[FreshToku]

I like Hibiki, and I'm glad that you've been receptive to it's unique style. I remember distinctly how one of the earliest scenes, of Asumu having a meal with his family who are talking about him, and both they and their voices fade away in favour of the music to show how much he feels like an outsider to what's happening. Those kinds of moments hit incredibly close to home. In fact, a lot of the themes about finding your way in life struck such a chord with me. It took a few episodes for me to get along with Hibiki's particular way of doing things, but once I did, I was really into it.

As for episode 9, I get what you mean. It's kinda all set-up, but you would have also come to expect this show to just show 'things happening' to Asumu and letting you decide the meaning or worth of it by yourself. Sometimes you'll decide 'i dunno if i needed to see this', though.

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Originally Posted by Androzani84

I promised to comment on the debut of major or recurring characters and one shows up here in the form of the bully who steals from Asumu in his episode (since he makes appearances in two later episodes, before being dropped after the retool)

He’s definitely my least favourite character on the show, mostly for a) how one-note he is as a character, b) he offers little that couldn’t be taken out with no trouble and c) he never receives any comeuppance or redemption for his actions.

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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

If possible, try to avoid even hinting at stuff. (Mentioning that you don’t like how a certain character’s arc goes, for example, or that some plot point doesn’t pay off.) Even hinting at future developments (or your feelings about them) gets me expecting stuff I normally wouldn’t have expected, which makes the process of watching this show a bit less enjoyable. If you can keep your comments to the currently-watched episode and anything prior, I’d appreciate it. Thanks!