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Behold!! A New Shogun (見たか!! 新将軍 Mita ka!! Shin Shōgun) is the thirty-first episode of Ninja Sentai Kakuranger. It is the conclusion of the nine-episode Daimaou Resurrection arc as well as a major turning point in the series, featuring the deaths of Sandayuu Momochi and Professor Yugami, the final battle with Gashadokuro, the introduction of Kakure Daishogun, and the return of Daimaou.
Synopsis[]
Tsuruhime tries to figure out why her father is suddenly working with the Yokai as Junior decides to attack Sandayuu seeing him as connected with Hakumenrou in secret.
Plot[]
Tsuruhime and Hakumenrou battle one another, NinjaWhite firing a Kakulaser but then caught by her father's electric attack and thrown up and down a cliff. He then fires a beam from his sword forcing his daughter to untransform, stating to forgive him and that no matter how hard he tries, the world will belong to the Yokai sooner or later. He states the Kakuranger are a minor obstacle and asks his daughter to face her death until Sandayuu throws his cloak at the warrior and tells Tsuruhime they're going to run while using a jutsu to vanish, making the warrior confused.
Rushing into a forest, Tsuruhime tells Sandayuu that she has to go back to confront him, but Sandayuu tells her to stop and he can't defeat the lord with the power they're at now. Tsuruhime panics about the fate of the male Kakuranger but Sandayuu says they should all be saved now; revealing that the four were pulled out of the river by Bun. Sasuke thanks him but the boy runs off with the two German Shepards following. Tsuruhime asks what's going on to Sandayuu, but the birds start to fly away as Junior appears before them, stating the answer is simple: Hakumenrou and Sandayuu were conspiring together, asking the mentor if it's true and if they're trying to stop Daimaou's advent and control the world as the king of Yokai. Tsuruhime finds it unbelievable but Sandayuu attacks Junior in his rage, making the noble state he's right and that Daimaou will revive in less than an hour from the Seal Gate as he continues his approach. Junior states when this happens, everything will be as he wanted and he'll kill Hakumenrou and become the heir; Sandayuu says he won't but Junior attacks him with Yoki lightning, tossing the mentor around in the trees. Sandayuu uses a jutsu to make the trees erupt and fall onto Junior before throwing a battalion of rocks, but the noble fires them back with Yokai power and blasts him with mouth beams. Junior picks up Sandayuu's sword and the warrior stating they'll finish this, but the male Kakuranger rush towards them as the noble stabs Sandayuu, the mentor falling to his death. The Kakuranger rush to Sandayuu, who speaks to Tsuruhime as Sasuke turns towards Junior who throws the warrior's sword away. Sasuke states he'll defeat the noble today, which he states he'll take it as a gift for Daimaou's resurrection.
The Kakuranger transform and Sandayuu changes into Gashadokuro, the five ninja going at it at the Yokai general. The team decides to use the Kakuranger Ball, but Gashadokuro hits it back, making it explode around them! Without warning, Tsubasamaru gives Sasuke a new sword, the Thunder Sword Hikarimaru, which he fuses with his own sword and devises the Thunder Cut technique to slash the skeleton general down.
Angered, Gashadokuro uses the Yoki Cloud to grow giant, the Kakuranger responding by summoning their Ninja Beast Gods. God Saruder strikes at Gashadokuro pushing him back, making the skeleton summon Yugami to send his greatest invention, teleporting to him a cannon that attaches to his left arm and releases a flamethrower knocking God Saruder down. Tsuruhime uses God Kark to attack but Gashadokuro uses his Crush Beam to throw her away.
Without warning, Sandayuu rises again, telling the team to combine the Super Ninja Beasts and become Kakure Daishogun, surprising the team as the eyes of the three Gods hit the team and allowing them to fuse their God Beasts together into the last of the Three God Generals, Kakure Daishogun. In this form, Gashadokuro uses the Crush Beam again but then faces the Iron Fists God Finish, being hit by the hands of the mecha. They then soon fuse into Super Kakure Daishogun with Tsubasamaru; Gashadokuro states they will end this now as he starts to fly, but is kicked by the flying mecha back to the ground before being hit by the Iron Fist Flying Finish; making the skeleton warrior wonder how he was defeated and crying for his father before dying once and for all. Yugami yells out for Junior while Super Kakure Daishogun fires at the Seal Gate, the debris smashing the Yokai professor killing him instantly while making the Siimaabandha finally fall and all the petrified people become freed from captivity.
