Sorry for the double post but just finished ep 39. Very strong 4 parter. The monster of the week mystery was fun, I figured the connection between the killing sites being boxes that take you somewhere but totally missed the thing about finger nail color. It seemed so obvious in hindsight. This arc was less about that though and more the beginning of the end. ULF 0, Daguva begins to make his presence known, and what a terrifying presence it is. Gives of vibes of being a monstrous force of nature. I know his and Kuuga's final battle is said to be one of the best in the franchise, and I'm very excited to see the build up to it. Also had the introduction of what I assume is the Rhinocousrs Beetle Grongi, who I gather is an important character from what they said about him in the Shodo blog. Speaking of important characters, never would have expected the motw of the second episode of a show to survive all the way till episode 39, and gain a final form so powerful he would've likely killed Godai and Ichijou had it been his goal, taken out instead by the final boss

Better also check out this glorious thread: http://www.tokunation.com/showthread.php?t=96114

Since I recently watched Daimajin Kanon with everybody pointing out the same thing, I chose to watch Hibiki. The first Rider show I watch that's not currently airing.

Also even if I haven't watched Kanon, I was interested in this one since it had a Rider with Oni motif and uses taiko bats as a weapon.

And it starts with a weird montage and a musical...

Okay...!

Hey, look what time it is! Time for my perpetually ignored warning!

Hibiki is a fantastic show, I hope you enjoy it. Stop watching after episode 29. The production staff was fired and the show limped on for 19 episodes of generic mush until Kabuto was ready to start.

We will never listen to you because we are all a bunch of masochists. :lolol

I'm always proud to say that I have indeed heeded the warning :lol

I've yet to ever watch episode 30 and onwards for Hibiki so the series ended on a sweet note for me~

I was naive and did not heed the warning back when I watched Hibiki. I did expect a downgrade in quality, but thought, "surely it can't be that bad."

I've never been so wrong in my life.

I am the Cassandra of Kamen Rider Hibiki, my warnings forever ignored.

Except by Matrixbeast.

The editing job in Hibiki is amazing, I'll give it that.

Also I'm pretty sure for now this what makes it unique, but it feels weird not having the Rider origin, big explosive battles, the noisy Driver, not even a "Henshin". I've been watching Kamen Rider since Ghost all the way to Saber now and I got so used to all these tropes, so watching Hibiki doing none of these is... unusual.

Okay, I've watched episodes 30 and 31 to test the water and I can see how different it looks and feels now. The only thing missing is the random Henshin calls and sidelining Asumo for Hibiki and that's your traditional Kamen Rider show.