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Originally Posted by Switchblade

It always warms my heart to see someone new discover Hibiki.

I am so glad I decided to take a chance on it. It's a season I recall just never really seeing much about anywhere. No one ever really seemed to be discussing it online. I just recall really digging the design for Hibiki and thinking some of the ideas behind it sounded neat and different. And honestly so far it's one of the better seasons I've watched. I just really hope that the latter half when the production was shifted around so much doesn't ruin it for me.

Up to episode 19 now, which looks to be focused on Todoroki. Given that the last couple episodes seemed to focus a bit on Ibuki so it seems this little block here was a way to explore their characters a bit more, which is nice to have. Seeing Ibuki as a bit of an indecisive guy while he was out with Kasumi whereas as a rider he seems more sure of himself, even foregoing Hibiki's offering of help to defeat the makamou that he would be much more suited to fighting, despite his injuries, persisting without Akira, without his weapon, etc. He almost seems a bit reckless, and towards the end of the episode it almost seemed set up in a way that you'd see them offing him in.

Pretty cool Makamou this week as well. Like I said I've not been a huge fan of them, but this one actually was rather nifty.