[MarsHottentot]

Entering back into the Inoue Zone of Hibiki. After watching some OG Hibiki which was very... measured, if not "realistic", Inoue's style of doing things is, in fact, totally weird, formulaic and utterly unrealistic. Hosokawa's comment that Inoue's scripts needed "adjustments" leads me to believe that Inoue probably didn't watch the enough of the show to understand it before he started writing. I mean, the first thing he does is introduce a character who tells the erstwhile lead that he's boring!

It's like if Michael Bay was picked to do a sequel to Blade Runner.

Original Recipe Hibiki is the best, though. What a Great Show. I'd recommend that to your Image Comics reading pals to hook 'em on a Rider series. It's smart, atmospheric, unfolds at a perfect pace, the world feels lived in and the characters act like actual human beings - except when they turn into Oni!

God, I wish Kida, Oishi and Takatera were allowed to follow through to the end; their final twist was really something!