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✯ Kamen Rider Hibiki 35 | Samurai Sentai Shinkenger 21-25
Hibiki ;
All I can say is thank God Hibiki is around, because he knows how to make villainous monsters very dead very quickly. If only Todoroki could stop worrying about his chances of getting laid later maybe he would not have broken his very important string and none of this would have -- oh who am I kidding, it's Todoroki. He would have snapped it no matter what.
... Todoroki why do you purposefully imagine Ibuki in your woman's mouth I DON'T EVEN KNOW. He is distraught no matter what, because of what she said and he can't forget and now he can't fight, even though he wants to protect people.
Asumu is very much in the same position, because he keeps thinking of Kiriya and Hitomi sucking face as well. Goddamn these masochists. But he is interrupted from his internal turmoil by a visit from Kiriya, asking about the most-often-absent girl in the class, Akira. He saw her yesterday, he says, WITH HIBIKI!!1. And Asumu says yes, she fights with them as Ibuki's disciple.
... Kiriya falls to the same conclusion as Ibuki did ages ago! THIS MEANS THAT ASUMU IS HIBIKI'S DISCIPLE, RIGHT? No, no it does not. Asumu tries to ask about Hitomi, but he fails to get the words out and tells Kiriya that it was nothing after all. Poor, poor Shounen.
Hibiki and Hinaka having lunch at the shop! Hibiki complains about Todoroki, even calling him a failure. I. Wow, that's. Jesus FUCK, new writers. >8| But she rises to Todoroki's defense like a good rapist girlfriend and tells Hibiki that her boyfriend is cute and kind!!
... sob at least that is still socute. But Hibiki asks Hinaka if he should ask Todoroki to change, and become more kind. Hinaka just gets frustrated and says that that isn't the problem at all, then calls Hibiki insensitive, which destroys his feelings just a touch.
Hahaha once again, it's time for happy homemaker Hibiki to make a tasty stew for Asumu to eat! Not that Shounen has much of an appetite (BAW HIS POOR FEELINGS). Hibiki says that he will always listen to him, and that he is always ready to dispense advice to Asumu.
WHY DO THEY HAVE NEARLY MATCHING PJs it looks like Shounen told him the story, or at least most of it, because their slumber party consists of Asumu looking glum and Hibiki bouncing a ball and talking about how "Mocchi" likes another man. Asumu tries to be a big man about it, saying how she is free to like whomever she wants, but -- There is a part of him, he says, that won't admit to that. Hibiki spouts out the following words of wisdom:
"It's okay to like girls." And I am just going to stop there for a moment, because WOW WHAT AN OPENING LINE. It ends with him talking about how Asumu has so much going on, but Asumu says he can't just reason that feeling away (and he would know, because he's tried).
... Then Hibiki asks if Asumu thinks he is insensitive. Looks like Hinaka really rattled him!
SPEAKING OF THE MEN HINAKA HAS RATTLED, Todoroki looks like a filthy hobo and is sleeping in his van while Zanki discusses the slump that his love life has left him in. Well Todoroki wants advice, and Zanki is happy to offer that he is a man who was loved by many, many women. He says he'll help out, somehow, and Todoroki grabs and does not let go of his master's hand, no matter how many "That hurts" sound.
Oh God NIGHTMARE MODE: IBUKI STYLE. He stops his bike at a light and sees Kasumi getting out of a car at a -- hotel? Maybe? Holding onto a mystery man's arm~.
... ffff and then Hinaka goes to receive a customer at the store, only to realize that it's Todoroki with a bad Elvis-type hair slicking and a soccer mom sweater tied around his shoulders. He also has a wire strapped on, because Zanki is stalking outside in the bushes with binoculars and a radio to feed him his lines. ANYONE ELSE HAVING CYRANO DE BERGERAC FLASHBACKS HERE? ANYONE?
klsdjh crying. RIGHT NOW I AM IN HELL!!1 THE HELL CALLED LOVE!!!111.
Hinaka throws him out and hurls a bucket of water in his face :'D;;;; So he returns to sit and sing sadly in his van and be the world's biggest party pooper. Kasumi yells at him when he gloomily answers her phonecall! She also tells him to shape up, because Hibiki is fighting and needs the help, so she wants Ibuki and Todoroki both to go as backup.
