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Androzani84 Watches Hurricaneger, Part II: The Post Show Years
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05-19-2021, 07:14 AM
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Androzani84
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Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger, Episode 25: Pirate and Ninja
The premise: "The 34 Super Sentai who have protected the smiles of the people! They lost their powers fighting the Space Empire Zangyack, but their powers have been inherited by these unbelievable rogues! These youths travel the great seas of space searching for adventure and romance. They revolt against Space Empire Zangyack. These hearty fellows proudly bear the pirate name! And their name is..." (well a lot of this is a pack of lies)
The characters:
Captain Marvelous/Gokai Red: formerly part of an organised movement of pirates fighting Zangyack with the Ranger Keys, who fell apart due to infighting.
Joe Gibken/Gokai Blue: A former Zangyack swordsman who defected when he realised what he was getting into.
Luka Milfy/Gokai Yellow: A pickpocket who’s moved onto outright burglary.
Ahim de Famille/Gokai Pink: The princess of the destroyed planet Famille and the only core Gokaiger with anything resembling a conscience.
Gai Ikari/Gokai Silver: A human who was granted transformation abilities by the ghosts of Yamato Knight Burai/DragonRanger, Naoto Takizawa/TimeFire and Mikoto Nakadai/AbareKiller. Also a major Sentai fanboy who knows stuff he logically shouldn’t know.
I think that’s all of them.
Allies: Navi: a robot parrot with an annoying voice, fond of misquoting Denziman’s ending (he only says “do suru” twice instead of three times). Whenever he gets hit on the head, he states some vague hint that inevitably pushes the quest along.
Zangyack:
Warz Gil: The emperor’s son and the greatest threat to the Earth (and his own men, due to his tantrums).
Damaras: Warz Gil’s bodyguard (in theory. In practice, he doesn’t do much body guarding)
Barizorg: Warz’ actual bodyguard and the only one who actually does something more than make a plan. Also the only one that actually respects Warz (because that’s how he was programmed).
Insarn: The smart girl of the Zangyack, who invented their growth ray and upgrades their Action Commanders if they struggle the first time.
Gormin: the robotic footsoldiers of the Zangyack. Their greatest weakness is a dumpster (though it doesn’t come up much).
Personally, I think Gokaiger is overrated. There wasn’t a lot I found worth watching the whole series for and there were only two character I found likeable and one more I found worthwhile. Among the show’s tributes, I found 5 to be actually good (none of which were written by the main writer) and this one wasn’t one of them. Though I didn’t have the benefit of having watched the series it was paying tribute to, so maybe I’ll reevaluate it. With all that said, on with the review.
We open onboard the Gokai Galleon, where Gai has decided to recap the show so far (it makes some sense out of universe, since this is the halfway point of the series, but in-universe, there’s really no reason he should be doing this).
Despite Marvelous’ misgivings, someone convinced him, Joe and Luka (ie. the biggest jerks in a cast full of jerks) to sit down and shut up. Gai then proceeds to recap all the Greater Powers they’ve gathered so far.
(For those not aware, the Greater Powers are basically just a new feature that gets added to their main mecha, Kaizoku Gattai GokaiOh (Pirate Combination Dynamic King). These 3 are the three so far that grant a new mecha, in the form of Mahou Sentai Magiranger’s MagiDragon (the combined form of Magi Minotaur, Magi Pixie, Magi Mermaid and Magi Garuda), Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger’s PatStriker (DekaRed’s Deka Vehicle) and Hyakujuu Sentai Gaoranger’s GaoLion (GaoRed’s Power Animal), which can combine further to form ShinkenGokaiOh (based on Samurai Sentai Shinkenger’s Samurai Gattai ShinkenOh).)
Ahim then points out Bandai’s influence regarding that last one. (Namely, that they’ve been using it a lot)Gai then brings up the ones that are “filler” powers (I have no idea why he only singles out the Gekiranger’s Greater Power, and not the ones they got from Carranger and GoGoV (Gingaman’s hadn’t been revealed by the time of this episode), namely traffic safety and the ability to shoot water from GokaiOh’s chest like a fire hydrant).
He then recaps the three that make up his power set and mecha.
(For the record, I have no idea why the Zyuranger and Abanrager based modes homage their Tsuika warrior’s mecha, but the Timeranger mode is just a drill)
Gai then proceeds to recap the events of that movie the American audience didn’t get to see for months after this episode (Since I know two
prominent
members
of this forum got their start in Sentai through Gokaiger, can someone ask how confused they were by this part of the episode?)
(Don’t worry, Gai. The Super Megaforce crew will film new footage of the Gokai Silver suit in the Legendary Battle)
But by this point, Marvellous, Joe and Luka have walked out (should’ve seen that coming when he said there’d be a test).
After the opening credits, Warz Gill is informed that this time, there’ll be TWO Action Commanders carrying out the plan.
The Prince bids them enter, to which one of them complies… though not in the way anyone was expecting.
He introduces himself as Action Commander Sandaaru Jr. (Yeah, that’s one of my pet peeves with this show. Reusing costumes of old villains as new characters with no changes at all. I’d be okay if they made them more of their own characters, but they bring back the voice actors and give them the exact same personality as the originals. How can you make a character more of a clone of a beloved character than the clone of Manmarva? Make them a Gokaiger monster, that’s how). Warz Gill then asks that the other one NOT come in through the roof. He comes in through the floor.
