Kamen Rider Build
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sunako_yue10 years ago, the “Pandora Box” was found on Mars. On Earth, it created walls that divided Japan into Touto (Eastern Capital), Hokuto (Northern Capital) and Seito (Western Capital) and brought along the Smash, unidentified life forms that attack people.
Sento Kiryu, prodigy physicist, transforms into Kamen Rider Build to fight the Smash.
The Touto government requests his help in deciphering the mystery behind the Pandora Box and the Smash. There is one mystery not even Sento can solve: his own past. The only memory he has left of more than 20 years is the existence of a sinister figure called, Knight Rogue. There is one man who holds the key to Sento’s memories. A prison escapee by the name of Ryuga Banjo, who adamantly denies committing the murder he is accused of. Misora Isurugi who works with Sento, has the ability to purify the harmful components the Smash are made of.
Sento transforms into Kamen Rider Build in order to uncover the mystery surrounding the Pandora Box, the Smash and his amnesia. (MDL-2017)
My first complete Kamen Rider series. Technically my 2nd, but I didn't finish KR Kuuga due to the lack of subs. As of now, I completed all kind of Japanese series: Taiga, Asadora, Tokusatsu Sentai and Tokusatsu Kamen Rider besides the "normal" dramas.
There are so many KR that I didn't know where to start; luckily here comes my sweet boy Akaso Eiji and the choice was decided. From the very beginning I thought the transformation was ridiculous (sorry for all the fans!). And not in a cute way, but in a cringey way. It is not a ridiculous but nice way like Sentai Kyoryuger and I thought I would warm towards it but never did. The shaking of the bottles + spinning the pull... nope, totally lame.
I did like Sento and Misora; he was geeky and a dork with lots of self-esteem but although he is looking to save everyone, he wasn't a saint. Nor a fool. And Misora, one of the 2 only girls in the whole series, wasn't useless at all nor a mere doll. As for Banjou Ryuga, he looked like a cute ball full of anger :D super cute of course, but his temperament made cute Eiji overact. I did notice he talked a bit like Banjou when he played Adachi, like a yankee would. Is he a yankee type IRL? That cute little boy??
I also liked the costumes of KR Build, half and half. And I loooved his mismatched shoes, how geeky is that? I totally want to wear mismatched Converse shoes right this moment.
What I didn't like was that one day X person was your enemy and responsible for the death of your beloved one, and then the next day that same X person became your ally. And this happens throughout the whole series, it is like all of them are double spy. The nice people forgive too easily as well; hello, that guy was the one who killed your girlfriend/friend, now you are friends??
I also never truly felt the friendship or comradeship between all characters. Did they truly care for each other?
The ending was to like Sailor Moon the anime S1! I couldn't believe it; at least Sento and Banjou keep being friends...
I thought KR was going to be like a Sentai series: goofy, fun, with fights and everything, yes, but not that dark! This KR has a whole war going on, between all 3 parts of Japan and then against Evolt. Then all of them with their secret personalities/double personalities, etc. So while the story was darkish, it didn't match at all the more childish costume + transformation.
I watched the first 30 episodes or so in normal speed, but for the last 20 or so I used the 1x5 speed :(
**My rating: 5/10**
Sento Kiryu, prodigy physicist, transforms into Kamen Rider Build to fight the Smash.
The Touto government requests his help in deciphering the mystery behind the Pandora Box and the Smash. There is one mystery not even Sento can solve: his own past. The only memory he has left of more than 20 years is the existence of a sinister figure called, Knight Rogue. There is one man who holds the key to Sento’s memories. A prison escapee by the name of Ryuga Banjo, who adamantly denies committing the murder he is accused of. Misora Isurugi who works with Sento, has the ability to purify the harmful components the Smash are made of.
Sento transforms into Kamen Rider Build in order to uncover the mystery surrounding the Pandora Box, the Smash and his amnesia. (MDL-2017)
My first complete Kamen Rider series. Technically my 2nd, but I didn't finish KR Kuuga due to the lack of subs. As of now, I completed all kind of Japanese series: Taiga, Asadora, Tokusatsu Sentai and Tokusatsu Kamen Rider besides the "normal" dramas.
There are so many KR that I didn't know where to start; luckily here comes my sweet boy Akaso Eiji and the choice was decided. From the very beginning I thought the transformation was ridiculous (sorry for all the fans!). And not in a cute way, but in a cringey way. It is not a ridiculous but nice way like Sentai Kyoryuger and I thought I would warm towards it but never did. The shaking of the bottles + spinning the pull... nope, totally lame.
I did like Sento and Misora; he was geeky and a dork with lots of self-esteem but although he is looking to save everyone, he wasn't a saint. Nor a fool. And Misora, one of the 2 only girls in the whole series, wasn't useless at all nor a mere doll. As for Banjou Ryuga, he looked like a cute ball full of anger :D super cute of course, but his temperament made cute Eiji overact. I did notice he talked a bit like Banjou when he played Adachi, like a yankee would. Is he a yankee type IRL? That cute little boy??
I also liked the costumes of KR Build, half and half. And I loooved his mismatched shoes, how geeky is that? I totally want to wear mismatched Converse shoes right this moment.
What I didn't like was that one day X person was your enemy and responsible for the death of your beloved one, and then the next day that same X person became your ally. And this happens throughout the whole series, it is like all of them are double spy. The nice people forgive too easily as well; hello, that guy was the one who killed your girlfriend/friend, now you are friends??
I also never truly felt the friendship or comradeship between all characters. Did they truly care for each other?
The ending was to like Sailor Moon the anime S1! I couldn't believe it; at least Sento and Banjou keep being friends...
I thought KR was going to be like a Sentai series: goofy, fun, with fights and everything, yes, but not that dark! This KR has a whole war going on, between all 3 parts of Japan and then against Evolt. Then all of them with their secret personalities/double personalities, etc. So while the story was darkish, it didn't match at all the more childish costume + transformation.
I watched the first 30 episodes or so in normal speed, but for the last 20 or so I used the 1x5 speed :(
**My rating: 5/10**
