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.}}

* Ryunosuke Ikenami / '''{{color|blue|Shinken Blue}}''': A former kabuki actor. '''''[[Large Ham|VERY]]''''' [[Large Ham|dramatic]] and [[The Big Guy|a very skilled swordsman]]. The [[Yes Man]] to Takeru, and [[Butt Monkey|often played for comedy]], despite [[The Lancer|being the second-in-command... sorta]].

* 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.

==== Allies ====

 

* The Kuroko: The Shiba household's servant crew, dressed as traditional Japanese stage hands - and as such, they expect to be ignored. Besides helping Jii maintain the Shiba's ancestral home, they serve as heralds for the Shinkengers, carrying the elaborate curtains and war drums that often accompany the Samurai's entrance. They can provide battle support, and often clear civilians from an area so the Samurai-tachi can focus on the battle at hand.

* DaiGoyo: A lantern brought to life through Genta's Mojikara. Acts as the [[Team Pet]] and can grow to Mecha scale, [[Verbal Tic|goyo de!]]

=== Gedoushu ===

 

* Usukawa Dayu: [[The Dragon]]. Can be seen playing a [[Instrument of Murder|Shamisen Of Murder]]. Can be considered a [[Dark Chick]] also since she is the only regular female Gedoushu.

* Hone no Shitari: [[Mad Scientist]] and [[The Strategist]]. Looks suspisciously like [[HP Lovecraft|Cthulhu]]. Rarely leaves the ship, and instead constantly makes plans to increase Sanzu River's water.

** Genta: "''Ikkan Kenjou!''" <ref> "Consistent Presentation!"</ref>

* [[Calling Your Attacks]]

* [[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.

* [[Crossover]]: ''Shinkenger vs. [[Engine Sentai Goonger|Go-onger]]'', which features a [[Early Bird Cameo|cameo]] by the [[Tensou Sentai Goseiger|next Sentai team]].

* [[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?

** [[The Hero]]: Takeru

** [[The Big Guy|The Big]] [[The Lancer|Lancer]]: Ryunosuke [[hottip:*:Second-in-command, contrasting personalities with [[The Hero]]... Yes, this time [[The Lancer]] is a [[Yes Man]] who is [[Large Ham|hammy and hyperactive.]]

** [[Team Pet]]: DaiGoyo

** [[Eleventh Hour Ranger]]: {{spoiler|Kaoru}}

** [[Big Bad]]: Dokoku

** [[The Dragon]]: Akumaro

* [[Make My Monster Grow]]: All [[Monster of the Week|Monsters Of The Week]] have two lives. Once their first life is down, they [[Back From the Dead|return to life again]] in [[Attack of the 50 Foot Whatever|giant form]].

** On the other hand, the heroes have handheld mecha that grow to giant size ''and'' mecha that starts out giant sized. Of special note is that Genta, despite being the self-taught outsider, has built ''two'' mecha able to grow huge (Ebi and DaiGoyou).

* [[Monster of the Week|Monsters Of The Week]]: The ''Ayakashi''; misguided souls wandering the sea in Japanese mythology, thus their "residence" at the bottom of Sanzu and appearance by climbing onto the ship.

* [[Mook|Mooks]]: The "''Nanashi Renju''" [[hottip:*:[[Nominal Importance|Nameless Company]], and the [[Giant Mook|giant versions]] "''ONanashi Renju''" and "''[[Winged Humanoid|Ozora Nanashi Renju]]''" <ref>"Great Sky Nanashi Renju"</ref>.

** Villains duplicating heroes: Act 15; an Ayakashi posing as Chiaki to alienate him.

** Heroes [[Brought Down to Normal]]: Act 49; {{spoiler|While they don't lose the ability to transform, Dokoku's sheer power has them revert back to normal. They spend a good portion of the finale without transform including part of the final battle, the role call, and even the final mecha battle.}}

* [[Transformation Name Announcement]]: "ShinkenOh - United under Providence!"

** "DaiKaiOh - Peerless under Providence!"

*** Chiaki: [[Blade On a Stick|Wood Spear]]

*** Kotoha: [[Fuuma Shuriken|Land Slicer]]

** Hyper Shinkenger: [[Whip Sword|Kyoryumaru]]

** Super Shinkenger: {{spoiler|[[BFG|Mogyu Bazooka]]}}

* [[Asskicking Pose]]: Genta has one pose indicating that [[Let's Get Dangerous|he's gonna get serious]]; pulling one of his sleeves right up to his shoulder. Note, though, that he doesn't limit this to battles only, so it's more of a "physical" [[Catch Phrase]].

