Beat Closer

This article is about a weapon in Kamen Rider Build.

Beat Closer
Item Information
Type	Sword
User(s)	Kamen Rider Cross-Z
First Appearance	Burning Dragon
Latest Appearance	Build NEW WORLD: Kamen Rider Cross-Z Full list of appearances

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"Beat Closer!"

―Summoning announcement^[src]

"Hippare! (steady minimal techno music) Smash Hit! (low synths)"

―Single pull Hippare attack announcement^[src]

"Hippare! (steady techno music with synths) Million Hit! (disc scratching)"

―Double pull Hippare attack announcement^[src]

"Hippare! (remixed techno music) Mega Hit! (repeated synths)"

―Triple pull Hippare attack announcement^[src]

"Special Tune!"

―Fullbottle insertion announcement^[src]

"Hippare! (upbeat electro music) Smash Slash! (low synths with dragon roaring)"

―Single pull Hippare Fullbottle finisher announcement^[src]

"Hippare! (melodic electro music) Million Slash! (disc scratching and dragon roaring)"

―Double pull Hippare Fullbottle finisher announcement^[src]

"Hippare! (melodic electro music with synths) Mega Slash! (repeated synths with dragon roaring and guitar riff)"

―Triple pull Hippare Fullbottle finisher announcement^[src]

The Pulling Instrumental Sword Beat Closer (ヒッパレ奏剣 ビートクローザー, Hippare Sō Ken Bīto Kurōzā) is Kamen Rider Cross-Z's personal sword. It can also be accessed by Kamen Rider Build in any form that uses the Dragon Fullbottle and Kamen Rider Evol in Dragon Form.

Design

• Slash Enhancer (スラッシュエンハンサー, Surasshu Enhansā): Combustion attack unit built into the Beat Closer. It has a flame emitting device and a firing mechanism that can fire flame bullets. It is also possible to form a long flame blade and to cut off huge enemies.
• Drag Burn Slasher (ドラグバーンスラッシャー, Doragu Bān Surasshā): The blade of the Beat Closer. The Dragon Fullbottle components are melted in a part of the material and exert an extraordinary cutting force even at room temperature, and it has the ability to further increase the sharpness of the blade as it gets hotter.
• Beat-Up Gauge (ビートアップゲージ, Bīto Appu Gēji): Meter attached to the Beat Closer. It shows the operating status of the internal engine "Beat-Up Charger" that generates energy when activating a special attack. The power of the attack increases as the meter goes up, and when entering the red zone the most powerful special attack can be used.
• Sender Pile (センダーパイル, Sendā Pairu): Transfer device attached to the Beat Closer. Activates when receiving a transfer signal from Cross-Z and transfers the Beat Closer to the specified coordinates.
• Fullbottle Slot (フルボトルスロット, Furubotoru Surotto): A slot on the Beat Closer for Fullbottles to go into when executing special attacks. All it does is take in the components of the bottle itself, and activate a special special attack based on the Fullbottle that is plugged into it.
• Close BeaTrigger (クローズビートリガー, Kurōzu Bītorigā): The trigger of the Beat Closer used for finishing attacks and special attacks. After loading a Fullbottle into the Fullbottle Slot and operating the Grip End Starter, a special attack is activated by pulling a trigger.
• Bray Grip (ブレイグリップ, Burei Gurippu): The grip of the Beat Closer. The motion detecting system within it optimizes the blade's own behavior at the time of the attack by analyzing the enemy's behavior and the user's own habits.
• Grip End Starter (グリップエンドスターター, Gurippu Endo Sutātā): The grip end of the Beat Closer used for special attacks and finishers. By pulling out the grip end, the "Beat-Up Charger" inside the weapon activates. In addition, the power and characteristics of the attack changes according to the number of times the grip end is pulled.

Special Attacks

The Grip End Starter at the bottom of the Beat Closer is pulled to activate special attacks. It can be pulled up to three times to perform stronger attacks:

• Smash Hit (スマッシュヒット, Sumasshu Hitto): Cross-Z delivers a powerful slash with the blade covered in dark blue fire.
• Million Hit (ミリオンヒット, Mirion Hitto): Cross-Z launches a slash that takes the form of music equalizer bars.
• Mega Hit (メガヒット, Mega Hitto)

Smash Hit (Cross-Z)

Smash Hit (Evol Dragon Form)

Million Hit (Cross-Z)

Finishers

Inserting a Fullbottle results in a finisher that can be upgraded pulling the Grip End Starter in the same way as the special attacks.