... he has some Nam like flashes of Hinaka and Ibuki kissing. Which is only great because it only ever happened IN HIS MIND.
So hey, here's a thought! If Armored form is so much more powerful, Hibiki, and you are getting slugged and tossed around by the makamou, why not go straight to that form before calling backup? Fuck, you're holding the Trump card! USE IT!! 8| But Ibuki and Todoroki roll in at the same time, get their shit together and run in to help fight. Well our two young Tachibana-lovin' heroes are stopped from joining the big fight by the new douji and hime! ... Fuck! THEY WILL HAVE TO FIGHT THEM AS WELL.
Man how did it end up with Todoroki between the douji and hime? And what the fuck is wrong with Ibuki's trumpet? It's not playing properly! Balls, is he also too hung up on his woman problems to fight properly? Now the douji and hime team up on HIM, and the douji hits him into the water! WHICH PISSES HIS WOMAN OFF. She slams her foot into his kidneys and bitches him the fuck out for getting in the way, and he is left whining on the ground that she's chaaaanged.
Meanwhile, our Oni are all in the water. Super.
HA HA, yeah, his woman problems broke his fighting spirit. He and Todoroki bond. And by bond I mean dance in a homohomo circle hugging one another.
Asumu broods down the hallway at school, and AS IF BY FATE when he turns the corner, he walks into where Hitomi and Kiriya are sitting and chatting together~~. He just backtracks and takes off, ignoring Hitomi the whole time she shouts his name and tries to get home to come baaaccckkk.
... I think Kiriya just came.
EVENTUALLY Hitomi does catch Asumu, and this does not surprise me because he never was very strong or manly or able to run faster than the average teenage girl. She tells him that he has MISUNDERSTOOD EVERYTHING, because she doesn't like Kiriya, not that way! A friend of hers wanted Hitomi to give him a love letter, that's all. :(!! She just wanted to play Cupid! MATCHMAKING IS AWESOME, ASUMU!!1.
Suddenly everything between them is sunshine and kittens again. To prove it, Asumu goes into one of the bathroom stalls and shrieks in girlish delight, which upsets everyone using the urinals. Stay classy, Shounen.
He is in such a fine mood that he makes dinner for Hibiki that night! ...More stew, god, that's like four days in a row. Anyway, a man that can cook is a popular man, so of course he had to go for it. They laugh merrily at Shounen having been mistaken about his woman and dig in! Apparently he can cook. Truly he will be a fine bride, and I will stop saying this as soon as it stops being true.
Hibiki is so jealous, wow. He also remembers Midori talking about how each facet of a person's life combines into one life, so they are all connected. And he understands how a heart-broken person can suffer at other parts of their life AT LAST. He epiphanies right over his soup bowl.
Hot.
Hinaka, back at the shop, freaks out at her sister. She can't figure out what to doooo, because Todoroki stopped calling ;A; It's very upsetting ;A; Because he had been calling a dozen times a day, and now he isn't calling at all. She's worried that he might not like her anymore! ... :'D I mean oh nooo :(.
Kasumi tells HER to call HIM and see what happens. Maybe Hinaka just needs to take that step! ... Aaahhh but it's so embarrassiiiing!!
... oh hey, Hibiki took Todoroki out to a cafe to give him advice about his love life. He asked what went wrong, and Todoroki explains that he made a lot of mistakes at the restaurant, and that he gave her a bonito as a present. This part confuses even Hibiki. WHY DID YOU BUY HER A FISH?! Todoroki explains this as being "something shiny", and Hinaka had asked for something shiny. Clearly he is a brilliant mind! Except that Hibiki knows that a woman's definition of "something shiny" is "jewelry". EVEN HIBIKI UNDERSTANDS THIS, and he doesn't understand social lives worth beans.
Hibiki tells the horrified Todoroki (WHO NEVER EVEN THOUGHT OF JEWELRY UNTIL THIS MINUTE) that he shouldn't force it, like with the restaurant. Just do what he can, to make her happy. Hibiki even offers to help Todoroki redo Hinaka's birthday the RIGHT way.
