Samurai Sentai Shinkenger: Difference between revisions

 

* Takeru Shiba / '''{{color|red|Shinken Red}}''': [[The Hero|The 18th and current head of the Shiba clan.]] [[The Stoic|Looks stern]], but actually pretty nice; [[Tsundere|he'll try to hide it though]]. {{spoiler|Later revealed to be a [[Body Double]] for the true 18th head, Kaoru.}}

* Mako Shiraishi / '''{{color|fuchsia|Shinken Pink}}''': A kindergarten teacher. [[Onee-Sama|Mature]] and [[Kuudere|levelheaded]]. [[The Heart|Always count on her]] to [[Cooldown Hug|comfort whoever's feeling down]].

* Chiaki Tani / '''{{color|green|Shinken Green}}''': The rebel to Takeru. [[Kid Appeal Character|Lax]], and not a very good fighter, but [[The Smart Guy|a quick thinker]] who relies on [[Batman Gambit|unorthodox methods]].

* Kotoha Hanaori / '''{{color|gold|Shinken Yellow}}''': [[The Chick]]/[[Cute Bruiser]] dual pack; a [[Shrinking Violet|shy, quiet]] and [[Dojikko|a bit clutzy]] [[Kansai Dialect|country girl]]. Her loyalty to Takeru rivals Ryunosuke's.

* Genta Umemori / '''{{color|goldenrod|Shinken Gold}}''': Childhood friend of Takeru. The all-around sushi-themed [[Sixth Ranger]] who [[The Smart Guy|developed his own Origami]] and... [[Astonishingly Appropriate Appearance|also happens to be]] a [[Chef of Iron|Sushi chef]]. Self-taught Iai master and '''''[[Lethal Joke Character]]'''''.

 

==== Allies ====

* [[Colour-Coded for Your Convenience]]: Usually in the teamup specials, in the main battle, the rangers split up into groups corresponding with their color, ranking, or gender. In the ''Go-onger'' special, this is averted; aside from pairing Takeru with Sousuke and Genta with Hiroto, the groupings aren't done as such. Instead, they're separated through the groups that met as the movie went on. The full entourage hadn't been together before the big team transformation and roll call.

* [[Combination Attack]]: Several; named or unnamed. Usually a string of slashes as they dash by the Ayakashi, with Takeru as the lead most of the time.

* [[Eyecatch]]: The eyecatch involves the camera panning out to show the core Shinkengers in civilian form, spinning away from the audience, with Takeru spinning his Shinkenmaru. After the break, the Shinkengers are in their Ranger forms, and they spin towards the audience, and Takeru spins his Shinkenmaru, and the camera pans in to resume the episode.

* [[Finishing Move]]: This is [[Super Sentai]], and the ''whole'' theme is "'''Samurai'''"; can we expect anything less?

* [[Five-Man Band]]: There are two [[Smart Guy|Smart Guys]] on the team. <ref>Chiaki the planner and Genta the Mojikara expert.</ref>

** [[The Hero]]: Takeru

** [[The Heart]]: Mako

** [[Kid Appeal Character]]: Chiaki

** [[Sixth Ranger]]: Genta

** [[Team Pet]]: DaiGoyo

* [[Five-Bad Band]]

** [[Big Bad]]: Dokoku

* [[Transformation Trinket]]: Despite being a given in [[Super Sentai]] tradition, it needs mentioning here: We're talking about cellphones that turn into ''giant brushes'' to ''write Kanji in the air'' which gives you power to kick [[Obake]] ass.

** Even the older Shinkengers use CELLPHONES that are MADE OF WOOD! Cellphones during the Feudal Era?! Jii also uses a wooden cellphone.

** Inromaru, the key to [[Super Mode]], can also count.

** The Kyoryu Disk as well.

** The Ayakashi in Act 37 has a special ability in which he shoots ''white sticky goo'' out of the rather ''phallic-looking'' cannon on his shoulder.

* [[Dogged Nice Guy]]: Poor, poor Ryunosuke...

