WMG / Kamen Rider Geats

Pre-reveal guesses

Shinobi will turn up again at some point, possibly in 2022

• While they probably aren't planning very far ahead, they had all of between 2018 and 2068 to work with and picked 2022. This means he'll probably still be remembered when 2022 actually comes around; for contrast, Quiz comes from 2040 which is much further away. It could be a V-Cinema, or he could turn up in whatever crossover movie happens to be that year.
  • CONFIRMED!

Shinobi will be the 2022 series.

1. Shinobi’s year of 2022 is much closer to the present than the other future riders.

2. A unique gimmick that could be profitable.

3. This joke.

2022-2023 predictions

• Ninjas (possibly with a food/culinary theme)
• Vehicles + math
  • Main Rider is car-themed (like Drive)
  • Writer prediction: Shogo Muto
  • Plenty of equations and other mathematic properties
• Mythology, especially considering Wizard's 10th and Kiva's 15th anniversaries.
• Aliens, especially since Zero-One has androids while Revice has inner demons.
  • Confirmed with the Jyamato for villains.
• Kamen Rider V3-based Rider
• Chinese zodiac

Pre-premiere guesses

The guns will be toned down in light of Shinzo Abe's assassination

Similar to the Sarin attack impacting Ohranger.

• Jossed from the word go, given that Geats' base form is based on a magnum, and it gets passed around a lot.

The secondary rider (and Geats' immediate rival) will be an arrogant woman.

She is the face of the company behind the battle royale who is sponsored to be their acting champion.

• Seemingly Jossed. The secondary billed Rider is Tycoon, a young man newly graduated from university, while Kamen Rider Buffa is billed as The Rival.

The series will be a Recycled Script from Rider Time: Shinobi.

• Geats has a Japanese motif with his kitsune-like helmet and magatama-like transformation device, and the premise of the Desire Driver being used by multiple people to participate in the Desire Grand Prix has parallels with Shinobi's ninja tournament plot as well as the reveal in the last episode that there are more Ninja Riders other than Shinobi and Hattari. This means that rather than outright having Shinobi appear, the series might reuse the script from Shinobi and pick up where they left off.

Or...

Kamen Rider Shinobi is a Show Within a Show

Thus making sure that there really is Kamen Rider Shinobi in 2022.

Smart Brain is behind The Desire Grand Prix

Keiwa will pull a Face–Heel Turn in the middle part of Geats.

• Keiwa's personality in the character description match your typical Kamen Rider Protagonist for being a honest, nice, down-to-earth and selfless man who became a Kamen Rider just by a coincidence but knowing he is not the main character there will be a big chances that he will become villainous probably it has to do with his older sister.
• To add to this, foxes and tanuki are traditionally enemies in Japanese folklore. He and Ace having these respective motifs is no accident.

The series exists from being a sequel of Kamen Rider Genms

Using the technologies from 555, Ex-Aid and Zero-One combined are this series' Rider system.

• From 555, The Rider system needs to insert a/n Mission Memory/ID Core into the belt/driver.
• From Ex-Aid, the form Riders take depend on the Rider Gashats/Rise Buckles used.

Riders will actually die in this series

• Given the participants board shows over 50 of them and only three are left standing (and one dies off in the FIRST episode), this is very likely to be a thing.
  • Confirmed. Shirowe bites the dust less than halfway into Episode 1, and Ginpen dies in episode 2.

Dapan will turn out to be a villain

More specifically, he will act like he's the goofball of the bunch as goes with his panda motif, only to reveal himself to be as nasty as say Kamen Rider Ouja, possibly killing one of the other Riders.

• Lending credence to this theory, Dapan/Kanato Sumida is said to have a 'scary personality' in early previews.
• With the person under the suit having been revealed… Yeah, can definitely see some Soft-Spoken Sadist vibes coming from the guy.
• Aaand CONFIRMED! Complete with the fact that his desired world is one in which mankind is all but EXTINCT. If that doesn’t make him as Ax-Crazy as Ouja, I don’t know what will.

Ace/Geats is a Decoy Protagonist and will die by the end of the first quarter or before

There's something about what's known about his character that doesn't feel right, he is being sold as a badass expert on the Grand Prix but unlike someone like Tendou from Kabuto there's something off... And the fact that what's known about Keiwa's personality feels closer to the average Main Rider, it feels like the staff is just setting up a classic Take Up My Sword scenario, with Ace dying early and Keiwa becoming Geats from that point on

• Exceedingly unlikely. Never in the history of the franchise has a main rider ever died that early.
  • He got eliminated at #14. Not dead, but eliminated. Time will tell if it sticks, or a situation similar to Keiwa occurs.

The identity of The Game Master: Either Dan Kuroto or Ace/Geats

• Jossed hard. He takes his mask off to reveal… Giroli?! The concierge stationed at the Desire Temple?!

Keiwa/Tycoon and Taira/Guinpen's connection and arc

We have confirmation that Taira is the HR manager at the company Keiwa is applying to, which gives them an immediate connection. I have two theories:1. Keiwa immediately trusts Taira and they form an early partnership. Taira plays mentor for a little bit but is an early casualty of the game, giving Keiwa some angst and character development which he'll carry forward.2. Keiwa immediately trusts Taira and they form an early partnership, but Taira then betrays Keiwa's trust for an early advantage, giving Keiwa angst. Taira then bites it (Maybe at a monster's hand, maybe by Dapan going all Asakura), and Keiwa has to deal with his conflicted feelings of "I hated what he did to me, but he didn't deserve to die like that".

• Semi-confirmed, Taira and Keiwa do form a connection, and Taira does die, but he does not actually turn on Keiwa in any way.

Shirowe will die almost immediately.

Let's see: he barely appears in any of the promotional materials, he's a palette swap of another Rider in this series, he's described as being the most altruistic of all the riders, and he's played by a well-known Sentai actor. The poor guy is a walking death flag.

• Aaannnddd confirmed in the first episode (for now?). RIP Takeshi, we hardly knew ye.

Buffa will suffer from a serious case of Dark Is Not Evil.

Despite looking like a villain, the only thing we know for sure about Buffa (at the time of this writing) is that he will do whatever it takes to win and that he has a rivalry with Geats. This leaves room for the possibility that he has good intentions, and ties into my next guess...

Geats will be a Villain Protagonist. At least initially.

We know just as little about Geats at this stage in the game, but his smug attitude and villainous looking Rider Suit lead me to believe that he might be our first villainous protagonists, with every heroic act he does being in service of his own agenda. At least, he will start that way before character development leads him to become a fully-fledged hero by the end of the series.

• Technically Decade is a Villain Protagonist, so Geats won't be the first.

Post-premiere guesses

Ace is causing a "Groundhog Day" Loop

• It seems pretty pointless that he wins the Desire Grand Prix and earns the right to remake the world, only to be immediately thrust back into another game without the ability to enjoy the results of his victory. But maybe winning the game isn't his real goal; instead, every time he wins the DGP he uses his power to restart it until he gets what he's really after. Alternatively, it could be less about winning and more that he just wants to keep being able to fight.
  • This interpretation seems to be jossed by episode 2: in the initial DGP, Ace just wished for a world in which he was a superstar. The resetting of the damage caused and people's memories are apparently enforced by the DGP itself. Also, the DGP does not run 24/7, so at times when the Jyamato are not causing trouble, the DGP winner can in fact experience their ideal world without having to constantly fight.
    • Seems closer to confirmed for me - Ace seems to be the reigning champion of the DGP, having won multiple. Tsumuri's comments seem to indicate that Ace is testing just how far the wish-granting abilities of the DGP can go.
  • Jossed - both because of the game that everyone lost before Ace joined the DGP, and his wish saying for him to participate in any future ones until he dies not really causing more DGPs.

At some point, Ace will be a "villain"

• But the truth of the matter will be that he intends on teaching other players a lesson rather than try to be the single champion there is.

Something related to a certain Destroyer of Worlds will appear

• Either a famous magenta Black Bird Fly camera, or just Tsukasa being Tsukasa at the background of the scene. After all, if the world ends…
  • Given he's likely still "dead" it's doubtful, though Kaito, or perhaps Sougo will appear in his place.
    • Masahiro Inoue has stated that he would be okay with reprising his role as Tsukasa, if he is given a significant break between appearances.

Ace’s experiences in the previous Grand Prix will be explored through…

• Flashbacks that are interspersed into the series itself.
• A mini-series in a similar manner to Revice Legacy: Vail.

Fallen Riders become enemies

• Semi-Confirmed: Both Michinaga and Daiichi defect to the Jyamato side for their own purposes.

Keiwa will end up being a terrifying subversion or deconstruction of the typical Kamen Rider protagonists that he’s modeled after

Keiwa will win and his desire will result in the desires of all the fallen Riders coming true as well

• We know that the desired world of at least one Rider is something Keiwa would not agree with, that being Kanato/Da•Paan's, who long for a world in which mankind is extinct. Which means he will decide against granting the wish of at least him, in contrast to granting Taira/Ginpen's wish of saving his son’s life.
  • Jossed for round two at least

One of the more antagonistic riders will take advantage of the no fighting rule to push the others into getting disqualified

Ace will become a Trickster Mentor to Keiwa and/or Neon

• Given his fox motif as well as his Hidden Heart of Gold, it stands to reason that he'll take the more heroic Riders under his wing, even if he's as likely to troll them as to help them.

Someone has already successfully wished for world peace.

However, it was granted in a horribly wrong way.

Geats will have his kill stolen.

