Wonder Ride Books

The are book-like devices used by the Riders in Kamen Rider Saber.
==Overview==
Wonder Ride Books are fragments of the Almighty Book that created the world itself, which was torn into pieces following The Sword of Logos Tragedy. Wanting some of the power, the Megid created Alter Ride Books as counterfeit replacements.
Wonder Ride Books are divided into three categories:
*: Books about mythological creatures; placed in the right-hand slot of the Swordriver.
*: Books about living creatures; placed in the center slot of the Swordriver.
*: Books about heroic adventure stories; placed in the left-hand slot of the Swordriver.
Each Wonder Ride Book features an indicator on the bottom of its Cover Page that indicates which slot it should be placed in the Swordriver. The Omni Force and Grimoire Wonder Ride Books are the only Wonder Ride Books to not be categorized.
==Design==
As with any regular book, the Wonder Ride Books are primarily composed of different pages, with most standard Wonder Ride Books each containing three:https://toy.bandai.co.jp/assets/rider/images/saber_special/wonderridebook/img_about_dx_01.png The Pages of the Wonder Ride Books as seen on Bandai Toys:
*: The page that shows what the story is.
*: What the Rider Book is about.
*: The page that allows for transformation to a Kamen Rider.
They also contain the following parts:
*: The Wonder Ride Book's protective cover. It has the role of displaying the contained folklore, preventing any attacks, and protecting the recorded information.
**Alter Ride Books contain , which seals the Megid inside it.
**Jaou Dragon and Emotional Dragon possess the , serving as stronger protection to its contents.
**Dragonic Knight and King Lion Daisenki possess , which, for the former book, on top of adding strength to the inscribed lore, reseals and hides the power of the book when a qualified user is absent, and, for the latter book, serves to contain the folklore.
**Elemental Dragon has , that can correspond to all attributes given.
**Tategami Hyoujuusenki possesses that increases the user's power to the limit.
**Wonder Almighty possesses which is of the highest quality.
*: Special metal fittings for speed reading. Quickly read the Wonder Ride Book by touching it with the Seiken. As a result, it becomes possible to temporarily hold all the power of the traditions written in the Wonder Ride Book in the Seiken.
*: A huge story spelled out in the Wonder Ride Book. Various legends are stored as textual information due to mysterious characters. The voice reading device “Ride Spell” for extracting information reads aloud in a language that can be understood by the person who opened the book.
**Alter Ride books possess , which carry the same elements as the Text of Wonder, but associated with Megid.
**Jaou Dragon and Emotional Dragon possess the display on top of the standard Text of Wonder. It acts to both stabilize the transformation, and suppress the miasma flowing from the Text of Wonder for Jaou Dragon and balance the power of the three dragons for Emotional Dragon.
**Dragonic Knight possesses the display alongside the standard Text of Wonder. A lore releaser for the Dragonic Knight Wonder Ride Book. It has the role of releasing the power of the king's armor, which is described in the deep folklore of "Dragonic Knight" contained in each layer, at once.
**King Lion Daisenki possesses a display, which changes depending on the mode used by Kamen Rider Blades.
**Primitive Dragon possesses the , which causes the user to become a wild swordsman with nothing but destruction in their mind, and the that grasps additional Wonder Ride Books contained in its to fill in the gaps of lore that Primitive Dragon has lost over time.
**Elemental Dragon possesses the , which acts as a lore releaser.
**Tategami Hyoujuusenki possesses coat of arms-like panels, which trigger finishers based on which one is set in the mouth of the , by toggling the and moving the before activating the Seiken.
**Wonder Almighty possesses the , which acts as a lore releaser. It also selects the appropriate power based on the user, and shares power of all things inscribed in the Wonder Ride Book to other Seiken wielders.
==Functionality==
Wonder Ride Books are items of great power. On their own, a Wonder Ride Book has limited capacity to protect its holder, as seen when Brave Dragon Wonder Ride Book protected Touma by lifting and pushing away the falling debris. 
A Wonder Ride Book can be inserted into a Seiken to let its user transform. Seiken Swordriver can use up to 3 Wonder Ride Books at once. Wonder Ride Books have different compatibility to each other, depending on their elements. When two or more compatible Books are used together in a matching Swordriver, they produce a form with greater combat ability and the Swordriver making a unique transformation announcement. A Wonder Ride Book can also be scanned in a sword to perform an attack of its power, even when the user is not in the form of the Wonder Ride Book. 
Alter Ride Books can be used to summon Megid monsters, who in turn can drag a section of the real world into the Wonder World and wreak havoc to create more Alter Ride Books. As long as an Alter Ride Book is intact, the Megid can be re-summoned as many times as possible. In addition, they can be used to turn humans into Megid by dropping a blank Alter Rider Book to their victim, causing their desires and lifeforce to become the driving force of the book, eventually the Alter Ride Book will finish absorbing the lifeforce of the victim, killing them and becoming a completed Alter Ride Book.
==List of Wonder Ride Books==
==List of Alter Ride Books==
These are twisted version of Wonder Ride Books created by Megid Generals and associated with .
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==Unused Wonder Ride Books==
These are Wonder Ride Books that have sounds programmed into the DX Seiken Swordriver but have no confirmation regarding their presence in either the show or the toyline, and exist here for completion's sake.
* Wonder Combohttps://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1dq4y1R7tx
*https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1R34y1U79h
==Behind the Scenes==
===Portrayal===
*The majority of the Wonder Ride Books are voiced by .
