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Don 42: Off-putting Family (ドンびきかぞく Donbiki Kazoku) is the forty-second episode of Avataro Sentai Donbrothers. It features the final appearance of Don Onitaijin.
Synopsis[]
When Taro delivered a package to Shinichi's house, Haruka and Tsuyoshi were also living together. In fact, Haruka is the "younger sister" and Tsuyoshi is the "father" and "mother". Furthermore, Tsubasa and Jiro are Haruka's boyfriends!?. The secret of the Saruhara family… Now, where is the truth and where is the lie!?
Plot[]
The episode recap has Shinichi stating that the Donbrothers will fight their battles no matter what holiday is going on, and says that the greatest challenge for the team is about to begin…
Taro arrives at Shinichi’s house for a delivery, only for Haruka to answer the door dressed in strange clothing. Taro is even more baffled when she refers to Shinichi as her “big brother” when she calls him to sign for the package and both refer to Tsuyoshi as their “father” with him wearing elderly makeup. The shock of this bizarre event gives Taro hiccups as he wonders what is happening.
Taro goes to Cafe Donbura to ask Kaito about the family situation of his companions, with him confirming that they are a family. Taro hiccups again, having a hard time processing this as he leaves.
Back at the Saruhara residence, Tsuyoshi is in drag, now posing as Shinichi’s mother and serving dinner to the “children” and their guest, a “priest” named Tsutomu Kameda.
Shinichi narrates that Tsutomu is actually a con man who has ripped off several people by infiltrating the homes of hapless victims and taking advantage of them. His thefts are so severe that they wipe out all of their money and even destroys the happiness and stability of families. The “Saruharas” compliment “Mom” on her cooking while Tsutomu inquires where “Dad” is, Tsuyoshi as Mom says he was urgently called away to work.
Shinichi continues his narration, having first encountered Tsutomu three days ago in by claiming to be trying to exorcise his home of evil spiritual energy. Tsutomu gave Shinichi his business card and after recognizing the name, Shinichi remembers a client who asked for help about her encounter with the con man and then afterward asked Haruka and Tsuyoshi to aid him in exposing the criminal in an undercover operation. The plan is to bait Tsutomu with an innocent looking family and then slowly learn how he operates up close to catch him in the act and then turn him over to the police.
Tsutomu helps “Mom” with the dishes and narrates that he loves duping people with his fake spiritualist routine and then robbing them blind. He unlatches a window so he can break in later at night when nobody is looking.
The three Rangers convene at Cafe Donbura, with Tsuyoshi and Haruka not convinced that Tsutomu is a thief, but Shinichi says that man’s charisma and smooth talking is exactly how people got robbed in the first place. Haruka thinks that they should get Taro involved, but Shinichi explicitly did not get him involved in their plans because of his inability to lie. Shinichi reveals that Kaito was asked to lie about their “family” to back up their story so Taro wouldn’t ruin the trap they are setting up for Tsutomu.
Tsutomu just so happens to enter the cafe and they all quickly make up an excuse to why they left the house, to go shopping. Tsubasa walks in and almost blows their cover by questioning why Tsuyoshi is wearing women’s clothing, but the group improvises as Haruka says that Tsubasa is her boyfriend. Shinichi drags him outside and explains the situation, with Tsubasa eager to help them take down Tsutomu by using his skills as a stage actor to play the boyfriend role.
Elsewhere, the Noto Trio are training by sparring with each other. Sonoi wonders why Don Murasame sided with “the hound”, with Sonoza believing that the artificial life form is trying to find itself. Sonoi thinks that the alliance could lead to something, with Sononi facing away from the others and smiling about her plans falling into place.
Tsutomu is outside Shinichi’s house and doing another fake purification ritual and says he needs more time to finish purging the evil spirits from the house when asked if he was finished by Shinichi. Jiro arrives with a box of Rumi’s homegrown vegetables and nearly blows their cover, with Haruka fumbling that Jiro is her other boyfriend. Shinichi drags him away and explains the situation with Jiro, asking for his help.
