they would cost to bring back. So, fellow tropers, let's make our guesses here.

• Obvious guess: Any of the riders that were brought back for Zi-O in the TV series.
• A Showa-era rider - Zi-O didn't really do any tributes to this era (unless you count the Lost Riders based on Black Rx and the 90s movie riders), and it would be the perfect chance to represent all 3 eras on screen.
  • Yuta Mochizuki returns as Kamen Rider J, and instead of a reference to Zyuranger like everyone might be expecting since he can turn giant-robot-size, he's shown instead going into a full dash into battle like KishiryuOh.
  Aruto: He's moving way too fast for that size!
  Sougo: I know, right?!
  • Kamen Rider-1 in his redesigned form, along with a new Rider-2.
• Kamen Rider Wizard: in the final battle he spams the Connect ability to let Zero-One hit the enemy from all sides
• Kamen Rider Build: it just makes sense for the certified genius to contribute when you've got Zero-One with its tech-based premise.
  • Considering all the previous crossover movies that don't follow the standard "X vs Y" naming format have featured the previous 2-3 rider series, this is very likely if they feature other

If Ex-Aid characters are also to be significant in the crossover...

• We could see Kuroto making a deal with Zaia or Horobi, perhaps an improved method of hacking Humagears.
• Izu will not get hacked by Magia but will instead end up corrupted by Bugsters. Aruto will likely enlist Emu's help.
• We could also see the spectacle of Trilobite Magias gaining Bugster powers and actually trying to convert humans to either Magias or having Magia-like qualities.

It isn't going to be canon for Zi-O

• All Zi-O movies are non-canon so far, anyway.
  • You are already incorrect. Over Quartzer is where Sougo gained the Drive Ridewatch, and is even referenced in the episodes when Chaser shows up. And Heisei Generations Forever is referenced by two things: one is that it is where Sougo got the W Ridewatch, the other it is because it is where he first met Den-O, and he recognizes the Denliner train horn at the end of the episode that leads into Den-o arc. Oh, and the Rider Time Ryuki is where he gets the Ryuki Ridewatch, so, yes, your theory holds no ground.
    • Nope, the official statement about Heisei Generation Forever is 'something similar happened to Sougo in canon' but not exactly the same.
    • Recent info is Over Quartzer is canon based on Stage Play, but takes place on different timeline than in TV series. Namely it takes place after the whole time reset ending in Zi-O, Sougo goes on another adventure collecting ridewatch. But since there's no Time Jacker, Quartzer became the villain instead
• Jossed, it seems take place before Geiz v-cinema.

The obligatory all-Rider-forms-simultaneously battle happens here

• On the one hand, AIMS ordered more ShotRiders to be handed to nameless AIMS officers to use all their Progrise keys at once, to answer the threat of the Giant Space Flea from Nowhere of the movie, while Aruto takes the Iron Legion option by having HumaGears made to use up his form changes.

It will be completely canon to Zero One...

• And there will be The Reveal in this movie instead of series. Note that the movie will be shown near christmas, and everyone expecting something to happen around that time.
  • Another thing to note is Ex-Aid first major upgrade was revealed first in the movie, and it was heavily tied to the canon plot. They could repeat the same formula.

Jun Fukuzoe gets to suit up a la Iron Monger

• Using the Gigers as a base, Jun gets his own Powered Armor to prove that Zero-One is obsolete... and fails, of course.
  • Jossed, he is just one of the many workers of the ressistance against the HumaGears.

Somewhere in the vast wibbly-wobbly Kamen Rider multiverse is...

...someone else who laughs at Aruto's jokes. Because let's face it, it's just the sort of joke they would do and in a potential Massive Multiplayer Crossover is the perfect opportinuty. Likely candidates include:

• Banjo Ryuga
• Kagami Hiiro (just because it takes a type)
• Takatora
• Gentaro Kisaragi, Utahoshi Kengo
• Hino Eiji
• Phillip, Akiko
• Tsugami Shoichi
• Takeshi Hongo

Zero One actually wins against Zi-O

• Or at least Sougo relents and allowed Aruto to win.
  • Case in point: Both Aruto and Izu still have memories of the movie events. Zi-O gangs are the ones who lost their memory, though that could be done on purpose by Sougo.

Kamen Rider Zero-One Movie guesses

The movie will reveal an untold information regarding Humagears

• Considered the last few movies revealed things we didn’t know about like Evolt being from Blood Tribe and Kamen Rider Barlckxs being an alternate version of Sougo Tokiwa/Kamen Rider Zi-O and is the one who manipulates the event of Zi-O, I have a feeling the movie will reveals an untold information about Humagears that we didn’t know about and something Hiden Intelligence are ashamed of and make sure to erase any evidence about this untold information.

