Y'know, only the best toku ever.

Onto Buildowa.

I thought it was a good opener. I think the Build Driver is both ridiculous and has probably the longest, goofiest henshin sequence in Rider history - so, obviously, I LOVEET. Build, despite having a nominally more traditional design than Ex-Aid, feels even MORE plastic-y than that which, of course, makes sense with the toy motif.

So, being that Sento created Build and neither of the villainous Riders have comparable drivers, this appears to be a "one Rider, one secondary Rider" show with the other guys not strictly being Riders. Maybe?

The plot seems like it's seeded a lot of fertile ground, making me a bit less worried, so that's good. The fact that all attendees at the disaster were "changed" is big. I love that the Smash monsters are transformed humans. I have a feeling that it was Sento who slapped the box. The Walls are gonna get a lot of use, I'm thinking. Glad to see my theory of Toei taking elements of popular culture was borne out (the walls are remenicent of Attack on Titan).

The "science friction" of the henshin and Rider kick with the physical equations floating through the air is freaking bizarre and will take some extra disbelief suspension, though this is a part of most neo-Heisei era shows for me. I typically roll with it after a few episodes (see: LVL1 mode Ex-Aid).

The CGI - if they're going to get that goofy on the CGI, I say take it to the extreme with the bike fight nonsense!

It just dawned on me - Sento is a neo-Heisei Rider in a Heisei Rider plot. This should get interesting!

So an Evil version of Ren?

Im kind of confused on how I feel about it. I feel like they spent too much time with shots of people looking at pandoras box, build shaking bottles, talking about his amnesia, and talking about the wall. That and I feel the name of the episode to feel odd as there is almost no real chemistry between any characters so far. I can tell you nothing about any of them that I didn't know before I watched it. So far the cast in my mind is Build, escaped prisoner guy, a reporter, a government worker who might be the bad guy, a guy who likes to use french and runs a cafe where build sleeps in the fridge, evil unicorn batman, and some sleepy girl who powers a microwave that lets build use smash juice.

It has a lot of good bits and seems promising but so far my opinion of Kamen Rider Build is some assembly required.

See, that sounds great!

Well, if you liked Wizard, then yes, this is your jam.

My only gripe is the hair thing. It's like Yossha Lucky. Just annoying enough for me to want to set fire to something.

What I liked is that they got right into the action. No origin moments just yet. Just bang, he made the belt and tech and he's going with it.

Sounds like this show might get a little.....formulaic.

Well, it only took three series to get you there. You're welcome. :p

I got some SERIOUS W vibes from the entire thing.

The fact that they actually did use a slope equation to do the rider kick is some kind of awesome. Fighting with Maths!

Defined this episode in three sentences.

Build has serious story since beginning. I think Build first episode is more serious than Ex-Aid first episode.

I really curious about origin of Rabbit and Tank Full Bottles. Before first episode, I think Sento already has Rabbit, Tank, Lion, Cleaner, and Gorilla Full Bottles.

I love Build and his science finisher :D

Hmm...I has feeling Ryuga will be become Smash. What if Ryuga unconsciously turned into Smash in future episodes?

I was impressed with this first episode in a way I haven't been since Wizard. That Sento is a little arrogant delights me and partially makes up for his cartoon hair. This episode felt to me like it gave him more of a discernible personality than the last couple of Riders did when they debuted.

I'm also very excited by the relationship between Sento and... um... Claws. (I'm behind on learning names.) A lot of the secondary Rider relationships I've seen have felt samey to me, and I like that Claws is inherently tied to the larger plot and he's around in the first episode.

I'm a little puzzled; do we have an official Romanization for KnightRogue/NightRogue/Night Rogue/NitRogue? I thought it was the latter, which seemed bizarre to me until I realize it might not be "night" and "rogue" but rather wordplay of "nitro" + "rogue."

The setup of a range of mysteries really worked for me. Like many others, I suspected Sento opened the Box, but it sure didn't look like Sento under that cap. Also, I realized that the show did a blink-and-you'll-miss-it on what's certain to be a major plot point, which is that people immediately present when the Pandora Box opened underwent severe personality changes.

Now, let's see, Goatee-Administrator and Underling were both there, right? I'm having trouble imagining a scenario in which Goatee-Administrator isn't Nitrogue. His final scene of the episode definitely screamed "villain." What kind of personality alteration did *he* undergo?

(Of course, if Sento was the box-opener, maybe he's also experienced a dramatic personality change.)

The only thing that didn't totally thrill me was the fight sequences. The Drill Crusher may have replaced the SunglassSlasher and the Gashacon Breaker as my least favorite modern Rider weapons.

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Looks to be Night Rogue.

According to a Ganbaride card, it's Night Rogue. And he sounds like a Dahlek

For me, nothing will ever be worse than whatever that giant plastic thing that Specter and Necrom used. I miss the days when Toei tried to make Rider weapons look at least a little bit realistic and not like obvious toys.