Ep. 12: The Guaranteed Showy Samurai

This article is about an episode in Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger.

Ep. 12: The Guaranteed Showy Samurai
Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger, Episode 12
Tribute to	Samurai Sentai Shinkenger
Air Date(s)	May 8, 2011
Production Information
Written by	Naruhisa Arakawa
Directed by	Koichi Sakamoto
Episode Guide
Previous	Ep. 11: The Serious Rebellion
Next	Ep. 13: Tell Me the Way

The Guaranteed Showy Samurai (極付派手な侍, Kiwametsuki Hade na Samurai) is the twelfth episode of Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger. It is also the second part of a two-part tribute to Samurai Sentai Shinkenger, which began with The Serious Rebellion.

Synopsis

Joe goes off to face Barizorg alone in an attempt to make him remember his past as Kaoru assists the Gokaigers in their fight against the Zangyack Empire.

Plot

When Joe mysterious leaves, the other crew members worry about their crew mate as Captain Marvelous tells them to leave him be as he is confident that he'll return. Remembering the events that led to him leaving the Zangyack and Sid, Joe finds Barizorg's sword as the cyborg arrives to reclaim his weapon. Though he heard the truth about his origins, Barizorg refuses and defeats Joe before taking his leave as the pirate sees his friend is truly dead. On the Gokai Galleon, Kaoru learns how Joe became a pirate before Deratsueigar returns to Earth to carry on Warz Gill's orders to slaughter the Gokaigers for hurting him. Though Kaoru offers to help, Marvelous turns her down as he and others fight the Gormin and Sugormin with the power of various Sentai warriors before Deratsueigar defeats them.

After having a realization, Joe arrives to help after Kaoru gives him a Secret Disc to even the odds. The gathered team assume the forms of the Shinkengers to battle Deratsueigar, with Shinken Blue using the Secret Disc to fight with two Shinkenmaru before the pirates finish Deratsueigar off with Gokai Slash.

Enlarged, Deratsueigar proceeds to destroy the city before overpowering Gao GokaiOh. However, using the Shinkenger Keys, Gao GokaiOh reforms into Shinken GokaiOh. After taking down an entire platoon of Sugormin, Shinken GokaiOh destroys Deratsueigar. Later, their Captain collapses from starvation as everyone else carries him to a place to eat while Joe says it is good to be home under his breath.

Cast

• Captain Marvelous (キャプテン・マーベラス, Kyaputen Māberasu): Ryota Ozawa (小澤 亮太, Ozawa Ryōta)
• Joe Gibken (ジョー・ギブケン, Jō Gibuken): Yuki Yamada (山田 裕貴, Yamada Yūki)
• Luka Millfy (ルカ・ミルフィ, Ruka Mirufi): Mao Ichimichi (市道 真央, Ichimichi Mao)
• Don Dogoier (ドン･ドッゴイヤー, Don Doggoiyā): Kazuki Shimizu (清水 一希, Shimizu Kazuki)
• Ahim de Famille (アイム・ド・ファミーユ, Aimu do Famīyu): Yui Koike (小池 唯, Koike Yui)
• Navi (ナビィ, Nabyi, Voice): Yukari Tamura (田村 ゆかり, Tamura Yukari)
• Commandant Warz Gill (司令官ワルズ・ギル, Shireikan Waruzu Giru, Voice): Hirofumi Nojima (野島 裕史, Nojima Hirofumi)
• Chief of Staff Damaras (参謀長ダマラス, Sanbōchō Damarasu, Voice): Kōji Ishii (石井 康嗣, Ishii Kōji)
• Development Technical Officer Insarn (開発技官インサーン, Kaihatsu Gikan Insān, Voice): Kikuko Inoue (井上 喜久子, Inoue Kikuko)
• Special Duty Officer Barizorg (特務士官バリゾーグ, Tokumu Shikan Barizōgu, Voice): Gaku Shindo (進藤 学, Shindō Gaku)

Guest Cast

• Deratsueigar (デラツエイガー, Deratsueigā, Voice): Yuichi Nakamura (中村 悠一, Nakamura Yūichi)
• Non-commissioned Officers Sugormin (下士官スゴーミン, Kashikan Sugōmin, Voice): Kensuke Tamura (田村 健亮, Tamura Kensuke)
• Kaoru Shiba (志葉 薫, Shiba Kaoru): Runa Natsui (夏居 瑠奈, Natsui Runa)
• Toshizo Tanba (丹波歳三, Tanba Toshizō): Kazuyuki Matsuzawa (松澤 一之, Matsuzawa Kazuyuki)

Gokai Changes

• Gokai Changes in The Guaranteed Showy Samurai:
  • Gokai Red - RyuuRanger, Bouken Red, HurricaneRed, Shinken Red
  • Gokai Blue - Shinken Blue
  • Gokai Yellow - Yellow Mask, MegaYellow, AbareYellow, Shinken Yellow
  • Gokai Green - Midorenger, OhGreen, Green Sai, Shinken Green
  • Gokai Pink - DenziPink, Pink Flash, TimePink, Shinken Pink

RyuuRanger

Bouken Red

HurricaneRed

Yellow Mask

MegaYellow

AbareYellow

Midorenger

OhGreen

Green Sai

DenziPink

Pink Flash

TimePink

Shinkenger

Elements/Homages to Shinkenger

Princess Shinken Red's Legend Shift

• Like the previous episode, the title of this episode is entirely in kanji. This time the key word is also part of the title of the series, "samurai".
• The battle between Joe and Barizorg is reminiscent of the rivalry between Takeru Shiba (Shinken Red) and Juzo Fuwa, a fallen warrior who now continues to fight by the blade though his life has become altered by working for the villains.
• Like the final battle of Shinkenger, Kaoru offers her assistance to the Gokaigers through a Secret Disk of the clan; however, the disk she gives is the "Double" disk that Tanba gave to the team during their last battle with Doukoku Chimatsuri.
  • In both scenarios, Kaoru is no longer able to fight before the others head to combat: in Shinkenger, it is because of the severe injuries she received during a failed attempt to defeat Dokoku; in Gokaiger, it is due to losing her power in the Legend War.
• The equivalent Shinkenger episode was the first episode the team gains a powerful combination, just like the Gokaigers gain their own.
• Normally, if the monster is going to be assisted by Sugormin in the giant battle, he is accompanied by three who are grown with them; in this episode a multitude of them arrive after he is grown, similar to the giant Nanashi in Shinkenger.

Errors

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Notes

• As part of Super Hero Time, this episode aired alongside Kamen Rider OOO episode 33, Friendship, Chaos, and the Belt Left Behind.
• Viewership: 5.4%
• Total Greater Powers Collected:
  • Gokaigers: 5
• The next time trailer attached to the previous episode shows the Gokaigers bar Red wielding the individual weapons of their Shinkenger counterparts following their Gokai Change. However, this was removed from the final cut of this episode.
• A promo for Gokaiger Goseiger Super Sentai 199 Hero Great Battle same as the one seen in the previous episode, was shown at the end of the episode's initial broadcast.

DVD/Blu-ray releases

Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger Volume 3 features episodes 9-12: Ep. 9: Lion, Run, Ep. 10: Card Game, Ep. 11: The Serious Rebellion and Ep. 12: The Guaranteed Showy Samurai. It was released on September 21, 2011.

Gokaiger Volume 3, DVD cover

Gokaiger Volume 3, Blu-ray cover

See Also

• Samurai Surprise - Power Rangers counterpart in Super Megaforce. See comparison page.

External links

• Episode 12 page on the TV Asahi site