Act 36: The Curry Samurai

This article is about an episode in Samurai Sentai Shinkenger.

Act 36: The Curry Samurai
Samurai Sentai Shinkenger, Episode 36
Air Date(s)	November 1, 2009
Production Information
Written by	Akatsuki Yamatoya
Directed by	Noboru Takemoto
Episode Guide
Previous	Act 35: Eleven Origami All Combination
Next	Act 37: The Epic Glue Battle

The Curry Samurai (加哩侍(かれー さむらい), Karē Samurai) is the thirty-sixth episode of Samurai Sentai Shinkenger. It features the debut of Super Shinken Yellow.

Synopsis

Kotoha accidentally makes Genta a sensation when he begins to sell curry at his sushi cart.

Plot

When the Shinkengers go to have lunch at Gold Sushi, Kotoha asks Genta for curry. Genta is taken aback, but he prepares the dish and serves it. Kotoha finds the curry delicious, and it begins to attract attention and, more importantly, customers to Gold Sushi. When the Ayakashi Sogizarai attacks, Genta must leave the cart to help the Shinkengers battle him. Sogizarai's spinning attacks completely overwhelm the Shinkengers, but he dries out and is forced to retreat. After the battle, Takeru and the vassals visit Genta when a businessman offers to move him from the sushi cart to an actual restaurant. Genta thinks about the proposal, which causes Kotoha to feel guilty. The next day, Kotoha apologizes to Genta for mentioning curry in the first place, and the two talk about Genta's dream to have his own sushi restaurant. The businessman returns with the plans for the restaurant, which would sell only curry. Genta firmly rejects the offer just as Sogizarai returns to resume his assault on the city. The Shinkengers engage him, but are still unsure of how to deal with his spinning attacks until Shinken Yellow uses the Inromaru to become Super Shinken Yellow, countering Sogizarai's attacks with her own spinning attack. Shinken Gold then injures Sogizarai, and Super Shinken Yellow finishes him off. DaiGoyou then battles the enlarged Sogizarai, holding off the Ayakashi so Samuraihaoh can be assembled to destroy him. After the battle, Genta posts "no more curry" signs on his sushi cart, losing all of his new customers, to return to his true passion: making sushi.

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)
• Secret Lantern DaiGoyou (秘伝提灯ダイゴヨウ, Hiden Chōchin Daigoyō, Voice): Kōichi Tōchika (遠近 孝一, Tōchika Kōichi)
• Doukoku Chimatsuri (血祭 ドウコク, Chimatsuri Dōkoku, Voice): Rintarō Nishi (西 凛太朗, Nishi Rintarō)
• Shitari of the Bones (骨のシタリ, Hone no Shitari, Voice): Cho (チョー, Cho)
• Akumaro Sujigarano (筋殻 アクマロ, Sujigarano Akumaro, Voice): Ryō Horikawa (堀川 りょう, Horikawa Ryō)

Guest Cast

• Sogizarai (ソギザライ, Sogizarai Voice): Mitsuo Iwata (岩田 光央, Iwata Mitsuo)
• Reporter: Mizuho Hata (秦瑞穂, Hata Mizuho)
• Broker: Masanobu Sakata (阪田マサノブ, Sakata Masanobu)
• Customer: Jun Sato (佐藤 淳, Satō Jun), Kota Goto (後藤公太, Gotō Kōta), Takashi Mitsue (三枝貴志, Mitsue Takashi)

Secret Disks

• Shinken Red - Hidden Shield
• Shinken Blue - Hidden Shield
• Shinken Pink - Kame (Shinkenmaru - Tenkuu no Mai), Hidden Shield
• Shinken Green - Hidden Shield
• Shinken Yellow - Saru (Shinkenmaru - Tsuchikemuri no Mai), Super, Saru (InrouMaru - Shin Tsuchikemuri no Mai), Shin Samurai Gattai, Zen Samurai Gattai
• Shinken Gold - Sushi (Sushi Changer), Sushi (Sakanamaru - Senmai Oroshi)

Notes

• Viewership: 5.6%
• Key Title Kanji: 加 (Add; in reference to Genta adding curry to his menu; likewise the first kanji in the Chinese reading for "curry")

Home video releases

• The third volume of the Samurai Sentai Shinkenger Blu-Ray Box Set comes with episodes 34-49, and was released on June 13th 2014 at a cost of 20,790 yen.

Shinkenger on Blu-ray.

Shinkenger Volume 3, Blu-ray cover

Shinkenger Volume 9, DVD cover

Samurai Sentai Shinkenger DVD Volume 9 features episodes 33-36: Act 33: MouGyuuDaiOh, Act 34: Fatherly Love, Girlish Innocence, Act 35: Eleven Origami All Combination and Act 36: The Curry Samurai.

See Also

• Clash of the Red Rangers - Power Rangers counterpart in Super Samurai. See comparison page. (Battle footage with Sogizarai)
• The Strange Case of the Munchies - Power Rangers counterpart in Super Samurai. See comparison page. (Super Yellow Debut)