... so Kasumi sends her sister out shopping, and Todoroki works on ... is that udon? I CANNOT TELL, I hope it's udon, because I have a goddamn craving for udon right now oh god. Ibuki and Hibiki are supervising as well! Hibiki asks about Ibuki's problem, and he admits that it was another misunderstanding! The mystery man he saw Kasumi hugging was ... her own father.
I believe that calls for failboat passes for life.
As soon as Hinaka walks back through the door, THERE IS CONFETTI AND STREAMERS AND JOY. Eee. She gets all excited, because this is most certainly a surprise! Todoroki comes up and holds up his platter of foodstuff (I STILL WANT UDON ;A;) and asks for another chance, please. He put his heart into making these ~FOR HER~.
... apparently Todoroki is a bitching cook! Who knew! Everyone compliments him, save Hinaka. Her sister prompts her into speaking, and when she does, Hinaka proclaims it to be the most delicious udon she has ever and possibly will ever eat. ;A; Tears right up, too. Which makes Todoroki emotional. TOGETHER THEIR TEARS ARE DARLING and everyone is happy.
... almost. Hibiki prods Todoroki once the meal is over and done with, because we aren't finished yet, not by a long shot. He pulls a jewelry box out from the pocket of his hoodie and asks if Hinaka will please let him redo the birthday present.
IT IS A RING
FULFILLING MY EVERY FANTASY
But the moment is cut short because Akira saw a group of people running in terror and called Kasumi to let everyone know that she has found the makamou. Since the makamou was nice enough to multiply (FFFFFFFFFFUUUUUU) it is now a three-on-three matchup! And Hibiki was even nice enough to RIDER KICK one of them away from eating Akira's face off. Dawwww.
Looks like Hibiki learned his lesson from last time! He goes straight into Armor Form this time around. Huhuhu and he hurls a disc ("I'm counting on you") and clips the wings of the flying bitch makamous. Then they whip out their weapons and the trio CRUSHES THE THREAT SIMULTANEOUSLY and with a renewed vigor.
lmfao the Tachibana sisters I JUST. I LOVE THEM SO MUCH. Kasumi tells her sister that Todoroki is just so thoughtful! And Hinaka nods, but says that she never wanted jewelry. When she said "shiny thing", she meant "sushi dinner".
TRULY, THIS IS A MATCH MADE IN OBLIVIOUS SNOWFLAKE HEAVEN
... aaaaand now Kiriya is stalking Akira. Joy of all joys.
reactionface.gif: GOD YES THANK YOU. Even for all the little details that felt off and wrong, overall, I did enjoy it. I really doubt that I will enjoy a whole lot more of this second half (FUCK YOU TOO, WRITING STAFF), but -- eeee I still think Todoroki and Hinaka are just the cutest. ;A; It cannot be helped. I ship it like a naval harbor.
Shinkenger ;
God if I finish this before Hibiki I will never forgive myself.
+ holy balls is this the Decade crossover YESSSSSSS.
+ Suiryuu to Tsuchikemuri no Mai: Water Current and Cloud of Dust Dance.
+ MOST DISAPPOINTING CROSSOVER
+ Bocchama: Son of a rich family. I THOUGHT THIS WAS "YOUNG MASTER" BUT WHATEVER.
+ lmao Chiaki is all worried about the rich kid.
+ Baaya: Wet nurse/old housekeeper. Augh I did not need to imagine that woman as a wet nurse. And now I am having horrible mental images of Tama wet nursing Domyoji as;ldgrjhyu5jhjmk.
+ God this dude looks like a male Hiyori and I am not okay with that.
+ Sarumawashi: Monkey trainer (lit. "spinning monkeys").
+ Kita: North, Here it becomes, Done it!
+ Yariika Tokkan: Spear Squid Charge.
+ Obon/bon Festival: July/August 15, when the spirits of the dead return.
+ Dang that is a dirty-ass and broken tombstone and since I know the spoilers I MUST PONDER.
+ Maki: Rolled.
+ Inroumaru: Completed seal case.
+ ... that is a pimp coat. Super pimp coat. PIMPCOOOOOOOOAT.
+ Niten Ichiryuu: Two Heavens Number One Class.
+ DaiKaiHou: Giant Unsealed Cannon.
So that was the most boring crossover and I am not even surprised like I could be, because I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN, since the Shinkenger world in Decade proper bored me to tears and back.. S-Sigh. One day, Japan, you will do a crossover right.
