This Episode was definitely better than last week....but I have to say, I feel like Build's writing has gotten a bit weaker as of the debut of Genius Form.

First, Sento's attack apparently gave Evolt...Human emotions? Or did he give him a more flesh human body...? It's very confusing what he did, and if it was even on purpose. If it WAS on purpose, why?

Then there's, of course, FRICKIN GENTOKU...Seriously, just WHAT HAPPENED to this guy??? And apparently whatever is going on with him is now affecting the others? Regardless of it being a possible plot point, it's just very jarring, and just feels inappropriate for a character whose father just died recently & had to struggle with accepting his past mistakes and moving forward. (And you're NOT gonna convince me that THIS is what he was like before the Pandora Box influence)

We finally got an explanation on the Best Matches, and it's done in a pretty interesting way. It being tied to his memories of teaching Misora is pretty interesting. And I LOVE how this show revealed how every person made into a Smash was indeed people close to or involved with Sento & Ryuga in order to, of course, raise their Hazard Levels. It all makes perfect sense now, and goes to show how clever the writing for this show was. (Love the way they display this through an imagined "Movie" too, LOL)

I probably shouldn't find everything with Gentoku so funny, but the terrible outfits are great. I was pretty surprised to find myself appreciating the recap, the show is complicated enough that a refresher was nice, and the fact that the very first Smash they fought was connected to Katsuragi's father all along was a nice touch.

Perhaps it's Gentoku's way to fight depression....

No, Evolt has slowly been gaining human emotions over time on Earth, mainly because he was linked with a human for over 10 years, by the time when we first see him as Blood Stalk he had already gained humaan emotions, but they have beeen getting stronger due to the Riders and due to possessing them.

The Genius bottle is negating the nebula gas in his body though, but he did not seem specifically worried about it.

Evolt says pretty clearly what happened. He's been simply mimicking human emotions all along, and has been pretty fascinated with them. Genius gave him real ones, which makes him all the more vindictive.

Build probably has the best recap episodes I have seen in rider and sentai ever, quick, actually add a few more things to the story or helps clarify certain things, and the actors put effort into it.

Instead of blatant shitty clipshows and nothing else that recaps usually are.

Yeah, I went back and watched it again, I must have missheard it when I watched the raw vs the sub, I am not in any way shape or form capable at translating things correctly in my head at this point in time.

Though I would still say he already had emotions, just not human emotions which cannot be compared with whatever Evolt actually is. Unless the theory that is floating around about Evolt being a creature created to exterminate life.

good episode.

I lol'd..

https://i.imgur.com/uE33UZl.jpg

Really liked the explanation for the sillier, stranger bottles -- they're literally just Soichi making stupid stuff up to throw off Evolt, lol. Still leaves Santa as the slightest little enigma, mind.

Sento's dad being the final villain would, I think, bring a lot of the series' themes and his character arc full circle -- a lot of it has been about not only moving on from destructive, toxic elements of your past but also using them to build a better future. Sento's last two powerups have been great examples of this -- the Hazard Trigger was used for Rabbitrabbit/Tanktank, while his past self was used for Genius.
With how much Sento's dad has been prevalent throughout the series and his being an ally of Evolt, I can easily see the next few episodes portraying him as a shadowy third party (or, well; sixth or seventh by this point giving Build's power plays) who's been manipulating things from behind the scenes. We'll see.

I've had to pause the episode about five minutes in because I couldn't stop laughing. FASHION Gentoku is the goddamn best.