This will take place in the first arc, which would lead to the darker next.

• Jossed, Geats is the kill stealer (and fails)

Lesser Raise Buckles can "evolve" into greater Raise Buckles.

• Basically, while Lesser Raise Buckles are less powerful out the gate, their strength lies in the fact that over time, they can become sort of "acclimated" to the user and thus change form into a Greater when this happens, at which point the Lesser buckle is replaced by the Greater and a new Lesser buckle is thrown into the mix for the next DGP. The Magnum buckle could have evolved out of a Lesser "Gun" buckle while the Zombie Buckle may have formed from a lesser "Sword" buckle.
• Essentially what I'm getting at is that if a Kamen Rider uses a Lesser Raise Buckle for long enough, it will transform into a Greater Buckle tailored for them specifically, although there's nothing stopping the other Riders from using it. It would certainly explain why the Magnum buckle seems to match Geats while the Zombie buckle matches Buffa. If we're willing to delve into leaks, it stands to reason that Tycoon's usage of the Arrow buckle causes it to evolve into the leaked Ninja Raise Buckle, a theory further supported by the fact that Ninja's weapon, the Ninja Dualer, is a bow that can split into twin blades.
• As for why Buffa refers to them as "duds?" Simple - he doesn't want people figuring out this can happen - having access to a Greater buckle generally means that one will last longer through the competition, so it's more advantageous for him to make sure other Riders don't get access to that power.
  • Jossed? Ninja was not an evolution of the Arrow buckle and instead a secret reward Geats wins for saving a fellow rider.

The series will cover more than one run of the Desire Grand Prix

If in each round one rider will be eliminated (until the final round where there are 3) and each round lasts about 2 episodes each, with 5 riders left once Episode 4 rolls about that would be 6 episodes left until the current Grand Prix is won. As such, it'd also make sense that instead of extending it much longer that the series will instead have 1 to 3 more iterations - this'd also mean that Riders who had died/were eliminated earlier in the series can return if one of the winners wished for them to come back (or they simply didn't die like Buffa in the first episode)

• Semi Confirmed - first DGP ending at episode 8 (the final round number is not set)
  • Confirmed - Ends at episode 9

Ace Ukiyo is immortal.

We know he is the reigning champion of the Desire Grand Prix, having won multiple. Alternate to the "Groundhog Day" Loop theory above, what other way is there for Ace to participate in that many iterations of it than him having been alive for centuries? Additional points to support the theory are as follows:

• The golden coin he likes to fiddle with has a portrait of Julius Caesar. There is no better way for him to possess such a priceless antique than having acquired it back when it was commonplace.
• Given the strong Greco-Roman aesthetics in the Desire Hall, it implies the game has been going on since the age of the Empires, possibly changing with the times. One of the supporters of this theory (a non-troper friend of he who added the theory to the site) likes to believe Ace is a Greek God.

That would also imply Giroli and Tsumuri are immortal, too.

• Taking into account Tsumuri’s alleged immortality and her tendency to appear to and disappear from places she cannot logically be without mystical means, at a moment’s notice, may hint she and Giroli are deities themselves.
• I Knew It!!!! The latest episode reveals that Ace has been playing since 1 AD, which means he has been alive for centuries. Not only that, it also coincides perfectly with the dates of the Roman Empire.
• One of Ace's past wishes was to be able to compete in the DGP until he dies.

The big Raise Buckles have special powers

It seems a bit weird that all the Zombie RB does is give the user a chainsword and big claws, especially given that Yuya Takahashi has written a show where a character whose zombie powers were pretty important. Also, the Boost buckle can summon an entire motorcycle, something no other Buckle seems able of. I think the big Raise Buckles have abilities besides the obvious weapons and stat boosts; Zombie is, of course, some sort of death-defying power (which would explain just why Buffa likes it, given he's rivals with Geats), while Magnum could just go the route of the Taka head and improve sight. If we go into leak territory, the Ninja buckle is, most likely, going to give Tycoon the usual ninja Combo Platter Powers, Monster is probably going let its user summon Jamatos, Fantasy will be something kind of like Peter Fantasista, and Beat will give the user control over sound.

• Confirmed: Ninja and Beats both have clear special powers while the other big buckles feel as if they do as well.

Ace will be the FINAL villain

Or at least, he is the last one to be defeated by the last episode by the 'hero' (likely by Keiwa)

• The 'main character' POV is actually from Keiwa after all
• We've had past rider season where the rider could become evil, usually with them asking someone to take them down had they lost control.
• This is from the same writer as Zero One and Ex Aid.
  • Aruto snapped and almost become the final boss, but eventually letting his evil form defeated for good.
  • Emu's 'alternate personality' is the big bad for half the series that he ended up 'killing' himself.
  • Given the two, Ace's likely a Well-Intentioned Extremist and aware of this, setting up other rider to defeat him for good. However the twist will be that he is in full control (not evil) and still give it all in the final fight.
• Doesn't help that he's cunning, manipulative, and skilled like Tsukasa, who turned out to be the final boss of his own series and sided with the villains in Zi-O for a while.
  • Hopefully Ace will give it a fight unlike Tsukasa who throws it because of Natsumi; and I am expecting Keiwa to pull an Emu, figured Ace's plan and 'killing' him to teach him a lesson.

The current DGP will end halfway through the series

Much like how the previous DGP ended in episode 1, it's highly possible that the series itself won't end with just showing us one full DGP. Not only would this allow for the introduction of plenty of new Riders, shaking up the status quo a lot, but it'd also make it possible to re-use plenty of stuff from previously killed Riders- Ginpen, Shirowe, and anyone who dies after them could have their helmets repainted for new Riders.My personal guess for how it would go down is that Keiwa will win, with Ace, Neon and Michinaga as runner ups, with both Morio and Kanato dying along the way. Keiwa's wish for a peaceful world will probably get mangled by a Jackass Genie, and the main characters will then properly team-up to make the new DGP the last one.

• At the rate they’re going, it’ll probably be more like a quarter. Maybe a third, maximum. The way I see it, the length of this DGP is going to depend on two factors; 1) How many episodes they can stretch any one mission out over, and 2) Whether every single mission absolutely has to result in a Rider getting eliminated.
  • With the first DGP ending episode 9, the spirit of the theory of "more than one DGP in the series" is confirmed

Neon hold important secret to the plot

• Or at least, her family lineage is important.
  • Family being important seems to be confirmed, her father seems to be involved with the DGP
• She just gives me vibes like Misora or Poppy in previous series. With her rich family background I won't be surprised if she turned out like Philip, but unaware about it.
• Which is a death flag for her. With multiple DGP, she could be killed once and revived later by the winner.
  • Alternatively, it's Sara. What other purpose she had to be in the story?

Kamen Rider Mary is a Bitch in Sheep's Clothing

Pun aside, Morio quickly befriends Neon after Kanato coldly rejects her team up offer. In episode 4 however Morio brings Neon to the other riders to tie up along with Kanato when it's revealed that she was biten by a zombie Jyamato. In addition, he also baited a couple of Jyamato towards civilians before saving them to earn rescue points without a second thought.

• Was that not obviously the case?
• While there might have been an argument for him genuinely being kind before 4, yeah that went out the window. And honestly too many of us saw his sheep themed form and immediately thought they'd do a "Wolf in Sheep's clothing" thing. The only question that remains is how bad a person IS he?
• to no one suprise Confirmed

The bear-head Riders will be mass produced

Considering Punkjack is described as being an AI Rider, it's not unlikely that he's a prototype made for testing purposes, to see if making an army of AI Riders could be feasible over sentient ones. And, considering that there's now 3 different types of bears in the DGP, it's possible that an army of bears could be based on all of them.

• Not exactly, Punk Jack is Win Hallelujah, who was one of the admins of DGP in the Encounter (Chance Meeting) arc and will take a more active role in Stratagem.

The entire series takes place in some sort of simulation world

It's either Geats or Donbrothers

Final Form name

Keiwa will get something called TRUST, while Ace will have something called LAST.

The moral of the story

• Do not make a wish that could make everything you want come true, but instead work hard to achieve it yourself.
• The last DGP winner will abolish DGP itself.
• Read through the terms and conditions. Or, if it can't be done immediately, make sure you know how the wishing system exactly works.

The identity of Punk Jack

While presented as an AI player meant to allow for the Riders to work in pairs, someone has to be in charge of Punk Jack nevertheless.

• It can't be Tsumuri or Giroli since we see them interact with Punk Jack.
• A possibility is that it's a returning Shirowe or Da·Paan, given their shared animal motifs and that they're decommissioned Riders (by death and elimination respectively).
• The likeliest candidate, however, is the Masked Man. Episode 5, in which Punk Jack debuts, is the first one since the premiere where the Masked Man doesn't show up at all, and it's awfully convenient that this is so. Not to mention that leaks have implied Punk Jack's "best match" Buckle is Monster...
• Worth noting the mannerism similar to the Workers of the Squid Game.
• Punk Jack will likely be one of the previously disqualified or eliminated players.
  • Possibly even Tooru
• All jossed: it's Win Hallelujah, a punk rocker who was indeed an admin.

Conversely, Punk Jack really is an AI, and has a Become a Real Boy character arc

• Jossed: See above

Teaming up with Punk Jack will give extra rewards

Due to the disadvantages Punk Jack gives to concentration missions due to his kill stealing and artificial stupidity, succeeding in the mission will award the player extra points or other kinds of rewards.