** Ryunosuke's theme, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLwjQwl6bfU "Aonami Yonashi"]. <ref>It should be no suprise that Ryunosuke got to sing his own theme. Hiroki Aiba ''was'' in [[Prince of Tennis]] [[The Musical]], after all...</ref>

** Mako's theme, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLwjQwl6bfU "Nadeshiko Shinken Hanafubuki"].

* [[Duel to The Death]]: The sole reason Juzo has his eyes on Takeru. {{spoiler|They finally got down to it in Acts 46 and 47, and most intensely in the whole series. Even Takeru's fighting was frantic and not as collected as in previous battles.}}

* [[Utopia Justifies the Means|Dystopia Justifies the Means]]: {{spoiler|Akumaro's goal is to open the gateway to Hell so that he can experience ultimate suffering: a goal that threatens the existence of both the human world and the Sanzu River.}}

* [[Ear Worm]]: In-universe example - the sootball sprites inhabting the Rokumon junk tend to default to humming Dayu's ''shamisen'' Leitmotif when not parroting the words of the Gedoushu.

** Chan chan bara, chanbara...

*** [[Shock and Awe]]: In the early episodes, Takeru also used a Lightning Disk.

** [[Making a Splash]]: Ryunosuke

** [[Green Thumb]]: Chiaki

** [[Dishing Out Dirt]]: Kotoha

* [[Famous Ancestor]]: Not only does the Shiba House select the next generation as the next leader, but there are four retainer families which do the same thing.

* [[Foreshadowing]]: As shocking as Act 44's revelation seems, the reveal was foreshadowed as early as Act 6 <ref>When the Ayakashi called Takeru a "liar"</ref>, possibly as early as Act '''1''' <ref>Ryunosuke: "I had no idea you were a lady, my lord!"</ref>, and has been debated within the fandom for quite some time. {{spoiler|The idea that the true lord is a [[Samus Is a Girl|lady]], though, was not as expected.}}

* [[Friend to All Children]]: Mako. And that extends to those who needs care like a scared little kid, which happens to be her "Daycare Mode" Button.

** And her mecha just ''happens'' to be a [[Gamera|turtle.]]

** Masaya Matsukaze ([[Denji Sentai Megaranger|MegaBlue]]) makes an appearance in episode 45 as {{spoiler|1=the ''real'' former ShinkenRed, Kaoru's father.}}

* [[Her Codename Was Mary Sue|His Code Name Was Gary Stu]]: ''Lord'' Ikenami Ryunosuke during his illusion in ''Samurai Sentai Shinkenger Returns''.

* [[Implacable Man]]: {{spoiler|1=Pulled off spectacularly in the Closing Act: The Shinkengers approach Dokoku in SamuraiHaOh, which is reduced to TenkuShinkenOh and then just ShinkenOh from his barrage. ''[[Crowning Moment of Awesome|And they don't flinch once]]''}}.

* [[Impractically Fancy Outfit]]: Genta's "business attire" says it all: An archaic outfit with the jacket's lapels gilded...

** The Inromaru reminds of the extremely popular and long running [[Jidai Geki]] ''Mito Komon'', about the brother of Ieyasu Tokugawa who, using the alias of a retired merchant named Mito Komon, goes around fighting injustice in Japan.<ref> At the climax of each episode, after the villains have been uncovered and his two servants have fought them, Komon reveals his inrou with the seal of the emperor on it, causing the villains to fall to their knees and beg him for forgiveness.</ref>

** Even some "classic" [[Jidai Geki]] or feudal Japanese vocabularies are borrowed or referenced in the series:

*** The word "''Itto Ryodan''"<ref>"(With) One blade, (cut into) two pieces".</ref>.

*** "''Niten Ichiryu''", an archaic and traditional school of swordsmanship. See [[Dual-Wielding]] above.

** And then Genta's business attire: No ordinary person sells sushi dressed like that these days! ...Unless, of course, it's a customer attraction. And, mind, no one's accusing Genta of being ordinary.

*** Speaking of Genta, himself and DaiGoyo seems to be an analogue to "our heroes' friends/allies from the low society class" in a real period piece. [[Super Sentai]]-[[People in Rubber Suits|style]], of course.

* [[Kansai Dialect]]: Being a country girl, Kotoha speaks in this dialect.

* [[Keigo]]: Akumaro addresses both his allies and enemies in formal speech. Shitari also does so<ref>"''Omae-san''"</ref>, but mostly to those he's familiar with.

* [[Panthera Awesome]]: Shishi and Tora Origami. Interestingly, they're controlled by [[The Hero|Takeru]].

* [[Paper Fan of Doom]]: Aside from Mako's [[Weapon of Choice]], Kaoru uses several of them of various sizes to shut Tanba up when he gets out of hand.

** The "get the Nanashi blind stinking drunk" part may have helped there.

* [[Parental Abandonment]]: Takeru and Jii, except for the servants, are pretty much the only ones in the mansion at the start of the series.