The Kakuranger rush to Sandayuu, but he has fallen to the ground; looking at Tsuruhime, he states that this is the end of him as Tsuruhime and the others cry. Sasuke asks if Tsuruhime's father is human or not, but the mentor says to give up on that and that he saved them and only because he thought they weren't strong enough. He does admit that Hakumenrou did betray humanity and then says the Kakuranger are the last left and they must defeat Daimaou no matter what it takes. From a roof, Hakumenrou stands while Sandayuu asks if this is what he wants before dying once and for all, making the Kakuranger break down in tears.
However without warning, the Seal Door rebuilds on the skyscraper of the ritual site, opening and allowing Daimaou into their world! The demon lord cackles before vanishing, stating he has revived at last and states the world is now his before vanishing and taking the ritual site with him, restoring the skyscraper. At a secret base, the Yokai and Flowery Kunoichi-Gumi celebrate Daimaou's return with Hakumenrou standing on his side. Daimaou asks for an oath of allegiance to him; to destroy humanity, and create the Yokai Kingdom on Earth. Hakumenrou asks about Junior, but he states he was a fool and he was going to be the Yokai lord's heir no matter what. However the Kakuranger regardless killed his son and he will make sure they all are destroyed while putting his human general to work and that he trusts him.
Tsuruhime continues to look out onto the water, thinking that she can't believe Sandayuu's words that her father betrayed humanity while wondering about her father's fate. The Kakuranger approach her as they tell her they won't give up saving her father and they have a new ally in Kakure Daishogun, the team pledging that they will help it from here on out, defeat Daimaou, save Tsuruhime's father and keep peace on Earth.
Cast[]
- Sasuke (サスケ Sasuke): Teruaki Ogawa (小川 輝晃 Ogawa Teruaki)
- Tsuruhime (鶴姫 Tsuruhime): Satomi Hirose (広瀬 仁美 Hirose Satomi)
- Seikai (セイカイ Seikai): Shu Kawai (河合 秀 Kawai Shū)
- Saizou (サイゾウ Saizō): Hiroshi Tsuchida (土田 大 Tsuchida Hiroshi)
- Jiraiya (ジライヤ Jiraiya): Kane Kosugi (ケイン・コスギ Kein Kosugi)
- Sandayuu Momochi (百地三太夫 Momochi Sandayu): Akira Sakamoto (坂本あきら Akira Sakamoto)
- Young Noble Junior (貴公子ジュニア Kikoshi Junia): Kenichi Endō (遠藤 憲一 Endō Ken'ichi)
- Professor Yugami (ユガミ博士 Yugami-hakase): Noboru Akima (秋間登 Akima Noboru)
- Hakumenrou (白面郎 Hakumenrō): Takayuki Godai (五代 高之 Godai Takayuki)
- Daimaou (大魔王 Daimaō, Voice): Hidekatsu Shibata (柴田秀勝 Shibata Hidekatsu)
Guest Cast[]
- Jirou: Daisuke Tsuchiya (土屋 大輔 Tsuchiya Daisuke)
- Tarou: Keisuke Tsuchiya (土屋 圭輔 Tsuchiya Keisuke)
- Bun: Yasuyuki Takamine (貴峰康之 Takamine Yasuyuki)
- Keiko: Sato Higashi (東里 Higashi Sato)
- Ryota: Takeshi Yao (矢尾 武 Yao Takeshi)
- Tsuruhime (Child): Mao Inoue (井上真央 Inoue Mao)
Errors[]
- to be added
Notes[]
- Viewership: 5.6%
- Eyecatch
- Featured Kakuranger (Pre-Break): NinjaWhite
- Featured Kakuranger (Post-Break): NinjaRed
DVD Releases[]
- Ninja Sentai Kakuranger Volume 3 features episodes 23-33.[1]
- The complete Kakuranger series was released in North America by Shout! Factory in 2016.
See Also[]
- Ninja Quest - Power Rangers counterpart in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (Season 3). See comparison page. (Zord Battle)
- A Ranger Catastrophe - Power Rangers counterpart in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (Season 3). See comparison page. (Zord Battle)
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