That's how I was, too. Everyone says the first little while is a chore to get through, but the style, themes, and action hooked me immediately. And it only gets better from there.

Yeah, I'm not sure why, but I was into Blade from the first moment it aired and have never found anything better than it since.

The internet was being crap for me yesterday, so I watched the one KR episode I had on my computer: Hibiki 01. And I knew Hibiki had a mucical theme, but I wasn't expecting it to start with a full-blown musical number :lol. It was ok overall, but I don't know if I'll watch more than 4 or 5 episodes since it has no definite end.

What hooked me was that they actually made playing cards cool. I especially like chalice and blade

Agito ep. 31

How the heck did the healing guy just... die? He got beat up far more when he was fighting Gills, and he did fine then.

Black RX Episode 21: I really enjoyed the flashbacks to Black in this episode especially with mentioning Nobuhiko, but I could have never guessed Shadow Moon was returning this episode with all the mentions of him (*sarcasm*) lol. I really liked learning more about Joe the Haze's past and falling in love with Sarah and her becoming a rebel because of him I think that's great for both of those characters. I also was impressed with General Jak being pissed off at the other generals because they have done shit with their plans of stopping RX, the only successful thing they did was block out his transformation to Black. I really enjoyed the whole thing with Joe and Kotaro's friendship that was great that Kotaro was worried about losing another friend like he did with Nobuhiko. I really enjoyed this episode now let's see how good Shadow Moon is in this series.

Black RX Episode 22: Definitely loved the flashbacks to Black again, reminded me of how much I actually enjoyed the series even if the ending wasn't the best. Shadow Moon definitely feels more threatening without his past memories and only wanting to kill Black RX. I am really loving Gedorian's back story so far he seems to be one of the most developed of the villains. Maribaron is the other one. Bosgan is the neglected one, and Gatezone has gotten some stuff but not much. Just seeing how Shadow Moon kicked Black RX's butt was intense, I hope Kotaro figures out how to beat him soon. It definitely feels more intense now with both Crisis and Shadow Moon out there. I can see Shadow Moon barely surviving from Black but I thought he was completely destroyed, eh no biggy this isn't the last time he comes back. Also was there any plans for Joe the Haze to ever become a secondary rider? Because I have no clue why he isn't.

I loved it since episode 1. But I'm glad you love that arc. A lot of people dislike that arc but I quite enjoy it.

I've been powering through Hibiki the last few weeks and just finished episode 37. Pre-retooling the show was alright. I had a lot of interest in the Oni side of things but little to none for Asumu, so him being the main focus/PoV character really didn't work for me and lessened my enjoyment. It's been nice to have an older Rider and to a lesser extent the helmetless scenes. I'm not sure exactly when the staff change happened but I suspect it was anywhere between episodes 30 and 34. I'm starting to see tons of Inoue writing tropes which I don't like at all such as the kid Zeronos' actor plays and the awkward romance in episodes 34-35.

Episode 30 was the first episode under the new production staff.

I think it works better if you watch it a second time after completing the show. When I watched Blade, I remember having problems getting into the show because it confused me somewhat. I wouldn't say it's bad, but it makes it harder to watch if you don't know what's going on.