At first it places Hibiki at a disadvantage in the water due to gunk the Kappa shoots from its mouth, covering Hibiki's forearms and crystallizing. But Hibiki trained for such an event and managed to drive the Kappa out of the water to finish it off with his Shakunetsu Shinku no Kata, though chipping away at the hardened weights had side-effects for Hibiki's vocal cords.