After failing to put the moves on Insarn, Action Commander Satarakura Jr. Asks for permission for him and his partner “Sandal-chan” (which is what I’ll call him from now on) to begin their plan. With it given, Junior (my nickname for Satarakura’s doppelgänger) begins give in people around the city a surprise (bikkuri), which turns them into sacred chestnuts (bi kuri). The presence of Junior and Sandal-chan (somehow) alerts a certain actress, physical pherapist and car-washer (he’s gone up in the world) to something nefarious (no, that was the Gouraigers’ power.)
Elsewhere, the Jerkass trio have gone to bitch about Gai over ice cream. A session which gets interrupted when they see Junior’s handiwork.
Junior then appears to collect, revealing his plan in the process (I see he’s about as smart as his dad was).
Our trio Gokai Change and do battle. During this fight, Junior gives Luka some fondled memories… er fond mammaries… erm.
She responds by giving his bi kuri a bikkuri. Then Sandal-chan appears, showing off his father's Uchuu Ninpo: Chosugai. It’s at this point our trio decide to Gokai Change into a certain RBY trio consisting of a bird of prey, a dolphin and a lion.
That’s right. Liveman.
When this doesn’t work, they decide to go for an RBG trio from the early 2000s. You guessed it, Abaranger.
But that doesn’t do much better, with the Dino Bomber failing to overpower the two Action Commanders combined energy beam.
It’s only with the appearance of the other Gokaigers that our heroes (such as they are) are able to get away with one of the chestnuts. From the side, Yosuke, Nanami and Kouta have watched the whole scene and have a more realistic response than most Legends when asked if the Gokaigers can be trusted
Warz Gill calls to congratulate the two on managing to defeat the Hokaigers, at which point the plan is revealed. They will bake the chestnuts they’ve gathered into fuel for a missile, which they’ll fire into the air, surprising more people, making more chestnuts, making Zangyack conquest of Earth possible (there’s a few holes in this plan, but it does seem fitting for the Hurricaneger episodes, so I’ll let it slide). Back at the Gokai Galleon, Gai has an idea of how to find the enemy’s supply of nuts.
Using BoukenSilver’s Sagasniper (since that was seemingly lost with the other powers, then that must mean that Eiji went crazy with nothing to suppress his Ashu half), the Gokaigers find the base and retrieve the nuts, while doing battle with the two Space Ninjas. But just as they’re about to finish them off, Junior pulls out his Uchuu Ninpo.
Junior then knocks everyone outside by turning into a giant head and hand (are we sure Wendinu isn’t the mother?), before sucking Marvellous, Joe and Luka into his Uchuu Ninpo: Hana Otoshi.
He then leaps into the portal, sending out some friends to join the party (which leads to another issue. Beyond inexplicably having the Jakanja emblem on their chests, these guys have ZERO connection to the Jakanja, so how do they have access to the Magerappas?)
And rather than have a straight fight, Sandal-chan uses Uchuu Ninpo: Kyodaimei no Jutsu to enlarge himself.
As the only one who can summon a mecha to do battle right now (only Marvellous can summon the Gokai Machines, despite all of them using the same Mobirates in terms of design), Gai goes out there in GoZyuJin, which ends up struggling against Sandal-chan. Until a new fighter joins the battle.
It’s (a less badass version of) Furaimaru (seriously, he’s heavier, less powerful and his voice doesn’t have that cool echo effect anymore, which doesn’t help hide that the actor’s voice hasn’t aged well). The Hurricanegers manage to find their way to the scene just as this is happening.
(My question is who summoned him? All three Karakuri Giants were destroyed and I don’t think anybody’s been messing about with Revolver Mammoth lately)
Furaimaru then easily defeats Sandal-chan by restraining him to the nearby building (1. Somehow, the CG Furaimaru looks worse than 2002, despite being 9 years later and 2. What a cop-out).
GoZyuJin then destroys Sandal-chan handily (Come on, he should’ve lasted longer than Junior). The three Hurricanegers then introduce themselves to the remaining Gokaigers.
They explain that Junior is too powerful for the Gokaigers to defeat and only the Hurricanegers with their Chou Ninpo can rescue the other Gokaigers, languishing in Junior’s dimension.
This guy then suggests a way they can defeat Junior.
But once again, they have a more realistic response to this than other Legends.
Yosuke then makes a much more viable offer, with some actual reasoning behind it.
But, since that’s apparently not enough of a cliffhanger, Gai refuses (yes, that’s right. The Sentai fanboy refuses to help the Legends who clearly know what they’re doing and are a lot more trustworthy than his own comrades. If that’s not out of character, than I don’t know what is). Next time, the Hurricanegers and the Gokaigers team up. This and more in “Episode 26: Shushutto the Special”.
Final thoughts: Yeah, now that I understand more of the elements, I guess I’m slightly more open to the plot of this episode. But I’m still ardent that the ending is utterly out of character for Gai and that reusing old costumes as new characters with zero changes is a bad idea. Expect the next part within the week.
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