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Kamen Rider Build - Season 1

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12
Season 1
September 3, 2017
Wokeometer Rating
2Based
0/10
Audience Woke Score
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TL;DR Verdict

Kamen Rider Build sticks to classic tokusatsu action with Sento Kiryu battling evil organizations for a world of love and peace, earning a low 2/10 woke score by focusing purely on redemption and alliances instead of any political messaging.

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Detailed Analysis

Kamen Rider Build Season 1 follows the traditional tokusatsu formula of an amnesiac genius named Sento Kiryu who transforms into the titular Rider to battle Smash monsters created by the Faust organization.

The story centers on his memory recovery, alliances with characters like Ryuga Banjo and Kazumi Sawatari, and conflicts involving the Pandora Box, a divided Japan into Touto, Hokuto, and Seito regions, and the alien Evolto. Core themes revolve around personal redemption, friendship, proxy wars, and the repeated mantra of fighting for a 'world of love and peace' against war-profiteering villains and cosmic nihilism, all drawn from longstanding franchise traditions of heroic sacrifice and good-versus-evil battles. Casting adheres to franchise norms with Japanese actors in roles justified by plot, such as Misora's powers linked to Pandora Box exposure and Sawa serving as an investigative journalist, without any race or gender swaps of established figures or forced diversity elements.

Themes of civil war and villainous fascism align with classic heroic ideals rather than activist critiques of patriarchy, capitalism, or social norms. The series maintains a focus on defeating evil organizations and aliens through personal growth and alliances, avoiding any systemic oppression narratives as central drivers and preserving the entertainment value of straightforward sci-fi action.

Key Factors

  • Traditional sci-fi tokusatsu storytelling focused on personal redemption, friendship, and defeating evil organizations/aliens with no identity politics or systemic oppression narratives as central drivers
  • Casting and characters follow franchise norms with Japanese actors in roles justified by plot (e.g., Misora's powers tied to Pandora Box exposure, Sawa as investigative journalist); no race/gender swaps of established figures or forced DEI elements
  • Themes of civil war, fascism in villains, and 'love and peace' align with classic heroic ideals rather than activist critiques of patriarchy, capitalism, or norms; academic readings note Japanese remilitarization allegory but this remains domestic and non-progressive

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Is Kamen Rider Build - Season 1 Woke?

We've run a full content analysis on Kamen Rider Build - Season 1 and scored it 2/10 on the woke scale. Read our detailed breakdown above to see exactly what we found.

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What kind of woke content is in Kamen Rider Build - Season 1?

Our analysis checks for themes like identity politics, race-swapping, gender ideology, environmental activism, anti-religious messaging, and other progressive agenda elements. The score breakdown above shows which specific categories were flagged and how heavily they factor into Kamen Rider Build - Season 1's overall score.

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Top Cast

Atsuhiro Inukai
2Based

Atsuhiro Inukai

Sento Kiryu / Kamen Rider Build

Eiji Akaso
2Based

Eiji Akaso

Ryuga Banjo / Kamen Rider Cross-Z

Kensei Mikami
2Based

Kensei Mikami

Gentoku Himuro / Night Rogue / Kamen Rider Rogue

Kaho Takada
2Based

Kaho Takada

Misora Isurugi

Kouhei Takeda
2Based

Kouhei Takeda

Kazumi Sawatari / Kamen Rider Grease

Tetsuo Kanao
2Based

Tetsuo Kanao

Evolto / Blood Stalk / Kamen Rider Evol (voice)

Yasuyuki Maekawa
2Based

Yasuyuki Maekawa

Soichi Isurugi / Blood Stalk / Kamen Rider Evol

Yuki Ochi
2Based

Yuki Ochi

Nariaki Utsumi / Night Rogue / Hell Bro's / Kamen Rider MadRogue

Yukari Taki
2Based

Yukari Taki

Sawa Takigawa

Katsuya Kobayashi
2Based

Katsuya Kobayashi

Build Driver / Nebulasteam Gun / Genius Fullbottle (voice)

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