All I can say is thank God Hibiki is around, because he knows how to make villainous monsters very dead very quickly. If only Todoroki could stop worrying about his chances of getting laid later maybe he would not have broken his very important string and none of this would have -- oh who am I kidding, it's Todoroki. He would have snapped it no matter what.
... Todoroki why do you purposefully imagine Ibuki in your woman's mouth I DON'T EVEN KNOW. He is distraught no matter what, because of what she said and he can't forget and now he can't fight, even though he wants to protect people.
Asumu is very much in the same position, because he keeps thinking of Kiriya and Hitomi sucking face as well. Goddamn these masochists. But he is interrupted from his internal turmoil by a visit from Kiriya, asking about the most-often-absent girl in the class, Akira. He saw her yesterday, he says, WITH HIBIKI!!1. And Asumu says yes, she fights with them as Ibuki's disciple.
... Kiriya falls to the same conclusion as Ibuki did ages ago! THIS MEANS THAT ASUMU IS HIBIKI'S DISCIPLE, RIGHT? No, no it does not. Asumu tries to ask about Hitomi, but he fails to get the words out and tells Kiriya that it was nothing after all. Poor, poor Shounen.
Hibiki and Hinaka having lunch at the shop! Hibiki complains about Todoroki, even calling him a failure. I. Wow, that's. Jesus FUCK, new writers. >8| But she rises to Todoroki's defense like a good rapist girlfriend and tells Hibiki that her boyfriend is cute and kind!!
... sob at least that is still socute. But Hibiki asks Hinaka if he should ask Todoroki to change, and become more kind. Hinaka just gets frustrated and says that that isn't the problem at all, then calls Hibiki insensitive, which destroys his feelings just a touch.
Hahaha once again, it's time for happy homemaker Hibiki to make a tasty stew for Asumu to eat! Not that Shounen has much of an appetite (BAW HIS POOR FEELINGS). Hibiki says that he will always listen to him, and that he is always ready to dispense advice to Asumu.
WHY DO THEY HAVE NEARLY MATCHING PJs it looks like Shounen told him the story, or at least most of it, because their slumber party consists of Asumu looking glum and Hibiki bouncing a ball and talking about how "Mocchi" likes another man. Asumu tries to be a big man about it, saying how she is free to like whomever she wants, but -- There is a part of him, he says, that won't admit to that. Hibiki spouts out the following words of wisdom:
"It's okay to like girls." And I am just going to stop there for a moment, because WOW WHAT AN OPENING LINE. It ends with him talking about how Asumu has so much going on, but Asumu says he can't just reason that feeling away (and he would know, because he's tried).
... Then Hibiki asks if Asumu thinks he is insensitive. Looks like Hinaka really rattled him!
SPEAKING OF THE MEN HINAKA HAS RATTLED, Todoroki looks like a filthy hobo and is sleeping in his van while Zanki discusses the slump that his love life has left him in. Well Todoroki wants advice, and Zanki is happy to offer that he is a man who was loved by many, many women. He says he'll help out, somehow, and Todoroki grabs and does not let go of his master's hand, no matter how many "That hurts" sound.
Oh God NIGHTMARE MODE: IBUKI STYLE. He stops his bike at a light and sees Kasumi getting out of a car at a -- hotel? Maybe? Holding onto a mystery man's arm~.
... ffff and then Hinaka goes to receive a customer at the store, only to realize that it's Todoroki with a bad Elvis-type hair slicking and a soccer mom sweater tied around his shoulders. He also has a wire strapped on, because Zanki is stalking outside in the bushes with binoculars and a radio to feed him his lines. ANYONE ELSE HAVING CYRANO DE BERGERAC FLASHBACKS HERE? ANYONE?
klsdjh crying. RIGHT NOW I AM IN HELL!!1 THE HELL CALLED LOVE!!!111.
Hinaka throws him out and hurls a bucket of water in his face :'D;;;; So he returns to sit and sing sadly in his van and be the world's biggest party pooper. Kasumi yells at him when he gloomily answers her phonecall! She also tells him to shape up, because Hibiki is fighting and needs the help, so she wants Ibuki and Todoroki both to go as backup.
