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Androzani84 Watches Ninpuu Sentai Hurricaneger
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02-22-2021, 07:27 AM
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Scroll 19: The Big Box and the Wind-Thunder Giant
(And I thought episode 17 had a long title)
It’s the 22nd of February, which to some people in Japan is Ninja Day. To celebrate that, I thought I’d bring this week’s first review up a day. Here we go with the epilogue to the island battle arc, written by Atsushi Maekawa.
We begin with the Hurricanegers assured that the Kasumi Bros are now their friends, a notion which Ikkou quickly rids them of. Isshu points out that just because they worked together against the Jakanja, it doesn’t make them friends. Isshu states that they’ll defeat Jakanja by themselves before pulling out. At the Ninja base, Oboro analyses Gouraijin and comes up with a new idea. At the Centipede, as Floaty Head is found in his cocoon and the girls renounce their Gouraiger worship, Sargain sees Chuzoobo pulling out a scroll and reacts with shock (even though it looks like every other scroll he uses to grow his monsters). Yosuke tails the Kasumi Bros to a beach, where they operate a mechanism disguised as sea shells (very clever, I’ll admit) to summon the travel sphere from episode 8. But Chuzoobo destroys the sphere and challenges the two to a fight. They Shinobi Change, but Chuzoobo uses his Uchuu Ninpo: Hako Jigen to trap them in the dimension box on his back.
Yosuke tries to attack, but gets pushed aside and told to wait his turn. Chuzoobo then retreats to a waterfall to meditate, allowing him to inflict all manner of illusionary attacks on the Gouraigers inside the box. (Props to the costume department for removing it for these scenes)
The Kasumi Bros and Chuzoobo reiterate their mutual hatred of each other, before mentioning their latest transgressions: trying to destroy the former twos’ sibling bond and costing the Jakanja “that” respectively. The Hurricanegers find the real Chuzoobo and try to attack him, but he summons a never ending army of Magerappa from the ground.
Luckily, Nanami uses her Sonic Megaphone to banish them back into the ground (unless a later episode brings it up, they’re still down there presumably). Chuzoobo then disrupts their attempts to blast him with the Triple Gadget using his Uchuu Ninpo: Kyodai Ni no Yari. But they survive and attack the necklace on his body, freeing the Kasumi Bros from their torment. After a brief scene where the Hurricanegers tell the Gouraigers that they don’t have to go it alone, we get our first group role call and shot of the Earth Ninjas standing side by side (which easily trumps last week’s shot of the two Karakuri Giants standing side by side).
After some coordinated attacks, both groups assemble their weapons and aim at Chuzoobo. But he has one last trick up his sleeve: a technique that allows him to take control of the Hurricanegers and force them to aim at the Gouraigers. Ikkou decides not to shoot and risk hurting them, which Chuzoobo takes as a sign of weakness but the Hurricanegers state is a sign that he’s not a bad guy anymore. The Hurricanegers hold off on attacking long enough to resist and let Ikkou get a shot in on Chuzoobo. Now fully freed, both groups fire their weapons, creating a combined ball of fire and thunder.
But Chuzoobo survives, having Sargain hand the scroll from earlier to Wendinu so she can fire it. It turns out to be necessary for the Uchuu Ninpo: Yami Majin Damashii Shokan no Jutsu, which increases the user’s strength, but greatly shortens their lifespan (kind of like the Barba Extract in Gingaman).
Both groups summon their Shinobi Machines and combine, but nothing they do can so much as scratch Chuzoobo. Not the Axe Cutter, not the Sword Slasher and not even the Gatling Attacker (if only it worked like it was meant to). Oboro then sends both Yosuke and Ikkou a new Shinobi Medal, which she says will allow them to combine as one. After some hesitation, everyone agrees, summoning the two new Karakuri Balls 07: FuraiHead and 08: FuraiKnuckle…
Which then combine to form the Karakuri warrior Furaimaru, who in a first for Sentai Mecha (but by no means a last) is capable of speech. He bids that the two robots do a Pathway Transcendent Wind-Thunder Combination (Ryuuhachozetsu Furai Gattai) with the command of “Fu! Rai! Go! Ha!”
Furaimaru: The winds start up a tempest. The clouds part and thunders roar. When Hayate and Ikazuchi come together, the crescent moon head is authorised by providence. GouraiSenpuujin, on stage! (If you think the speech sounds familiar, than it’s because it doesn’t. Furaimaru in Gokaiger doesn’t have his voice processed.)
And to celebrate the new combination, a new insert song by Akira Kushida plays.
Chuzoobo is not impressed and tries attacking with his staff… which leads to it snapping in two (which gave the Power Rangers version of this episode a really funny conversation. I suggest you watch it to see for yourself).
Furaimaru then has the two groups perform the Hissatsu Ougi: Rolling Thunder Hurricane, unleashing their full power on Chuzoobo, who had decided to brute force the mecha.
Fatally wounded by the blast, Chuzoobo declares his loyalty to Jakanja before exploding. Furabijo throws his page out, showing that she passed him, while Sargain acknowledges him as a worthy warrior in the end. Tau Zant says nothing and Floaty Head doesn’t come out of his shell to say anything. We then cut back to the ground, ending the episode with the reveal that the Kasumi Bros have gone off on their own again, with the main takeaway being at least they’re not working with Jakanja anymore. Next time: Yosuke and Ikkou butt heads, a mysterious cloaked figure joins Jakanja and we debut a combination of the Double and Triple Gadgets. All this and more on Scroll 20: Punch and Rival.
Final thoughts: I do like that the redemption of the Kasumi Bros isn’t painted as them becoming full good guys, and Chuzoobo did get a very epic last stand. Also, Furaimaru is my new candidate for best character in the show.
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