a brief word on Kamen Rider Build, the new Kamen Rider series, which I've watched with the whole polycule up to episode 5. Gravis, who doesn't like most tokusatsu we've tried to show him (with the curious exception of ToQger), is loving Build.
It's going at a breakneck pace. I'm a bit astonished by how much has happened in five episodes, compared to some series (cf. "Ghost", in which nothing much happened even by two-thirds of the season.) we get to meet the second Rider in the second episode! usually they take a bit longer to work up to that.
"Build" just oozes style, and there have been some beautiful shots and compositions. (one reason I like to watch even second-rate Kamen Rider.) also unlike the previous season Ex-Aid which was unabashedly "tropey" and fairy-tale-like with its storytelling, giving us types rather than characters, Build is going for a more personal approach, and the show's actually succeeded in making me cry a couple times.
mind you, I cry over everything