[Switchblade]

Really liked this finale. It wasn't incredibly surprising, based on all the guesses people here have been posting for the last week, but it still worked. I'm a big fan of pyrrhic victories in my Kamen Rider - it's why Black and Blade are probably my two favorite endings. I really like that Sento won, but ended up in a world where he didn't belong (it's kind of a pity there was no version of Katsuragi running around to really drive that home). It again reminds me a lot of Blade or most of the Showa series where the hero ends the series by wandering off into the world and leaving his friends and allies behind.

But then Banjou showed up as a second survivor and we got some more of the characters' great chemistry. That made the ending a little less bittersweet but it still really worked for me.

As far as the fight goes, I really liked the last battle with Evolt, especially when Sento started regressing through older power-ups. I honestly don't remember seeing anything like that before. I know some shows (I'm pretty sure Gaim did this) reused all the old suits as part of a ramping up of power, but I don't think I've seen a Rider show burn out the stronger powers and start reverting to the weaker forms. I really dug that part of the final battle.

In all, I think Build ended up being a really good show. I don't know where I'd rank it overall compared to the other shows I've seen (at least not this shortly after it ended), but it's probably pretty high on the list. I do agree that it started lagging a little bit in the late 30s/early 40s, but I never got to a point where I felt the show wasn't still really good. I'm excited for Zi-O, but I will definitely miss Build.