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Kamen Rider Die watches Kamen Rider Hibiki
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11-05-2020, 03:22 AM
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FreshToku
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Shuki was just Kiryu from Blade but worse. I wonder if there's a trading card for her too somewhere. As for episode 38, uh, I liked Midori throwing moves at the Makamou, even if it was ineffective...
Just because it's on my mind, I feel like saying that this and several others episodes also had me thinking along the lines of how certain stories doesn't feel right for the show, but I've also been wondering if that's more of a 'me' problem. You said before the retool phase that you wanted to judge the next phase as the show as it's own thing, as the new production staff and writer are free to take them in whatever direction they please. I thought I ought to try looking at it that way too.
It's just that for me personally, that's maybe impossible? It'd be one thing if the show really did go all the way in presenting itself as a full-on reboot or new interpretation, like a new Spider-Man or Green Arrow show or something, but the second half of Hibiki is still working and building off the context and relationships that the first half built. Having the character face weirder and more outlandish Makamou threats, that's fine and I can live with, but having them act just a little
off
from what I expect, like in this episode, sticks out a lot more to me, in a bad way.
Also, my thoughts about Akira's arc in real time as I was watching were kinda entirely cynical! I really didn't like even the possibility of her breaking away from the Oni path being brought up, because I spending all my time feeling dread at how that was how it was going to end. Or possibly with her dying, if Shuki was meant to be a very-on-the-nose foreshadowing. I think it was when I was around episode 38, I got so impatient and antsy about it that I just looked up online what happens later in the show ahead of time so I could get either my relief or disappointment out of the way. (
I also did this when I wanted to know ahead of time when did Wizard's all-dragon form shows up and spoiled to myself like five episodes in advance that it would Phoenix's last appearance on the show and he'd get kicked to the sun. Hey, you think he's still up there?
)
Not that you can't write a compelling story with all that, but it didn't sit right with me how the new staff looked at the one and only female character who is physically involved in the fighting, and decided what they wanted to write is to question whether she should even be there and raise the possibility of her quitting altogether. Yeah, maybe that's a really uncharitable reading on my part, but I was getting reminded of Poppy and Nico. Sure, there might 'story' justifications for these characters to get side-lined in all the action compared to the guys, but it's still not a good look!
But, I still held a sliver of hope that Akira's story would come out in a way that wouldn't aggravate me. I did however, definitely gave up on ever warming up to Kiriya by this point! I'm glad that you've so far just been seeing him as an obnoxious but over-the-top obstacle to Asumu. I'd probably be more okay with him if that was literally his one and only purpose on the show, instead of also ostensibly being a character I'm meant to be invested in.
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