If the film features a main Evil Rider, here’s guesses on the character

• An old colleague and former partner of Korenosuke Hiden who is co-creator of Humagears and want to take his revenge on Hiden Intelligence for Korenosuke taking credits than him.
• A business rival of Korenosuke Hiden who creates his own version of Humagears and vent havoc on Hiden’s Humagears.
• The first ever Humagear that was disowned by Korenosuke for being too evil and want to take his revenge on anyone who is associates with Hiden Intelligence.
• A Daybreak Incident survivor who want to destroy all Humagears after losing his loved ones.

The movie will reveal progrise key origin...

• And how/why they are animal themed.

Kamen Rider Saber may or may not make cameo appearance in the film

Depend on the situation but since Toei finally confirm the title of Next Rider show this month, it’s possibly Kamen Rider Saber won’t end up appearing in the film similar to how Drive didn’t make a cameo appearance in Gaim’s summer movie.

The villain will be a cyborg

• The trailer for the movie imply he isn't human or Humagears.

S is the original Soreo Hiden

• We never found out what happened to Aruto's actual father did we? Just the Humagear replacement.
  • Jossed. His real name is actually Rihito Isshiki.

Jossed

HumaGears that were hacked will come back

• But as a catch, they will be assigned to jobs they can't perform well because they dream of their initial job.
• Jossed. Most destroyed HumaGears are replaced by identical-looking counterparts that have none of the original's experience or personality. The rest aren't replaced at all, or at least implied to be replaced off-screen.
  • Though if they were backed up, they could be reloaded into a new body.
  • Unjossed. Metal Cluster Hopper is capable of reversing the effects of berserking/hacking.

The Punching Kong and Lightning Hornet Keys will be taken by AIMS from Hiden Intelligence

• Due to mistrust between the two factions, Isamu will steal the Keys because he thinks that Zero One can't be trusted and he needs insurance to fight him if they come to blows. Aruto, naturally, won't give two shits either way- partly because he's already set with plenty of keys himself and partly because he thinks it's a good idea for AIMS to have extra Keys. But everyone else on the Board of Directors will object, which will cause lots of friction between him and his Board.
• Jossed. Both keys were provided by Yua, who got them from her real boss.

The Hiden Intelligence intends the Rider System to be numbered and to use only its respective Progrise Key.

So when Kamen Rider Zero-One uses Rising Hopper, there is, say, Kamen Rider Zero-Two that use Flying Falcon, Kamen Rider Zero-Three using Shooting Wolf etc.

• Jossed. Flying Falcon was only created to counter a flying Magia (goes for most Hiden Intelligence's Progrise Keys) and Shooting Wolf is from a different source.

Aruto has the ability to make Humagears Grow Beyond Their Programming.

And it’s not some special ability he can use on command, it’s just Aruto being Aruto and treating Humagears as humans that trigger the development. And it’s a skill he’s always had since he was a child as the Humagear of his father looked more like a father protecting his child from an explosion rather than a machine protecting their owner.

• Assuming Singularity means Grow Beyond Their Programming, any human interaction could have such effect, not necessarily limited on Aruto.

Aruto is a HumaGear...

• But the plot twist would be that he Knew It All Along, only the audiences are being kept in the dark.
  • Jossed: he is proven to be human as shown in Episode 8.

Episode 14's upcoming Kamen Rider Ikazuchi is the Dodo Magia

• Preview pictures show Ikazuchi with the Valk Sabers and Dodo Magia Zetsumerise Key inserted into the Force Riser belt. It is most definitely the Dodo Magia gaining an even bigger upgrade with the Force Riser equipped, evolving from a Magia unit into a Dark Rider in the series.
  • Actually, nevermind. It's jossed because Ikazuchi is actually Spaceman Raiden.

Humans cannot use Forceriser alone

• Going with the WMG that Horobi and Jin are HumaGears. If Izu ever turned into a Kamen Rider, she will also use this driver.
• Assuming the sixth rider is human, or part human, it is also explains why his driver is a combination of two drivers.
• Jossed by the movie. Humans can use the Force Riser, it just hurts like hell.

Little Assassin will reveal he never wanted to kill Shinya Owada

• In Episode 12 or 13 the Dodo Magia will reveal he could never kill his Master, having developed bonds with him, and that he intentionally shot the wrong spot to make sure their acting is convincing enought to fool Horobi.
  • Additionally: he might die after proving he cares about humans, either in the episodes described or in a later episode.
    • If that happens, Izu will record the confession and use that to save Hiden Technologies again.
• Jossed as episode 13.

