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Originally Posted by NGW

I need to try and get back into OOO at some point. I only got a couple episodes in before watching something else. I dunno, I wanna like it but it hasn't grabbed me.

Anyways, up to episode 17 of Hibiki. We've met what I assume are all the main riders of the series by this point and they are all pretty cool in their own way. Zanki and his disciple are pretty awesome, love the guitar and the more developed dynamic we got with them as master and apprentice. I know we get a bit of that with Akira and Ibuki, but I dunno I just prefer the way Todoroki and Zanki interact. Hibiki himself is, of course, awesome. I like having a somewhat older protagonist and his interactions with Adachi are pretty good, just waiting for them to finally officially become master and apprentice.

I really enjoy the character interactions this season, and again the style and use of music and sound is just superb. Some of my favorite scenes are the ones with no spoken dialogue, just music and sound. Some great scenery too. Not super super big on the fights with the makamou. They're fun enough, even if the effects are pretty cheesy, and I like the way that the oni ultimately take them out. But they're not the big highlight to me. Kinda like how I preferred the interactions between the riders in Ryuki (both in battle and outside of it) than when they were fighting the mirror monsters. The fights with the douji and hime are ok, but aside from the berserk seemed to end way way too fast.

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