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So here we are, as promised, with something interesting to talk about.

Rather than a full montage, we simply go through the majority of the tournament subplot with a tournament graphic. And rather than just make up a bunch of lineups, there’s some actual thought put into them.



First up is Team Ex-Aid, which consists of a competitively balanced lineup, including Ex-Aid Robot Action Gamer (the melee fighter and the only way Ex-Aid can be considered a red hero), Shuriken Sentai Ninninger’s AoNinger (the magic knight), Zolda (the muscle), Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters’ Beet Buster (the brains) and Den-O (the guy itching for a fight).

Next is Team Dairanger… which is just the lineup for the Sentai series of the same name (to quote my dad when he learned that someone in my class, when asked to create a short script featuring a detective, used Shaggy and Scooby-Doo as the detective and assistant, “No imagination”)

Then it’s Team All Red Sentai, which is… exactly what the name implies. Consisting of Battle Fever J’s Battle Japan, Kagaku Sentai Dynaman’s DynaRed, Ninja Sentai Kakuranger’s Ninja Red, Mahou Sentai Magiranger’s MagiRed and Samurai Sentai Shinkenger’s Shinken Red.

And for a thematic match up, we have Team All Blue Rider, which contains Den-O Rod Form, OOO Shauta Combo, Wizard Water Style, Diend and Gatack (the first three are kind of pushing it here).

And now for the ones that don’t appear in person:

First off is Team Woman, which consists of Electro-Wave Human Tackle, Ninpuu Sentai Hurricaneger’s HurricaneBlue, Bravo (yes, I know he’s not a woman, quiet you), Engine Sentai Go-Onger’s Go-On Yellow and Malika.

They’re up against Team Hikō (flying), who consists of OOO Tajadol, Knight, Skyrider, Bakuryuu Sentai Abaranger’s AbareYellow and Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger’s Ptera Ranger.

For the next matchup, it’s Team Kosoku (high speed), consisting of Kosoku Sentai Turboranger’s Red Turbo, Drive Type Formula, Go-On Green, OOO Latoratah (the only one here who isn’t car themed) and Gekisou Sentai Carranger’s Pink Racer.

They’re facing Team Keiji (detective), who comprise Accel, G3-X, Denshi Sentai Denziman’s DenziGreen, Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger’s DekaYellow and JAKQ Dengekitai’s Heart Queen.

Up next is the rather more obvious Team Card, who comprise of Spade Ace, Tensou Sentai Goseiger’s Gosei Blue, Leangle, Odin and Decade.

Their opponents are Team Konchu (Insects), who comprise of Wild Chalice (a mantis), KuwagaRaiger (a stag beetle), V3 (a dragonfly), TheBee (a wasp) and MagiPink (okay, she’s a fairy, but she looks like a butterfly)

Then it’s Team Ninja, who boast ZX, Ninja Blue, Shurikenger, Hikari Sentai Maskman’s Yellow Mask and MomoNinger in their membership.

They face off with Team Dandy, consisting of Hibiki, Skull, Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger’s KyoryuBlue, Wolzard Fire and Signalman.

And for a bit of a meta fight with the next matchup, we start with Team Jiro (a given name meaning “second son”), who feature Black, IXA, Shinken Gold, Seijuu Sentai Gingaman’s GingaBlue and GoseiKnight.

And their opponent is Team Takaiwa (a surname meaning “high rock”), which should make the theming behind these two teams more clear, as it includes Faiz, Denji Sentai Megaranger’s Mega Blue, W, Fourze and Gaim.

And for our final matchup, we start with Team Genm, who are literally the opposite of Ex-Aid’s lineup. They include Genm Zombie Gamer (Ex-Aid’s evil counterpart), Specter (a blue hero who debuted in 2015), Ryugen (a tertiary rider from a Rider Battle series who shares a Rider identity with someone else and isn’t what they first appear to be), Yellow Owl (who hails from an Inoue season to contrast Beet Buster being a Kobayashi season) and Momorenger (okay, there isn’t much in common between her and Momotaros besides the names).

And the final lineup is Team Fukatasu (revival), who feature Kurokishi Hyuuga, Ressha Sentai ToQger’s ToQNigou, Kamen Rider Nigou, Riderman and Kamen Rider Mach.

I’ll let someone else explain the significance behind the names and lineups, and instead ask “if this was an actual tournament, who would be your favourite to win?)