[DreamSword]

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Originally Posted by Sh Ranger

There is a reason, it's just poorly explained and seemingly contradicting, unless you have a firm grasp on how nebula gas reacts to Hazard Level. Anybody with a level lower than 3 exposed to the gas is corrupted, so Gentoku raising his Hazard Level to get stronger had the ironic side effect of negating the same corruption that motivated him to get stronger. Just like Mutsuki trying to use King Form.

Maybe I'm misremembering, but wasn't it established that you at minimum had to have a Hazard Level of 3 to use Blood Stalk and Night Rogue?

But whatever, if that's the explanation they wanna go with, then sure I guess.

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Rare? One of Build's major appeals for a lot of people is the juxtaposition between dark drama and humorous character interactions. I can't recall a single episode of this show where there isn't some kind of joke or someone goofing around. This also fits in to the philosophical question of how such a fragile ideal as love and peace can survive in a world filled with war and suffering. The fact that our tragic heroes always bounce back from despair and continue to enjoy the little happiness in their lives is a sign of their resilience! Maybe the specific type of humor isn't for you, but I have to disagree that the humor is misplaced in this show.

I'd say rare yes. Outside of the intro bits every episode, it seems that about 98% of every given episode is filled with angst or war drama. The only exceptions really being the first few episodes, but that very quickly goes away. It's another reason why the character building of Grease and the Crows sticks out to me so much; It was a surprisingly light moment in a show filled with drama and existential dread.

I suppose that's also why Blood Stalk/Evolto stands out so much in comparison to everyone else, really.

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"Cool" is a very inappropriate adjective to describe Cross-Z Magma, haha. I like the design, but I think it should've kept a little more of Cross-Z Dragon's original navy color. Grease's motif is robot, basically a type of computer, which react badly to high temperatures, so that's probably why Cross-Z is the one who gets the fiery power-up instead as dragons are known for their impressive magma-proof scales. It's not like Ryuuga isn't hotblooded as well, so I think it suits him just fine.

That makes sense. If nothing else, I am glad that Magma's' main weapon is a knuckle. It was so odd to me that Base Cross-Z gave a sword to the guy who's supposed to be a pro boxer.