Great episode, I liked the fighting a lot. Even though Grease has (sort of) been getting his ass kicked lately I like that his form has stayed the same the entire time. I like the character and like the look of his Rider form.

Whereas Banjo, while all his forms look pretty good, it's inconsistent. He's had what? Like six forms now?

Looks like Rogue gets an upgrade next episode too.

I like that idea

One of the things I have always loved about Build is its approach to mystery and personality. For a tokusatsu show aimed at kids for the sake of selling merchandise, it can show surprising depth. Which is why I disliked the cosmic scale Evolt represented.

Let me be clear, I don't hate Evolt and the threat he represents. In fact, it was inevitable for the show to go at this scale. It is a Rider staple after all. But I always loved the mystery aspect of this show a lot more.

Which is why I like the fact that Kiryuu Sento has originality wise become Katsuragi Takumi. It has now beautifully married the two subplots together. And it is fitting that Katsuragi Takumi step into the endgame of killing Evolt, finishing what he started.

Of course, Kiryuu Sento's personality will be back. I don't doubt it. But it would be nice that Katsuragi Takumi be forced to reconcile with his memories as Sento and become an amalgam of both.

One last thing, I love how quickly Gentoku admitted that he became head of the science division through nepotism. Just shows that good old Himuro Taizan wasn't the goody-two shoes that he pretended to be.

By upgrade, do you mean Mad Rogue? I mean...From the gesture, it doesn't look like to be the same Rogue as Gentoku....

Summaries confirm that this is indeed the case.

The 2-in-1 Rider ;)

Watching Banjou get beaten to a bloody pulp and still run back to punch Evolt despite not being able to transform was cool as hell. I keep going back and forth on if he is my new favorite secondary Rider (my current favorite is Kagami from Kabuto), and this definitely gives him a few more points in that ongoing competition.

I liked the episode, even if Great Cross-Z seems a bit random. The design was very cool, it was a simple but elegant change for the base Cross-Z suit and I wouldn't mind seeing more of it. Considering how HOT the Magma form is I imagine that will be the case. The upcoming bit with Katsuragi intrigues me, there are a lot of interesting things the writers could do there!

Well that's one way to stop your arch nemisis from going into the building where his most desired artifact is being held, levitate the entire building and take it somewhere else... I hope that change is permanently in effect for the rest of the series as it would be a bit silly if all of a sudden the café was back to where it was originally as soon as next episode.

Still enjoying this series quite a bit actually. Though I suspect Bandai's change of plans regarding what they were going to sell may have affected how the end of the show is playing out and Evolt having the solutions to everything is starting to feel like an easy way of making sure that he still seems a threat and still getting what he wants. I do like how he used the tripe rider kick finisher from Grease, Cross and Rogue to recharge the Evol Trigger though.

*gasp!*

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Enjoyed the episodes noticed some problems but I am just hoping these are the natural hiccups a rider series can have just all pushed closer together. Just hope there are very little to no more hiccups from now to the end.

Also why the hell do people keep thinking Gentoku will become Mad Rogue? Hopefully not just because rogue is in the name because that would be stupid since you never saw Wataru become Dark Kiva or Tendou become Dark Kabuto just because they have similar names.

Idk if it's because of some of our expectations become too high because I remembers exaid, Gaim, and many others started strong, but quite a few of us find the final arc to its ending doesn't feel right. I guess that same with star war fans feel about the last Jedi. People love fan service and things to go a certain way, but maybe not too overly cliche and predictable. also, definitely not like the Taisen movies, but good in a way like the infinity war. Rider series like drive suffer from a drought of fillers and overly stretch out plot devices waiting to be resolve, but the second half was amazing because we start to lose expectation.