Hibiki

E1. The Echoing Oni

Jan 30, 2005 · 25m

There are those known as Takeshi who have fought since ancient times to protect people. Some of them have even dared to become Oni, to fight against the evil Makamou. Following the Oni are the boys and girls who start toward tomorrow, step by step�

E2. Roaring Spider

Feb 6, 2005 · 25m

After rescuing Chizu, Hibiki spends the night at the memorial where Asumu is staying. The next day, Asumu meets Hibiki out by the beach and they discuss what Hibiki does for a living. As Hibiki searches the mountain, Asumu follows him and is attacked in the woods, where he is rescued and witnesses Hibiki transform to fight the Hime and her child, a demon-spider called Tsuchigumo.

E3. Falling Voice

Feb 13, 2005 · 25m

Both Adachi and Hibiki return to Tokyo where Hibiki is sent off to defeat a Yamabiko sighted at Okutama. Later on, Hibiki meets Asumu�s mother, who is ecstatic to see him. Meanwhile, the strain of studying for entrance exams begins to trouble Asumu as he worries about Hibiki and how safe he is with the type of job he has.

E4. Running Ichirou

Feb 20, 2005 · 25m

Asumu trails an old man whom he believes has connections to Hibiki after he sees him save a young girl. Elsewhere, Hibiki continues his battle with the Makamou who had been killing people in the forest. After the battle, Hibiki and Kasumi return to Tachibana�s sweet shop, where the Asumu and the old man are.

E5. Melting Sea

Feb 27, 2005 · 25m

After a discussion with Hibiki about his plans after middle school, Asumu is reminded that he has no choice but to pass his entrance exam into Jounan, and he resolves to not see Hibiki until he gets in so he can share the good news. Meanwhile, Hibiki heads out after news that one of his comrades was injured in a fight, but can he handle an unfamiliar type of Makamou?

E6. Striking Soul

Mar 6, 2005 · 25m

Ibuki, thinking Asumu is Hibiki�s apprentice, takes Asumu to where Hibiki and Kasumi are located. Hibiki and Asumu have a discussion about life and the challenges that everyone faces, leaving Asumu with a renewed passion to do well on his entrance exams. Hibiki then returns to battle the Bakegani that defeated him previously.

E7. The Blowing Oni

Mar 13, 2005 · 25m

Excited over passing his entrance exam for Jounan, Asumu rushes to tell Hibiki the good news but is told he is training at a shrine deep in the mountains. Hinaka tells him how to get there and he sets off by himself. Meanwhile, Ibuki�s apprentice Akira arrives in the mountains and is attacked, forcing Ibuki to transform to fight a flying Makamou.

E8. Screaming Wind

Mar 20, 2005 · 25m

Lost in the forest, Asumu stumbles onto Ibuki�s camp where an irritated Akira tells Asumu that he will only hinder Hibiki if he continues following him around and that it would be best for him to leave. Asumu wonders just how true her words are and asks Hibiki himself how he feels about it after he arrives at the camp. Ibuki then defeats the Ittan-momen and Akira and Asumu make amends with each other.

E9. Wriggling Evil

Mar 27, 2005 · 25m

Spring break has started and Asumu has already gotten off on the wrong foot, having missed going to the movies with his friend. He spends the rest of the day wandering around town and eventually encountering shoplifters. Meanwhile, Hibiki looks to see if his training paid off by taking down an Ooari while Ibuki and Akira track down a Makamou that seems to be a little more than they had suspected.

E10. Oni Standing In A Line

Apr 3, 2005 · 25m

Asumu continues to wander through town after being a witness to the shoplifting, not really sure of himself and what to do next. Meanwhile, Hibiki and Ibuki team up to take down a very rare Makamou, Otoroshi.

E11. Swallowing Wall

Apr 10, 2005 · 25m

A new school year has started and Asumu enters high school but still has mixed feelings on the path of life he has taken. Through all the aimless wandering he finds himself back at Tachibana�s Sweet Shop, but Hibiki has traveled out to the countryside after a call about people strangely disappearing where he faces off with new armored versions of the Douji and Hime.

E12. Secrets Revealed

Apr 17, 2005 · 25m

After going through a false wall in Tachibana�s Sweet Shop, Asumu stumbles upon the Oni R&D room where Midori shines some light on Hibiki�s past. Meanwhile, Hibiki believes he�s discovered the secret to defeating the Armored Douji and Hime and begins to time their transformation, but he has to hurry as a Nurikabe is making its way towards the village below the mountain!

E13. Berserk Fate

Apr 24, 2005 · 25m

Hibiki goes to Asumu to ask him for a favor but Asumu doesn�t seem to be feeling well, and is rushed to the hospital when he collapses during class! In the mountains, after being given a power boost, an Ubume Douji goes berserk, killing the Ubume and the Hime, and proceeds to hunt down other Makamou, interfering in a battle Danki was engaging in before moving on to attack Ibuki!

E14. Devouring Douji

May 1, 2005 · 25m

Asumu is suffering from appendicitis and is rushed into surgery, as his high school life comes to a halt until he heals. Hitomi runs into her cousin while Asumu meets a man who gives him some advice as he leaves the hospital, as Hibiki and Ibuki team up to track down and destroy the berserk Douji.

E15. Weakening Thunder

May 8, 2005 · 25m

Asumu returns home after spending a week hospitalized and begins his recuperation. Elsewhere, Zanki reveals that he will soon be retiring and expects his apprentice Todoyama to take his place, a revelation that Todoyama is less than pleased with. Even more, they are called to aid Sabaki at Tsukama Village, where a Yamaarashi is running rampant.

