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Originally Posted by rogerph2015

To set up the Karuta Card Game, you must first shuffle and deal the "grabbing" cards, then shuffle the "reading" cards, flip the "grabbing" cards over, situate your body positions and memorize the position of each of the "grabbing cards". To play the game, you have to say what the first reading card says, then touch one of the grabbing cards, keep the card you touched first and if you get the wrong card, you touched your hands on your head as a penalty and then lean down. If you get the right card, you'll get a point. More correct cards and points mean you're a winner!
So, is Kiramager the first Super Sentai to feature Karuta Card Game or did the other Sentai had done this before? Okay, so Sena Hayami has her friend turned rival when it comes to Karuta Card Game. Hayami had never played that card game in her entire life until today. And when it comes to speed, that's when those flying cards explode in mid-air. Nice one when Sena riding on the King Express, which reminds me of Hikari Nonomura/ToQ4gou, another Green Sentai Warrior (although a male) rode on his Green Ressha (Train) in ToQger. But the King Express is way faster than the GoLiners of GoGoFive or any of the Resshas of ToQger. Well, any Super Sentai references to this episode?

Nice to see you have some knowledge of karuta. I'm vaguely familiar but I know it's a game that relies on speed. It's cool how Sena's speed is useful for more than just running fast, which was deconstructed with last year's fast green ranger whose attacks didn't always stick due to Towa's lack of focus.

This is definitely not the first episode in Super Sentai to feature karuta. It was previously used in Ninninjer in an episode which had a guest appearance by Shurikenger. As for the references you asked about, the background shown behind Carantula and later the Kiramagers during their roll call is the same as the one shown during Ninninjer's roll call.