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Originally Posted by MarsHottentot

Yeah, I read elsewhere that it changes pretty radically mid-20's.

I was actually surprised by how much it was still the same but it really does lose a lot of the flavor. The upside is that the last episode before the switch in writers (among other things), 29, is a great done-in-one episode all about Asumu. It really felt like the show's way of saying farewell before everything goes to crap.

I actually held out for about 6 or 7 episodes afterwards before in the middle of the one I was watching the thought just sort of hit me that "wow, this show is kind of terrible now". Considering how positive I am about Kamen Rider, that's kind of a big deal. I think there are redeeming qualities to the retool but it has the fatal flaw of not being Hibiki.

Armed Hibiki is a really great final form because of how symbolic it is on a meta level. They took the drummer and gave him a sword simply because the other guys had swords. Nevermind how little sense it makes.

Honestly I'm mostly angry giving him that sword meant he stopped using his drumsticks as Lightsabers. That was Hibiki's coolest trick.