Ep. 30: Just a Lone Friend's Soul

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Ep. 30: Just a Lone Friend's Soul
Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger, Episode 30
Tribute to	Choujuu Sentai Liveman
Air Date(s)	September 18, 2011
Production Information
Written by	Junko Komura
Directed by	Katsuya Watanabe
Episode Guide
Previous	Ep. 29: The Abare Quick-Changing New Combination
Next	Ep. 31: Crash!! Secret Operations

Just a Lone Friend's Soul (友の魂だけでも, Tomo no Tamashii Dake Demo) is the thirtieth episode of Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger. It is the tribute episode to Choujuu Sentai Liveman.

Synopsis

When the next fortune from Navi refers to a "skateboarding lion", Gai realizes it must mean Choujuu Sentai Liveman's Yellow Lion, Jou, while Zangyack scientist Zaien begins his attempt to mass-produce soldiers like Barizorg.

Plot

When the next fortune from Navi refers to a "skateboarding lion", Gai realizes it must mean Yellow Lion of the Livemen. However, as Gai has no idea where he is, the rest of the Gokai Galleon crew decide to go out and find him.

As the others have no luck, Joe and Ahim meet Jou Ohara as he and Joe save an infant. Soon after, the two pirates and Jou find a Zangyack scientist named Zaien who attempts to kidnap a boxer. Transforming in front of him, the two Gokaigers battle the Gormin while Jou gets the boxer to safety before fighting the Gormin. Using the Denziman Keys, the Gokaigers drive Zaien off. The two then find a scanner which Jou learns that it is a technical specification on turning people into beings like Barizorg. After learning the contents of the file, Joe asks Jou to find a way to reverse the process. Accepting to help him, Jou takes Joe to his laboratory to find the means, only to find that the process can not be undone. With this knowledge, Joe laments that he cannot save his friend, as Jou eases his pain by telling of his own tribulations of fighting his own friends and how he intends not to let history repeat itself. As Joe leaves with renewed conviction, he realizes that Jou is the Livemen's Yellow Lion.

Meanwhile, after learning Zaien's scheme to convert physically fit humans into beings like Barizorg, the Gokaigers track Zaien down and free his captives before they are joined by Joe. Vowing not to allow others to suffer Sid's fate, Joe transforms into Gokai Blue. As Gokai Silver assumes Gold Mode to take out the Zugormin, the Gokaigers assume the forms of the Livemen to fight Zaien. With Zaien weakened, Gokai Blue personally finishes the scientist off with Sid's trademark attack.

Enlarged by a content Insarn, Zaien, and the Zugormin battle GokaiOh and GoZyuRex. Using the greater power of the Livemen, GokaiOh summons Super Live Robo who takes out the Zugormin so Zaien can be destroyed by a Gokai Fūrai Attack/GoZyu Triple Drill Dream combo.

Later, Joe vows to defeat Barizorg as he believes it is the only way to save Sid.

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)
• Gai Ikari (伊狩 鎧, Ikari Gai): Junya Ikeda (池田 純矢, Ikeda Jun'ya)
• Navi (ナビィ, Nabyi, Voice): Yukari Tamura (田村 ゆかり, Tamura Yukari)
• Fuuraimaru (風雷丸, Fūraimaru, Voice): Hironori Miyata (宮田 浩徳, Miyata Hironori)
• 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): Gaku Shindo (進藤 学, Shindō Gaku)

Guest Cast

• Great Scientist Zaien (大科学者ザイエン, Daikagakusha Zaien, Voice): Jouji Nakata (中田 譲治, Nakata Jōji)
• Jou Ohara (大原 丈, Ōhara Jō): Kazuhiko Nishimura (西村 和彦, Nishimura Kazuhiko)
• Usada: Kazuhisa Watanabe (渡辺一久, Watanabe Kazuhisa)
• Young Man: Yuta Sakahara (笠原雄太, Sakahara Yūta)
• Mother: Yuka Kurihara (栗原由佳, Kurihara Yuka)

Gokai Changes

• Gokai Changes in The Friend's Soul:
  • Gokai Red - Red Falcon
  • Gokai Blue - DenziBlue, Blue Dolphin
  • Gokai Yellow - Yellow Lion
  • Gokai Green - Green Sai
  • Gokai Pink - DenziPink, Black Bison
  • Gokai Silver - Gold Mode
• This episode marks the only time the Gokaigers use the Black Bison Ranger Key.

Denziman

Liveman

Elements/Homages to Liveman

Yellow Lion's Legend Shift

• Though not directly appearing in the episode, the voice actor for Action Commander Zaien is Jouji Nakata, who played main Liveman villain Great Professor Bias. Like Bias, Zaien was a mad scientist who attempted to use his genius to cause chaos.
  • The concept of Zaien turning people into cyborgs (such as Barizorg) was akin to the plots of Doctor Mazenda, who became a cyborg in her attempts to prove her genius to Bias over her two companions.
  • When Zaien grows giant, he says "The word 'defeat' doesn't exist in my dictionary!", which is what Great Professor Bias says in the first episode of Liveman.
  • His scheme of transforming humans into his servants and collecting them in secret is similar to episode 12 of Liveman, where Bias transforms Arashi Busujima into his Doctor Ashura, then abducts a group of scientists in order to test his new genius.
  • Zaien's head has a visible brain in plastic, homage to Bias ultimate plans of collecting 12 brains of 1000 point IQ each.
• Joe's encounter with Jou as they both save a baby in a carriage echoes Liveman's eighteenth episode where Jou met Rei by doing the same.
• During Jou's speech to Joe, a scene is seen of three scientists (two males and a female), releasing glowing butterflies into the air. This is similar to a scene in the Liveman opening, where the main Liveman trio releases butterflies into the air which are subsequently shot.
• Navi's Treasure Navigation for this episode has her say "Hop, Step, Love, Jump", which is the name of the character song for robotic ally Colon.
• Although Jou mentions in his speech that he had "lost a friend to evil", he was the only one who succeeded in saving his friend, ultimately rescuing Goh Omura from his evil ways as opposed to watching them be redeemed through their death as is the fate of the other traitors.

Notes

• As part of Super Hero Time, this episode aired alongside Kamen Rider Fourze episode 3, Queen Election.
• Viewership: 5.1%
• Total Greater Powers Collected:
  • Gokaigers: 25
  • Basco: 0

DVD/Blu-ray releases

Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger Volume 8 features episodes 29-32: Ep. 29: The Abare Quick-Changing New Combination, Ep. 30: Just a Lone Friend's Soul, Ep. 31: Crash!! Secret Operations and Ep. 32: One Power. It was released on February 21, 2012.

Gokaiger Volume 8, DVD cover

Gokaiger Volume 8, Blu-ray cover

External Links

• Episode 30 page on the TV Asahi site