Hibiki Volume 26.
It starts with the person in the white garb looking to the person in the black garb while the cameraman has a seizure.
Things really start off as Asumu hangs out with Hibiki, drumming around and relaxing as Hibiki chills, singing some. There, Hibiki invites Asumu to a taiko drum festival, which is nice. Things start getting a little hectic as the plot jumps around a lot, so, in no particular order:
*Todoroki slays another giant crab Makamou
*Ibuki and Kasumi are hanging out
*Asumu finds out that Akira is briefly helping out at Tachibana's
*Another set of summer monsters rear their head
*The blonde haired kid shows up at Tachibana's

Todoroki suspects the summer monsters may be around, so he calls in for Hibiki's help. This leads to the best part of the episode. ANSWERS. Asumu doesn't know what the summer time demons are, so Midori provides some clarity. The person clad in black creates the giant Makamou, while the person in white creates the summer time demons, which are notably different because they're only human sized, but they have the ability to multiply themselves. Good to know~
I still don't know about their science sticks, but some clarity is always a good thing.

So Hibiki moves out to aid Todoroki in slaying them, finding out their cat demons. In the meantime, Todoroki sees a couple walking down the street that triggers...Something in his head, as he immediately hops off his bike and gives chase, but he strangely can't catch them. Every time they turn a corner, they instantly teleport somewhere else, which is strange. Even when they descend down a hill, they manage to disappear as soon as Ibuki loses sight of them. Not even the disc animals help, as they turned up melted and the couple gone...Weird.

This was a pretty solid episode, finally giving us a little insight in what the people in black and white do (The biggest problem was that they'd always summon a demon immediately after the Oni killed another one, so it seemed like they were possibly resurrecting them, which made things really confusing). The bits with Asumu were nice, as he's finally in a situation where life doesn't completely hate him.
Also, we find out that anyone could look like a serial killer when turning a corner while holding a knife upside down.

I sure could go for some watermelon...

Hibiki Volume 27.
So, this one kind of picks up right from where the last one left off.
So after Hibiki dispatches 2 of the demon cats, they regroup. In the meantime, Zanki encounters the Douji and Hime, and we get to see action from him. Unfortunately, he doesn't transform, but it's still cool. He's holding his own, but the figure in white (Now referred to as a puppet. Confusion level x2) appears once more and freezes him up, and with a few motions of the hand, manages to send Zanki flying into a river. At the same time, Ibuki runs into his mystery pair of demons, but they mimic the white puppet's motions, causing him to break down in exhaustion. Crazy...
After a wave of disc animals, one returns, but damaged. While Hibiki repairs it, he has a conversation with Zanki about Asumu being his disciple. Hibiki seems to be two ways about it. It sounds like he's not against it, but he also wants to help teach Asumu in his own way, so we'll see where that goes.
Disc animal repaired, they find a hut where the demon cats were multiplying, and Hibiki and Todoroki eventually take them all out in a pretty cool looking scene (Uh, hey, Todoroki, I think the monster's back would be a better place to drum against, rather than it's rear...)

Meanwhile, back at the ranch, we learn about our mystery kid, now named Tsutomu. He was a former Oni disciple (Who Asumu assumed was to Hibiki. Once otherwise, he perked up. Someone is a little defensive~), but had to quit (He says his parents didn't like it, but we don't know if they forced him out of it). He has a brief chat with Asumu about the possibility of him becoming a disciple to Hibiki and an Oni. He tells him that he can't do anything halfheartedly due to the risks involved. It makes sense, and it's advice Asumu needs considering that if Hibiki isn't involved, he kind of just...Drifts.
While he's gone Hitomi helps out at Tachibana's. Cute.
And brought another watermelon...
They enjoy a fireworks show, and Hibiki tells Asumu that they'll have to keep training.

Episode was a'ight. I really liked that they're bringing up the prospect of Asumu becoming Hibiki's pupil more often now (If only I didn't know how that's going to end), and I'm really interested in seeing where that goes~

TAMAYA!

