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Originally Posted by TheSituAsian187

Jack Moon is from Madan Senki Ryukendo:

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!