[Ape]

Watched the subs which have provided a bit more clarity on some things.

The Sclush driver was incomplete and was an ongoing project. Katsuragi never finished it but made a log for his plans nevertheless. When Soichi mentions that Sento might be able to finish what Katsuragi started he meant the Sclush driver, Sento does indeed finish the Sclush driver after writing equations on literally everything (one of the funniest scenes in the episode given you see it written on the lightbulbs and plates as well as the walls). Soichi then downloaded that finished data.

Sento has also talked about a new objective being to "expose the government". At the end of the episode Gentoku's father finds out that his son was Night Rogue all along.

Something I'm wondering now is if Sento will go back to Seito at some point and tell Katsuragi's mother that he is in fact her missing son? How would she react to knowing this? Be interesting to see if that ever happens.

[GoldenXtreme]

You have no idea how horrified I was by Over-time's release image of M. Night Shyamalan.

The actual episode was good, although I am kind of sad none of the twists have been REALLY mind blowing so far, but they way they handle them has been very well done, so I don't mind. The scene with Misora and her father in this episode was probably my favorite, and had a lot of emotional weight. I am really curious about what will happen next though, since Night Rogue seems at least temporarily out of the picture.

I'm really terrified that the next episode is the Christmas episode, and it doesn't look like it will be fluff at all. I'm never going to get over what Ex-Aid did.

[Pineapple924]

Yeah, they've been recoloring suits ever since the Hazard level Smash were introduced, what I consider more interesting is that neither Sento or Banjo try extract their essence anymore after defeating them, meaning we're probably not gonna get any more Full Bottles unless a unique monster suit comes around again.

Also Night Rouge can just sprout wings and fly now, I'm amazed there's been no word of this before since that seems like it would've been really handy in quite a few situations before this. Speaking of handy, it's neat to see that Sento remembered to use the vacuum bottle to deal with flying enemies, say what you will about the way it looks, but the arm itself has been surprisingly reliable so far.

Based on the Over-Time subs for the preview it seems like Sento is gonna have a major guilt crisis next episode, which I imagine is gonna be extra painful for him considering that he's technically wearing the very face of the last guy he scarified for the sake of his experiments.

Lastly, now that it's been revealed that Sento is Katsuragi, I kinda like the concept of Rabbit-Tank Sparkling a lot more. When trying to power up the rider system, Katuragi choose the sclash jellies, which was closer to a solid vs Sento who made a sparkling soda, which was closer to a gas.

[KaijuUltraFan]

I know it's just a show, I know it's not real,...yet when the Smash punched Misora and knocked her out I got mad and just wanted him/it dead. That is no way to treat sweet little Misora.

Digging the show. I like Night Rogues upgraded look.

"Watch the jacket! I love this jacket!"

..I still think Blood Stalk and Cross-Z are more interesting than the main Protagonist and Antagonist. Which I've personally never seen in a Rider show before that the secondary characters intrigue me more than the main characters.

[Fish Sandwich]

Great episode as usual, although at this point Build is getting so crazy with these twists and turns that I'm almost too busy being excited for the next one to even talk about the here and now. What's gonna happen to Sento? Who else is in on the conspiracy? I mean, it's awfully convenient for the series' main plot device to be safely in government hands, right? This show does a really good job at balancing out the amount of questions raised with answers given per episode. Lesser shows with a big mystery angle would just start feeling monotonous with how stingy they are about actually telling the viewer things, but Build stays light on its feet.

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The actual episode was good, although I am kind of sad none of the twists have been REALLY mind blowing so far, but they way they handle them has been very well done, so I don't mind.

Honestly I think the fact that we can all predict these twists fairly readily is just a testament to how cohesive Build has been so far. I mean, look what I had to say about all of this a month or two ago:

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- So, I'm terrible at speculation, but I'm definitely onboard the "Sento is Katsuragi" train now. Between the "If it were me" line when Sento figured out that anagram (which would be extremely slick foreshadowing given how innocuous it sounds at face value), how strangely personally he seemed to take everything that happened with Katsuragi's mother (not even just that omelette), Ryuuga's beef with Sento for defending him here (the revelation that they're one and the same would make great drama), and the talk about Sento "trying to be the person he'd want to be" (again, having that guilt thrust upon him = drama), it just seems extremely obvious. They could even do the big turn around later on in the show, where once Sento finds out who he is he gets all mopey and suddenly Ryuuga has to be the one to point out all the good he's done as Build (further playing into the general theme the show seems to have of what makes someone a hero). The narrative potential here is just too juicy. I could go on like this for a while. I'll actually be kind of angry if this ISN'T the case.

Note how basically all of that turned out to be the case, at least going off of the preview for next week, anyway. Of course it'd be great to have both, but if I had to choose between a twist that's surprising and a twist that makes sense, I'll take the latter any day.

[henshinzero]

Now that we know Katsuragi is alive.... as Sento. What will happen to Satou Taro's body?

Wonder if Faust will bring him back to life with Takumi's face and become either a Faust general or a "Dark Build".

If a Faust general, I go for a spider or... a rabbit!

[The Chaos Entity]

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Now that we know Katsuragi is alive.... as Sento. What will happen to Satou Taro's body?

Wonder if Faust will bring him back to life with Takumi's face and become either a Faust general or a "Dark Build".

If a Faust general, I go for a spider or... a rabbit!

He’s dead. He’s the body that Ryuga is accused of killing.

Taro Satou was an idiot. I really don’t know why everyone seems to think he’ll be so important.

[catwhowalks]

Even if the twists were somewhat predictable, the way this completely throw the status quo out was not. It seems unlikely that they'll be able to use the lab or even their temporary base again. Senta and Ryuga may be put into conflict over this, at least temporarily. The Prime Minister knows the truth now and may or may not help the gang. I am hoping that things don't shake out exactly as before.

[Spearichu]

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I'm really terrified that the next episode is the Christmas episode, and it doesn't look like it will be fluff at all. I'm never going to get over what Ex-Aid did.

Oh don't worry. *pulls out a Christmas themed gun* The next episode will be a sweet and happy episode. *loads the gun* Everyone will be together to celebrate the holiday like a big happy family. *shoots Misora repeatedly* Merry Christmas!

[chaos42]

this is going as i predicted and i am starting to see the pattern of starks actions. I suspect that we may see a lot of riders soon. who im not sure of but i think that the sclash driver will have several users and a mass production type rider because that is its point