* [[Astonishingly Appropriate Appearance]]: Genta <s>is a sushi chef and a sushi-themed Ranger</s> shouts "''Sushi''" all the way.

** Averted with Genta's Electronic Mojikara. He's no good with a brush, so he made it that he could give power to characters that he texts on the Sushi Changer.

** And actually addressed in the final act where they produce a complicated Kanji [[All Your Powers Combined|by having each Ranger draw a different radical]].

* [[Batman Gambit]]: The whole Act 8. {{spoiler|To elaborate, Takeru planned for Mako to get caught as a bride, then get revealed, prompting the Ayakashi to kidnap the bride again... only to have Ryunosuke [[Cross Dresser|POSE]] as the bride, then expected Mako to get threatened and reveal a false location of the brides, then just merely sends out shadows of his team to approach the false location while he uses Ryunosuke's information to get into the real location.}}

** Chiaki's plan in Act 27, {{spoiler|which is to purposely get hit by the Ayakashi's tendrils so that Kotoha [[Hoist By His Own Petard|forces the Ayakashi and Chiaki to switch bodies and then force the Ayakashi to tell them how to quickly return everyone's souls to their proper bodies]].}}

* [[Beam Spam]]: The Kabuto Origami's headgear can fire a barrage of lasers.

* [[Berserk Button]]: Go ahead. {{spoiler|Put Kotoha in mortal danger.}} Should work out fine with the rest of the Samurai.

** If this was done during the early Acts, then this would played straight as Ryunosuke did not approve of Chiaki's lax behavior and Chiaki hated how uptight Ryunosuke was with him. [[Character Development]] for both characters eased their tension until it was brought back during Act 37. Even then, [[Vitriolic Best Buds|it doesn't totally come out of left field]].

* [[Chef of Iron]]: Genta. A straight example in ''many'' instances.

* [[Chekhov's Gunman]]: Chekhov's Fisherman.

* [[Chewing the Scenery]]:

** Richard Brown. "Maaaaairuuuuuuuu!"

** {{spoiler|Dayu: "Even in your ''final moments'' you choose her over me?"}}

* [[Cross Dresser]]: Ryunosuke in Act 8, albeit on ground of mission demands. He disguised as a bride to be kidnapped, and sure enough, taken ''all'' the way to the captive place, without being noticed by any one of his captors. Apparently Dayu got confident after exposing the decoy bride as Mako, and ''[[Idiot Ball|didn't think to inspect the "real" bride after that]]''.

** He ''does'' mention that this is thanks to the part of playing as women in Kabuki Theatre. But he just ''had'' to say "''I'm still very unskilled''"...

* [[Diagonal Cut]]: A lot. And we ''do'' mean '''a lot'''; the most memorable one being ShinkenOh's finisher: "''Daishinken Samurai Giri''".

* [[Distaff Counterpart]]: {{spoiler|Takeru}} gains one in the form of {{spoiler|1=Kaoru, a female ShinkenRed, a Super Sentai first.}}

** [[Yu-Gi-Oh the Abridged Series|He's going to destroy the world!]]

** {{spoiler|They turned Toro from ''[[Persona]]'' into a kaiju!}}

* [[Dojikko]]: Kotoha ''in spades''.

* [[Drowning My Sorrows|Drowning My Rage]]: If Dokoku is really pissed, sake is the only thing that will keep his power in check and keep him from slaughtering his own minions. Even then, he's still pretty damn murderous after a drink.

** Chiaki does this with wooden swords in Act 15 just to mess with Ryunosuke. Coincidentally, the MOTW this Act also did the same (not with wooden swords though).

*** Interestingly, Dayu herself does something like this with her ''shamisen'' and its hidden ''kodachi'' in Act 8, and later 25, which goes straight into [[Fridge Logic]] territory as that's the ep where we learn {{spoiler|what, or rather ''who'' the instrument is made from.}}

** One of DaiKaiOh's four battle modes does this, but not so much after IkaDaiKaiOh is introduced. Then we get DaikaiShinkenOh, who even reuses the same blades.

** [[Green Thumb]]: Chiaki

** [[Dishing Out Dirt]]: Kotoha

* [[Enforced Method Acting]]: Takeru's actor, Tori Matsuzaka, has stated that he was the only one of the main cast told beforehand that {{spoiler|Takeru is a [[Body Double]] for Kaoru}} in order to achieve realistic reactions from the others when [[The Reveal]] was filmed.

