 This article is about an episode in Dengeki Sentai Changeman.
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Mama is Mermaid (ママはマーメイド Mama wa Māmeido) is the twelfth episode of Dengeki Sentai Changeman.
Synopsis[]
Sayaka fights to protect two children who remain cheerful after Seama uses a Space Beast to steal away mothers.
Plot[]
Children are running around in panic, pursued by weird creatures draped in black. This is soon revealed to be the latest plot of the Gozma, who are targeting mothers that become such creatures when attacked. Investigating the incident, Sayaka quickly finds the responsible, Space Beast Banba, who is joined by his creations, the Banba beasts, who are also creatures of the same sort. They quickly corner and overpower Sayaka, when Seama shows up and reveals that those beasts are all human mothers who had been converted into mindless beasts by Banba before. Due to this, Sayaka is unable to fight them off, even as the other Changemen join her.
Giluke explains to Bazoo that Seama was to become the princess of her native Amanga Planet, so she had to be separated from her birth mother and raised by a Space Beast, whose breast milk eventually made her devoid of empathy, and resentful towards family bonds. She seeks to transfer this feeling to the children of Earth, who become distraught without their mothers.
As Sayaka wonders what to do, she sees an older girl merrily playing with her kid brother. Observing from a nearby building, Seama notices them too, and Sayaka deduces that she will target them to steal their happiness. Sayaka, then, decides to join them in disguise, at the roller coaster of an amusement park. There, she finds out that they are orphans, which means that they had lost their mother before the incident, but they don't let it affect them, keeping an upbeat attitude in face of their hardships. Seama, following them also in disguise, is unable to recognize Sayaka and wrongly deduces her to be the siblings' mother. In the meantime, Toshio, the boy, tenderly asks Sayaka to be his mother, if only for a day.
Later, Seama, along with Banba and the other beasts, corners Sayaka and the kids in an amphitheater. Upon being attacked, Sayaka drops the charade, as the other Changemen counterattack. The children then run away from her. Sayaka tries to go after them, but they reject her for lying to them and using them to get the monster. When Seama kidnaps Toshio, though, Sayaka reassures his sister that she will get him back like a true mother would. Attempting to give chase, Seama distracts Sayaka.
Despite this, Sayaka still tries to fight, remembering her promise to be his mother for a day, and saying that no mother would stop fighting for the sake of her children. She is finally saved by her teammates, who lead Toshio to safety, allowing Sayaka to change. Her own fury fuels her to take on Banba alone and handily defeat him, thus undoing the curse inflicted upon the mothers and returning them to normal. The Space Beast is subsequently destroyed by the Power Bazooka and then, by the
Later on, at the amusement park, everyone is playing together in the merry-go-round. As Sayaka's teammates comment how good a mother she would make, Sho jokingly says he would pity whoever would take her as wife, given her fighting ability.
Cast[]
- Hiryu Tsurugi (剣 飛竜 Tsurugi Hiryū): Haruki Hamada (浜田治貴 Hamada Haruki)
- Sho Hayate (疾風 翔 Hayate Shō): Kazuoki Takahashi (高橋 和興 Takahashi Kazuoki)
- Yuma Ozora (大空 勇馬 Ōzora Yūma): Shiro Izumi (和泉 史郎 Izumi Shirō)
- Sayaka Nagisa (渚 さやか Nagisa Sayaka): Hiroko Nishimoto (西本ひろ子 Nishimoto Hiroko)
- Mai Tsubasa (翼 麻衣 Tsubasa Mai): Mai Ooishi (大石麻衣 Ōishi Mai)
- Chief Yui Ibuki (ユイ・イブキ): Jun Fujimaki (藤巻潤 Fujimaki Jun)
- Officer Suzuki (鈴木隊員 Suzuki Taiin): Genshu Suzuki (鈴木玄秀 Suzuki Genshū)
- Officer Shoji (庄司隊員 Shōji Taiin): Hirokazu Shoji (庄司 浩和 Shōji Hirokazu)
- Officer Watanabe (渡辺隊員 Watanabe Taiin): Minoru Watanabe (渡辺実 Watanabe Minoru)
- Officer Nomoto (野本隊員 Nomoto Taiin): Nahoko Nomoto (野本奈穂子 Nomoto Nahoko)
- Officer Kikuchi (菊池隊員 Kikuchi Taiin): Kaori Kikuchi (菊池香理 Kikuchi Kaori)
- Star King Bazeu (星王バズー Seiō Bazū): Kazuto Kuwahara (桑原一人 Kuwahara Kazuto)
- Star King Bazeu (Voice): Seizo Kato (加藤 精三 Katō Seizō)
- General Giluke (ギルーク司令 Girūku Shirei): Shouhei Yamamoto (山本昌平 Yamamoto Shōhei)
- Adjutant Booba (副官ブーバ Fukukan Būba): Yoshinori Okamoto (岡本美登 oshinori Okamoto)
- Adjutant Seama (副官シーマ Fukukan Shīma): Kana Fujieda (藤枝かな Fujieda Kana)
- Seama (Voice): Michirou Iida (飯田 道朗 Iida Michirō)
- Gator (ゲーター Gētā, Voice): Hiroshi Masuoka (増岡弘 Masuoka Hiroshi)
Guest Cast[]
- Uba (ウーバ Ūba, Voice): Kotoe Taichi (太地琴恵 Taichi Kotoe)
- Takako: Eika Hata (秦暎花 Hata Eika)
- Boy: Kengo Hattori (服部賢悟 Hattori Kengo)
- Mother: Sanae Kaneko (金子早苗 Kaneko Sanae)
Errors[]
- to be added
Notes[]
- Viewership: 11.3%
DVD releases[]
- Dengeki Sentai Changeman DVD Volume 2 features episodes 12-22
References[]
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