Kamen Rider Build Episode 10- "Technology Of Destruction!" Discussion
 

Faust is after the Pandora's Box! Sento & Ryuga must team up to keep this strange device safe from harm.

Hopefully we get the identity of Blood Stalk in this episode. The previews seem to show Sento asking Stalk if he is Katsuragi, but Soichi is equally plausible imo so either the trailer is hinting to his real identity or trying to bluff us and the true identity is really Soichi.

Or maybe they'll leave that question as the end of episode cliffhanger...

Part of me hopes it's Ryuga who nicks the Build Driver and uses KeyDragon but probably not. I got blueballed too hard when Hiiro was teased to becoming Ex-Aid in an episode

Still almost sure that BloodStalk is Katsuragi.
But anyway, it's time his identity is revealed. He need to have his own henshin sequence.

I suspect that the sequence may just be the same as NightRogue but with the Cobra full bottle instead.

Ep10 thoughts

- I'm happy to see Banjo fight so much out of suit. I know it will end next week. Us Kamen Rider fans know it's not the real actors being in the suit, so it's always nice to see the "real" actor doing fights choreographies too.


- I like the outcome of the "all-out battle" between the 4. BloodStalk is the only one who don't care about doing Friendly Fire. So it's satisfying to see him win.


- Didn't expect NightRogue stealing all the bottles in the end. I thought protags would take them back before the end. But I guess that's logical for Banjo being Cross-Z next week.

- Pandora Panel finally ! Can we remember it more please ? and how it is supposed to give something nice if all the slots are filled ?


- That face modification is a huge game changer !!! Anyone can be anyone else now.
It messes with Katsuragi or Souichi for being BloodStalk theories. I was 99% sure it's Katsuragi. But now, if we're talking about Face modification, now Sento isn't Sato Taro's body with Katsuragi's mind, but literally Katsuragi as a whole with a new face + wiped memories. And if so, BloodStalk can't be Katsuragi (even partly) anymore.
And that face modification thing highly reminds me of the Tablet transformation as a stick in Ep2 that Souichi did. So maybe Souichi is Stalk now ?
Eh...
Anyway, I like how the show is mysterious about it and don't reveal it easily. That episode made me think "haha I'm sure it's Katsuragi now with the 2 scientists admiring him following Stalk so easily". But then that face swap happened and reminded me of Souichi. So now i'm even less sure BloodStalk = Katsuragi than before watching Ep10.
That's nice the show messes with us a bit.
But I'm still a bit annoyed that we have so many hints he could be Katsuragi. False leads are ok, but not too much, or else if he ends up not being Katsuragi, that will feel stupid and nothing really points to Souichi being the real identity except him being not seen when Stalk is on screen

That was a really good episode from what I've seen raw. I'll have to rewatch it when the subs come out but you can tell that the show is really starting to get serious now. They didn't even narrate over the recap.

I also didn't expect that Sento would have his full bottle collection stolen by Night Rogue and Blood Stalk. How often do you see the main rider have his main means of transformation stolen by the bad guys? Can't be very often.

Regarding Omnikaiser's theory, that does open up another option. If there is some Face Modification going on then Blood Stalk could actually be Sato Taro with Katsuragi's face. That would answer the question as to what happened to Sato Taro.

Faiz, Kabuto, O's, and a few more lost their driver or gimmick before. I'm sure there are a lot more that I can't remember on top of my head. Anyway, it's probably higher than getting their driver destroy.

A nice way to get people to buy the panel merch/toy.

Faiz especially. That belt seems to have a mind of it's own and doesn't mind jumping from user to user... :D

The belts in Faiz got around more a drunk college student :lol

Sato was an idiot. Like, below street-thug levels of dense - and we haven't been shown any way for intelligence to be altered.
Sato was likely the corpse made to look like Katsuragi that Ryuga found.

It would be a twist if Sento is Katsuragi with Sento's face and blood stark is the real Sento. Since the writer introduce the face altering technology, blood stark can literally be anyone. The owner seems to be the number 1 guess by fans, but there's no upgrade for blood stark in upcoming toy scans and the owner seems to be sticking around for a while since he's part of the gang in the opening sequence. However, Sawa might be getting expose soon.

Since that episode aired the theory is now that owner is BloodStark and will steal the technology NightRogue will develop with Pandora's box (Sclash Driver) so that Banjo and himself (as Grease) will use it.
But I still find it weird... I don't want owner to be BloodStark. that's damn ugly.