* [[Enigmatic Minion]]: Apparently Juzo, but with subversions; the others consider him a stray, meaning he perhaps isn't 100% with them.

* [[Epic Fail]]: Genta did it ''twice in a row without realizing'' when he created DaiGoyo. First, he designed it after an ''Okappiki''<ref>Edo policeman</ref> which, as Ryunosuke pointed out, isn't a Samurai. The other? {{spoiler|1=Depending on the Kanji, DaiGoyo translates as "Big Mistake".}}

* [[Evil Plan]]: {{spoiler|The various plots across the fifteen Acts since his appearance? Having Juzo and Dayu work for him in exchange for Uramasa and Dayu's Shamisen? They were all instrumental in his true goal: To create [[Hell On Earth]].}}

** {{spoiler|Dokoku pulls off an impressive one at the end. He saves Dayu and repairs her shamisen in Act 40, throwing her int emotional turmoil. This ultimately culminates with her releasing the soul of the man who spurned her from it, filling the Sanzu to overflowing in one fell swoop. This also leaves Dayu with nothing left to live for, and thus she allows Dokoku to absorb her into him. The point of that exercise? Well, as a "stray", Dayu was a human who fell to Gedou. Absorbing her made Dokoku a "stray". And [[Chekhov's Gun|it's been shown that Gedou-specific seals don't fully work on strays.]] Thus, Dokoku becomes partially immune to the sealing character - which leaves the Shinkengers at a serious disadvantage.}}

* [[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.]]

* [[Giant Mook]]: Probably the first [[Super Sentai]] to deploy the concept as a regular basis, Gedoushu has access to not only normal [[Giant Mook|Giant Mooks]] but also ''flying'' [[Giant Mook|Giant Mooks]]. With an army like that, [[Fridge Logic|you'd think Dokoku would have decimated the human world by now]]...

** Probably because they're [[Phlebotinum Breakdown|dependent on the moisture of the Sanzu river]].

*** {{spoiler|1=By transforming it into the "King" of the Origami. It's changing it from a feral beast to a usable living "program" for the Mojikara by giving it an attachment to a [[Applied Phlebotinum|HiDen Disc]].}}

* [[Guns Are Useless]]: {{spoiler|Averted completely. Once armed with rifles in Act 38, the mooks go from [[Cannon Fodder]] to an unstoppable army capable of bringing down the Shinkengers. The only thing kept that them from being wiped out was the new Mogyu Bazooka.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Hell Seeker]]: Akumaro.}}

* [[Heroic BSOD]]: Genta in Act 28 gets scared of ''sushi'' of all things, direct reflex of being turned into sushi in the previous episode and ''almost eaten''. The trauma is so big he can't even use the Sushi Changer, so he considers quitting the team. He only gets better because {{spoiler|Jii force-feeds him}}, but he comes back in time to introduce DaiGoyo to his teammates.

* [[Hero Secret Service]]: The first four vassals are, basically put, recruited as bodyguards to Takeru. Of course, not everyone is thrilled about this at first. They do, however, gradually form [[Nakama|a strong companionship]].

* ~Hey, It's That Guy!~: Juzo turned out to be Kaido Naoya/Snake Orphenoch from ''[[Kamen Rider Faiz]]''.

*** The GoRinDan is a reference to "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Book_of_Five_Rings The Book of Five Rings]".

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

** The "Clap of Victory"<ref>''Shori no [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tejime Ipponjime]''</ref> isn't your everyday clap either; it has a traditional style which builds up with a "''Yo~''" before everyone clap together once.

** 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.

* [[Loophole Abuse]]: {{spoiler|How Takeru becomes the 19th head of the Shiba Clan. The previous lord relinquishes their title to their child. Said child does not necessarily have to blood related as Kaoru mentions that adoption is an option when there is no heir. There is also no rule that says Kaoru's child can't be ''older'' than her...}}

* [[Lotus Eater Machine]]: {{spoiler|The ''Shinkenger V-Cinema'' Special may resemble a string of [[Big Lipped Alligator Moment|Big Lipped Alligator Moments]], but is actually this.}}

* [[Meaningful Echo]]: "You guys can stand, right?" Takeru in the second and final Acts. The answer each time tells you just how far the Samurai-tachi has come.

** Also, "Our lord is going into battle." The first time itself takes on different feeling and meaning as the series progressed. By the time Jii echoes it in the last arc, it help bring the show full circle.

