 This article is about an episode in Samurai Sentai Shinkenger.
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Switched Lives (
Summary[]
When an emissary of a powerful Ayakashi switches the bodies of the Shinkenger with inanimate objects, Chiaki and Kotoha must figure out their own strategy for stopping it.
Plot[]
Chiaki and Kotoha go to pick up some sushi from Genta and tell him that Takeru is healing well from his fight against Juzo in the previous episode. The Ayakashi Abekonbe, who transfers people's souls into inanimate objects, appears to terrorize the city. Shinken Green and Shinken Yellow engage him and are joined by their teammates. Afterwards, Chiaki and Kotoha discover that their teammates' souls have been imprisoned inside a Maneki Neko statue (Takeru), a piece of sushi (Genta), an electric fan (Mako), and a cheeky figural (Ryunosuke). Faced with the task of figuring out how to undo Abekonbe's curse without killing him, Chiaki and Kotoha devise a risky strategy for their next encounter with the Ayakashi. Shinken Green and Shinken Yellow successfully trick Abekonbe into switching bodies with Shinken Green and eventually force him to undo his curse; this comes just in the nick of time for Genta, who, as the piece of sushi, was about to be eaten by a hungry cat. Using the Inromaru, Super Shinken Green and Shinken Yellow use Daikai-Shinkenoh to destroy the enlarged Abekonbe. Afterwards, Genta remains traumatized by his brush with death, and Abekonbe's master emerges from the Sanzu River.
Cast[]
- Takeru Shiba (志葉 丈瑠 Shiba Takeru): Tori Matsuzaka (松坂 桃李 Matsuzaka Tōri)
- Ryunosuke Ikenami (池波 流ノ介 Ikenami Ryūnosuke): Hiroki Aiba (相葉 裕樹 Aiba Hiroki)
- Mako Shiraishi (白石 茉子 Shiraishi Mako): Rin Takanashi (高梨 臨 Takanashi Rin)
- Chiaki Tani (谷 千明 Tani Chiaki): Shogo Suzuki (鈴木 勝吾 Suzuki Shōgo)
- Kotoha Hanaori (花織 ことは Hanaori Kotoha): Suzuka Morita (森田 涼花 Morita Suzuka)
- Genta Umemori (梅盛 源太 Umemori Genta): Keisuke Sohma (相馬 圭祐 Sōma Keisuke)
- Hikoma Kusakabe (日下部 彦馬 Kusakabe Hikoma): Gorou Ibuki (伊吹 吾郎 Ibuki Gorō)
- Doukoku Chimatsuri (血祭 ドウコク Chimatsuri Dōkoku, Voice): Rintarō Nishi (西 凛太朗 Nishi Rintarō)
- Dayu Usukawa (薄皮 太夫 Usukawa Dayū, Voice): Romi Park (朴 璐美 Paku Romi)
- Shitari of the Bones (骨のシタリ Hone no Shitari, Voice): Cho (チョー)
Guest Cast[]
- Abekonbe (アベコンベ Voice): Nobuyuki Hiyama (檜山 修之 Hiyama Nobuyuki)
- Street Light: Masao Tomita (富田正夫 Tomita Masao)
- Bicycle: Jin Hisa (比佐 仁 Hisa Jin)
- Can: Momoko Sadachi (佐達ももこ Sadachi Momoko)
- Billboard: Miwa Ishizawa (石澤美和 Ishizawa Miwa)
Secret Disks[]
- Shinken Red - NA
- Shinken Blue - NA
- Shinken Pink - NA
- Shinken Green - Super, Kuma (Inroumaru - Shin Kogarashi no Mai), Shin Samurai Gattai
- Shinken Yellow - Kyoutsuu (Land Slicer), Saru (Land Slicer), Hidden Shield
- Shinken Gold - NA
Errors[]
- When the Shinkengers are turned back to normal, the whiskers that Chiaki drew on Takeru's face earlier disappear.
Notes[]
- As part of Super Hero Time, this episode aired alongside Kamen Rider Decade
episode 31, The Destroyer of Worlds, the final episode of the series. From next week onwards, Shinkenger would air alongside Kamen Rider W. - Viewership: 4.1%
- Key Title Kanji: 替 (Change; the tactic of the Ayakashi to switch people with inanimate objects)
- The object Ryunosuke's soul is switched with is a replica of Manneken Pis, which is a statue located in Brussels, Belgium.
- Genta is the only Shinkenger who doesn't appear transformed in this episode.
- Takeru, Ryunnosuke and Mako only appear transformed briefly before getting switched into inanimate objects.
- Kotoha is the only Shinkenger that doesn't get switched into anything.
episode 31, Home video releases[]
- The second volume of the Samurai Sentai Shinkenger Blu-Ray Box Set comes with episodes 17-33, including the Kamen Rider Decade crossover, and was released on April 11th 2014 at a cost of 20,790 yen.
Shinkenger Volume 7, DVD cover
Samurai Sentai Shinkenger DVD Volume 7 features episodes 25-28: Act 25: The Dream World, Act 26: Decisive Match Number One, Act 27: Switched Lives and Act 28: The Lantern Samurai.
See Also[]
- Broken Dreams - Power Rangers counterpart in Samurai. See comparison page. (Akumaro Sujigarano's brief appearance)
- Trading Places - Power Rangers counterpart in Super Samurai. See comparison page.
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