I think Build can easily be summed up with that.

Why does X happen? Reasons.

Why is the writing varying degrees of average (or good, at best), going at a breakneck pace, and with no real breathing room? Reasons.

Please don't do this again. By that I mean don't force yourself to watch something if you genuinely don't like it just because some fuckwit would get upset at you. I couldn't stand Jetman so I quit it. I can't find the motivation to watch anything Showa for longer than 3 episodes, etc. I feel it's a waste of your own precious time if you watch something you don't like. As someone who loves Build, I really think you shouldn't force yourself

the first episode really feels like that.

This Happened Then This Happens Then This Happens Then this Other Thing Happens Reasons Reasons Exposition and DONE!!
The End see you next week!

after the very first episode I caught my breath like, "WTF did I just see? ..... WTH is a Skywall?"

It really took me a few episodes to start warming up to it.

When Misora did her 'Your Idol' routine, I thought that was cute. Then when Sawa did her 'Great Escape' and was sort of whupping some ass I was intrigued. And definitely by the time we got to Grease and he was introduced I was into it.

But the beginning costumes I really disliked. The Panda, Gorilla/Diamond, Vacuum Cleaner,...it was cringey.

Luckily they really haven't been doing that in quite a while. For the most part he seems to generally be Rabbit/Tank (or a variation) now.

I like Black Hazard form a lot, I think it's really creepy looking.

It feels like they're losing steam though and the show is starting to ...flounder a little bit. It was really 'edge of your seat' for a while there, really good episodes. The one with Sento suffering from PTSD after murdering someone was (imo) amazing,..but that may have almost been the high point of the acting and story telling.

I'm not complaining though I think it's a good show. But lately I don't find myself spending all week like, "OMG what crazy sh*t is going to happen next?! I can't wait to find out!!"

See I never quite understand when people bring this up when Evolt, Blood Stalk, and "Soichi(Coffee Shop Owner)" are the same character just with different faces. In the case of "Soichi", Evolt has been in the driver seat since before the show started.

Well that's true but ever since the reveal he's Evolt and that he wants to destroy Earth he's been less entertaining of a villain, because what I loved about Stalk was how he did most of the stuff behind the scenes, manipulating entire governments. There's a LOT less of that since the reveal

I see your point, but I still feel Evolt is just as entertaining as when he was Blood Stalk/"Soichi" just in a different capacity kinda like when Brajira became the focal villain of Goseiger.

edit: I probably should mention the reason why I still find Evolt/Stalk entertaining and that mostly comes down to his generally laid-back attitude and how quick he's able rework his plans when something goes wrong.

what Annuga said, but also because Evolt has no chill and swagger.

Blood Stalk was a smooth pimp.
Coffee shop dude is a pimp,...sits down,..crosses his legs,...looks at you over his glasses while pulling a got-damn coffee maker out of his briefcase. Hahahahaha

Evolt is just,..generic bad guy. He lacks the swagger and character.

Stalk was interesting

Oh, s***, does everybody else find Evolt kinda boring, too? I haven't been in any of the Build threads for like a month now because... well, let's see, how do I put this?

It's like... I'm still enjoying the show as much as ever, and I'm also starting to get a bit tired of it? It's insanely hard to describe but what it comes to is the narrative is maybe getting a bit too crazy for my tastes. I long for the simplicity of Build just being a vigilante hero who fought monsters while solving mysteries on the side. Even though the directions the story has gone in since then have been interesting and the characters always hold it together, the current arc going on right now has been hard for me to enjoy because it's seriously called my attention to how repetitive the last few years of Rider have been in a lot of ways.

We've had the collectibles used as Dragonball-esque plot devices (see also: Ex-Aid, Ghost), additional Riders who start off as really tough bad guys before becoming way less tough good guys (see also: Ex-Aid, Ghost, Drive), the one irredeemably evil jerk Rider who shows up in the back half of the show to act as the "final boss" and thus has somewhat flat characterization (see also: Ex-Aid, Drive), some kind of vaguely apocalyptic change in the status quo that totally prevents the characters from doing anything remotely extraneous to the central plot (see also: Ex-Aid, Gaim), and so on.

I must stress that none of these story beats are inherently bad (and indeed, part of the reason they keep using them is because they work), but now that we have almost as many "Neo-Heisei" shows as we do just Heisei ones, and with Build technically being the last Heisei Rider (or is that the next guy?), I'm starting to get to a point where I want to see another huge shakeup in Kamen Rider's style on the level of Double.

I don't know how much that qualifies as a controversial opinion, or what this bold new era would look like, but that thought's been nagging at me for a while now.

I don't recall mentioning it, but I'm halfway through Ghost and I'm loving it.

Some of the users on this board have actually helped me see the better (and worst) parts of it~ :D

Dang, reading some of these comments makes me realize that I too am not as into Build as I used to be. I still think it is really great but honestly it definitely comes across as a show that would be more enjoyable if I binged it after it all aired. A lot of Rider shows drag at some point, but you don’t tend to notice it as much when you are watching at your own pace.