History Analysis / KamenRiderBuild

!!Nanba Heavy Industries: The magical money tree

Jusaburo Nanba is actually the perfect example of the kind of sociopath who would willingly fund an organization like Shocker or Faust. He is a man with no concept of morals or empathy and is arguably the most evil person on the show since Evolt's full motivations have yet to be revealed. His existence also shows that evil organizations need sponsors. The fact that Gentoku had to keep Nanba happy or worry that he would cut off his funds was a constant concern for the organization. And the fact that Nanba dumped Faust and went to look for other business partners showed that for Nanba human life was worth less than spent ammo casings.

Blood Stalk AKA Evolt. A cosmic nightmare not unlike DJ Sagara. Hell for all we know he might be DJ Sagara. Stalk is essentially the man behind the man. The Budo of Build made even clearer in how the Evol driver uses copied forms of Build and Cross-Z similar to how Decade was originally made to be the destroyer of riders before Tsukikage decided to dispose of Tsukasa. Oddly enough Stalk is the one part that is most played straight. Also let's be honest he totally looks like Overlord Kouta when possessing Sento.

Blood Stalk AKA Evolt. A cosmic nightmare not unlike DJ Sagara. Hell for all we know he might be DJ Sagara. Stalk is essentially the man behind the man. The Budo of Build made even clearer in how the Evol driver uses copied forms of Build and Cross-Z similar to how Decade was originally made to be the destroyer of riders before Tsukikage decided to dispose of Tsukasa. Oddly enough Stalk is the one part that is most played straight. Also let's be honest he totally looks like Overlord Kouta when possessing Sento.

!!Nanba Heavy industries: The magical money tree

!!Gentoku Himuro: All for nothing

Gentoku founded Faust to unify Japan but was under the influence of Pandora's box and was for a good while just as crazy and evil as all the other people controlled by the box. The sad part is that he was right even if he didn't know the specifics. Not only was Touto in danger from its neighbors but it was in danger from Nanba industries and from Evolt who simply wants destruction on an universal scale. Of course he became a terrorist, it blew up in his face, he became a war criminal and somehow being exposed to Nebula gas turns people good again now because magical martian gas does everything in this show. His dad died and in the end Gentoku is now alone. According to previews for the upcoming sequel movie the three nations are still divided under new leaders and a new evil rider is running wild. So in the end Gentoku himself accomplished nothing. And will have to live the rest of his days with the knowledge of his misdeeds.
* Actually it wasn't truly stated that the movie happened after the series, it was only stated it happened after the civil war which ended during the series after Evolt destroyed the government of Touto, but Evolt is still out and in his last plan he's destroying Japan piece by piece. And since the series will probably end with Evolt's demise, it means everything Gentoku did wasn't completely for nothing.

Kamen Rider Build through its run goes back to it's earlier Heisei and Showa era roots for inspiration. But knowingly or unknowingly when creating the Faust organization they ended up deconstructing many of the tropes that Kamen Rider has used in its history. Even thought Faust itself was a minor speedbump a pawn in the greater scheme of things. It's influence can be felt through the series. Since this Analysis is long and stressful enough with the edit lock breathing down my neck there will be unmarked spoilers ahead for episodes 1 thru 36 of Kamen Rider Build.

Katsuragi is known as the devil's scientist who fell because he began experimenting on humans. For those who are shocked a thing to notice is that Build is not part of the Decaido mess timeline created by the Neo-Heisei series. Even Toei was aware that the Skywall was too much of an asspull so the world of Build never had riders or kaiju or anything before Build came along. He started out as essentially the Dr. Shinigami. The EvilGenius who makes monsters but after Gentoku went crazier wanted out. Obviously his associates didn't like that idea and erased his memory, swapped his face, and dragged him into a conspiracy to continue making weapons this time as Sentou Kiryu. The hero/unwitting pawn of Blood Stalk. This set up is similar to Tsukasa Kadoya/Kamen Rider Decade ironically enough. But while Decade managed to free himself in the span of a movie Sentou is constantly being manipulated. Unlike Tsukikage and Dai-Shocker who are smug asshats who can even get [[HijackedByGanon Hijacked By DiEnd]]. Stalk is a competent villain and Build is a properly written show making a genuine difference. Even when Sentou completely outwits and overpowers Stalk. Stalk still manages to turn the tables and pull out a win showing that even at the end he never escaped being Stalk's pawn.

Blood Stalk AKA Evolt. A cosmic nightmare not unlike DJ Sagara. Hell for all we know he might be DJ Sagara. Stalk is essentially the man behind the man. The Budo of Build made even clearer in how the Evol driver uses copied forms of Build and Cross-Z similar to how Decade was originally made to be the destroyer of riders before Tsukikage decided to dispose of Tsukasa. Oddly enough Stalk is the one part that is most played straight. Also let's be honest he totally looks like Overlord Kota when Possessing Sento.

!!Gentoku Himoru: All for nothing

[[Faust: Deconstructing Shocker.]]

