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Kamen Rider Build
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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.
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.
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