[Matrixbeast]

Hibiki Volume 25, or, as I like to call it, "Hibiki officially becomes a Rider."
Hibiki and Ibuki are training at a pool, with Kasumi just being eye candy. Eeyup. (He's also strength training by weighing himself down at the arms while underwater, but you know that's not relevant)
Meanwhile, not wanting to be outdone, Todoroki is training at a public, outdoor pool with Asumu (Also, his mother, Hitori, and Hinaka are there, too). Todoroki wants to do 10 laps in a 300 meter pool with Asumu, poor kid. Afterwards, they have a lunch and Todoroki, being Todoroki, gorges on it all without break, despite Hinaka's trying to get him to show restraint. Asumu leaves to get everyone drinks, and Todoroki, being Todoroki, makes everything worse by bringing up Hitori and Asumu's non-relationship status, causing her to run off. Damn, you can't bring Todoroki anywhere...
While running, Hitori runs into a nice, blonde haired guy and makes a friend in him and we soon find out he somehow knows Todoroki and all the oni stuff. Curious to see where this leads. Asumu is equally as curious, as he notices him having a private conversation with Hinaka and Todoroki. If I said I had any idea of who the hell this was, I'd be lying.

In the meantime, a Kappa has attacked an Oni, Sabaki, and defeated him, so Hibiki goes out (Choosing to go alone, rather than take aid from Ibuki) to dispatch it. Here, we see he's finally learned how to drive and he's bought his own motorcycle, the Gaika! Huzzah! We also see the Kappa can multiply (Though not at the pace of the last monster), so Hibiki has an easier time with his Kurenai form, though the last one manages to fire some kind of thick wrapping around Hibiki's arms, weighing him down (Wait...That scene in the beginning DID matter?! SAY WHAAAAAAA), though he eventually does defeat him, too. We then see him using his Wolverine claws to try to chip away at the wrappings on his arms.
And then we learn why Hibiki went to fight alone. Because apparently the gas released from the wrappings makes your voice sound like helium on crack. Poor guy, always trying to be cool...

This episode was rather fun, with nice humorous moments that kept me smiling. I'm rather weary of this new character appearing out of the blue, especially with the looming staff change 5 episodes away...Even still, I don't know how to feel of it, since he literally just...Shows up. I guess I can only wait and see...
Asumu's portion is a subject brought up, but never fully tackled, that being Hitomi's possible feelings for Asumu. Though I guess dumbass' natural inability to understand social situations brought it full force with no tact. Naturally, no one was happy about that. I wonder where it will go next.