[Ape]

Got round to seeing the subbed version.

Honestly this episode was kind of by the numbers. The explanation as to what happened in regards to Katsuragi's "murder" was pretty much what we expected for the most part although the two parts I don't think we were aware of was Katsuragi's desire to quit Faust and the fact that Sento's memory had been erased BEFORE he was even exposed to the Nebula Gas.

There's something going on with Soichi which I don't think we will necessarily get answers to for a while, then again this show has never left a mystery hanging for too long.

While how this episode played out was kind of predictable, it was a necessary episode just to get the war arc going and up the stakes from 2018 onwards. 2017's section of Build was a good show, but it seems like it's focus is switching when it comes back in January and the addition of the Sclash driver and a new rider is probably going to change how this show feels going forward, at least for now. We're getting Cross-Z Charge and Grease as soon as the new year arrives and given we know Gentoku has been responsible for being the trigger of war in the first place it's likely he will employ the rider system not before too long and use the Crocodile full bottle in some capacity.

Just have to hope that amidst a war the plot can find ways to still be engaging for another 30 episodes at least.