Final speculation and opinions before airing
The director’s other works was Gintama and Osomatsu-san. Osomatsu-san is notable because it’s a sequel for a series with a very long gap, and he managed to make it a huge hit. YST should be in safe hands.
Meanwhile the script writer is the Kamenrider Build writer. I expect peak. His writing should mesh well given that Samurai Trooper is basically a toku.
Ngl I do not like the character designs for the main cast. Apparently the character designer’s selected works are Love Live and the girls there suffer same face syndrome really bad. I give him credit for trying to diversify the designs here. Yuri man forced to draw yaoi…..
I was genuinely surprised to realize that the Samurai Troopers are a thing in universe. They’re not some secret society, they have an actual organization and have canon marketing teams and stuff. This will make things very very different from what we know.
I guess the ogs will appear at some point. Mia already made an appearance.
From all the PVs he looks like a standard hot blooded shounen protagonist. Goofy guy.
But he’s also an edgelord? The very first teaser trailer shows him straight up killing someone while saying “Humans are such vile creatures” (人間は醜い生き物だな)
Perhaps he’s not even human... In the official trailer Shion says “That red one… It's a demon, isn't it?” (あの赤いの。妖邪だろう?) (Note: I don’t know if the transliteration is correct. Youja could also mean ‘user’)
If it’s not red herring (pun unintended) it’s likely that Shion is talking about Gai.
Apparently he has a weird taste in food according to his personality description. Maybe this is another clue that he’s not quite human.
His interest in rock was inherited by his grannie of all people. Guess that she was a punk in her youth…
It’s interesting that his rock spirit, rebellion against society and norms, is his family’s tradition
Out of everyone I expect him to have a fair share of comedic moments along with Gai since the beans have been spilled that his secret special interest is nerdy stuff like anime. Probably a lot of cringe comedy that will directly target the audience
His brand of true individuality is ironically not his rocker self but his otaku self… Could make a future plot point?
The teaser interviews said that he will have a focus in the first few episodes so I guess that he’s the audience surrogate character- a shy newbie who’s unused to fighting
My guess is that his segments would be focused on the world building such as where are the ogs now or what is the public’s reception of the troopers
Notably he and Yamato were raised in an orphanage called the Forest of Wisdom. A bit too on the nose about the connection with Shin, since his surname is Mori (forest) and he’s the holder of wisdom.
Not much to say about him honestly. His character seems very straightforward.
He’s probably the dad of the team bc even if Shion is the oldest he does not seem like a person you would want to leave your kid with
I assume Ryusei was originally supposed to be the dad but unfortunately for Yamato he needs to prepare himself to be a single father at age 16.
It’s Ryusei who dons the armor in the op… So I’m guessing Shion will replace him at some point in the series (I’ll make a lucky guess and say it’s episode 7)
Something to note is that his image color is not green but purple. Given the color schemes of the anime, purple is the ‘bad guy’ color so does this mean he’s an enemy turned ally?
Yet despite this ominousness his character description says that he’s greatly values camaraderie. I imagine him to be the funniest character bc these kinds tend to be obnoxiously caring after switching sides.
Him peppering English in the middle of speaking is another red flag that he’ll be comic relief
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