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Happy Birthday Gai! It's nice of the whole team to throw him a party, complete with cake, and Mirei even sang Happy Birthday to him! Though all he cares about is the retro games and food. Nice of Yamato to give him his massager, even if no one in their right mind would take it from him.

Of course Kaito isn't even in a festive mood, finding out he was adopted, that he doesn't even care about his precious Rock Hara Junior College DVD getting given away by Shion who..."borrowed" it from his room.

I guess it was too much to expect they could just summon the Armor of the Supreme Emperor just like that. They need the Sword of Domination to beat its fullest...and they also need White Blaze, the white tiger companion from the original series. But he's dead!?

What happened to Jun and White Blaze after the original show? Well, they went everywhere together, even to the point of compromising Jun's job prospects, but eventually after a revelation from the Divine Realm...JUN PUSHED HIM OFF A CLIFF. Now, obviously that wasn't enough to kill White Blaze, but THEN HE SOLD HIM TO A ZOO. JUN YOU DIRTY TRAITOROUS SCUMBAG!

I'm starting to have my suspicions about the Divine Realm. Do they really have mankinds' best interest at hear? Even Ramaga thanks to the Armor of the Supreme Emperor is going to bring about the end of the world, rather than save it, though maybe that's because he plans to use it in Gai's body to complete his plan?

It's no surprise Sasuke isn't keen on the idea of sacrificing the 10 Warriors to make Gai stronger, but it turns out that only the "last name" group is to be sacrificed...though that doesn't make Sasuke feel any better.

Now Gai and Shion are Rock Hara Junior College fans! No surprise too, they look amazing in those outfits! Too bad Kaito is surly about his grandma lying to him, and that's another thing for him and Gai to get testy over. But Musashi sure had an odd reaction to the DVD.

Those poor animals getting turned into puppets by Unno (Ryota Takeuchi!). Though Kaito has such a chip on his shoulder that he's acting recklessly, losing in both an archery fight against Unno AND a wind fight against a puppet chimera.

White Blaze, no! I mean, maybe Jun had this coming, but considering the Divine Realm basically told him to cast off all those he cares about and become a hikikomori...maybe he doesn't deserve this. But even after everything he did to him, White Blaze still cared about Jun.

Inmei (Takehito Koyasu!) from the Divine Realm is the one turning White Blaze into a more monstrous version of himself, to test the Troopers and their worthiness to wield the Sword of Domination, and on that front the entire team locks in and puts their all to free White Blaze! The Sword of Domination FINALLY purifies something successfully!

And it's also used to slay Unno...though it seems like it's bringing out Gai's demon side too. But hey, Kaito finally got over his beef with his grandma AND called Gai by name, so that's good.

So who has Nasti been working with behind the scenes from another world? Who has she been communicating with and what did they promise her!?