GODDAMN i loved this episode. the build (sorry) to the reveal was EXCELLENT

There was always something off about owner, as he was conveniently in the right place with the right stuff, and his astronaut history didn't explain why he had a cafe with a secret lab and all that isht

But when Sentou got the call and the camera caught owner from the back, slightly stiffening up at the news . . . you knew. We all knew, dammit. The only question was whether Sentou knew (yet)

Then they slowly lifted the curtain, the whole time Sentou NOT WANTING IT DAMMIT . . . but nonethless coming to the inevitable conclusion that his ass got played the whole damn time by his homeboy. Goddammit.

we gotta talk about that Cross-Z & Build fight against Stalk. I LOVE when a rider series shifts to interior battles - the closer quarters always make it seem grittier, more intense. Henshin and form changes get quicker, the battlefield more intimate. Thats when you know - F- the toy sales, we're ready to get down with it.

They enter the pandora's box room, the camera pans to Stalk, we get some lower angles we don't normally get, and whooo boy stalk kicks their asses at first. Then sentou pulls out the ace and its all gut punch from there. goddam

i fucking love this show

Blood Stalk being the owner makes him less cool to me. Booo.