• Jossed

Morio is to be disqualified next alone

Because the score of the Concentration round will be added to the total score, revealing that Morio is still at the bottom of the scoreboard.

• Either that or he, Michinaga, and Keiwa all tie for points and none are eliminated. Hopefully it’s this, because this show could really stand to pump the brakes a bit on how quickly it’s eliminating its characters.
• Confirmed as of Episode 6.

The DGP and its staff are immune to wishes, even wishes that would abolish it

Ace states in episode two that Tsumuri isn't fawning over him like everyone else is.

• Jossed, Ace's second/third (on screen) wish was directly to make the DGP staff his family

If the Raise Buckles can evolve into powerful buckles then the Claw buckle will evolve into the ninja buckle

The ninja dueler has two modes a single blade mode and twin blade mode, it doesn't appear that the ninja dueler has a ranged form despite it looking a bow, so it would be strange for the raise arrow upgraded form to lack it's ranged function.

The raise claw is currently the only weapon to come in pairs and the ninja dueler can split into two blades

Jossed: the large type raise buckles can only be received by completing secret missions.

• Not necessarily - the Ninja one definitely, but the Zombie and Magnum could be found right in the beginning of the game. The main Jossed part is that there isn't an evolution. (and if it was, imo it could just be a hybrid of Bow and Claws)
• The reason for being Jossed is jossed: Ninja and Monster have both entered the standard pool of buckles.

Shinobi actually is in this series

But you can't see him, on account of him being a ninja.

• Confirmed, in a sense, by the Kamen Rider Tycoon Meets Kamen Rider Shinobi web special.

Irumi Kurama will find out about the kamen riders

Desperate she will install hidden cameras or hired a person to keep an eye on Neon while staying hidden. There she will find out how her daughter keeps disappearing and reappearing .

• Possible, but even if she did, the DGP’s management would undoubtedly not let her get very far with that knowledge, either threatening her into silence or erasing any memory or evidence she managed to get.
• With her husband seeming to know about/work with the DGP, it's possible she learns through him
• Confirmed! Her husband lets her watch the DGP with him.

Punk Jack will have a non-staff user in the next DGP.

As per catalog leaks Punk Jack will be associated with the Monster Raise Buckle. Given how he's a non-factor in the #7-#8 arc which covers the end of the first full DGP we see in series, it's likely he comes back as more than a mere staff member in the next game.

• Jossed: Punkjack is the same user as at the end or #9, which was before the new DGP thus meaning he is indeed an admin.

When the Desire Grand Prix started there were only five or six Kamen Riders

I'm basing this on the fact that there are currently six Large Type Raise Buckles known, with Boost being an enhancer. Each one fits with a Rider who has a customized suit, of which five have been revealed.

Magnum = Geats

Zombie = Buffa

Ninja = Tycoon

Fantasy/Beats = Na-Go

Monster = Punkjack

Beats/Fantasy = ???

As time went on and the Jyamato Threat increased Desire Drivers and ID Cores started being mass produced, which lead to multiple of the same animal being used for different Riders except the six above. Punkjack is still the only Brown Bear Rider even though there are Polar and Panda Bear Riders which share a helmet shape.

• Beats is confirmed as Na-Go's upgrade, so Fantasy will be the 6th slot

Boost Marks 2 and 3 are just more extreme versions of the Boost Buckle

Boost Mark 2 would give strong enough stats to obliterate the entire level in one run, but would get rid of itself AND the combo buckle after use. Boost Mark 3 would allow one to go toe to toe with final bosses, but would get rid of the Kamen Rider's ID Core after use.

• Conversely, they are upgraded to not jet off instead. Mk II will instead shut down for a moment, and Mk III will stay in the driver even after the finisher.

Michinaga will win and his wish will come true

Except it will come in the form of a stronger Raise Buckle. Effectively, the "power to beat every single Kamen Rider" in the World of Geats, but some skill is still required to wield it properly and he will have to be lucky to get it in the next DGP. And by then it will be created like this because he has learned to trust some Kamen Riders.

• Jossed for round two at least

There will be a crossover miniseries.

Possibly with Ryuki or Gaim, because of the competitive aspect.

• Semi-confirmed with Ryuki. Rather than a miniseries, it will have a prominent role and returning characters in the Revice crossover.

Tohru's death is what lead to the rule against Rider vs Rider violence being implemented

People who learn about the DGP get invited into it for the next game.

Michinaga joined the DGP after his friend Tooru told him about it while dying after a Jyamato ambush. Ace talks with Keiwa and Neon about it then they joined the DGP afterwards. Of course, this doesn't preclude people who seem to be invited at random.

The Cross of Fire is that wishes are what created the Jyamato to begin.

• So very close to being confirmed. Episode 14 reveals that the Jyamato are created using the desires of Riders eliminated from the DGP through lethal methods, rather than through being retired.

At some point Keiwa will die or be eliminated and Sara will take his place as Tycoon

• Partially confirmed as of Episode 8. Keiwa ends up getting eliminated as a result of his injuries deeming him unfit to continue in the DGP any further.
  • Him being replaced is seemingly Jossed: he's most likely returning as Tycoon in episode 11
    • It did eventually happen at the end of Lamentation arc and Sara joined in, but as Kamen Rider Hakubi instead.

Sara will become a Kamen Rider with an oni motif

Her actress is the sister of OniSister's actress.

• On the other hand, it is possible her motif would become Monkey, Pheasant or Dog.
  • More likely, the core ids are based off of animals and an Oni isn't really an animal.
    • Jossed. She DOES become a Kamen Rider, but her motif is a Masked Palm Civet.

Ace wasn't born 2,000+ years ago but ended up there via a time loop

This would explain why the ill-fated Desire Grand Prix first mentioned in #7 (which Ace said occurred before he started competing) has clearly modern scenery.

• Or could be that the world ended and was made anew.

If there's another round of the DGP then one or both of Neon's bodyguards will join

And be eliminated within the first couple games while trying to ensure she is safe.

• Jossed for Round 2
• Jossed and Confirmed. The bodyguards were participants in a previous round of the DGP, but it's currently unknown if they'll be participating again.

Ace's manipulative tendencies will eventually come back to bite him in the ass

It's becoming more and more clear to Keiwa and Neon that Ace will say and do anything to get his way. Eventually it's going to come to a point they will assume every thing that comes out of his mouth is a lie or some form of manipulation and refuse to play his games even when it would help.

• If anything, that sounds like the setup for a situation where refusing to listen to Ace bites them in the ass rather than him.

Ace is building up to wishing to be rid of the DGP

• It's implied his wish for fame was to test the limits of the wish and his second wish was specifically targetting the DGP management.
  • Given Tsumuri's reaction, and the preview and synopsis for the next episode, his wish was just to mess with Tsumuri specifically, and this time he was likely resting if he could "connect" with the DGP management to find who he is looking for. Might backfire, with his father taking over DGP, apparently.
    • It targeted all of the DGP management, to make them his family

Ace is immortal because he won the first Desire Grand Prix, and wants to find a way to undo his wish

• Jossed, one of his past wishes was "I wish to compete in the DGP until I die"

Keiwa isn't coming back until after the Scheme DGP arc

Notice how he's totally absent from previews of Episode 10, or how he's the only main billed Rider shown not using the Beat or Fever Buckle. Another point is that he's seemingly not getting a second quarter Buckle, whereas most Secondary Riders before him like Vulcan or Blades got something.

• Jossed, he appeared briefly in Episode 10 and is having a larger part in Episode 11.

Ace is skeptical of the Desire Grand Prix's wish-granting system.

He seems to want to reunite with his mother, so why didn't wished to that in the first place? Probably because it could go horribly wrong...

• Ace tells Neon in #11 that he tried to wish for his mother's return, but it wasn't accepted as a wish.

Ace's mother made a wish that made her unreachable

Ace's mother is a winner of the DGP and one of her wishes is that no one is able to meet her ever again, which is why Ace simply cannot wish to meet or see her again.

• Jossed. She couldn’t have participated in the Desire Grand Prix, given that she used to be a navigator like Tsumuri is now. As a navigator, she is unreachable by nature, which is why Ace simply cannot wish to meet or see her again; not because she had made a wish for no one to be able to meet her ever again.

Ace's mother is a REAL Desire Goddess

• And her being unreachable is because she is the source of DGP's ability to make wishes come true, and she does not want someone greedy to find out.
  • That would certainly explain why the DGP seems so dead set on keeping Ace from finding her, from rejecting him simply wishing to reunite with her to actively trying to keep him from winning a place in the staff.
    • We’ll have to see about that. But we know more information about her from episode 14, namely that she used to be a navigator of the Desire Grand Prix like Tsumuri is now. Whether that means she is the source of the DGP’s ability to make wishes come true remains to be seen, as the possibility that she doesn’t want someone greedy to find out about it does.
    • Berova has confirmed the existence of a "Goddess of Creation" that the DGP has in their possession, which is probably how they create the ideal world their winners wish for. It's entirely possible this Goddess is Mitsume.

The reason Keiwa's parents didn't come back is because of a "Build New World" effect

• Basically: if there's no counterpart for someone who died in the new world created by the Desire Deity, or if the counterpart is already dead, they will remain dead.
  • This presence of counterpart seems to be evidenced by how Neon is getting along with her bodyguards and enjoying her life as a rich girl more, and how Keiwa wanted sushi instead of Tanuki soba.
    • That seems more to me like they lost their desires and less "alternate version"
    • Confirmed! Episode 11 reveals that losing Riders lose their desire for whatever they wrote on the Desire Card.