Wizard episode 9.

This one came close to freaking me out a little. I'm not used to modern day Rider being as wanton in its civilian-murderin' ways, let alone like this, so...yeah. That was some Grongi level shit. Guess it makes sense how it went down, though. I remain unused to it.

Pretty good episode. Still enjoying Wizard a bunch, though I no longer can claim to care much for Shunpei. Still not as bad as Onari.

Don't really like the Dragon Styles oh well.

Hibiki Volume 28.
This episode gives more answers about the people in black and white, and I'm so glad...We learn that the cast referring to them as "Puppets" is correct, as it seems that not only are there dozens of them, but that they're led by some man and woman, the people actually behind the experiments recently. Finally good to learn a bit more. With their next experiment done, they decide to use it on one of the puppets, rather than demons. Interesting idea...
Meanwhile, Hibiki and Ibuki are fighting a demon, it's nothing really special, but I bring it up because, this demon was strong enough to break one of Hibiki's Ongekibou while in his Kurenai form. That's surprisingly tough.

We then move to see the enhanced puppet create a family of spider demons, and the enhancement spreads to it's created demons. These spiders were quite a match for our newest Oni, Eiki (Another drum user), and he was beaten quickly.
Ibuki and Todoroki are dispatched to recover Eiki and defeat the demons, but their strength shines through once more, with the Douji and Hime overwhelming the two, just wailing on them as our Oni have a hard time even fighting back. Damn.

On the human side of things, Asumu's luck plummets once more. He appears with a mysterious bruise on his face. We later learn that the shoplifter returned once again, beating the everloving hell out of him.
Goddammit. The shoplifter tripped over Asumu, and he held a grudge this long? Asumu didn't actively try to stop him, he just ran into him on accident...Christ. Well, Asumu got his ass kicked, but doesn't seem to bring it up with anyone. So Hibiki decides to take him on a mountain trip on his day off. Hibiki isn't nosing about, and is just teaching him stuff like setting up a tent and the like. While he's gone, Hitomi is called in to Tachibana's (Which leads to how we learn about where the bruise came from), and Hitomi begins to cry over the events that happened. Poor thing, since she's finally realizing how shit Asumu's life is...

Back with Hibiki and Asumu, things are going...Decently (Asumu trying to say that Hibiki only brought him on their little adventure because of recent events), but Hibiki writes him off. While hiking up a steep hill (Very steep, seeing as they need a rope), Asumu slips, sliding down the rough cliff face as he desperately tries to grab the rope.
Man...

This episode was rather nice as it finally gives a little answer into our mystery villains (Since our protagonists seemed to be aware of them the whole time, but the audience was left scratching their heads in confusion). Midori has shown she has spare Ongekibou, so I don't think Hibiki is particularly impaired by the one demon breaking his, but it is interesting to see that the monsters are strong enough to begin with to break them. Their strength is also highlighted by the ass kicking our new Oni, Eiki, as well as Todoroki and Ibuki got. The fighting in this episode was rather nice, too (Though the shots where the lighting was dead center in the camera was an...Odd call to make).
I'm just glad to get a little clarity. I'm interested to learn more about this mysterious man and woman. It's also just good to have a proper face to associate with our villains.

For Asumu's portion, god...If this kid ever catches a break, I have to always keep in mind that life will shit on him within 2 episodes. The shoplifter from, like, episode 10 returns just to beat him up, he's keeping his feelings bottled up inside him (Well, that's nothing new, but still...), and now his camp trip with Hibiki leads to him sliding down a cliff? Man, this kid...I'm interested to see where it will go, since he tends to open up to Hibiki, but even now, his time with Hibiki is going down south.
Hitomi is also slowly breaking as she realizes that Asumu just isn't getting any better with how his life is turning.

1 episode remains.

That seems about right.
Even some of Wizard's biggest fans aren't too keen on Shunpei :lol

It might be because Wizard was among the first few shows I watched, but Shunpei never annoyed me as much as for example the SIU from Drive or Ghost’s Onari.

