[Fish Sandwich]

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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

The son of a tokusatsu writer, doing a series about fathers and sons, connected by art? Come on.

Huh. Well, it didn't take long for you to casually say something about Kiva that completely blew my mind. I've honestly never stopped to connect those dots before, and this is kinda putting a lot of the show in a new light for me.

Anyway, this definitely seems like an appropriate place to share this track, simply titled Otoya. You'll be hearing bits of this one a lot!

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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

Wish I hadn't assumed that Hibiki was going to be About Music.

It also didn't take long for us to disagree on something! I mean, just because I suggested Kiva is More About Music doesn't mean that Hibiki wasn't About Music. It's merely a difference in how they apply that thematically. Hibiki is about rhythm, while Kiva is about melody.

With Hibiki, it's that whole idea of Hitting Your Beat, right? This idea of everyone having their own drum to march to; a life they feel confident in living. Finding a groove that fits and sticking with it. The emphasis on things like the rigorous routine of training the Oni do, or the focus on the beauty of nature, all that – it all feeds into back into that one concept in a way I could probably describe better if I was more passionate about Hibiki. It's like, order, or something. I guess it's less a show about music, and more one about sound.

With Kiva, it is admittedly much more specifically about music. The idea of all these individual notes in their unique places coming together to form a greater tapestry, made all the more beautiful through that connection. You're only two episodes in, but I probably don't need to explain how things like the dual timeline shtick fit that concept – it all feeds back into that one concept in a way I could probably describe better if I was more passionate about Kiva. It's like, harmony, and stuff. I guess... I guess it's definitely a show that's more About Music than Hibiki, huh?

Still though, the point I was trying to make here is that I disagree hard that you blew the lyrics gimmick on Hibiki. I think it fit the offbeat nature of that show in particular very well. I mean, Kiva is mostly about wordless classical pieces, whereas the title character in Hibiki had a habit of singing that one little tune with lyrics tailored to his current situation. Tell me which one of those honestly sounds like a better time to bust out that trick.

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Originally Posted by Switchblade

Wataru is meant to be a hikikomori

More like a hikikoumori, am I right?

I'm definitely not the first person to make this joke, am I?