Game Master joins the fray as a final boss of sorts

He's already got the mask, just add eye lenses and some panel lines and maybe horns to pass it off as a insect type

• His bike will be the Boostriker remolded into a horse
• He gets a sword remolded from the Zombie one
• His accessory is just the Game Master cloak but with hood down all the time
  • Confirmed. He's Kamen Rider Glare.

Ace is undergoing a DNA test.

This is to check to what extent he is part of the DPG family, whether he is retconned to be the biological son.

The desire driver or The DGP is powered by riders desire

Episode 10 shows both Neon and Keiwa acting differently which members of their family call them out on. What if the reason for these personality changes is because they participated in the DGP and when they lost they also lost a part of themselves as well most likely their desires?

• Episode 11 reveals that Riders who lose yet survive the DGP lose their desire for whatever they wrote on the Desire card.

The Conspiracy/Stratagem arc will bring in more potential Riders from previous DGPs

Possibly as yet another game-changer to dethrone Ace, but some will have other motives to doing so.

• Keiwa, if he does join, seeks to use his wish to never have to work hard and yet make massive profits.
  • Jossed, Keiwa's wish after joining in the Scheme arc is to bring back all those killed by the Jyamato.

The Jyamato are past Riders who were eliminated through "death" rather than disqualification.

• Jossed: The Jyamato are "grown" by a gardener named Archimedel.
  • Partially Jossed, I'd say. After all, the gardener's "seeds" looks rather familiar. They are the shattered Core IDs!
  • In addition to the above, in #14 one of the Jyamato Riders' words mirrors Taira (Ginpen), triggering a flashback on Keiwa.
  • And #15 has the Rook Jyamato mirror Takeshi (Kamen Rider Shirowe) and uses the same words he last had for Buffa, causing the later to hesitate for a moment.
  • Come #17 and the same Rook Jyamato evolves into Takeshi right before Michinaga.

Ittetsu/Keilow will pass his driver onto Keiwa/Tycoon

• He will see himself unable to continue and will request that he trades place with Keiwa for the sake of everyone, and the Game Master will agree to his request, allowing Keiwa to transform into Tycoon again.
• Semi-confirmed: Keiwa's re-entry into the DGP is done with the condition that Keilow retire. Keiwa's Desire Driver, however, is an entirely new one.

Kamen Rider Glare is a third party who will successfully undermine the DGP

• The Jyamato Riders are already a clear case of belligerence on Archimedel's part that interferes with the DGP's structure. Glare's driver is basically a modern Den-O Buckle and so does not operate on the same principles as any of the DGP's tech, while also possessing the ability to control Riders and make use of troops. Mix in both, and it's about to be hell on Earth for the staff as the DGP's structure irreversibly falls apart.
  • Jossed! Glare is actually Girori/The Game Master himself who decided that he's had enough of Ace winning all the recent DGP.

Keiwa/Tycoon will win the current DGP and ultimately get his wish

• However this might lead to disastrous consequences due to the game running for well over 2000 years. The people from across all time periods would clash with modern day people and there's no telling how many of those participants were just as, if not more evil than Kanato/Da·Paan.
  • It’s possible they’ll just have their memories of the game erased, like the players eliminated non-lethally. If the rule about losing the motivation behind what’s written in their Desire Card applies to players killed, then revived, players as or more evil than Da•Paan won’t be a threat anymore.

Tsumuri is Ace's mother

• Ace's wish to see his mother was rejected. The DGP staff are prohibited from revealing themselves to the players. Logical conclusion: Ace's wish to see his mother was denied due to violating the DGP's rule of anonymity.
  • Unlikely. If anything, Ace’s mother could be any other staff member of the Desire Grand Prix; just, not Tsumuri. Because of his wish at the end of the ‘Encounter’ arc, Tsumuri is now Ace’s sister, which means they share a mother, and Tsumuri can’t logically be her own mother. Alternately, having her be Ace’s sister would leave him (and by extension, herself) without a mother, which also can’t logically happen.
    • First: It's a wish. It doesn't necessarily have to be constrained to what can "logically" happen (kinda like a WMG doesn't need to be likely to be posted- see the "X is a Time Lord" meme, which is literally impossible outside of Dr. Who due to copyright). Second: Discounting squicky solutions to that relationship, they could be lying about what her relationship to him actually is (even going so far as to fake the paperwork if it proves necessary) so he doesn't investigate further. Third: Tsumuri is, from what I can see, the most prominent female staff member of the DGP; conservation of detail dictates that if his mother is in there, it's probably her.
    • Indeed, a wish doesn’t have to be constrained to what can “logically” happen. Now, thank you for ruling out the possible squicky solutions. The last thing any fan (including myself) would like to see is squick out the fact that the staff are now Ace’s family. And, you’re right about something: Tsumuri IS the most prominent female staff member of the DGP (at least until Samas appears. However, the law of conservation of detail doesn’t apply here, given that his mother IS a Staff Member of the Desire Grand Prix, as revealed by episode 14, yet is not Tsumuri. We even we’re given a name for her!

Ace's Ripple-Effect-Proof Memory is derived from his wish to always participate in the DGP

• Because how can you join an event you don't know about?
• It's likely that Ace is a unique case, since he's both not eliminated and going to be invited back anyways, there's little reason for them to go to the trouble. When he's retired in episode #14, he's shown properly without memory of the DGP in #15 and only regains it via the same methods anyone else does (that is, touching a Rider's ID Core).

There will be a Fusion Buckle

• Said Buckle will visually resemble the Desire Driver (ability to attach a second Buckle optional), complete with a slot to insert a second Core ID. At some point this Buckle will be used by Tycoon and/or Na-Go, using Geats as a base.
  • All involved Riders get credit/blame for anything done in the fused form; most are too competitive to accept this, but Keiwa is generous enough to overlook this, Neon could potentially be talked into it, and Ace is pragmatic enough to do it even if it benefits his competitors if it proves necessary to win.
  • Yes, this implies the ability to fuse three Riders together simultaneously if you can manage to get multiple Fusion Buckles.

Ace will, at some point, come to wish for the same thing as Keiwa

• How better to show that meeting Keiwa has changed him for the better than to have him come to share his wish?

To complete the G Den-O parallels, the DGP staff will turn against Girori

• Having been taught a better path by its participants (and to avoid having their skull mashed into the concrete again), the staff will break off and continue to aid Ace and co. as long as Glare continues to break his own game.
• Confirmed, at least in part - Tsumuri breaks the rules herself to give medical aid and food to Ace in #16, and Niriam personally fires Girori for his actions. The reason it's "in part" is for not really being taught a better way, but just for Girori breaking the rules so flagrantly.

Ace will end up Killed In Action, but brought back due to Keiwa's wish

• However, because he dies, his wishes will come undone and Keiwa will have to get him back in the game so he remembers everything.

Girori will dies at the end of the first quarter

• Reiwa Kamen Rider series has been known to have a some sort of big reveal at their respective climax of the first quarter, i think Girori will dies by the Power of Friendship of the main four riders and his role as DGP's Game Master will probably be replaced by someone else along with one of DGP's mysteries being revealed to audience.

Win/Punkjack will turns against the DGP in Episode 14

• We'll see
• Maybe Win will die before the end of the Conspiracy Arc
  • Confirmed for the first, but he currently became Game Master/Girori's mindless troopers .

There is another Ace

• The other Ace is from a future or alternate timeline where he learned the truth behind the DGP and wants to take it down by himself, but due to his position he can't tell about it to anyone and has only to give small nudges or cryptic hints.

Tsumuri will rebel, either in secret or overtly, against Girori for undermining the entire point of the Desire Grand Prix

• She would become the Rider’s support or become a Kamen Rider in her own right.
  • In addition to that, Yuya Takahashi’s previous two series eventually turned their most prominent female characters (who weren’t Riders from the start; I’m looking at you, Yua) into Riders. Maybe they’re setting up Tsumuri to follow Izu and Poppy’s footsteps.

John and Ben will also become Riders

• The joke is that they decided that only one of them should enter the fray to keep Neon safe either way, but both end up in there by accident.
• Their helmets, Armed Buckles and upper armor are blatant repaints, but one has the upper armor deliberately swapped right to left. Bonus points if they're green and black.
  • Half-confirmed! They used to be Riders at some point (as revealed by episode 14).

The Dominator System has other registrants with their own abilities

• With Niram being the most likely candidate for the second user. After all, #14 reveals Girori's actions are actually way out of his league.
  • Confirmed in #21. Niram becomes Kamen Rider Gazer, and seems to have more of a focus on energy shields than mind control.

Ace-Girori Relationship.

• I have some feelings that Girori might actually Ace's real father after all because if Ace have a mother then he must have a father right?, but up until Episode 14 we never actually heard anything about Ace's family except for his mother, and if i can guess maybe the reason why Ace's wish of wanting meeting his mother is denied by the DGP is because probably his mother already died because one way or another, and don't you feel weird when Ace's wish is "DGP Staff as his family" but there is no staff member who acts as his "mother" and that's because the DGP staff is already his real family and they probably cannot bring people who already passed away, and yeah for the reason why Ace's mother leave him in the past probably because his mother want to keep her son from the danger of DGP and preventing Ace of ever participating in the game but ironically this is also the main reason Ace entered the DGP, this theory maybe can be out of place for now but we'll see.

One of the Jyamato Riders will have their memories jogged and go erratic.