I didn't like him but I didn’t really hate him either.

I just didn't like Wizard's cast aside from Beast. Everyone aside from Shunpei were just wet blankets, barely reacting to anything.
One could say it made Haruto "Cool," but it just made him dull to me since, unless it was a major event, his expression and reaction never really changed from a smarmy mug.

I've heard that Eiki, along with another unseen Oni, was going to become a regular cast member if the show had continued in its planned direction. I think that was on a wiki, though, so I have no idea how accurate it is.

Yeah. When I first started watching, I had skimmed some of the changes, and Eiki becoming a main character was among the list of changed ideas.

Hibiki Volume 29.
So Asumu isn't injured too badly from his sliding down a cliff and Hibiki aids him, thankfully. Maybe one day Asumu will have a good day...
We quickly cut between that and Todoroki and Ibuki fighting the Douji and Hime. Then soon put their efforts together to just defeating one (Since the 1 on 1 tactic was getting their asses kicked), and eventually succeed, though the other escapes.

Back with Asumu and Hibiki, Asumu is being himself and sulking as it soon begins to rain on them, preventing them from cooking dinner. Blaming himself, Hibiki tells him that the rain will pass, and it's not always his fault for what goes wrong in his life. He tells him that he shouldn't blame himself, and to try to rise up. It's a nice heart to heart. The rain passes, and they continue their talk, telling him that pain in life is inevitable, but through training, he can learn to overcome it.
I like it~
[Also, Hibiki carves himself a new Ongekibou out of a thick branch]

The next day comes and eventually Todoroki and Ibuki stumble upon the Douji and the Makamou, and quickly engage. Eiki, the Oni from last episode, also reappears, healed up, and helps fight. While the Makamou manages to fight them off and run, the 3 manage to at least kill the Douji with minimal effort.
The Makamou seems to head in the worst direction, towards Asumu and Hibiki, and Asumu runs right smack dab into it. Poor kid. Hibiki makes the save and pushes him out of the way, getting bit down on instead, but he goes Kurenai and, using his drum (Surprisingly, since he could normally just smack a monster with the Ongekibou and an energy drum would appear), dispatches it.

Back at the ranch, Asumu's mom had went to Tachibana's, and basically acknowledges that Asumu has absolutely no luck in life at all. Poor kid, even his mom knows...Hitomi also shows up. Mhmm.
Asumu, Hibiki, Todoroki, Ibuki, Zanki, Akira, and Eiki all then enter, too, and Asumu tells his mother about how fun the camping trip was, despite the numerous set backs, and Hibiki notes that Asumu is finally taking a step forward.

I really enjoyed this episode. Asumu and Hibiki having their talk that gets to Asumu was great, as his tendency to keep everything inward kind of pushes others out too much. Him finding something to smile about despite falling down a cliff, losing his cell phone, getting rained on, and being attacked by a giant spider demon is also nice, as he's learning to move past the negative events in life, and trying not to be defined by what goes bad in his life.
The fighting here was pretty fun. Seeing Ibuki and Todoroki working together was nice as they finally had opponents who could just run a train over them otherwise. Eiki is pretty cool, fun and energetic, though apparently after the staff swap he is never heard from again. Darn.

Well...Speaking of...I've hit episode 30. After 29 solid episodes, I've hit the infamous point. And I don't know how to progress from here...

Finally back to watching Kuuga. It continues to be okay, except for Ichijou who is awesome.

When I rewatch the series I stop here. It's not a satisfying conclusion, but it does end with everyone together at Tachibana's having fun. It's a good final image for the series, especially since it doesn't involve Yuichi Nakamura in any capacity.

And no Inoue bullshit.

Yeah...I'm going to progress just for completion's sake, but I'm not too amped up over it...

Just remember that you can stop any time you want to. You don't have to be a hero.

I don't want to watch it to be a hero.
I'm doing it so that the cloud of guilt saying "You never finished Hibiki" will hover over my head like Faiz does...
Hibiki is 48 episodes, so that means there's only 18 episodes of Faiz Part 2, so perhaps it will go by quickly?