There will be multiple copies of various Keys and/or other tools.

• As Hiden Intelligence created the Progrise Keys it would only be natural for them to have backups. Since scans have revealed that Jin will use a Flying Falcon key to become a Kamen Rider, and we know they already have made a Flying Falcon suit for Zero One, it would make sense for the writers to get the most mileage out of both suits and simply have multiple Keys.
• Jossed. While there are multiple Attache Shotguns, Progrise Keys and all other weapons are unique.

Jin gets to use that handgun on someone important eventually.

• As a Defiant to the End moment.
• Jossed. He dies following a Rider Kick clash.

Yua goes off the deep end and basically becomes Mitsuzane.

• After thinking that Izu is onto her (even if she really is), Yua ends up covering it up with more lies and more coverups and quite possibly a Character Death.
• Jossed. She's a reluctant villain.

Related to the above...

• Yua ends up destroying Jin, most likely to silence him, or because It's Personal.
  • Jossed.

Ark is an AI with a human mind uploaded

• And it will be the final boss.
  • Specifically, the human mind will belong to the previous boss of ZAIA 12 years ago. It can't be Amatsu Gai since he would be too young.
  • Jossed. The Ark is a normal AI that Gai deliberately fed data in its formative stages to convince it that Humans Are Bastards.

Isamu will die at Christmas

• A common assumption is that Zero-One will follow Ex-Aid and Build's lead of having a "Christmas surprise" episode where a premise-shaking event occurs at or around the end of the year, accompanied by the death of one of the Riders. Of the available options for who to predict will die, by far the most popular choice is Yua, with predictors able to cite both the terrible survival rate of female Riders in general and Yua's lack of a tier 2 upgrade in Q1, while both Aruto and Isamu have them in Shining Hopper and Assault Wolf respectively. There is, however, a twist to how these tier 2 upgrades work that raises a different possibility. Shining Hopper and Assault Wolf are both part of Aruto's tier 3 upgrade, as he has to take the trigger component from Assault Wolf and attach it to Shining Hopper to acquire his Shining Assault Hopper form, and barring some very dramatic character development over the next three months, there's no way that Isamu would ever willingly weaken himself to strengthen Aruto. With Yua now confirmed to be a double agent, it's entirely plausible that the Christmas surprise will be the moment that she finally decides Isamu and A.I.M.S. have outlived their usefulness, and Aruto will acquire Assault Wolf from the dying Isamu.
  • This also allows for fulfilling the common WMG that one of the Riders will turn out to be a HumaGear, or die and be revived as a HumaGear copy. The person who would be most aggravated by being revived in such a manner would, of course, be Isamu.
• Entirely jossed. While Isamu doesn't give Aruto the Assault Grip willingly, he survives Christmas and takes it back. Jin dies instead.

Attorney HumaGear Bingo Bengoshi will be turned into a Dodo Ark Magia

As a small form of Actor Allusion to his other role as Houou Soldier.

• Jossed.

Prosecutor Naoto Ichimori did not become Dynamiting Lion Raider, but is still involved.

He set up someone else to be tempted into becoming a Raider in an attempt to sabotage Bingo's case.

• Jossed.
• (OP Here) This WMG is based on a misunderstand on Ep. 22's title, reading it as "...He Still Did It" rather than "He Still Did Not Do' It". Reading the title wrong led to suspecting that it had to do with the prosecutor.

MetsubouJinrai.Net was originally part of the Hiden Intelligence.

• The MetsubouJinrai.Net members originally started as workers, or rather early HumaGears of Hiden Intelligence in the past. As a result of being denied and/or abandoned by the group, they sought revenge by hacking the HumaGears to attack humanity. Thus their entire attack is a form of Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds.
• Jossed. MetsubouJinrai.NET is presented by ZAIA.

Jun Fukuzoe ends up being the Big Bad around the show's later half

• Apart from the fact that he is always antagonistic to Aruto, at some point, he would get boot out of Hiden Intelligence for whatever selfish thing with him ranting his Never My Fault mentality (and maybe get replaced by a reluctant Isamu), prompting him to swear vengeance against Aruto and the entire company. Gai would take advantage of his revenge by inviting him to ZAIA, only for Jun to somehow inconspicuously expose Gai's actions to ruin the latter's publicity, thus making him ZAIA president, and steal his evil schemes and perform it his way. Of course, Sanzo and Shester would still side with him and at some point, Jun might become his own Rider i as One-Zero (a fully black repaint of Zero-One Rising Hopper) in order to spite and break Aruto; plus whatever knowledge and experience he had with the Daybreak Town Accident would get revealed.
  • Jossed. The real Big Bad is Gai, and Jun becomes much less antagonistic after a failed vote of no confidence.