• This will result in them temporarily behaving like a normal human being or even a proper Kamen Rider before reverting to being a Jyamato.

Archimedel with eventually be killed by the Jyamato

• It's been shown that he's been accelerating the Jyamato's growth and making them even smarter, so eventually he'll make a batch that are smarter than he can manage and will end up Hoist by His Own Petard.

The entire Scheme game will be declared null and void.

• Given how blatantly Girori has broken the rules, Niram or Samas will appear to everyone after the final boss is defeated and fire or kill Girori for his rule breaking, with Ace's wishes being restored, but no one will be named a Desire God as a result.
  • He didn't break the rules. He merely used the rules in his favor. He can't have himself direct agency in the outcome of the game, but he can do so indirectly (by proxy of PunkJack, brainwashed or otherwise). If Ace had knowledge of the rules limiting the Game Master's actions, he could have seized a Driver while Girori transformed or PunkJack fought.
    • Except this still constitutes a violation of the rules: He is taking direct control of a participant, i.e. he is personally interfering with PunkJack. Still a violation, just not from the angle the poster of this WMG may have meant.
    • Even if what he did before doesn’t count as violating the rules, I will eat my nonexistent hat if what he’s doing now doesn’t. Ace just beat the final boss. He should’ve been recognized as the winner of this DGP, and yet Giroli isn’t allowing that. And now he’s pitting riders against each other, something that they’re penalized for in any other circumstance. If this does not count as violating the rules, it’ll really beg the question of what DOES. Whether this entire DGP gets declared null and void or not, I can’t imagine Giroli is going to stay Game Master after this.
• Confirmed. Neon and Keiwa set Girori up to be exposed in front of Niram and is fired, with the three remaining Riders being given priority entry to the next game in consolation for no winner being named.

Girori have a redemption moment or arc.

• Either he will regret his actions before dying or will get a wake-up call and be forced to act for the sake of others.
  • Turns out the Conspiracy arc ended with him getting fired, and given production photos it means he has been retired from Geats.

Like Ryuga or Dark Kabuto, Geats gets an obligatory equal rival

Instead of a straight repaint of Geats he'll be based on a hawk, as a reference to the proverb "the cunning hawk hides its claws".

• His bike is a remold of the Boostriker, with the beast form turned into a hawk and functioning more like a Fortnite glider.

Another possibility could be a black-masked fox, reflecting the duality of one's nature and in kitsune's cases its multiple variations. So the dark rider could be a yako to Geats' zenko.

• It's also possible it'll be a Vision Driver user, which will use the "hack" feature to possess other Riders similar to how kitsune possess their victim (kitsunetsuki).
  • Confirmed for the summer movie. The Big Bad for the movie is Kamen Rider Cross Geats, a black and blue repaint of Geats IX themed after a Cross Fox.

There's secret combination of 2 Raise Buckle that will boost the player

Instead of 1 buckle, each rider have another affinity with other buckle like Magnum and Boost. Desire Driver kept announce "Get Ready for! Boost! and Magnum!" while using "*Raise buckle name*! And Boost!" make me wonder if other player have another affinity with another buckle that yet come out.

• Ace hinted in episode 1 that Boost is his secret card. Probably because using both at the same time would boost his chance to defeat enemy because it is the best combination for Geats to use.
  • I think that's more due to just how powerful Boost is, both by itself and with literally ANY other Buckle, even an Armed one. That said we're still missing Fantasy so we'll see.
    • It is, but it's weird that Boost only have unique speech ONLY when paired with magnum.
    • In the case of Magnum + Boost having more fanfare, it's likely just some special treatment towards the main rider and his shown preferred/default form, much like Ta To Ba from OOO having a jingle in spite of not following the series' rules on being a combo.

Ace wished to revive everyone just like Keiwa.

Given his prior elimination he's got to have a new wish now. And in case Keiwa doesn't win, we're going to need some means to revive Michinaga and everyone else. Hence Ace is taking a rare opportunity to not enrich himself and simultaneously do something for others. The fact that it'd also piss off Girori is just a additional bonus.

That round without a winner? Girori's fault.

Girori has demonstrated a willingness to sabotage the best participant in order to prevent the same person from winning repeatedly, even if this means everyone else dies; who's to say he hasn't done it before?

Girori will attempt to screw Ace out of his win no matter what the outcome of his Fox Hunt game turns out to be.

Specifically, if Ace manages to win, he will declare that by fighting off the other Riders, the penalties he has accumulated for Rider-on-Rider violence put him in dead-last.

• Oh, I think all of us are counting on that one. However I fully expect Niram and potentially a few more execs to show up, tell Girori that since he didn't cut the nonsense out that he's gone. However I ALSO expect that to have it's own set of circumstances that we're going to need to deal with.
  • Well, considering what happened at the end of the Scheme arc, I'd say this is pretty definitively Jossed.

Kamen Rider Geats: Final Stage will have heavy meta undertones

Because the audience always saving the day in the climax becomes a lot more questionable when the characters have already been aware they're in a Sadist Show being watched by us for dozens of episodes.

Archimedel wants to invade the real world.

He's stated he wants to destroy the DGP, but from what we've seen, the DGP higher ups and audience aren't in the reality DGP takes place in. Thus Archimedel's endgame is the send the Jyamato to invade the real world.

Archimedel would be doing this regardless, the DGP's agreement with him is just to contain the damage he'll cause

Archimedel obviously doesn't give a darn about the damage his actions cause and would be making the Jyamato no matter what, so it's less he's working for the DGP and more made an agreement that minimizes the damage the Jyamato do to the games. It's possible the broken ID cores, Desire Drivers, and seemingly dead bodies are the DGP's end of the bargin.

Neon died as a child and the one we see here is a recreation

This is operating under the line of logic that the world that the series primarily functions in is an artificial one, seeing as everything in it is so transmutable and yet is part of a reality TV show. Given how possessive Neon's mother is, and how much she is trying to keep her daughter in her life, it's possible Neon herself actually died from her kidnaper (or some other tragic event after the kidnapping). With her father becoming a sponsor of the DGP, however, a recreation of her was able to be brought to life, and her mother was able to live on with her in that one.

However, much as he brought her back, her father saw his daughter was upset with her life and thus opted to give her a chance at making her own world rather than one her parents determined for her.

It does presume a good deal about the show's world, but it's a thought that came to mind.

• Pretty much confirmed. Except that the name of the girl that died was Akari, NOT Neon. So, half-confirmed? Then again, Akari looked exactly like Neon, so that’s an argument for fully confirmed.

Overusing Raise Buckles will lead to some unexpected side effects.

With Michinaga coming back to life due to his use of the Zombie Buckle, it might be possible that other buckles will affect their users if used too often.

• Beat I can see damaging hearing or the like but what possible side effects could Ninja possibly have? "May cause user to vanish at random intervals"?
  • Perhaps Zombie makes its user harder to kill, Bullet or Boost might extend one's lifespan well beyond its time, Beat might improve the user's hearing, Ninja might make the user unintentionally stealthier... Who knows.

Ace's mother was or is a Kamen Rider

Despite the reveal she was the previous Navigator, there is a possibility that she was once a Kamen Rider and either defected or died in combat.

The term "Deza-Shin" has a double-meaning to it

While defaultly assumed to mean "Desire God" due to the DGP's motif, "Deza" also shares its first syllables with "Désastre/Disaster" in Japanese (デザストル/Dezasutoru), which could alternatively mean the winner is also crowned "God of Disaster".

• And then there is the Desire Star or Desester (デザスター/Dezasutaa), whose role is to be exposed before endgame or else they become the Desire Deity.

If Kousei Kurama ever becomes a Rider, his transformation sequence and fight scenes will reference TimeFire.

Because this is something they absolutely need to do if it happens.

• Adding. We kinda have DGP Rider with a T-Rex theme helmet. I don't see why wouldn't Kurama turned into red T-rex theme Rider.

The identity of the Desestar

• Ace
  • To subvert the idea that it'd be too obvious
  • Same idea as Neon below, except he does put effort in keeping his ratings high to an extent, in case too low of a rating makes him suspicious.
• Keiwa
  • His butt monkey status is to hide this
  • Can be a red-herring but Episode 17 is full of clue that Keiwa would be the Desestar
  • It would be karmic, poetic justice given how his was initially treated.
• Keiwa's Inner Demon
  • Not even Keiwa would expect his other self to be the DesaStar.
  • Everyone will be baffled to see Keiwa getting voted out but staying among them, then it's revealed that Keiwa's Inner Demon has been posing as him to show how much of an obstacle to world peace they are.
• Neon
  • Her father could have picked her out of nepotism
  • Could be unexpected but possible.
  • Instead of actively sabotaging everyone else, she lays low while putting no effort in trying to raise her approval.
  • Confirmed. Sae found out and took the fall for her.
• Daichi (Eliminated, not Desastar)
  • How he really found out the other player's wishes
    • According to him, he observed their behavior and deduced their wishes from it. Even then, he had no clue on what Ace's wish was.
  • As Ace points out: "A Fox and a Tanuki, a cat and a wolf... And then there's the sparrow."
  • The fact that he's really keen on naming Keiwa as the Desestar doesn't help too, though Keiwa certainly isn't helping his case either.
  • He lied to Sae and others about what Keiwa told him, feigning ignorance on the knowledge of the fact that the Jyamato are Kamen Riders who died.
  • He's out of the equation, as Kekera pointed out after his elimination.
• Sae
  • She's the only new character with an unique Rider helmet
  • Her Animal Motif is Wolf and in japanese these game is more commonly known as "Werewolf/Jinrou Game" so it's possible that the impostor is the Wolf Rider.
  • She's an agitative heel who picks on the weak.
    • Episode 20 reveals that Sae is in fact the Desastar
  • As of Episode 21, she's outed as the Desastar... Except she is NOT the Desastar.
• Chirami
  • Given his status he should be above suspicion, and they will need to think outside the box to expose him.
• Michinaga
  • Archimedel may have notified of him to Chiremi and he will be used as a wildcard in this round.
• There is no Desestar and the idea was only suggested to sow discourse
• It's all of them
  • How’s that supposed to work??
    • Think Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. All of them were approached as a test of character.
• It's a split personality hidden inside the contestant without their knowledge similar to Fuwa's case with Naki from 01.
  • Possible, but it’s worth noting that despite them being described as a "spy" and a "traitor" (and the blatantly obvious shoutout to Among Us), the Desestar doesn’t actually have to eliminate anyone themselves. They just have to remain undetected until the final round.
• A "chameleon" agent
  • So to say, someone who pretends to be any of the other contestants and not in the leaderboard.
  • Possibly a DGP staff.
  • It's possible that Daichi didn't lie about not knowing what Keiwa told him, and that Keiwa actually interacted with the "chameleon".
  • Presumably there'll be two ways to expose the "chameleon": 1. Someone figures it outright and convinces the other that none of them is the DesaStar, 2. Someone figures a way to vote on a sixth Rider that is not visible by normal means.
    • Should this happen, they still need to deal with figuring the "chameleon's" identity and expose them.

