Melon Arms

This article is about a set of alternate forms in Kamen Rider Gaim.

Melon Arms
Item Information
Type	Rider Form
User(s)	Kamen Rider Zangetsu (primarily)
First Appearance	Certain Kill! Pine Kick!
Latest Appearance	Kamen Rider Zangetsu: -Gaim Gaiden- Full list of appearances

"Melon Arms: Authorized by providence! (天下御免, Tenka Gomen)"

―Transformation announcement^[src]

Melon Arms (メロンアームズ, Meron Āmuzu) is an alternate honeydew melon-based armored Japanese Samurai form of Armored Riders. Accessed through the Melon Lockseed, this form's Arms Weapon is the Melon Defender, while the helmet the Rider wears is the Melo Kabuto (メロウカブト, Merō Kabuto, lit. "Melo Helmet") with the Pulp Eye (パルプアイ, Parupu Ai) visor. While it is the default form of Armored Rider Zangetsu, it can also be used by other Riders.

Users

• Armored Rider Zangetsu
  • Takatora Kureshima (Main user; Gaim Episodes 2, 4, 9, Sengoku Movie Battle, 10, 11, Gaim Gaiden: Duke, 27, 36, Movie War Full Throttle)
  • Masahito Shizumiya (Kamen Rider Zangetsu: -Gaim Gaiden-)
• Armored Rider Baron (Kamen Rider Gaim Hyper Battle DVD: Fresh Orange Arms is Born!)
• Armored Rider Ryugen (Kamen Rider Gaim Hyper Battle DVD: Fresh Orange Arms is Born!)

Zangetsu Melon Arms

Baron Melon Arms

Ryugen Melon Arms

Arms Change

• Kamen Rider Gaim
  • Jimber Ride Wear
  • Kachidoki Ride Wear
  • Kiwami Ride Wear
  • Ride Wear (Drive Arms ver.)
• Kamen Rider Ryugen Yomi
• Kamen Rider Zangetsu
  • Ride Wear (Watermelon Arms ver.)
• Kamen Rider Gridon
• Kamen Rider Kurokage
• Kamen Rider Bravo
• Kamen Rider Knuckle
• Kamen Rider Bujin Gaim
• Kamen Rider Mars
• Kamen Rider Kamuro
• Kamen Rider Zangetsu Shin
• Kamen Rider Duke
  • Ride Wear (Dragon Energy Arms. ver)
• Kamen Rider Sigurd
• Kamen Rider Marika

Gaim Melon Arms

Gaim Melon Arms with Kiwami Arms base

Ryugen Yomi Melon Arms

Gridon Melon Arms

Kurokage Melon Arms + Musou Saber

Knuckle Melon Arms

Bujin Gaim Melon Arms

Duke Melon Arms

Zangetsu Shin Melon Arms

Sigurd Melon Arms

Marika Melon Arms

Mars Melon Arms

Kamuro Melon Arms

Weapon

• This form's Arms Weapon is the Melon Defender.

Melon Defender

Lockseed

Melon Lockseed (locked & closed)

Melon Lockseed (unlocked & opened)

Finishing attacks

• Melon Musou Zan
• Melou Blast

• Melon Musou Zan (メロン無双斬, Meron Musō Zan, lit. "Melon Unrivaled Slash"):: After Zangetsu activates his Sengoku Driver's Squash function, he charges the Musou Saber with melon-shaped energy before slashing the enemy.

Melon Squash: Melon Musou Zan

• Melou Blast (メロウブラスト, Merou Burasuto): After Zangetsu activates his Sengoku Driver's Squash function, he throws his Melon Defender charged with maskmelon slice-shaped energy at the enemy. He delivers a lime green energy slash with the Musou Saber, and stabs the enemy in the chest. A apparition of maskmelon rind explodes on the enemy before they themselves explode.

Melon Squash: Melou Blast (Step 1: Throwing Melon Defender)

Melon Squash: Melou Blast (Step 2: Maskmelon slice-shaped projection)

Melon Squash: Melou Blast (Step 3: Slash)

Melon Squash: Melou Blast (Step 4: Stabbing enemy in the chest)

Melon Squash: Melou Blast (Step 5: Explosion and apparition of maskmelon rind)

Notes

• Melon Arms' transformation announcement is based on tenka gomen, the Japanese term for the concept of the Mandate of Heaven; it is also a pun on "tenga" (瓜), the Japanese word for melon.
• Despite the Melon Arms being Zangetsu's standard form, it was only utilized a few times throughout Kamen Rider Gaim, due to Takatora abandoning his Sengoku Driver for a Genesis Driver early in the show, and briefly reappeared only to be destroyed by Mitsuzane after having stolen his brother's Genesis Driver.
• In Fresh Orange Arms is Born!, both Baron and Ryugen turn down this form because:
  • Baron claimed that he doesn't need a giant shield and that he only needs to attack in battle.
    • Coincidentally, in Gaim Gaiden the weapon that he uses when he assumes Ringo Arms is a shield, along with a sword.
  • Ryugen felt embarrassed to use the same form that his brother uses.
    • Coincidentally, Mitsuzane was able to assume the Zangetsu Shin form, another rider form that Takatora uses.

Appearances

• Kamen Rider Gaim
  • Episode 2: Certain Kill! Pine Kick!
  • Episode 4: Birth! The Third Rider is Grapes!
  • Episode 9: The Monster Inves Capture Battle!
  • Gaim Gaiden: Kamen Rider Duke
  • Kamen Rider Gaim: Sengoku Battle Royale
  • Episode 10: Rider Great Assembly! Revealing the Mystery of the Forest!
  • Episode 11: The Truth Behind the Christmas Game
  • Gaim Gaiden: Kamen Rider Duke
  • Episode 27: When You Know the Truth...
  • Episode 32: The Strongest Power! Kiwami Arms (Armor only)
  • Episode 33: Beat Riders' Great Gathering (Armor only)
  • Episode 36: Brother's End! Zangetsu vs. Zangetsu Shin!
• Kamen Rider Gaim Hyper Battle DVD: Fresh Orange Arms is Born!
• Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider Drive & Gaim: Movie War Full Throttle
  • Kamen Rider Gaim: Advance to the Last Stage