Wait, you're telling me that once Blade ended, Tachibana-san took his retirement money and bought a bar? I'm proud of him, must have been a big move to go sideways into the food business, hope him and his accountant Shiori are doing well.

I wasn't really upset about it or anything. It's more that they seemed to be hyping it up, and then... not that big of a deal? A little underwhelming, that's all.

1) The food business is "sideways" from a secret organization that fights monsters from eternity? Does KFC have a black ops division that I don't know about? Is there a covert group of Subway Sandwich Artists that are holding back the apocalypse with overly-sweetened bread and alarmingly-fatty bacon? Please walk me through how Tachibana's ability to constantly fail his friends in a way that reduces the amount of monsters from eternity in any way has prepared him for being a food service entrepreneur.

2) Hirose deciding to hitch her wagon to Tachibana's restaurant business instead of running for the goddamn hills at the end of Blade is the most ridiculous thing in that paragraph.

You've never worked food service and had to tell customers that you're out of something, have you? Because as someone who has, lemme tell ya, the result is a force far more frightening than any Undead.

I work in retail, and I'd say 80% of my job is apologizing for things that are completely out of my control. (DC Comics can go straight to hell.) On the one hand, literally no one in the Kamen Rider pantheon is more used to apologizing to people than Tachibana, so, sure, maybe he's well-suited to running a restaurant. On the other hand, *gestures to Tachibana's many, many failures that resulted in tragedy*, sooooooo... not sure I'm going to be hanging out at the new restaurant whose main gimmick is being constantly on fire.

Actual image of the average customer at "Tachibana's' Bar & Grill:"

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This is why I’m sad the winter crossover movies weren’t a thing yet. What I wouldn’t give for a Blade/Hibiki crossover that’s just a battle between Takeshi’s, Tachibana’s and [forgets to look up Amane’s restaurant name] Chalice Dé Vours

Shame on you! Everyone knows the name of the restaurant in Blade was "Cri de coeur".

Yo, I'm all up for a sitcom spinoff of Blade where Tachibana fails at running a restaurant, but only if they bring back Ryou as the eccentric yet skilled chef holding the whole sinking ship of a business together singlehandedly. You could bring Inoue on to write it... maybe give Taiyaki Master some form changes for Bandai's sake... it'd be at least as much of a hit as Hibiki!

Fun fact about Tachibana and Ibuki. The former was Tuxedo Mask for the Sailor Moon Musical prior to Blade and the latter was Tuxedo Mask for the live action adaptation TV show by Toei a year prior to Hibiki circa 2004 when Blade and Dekaranger was airing. N Daguba Zeba from Kuuga and Tyrannoranger Geki from Zyuranger were also Tuxedo Mask at one time for the Sailor Moon musical.

Don't forget the Special Guest Star Legend Rider, Kamen Rider Agito!

Amazing. Everyone's in everything! Thanks for the info!