[Leo Novum]

Well, I'll admit one thing. Genius looks a lot better in the show than I expected. In fact, I think he has the best transformation scene of all Rider forms, with Claws Magma coming at a close second. Seeing all those bottles sliding into place was oddly satisfying.

But that doesn't change the fact that this episode leaned a bit on the mediocre side. Which is fine, by the way. You can't keep hitting home runs and sixers, every once in a while, you have to play it low to go through. And to be honest, this episode wasn't even bad mediocre; I think it's just that we, the viewers, have become accustomed to Build being on point so much that an average episode looks bad to us now.

And in spite of me calling it mediocre, I will list two things, beside the Genius transformation, that I felt were good. The first was both Katsuragi
and Utsumi raising important questions about Evolt and his driver. The second was Utsumi' actor's bad, bad acting. I mean, I don't know about you people but that Nishime Shun's levels of bad acting. Which turned it into unintentional hilarity.

So overall, not bad, could be better, will stay tuned in for the rest.