Michinaga will become a Dark Rider

• Following the reveal of the Jyamato's true identity (courtesy of Archimedel), he will acquire a different form and oppose the DGP to facilitate the victories of the Jyamato. Likely to try and have Tooru back.
  • But it won't stick and he will joing the DGP to wish for Tooru back.

Keiwa will snap somehow eventually

• The producers of Battle Royale have stated they want Keiwa's inner demon to be Foreshadowing. Considering how powerful Kagero notes him to be, that's just asking for a catastrophe on the level of Daiji's Face–Heel Turn or Muramasa from Revice Forward.

Daichi and Keiwa voted on themselves

• It's possible Keiwa, being as soft as he is, would rather vote himself out than vote someone else, and given the look of regret Daichi gave it's possible he didn't deem himself worth of staying.
  • Given how Kekera tells Keiwa to play more offensively against who might be the Desastar, it's possible he knows that Keiwa is a little too trusting of others.

Ace may be some manner of Cosmic Keystone.

• When it's brought up that Ace apparently does have parents, some of the DGP executives mention that he may not "know what he is."

The Desastar is being blackmailed into sabotaging.

• Chirami or Niram might be threatening Sae's family and residence to have the Desaster's cooperation.
  • Jossed/semi-confirmed: Neon is confirmed as the Desaster, but if she is discovered as the Desaster her wish will "never come true," implying it will result in permanent exclusion from all future DG Ps.

Michinaga will kill Tohru

• With Michinaga's mental state degrading, and with Keiwa's wish to revive the dead Riders being a possible means to revive Tohru, it's likely that if Tohru is going to be revived in the future Michinaga will kill him. After all, Michinaga's wish has consistently been to have the power to destroy all Kamen Riders, and Tohru himself is one. This might also happen if Tohru comes back as a Jyamato as well, in appearance if not in spirit.

Michinaga will fully become a Jyamato

• But unlike the others, his Jyamato self is too stubborn to change his ways and will rapidly revert to being himself while being conscious of what he has become. Not that he would mind, all he wants is to have the power to destroy every Kamen Rider anyways.

There will be a round/season based on Run For Money: Tousouchuu

• However to maintain the fighting action there will be a specific condition for the Jyamato to be considered a "catch" (e.g. touching a Rider directly via hand contact), so they still can be fought/eliminated in direct combat so long as the "catch" condition is not fulfilled.

The Desastar will reveal themselves

• I know this is rather last minute, but hear me out: Fearing for her family's safety, Sae will out herself as the Desastar to get out of the game, but for that she will confide with Keiwa because of his eagerness to put others before himself and him having a better understand of how she is feeling with her family being threatened.
  • Jossed in... A VERY interesting way.

Archimedel will become a Rider.

• Seeing as he has access to Drivers and ID Cores, theoretically nothing stops him from using a Jyamato Core as they don’t seem to be DNA-locked. Michinaga also proves its possible for humans to use the Jyamato buckle, so it would be an easy final boss Rider.

Keiwa will have a Face–Heel Turn at some point, and the results won't be pretty.

• One trope series writer Yuya Takahashi is really fond of is putting his Nice Guy characters through a massive Trauma Conga Line to the point where they snap and it results in disaster for at least one person. Emu got thoroughly pissed at Parado taking people's lives too lightly and gave him a No-Holds-Barred Beatdown. Aruto was so grief-stricken at Izu's death and willingly accepted the Ark Driver to become Ark-One in a bid to exact revenge on Horobi, antagonizing every other Rider in the process. It's safe to say that Keiwa won't be immune to this, even if he's the secondary Rider to Ace.
• Two more crucial bits of evidence are a scene in Movie Battle Royale and Keiwa's Image Song "I Peace". In the former, Kagero looks into Keiwa's mind and finds his inner demon, which is apparently enough for the actual demon to recoil in horror. In the latter, Keiwa sings about how nothing can stop his heroic desire... but he gets a rather Evil Laugh halfway through the song.
• Upon his Face–Heel Turn, he decides that to create true peace, he needs to create a world without desire.

Ace's mother is the Goddess of Creation that the DGP has and that Archimedel & the Jyamato are after.

• This would accurately explain just why Ace even after 2000 years has been unable to locate her...
• Further reinforcing this theory is the fact that Ace's wish to find his mother was rejected by the DGP. While wishes are typically greenlit by the Producer, Game Master, or in some cases the Rider's supporter, one can assume that the Goddess of Creation doesn't want Ace to find out about her, which does track with his sole memory of her.
  • Confirmed.

In keeping with the Jyamato's Chess Motifs, Archimedel and Beroba will eventually get referred to as "King" and "Queen" respectively

• In Chess, the King has the least movement on the board and is the lynchpin of the game. Archimedel doesn't seem like a fighter, and supposedly, defeating him would spell the end the Jyamato.
• Similarly, the Queen is the most powerful piece on the board, and has the most reach. As a sponsor, Beroba has a lot of influence in the DGP, and whatever her Rider form is, it's strong enough to take down Chirami's Rider form.

Kyuun may become Neon's true love.

When he first appeared in Episode 22, he made it clear that he's not a fan of Neon, as he called her out on her selfishness. Neon isn't fond of Kyuun either, however they might go from hating each other to eventually falling in love by the end of the series.

• Later, it’s revealed that Kyuun is genuinely in love with Neon already, so we don’t really have to wait for the end of the series, and Neon is actually touched by the poetic side he shows in his letters.
• It could be that they were arranged for marriage.
  • Turns out, they weren’t arranged for marriage yet. Kousei notes Kyuun is genuinely in love with Neon, and wonders if arranging marriage between them would be beneficial for the company.
• It's revealed that not only he's her supporter but he is someone willing to support her to the bitter end.

Sara is Neon's true love.

• She's a big fan of hers and even calls her "cute" and "precious" at several points. Plus, Neon never specified that her true love has to be a man now did she?

The Desire Grand Prix Staff are entirely comprised of Singularity Points.

• It's why they aren't affected by the time traveling and the various changes the Desire Grand Prix makes to reality.
• Alternatively, they could come from timelines with different outcomes, and each is supporting the one that made their timeline happen.

Ace was created by a wish.

• It's mentioned that a previous DGP winner wished for a child to love and raise. All laws of fiction point to this child being a character if not the main character.
  • This could also explain why he can't wish to see his mother, or why she won't come for him: if he was made through a wish, his TRUE mother would be the Goddess of Creation, which we all known is unreachable to all but Vision Driver users.
  • Ok so I was a bit off, the child created by a wish was really Neon

Ace is a child from the future.

• And his mother took him to ancient Greece for some reason, leaving him there.
  • Possibly the reason he can't ever see his mother is because meeting her right now could risk a Time Paradox which could very well erase his existence.

Before the Vision Driver was stolen, the Desire Grand Prix happened in simultanious time.

• Because the supporters are confirmed to be people from the distant future, they intercut seasons of the Desire Grand Prix to different time periods and broadcast each of them as needed. The present Desire Grand Prix is stopped but other time periods can still be shown and seen due to the Vision Driver not being stolen in other time periods.

Michinaga will be the impetus for the Face–Heel Turn that many think Keiwa will have.

• He's shown that his desire to attack Riders is unwavering, and absolutely nothing Keiwa and Neon have done has changed his mind. He also didn't hesitate to take the Zombie Buckle from Sae, even as she was trying to save her own family. He's going to do something that gets Keiwa's sister hurt or even killed, and this is what's going to make Keiwa truly snap like kindling. And then, Michinaga will get his shit kicked in, because we've seen what Keiwa can do when he's focused and serious. The kid trashed the Can Kicking Jyamato single-handedly, and solo'ed the Jymar Ball showdown game. When Keiwa is committed, he's unstoppable. The kid is going to be a terrifying enemy.
  • Or maybe Michinaga could "die for good" after being attacked by someone (possibly Beroba), whether in trying to dispose of him or him shielding Keiwa from an attacker. Then the attacker proceeds to mock Michinaga, not only his wish but also how "disposable" he is, and that sends Keiwa off the deep end, causing him to become cold and ruthless (unleashing his inner demon) in a Tranquil Fury. After that, the others will worry about him snapping like that whenever he really gets serious. There will be no crying, no scream, nothing... He will just shut all the emotions and proceed to deliver the pain.

