Considering Kamen Rider Evol's base form is a cobra, and his name is one letter off 'Evolt', I'd agree.
Especially as the monthly TV-kun say 'Blood Stalk gets a power up next month' or something, and Evol debuts next month.

Well toy scans of the Evol Driver revealed the thing says "Ciao" so I doubt that Banjou's Evolt

Banjo's supposed to be hope according to the queen, so I doubt very much he's the bad guy.

I'm thinking we have three Martians here. The queen is dead, but possessing Missora, although she only talks over when necessary and her power is can only be used so much before it runs out.

Soichi is possessed by Evol and it seems like they both share control, given by that conversation we saw them have.

Banjo is not possessed at all, but is an actual full Martian stripped of his memories, possibly by Stalk. No idea other than that. Given that he created a bottle himself out of the ruined Dragon Jelly, he definitely has at least some Martian powers like the other two.

Some interesting new reveals for sure. Looking forward to Magma next week.

I don't think it worked this episode. After a reveal like Vernage, having the heroes discuss things with dolls and a set is out of place.

What a tweest!

So Banjo might be a martian, and Souichi is actually possessed by who appears to be Evolt (who I wouldn't be surprised if he was actually related to Vernage in some way).

Gentoku has also learned about Nanba Heavy Industries' end game and might end up defecting and forming an alliance with the other Riders.


Holy shit things are heating up fast.

https://i.imgur.com/BDJXtxG.jpg

Man, regular ol' Cross-Z, Build being "wanted", AND bike action for me to screencap? If the story wasn't still completely bonkers I'd say this was a very retro episode of Build!

For real though, remember when he used to fight monsters? Anyway, I skipped out on the last episode's thread because at this point I genuinely have run out of things to say about how amazing this show is that I haven't already said, but I did manage to come up with one new thought:

Even the things about Build I don't like, I like.

Namely, Sento pretty consistently gets a bit shafted in terms of focus considering he's the title character, which should frustrate me, but between the more ensemble story they're telling being so great, the fact that they still do give him his big moments, and the inexplicable ability of the constant tongue-in-cheek dialogue about it to actually be funny, I just can't find myself caring that much. I mean, I was calling Ryuuga the real protagonist almost right away, so in a sense I guess this is what I was asking for.

Speaking of things I was asking for, I wonder what the odds for more bike action are? Build's been following roughly the same pattern as Ghost when it comes to actual Masked Riding happening, and I'm pretty sure around episode 30 was the last time anyone was on a bike in that show, so... yeah. Maybe one last time around the finale if we're lucky.

I noticed that Banjou's transformation into Cross has a brief explosion of flame. At first I wondered if it was Stalk that burned and changed the Dragon Jelly into a new bottle or whether it was Banjou himself, since I'm also wary of twists.

Doesn't seem that way. Looks like Banjou does have some hidden power as well.

Anyway, good to see Cross back, preferred that costume design over Cross Charge. And loved that fiery explosion when he transforms.

Also additional minor detail. I think he vented off more gas than Build's own transformation.

Ghost didn't have bike action in every episode the way Build had at the beginning. I still wonder if the lack of bike usage as of late was related to money for shooting the Amazons movie (since Build is the first show in years to feature the bike so heavily).

I agree that if the bike doesn't appear regularly again, we'll likely see it in the movie and near the finale, as well as any more specials in the works.

Not sure what is the big hoohah over the bike. Its not like Wizard or Fourze or OOOs where the vehicle plays a part in the Rider's powers.

I don't think the story suffers from a lack of bike.

Because the show's called Kamen Rider, not Kamen Walker. The Bike used to be traditionally a major part of the show.