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Kamen Rider Build Episode 31- "Surging Magma!" Discussion
Ryuga is drastically outmatched but still insists on fighting Rogue to avenge his fallen love. But in the process the truth about Ryuga's relationships and his history are revealed...
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I can't believe they're brothers.
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OMG WTF!
This is how you write a good show! Everybody's role has equal billing! The secondary Rider is no longer just an accessory! GO BANJOU! BURN! Also damn, that costume design is good enough for a main character Rider! Also holy shit that transformation sequence! |
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GenmCorp's subs just came out. Basically, Sento/Katsuragi's dad was researching Banjo. |
Holy fuck that suit is so fucking great in action
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I wasn't expecting the lava dragons, but they were a cool touch. As hinted at last week, Rogue is not pleased with Namba's behavior, but they installed a kill switch to keep him in line. If they can get that thing out of him, he might actually be able to help them.
Based on some things said toward the end, it seems that Banjo is intended to be the user for Evol. The ultimate user for the ultimate rider belt. |
I have one minor nitpick with this episode. The finisher's name should be Volcanic Finish instead of Volcanic Attack. Otherwise, nice suit. The writer even made a joke out of it being literally too hot to handle.
And I kinda of knew that the Katsuragi family would be involved with Evolt/Banjou. That family has a history of meddling with stuff better left untouched. Although in this case, this was kind of justified? The endgame had started. |
Why is the Cross-Z Dragon missing from the belt in each shot this episode where Banjo is out of costume?
Like most I prefer Magma to Charge, but I think there's too much orange in the suit. I'd rather it had been more black with orange peeking out, or "erupting" in a few places. |
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Holy shit, Cross-Z Magma is such an awesome looking form. Moreso than Cross-Z Charge, it looks like a natural progression of the Cross-Z base form. It also looks like we're going to see the base form again next episode. Thank goodness the show didn't decide to just totally drop it.
I also love that Banjo Ryuga's plotline is something that would usually be reserved for the main Rider, finding out that they have altered DNA and that's what allows their power level to constantly rise. This show does a really good job of making Cross-Z feel as important to the plot as Sento, whereas most seasons make you feel like the secondary Rider is just backup. Kazumi has kind of been out-of-focus with all this stuff going on between Sento and Banjo, but by no means does it feel like he's the awkward 3rd wheel. |
I hope they do not nerf Cross-Z Magma when Genius comes around. The form just screams Power! ACHACHACHA! xD
This feels like more of Banjou's story now instead of Sento lol. Poor Gentoku...he must feel powerless with that chip in him and having to rely on Sento. Maybe our heroes can help remove it once he joins them since his goal in the end is to unite the country anyway. |
Seeing Banjo get his new power-up from Pandora's Box.
Wonder how you'd picture Sento gaining Genius Form. |
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But in a sense you're right, a little more black would have been badass. |
I have to agree with the evaluations of Cross-Z Magma, really cool looking, but I think it needed more black. I also found it too noticeable when they switched to the stunt suit, which had a matte orange as opposed to metallic undersuit, but whatever, they are just nitpicks.
So I guess Banjou is has Evolt's power or something and Blood Stalk has his mind? I'm interested to see where this goes, and with Katsuragi, or a Katsuragi, back in the picture there is a lot of potential for great moments for Sento too. |
new suit looks pretty badass. I like how the knuckle-piece plugged into the belt and split open.
Once again Grease has a jaw-dropping "blink and you'll miss it" moment of crazy jumping skills. I really like how much he jumps and rolls. Flips over the guy sideways, lands, rolls, then blocks a punch and hits the guy on the left. All in like 1 second. Grease always seems to have a truly cool "blink and you'll miss moment" in his fights. https://i.imgur.com/TO645AE.png https://i.imgur.com/qE6ySc0.png https://i.imgur.com/o0UK9P7.png https://i.imgur.com/Hu6q0Ma.png He's an incredible fighter, he just doesn't have the raw power and brutality that Dragon and Build do. Maybe that's why his fighting style is more acrobatic and evasive. Anyway I really like that all the characters from Rogue to Grease to Dragon and Build all have different fighting styles. |
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Banjo was originally human. It's just the parasite chose Banjo's foetus as a host (I guess it's easier to fuse with a still evolving lifeform than the mother herself) in the wait of the day his mind/consciousness would return. I hope Evolt is going to stay a bit longer in Souichi's body though, and that KR Evol isn't the turning point of Evolt taking over Banjo (because that will happen for sure now :/). Or else Cross-Z Magma is going to disappear quite soon :/ |
I really am loving Build's rider trio, probably my favorite right after Ghost's trio. I'm still not sure about Banjo's backstory but like I said last week, I'm willing to see where it goes. At the very least they seem to be digging into Katsuragi's family, something that I was hoping they would do ever since we found out Sento was Takumi.
