[Switchblade]

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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

?okay, now everyone can talk about the song during the fight while I try not to lose my mind over next episode?s return of two of my favorite Hibiki characters.

So does Switchblade, Tokunation's resident rabid Hibiki stan, have strong thoughts about the guest cast for this arc? Yes. Yes, he does.

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Originally Posted by FreshToku

The insert song that played was BELIEVE YOURSELF which played in just about every episode in the first half of Agito. It coming on along with the big fight scene is probably just about everybody's biggest memory and takeaway from this episode.

Story time!

So nine years ago it was the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who, one of my all-time favorite TV shows. As part of the celebration, the BBC released a short mini-episode online that included the return of Paul McGann, the 8th Doctor, who had only appeared in one made-for-TV movie until that point (he's like the ZX of Doctor Who, as a relevant comparison). The fact that he was in this mini-episode was a big surprise as there had been no advanced teases of it at all. The only reason I knew that it was coming was because I'd read a spoiler on a message board right before I clicked on the video.

I am generally someone who doesn't care about spoilers; I very much believe the enjoyment is in the journey more than the destination. The above example is one of the few times when learning something about a story in advance... well, it didn't ruin the experience, per say, but I've always wished that I'd gone into it blind because as much as I loved it, I feel like it would have been even better to go in without knowing that Paul McGann was going to be in it. Zi-O's use of Believe Yourself is another one of those situations.

I had read, either here or somewhere else, that the song showed up during this episode. The moment when it does is my aforementioned favorite moment in all of Zi-O. I still wish I could have felt what it was like to experience that without knowing it was coming, though.