E16. Torodoku Oni

May 15, 2005 · 25m

Zanki and Todoyama come to Sabaki�s rescue after being captured by the Yamaarashi, but Zanki begins to weaken and proves unable to defeat it. Todoyama takes Zanki�s place and destroys his first giant-type Makamou. As Zanki retires, Todoyama refuses to take his name, instead wanting to make a name for himself, as Zanki dubs him Todoroki, the Roaring Oni.

E17. The Targeted Town

May 22, 2005 · 25m

Kasumi and Ibuki go clothes-shopping on their day off. After shopping and during their meal, Ibuki sees a Douji and Hime pair in the city and begins his pursuit. Elsewhere, Hitomi is having mixed feelings about Asumu and Akira spending so much time together. After defeating the Douji/Hime pair, Ibuki is attacked by a Makamou that eats his disk animals as he waits for Akira to arrive with his Reppu!

E18. Unbroken Hurricane

May 29, 2005 · 25m

Akira makes her way towards the ever-changing location of the Oonamazu but as she heads towards the battle, a puppet-type Makamou causes her to collapse under a bridge. Meanwhile, Asumu heads to Tachibana�s to drop off his notes and ends up helping Hinaka deal with the influx of customers. Finally, having tracked down the Oonamazu, Ibuki proceeds underground into the sewers to fight it for the final time�

E19. The Strumming Warrior

Jun 5, 2005 · 25m

Asumu begins his first day at Tachibana�s and discovers that Todoroki and Hitomi are related. Todoroki continues to fight the Bakegani as Kasumi notices something is wrong with him, while Zanki later arrives after he is called by Ichiro to examine a recording of Todoroki�s peculiar fighting style. Meanwhile, Hibiki practices on a dirtbike while waiting on standby�

E20. The Pure Sound

Jun 12, 2005 · 25m

Zanki visits Todoroki on the battlefield to question about his style of fighting while Asumu begins to have troubles at Tachibana�s and is then pulled into a conversation with Ichiro about the Oni. Hibiki later joins Todoroki in a fight against an Amikiri as Zanki makes a decision about his and Todoroki�s future.

E21. Demons Drawn Together

Jun 26, 2005 · 25m

While Hibiki enjoys a day off of fighting to run errands with Asumu, Ibuki and Todoroki are separately following two groups of Makamou that are heading towards Mount Asama. The Oni find it strange that the Makamou don�t want to fight nor do they attack humans, so just what is at the top of the mountain that draws them?

E22. Changing into a Cocoon

Jul 3, 2005 · 25m

As Asumu and Mochi wait for Hibiki to return with the doctor, Akira is injured as Ibuki and Todoroki combine their strength to defeat the pair of Douji and Hime, but the Ubume and Yamaarashi are nowhere to be found. What they do find is a new, disturbing hybrid of the two Makamou and despite their best efforts, they can�t defeat it alone. Just then, Hibiki arrives as backup�

E23. Summer of Training

Jul 10, 2005 · 25m

Hibiki takes Todoroki to his mountain training temple to teach him how to play the taiko so that the Oni are better prepared to deal with the summer Makamou, which are resistant to stringed instruments. Unfortunately, the training seems to be too intense for Todoroki, who loses faith. Meanwhile, Asumu is assigned the whistle in his high school�s brass band and is not too pleased with not having the chance to play the drums.

E24. Burning Crimson

Jul 17, 2005 · 25m

Discovering the self-multiplying Dorotabou, the Oni realize they will have to unify their powers using taiko to defeat the Makamou. As Hibiki trains harder to unleash his Crimson form, Todoroki struggles with his lack of drumming skill, but a pep talk from Hinaka might just be what he needs�

E25. Racing Blueness

Jul 24, 2005 · 25m

After Sabaki is defeated by a Kappa, Hibiki is sent out to finish the job. At the same time, Asumu, Hitomi, Hinaka, and Todoroki enjoy the day off by going to a water park where they run into Tsutomu Tsumura, who works at the park but has ties to the Oni world.

E26. Tallying Days

Aug 7, 2005 · 25m

Everybody is out, either enjoying their day off or hunting down Makamou, leaving Asumu and Akira to tend to the sweet shop. Ibuki crosses paths with a strange couple that are dressed in full kimonos in a busy city while Hibiki and Todoroki track down a Bakeneko group hidden deep within a mountain forest.

E27. Passing Down the Bond

Aug 14, 2005 · 25m

Zanki is attacked by a white Puppet, and the damaged disks lead Hibiki and Todoroki to track down the group of Bakeneko hiding in the forest shrine. Back at Tachibana�s, Tsutomu reveals his relationship to the Oni world to Asumu and asks what he wants to do in the future.

E28. Unending Villainy

Aug 21, 2005 · 25m

After being beaten up for revenge by the shoplifter he stopped several months ago, Asumu loses his normal cheerfulness. Hibiki sees this and decides to take Asumu for a forest hike while fixing his damaged drumstick. Meanwhile, Eiki is defeated by an armored Douji and Hime, so Ibuki and Todoroki are called in to avenge their fellow Oni.

E29. Shining Boy

Aug 28, 2005 · 25m

After his fall where he loses his phone, Asumu blames himself and Hibiki confronts the boy about being too negative and self-conscious. Meanwhile, Ibuki and Todoroki combine their efforts and battle Douji and Hime, with Eiki joining them in the battle against the Makamou, but it escapes and makes its way toward Hibiki and Asumu�s campsite�

E30. Premonition of Training

Sep 4, 2005 · 25m

A new boy has transferred to Asumu and Hitomi�s school, Kiriya Kyousuke, and the new boy seems to be good at everything from language to sports and makes Asumu feel boring. Meanwhile, The Man creates a new Makamou that does not have a Douji and Hime and unleashes it in the busy metropolis.