*The Emotional Dragon Wonder Ride Book is still voiced by Akio (for the Brave Dragon), but additionally voiced by:
** for the Rune Bright Dragon, who also voiced the vocal sections of both the Grimoire and Eneiken Noroshi.
** for the Rune Dim Dragon, who also voices the majority of the vocal sections of the Seiken Swordriver.
*Akio and Eizo still voice some parts of the Wonder Almighty Wonder Ride Book, though the story announcement (and part of the activation) are voiced by the first six Seiken riders (Saber, Blades, Espada, Buster, Kenzan, and Slash), in addition to Luna due to her being a component of the book's creation. Parts of the story announcement are specifically voiced by (in order):
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**All together: 
==Notes==
*Most famous public domain stories are used as a basis of the Wonder Ride Books' stories, but are given different titles for each story. Similarly, Wonder Ride Books based after in-continuity books like the X-Swordman and the Wonder Almighty Wonder Ride Books follow this same pattern.
*The writing on the back of the front cover of the Wonder Ride Books translates to .
* The three different types of standard Wonder Ride Books have a formula to their Transformation Page layout, and when put in the Swordriver they form a spread of the rider form.
**A Book of God Beasts' Transformation Page will always have the right arm on the left page and the Rider on the right page.
**A Book of Animals' Transformation Page will always have the Rider on the left page and the left arm on the right page.
**A Book of Stories' Transformation Page will always have a double spread of a left arm.
*The three different types of Wonder Ride Books also have a formula to their introduction stories.
**A Book of God Beasts will always begin with 
**A Book of Animals will always begin with 
**A Book of Stories will always begin with 
*In the DX version of the Swordriver, either the Brave Dragon, Lion Senki, or Lamp do Alangina Wonder Ride Books must be included for a unique multiple-book combination to happen within their respective element (Rekka, Nagare, Ikazuchi), otherwise it will result in the standard Wonder Rider announcement.https://youtu.be/2by8qrbGCW0?t=300 Any possible implication this has on the Swordriver's actual functionality in the show is unknown as such combinations have not been utilized by Saber, Blades, and Espada.
*Kamen Rider Decade is the first Legend Rider to have two different Densetsu Wonder Ride Books, the Decade Sekai Ryokouki and Decade Sekai Ryokouki Neo Wonder Ride Books.https://youtu.be/7rJm0_ItvFc?t=264https://twitter.com/DCD_GANBARIDE/status/1349189655317549056
*Although only Saber and Blades have used a Legend Wonder Ride Book, some of the Books are able to be used by them in Kamen Rider Battle: Ganbarizing for finishers.
**Saber - Wizard and Ex-Aid
**Blades - Build
**Espada - Drive
**Kenzan - Gaim
**Buster - Ghost
**Slash - Zi-O
**Saikou (Saikou Shadow) - Double and OOO
**Calibur - Zero-One
*Although Desast is a hybrid Megid of three different type books (Phantom Beast, Animal and Story), his Alter Ride Book's name is shortened to "Katsute no Shinjuu" in the Swordriverhttps://youtu.be/49kxImHrCoA?t=640 and "Jaaku Monster" in the Caliburdriver, though it would still be shortened to "(Towa no) Aku" in the Bladriver.
*The Konchuu Daihyakka and Ocean History Wonder Ride Books used by the Shindai siblings have unique designs, feature golden Spireaders, and are based on collections of animals rather than a specific one like with other Animal Wonder Books.
*Although the Ghost Ijinroku Wonder Ride Book already appeared in the other media, the Ghost Ijinroku Wonder Ride Book is the first Legend Rider Wonder Ride Book to debut in a live-action appearance.
*The TVKun Wonder Ride Book is currently the only book to not have its title in Romanji, Kanji, or a combination of both. Instead, it is written in the Wonder World Language.
*The Omni Force Wonder Ride Book is the first Wonder Ride Book to not have its title on the Cover Page.
*The Grimoire Wonder Ride Book's Story Page is slightly retooled from the Omni Force Wonder Ride Book.
*The Specter Gekikou Senki Wonder Ride Book is the first Legend Rider Wonder Ride Book to be based on a Secondary Rider. In this case, the Wonder Ride Book is based on Kamen Rider Specter.
**Although the aforementioned Wonder Ride Book corresponds to the Legend Rider category, the standard Wonder Rider announcement is used.
*Originally, the DX Specter Gekikou Senki Wonder Ride Book was incorrectly advertised with a black-colored rim for its spine, Story Page, and Transformation Page. This was later corrected to the standard gold color for Legend Rider Wonder Ride Books.
*The Decade Sekai Ryokouki Neo and Specter Gekikou Senki Wonder Ride Books are the only Legend Rider Books to show the respective Riders' final forms on the Transformation Page, with the latter being the first one to do so that is not a variant of another existing Wonder Ride Book. This is unlike the main Legend Rider Wonder Ride Books, which would still show the Legend Rider's base form on the Transformation Page even if the corresponding sword weapon shown belongs to a different form.
*Unlike the Elemental Dragon Wonder Ride Book, the Wonder Almighty Wonder Ride Book opens to its Transformation Page in the Swordriver rather than opening to the Story Page.
*The Super Hero Senki Wonder Ride Book's transformation standby is a combination of the Kaenken Rekka and 's transformation standbys. However, the finisher sound is a combination of the Kaenken Rekka's finisher sound, while retaining the Geartlinger's transformation standby.
*The Densetsu Wonder Ride Books based on Kamen Riders from the Heisei Phase 2 Era (as well as Kamen Riders Zero-One and 1) are included in the DX Toyline. The books based on the Heisei Phase 1 Era are exclusively in the SG and GP lines.
==Appearances==
==External links==
*TV Asahi's page on the Wonder Ride Books
*Bandai Toys' page on the Wonder Ride Books
*Bandai Toys' Ride Book Simulator
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