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Originally Posted by Switchblade

The Shuki arc is probably my least favorite part of the already awful part of Hibiki. The entire premise is just an excuse to enforce the "girls can't be Kamen Riders" ideology that was a recurring theme through the early Heisei era. The only good thing to come out of it was that at least Akira wasn't killed off like Femme or L'Arc.

Technically, that arc did accomplish the remarkable dual objectives of 'killing a female Rider' and 'somehow use that as a justification to kick another great female character to the curb in favor of her much less experienced, intelligent, and competent male counterparts'. I mean, Ibuki flat out said that "it's better to have boys as disciples" and was positively beaming when Akira called it quits. I mean, I can maybe tolerate this whole thing more if they at least make a token effort to get into Akira's headspace and articulate why this whole thing makes sense... but yeah.