Well...I've written two large essasys on why Hibiki represents the true spirit of Kamen Rider. I can post those if you want. Ishinomori's original idea is that a Kamen Rider should be someone you can look up to, someone that's like a teacher. Hibiki is trashed a lot because people think it's too slow, but it really isn't. And some of the other stuff it's trashed on is just sad. Why? Because people like Kabuto so much better at say episode 20, yet at that point lots of people hated Hibiki because it was "too slow" but in reality, the stories were basically at the same point. To me, that really showed that most people can easily be swayed by nice looking shows.
Though lately I've met more people that say Hibiki is a good show, it sure as hell as the best cast of any season yet.
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