It was a good debut. Having the secondary rider as a supporting character from the beginning has really paid off, I think. I was also surprised that they didn't get the other bottles back. In most seasons, this would have happened immediately, but Cross-Z is still the only rider for now. Of course the preview for next week shows Build back in action again, so it won't last too long. I am hoping Sento will build another driver by then, although it would be a change of pace if they had to share for a while.

I also loved the scene where Ryuga has to fight without even a bottle and still managed to beat up the goons bare handed with only some minor difficulty.

That was pretty great. They did a fantastic job with developing Ryuga alongside Sento to slowly get him ready to become the secondary Rider of the season.

I love how the transformation sequence is basically two dragon-halves with an attachment to it, you can even see sculpted hinges and stuff on the back of the suit, pretty cool stuff!

They're also moving the plot along rather well, we're made to believe we know who Blood Stalk is, but I'm still not sure, the owner has suspiciously vanished from the show.

"You keep all those bottles in your pockets? How do you keep them from falling all out?"

The meta humor of Build continues to drive my fever for this show.

Also, Misora. Misora drives my fever.

Cross-Z's suit right now is one of my favorites of any KR show. The design is so fluid.

totally agree on all points. /\/\/\

I hope this is the start of Sawa joining the heroes full time and not the end of her run on the show.

I really like Kamen Rider Cross-Z and his Beat Crosser. That's all I have to contribute. Just glad Ryuuga got to transform.

And I really like that Sento can be so manipulative. He egged Ryuuga to go to the grave so that he would read the fake letter. I know it's a fake letter because how else would Kasumi know she was about to die? Answer, she didn't. The letter is a fake, written by Sento to motivate Ryuuga into becoming Cross-Z.

For the next episode, I eagerly wish for ExpressPirate Best Match.

Blood Stalk is The Owner.
Really, it's there.

Cafe Owner is really suspicious because he not seen in recent episodes.....

So, regarding his name, he is just called "Cross", right? The Z-part is completely silent?

Surprised that the Sawa subplot is progressing rather quickly. I thought she's gonna get exposed and ended up being one of the bad guys afterwards.

That would be mindblowing and clever. So far everyone points out to Blood Stalk being Sento's original body with Katsuragi's face, but if it happens to be the cafe owner it would be a clever use of red herring.