Kamen Rider Build through it's run goes back to it's earlier Heisei and Showa era roots for inspiration. But knowingly or unknowingly when creating the Faust organization they ended up deconstructing many of the tropes that Kamen Rider has used in its history. Even thought Faust itself was a minor speedbump a pawn in the greater scheme of things. It's influence can be felt through the series. Since this Analysis is long and stressful enough with the edit lock breathing down my neck there will be unmarked spoilers ahead for episodes 1 thru 36 of Kamen Rider Build.

[[Takumi Katsuragi: From Dr.Shinigami to Kamen Rider.]]

Katsuragi is known as the devil's scientist who fell because he began experimenting on humans. For those who are shocked a thing to notice is that Build is not part of the Decaido mess timeline created by the Neo-Heisei series. Even Toei was aware that the Skywall was too much of an asspull so the world of Build never had riders or kaiju or anything before Build came along. He started out as essentially the Dr. Shinigami. The EvilGenius who makes monsters but after Gentoku went crazier wanted out. Obviously his associates didn't like that idea and erased his memory, swapped his face, and dragged him into a conspiracy to continue making weapons this time as Sentou Kiryu. The hero/unwitting pawn of Blood Stalk. This set up is similar to Tsukasa Kadoya/Kamen Rider Decade ironically enough. But while Decade managed to free himself in the span of a movie Sentou is constantly being manipulated. Unlike Tsukikage and Dai-Shocker who are smug asshats who can even get HijackedByDiEnd. Stalk is a competent villain and Build is a properly written show making a genuine difference. Even when Sentou completely outwits and overpowers Stalk. Stalk still manages to turn the tables and pull out a win showing that even at the end he never escaped being Stalk's pawn.

[[Gentoku Himoru: All for nothing.]]

[[Nanba Heavy industries: The magical money tree.]]

[[Blood Stalk: Fruit Satan.]]

[[Blood Stalk: Fruit Satan.]]

Gentoku founded Faust to unify Japan but was under the influence of Pandora's box and was for a good while just as crazy and evil as all the other people controlled by the box. The sad part is that he was right even if he didn't know the specifics. Not only was Touto in danger from its neighbors but it was in danger from Nanba industries and from Evolt who simply wants destruction on an universal scale. Of course he became a terrorist, it blew up in his face, he became a war criminal and somehow being exposed to Nebula gas turns people good again now because magical martian gas does everything in this show. His dad died and in the end Gentoku is now alone. According to previews for the upcoming sequel movie the three nations are still divided under new leaders and a new evil rider is running wild. So in the end Gentoku himself accomplished nothing. And will have to live the rest of his days with the knowledge of his misdeeds.

Katsuragi is known as the devil's scientist who fell because he began experimenting on humans. For those who are shocked a thing to notice is that Build is not part of the Decaido mess timeline created by the Neo-Heisei series. Even Toei was aware that the Skywall was too much of an asspull so the world of Build never had riders or kaiju or anything before Build came along. He started out as essentially the Dr. Shinigami. The EvilGenius who makes monsters but after Gentoku went crazier wanted out. Obviously his associates didn't like that idea and erased his memory, swapped his face, and dragged him into a conspiracy to continue making weapons this time as Sentou Kiryu. The hero/unwitting pawn of Blood Stalk. This set up is similar to Tsukasa Kadoya/Kamen Rider Decade ironically enough. But while Decade managed to free himself in the span of a movie Sentou is constantly being manipulated. Unlike Tsukikage and Dai-Shocker who are smug asshats who can even get HijackedByDiEnd. Stalk is a competent villain and Build is a properly written show making a genuine difference. Even when Sentou completely outwits and overpowers Stalk. Stalk still manages to turn the tables and pull out a win showing that even at the end he never escaped being Stalk's pawn.

Katsuragi is known as the devil's scientist who fell because he began experimenting on humans. For those who are shocked a thing to notice is that Build is not part of the Decaido mess timeline created by the Neo-Heisei series. Even Toei was aware that the Skywall was too much of an asspull so the world of Build never had riders or kaiju or anything before Build came along. He started out as essentially the Dr. Shinigami. The EvilGenius who makes monsters but after Gentoku went crazier wanted out. Obviously his associates didn't like that idea and erased his memory, swapped his face, and dragged him into a conspiracy to continue making weapons this time as Sentou Kiryu. The hero/unwitting pawn of Blood Stalk. This set up is similar to Tsukasa Kadoya/Kamen Rider Decade ironically enough. But while Decade managed to free himself in the span of a movie Sentou is constantly being manipulated. Unlike Tsukikage and Dai-Shocker who are smug asshats who can even get HijackedByDiEnd. Stalk is a competent villain and Build is a properly written show making a genuine difference.

Kamen Rider Build through it's run goes back to it's earlier Heisei and Showa era roots for inspiration. But knowingly or unknowingly when creating the Faust organization they ended up deconstructing many of the tropes that Kamen Rider has used in its history. Even thought Faust itself was a minor speedbump a pawn in the greater scheme of things. It's influence can be felt through the series.

[[Takumi Katsuragi: From Dr.Shinigami to Kamen Rider]]