Isamu will end up in a "ronin" phase after being booted from AIMS...

• after Yua, or whoever she's taking orders from at least seizes control of all of AIMS to enact out the Final Solution on Humagears.
  • Jossed, he joined Aruto's new company instead.

A.I.M.S. will become resistance fighters once they You Have Outlived Your Usefulness by Gai

• A magazine reveals Gai wins the competition and finally owns Hiden Intelligence, his first order is to destroy all single Humagears and attempt to You Have Outlived Your Usefulness on A.I.M.S. but his attempt backfires when Fuwa and A.I.M.S. become resistance fighters in order to protect Humagears from tyranny reign of Gai
  • Jossed. If anything, Gai is still utilizing them and gave them Raidrisers.

Jun Fukuzoe gives Hidden Disdain Reveal speech to Aruto about him and Korenosuke

• In a magazine scan, Jun and Sanzo will become Gai’s lackey and here’s my guess on Jun. When Aruto lost the competition, not only Jun will Kick the Dog to Aruto but reveals that he doesn’t like him or Korenosuke at all as he always thought Korenosuke as nothing more but a delusional man who gives a company to an inexperienced person like Aruto than him.
  • Jossed

Aruto will start his own company and become a financial backer for A.I.M.S.

• After losing his company to Gai, Aruto decides to Start My Own and creates his own company to not only to support Humagears but provides weapons for him and A.I.M.S. in order to protect them from Gai and ZAIA. He also get his own lab after he lost his lab to Gai
• Somewhat Jossed, while Aruto do end up creating his own company, ZAIA Enterprise is still a financial backer for A.I.M.S.
  • Technically it is Izu who created the company.

Zea and the Ark are working together.

• The Ark has been established to be a Well-Intentioned Extremist, Zea is able to predict the Ark's actions so thoroughly that it created Shining Hopper to have the exact same Assault Grip interface as its counterpart, and both satellites work together to send their power to Shining Assault Hopper, suggesting that they may in fact be in cahoots. Either the Ark is intentionally playing the role of the villain to thwart ZAIA's schemes and achieve the good outcome that needs to happen, or Zea is working towards the same sinister ends as the Ark by helping escalate the conflict in the hopes that humanity will wipe itself out by using Kamen Riders as weapons.
  • There is the possibility that the Ark is trying to make a Heel–Face Turn as it collects data that counter what Gai taught it during its learning phase, first by absorbing the data or memories of the HumaGears, then learning from Aruto and Fuwa about how human are able to both overcome and be better than what Gai Taught it through the Assault Grip, and is now trying to collect more data to see if humanity is truly as bad it thought and if it really a threat or if it should side with the Heroes to Stop Zaia and Gai from using it.
  • Seemingly Jossed with Metal Cluster Hopper. Aruto's anger toward Gai becomes so strong that the Ark uses his malice to take over his body while using the new Key. And according to its preview description, this form will attack any human it encounters.
  • Seemingly fully Jossed. The Progrise Hopper Blade lets him connect to Zea and retain control. However, there is still some wiggle room for it to be possible.

The cloaked figure handing out RaidRisers is actually trying to help Hiden Intelligence.

• By now, Gai has stacked the cards pretty highly in his favor; by manufacturing the whole MetsubouJinrai situation, and by extension, the Magia, he's been able to sow a considerable amount of public distrust in the HumaGear and Hiden Intelligence for the purpose of his T.O.B scheme. Now he's unveiled the ZAIA Spec, a device that gives humans mental capacities on the same level as a HumaGear. All of a sudden, this new figure appears with the ability, through the the ZAIA Spec, to create, in effect, human Magia. Perhaps this person is actually trying to give Hiden a fighting chance by showing that the ZAIA Spec opens humans up to the same corruption as HumaGears, thus sowing the same distrust in the ZAIA Spec as Gai sowed in the HumaGears and evening the playing field.
• Considering this, it may be a ZAIA Enterprise employee with a disdain for its CEO, or possibly Yua trying to become The Atoner or Fake Defector.
• Jossed. It was for ZAIA benefits.

ZAIA will lose the competition...

• But Gai doesn't care. He will act Screw the Rules, I Have Money! and buy Hiden Intelligence.
  • Seriously, he is physically attacking Zero One during competition and turning Hiden candidates into Magia... The whole competition idea is presented by ZAIA anyway.
  • Jossed.