He's wearing a roof hat.

I wonder if Takaharu can use this mode to turn to Ninja Ally size and combine with Lion HaOh.

Clever! I suspect you might be right.

I like it a lot! Reminds me of the Power Rangers Samurai Shogun Mode.

Hm. That's pretty cool, if a bit bulky. It looks more like a Kamen Rider form-change than a Super Sentai warrior, though. Then again, grafting KR elements onto Sentai seems to be par for the course these days.

That's what it reminded me of too.