[Den-O]

The silently mighty Suguu has become the topic of interest as it appears that this powerful GenJyuken user has deep ties to GekiJyuken.

The always entertaining and awesome Kenji Ohba makes an appearance as well playing Dan, a gifted GekiJyuken user that Rio strove to surpass, Miki and Gou called friend, and Jan will learn to call something else.

And Rio evolves into the Genjyuoh that Long desires. The secrets that come to light will affect both sides in this conflict, and nothing will be the same.

So Let's Watch Gekiranger 40-42!

[Matrixbeast]

That was such a fun set of episodes. Learning the back story about how Rio, Gou, Miki, and, in a way, Jan, are all tied together was awesome.

Dan himself is cool, he gave one stilted as hell dying speech to Rio, but I still like him well enough. His entire "Geki soul" becoming Suugu was also a nice twist.

Seeing Jan get ecstatic over finding out who his family was a touching moment, and overall, I quite liked this set of episodes.

[Switchblade]

I like the Dan arc a lot, but I also think these are the episodes where Jan's babyspeak really works against the show. It's hard to really get emotionally invested when the main character is saddy-sad at his burdy-den and lack of a bondy-bond family.

Mele's still hot, though.

[MidoGreen]

Ah, the Dan arc. Of all the big wham moments in Gekiranger, this trio of episodes were the best. The learning of the backstory about Dan and learning his current fate, Jan struggling with the not having a family like the others and being placed into a fated battle, and his ultimate realization which makes come back stronger than ever. All good stuff. And then we are left with two questions. Why was Dan so badly injured before fighting with Rio? And if Dan's village was truly destroyed by a storm, why are there gashes and a scale left behind in the rock face.

[Switchblade]

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Originally Posted by MidoGreen

And if Dan's village was truly destroyed by a storm, why are there gashes and a scale left behind in the rock face.

And how fortunate is it that the only thing in the entire village that wasn't buried under the mud was a locket with a picture of Jan and his parents in it?

[Matrixbeast]

Gotta love plot convenience!

[MidoGreen]

Yup, gotta love convenience . Anyway, another cool little moment in rewatching this series is knowing who Kenji Ohba is now. Back when I first saw Gekiranger I was still a greenhorn. I mean I saw it reported he was an alumni, but I wasn't really aware of his legacy in Tokusatsu. Thanks to Gokaiger, I can really appreciate his appearance here. It's a pity Dan is dead. Ohba could have been another warrior, GekiTiger or GekiByakko or something.

[Den-O]

Ohba has been around the block a few times, and I love him each and every damn time.

[Matrixbeast]

I'm actually in the same boat as MidoGreen.
When I first saw Ohba, it was in Gekiranger, and I had no idea how prolific he was in the Toku industry. It's nice to come back to this point knowing who this man is. Pretty cool.

[hellboy18]

I don't remember him being in Gekiranger! He probably was in for few episodes.