Tohru's wish was something like "A world without violence"

• And learning this will make Michinaga realize how far he's fallen.
  • Or perhaps Toru wished for world peace, and hearing his wish will cause the Knight Jyamato to have a breakdown over how he forgot something so important. It will be justified that "he lost his desire the moment he died", explaining why he forgot it.

The Oni's bells that will be taken by the boy is Michiniga's

• Possibly the kid will try to pry it from him, and when he considers brushing him off someone will hold him and tell what and who he is doing this for, which will have Michi lose his interest in fighting back and the kid will succeed in taking it.
• Jossed. Shouta eventually took a bell from one of the folks posing as Oni for the festival, unrelated to the JGP.

Kyuun and Neon are fated to one-another

• As Ziin revealed, in the future one's entire life is designed from before they are even born, so perhaps that was also the case for Kyuun and later Neon: they were fated to one another. Kyuun knows, wants to get close but can't make it obvious, while Neon has no idea except that she feels her true love is out there.

The Jyamato will eventually evolve beyond the DGP's ability to control and become the true final threat

• The DGP are overlooking just how fast the Jyamato are evolving, and they are doing so extremely rapidly. This will eventually blow up in their faces when the Jyamato do indeed evolve beyond their capacity to control them.

Ziin is a future reincarnation of Ace

Ace's Julius Caesar coin

• Actually has the same functions or is the prototype of an ID Core.
• It appears to his incarnations whenever it is time to remember his past lives.
• Subsequently will transform into a next-gen ID Core that is the source of his final form. Since it's a different ID Core from the original Geats ID Core, his Rider name may be different too as with Kamen Rider Zero-One/Zero-Two, maybe something like Geats-NE (Geats Next Era, but read as kitsune).

Ace did not really reincarnate.

Those past lives are him wishing to move to older time periods.

• Fully jossed with him confirming that he had been reincarnating by means unknown, even to himself.

Ace has a total of 9 reincarnations, holding with the motif of the nine-tailed fox.

• Jossed. Ziin reveals that Ace has had numerous reincarnations, but only 5 are KNOWN to have participated in the DGP.

Keiwa's Heel–Face Turn will start with him killing Michinaga or Daichi, either from trying to protect someone else or because he believes they can't be redeemed.

• Takayuki Shibasaki has confirmed Keiwa has a hidden dark side through the reveal of his inner demon in Battle Royale, and that this dark side could set up a future plot point in the main story of Geats.
  • A good option is to have either Michinaga or Daichi (or both) be responsible for Keiwa's sister being hurt (or even dying). We all know how far he'll go to save her. Bonus points for Michinaga realizing he just did to Keiwa what those two mystery riders did to Tohru, though I doubt he's capable of that level of reflection.
    • Confirmed in #40, but Michinaga was an Unwitting Pawn to Daichi's scheme that causes him to accidentally kill Sara and Keiwa not forgiving him.

Chirami is low-key helping Beroba with her plans

• His (seeming) incompetence has been responsible for her two big successes: stealing the vision driver, and (as of episode 27) actually being able to use it. He was also the one who provided the villains with Daichi's ID core. He wants us and everyone involved to think it's because he's a moron, but note that his goals may somewhat align with Beroba: he introduced the Dezastar concept to the recent season because he liked the idea of the riders all distrusting and betraying each other, not unlike Beroba's enjoyment of suffering. It's not yet clear why he's doing this, but he may have his own reasons, connected to the Goddess. Note that Beroba likely does not know he's helping her, because she thinks so little of him like everyone else, that she just thinks he's being a moron, and that underestimating of him is key to his staying under the radar.

Daichi is The Mole for Niram.

Similar to the above, Niram allowed the Jyamato Grand Prix to happen because he thought it would be entertaining and drive up ratings. Daichi is really a spy he planted on the Jyamato side to keep tabs on them.

Ace created Boost Buckle.

I'm still sticking with previous guess with there's reason both Magnum and Boost have two and similar display when put on desire driver (Red flame decal).

Ace created Boost Buckle via Goddess of Creation due to high number of player's death. To press the number down, Ace wish for a buckle that will help any player. But it backfire and help Ace the most since he's the creator.

Michinaga will usurp the Arc Villain position from Beroba.

I personally believe that will happen, due to how he coldly discarded the Knight Jyamato, even as he knew he wasn't really Tohru. Along with straight up snatching the Vision Driver from Beroba's hands in the most recent episode.

DGP will be eventually revealed as Design Grand Prix>

I think with all the Design thing referenced by the future people it is possible that DGP real name is not Desire Grand Prix but Design Grand Prix and don't forget that the terms "DezaShin" and "Desire" sound eerily similiar to the words "Design" and "Designer" respectively, in short DGP is a contest of people designing their own ideals worlds.

Niram is behind Neon's ransom

Or rather Akari's ransom, in a bid to get Kousei to cooperate with him.

• Apparently jossed. Kazuo Numabukuro/Kamen Rider Brali seems to have been acting alone.

Kousei is hunting for the person behind his daughter's kidnapping and ransom

And he might be using the Desire Grand Prix to try and bait out the culprit to have his vengeance against the kidnapper.

Michinaga will surrender and give Neon the win due to Everyone Has Standards

He definitely didn't like that Beroba cheated with the Dunkleosteus​ Jyamato, so imagine his reaction to Beroba using Neon's secret to rig the fight even more.

• The most likely outcome will be Michinaga saying he has no interest because he only wanted to fight Geats and then Beroba will send in Dunkleosteus Jyamato instead, since Na-go's intended opponent (Bishop Jyamato) will be defeated by Geats.
  • Additionally, Michinaga will allow Kyuun to support Neon to get back at Beroba cheating his game.
    • Confirmed that Michinaga is not interested in fighting Neon but kinda Jossed in that Kyuun supporting Neon made the game a draw.

One of the last wishes to come true will be Keiwa's

Directly or otherwise. And more specifically it will be to "Undo every single death that involved the Desire Grand Prix.".

• And what brings the wish to happen will be that Ace will get eliminated or killed during the final game, and Keiwa will have the higher score by then.

Mitsume is a previous Game Producer/Kamen Rider Gazer

• Mitsume can mean gaze, like Niram, and possibly hints at this.
  • She’s been stated to be a Game Mavigator, but Beroba proves one can be a Game Master and Game Navigator at the same time, so, it’s not off the table.

Sueru will show up to confront Geats by himself

• He will transform into his own rider form and will decimate Geats in his LaserBoost form, until Sueru becomes the punching bag for Geats' Super Mode.

Sueru created DGP to set the stages of his plans.

• He founded the Desire Grand Prix to allegedly "entertain" audiences, but in reality, he has an apocalyptic plan that will threaten the destiny of all existence. Which is why he transformed Mitsume into the Goddess of Creation.
• Or he saw Mitsume as a way to reward the Desire Deities with something substantial for their efforts, regardless of what their desire was, and did not want Mitsume to be able to decide whether or not the desire should be realized.

Sueru will become a Kamen Rider

• And his Rider Suit will be a kitbash of at least one Rider and one monster. Bonus points if either of them came from a previous season.
  • Confirmed, though his Rider suit is simply Gazer with red highlights in the eye slits.

Kousei will turn into a Kamen Rider

• Possibly the next Glare or Gazer if he uses the Vision Driver. Or, to fit with the Kurama theme, he will don the Desire Driver and take on a form based on the Smilodon.
  • He ends up using the Desire Driver as Gya-Go. He, however, is based on a lynx, and not a Smilodon.

Daichi is aware that he was brought to Jyamato's side not of his own violation.

• So he abides his time for an opportunity to sabotage their plan back.

The user of the unknown Core ID at the end of the Episode 32 will be...

• It will be either Tsumuri or some other veteran player.
  • Jossed, it's Sara using the Hakubi Core ID.

Keiwa's return will make him undergo a reluctant Face–Heel Turn like Hiiro

• So here's how it goes. in #33 Chirami begs Ziin and Kekera for their assistance in fighting Michinaga, using the return of their favorite Riders as a reward. While Ziin accepts, Kekera refuses the deal, stating he is looking into other options. A publicity still from #34 shows human!Kekera talking to Beroba, and the preview for said episode features Keiwa apologizing to Sara offscreen. Keiwa might be forced to side with people like Beroba in order to achieve his wish of bringing back those lost to the DGP, even if it means going against Ace and Sara.
  • Leaks of the episode shows Sara was dreaming that, Keiwa will join to save Sara, and Ace still sides with the Riders.

How Michinaga will be defeated:

• The DGP creates something that transforms the user, but not into a Kamen Rider in the style of Shadow Moon or Mashin Chaser. Since his wish was to crush all Kamen Riders, this Kamen Rider-esque warrior will not be included and thus be able to defeat him.
• Alternatively they will create a Jymato powerful enough to do the job.
• His own attack will be deflected back at him since he still is a Kamen Rider.
• He will not be defeated by anyone other than himself, as a way to atone for what he did.
• He won't go down at all. Instead he and Ace will join Neon and Keiwa to bring an ideal world the four can agree with.

