[Kamen Rider Die]

KAMEN RIDER BUILD SPECIAL: PRIME ROGUE



It's to Kamen Rider Build's credit that, frequently, I find myself wishing that it had less superhero fights in it. I mean, it's a superhero fighting show, so that's a sort-of dumb thing to wish, but the character scenes on this show, in this series, are so good that I don't want to have less of them.

This insane special, clearly made just for me, is a prime example. (Sorry.) I could've watched at a minimum thirteen minutes of Gentoku's fears (that are all detailed in the recap of episode 41!), Misora's irritation, nightmarish fashion shows, and petty arguments with small children. It's a testament to how funny that stuff was that the nominal reason for this special to exist, the debut of the Prime Rogue suit, felt like a distraction from what was really working. (I liked the new suit, though. The cape is perfectly timed to coincide with Gentoku's new over-the-top style, and the gold detailing is the right kind of garish. A solid upgrade.) Similarly, the whole thing about the kid needing to stop mourning his father and grow into a larger role in his family feels like it should matter more, reflect more of Gentoku's change in direction, but it's barely addressed. It felt like a special that did this other stuff because it had to, when it really wanted to be a comedic story.

So, yeah, not 100% successful as a special (it really wasn't doing anything thematically) but 110% successful as an example of how great this cast is when you let them go nuts.

PUT GENTOKU IN A KAMEN RIDER BRAIN SEQUEL YOU COWARDS