** TenkuShinkenOh's finishing move is called Tenku Karatake Wari. [[Battle Fever J|Battle Fever Robo's]] is called Denkouken Karatake Wari. Both mechas are based on samurai.

** {{spoiler|And then there's the [[Fan Nickname|Teamup Convertible]], which bears a striking reseblance to a vehicle from [[Gekisou Sentai Carranger]]. Western viewers will know it as the Lightning Cruiser from [[Power Rangers Turbo]].}}

** In the [[Engine Sentai Goonger|crossover movie]], we get another look at Samurai World, and Saki and Hanto get hurled into Junk World a second time.

** Shinken-Oh's finisher has the same ''exact'' motions as [[Ninja Sentai Kakuranger|Invincible Shogun]]'s: A twirl of the sword in a circle with the right hand, followed by a two-handed diagonal slash.

** And yet [[Kamen Rider Decade]] was dubbed there... complete with Shinkenger crossover, where they're referred to as [[Completely Different Title|Power Rangers Samurai Force]]. Which makes it an example of [[Marth Debuted in Smash Bros]].

** Averted in America, where [[Power Rangers RPM]], based on Shinkenger's predecessor [[Engine Sentai Goonger]], was supposed to be the last series - until Saban bought the PR franchise back from Disney and began work on adapting Shinkenger.

** {{spoiler|He does it again in Act 47...only to finally be [[Killed Off for Real]].}}

* [[No Indoor Voice]]: {{spoiler|Tanba. He would be playing the trope completely straight if Kaoru wasn't there to shut him up every once in awhile.}}

* [[Ocular Gushers]]: If this series is Anime, Ryunosuke's teary moments will definitely end in these. The only inhibition is that it's impossible to emulate in live-action. An indication is his eyes whenever he's in "Emotional" mode; his irises widen nearly into a puppy-dog eye<ref>Check Act 2 for the biggest examples.</ref>, and his voice "rolls up". His actor deserves credit here too.

* [[Oh Crap]]: Any time Mako decides to ''[[Lethal Chef|cook]]'', this strikes ''everyone'' who learns about it, except Kotoha.

** On the other hand, the Shinkengers have a habit of of making the Ayakashi and Dokoku's lieutenants feel like saying this whenever the Samurai-tachi [[Let's Get Dangerous|pull out all the stops]].

** There's one in the second last episode, where the Crevice Sensor goes off, but instead of releasing one reed with the location of the Gedoushu, it practically ''empties itself.'' The Gedoushu are literally EVERYWHERE.

* [[The Only One Allowed to Defeat You]]: Juzo's a ''little'' too fixated on defeating Takeru... {{spoiler|even interrupting an Ayakashi from dealing the final blow without any hint of fear for Dokoku's anger that'll fall on him afterwards}}.

* [[Onmyodo]]: Mojikara may be based on the concept; not only are the printing-material-based applications like the Crevice Sensor very reminding of Onmyodo, Mojikara itself is applied through writings which connect to a certain power.

* [[Otaku]]: He's a decent guy and all, but... yeah, Mr. Brown classifies.

* [[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.

* [[Production Foreshadowing]]: [[Tensou Sentai Goseiger|The crest of ToraShinken-Oh kinda looks like a halo, and just to take it further, Tenkū Shinken-Oh resembles an angel]]

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

* [[Red Eyes Take Warning]]: {{spoiler|[http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b68/burnfist23/Untitled-4.jpg Juzo] in Act 43.}}

* [[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...

** 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.

** In the same idea, Kotoha as well; particularly in Act 41 where she gets to wield the {{spoiler|Mogyu Bazooka}}.

** On the other hand, he can make one heck of a curry. Too bad he isn't interested on being a curry chef, despite the prospects.

** ~Yank The Dog's Chain~: {{spoiler|In Act 40, Genta finds out that he's been featured in a food critic's magazine and passes several copies out to everyone. Ryunosuke and Chiaki take a look at the article while Genta is out and find out that Genta's Gold Sushi cart was given five stars due to the rarity of sushi carts, but only ''two stars'' for ''taste''. Poor poor Genta...}}

** Remember the [[Freaky Friday Flip]]? Now, think a little about it. The lion-riding lord got swapped with a Lucky Cat statue, the vassal with wind Mojikara became a fan, the sushi chef met his [[Ironic Hell]], and the vassal with water Mojikara... [[Toilet Humor|well]]...

* [[Sticky Situation]]: Happens when Chiaki and Ryuunosuke become glued together by the Ayakashi of the week.