Currently I'm watching Kamen Rider Ghost episode 16 and I'm also finishing up my heroes marathon with the episode brave new world

Kamen Rider Wizard episode 15

Not completely sure why, but the visual of Lizardman just sitting in the movie theater alone struck me as kind of hilarious. Maybe because it was kind of hilarious.

Anyway, maybe Wizard should try to cut down on its cgi. It's kind of getting everywhere.

Kamen Rider W ep.1~4

I kind of like the detective theme and the titular duo. Damn that half-splitted Joker rider kick is disturbing...

W is pretty awesome. Shotaro is my hero.

I frickin' love W don't even get me started.

Wizard episode 16.

Haha, Kraken bonked Rinko on the head.

Pretty fun episode. Nice Christmas ex machina at the end too ("...nande...").

Wizard episode 17.

Beast is pretty swell. Wizard continues the trend of being better than advertised (by which i largely mean, man i guess i just didn't like the wizard stuff in the sengoku movie taisen cause i didn't know shit).

Wizard is the best part of that movie, but the downside is it really depends on the show for the impact. Otherwise, it all seems a bit strange. Like all movie Taisen first halfs, really

Wizard episode 18

I see. Nitou is secretly ZyuohLion.

That's amazing. :lol

Wizard episode 20

"Violence isn't the only thing I know!...it's just my favorite!"

Phoenix, you are my favorite.

That Beelzebub is a real bastard though.

He is my new favorite.

Finally I have a break from all my business and watched some more Kuuga. I'm on episode 31 and I am intrigued by the turn things seem to be taking. Hopefully things keep looking good!

Wizard episode 24

Ah hell, they ruined the best part of the opening. Damn you, All Dragon!

Also holy hell Mahou Shoujo Beast. This is completely hilarious. And probably my favorite part: "Maji ka? Maji de!?...Maji da..."

That was great, yeah. :lol

Ok I actually finished that episode.

Shunpei gets a bad rap. He's a good kid.

Best Female Rider ever.

Kamen Rider W ep. 5~18

The show keeps being very good, it follows the classic dual episodes formula, but there's always a lot of details for the main plot about the Museum's family, so the story flows pretty well. It's not complex, but it's better than mysterious mystery bs never explained (yeah I watch this just after Kiva and Decade). The idea of using a cat as a Kaijin is brilliant, because cats are mostly selfish sadistic bastards.

Comedy is well balanced, I don't find Akiko specially annoying. I mean, when you think about it, the subject of the dual-ep is often rather dark and serious (mostly addiction, revenge, obsessive behaviour,...) so it's ok to have more light and funny elements, like slapstick comedy or Phillip's coockoolander behaviour.

Next part KR Accel.

Wizard episode 25.

Gremlin is such an obnoxious fuck. I really don't think I like him. Phoenix was funner...

Well get ready for a lot more of him :p

I liked Gremlin. Thought his personality was a welcome to the other Phantom's emo-goth attitudes at times.

Phoenix was the only Phantom that legitimately interested me.

Medusa could have been interesting, had they explored her relationship with Mayu more. But, as it was, she went nowhere and did nothing.

Gremlin just comes accross as an annoying tryhard tbh. The whole childish amorality masking a 20-steps-ahead-of-you edgelord bit is so boring. Not sure if it's the actor or just the character type, but he's only been in a handful of episodes and I'm already so done with him. I know he sticks around till the end so yeah...that ain't fun.

I wish some other Phantom had taken over as a general instead. Maybe Beelzebub, that guy was classy...

Phoenix was just so much more interesting, shame he never comes back. Medusa so far has done nothing but be cranky and I guess I'm fine with that for now.

He does get better later on, mostly because the plot actually starts moving after a while...

"Better" is suggestive. He's an irredeemable annoying prick with a stupid motive from start to finish.

I'm watching Super Hero Taisen Z now. Let's see!

-Butts.