Inside the house, they explain to Tsutomu that Haruka is popular with the boys and has two boyfriends competing in a friendly rivalry for her affection. Tsubasa plays along, but oddly feels hurt that he is being two-timed by Jiro of all people.
Tsutomu then does fake psychic readings of each of them; guessing that Haruka has an evil animal spirit haunting her and she owned a cat. Haruka confesses she did have a cat named Stroganoff and she put socks on his head as a child, begging the spirit of her kitty for forgiveness.
Tsuyoshi has a dark and foreboding aura, which offends “Mom” and he breaks character by speaking incorrect gender pronouns and mentions Miho. Shinichi tries to keep the situation under control by saying Miho was his late older sister and “Mom” thinks of her regularly. Tsuyoshi gets angry and yells at Shinichi for “killing off” Miho, which frustrates Shinichi because of how Tsuyoshi gets triggered by the very mention of his wife.
Tsutomu reads Tsubasa next, sensing a spirit of a dog, with Tsubasa faking a story saying he had a dog named Shuriken and “buys into” the reading. Jiro doesn’t get a reading as Tsutomu finds him annoying and tries to ignore him. Shinichi is haunted by a scarecrow, with everyone else commenting that Shinichi does kind of look like one. Shinichi gets offended by this, but Taro shows up offering a box of meat that his boss gave him to share with his companions.
The group frantically try to keep their ruse going despite his presence by lying to him and asking Taro to leave but he refuses as he wants some meat. He is still struggling to process what is going on and that struggle causes Taro to yet again get hiccups, with Tsutomu suggesting the holding of one’s breath and drinking water remedy to stop the hiccups. It doesn’t work and Haruka understands what Taro is thinking and feels guilty about lying to him.
The meat is cooked in a hotpot and Tsutomu offers to exorcise their personal evil spirits by letting go of their most prized possessions in exchange. He soon learns that the family has sentimental memories as treasures and nothing that he can steal and resell for cash. Jiro and Tsubasa fight over who gets the last piece of meat and Taro goes into the kitchen to get more to stop their squabbling. Haruka decides to tell Taro the truth in the kitchen and he takes it well, even offering to help and stating he has grown so they don’t have to worry about him. Haruka says that he can be the eldest brother of the siblings and he agrees. Shinichi frets when Taro is let into the plan while Tsutomu fake reads Taro, saying that he is haunted by a monster or a yokai. Taro just accepts that as a part of who he is, which Tsutomu is taken aback by as if he was talking to a wall. The con man thinks that stealing from this family might be a bust and excuses himself to leave.
Later that night, Tsutomu is in his burglar outfit and slips into Shinichi’s home through the unlatched window. He rummages through the house for valuables, but finds nothing.
He then goes towards “Mom’s” room, only to hear Tsuyoshi on the phone with Miho explaining that he is going to be late coming home. Tsutomu thinks that “Mom” is crazy and talking to her dead daughter on the phone. He then sneaks into Tsubasa’s room, only to recognize him from the wanted posters of his Juto duplicate as a dangerous criminal and quickly leaves the room. Tsutomu then enters Haruka’s room, who is dreaming about fighting Hitotsuki and sleep morphs into Oni Sister.
This freaks out Tsutomu who thinks she is an actual demon or monster, which wakes Jiro, who is in his Dangerous persona and he threatens to beat the robber up. Tsutomu thinks Jiro is some kind of criminal delinquent and screams in fear, running into Taro. Tsutomu asks him what is wrong with his family and when Taro tries to tell a lie, he falls over dead which freaks him out even more. Shinichi appears and says that the thief’s plans have been fully exposed and he will face justice. Tsutomu sees Taro rise from the dead and runs out of the house screaming, he swears off robbing Shinichi’s house and desires someone to help him get away from the creepy family he just witnessed. This desire turns Tsutomu into the Gorenger Hitotsuki, Himitsuki.