* [[Team Mom]]: Mako, to pretty much everyone in need of cheering up.

* [[Teen Genius]]: Hiro, particularly with things related to {{spoiler|Ushi Origami}}.

* [[Tempting Fate]]: Don't try to guess the numbers when up against the Nanashi Rifle Squads; you never know how many they have [[We Have Reserves|in reserves]]. Genta learned it the hard way in their debut<ref>Act 39</ref>.

* [[Ten Minute Retirement]]: Takeru pulled one off in between Act 11 and 12.

** Genta also tried to pull one in Act 28, but his with "breakdown" fixed in mere seconds, it turned outright narmy and parodic.

** In the same vein, Takeru. Once a scared little [[Bring My Brown Pants|pants-wetter]]; now the [[Badass]] Lord of the Shinkengers.

*** [[Crowning Moment of Funny|And yet he still can't face that Haunted House without fainting...]]

* [[Transformation Is a Free Action]]: By proxy, we have ShinkenYellow stopping an attack by the [[Monster of the Week]] in #41: she creates a brick wall to do this by writing the kanji for wall, while he spits sand at her, at a speed that would most certainly be fast enough to hit her '''before''' finishing a '''16-stroke''' kanji (壁).

* [[Trash the Set]]: The mecha cockpit in the finale. They started with Samurai Ha-Oh, and kept taking hits which took the gattai to a weaker stage - damaging the cockpit in the process. They ended up with only Shinken-Oh - so why was Genta's pedestal still there, when both of his Origami were gone?

* [[Ungrateful Bastard]]: {{spoiler|Kyoryu Origami, Ushi Origami, and the Inroumaru, powerful weapons that the previous Shinkengers could not obtain would not have existed were it not for Takeru and Genta. So what does Tanba do in return? He calls Takeru a fake lord living a lie and Genta a mere sushi chef who cannot be a samurai. In contrast, Kaoru, Tanba's master and the true lord of the Shiba Clan, is actually quite grateful for all their hard work and keeps telling Tanba that she would not be here if it weren't for them. Thankfully, [[Rescued From the Scrappy Heap|he grows out of it by the finale.]]}}

* [[Unstoppable Rage]]: In Act 40, {{spoiler|Dokoku [[Curb Stomp Battle|takes down all of the Shinkengers]] even while drying up from the effects of the seal}}.

* [[Vitriolic Best Buds]]: As Takeru notes in Act 15: Chiaki and Ryunosuke get along so well, they feel comfortable fighting.

** And Genta and Ryunosuke are pretty much the same.

* [[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.

** Genta's [[I Am What I Am]] line in Act 36; the scene owes to the BGM playing at that moment too.

* ~What Do You Mean, It's Not Symbolic?~: {{spoiler|1=SamuraiHaOh}}'s grandiose appearance, the finisher and ''the throne'' carries some connotations relating to a deity - to follow the series' Japanese theme, a Shinto god and such. Of course, the bizarre appendages also add to the possiblilty.

** Same goes for {{spoiler|Dayu}}, but on a smaller scale because {{spoiler|she's seen as a human only in a flashback, and even at that, a really dark silhouette}}.

** At times, it makes some of the down right obsessive and horrible things they do even worse. And then you start to sympathise again... Yasuko Kobayashi is really good at reminding you of, and subverting or averting expectations caused by the [[Sorting Algorithm of Tropes]] index.

** {{spoiler|Kaoru returns to wherever she was residing before Act 44. Tanba suggests that she find a husband, but she shoots him down.}}

** {{spoiler|Ryunosuke returns to being a kabuki actor and will be performing in Kyoto.}}

** {{spoiler|Takeru remains alone with Jii and the Kuroko in the Shiba Clan manor once again. Jii tries to get him to learn other skills beyond that of a warrior such as cooking or learning to play an electric guitar, but like Kaoru, he shoots him down.}}

** {{spoiler|Then the team got back together for Goseiger vs Shinkenger}}

** What do you think freaks out Takeru, the guy who battled a horde of hellspawn without batting an eyelid, most? {{spoiler|The ''same'' "Ghost House" attraction that [[Nightmare Fuel|screwed up his childhood]].}} He outright ''faints'' afterwards. Chiaki seems to be an exception from the "demonstrations" for some reason.

** They're all trying to help Genta overcome {{spoiler|the Sushi phobia he got in the previous episode, rendering him unable to transform}}. Of course, who would have thought that {{spoiler|all he needed to do was to '''eat''' the friggin' thing}}?!

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