... he has some Nam like flashes of Hinaka and Ibuki kissing. Which is only great because it only ever happened IN HIS MIND.
So hey, here's a thought! If Armored form is so much more powerful, Hibiki, and you are getting slugged and tossed around by the makamou, why not go straight to that form before calling backup? Fuck, you're holding the Trump card! USE IT!! 8| But Ibuki and Todoroki roll in at the same time, get their shit together and run in to help fight. Well our two young Tachibana-lovin' heroes are stopped from joining the big fight by the new douji and hime! ... Fuck! THEY WILL HAVE TO FIGHT THEM AS WELL.
Man how did it end up with Todoroki between the douji and hime? And what the fuck is wrong with Ibuki's trumpet? It's not playing properly! Balls, is he also too hung up on his woman problems to fight properly? Now the douji and hime team up on HIM, and the douji hits him into the water! WHICH PISSES HIS WOMAN OFF. She slams her foot into his kidneys and bitches him the fuck out for getting in the way, and he is left whining on the ground that she's chaaaanged.
Meanwhile, our Oni are all in the water. Super.
HA HA, yeah, his woman problems broke his fighting spirit. He and Todoroki bond. And by bond I mean dance in a homohomo circle hugging one another.
Asumu broods down the hallway at school, and AS IF BY FATE when he turns the corner, he walks into where Hitomi and Kiriya are sitting and chatting together~~. He just backtracks and takes off, ignoring Hitomi the whole time she shouts his name and tries to get home to come baaaccckkk.
... I think Kiriya just came.
EVENTUALLY Hitomi does catch Asumu, and this does not surprise me because he never was very strong or manly or able to run faster than the average teenage girl. She tells him that he has MISUNDERSTOOD EVERYTHING, because she doesn't like Kiriya, not that way! A friend of hers wanted Hitomi to give him a love letter, that's all. :(!! She just wanted to play Cupid! MATCHMAKING IS AWESOME, ASUMU!!1.
Suddenly everything between them is sunshine and kittens again. To prove it, Asumu goes into one of the bathroom stalls and shrieks in girlish delight, which upsets everyone using the urinals. Stay classy, Shounen.
He is in such a fine mood that he makes dinner for Hibiki that night! ...More stew, god, that's like four days in a row. Anyway, a man that can cook is a popular man, so of course he had to go for it. They laugh merrily at Shounen having been mistaken about his woman and dig in! Apparently he can cook. Truly he will be a fine bride, and I will stop saying this as soon as it stops being true.
Hibiki is so jealous, wow. He also remembers Midori talking about how each facet of a person's life combines into one life, so they are all connected. And he understands how a heart-broken person can suffer at other parts of their life AT LAST. He epiphanies right over his soup bowl.
Hot.
Hinaka, back at the shop, freaks out at her sister. She can't figure out what to doooo, because Todoroki stopped calling ;A; It's very upsetting ;A; Because he had been calling a dozen times a day, and now he isn't calling at all. She's worried that he might not like her anymore! ... :'D I mean oh nooo :(.
Kasumi tells HER to call HIM and see what happens. Maybe Hinaka just needs to take that step! ... Aaahhh but it's so embarrassiiiing!!
... oh hey, Hibiki took Todoroki out to a cafe to give him advice about his love life. He asked what went wrong, and Todoroki explains that he made a lot of mistakes at the restaurant, and that he gave her a bonito as a present. This part confuses even Hibiki. WHY DID YOU BUY HER A FISH?! Todoroki explains this as being "something shiny", and Hinaka had asked for something shiny. Clearly he is a brilliant mind! Except that Hibiki knows that a woman's definition of "something shiny" is "jewelry". EVEN HIBIKI UNDERSTANDS THIS, and he doesn't understand social lives worth beans.
Hibiki tells the horrified Todoroki (WHO NEVER EVEN THOUGHT OF JEWELRY UNTIL THIS MINUTE) that he shouldn't force it, like with the restaurant. Just do what he can, to make her happy. Hibiki even offers to help Todoroki redo Hinaka's birthday the RIGHT way.
... so Kasumi sends her sister out shopping, and Todoroki works on ... is that udon? I CANNOT TELL, I hope it's udon, because I have a goddamn craving for udon right now oh god. Ibuki and Hibiki are supervising as well! Hibiki asks about Ibuki's problem, and he admits that it was another misunderstanding! The mystery man he saw Kasumi hugging was ... her own father.
