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Originally Posted by GrandComplete

OK the 2nd half where finally here. And I think it's time to lay my feelings about it bare in an analogy that hopefully works.
I go down to Ricobene's to get my usual deep dish sasuage pizza. When I noticed that they changed the flour they used for the dough goes from a wheat to corn strach and the sasuage wasn't from the local farms but from another state. And then they added an extra ingrediant chili peppers into the pizza. Not only that but the pizza dough was still a bit raw from not being cooked enough.

That's the best way I can describe the 2nd half of Hibiki. It was always going to be a challenge for me to accept the show going forward but the ideas the 2nd half brought weren't bad and I could've excepted the replaced ideas with time but that's just it the production was rushed and it never felt like they worked out kinks at the end.

I know this alot of negatives amd I don't wanna make it seem like your wrong for having a postive first impression of the 2nd half this is just how I feel and I'm going to see how your opinions changed as we get more into the controversial stuff. And don't worry I won't be all negative despite the rushed productions there still things that I want to praise the 2nd half for. Cuz this is still a pizza even a bit raw and different still has some parts tthat I enjoy!

Don't feel like you've got to tip-toe around not liking some of these episodes! If they're not working for you, I'd honestly love to hear why, especially if they're working for me. I'm looking for discussion, not consensus. It's totally cool if you disagree with me!

(That said, deep dish pizza? I'm probably as angry at that as Switchblade is at these episodes.)

I do get what you're saying, though. As someone who felt like Agito took a minute to stop feeling like The New Season Of Kuuga, I can see how the late-stage changes that a new team is bound to implement... I mean, they had to hit the ground and immediately come out swinging, not unlike young Akira in this episode. That's tough to do! Akira's a hard bar to clear! Replacing another creative team two-thirds of the way through a season is bound to be a bumpy ride. I am not surprised that it proved too bumpy for some.