Still fleeing in terror, Himitsuki goes into a parking garage and the Donbrothers teleport to his location, though some of them need to be stirred awake to fight. Himitsuki uses jumbo sized versions of Momorenger’s Heart Earring Bombs and Midorenger’s Midomerang to fight the Donbrothers and hits them with Aorenger’s Blue Cherry and Blue Arrows. Taro manages to sneak up behind Himitsuki by equipping his GolDon armor offscreen and becoming GolDon AkaNinger to use camouflage. Himitsuki uses Akarenger’s Red Bute to land several hits on Taro, but it turned out to be a substitution dummy clone as the real Taro dives down from the ceiling and lands a powerful flurry of sword strikes with the Ninja Ichibantou to weaken the Hitotsuki. Don Torabolt won’t let Taro have all the glory and both execute a Festival End/Thunder God Prowling White Tiger combination attack to defeat Himitsuki.
Himitsuki evolves into Himitsuking and the five Rangers become Don Onitaijin, with Himitsuking splitting into five and doing his own version of the Gorenger Hurricane, which confuses the team and the ball turns into a giant broom and dustpan which hits them. The Himitsuking team attempts another Hurricane while Shinichi and Tsuyoshi figure out how it works and Jiro as Toradoragonjin knocks the ball away. Taro decides that they should try the technique and both robos do their own Donbrothers version of the Gorenger Hurricane, which turns the ball into an exploding vacuum cleaner. This weakens Himitsuking and his duplicates disappear, Taro then calls the Omikoshi Phoenix and they become Toradora Onitaijin Kiwami to purify Himitsuking with the DonBros Fantasia Supreme.
The next morning at Cafe Donbura, the gang reads the newspaper to see that the harrowing experience Tsutomu had last night compelled him to turn himself in to the police. Jiro is happy everything worked out, but Tsuyoshi says he doesn’t want to do anything like that again, as being in drag was embarrassing for him. Haruka apologizes again to Taro for not letting him in their plans and asks if he felt left out, to which he says he did..apparently. Taro once again struggles with his hiccups, with Kaito suggesting that he drink water and spin his head around a few times to make them go away. Try as he might, Taro still can’t get rid of his hiccups.
Tsuyoshi feels bad for dragging Tsubasa into their shenanigans, but Tsubasa is seen walking by Shinichi’s home and smiling about all the fun he had with his friends, doing a little jig as he walks past.
Cast[]
- Taro Momoi (桃井 タロウ Momoi Tarō): Kouhei Higuchi (樋口 幸平 Higuchi Kōhei)
- Shinichi Saruhara (猿原 真一 Saruhara Shin'ichi): Yuuki Beppu (別府 由来 Beppu Yūki)
- Haruka Kitou (鬼頭 はるか Kitō Haruka): Kohaku Shida (志田 こはく Shida Kohaku)
- Tsubasa Inuzuka (犬塚 翼 Inuzuka Tsubasa): Totaro (柊太朗 Tōtarou)
- Tsuyoshi Kijino (雉野 つよし Kijino Tsuyoshi): Hirofumi Suzuki (鈴木 浩文 Suzuki Hirofumi)
- Jiro Momotani (桃谷 ジロウ Momotani Jirō), Dangerous Jiro (危ないジロウ Abunai Jirō): Raizou Ishikawa (石川 雷蔵 Ishikawa Raizō)