* [[Punk Punk]]: The Shiba clan seems to run on ''Edo''-punk. No, seriously.

* [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]]: Dayu gives one to {{spoiler|Akumaro in Act 43 after Juzo betrays him, telling him that his reliance on human emotion became his downfall. She even gives him a nice [[Kick Them While They Are Down|kick]] while she's at it.}}

* [[Red Shirt]] ([[Redshirt Army|Army]]): Averted with the Kuroko; while the show's target demographic might affect this decision somehow, the Kuroko themselves are pretty slick at escaping danger with minimal damage, if at all. The [[Nominal Importance|Nanashi]] [[Redshirt Army|Renju]], on the other hand...

* [[Retired Badass]]: Chiaki's dad is heavily implied to be a former Shinkenger and shows his skill at the end of the Act he appears in, by cutting down the remaining Gedoushuu with one of their own swords, while injured.

** Genta X {{spoiler|Kaoru}} is getting quite popular after Act 47 {{spoiler|1=when Genta, after hearing Kaoru say that she felt sorry about her sudden appearance causing trouble to Takeru and the rest, says that she's a nice princess. She and Genta also spend the rest of the Act together piloting DaiKaiShinkenOh.}}

* [[Shoot the Dog]]: Dokoku {{spoiler|does this to Dayu in the beginning of Act 48, mostly because he doesn't like her music anymore, but also because she's been mortally wounded by Mako.}}

** The monster from the ''Shinkenger Comeback'' DVD has [[Pans Labyrinth|eyes in the palms of two hands.]]

* [[Shrinking Violet]]: Kotoha, though the behaviour subsides when she's with people she's close to; especially Mako and Chiaki.

* [[Signature Style]]: The lead writer for ''Shinkenger'' is the same one from [[Kamen Rider Den-O]], [[Yasuko Kobayashi]]. It seems she brought the humor which made Den-O stand out in the Rider francise; particularly the "Nakama" feel of the group.

** Another facet of Kobayashi's style is her use of unconventional antagonists; [[Kamen Rider Den-O|Kai]] {{spoiler|who wants to bring back his timeline}}, [[Kamen Rider Ryuki|Shiro]] {{spoiler|whose plan all along is to bring back his sister}}, and here, Juzo who just wants to [[Blood Knight|fight and fight]], and Dayu, {{spoiler|a [[Yandere]] dead-set on preserving her one-sided love}}. Would Dokoku, the [[Big Bad]] who ''rarely'' does anything, count as unconventional too?

* [[Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism]]: [[Yasuko Kobayashi]] seems to be tapping every mood her [[Signature Style]] has lead her to. This is actually ideal for this year's themes, and gives Shinkenger an interesting position among sentai: not the [[Lighter and Softer|most cheery and light]] sentai, but not, by a long shot, the [[Darker and Edgier|darkest]] entry, either. It truly takes its cues from the [[Jidai Geki]] tradition. The bitter moments, the moments the characters say "[[Oh Crap]]", are there so that their victory plays perfectly to the the optimistic, virtuous side of the tradition. The definite [[Earn Your Happy Ending|epic struggle]] against the Gedoushu and the [[Tear Jerker|Tear Jerkers]] it brings must be there, or the show's humor and up-beat character work wouldn't work as well.

* [[Wave Motion Gun]]: {{spoiler|1=SamuraiHaOh}}'s finisher, ''Mojikara Dai Dan En''<ref>Great Mojikara Bullet Ring</ref>. Trust us - it's '''big'''; {{spoiler|big enough to ''engulf a [[Make My Monster Grow|giant Ayakashi]] whole'' and ''decimate it immediately''}}.

* [[Wedding Smashers]]: the premise of Act 8, see [[Batman Gambit]] above.

** And again with '''''Act 42'''''.

** And again with '''''Act 43'''''. Heck, apart from Act 41 serving as a breather, that part was pretty much a Wham Arc!

* [[Yamato Nadeshiko]]: Though not in a great deal, Kotoha shows those signs from time to time.

** As of Act 4, this is ''officially'' the dream of Mako; but [[Lethal Chef|with cooking skills like that]], she still has a long way to go.

* [[You Are Not Alone]]: In Act 47, {{spoiler|the other Shinkengers show up just in time to help pull Takeru out of the spiral into Gedou that Juzo is trying to send him to. With Juzo defeated, they reaffirm how dedicated to him they are, both as friends and vassals, causing him to break down in tears.}}

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