Ok. Ryuga's fucking awesome. Anyone else notice Stalk pretty much went "Oh shit" and started dodging Ryuga's punches instead of tanking them?

Well, after seeing a leaked image of Katsuragi holding the Cobra full bottle and the transteam gun I'm pretty sure that him or his appearance is Blood Stalk in some way, which for me rules out Soichi as Blood Stalk unless Soichi is Katsuragi with a different face altogether which seems rather unlikely.

Do you have a link to provide please ? In PM ?
EDIT : nvm found it.

But it can also be some kind of picture coming from a presentation video, just like the build driver, to say Katsuragi made the transteam gun.

I knew it was Katsuragi. My theory was always that Katsuragi was Stalk and he gave Sento the driver to be his test subject. He's always measuring his Hazard levels to keep track of how the rider system is progressing and also giving Sento the Full Bottles.

This show is really getting good now! There's enough wild conspiracies going on to satisfy me even! I'm very excited to see Cross-Z next week too, especially after seeing Ryuuga kick so much ass this week.

the preview of next weeks episode looks really good, excited to see Rider #2.

Glad we got to see some motorcycle action this week even if it was pretty quick it was a good moment.

The Lock Bottle suit looks almost as silly as the Vacuum cleaner suit.

https://i.imgur.com/ehMQ6tu.jpg

See, Toei, now THIS is more like it! Dudes on bikes driving in serpentine patterns while random explosions go off in the background. That's the Kamen Rider I wanna see!

Oh, and also this show is on fire with its winning combination of conspiracies, political intrigue, shady underground organizations, well developed bromance, and good ol' fashioned superheroics, but, I mean, what else is new?

great screenshot.

"Dudes on bikes driving in serpentine patterns while random explosions go off in the background. That's the Kamen Rider I wanna see!"

agree. sometimes it seems they forget that second word in the title of the shower is 'Rider'.

Except if you got the belt in Faiz, that was like getting a death note.

That's just the driving test.

I'm still working out how the Pandora's box is going to benefit anyone. Because right now, it seems the Pandora's Tablet is a much better accessory to throw around.

Ryuuga is officially off the chain. I love his character, and how all out he goes every week.

I have to admit, the OP has grown on me. And did anyone notice Sento in the background of the last few seconds of the song? That must mean something!

Ryuuga is at Hazard Level 3.0! Ryuuga used Dragon Punch! It's super effective!

That motorbike action though, was beautiful! It is how Kamen Rider should be!

BloodStark's speech about science fueling war and destroying nature was excellent as it highlighted the despair of a scientist who has seen his work used for evil. Not the only question is, who is he?

Next episode, Cross!

It helps when there are less goofy side characters that doesn't really add anything interesting or memorable to the series. They're usually place in a series when there are only 1 rider leading the first quarter.

What's with all the misleading/foreshadowing Sento as katsuragi like with katsuragi mother's cooking and him admiring his research. Btw NR looks better, but Stark got a more interesting personality, but usually characters like stark will get killed early for trying to betray his superior.

Time to guess : Where is Banjou after rested at top?
Btw who secretly put tapping device under the stair ? If Misora didn't clean up laboratory, that device will continue give informations to Stark.

my guess is the reporter/spy woman.

Fantastic episode, I'm really excited to see Cross-Z in action now.

Ryuga is already the best secondary Rider we had in quite a while, and he hasn't even transformed yet!

I think so. Btw nobody notice ryuga disguise as medical assistant and push Prime Minister out of building ?

The lack of Owne's appearance r in this episode really hammers home, to me, that he is Blood Stalk. He is busy whole day long stealing and fighting.

Sento is Katsuragi with new face, altered by Blood Stalk. What needs to be done now is the explanation on the voices. Do they actually have the same voices, Sento and Katsuragi?

Night Rouge and Blood Stalk may be working together with more altruistic purposes in mind than everyone things.

I have a feeling that when Gentoku's father dies, he'll take his place and he'll take advantage of that by having the other two leaders join Faust.

Who knows, after Blood Stark's identity is revealed, he could have the Seito leader as a replaceable user.

He doesn't want them on his side. He wants to defeat them in war.

Can you share the link please?

I had that action figure when I was a kid, I loved it.

Build is SO GOOD!
I wanted to say regarding his transformaton - the full henshin is only when he's using a new bottle? Otherwise it whips right out? That would make sense and not stretch my ability to believe.

Also, Night Rogue and Blood Stalk are OBVIOUSLY the other guys in Sento's band using the face switch tech and this is all just a ploy to get record deal.