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Kamen Rider Die watches Kamen Rider Hibiki
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Quote:
Originally Posted by
Kamen Rider Die
KAMEN RIDER HIBIKI VOLUME 22 - “TRANSFORMING COCOON”
*snip*
But, upshot,
holy shit
is it awesome when Hibiki arrives at the end of this episode. He gets that big ol’ hero frame, ready to lend his strength to the overmatched youngsters. It’s a powerful finale, as all three Oni combine their attacks to bring down the Mutant Makamou, but... I mean, I had a
big
problem with it.
The gimmick is that they’re synchronizing their attacks to defeat the monster, playing together as a band. Hibiki specifically uses the phrase “harmonize”. But then they… just play their normal solos? It doesn’t sound
harmonic
at all, it sounds like three people that have completely different rhythms. I was hoping they’d make some song out of their attack, but it’s just them doing what they’d normally do while two other guys did the same. Felt like a missed opportunity for something really special.
It's probably the one disappointing thing in what is otherwise a suitably epic occasion for the first big team-up between the three main heroes. One touch I love about the plotting of the series is that they specifically gave us every possible combination of two of them at least once before getting to this point (Ibuki/Todoroki just *barely* slipping in there an episode prior), which adds even more novelty to the big moment. It also helps that, as can be seen from Die's choice of opening screencap, the entire sequence is just full of
really freakin' good staging
?
And yes, the chilled out idle conversation between the three of them as they walk away from a job well done at the end is great too. It just wouldn't be Hibiki if that wasn't the note the episode left on.
Quote:
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Kamen Rider Die
KAMEN RIDER HIBIKI VOLUME 23 - “SUMMER OF TRAINING”
KAMEN RIDER HIBIKI VOLUME 24 - “BURNING CRIMSON”
*snip*
oh also hibiki turned red at the end
was that important to you
Not that much, actually? I'm fond enough of Hibiki Kurenai as a design. It makes Hibiki into a bit more "traditional" of a toku hero with just some simple changes in color between the red and the black "visor" on the face, but not in any way that feels too at odds with the show's desire to do weird new things.
But the thing that definitely most stuck in my mind about these episodes was everyone getting together for their big drum festival at the end, to the point where I didn't particularly remember it was also Kurenai's big debut at the same time. It's cool and all, but the teamwork and camaraderie between the heroes once again feels like the main attraction here. This is especially helped along by
the (as always) excellent background music
, doing what the previous two-parter didn't and blending together the three distinct sounds of each character into one glorious harmony. Going back, it's kind of easy to see why it would overshadow the actual exciting new thing in the episode for me.
Which is still great, though!
I mean, the music is no less amazing, even.
Oh, and on a super minor side note, Todoroki does another Rider Rescue in 23, but since it's an Shinji Ooishi episode, there just isn't the same flair. No jumping, the hapless civilians don't run away in a panic... it's all just a little off, and unexciting. I know you'll never beat Wizard's main writer at his own game, but they could at least try a little harder.
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