[Leo Novum]

I'll be frank. This episode was good but compared to the previous episode, it falls short. That is an unfair comparison to make considering that ep21 set the bar quite high, perhaps even too high, but I can't help but make comparisons to it.

There is also the fact that the entire fight was too full of CGI and lacked choreography as the riders were fighting in a limited space. Once again, not something that should irk me but it does.

And on the story side of things, Sento forcing the kill button on to Misora was kind of a jerk move. This comes across as even more insensitive considering that Sento of all people should know the toll murder takes on the psyche. Him claiming that Misora shares responsibility in creating Build rings a bit hollow to me since Misora was essentially tricked by Stalk into purifying the Fullbottles.

But man oh man, considering the fact that Stalk managed to single-handedly take down an entire country and raise the stakes to heights never seen before, I would say this episode was worth it.

Oh, and Kamen Rider Rogue (The Phantom of the West) does look cool, I guess. His overall design is a lot more vicious as compared to NightRogue. And NightRogue looked vicious to begin with.