[Daikaijuman54]

Sento and Banjo are an iconic duo, right up there with Laurel and Hardy, Abbot and Costello, and R2-D2 and C-3PO.

First off, I'd like to talk about the Armor Times. I honestly adore the use of the gimmick items being a part of the suits, it's such a dumb, yet ironically cool, both in terms of design and the fact that it really feels as though Zi-O and Geiz are basically inheriting their powers quite literally.

To swing back on my previous nitpick on the Another Riders' designs, this is what I mean about kind of wishing they had some influence from their Kaijin on their designs (one such example I'll bring up later in the thread). Nothing against the designs, and the personalities of their respective monsters does shine through, but I kind of wish we got some of Decade's flair with the designs, like the new ones that fit perfectly within the series and world they were a part of.

This episode is also where I was finding Sougo gradually growing on me, where he inherits Build's powers, from fuddling Sento's catchphrase to summoning the floating text, which all reads a bunch of dumb stuff like "the alphabet," "I learned this in 3rd grade," 2+2=4," just love how adorkable he is, and how Sento and Banjo react to it.

And of course, I haven't forgotten about Die's boy, Geiz. Now I knew from the trailers, exactly what he was going to be like, and that's not a bad thing in the least, heck, being a on-track mind about beating the guy who's going to be come King of the World, to even infiltrating his school to observe him, I can't dislike him, even if he was the old "I'll beat you, but I might as well wait until the time is right" kind of person, I do like him, plus his suit and jingle are great, and that's enough to sell him for me.