Gentoku is also starting to go through his heel turn arc. If you told me this was happening 10 episodes ago, I would probably say I don't like it. However like with Kazumi's heel turn, the circumstances for it feel natural given the context of the story and characters so I don't mind it. Cross-Z Magma debut was super hot, the direction of this episode in general was on point. Seriously Toei, give Kazuya Kamihoriuchi the main director role for the next Kamen Rider series. I'm also glad someone on the sound team finally knows how to mix the inserts cause the use of Burning My Soul was great. It's such a breath of fresh air after Ex Aid's mindbogglingly atrocious use of it's inserts. |
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Remember, the queen said the Banjo was their great hope, so I think he has the potential to greatly aid either good or evil. I also doubt a name like Mad Rogue would go to a good guy. I think it more likely they find out he trying to help Sento now and force an upgrade based on Hazard that drive him completely insane so they can still make use of him, hence the name.
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So my friend made an observation:
Stalk = Cobra Cross Dragon = Fire Cross Charge = Electricity/Fire Stalk = Orochimaru Banjou = Sasuke |
Am I the only one who got yugioh vibes from this episode?
Stark just used Lava Golem on Joey- I mean Banjou. It even inflicts damage on the user. Awesome episode tho |
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Man, Cross-z Magma's debut was pretty hot!
...I'm sorry. But in all honesty, as awesome as it was, it felt equally worrying since they got the upgrade pretty much directly from Stalk. It really does feel like this was all "part of his plan" and I hope there's some way the heroes can get around this. |
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As far as secondary Riders go, I always thought Accel was one of the better ones. But Cross Z Magma just replaced that. While it won't be used for the full animation a lot the whole poured magma dragon is just pure AWESOME. I had to rewind several times just because I love that effect.
As a gimmick, Magma Knuckle isn't any worse or better than Cross Z Dragon. But for the suit? Again, one of the best secondary rider suits, and not because it's a redeco/recolor. Functionally, there's not a lot that gets in the way. The special move looks great because of it. I also like that they're not flipping to Genius so quickly. RabbitRabbit TankTank is excellent enough that you can get some good scenes. I am surprised that Hell Bros has lasted as long as it has. The other aspect I feel makes Build such an excellent series has been the direction. The scenes with Sawa and Misora looking back on Banjou's history where they appear as observers isn't anything new, but it was done so well that you feel like a part of the story. Banjou/Evol was a good way to not make him just a secondary with nothing else to offer. You might argue that Grease is that way, but there's been a lot of time given to his story and turn. Gentoku I also think could be in that same but it'll be much shorter because of how they're accelerating the Mars/Pandora main plot. Overall, each character has some form of development in this series, they're not minimized. Still the biggest equation in this is Sentou. As Katsuragi, we don't know yet why he chose to defy Faust. Or what made him turn. There are some hints in the Rogue special. But if they're going to go with a connection through his parents, then that might be part of why he made a choice to become Sentou. |
I would love to write more about this but I'm tired so: Banjou is the best secondary Rider ever and Cross-Z Magma is his best form yet.
And there's so much more going on here - Build is just an all around excellent show. |
Getting a very VERY bad feeling Banjou is going to end up having his body stolen......
And potentially be required to die to stop Evolt. |
Welp if anything happens to Banjou later...
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Ryuga’s birth kinda reminded me of that movie Prometheus. With the alien infecting the woman and her having an accelerated pregnancy.
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I thought the same thing about the "accelerated birth"...
I'm scared for Banjou, when you build up a character like that you don't have a lot of choice to make it interesting or intertaining ( even if Build proved that to be wrong with generic tropes being pushed to the next level) I fear that we will have a Body Snatcher...the other possibility would be that the Alien part inside Banjou would get into Stalk... Anyway, Build is as good as always, so it's really a joy to watch this show. |
What if, and this is just speculation, what is Sento isn't the one who builds the ultimate driver, but Utsumi instead?
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Stalk fished him out (The Golden Warrior) |
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