- Kaito Goshikida (五色田 介人 Goshikida Kaito): Kiita Komagine (駒木根 葵汰 Komagine Kiita)
- Sonoi (ソノイ ): Yuya Tominaga (富永 勇也 Tominaga Yūya)
- Sononi (ソノニ ): Amisa Miyazaki (宮崎 あみさ Miyazaki Amisa)
- Sonoza (ソノザ ): Shinnosuke Takahashi (タカハシ シンノスケ Takahashi Shin'nosuke)
Guest Cast[]
- Tsutomu Kameda (亀田 勉 Kameda Tsutomu)/Himitsuki (秘密鬼 Himitsuki): Chikato Pride (チカト プライド Chikato Puraido)
- Aunt: Umi Umiguchi (うみぐち うみ Umiguchi Umi)
Suit Actors[]
- Don Momotaro: Kosuke Asai (浅井 宏輔 Asai Kōsuke)
- Saru Brother: Yasuhiro Takeuchi (竹内 康博 Takeuchi Yasuhiro)
- Oni Sister: Ayumi Shimozono (下園 愛弓 Shimozono Ayumi)
- Inu Brother: Kazuya Okada (岡田 和也 Okada Kazuya)
- Kiji Brother: Masashi Takada (高田 将司 Takada Masashi)
- Don Torabolt: Shigeki Ito (伊藤 茂騎 Itō Shigeki)
- Dai Gattai Don Onitaijin, Chouzetsu Dai Gattai Toradora Onitaijin (motion capture), Kyukyoku Dai Gattai Toradora Onitaijin Kiwami (motion capture): Yohei Fujita (藤田 洋平 Fujita Yōhei)
- Dai Gattai Toradoragonjin, Himitsuking: Shinsuke Kusano (草野 伸介 Kusano Shinsuke)
- Himitsuki, Himitsuking: Masaru Obayashi (大林 勝 Ōbayashi Masaru)
Form Changes and Collectibles Used[]
Avataro Gears[]
- Don Momotaro - Omikoshi Phoenix, Ninninger, Don Robotaro, Avataro Kiwami
- Saru Brother - Saru Brother Robotaro
- Oni Sister - Oni Sister Robotaro
- Inu Brother - Inu Brother Robotaro
- Kiji Brother - Kiji Brother Robotaro
- Don Doragoku - Toradoragonjin (off-screen)
- Don Torabolt - Toradoragonjin
Avatar Changes[]
- Don Momotaro - GolDon Momotaro, GolDon AkaNinger, Don Robotaro
- Saru Brother - Saru Brother Robotaro
- Oni Sister - Oni Sister Robotaro
- Inu Brother - Inu Brother Robotaro
- Kiji Brother - Kiji Brother Robotaro
- Don Doragoku - Don Robogoku
- Don Torabolt - Don Robobolt
Errors[]
- to be added
Notes[]
- Viewership: 4.3%
- As part of Super Hero Time, this episode aired alongside Kamen Rider Geats episode 16, Conspiracy IR: Fox Hunting.
- Donbrothers sunglasses featured in title card: Blue
- Count at episode end
- Gears in the Donbrothers' possession: Zenkaiger, Ryusoulger, ToQger, Lupinranger, Ohranger, Patranger, Zyuohger, Fiveman, Kiramager, Go-Busters, Gokaiger, Ninninger, Kyuranger, Kyoryuger, Turboranger, Carranger, Zyuranger, Jetman, Go-Onger, Dairanger, Hurricaneger, Shinkenger, Megaranger, Gekiranger, Kakuranger, Goggle V, Magiranger, Dynaman, Abaranger, Flashman, Goseiger, Boukenger, Sun Vulcan, Dekaranger, Liveman, GoGoFive, Gingaman, Denziman, J.A.K.Q., Timeranger, Maskman, Gorenger
- The date shown on the calendar in Café Donbura is Thursday, December 29, four days after the episode's airdate.
DVD/Blu-ray Releases[]
Avataro Sentai Donbrothers Volume 11 features episodes 41-45: Don 41: Santa Struggling, Don 42: Off-putting Family, Don 43: Run Through Time, Run Through the Mysteries, Don 44: White Revealed, Black Revealed, and Don 45: Laughing Village, Rugged Village.
External Links[]
- TV Asahi's official preview for どんびきかぞく
- Toei TV's official episode guide for どんびきかぞく
- JAE's official episode guide for どんびきかぞく
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