• Beat Closer only
• Beat Closer + Twin Breaker

• Smash Slash
• Million Slash
• Mega Slash

Smash Slash (スマッシュスラッシュ, Sumasshu Surasshu): Cross-Z or Evol channels the energy of a Fullbottle in his Beat Closer, pulls the Grip End Starter one time and performs a powerful slash.

• Dragon: Cross-Z Magma covers the Beat Closer's blade in flames and slashes the enemy.
• Dragon (EvolBottle): Evol delivers a powerful slash covered in red and blue flames.

Smash Slash (Dragon)

Smash Slash (Evol Dragon)

Million Slash (ミリオンスラッシュ, Mirion Surasshu): Cross-Z channels the energy of a Fullbottle in his Beat Closer, pulls the Grip End Starter two times and performs a powerful slash.

• Lock: This finisher has two variations:
  • Cross-Z sends a dark blue fire stream at the enemy.
  • Cross-Z binds the enemy with energy chains.

Million Slash (Lock) (Version 1) (Prelude)

Million Slash (Lock) (Version 1)

Million Slash (Lock) (Version 2) (Step 1: Energy chain creation)

Million Slash (Lock) (Version 2) (Step 2: Enemy restrained)

Mega Slash (メガスラッシュ, Mega Surasshu): Cross-Z channels the energy of a Fullbottle in his Beat Closer, pulls the Grip End Starter three times and performs a powerful slash.

• Lock: Cross-Z strikes the enemy with the Beat Closer as it projects an energy version of the Bind Master Key.

Mega Slash (Lock) (Step 1: Charging)

Mega Slash (Lock) (Step 2: Jumping)

Mega Slash (Lock) (Step 3: Slash)

Cross-Z Charge can combine the powers of the Beat Closer and the Twin Breaker to perform a powerful finisher.

• Mega Slash/Let's Break (メガスラッシュ/レッツレイク, Mega Surasshu/Rettsu Burēku):
  • Lock Fullbottle + Cross-Z Dragon: Cross-Z Charge's body is surrounded by blue and orange energy while a gold energy construct of a key forms around the Beat Closer's blade. He then swings the Beat Closer, creating a flaming ball of gold energy, and summons a blue and orange energy Chinese dragon from the Twin Break that grabs the ball of energy in its mouth before flying into the enemy.

Mega Slash (Lock)/Let's Break (Step 1: Charging)

Mega Slash (Lock)/Let's Break (Step 2: Creating gold energy ball)

Mega Slash (Lock)/Let's Break (Step 3: Energy dragon)

Mega Slash (Lock)/Let's Break (Step 4: Dragon flying into enemy)

Mega Slash (Lock)/Let's Break (Step 5: Impact)

Gallery

Cross-Z summoning the Beat Closer

Build summoning the Beat Closer

Notes

• The Beat Closer is designed after songs, electronic music, and music composition in various ways:
  • The attack names "Smash Hit", "Million Hit", and "Mega Hit" refer to a hit record, a successful song or album.
  • The bar running along the blade is an audio visualizer.
  • Its musical loops are examples of electronic dance music.
  • The term "Hippare" comes from a Japanese phrase meaning "to pull" (引っ張れ, Hippare), referring to the Grip End Starter's pulling functionality, but it is also a pun on the word hipparē (ヒッパレー, hipparē), a Japanese contraction of the term "hit parade".
    • One may also perceive it as a pun on the English phrase "Hip, Hooray!".
  • The Million Hit attack projects visualized sound waves.
  • The Fullbottle Slot makes the Shielding Cap of a Fullbottle resemble to a knob cap.
• In terms of Build’s science theme, the Grip End Starter vaguely resembles a syringe plunger in usage.

Appearances

• Kamen Rider Build
  • Episode 11: Burning Dragon
  • Episode 12: Theory of Conspiracy
  • Episode 13: Who Takes Off The Veil?
  • Episode 14: The False Kamen Rider
  • Episode 15: Judging Sento Kiryu!
  • Episode 16: The Weaponry Hero
  • Episode 25: The Idol Awakens
  • Episode 27: The Counterattack Hero (flashback)
  • Episode 30: The Truth of the Pandora Box
  • Episode 34: The Severing Best Match
  • Episode 35: Tower of Destruction
  • Episode 36: Evolto Hunts the Stars
  • Build NEW WORLD: Kamen Rider Cross-Z

External links

• TV-Asahi's page on the Beat Closer