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So, if you haven't seen my April 1st fanfiction, I decided to premiere this original female lead Rider there. But it's okay if you didn't because I'll explain a lot more here!

For starters, Styler status: Still happening. Wanna contribute to Styler before I get serious about Batol. I shared details about this over the last week on my Patreon, so if you wanna be in the know about this stuff in advance, check that out.

The overall premise of Kamen Rider Batol goes something like this:

Kazuko is a fun-loving girl who does kickoxing in her spare time. When she happens across a red token, she is visited by a mysterious woman calling it a Token - using it, she can take part in a very exclusive game: Defeat the monsters terrorizing the city and collect the Spirit Tokens that are left behind for an unbelievable prize. Using the Batol Token, Kazuko transforms into the go-getter known as Kamen Rider Batol!

What I've drawn here is the basic look of the collectibles, the gear, the initial forms, and even the secondary Rider: Kamen Rider Saul.

Activating their transformation Token causes their transformation device to appear - since Batol has no weapon, it's a belt, because tradition. But Saul's is his gun. There's a Den-O style transformation involved with a base suit and attachable armor. Playing with the early rumors of Build having a model kit motif, the armors are designed like parts of an action figure.

Batol's name is derived from "Battle", an ongoing fight of resistance - something fitting of a protagonist. The default forms were originally conceived as motifless armored suits, though with the personality of Kazuko/Batol figured out, I worked in kickboxing. Saul's name is derived from "Assault", an effort to make demands. He was designed with the notion of a cool gunman, which eventually evolved into this Gundam-esque design.

Finally, the additional forms. The monsters they fight are animal-themed, and leave behind a Spirit Token - most of the time, it's just a point towards their goal, but rarely a Spirit Token will be usable in battle. Batol's first victory is the Puma Spirit Token, which gives her the Puma Spirit form. It's a similar form to her default, just with claws instead of fists. Additional forms match the color of their default forms, which was done to avoid it feeling too much like existing armor-swapping series. Also, you can already tell how Legend Rider stuff would work.

Oh and in place of Rider Machines, the Rider designs have what are effectively Heelys built into their feet, so they skate around. I did this because multiple Riders would mean multiple vehicles, and I did not want to go the Gaim route or Ryuki route.

The multiple Riders, the animal forms, the more lighthearted tone I have in mind, and even the use of color on the Riders, are all intentional nods to Sentai. While this is certainly taking some influence from other Rider War-esque series, I don't Rider VS Rider will be the point of this story. If it's beneficial, they may work together on occasion, but for the most part greed will take control.

Whew. So yes, that's a thing now. For now I'm considering it a concept, but I may end up fleshing it out more over time. behind the scenes - which means you'll wanna follow my Patreon to see what I do with it before I properly start!

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Description
So, if you haven't seen my April 1st fanfiction, I decided to premiere this original female lead Rider there. But it's okay if you didn't because I'll explain a lot more here!

For starters, Styler status: Still happening. Wanna contribute to Styler before I get serious about Batol. I shared details about this over the last week on my Patreon, so if you wanna be in the know about this stuff in advance, check that out.

The overall premise of Kamen Rider Batol goes something like this:

Kazuko is a fun-loving girl who does kickoxing in her spare time. When she happens across a red token, she is visited by a mysterious woman calling it a Token - using it, she can take part in a very exclusive game: Defeat the monsters terrorizing the city and collect the Spirit Tokens that are left behind for an unbelievable prize. Using the Batol Token, Kazuko transforms into the go-getter known as Kamen Rider Batol!

What I've drawn here is the basic look of the collectibles, the gear, the initial forms, and even the secondary Rider: Kamen Rider Saul.

Activating their transformation Token causes their transformation device to appear - since Batol has no weapon, it's a belt, because tradition. But Saul's is his gun. There's a Den-O style transformation involved with a base suit and attachable armor. Playing with the early rumors of Build having a model kit motif, the armors are designed like parts of an action figure.

Batol's name is derived from "Battle", an ongoing fight of resistance - something fitting of a protagonist. The default forms were originally conceived as motifless armored suits, though with the personality of Kazuko/Batol figured out, I worked in kickboxing. Saul's name is derived from "Assault", an effort to make demands. He was designed with the notion of a cool gunman, which eventually evolved into this Gundam-esque design.

Finally, the additional forms. The monsters they fight are animal-themed, and leave behind a Spirit Token - most of the time, it's just a point towards their goal, but rarely a Spirit Token will be usable in battle. Batol's first victory is the Puma Spirit Token, which gives her the Puma Spirit form. It's a similar form to her default, just with claws instead of fists. Additional forms match the color of their default forms, which was done to avoid it feeling too much like existing armor-swapping series. Also, you can already tell how Legend Rider stuff would work.

Oh and in place of Rider Machines, the Rider designs have what are effectively Heelys built into their feet, so they skate around. I did this because multiple Riders would mean multiple vehicles, and I did not want to go the Gaim route or Ryuki route.

The multiple Riders, the animal forms, the more lighthearted tone I have in mind, and even the use of color on the Riders, are all intentional nods to Sentai. While this is certainly taking some influence from other Rider War-esque series, I don't Rider VS Rider will be the point of this story. If it's beneficial, they may work together on occasion, but for the most part greed will take control.

Whew. So yes, that's a thing now. For now I'm considering it a concept, but I may end up fleshing it out more over time. behind the scenes - which means you'll wanna follow my Patreon to see what I do with it before I properly start!

Patreon / Commissions