I believe that calls for failboat passes for life.
As soon as Hinaka walks back through the door, THERE IS CONFETTI AND STREAMERS AND JOY. Eee. She gets all excited, because this is most certainly a surprise! Todoroki comes up and holds up his platter of foodstuff (I STILL WANT UDON ;A;) and asks for another chance, please. He put his heart into making these ~FOR HER~.
... apparently Todoroki is a bitching cook! Who knew! Everyone compliments him, save Hinaka. Her sister prompts her into speaking, and when she does, Hinaka proclaims it to be the most delicious udon she has ever and possibly will ever eat. ;A; Tears right up, too. Which makes Todoroki emotional. TOGETHER THEIR TEARS ARE DARLING and everyone is happy.
... almost. Hibiki prods Todoroki once the meal is over and done with, because we aren't finished yet, not by a long shot. He pulls a jewelry box out from the pocket of his hoodie and asks if Hinaka will please let him redo the birthday present.
IT IS A RING
FULFILLING MY EVERY FANTASY
But the moment is cut short because Akira saw a group of people running in terror and called Kasumi to let everyone know that she has found the makamou. Since the makamou was nice enough to multiply (FFFFFFFFFFUUUUUU) it is now a three-on-three matchup! And Hibiki was even nice enough to RIDER KICK one of them away from eating Akira's face off. Dawwww.
Looks like Hibiki learned his lesson from last time! He goes straight into Armor Form this time around. Huhuhu and he hurls a disc ("I'm counting on you") and clips the wings of the flying bitch makamous. Then they whip out their weapons and the trio CRUSHES THE THREAT SIMULTANEOUSLY and with a renewed vigor.
lmfao the Tachibana sisters I JUST. I LOVE THEM SO MUCH. Kasumi tells her sister that Todoroki is just so thoughtful! And Hinaka nods, but says that she never wanted jewelry. When she said "shiny thing", she meant "sushi dinner".
TRULY, THIS IS A MATCH MADE IN OBLIVIOUS SNOWFLAKE HEAVEN
... aaaaand now Kiriya is stalking Akira. Joy of all joys.
reactionface.gif: GOD YES THANK YOU. Even for all the little details that felt off and wrong, overall, I did enjoy it. I really doubt that I will enjoy a whole lot more of this second half (FUCK YOU TOO, WRITING STAFF), but -- eeee I still think Todoroki and Hinaka are just the cutest. ;A; It cannot be helped. I ship it like a naval harbor.
Shinkenger ;
God if I finish this before Hibiki I will never forgive myself.
+ holy balls is this the Decade crossover YESSSSSSS.
+ Suiryuu to Tsuchikemuri no Mai: Water Current and Cloud of Dust Dance.
+ MOST DISAPPOINTING CROSSOVER
+ Bocchama: Son of a rich family. I THOUGHT THIS WAS "YOUNG MASTER" BUT WHATEVER.
+ lmao Chiaki is all worried about the rich kid.
+ Baaya: Wet nurse/old housekeeper. Augh I did not need to imagine that woman as a wet nurse. And now I am having horrible mental images of Tama wet nursing Domyoji as;ldgrjhyu5jhjmk.
+ God this dude looks like a male Hiyori and I am not okay with that.
+ Sarumawashi: Monkey trainer (lit. "spinning monkeys").
+ Kita: North, Here it becomes, Done it!
+ Yariika Tokkan: Spear Squid Charge.
+ Obon/bon Festival: July/August 15, when the spirits of the dead return.
+ Dang that is a dirty-ass and broken tombstone and since I know the spoilers I MUST PONDER.
+ Maki: Rolled.
+ Inroumaru: Completed seal case.
+ ... that is a pimp coat. Super pimp coat. PIMPCOOOOOOOOAT.
+ Niten Ichiryuu: Two Heavens Number One Class.
+ DaiKaiHou: Giant Unsealed Cannon.
So that was the most boring crossover and I am not even surprised like I could be, because I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN, since the Shinkenger world in Decade proper bored me to tears and back.. S-Sigh. One day, Japan, you will do a crossover right.