 This article is about an episode in Denshi Sentai Denziman.
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Romance Blooms at the Southern Sea (南海に咲くロマン Nankai ni Saku Roman) is the eighteenth episode of Denshi Sentai Denziman.
Synopsis[]
Akira must protect a friend of hers who is suddenly changed by a Vader Monster into a legendary creature that can only live in the water!
Plot[]
General Hedrer explains to Queen Hedrian that the humans have a legend of "sea people" who lived in the ocean. He further explains that this is not a myth — the sea people are real, and by using the Vader Monster Kaigalar's magic flute, they can transform the descendants of these sea people into their true forms and then control them.
Meanwhile, Akira Momoi runs into an old classmate of hers, Yotaro Umihara, who considers moving to the South Sea for business.
On the streets, Kaigalar strikes, transforming three humans into Gill-Men. One of the Gill-Men is accidentally drenched in blue paint by a scared maintenance worker. The Denzimen are thus able to follow his trail.
While Akira catches up with Yotaro, the Denziman confirm that the victims possess a pattern — each of the victims (Utsumi, Kaibe, Umino) has a kanji relating to "sea" in their names. Projecting this pattern forward, they expect Yotaro Umihara will also be transformed into a Gill-Man.
Yotaro Umihara and Akira Momoi go on a date on the lake, with the weak Yotaro Umihara rowing a boat. Kaigalar arrives, and plays his song, transforming Yotaro Umihara into a Gill-Man and then using all four Gill-Men to try and drown Akira. Luckily, the other Denzimen arrive on the scene and temporarily defeat the Gill-Men, saving Akira.
Kaigalar is disciplined for his failures. He works with General Hedrer to attack the city's industrial district, but this plan immediately fails when three of the Gill-Men immediately perish as a result of pollution. The only surviving Gill-Man is Yotaro Umihara, who is too weak to swim effectively, and so the Vader Clan abandons their plan of using the Gill-Men to destroy humanity. Kaigalar is sent to battle the Denzimen outright. They defeat his giant form using Daidenzin.
The Denzimen meet Yotaro Umihara, still transformed into a Gill-Man, at the beach. Akira and Yotaro trade goodbyes, with Yotaro preparing to swim off for the south seas as he had originally planned before. As he swims off into the sunset, the show's narrator confirms that this is the last of the Sea People.
Cast[]
- Ippei Akagi (赤城 一平 Akagi Ippei): Shinichi Yuuki (結城 真一 Yūki Shin'ichi)
- Daigoro Oume (青梅 大五郎 Ōme Daigorō): Kenji Ohba (大葉 健二 Ōba Kenji)
- Jun Kiyama (黄山 純 Kiyama Jun): Eiichi Tsuyama (津山 栄一 Tsuyama Eiichi)
- Tatsuya Midorikawa (緑川 達也 Midorikawa Tatsuya): Naoya Uchida (内田 直哉 Uchida Naoya)
- Akira Momoi (桃井 あきら Momoi Akira): Akira Koizumi (小泉 あきら Koizumi Akira)
- Officer Chieko Matsuo (松尾 千恵子 Matsuo Chieko): Yukie Sakai (酒井 ゆきえ Sakai Yukie)
- Officer Tomoko Nakai (中井 友子 Nakai Tomoko): Mari Atake (阿竹 真理 Atake Mari)
- Queen Hedrian (ヘドリアン女王 Hedorian Joō): Machiko Soga (曽我 町子 Soga Machiko)
- Denzi Dog IC (デンジ犬アイシー Denji Inu Aishī, Voice): Hisako Kyōda (京田 尚子 Kyōda Hisako)
- Denzi Computer (Voice): Takeshi Watabe (渡部 猛 Watabe Takeshi)
- General Hedrer (ヘドラー将軍 Hedorā Shōgun): Shinji Tōdō (藤堂 新二 Tōdō Shinji)
- Mirror (ミラー Mirā): Rie Yoshikawa (美川 利恵 Yoshikawa Rie)
- Keller (ケラー Kerā): Chiaki Kojo (湖条 千秋 Kojō Chiaki)
Guest Cast[]
- Kaigalar (カイガラー Kaigarā, Voice): Shozo Iizuka (飯塚 昭三 Iizuka Shōzō)
- Yotaro Umihara (海原 洋太郎 Umihara Yōtarō): Shunji Nouchi (野内 俊司 Nouchi Shunji)
- Umino: Toshimichi Takahashi (高橋 利道 Takahashi Toshimichi)
- Gill-Man: Terumitsu Sato (佐藤 輝光 Satō Terumitsu), Satoru Inagaki (稲垣 悟 Inagaki Satoru), Hiroshi Sekita (関田 広志 Sekita Hiroshi)
Errors[]
- Monster of the week Kaigalar temporarily breaks the numbering scheme of the Vader Monsters that has been running parallel to the episode count offset by one. Where episode 18 should debut Vader Monster #17, Kaigalar (#19) instead debuts in this episode. Vader Monster #17, Gamalar, instead debuts in the next episode.
Notes[]
- Viewership: 14.3%
- Future Sentai actor Mika Katsumura, who would portray Yuri/TimePink in Mirai Sentai Timeranger, was born on the day of this episode's broadcast.
- There is irony in pollution being the downfall of the Gill-Men. In the
DVD releases[]
- Denshi Sentai Denziman DVD Volume 2 features episodes 10-18.
- Denshi Sentai Denziman DVD-Collection Volume 1 features episodes 1-22.
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