-Lots of butts.

-It's so weird to see a Taisen movie that actually features Sentai at all. I've only seen the two most recent ones, and those are Super Sentai movies about as much as they are Space Sheriff movies.

-This thing just farted. A compelling character hook.

-Gavan's actor is bad at acting. And Yonemura, at writing.

-What are those shitty noises? Could it be...no, it can't be...this shrill auditory diarrhea....no....it's Shocker grunts! AAAAAAAAAH

-"Have you heard of the secret evil organization, Shocker?" Why would he if it's a secret, you dumb squid fuck.

-These Space Ika Devil puns kindly borrowed from Ika Musume.

-This isn't limited to this movie or anything but watching Wizard I really find myself noticing all these locations that have been used in a ton of other Kamen Rider shows. I've seen this stadium at least two other times, I'm pretty sure.

-Wow, Kyoryu Blue is awful at jokes. I like him.

-Wow, Daigo is awful at greetings.

-I bet this is Spider Man.

-Maybe Space Spider Man?

-Hey it's (Space?) Scorpion Man and (Space Mexico?) cactus dude. I'm pertty sure his name was cactus dude.

-It's morphin' time! I have extremely limited exposure to Sentai transformation devices but I like the sounds of the Go-Busters' about a thousand times better than any other I've heard. The Go-Busters are pretty swell.

-Fart soccer.

-Gavan does scowl a lot.

-Finally Nitou shows up.

-Lots of magic blamin' going on with the Kamen Riders here. Guess the Magirangers don't exist?

-Holy shit, Yonemura is experiencing self awareness. Wait, no, he wrote two more of these stupid plots, never mind.

-It's convenient that these guys decided to review their evil schemes at this time in this manner with such detail. This sort of bold faced expository dialogue is truly the mark of solid storytelling.

-This movie is nonsense.

-Everyone in the store is keeping quiet but I'm pretty sure they're all just thinking "I have no idea what the hell this gokai silver kid is babbling about"

-"I don't even know what a gokai silver is."

-I can't take this drama seriously. "Let's sacrifice the Earth!" "NO U." I am just laughing.

-This movie is really boring when I'm not making fun of it in my head. When funny shit happens though, holy shit. "I'm working on disabling your lock, Gavan!" *shot of her just pressing the same damn button over and over* This movie is hilarious.

-Two minutes ago Gavan was like "We may have to sacrifice the Earth!" now Sharivan's like "We're gonna have to sacrifice the Earth!" and all of a sudden Gavan is salty. I think he's just angry they stole his idea.

-Gavan is an M.

-This movie is nonsense.

-So...they had time for Yoko to get changed...?

-Oh hey more heroes are showing up. Including A-MA-ZOOOOOON. Who sounds nothing like A-MA-ZOOOOOOOOON. But anyway.

-I haven't watched Fourze, so it's not like I'm particularly attached to the character, but that it took 57 minutes for him to show up in a space movie is almost offensive all the same.

-"Yeah, I just carry a bunch of Metal Hero keys around all the time. You know. Just in case."

-Haruto hasn't shown up in like 40 minutes.

-Ah there he is.

-What, forget Shaider? Ludicrous. How could anyone forget Shaider?

-No seriously who the hell is Shaider.

-I can't believe Fartso was evil. What a twist. What a twist indeed. Such the twist.

-RIP Old Engrish Man, you died as you lived: old, and engrishy, and stupid.

-Credit where credit is due, the Beet J. Buster gags were pretty funny. And I say that knowing nothing about the character. Still.

-RIP fartpod.

-Huh. I KNEW that ship looked like it had legs.

-Oh joy the "We all learned shit from each other" part of the crossover. Always the best part, especially when the characters involved spent all of two minutes on screen together.

-Shut the fuck up about Brave, Daigo.

Well, that wasn't exactly a good movie, but then they never are. I will say I had more fun watching it than the other two, if just because I forced myself to find entertainment in its awfulness. I'd say it's better than them too, though the term's relative.

Least that's done.