Tsumuri is becoming the next Goddess of Creation

• In 33 she is able to restore Ace to life somehow as a masked figure talks about her awakening.
  • But what if: Ace gets to win one last time, but for his wish he has to turn Tsumuri into the next Goddess. While he does not want to do that, she convinces him for his happiness and that she will accept her fate.
• Confirmed, but she is still retaining her will and trying to fight back.

Samas is Sueru

• The moment Sueru shows up Samas disappears with no explanation. Presumably, she was posing as an assistant producer to monitor the Desire Grand Prix in secret, similar to what Girori did at the beginning of the series.
• She’s a Memetic Badass already, so… I’m on board.
• Jossed since #38 has Samas and Sueru in the same scene. Unless that Sueru turns out to be a Doombot.

Sueru is Ace's original father.

• Wouldn't be far off...
  • Or rather, the father of Ace’s original incarnation, since we know the father of Ace Ukiyo, in his current incarnation, is Issei Ukiyo (up to the Encounter arc, and Giroli as of that arc).
  • Jossed, Ace's original father was a former Dezashin of ancient era DGP, that erased from history for married with Mitsume.

Tsumuri is Ace's real sister

• She's also a child of the Goddess of Creation, which is why she has similar powers to Mitsume.
  • Then, the Desire Card only made her the sister of HIS CURRENT incarnation instead of the original one (since we know the mother of Ace Ukiyo, in his current incarnation, is Mika Ukiyo.
  • Or maybe Ace's wish caused Tsumuri to be literally his sister. As in: Another child of Mitsume.
    • What This Troper mean is: if the Desire Card turns Tsumuri into the sister of Ace Ukiyo’s current incarnation, she would be the daughter of Mika Ukiyo, not Mitsume. So the possibility is that Mitsume is Tsumuri’s ORIGINAL mother.
  • Half-jossed. Tsumuri was designed based on Mitsume, making her sort of a clone if anything, as a way to harness the Power of Creation.

Tsumuri will become a Kamen Rider

• More likely to happen post-series, either in a V-Cinema, or TTFC special, or on a Final Stage.

Kekera and Beroba will become the King and Queen supporters hinted at in the toys

• They'll also serve as the "final boss" for Keiwa and Michinaga or Neon respectively, but only after they gain their respective final forms.
  • Confirmed as of Episode 42.

The man behind the fox mask is Ace's original father

• Given he's asking about Ace's true wish, and he's wearing fox mask as Ace's rider motif.
• Or maybe someone that Ace knows.
• Jossed, it's simply Ace's inner self.

Samas works with the Foundation X

• And her role is to oversee the experiment of creating a physical God.
• So Foundation X would be behind the DGP as well then.

Jyamato!Daichi is the new leader of the Jyamato in the Genesis/Creation arc

It feels like a rather obvious reveal but it needed to be said. The fact that the JGP ended with the Jyamato returning feels like an important Chekhov's Gun, not to mention that the Nadge-Sparrow ID Core was never fully destroyed. The question is whether human Daichi and Jyamato Daichi ever encounter each other.

Tsumuri will eventually defects from DGP

Since she had multiple times witnessed the Riders suffer, learning Mitsume had been turned into Goddess of Creation, as well as witnessing Niramu had been fatally shot by Samas for opposing Sueru by herself during the Yearning arc. It's hard to say she'll stay with the management longer.

• It's more likely that she will be lured into a trap set by Jitt and Sueru, and forced into cooperating.

Kamen Rider Gya(-)Go is Neon's father.

• The retooled Seeker helmet is made up like a big cat, like Ben's and John's Rider Forms already hinting a connection. The armor is a recolor/retool of Brave Fantasy Gamer, likely being used for the missing Fantasy Raise Buckle. A large cat Rider whose powers involve a fantasy, along with a similar name to Neon's Na-Go. It all fits.
  • Confirmed.

One of the Gang Riders is the guy who kidnapped Akari

Half-jossed. It is indeed a former Rider who regains his powers when Keiwa remakes the world who killed Akari (and later kidnaps Neon on top of that). However, he is not affiliated with Kirito Asari/Kamen Rider Turbon and the Gang Riders in any way. Kazuo Numabukuro/Kamen Rider Brali operates on his own.

Neon's father (or Gya-go) will die and Neon will take the Fantasy Raise Buckle

• Jossed. Kousei got fatally wounded, but the surgery was a success and he was awake and sitting up by the time he passed her the ID Core and Fantasy Buckle

Kekera will die laughing

He will be killed by Keiwa and will be satisfied with his death since the perfect end for a hero is defeating their Evil Mentor. This also fulfills his wish to the goddess.

• Or he could go out with a smile.
• Or maybe he won't die, but will come close to it, begging Keiwa to finish him off, but Keiwa refusing to do so.
  • Confirmed, but it's when he felt amused after Keiwa thanked him for making the latter into the true rider. In other words, his wish to stay until he gets his amusement is fulfilled.

Keiwa will use the Fantasy Buckle

The buckle's "Truth Eyes" allow the user to see the truth and clear their minds, so Ace will trick Keiwa into using the buckle against him in order to make him realize just what he is doing and get him back on their side.

The Boost Mark IX and Bujin Sword Buckles will fuse

Boost Mark IX is created by Mitsume the first goddess and Bujin Sword was created by Tsumuri the second goddess. Similar to Genius fusing with the Gold Rabbit and Silver Dragon Fullbottle into the Cross-Z Build Fullbottle, these two buckles will either fuse together or Ace and Keiwa will mix their final forms together.

Michinaga will be responsible for Keiwa's Heel–Face Turn

He will make Keiwa into a Heel Realization that the DGP and Mitsume he blames all his misfortune for is no longer around, and that he has stoop as low as to cooperate with the enemy to have someone who looked after them, Tsumuri, be forced to become their tool.

Tsumuri will be brought back to normal through a wish

But will need both Ace and Tsumuri's powers combined.

• Jossed. She was brought back to normal by transferring her Goddess powers to Ace, thus re-fueling his God of Creation powers.

Daichi's plan for the Tree of Knowledge is...

• To backup humanity in a way that not only he can access the memories and thoughts of other people, but that he can cultivate Jyamato that acts as an accurate clone of them.

The end boss will be Jitt and not Sueru.

• Jitt will turn into a rider form, which will be defeated by the combined effort of the remaining Riders. He may possibly transform into his own version of Glare, as with other Game Masters.

Sueru will end up as a Karma Houdini.

• Since his defeat during the debut of Geats IX, he never had any recent involvement other than sending Jitt during the Creation Arc. As the series nearing its end and no sign of his appearances whatsoever, Sueru would most likely end up undefeated.
  • Jossed. he appeared at the climax of the series.

What will happen to the Jyamato?

• My guess is Daichi will have a Heel–Face Turn or Heel Realization that Archimedel had the right idea but the wrong approach, and he will take the place as a Jyamato Gardener in a world specifically for the Jyamato.

In keeping with the Yokai theming of the other main riders, Buffa may gain some spider-like traits when using the Maou buckle.

• Thus far, Geats, Tycoon, and Na-Go all have theming tied to a certain Yokai, as follows:
  • Geats is tied to the kyuubi-no-kitsune.
  • Tycoon is tied to the tanuki.
  • Na-Go is now tied to the nekomata as the Fantasy buckle causes her to manifest twin energy tails when activating a Strike.
• The reason Buffa might gain spider-like traits with the Maou buckle is due to a likely connection with the Ox yokai known as the ushi-oni, otherwise known as the gyuki, who are commonly depicted as an Ox's head on a spider's body. Ushi-oni are known for having savage personalities, eating humans, and breathing poison. Michinaga certainly has the personality down pat, and the 'eating humans and breathing poison' part is easily filled by the Zombie Buckle, especially when considering that its weapon keyword is Poison rather than Zombie, e.g., "Poison Charge" and "Poison Tactical Blast." The only thing that really prevents this theory from being certain is the fact that Buffalo and Oxen are two different types of animal.

Kousei entered Brali in the DGP

• Because is it really a coincidence that he was a Rider who ended up dying. Kousei lie,lay pushed for a more lethal challenge to ensure his death without being directly responsible.

Samas will be the final boss

• Samas would kill Sueru and claim the Zillion Driver to transform into the final boss.
• Or she'll be final boss for the V-Cinext.
  • Jossed. Sueru is the final boss.

Black Tsumuri and White Tsumuri's interaction

• Black Tsumuri will offer to make White Tsumuri's wish come true, which will happen to be "The world that Ace wished, a world where everyone can be happy!". The reason White Tsumuri has to kill Ace is because that was part of Ace's plan: as long as he exists, someone will try to take his Power of Creation. By killing him, she both "proves" her allegiance to Sueru and clears herself from being targetted, while it might also induce Black Tsumuri into exhausting her powers to make such a gargantuan wish come true.

Final Stage predictions

• Tsumuri will become a Kamen Rider.
  • If using a Desire Driver or Laser Raiser Riser, it will be themed after a fox, either Tibetan Fox or Fennec Fox.
• Ziin and Kyuun will come back, but in Premium forms, "serving" a new villain.
  • It will be a ruse to expose the new villain for Ace and Neon.
• Black Tsumuri might appear.
• Girori will be overseeing the events of Final Stage, only joining towards the end to fight as Glare.
• Ace will meet his inner demon again, and will be encouraged to turn into a God of Destruction to save the world.
  • Ace's Final Stage form will be a mix of Cross Geats and Geats IX.
• Kekera and Beroba will make an appearance, but will transform into their Kamen Rider forms.