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Androzani84 Watches Ninpuu Sentai Hurricaneger
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01-14-2021, 07:43 AM
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Scroll 2: Giant and Karakuri
Since this is a milestone episode, I’m going to include some pictures this time. Though I had to watch the episode twice in order to get them.
So we start where last episode left off, with Hamster Headmaster regaining his speech and the Jakanja’s arrival. This time, Furabijo summons the other villains to join her on the battlefield
(Note that Sargain had dialogue in this scene, but I just didn’t take the picture at the point he was saying it. And yes, we already introduced all these guys last week. I don’t know why we’re doing it again)
Nanami then asks who they are, (Really? Who do you think they are?) so the obligingly introduce themselves
(Then why are there only 5 of you?)
The Jakanja then proceed to attack our heroes, with Chuzoobo using a giant staff and Furabijo causing an explosion with her hand. But our heroes survive thanks to the empty suit switcheroo, and liberate Hamster Headmaster.
One week later, Oboro is being berated to work on something by her dad (so even as a hamster, he’s still an asshole. Good to know). And we learn that he’s stuck in the body of a hamster because he mispronounced his own spell. (Make of that what you will).
We then show what our heroes are up to, with Nanami having her priorities in order.
She is then abducted, er scouted by a talent agent, who decides she is what he’s looking for. He then gets her clothes off (not in that manner, you dirty devils), including her Hurricane Gyro.
Meanwhile, Yosuke has become a window cleaner. One with an extremely horrible Union, it seems.
The boss basically tells him to shut up and get to work on those windows (not answering the question, I might add). He then chooses to grumble about his situation.
(Gotta say, he does have a bit of a point here. It might be a bit more productive to locate and destroy the Jakanja, rather than wait for them to attack and then destroy them) He then sees that Kouta is walking into a pre-school, and decides to investigate (he is so fired).
At the Centipede, Tau Zant wants to corrupt the planet further until he can get around to finding “that” (I don’t know, seems counterproductive). Sargain then insists that his puppets will make up for Chuzoobo’s failure. When Chuzoobo takes umbrage at this, Sargain decides to say it to his face, leading to this reveal.
Yep, Sargain is controlled by a tiny insect who sits in his head. It’s as freaky as it sounds.
With that settled, Sargain proceeds to awaken his first puppet, having been given the greenlight from Tau Zant.
We then cut back to the pre-school, where it turns out Kouta is now a physical therapist for a disabled girl. It’s a fairly wholesome scene, until Yosuke notices that Kouta isn’t wearing his Gyro.
And because, as Disney says, it’s a small world after all, the two then see Nanami performing at the same pre-school, singing a song that seems specially written for her.
It turns out she’s stuck performing enka (I don’t know enough about JP culture to explain what that is, but I assume it’s basically performing at pre-schools), and to add insult to injury, she’s a substitute. Yosuke then notices that she’s not wearing her Gyro either (apparently, they’re going out of style).
Elsewhere, Jishakumo attacks, magnetising people to each other and turning them into metal. Oboro sends out the distress signal to the Hurricanegers, but only Yosuke hears it. Seeing the other two joining in the pre-school activities, he leaves without them. Arriving at the scene of Jishakumo’s attack, Yosuke states he can take on the puppet by himself. This being a show based around friendship, of course he can’t and ends up trapped between several metal objects.
To get the other two into the fight, Hamster Headmaster orders the distress frequency to be amplified, alerting the other two, who show up to save Yosuke and tell him that they don’t want to quit at all and they won’t take their Gyros off again (man, the episode isn’t even half over and we’ve already resolved the main conflict. I think that’s a record).
Jishakumo cares not for their reconciliation and continues the fight. They hit him with their Hayatemaru swords, but it does bugger all and he gains the upper hand quickly. But then Oboro realises he’s a puppet running on a power source and tells them to destroy that to kill him. Kouta then notices his chest glowing and suggests they hit that. They form the Victory Gadget, this time with the Quake Hammer as the front (last time, it was the Dry Gun) and crush Jishakumo with a 100 ton ball, destroying him. Furabijo, who was apparently there the whole time, then marks his performance
If I remember anything from Ninja Storm, it’s at this point that they make him big by sending down the scro-
What?
What the hell is happening?
Oh, so the growth method here is like Fiveman’s (a giant robot copying the smaller monster) but better (in that this one also does personalities and isn’t numbered, so you can feel free to do your own fanfiction using them without causing a continuity snarl)
To face the copied Jishakumo, Oboro reveals her project, a set of Shinobi Machines for the current Hurricanegers: Hurricane Hawk, Hurricane Dolphin and Hurricane Lion. She teleports them onto an aeroplane, a cruise liner and a Ferris wheel (I wonder what happens to the people on those things). The Hurricanegers are told to use their Gyros to control them, leading to a battle. Jishakumo stands up to Hurricane Hawk’s fire attack and Hurricane Dolphin’s hologram tidal wave, but gets hit hard by Hurricane Lion’s attack, blowing him to pieces as our heroes stand triumphant
But then Jishakumo uses his magnet powers to pull himself back together (literally), causing Oboro to reveal the Shinobi Machines’ secondary function: they can combine (dun dun dun)
Fortunately, Hamster Headmaster is there to correct Nanami’s genre blindness by explaining how it works.
And so, our heroes combine, and while you watch the video below me, I’m going to take a moment to gush of Kazunori Miyake’s score for this show. He’s honestly one of my favourite Sentai composers and this show helps contribute to that.
And so, our Karakuri giant is formed.
In all honesty, this is one of my favourite Sentai robot designs, though that may be in part due to nostalgia. I will say, nostalgia aside, I do consider it a solid design. Senpuujin strolls through Jishakumo’s Magnetic Arrow technique, befor Oboro tells them they can use the Shinobi Medals on their Gyros (the thing that helps you the viewer tell the individual Gyros apart) to summon a Karakuri Ball. They do so, summoning Karakuri Ball 01, which provides them with the Sword Slasher. They then use more holograms to do a three pronged attack against Jishakumo.
This proves too much for our puppet of the week, and he explodes for good. Oboro then relays that the affected people have returned to normal (I guess they didn’t have the budget to show that) and explains that the Karakuri Balls tap into an ancient power (which I assume is our collectible for this season) and the episode ends by telling us that the heroes’ journey has only just begun (and we miss out on seeing Yosuke and Kouta begging for their jobs back after skipping work to fight Jishakumo).
Next time, we look set to focus on Nanami’s attempts to become a music sensation in spite of her current position.
Final verdict: The show still continues to be fairly solid, though I do think the episode’s dilemma was too quickly resolved. The Hamster Headmaster is still pretty abrasive, but not enough to be unlikeable (which is a major problem I have with some Toku characters, Ryuki!Ren, Rio, Luka and Yoko being chief among them). Chuzoobo, Sargain and Wendinu get a bit of personality, partially resolving my main issue with last episode (still need something for Manmarva/Floaty Head). Overall, I think I’m going to enjoy this show.
Last edited by Androzani84; 05-24-2021 at
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