Ep. 48: The Final Abare Game

This article is about an episode in Bakuryu Sentai Abaranger.

The Final Abare Game
Bakuryu Sentai Abaranger, Episode 48
Air Date(s)	January 25, 2004
Production Information
Written by	Shō Aikawa
Directed by	Satoshi Morota
Episode Guide
Previous	Ep. 47: The Five Abarangers
Next	Ep. 49: Break In! Abare Final Decisive Battle

The Final Abare Game (ファイナルアバレゲーム, Fainaru Abare Gēmu) is the forty-eighth episode of Bakuryu Sentai Abaranger. It is the third of the five-episode endgame, featuring the battle with the combined form of Apostle of Infinity Voffa and Apostle of Creation Mikela: DezumoVoorla, as well as the return of BakurenOh since its appearance in Bakuryu Sentai Abaranger DELUXE: Abare Summer is Freezing Cold, and the death of Mikoto Nakadai and his Bakuryu TopGaler. It also foreshadows the final battle against a monstrous being that develops in the next episode.

Synopsis

Having taken over the combined body of its former apostles, Dezumozorlya works to bring back an even more impressive form, as an Abaranger becomes caught in the crosshairs leading to his final fate...

Plot

to be added

Cast

• Ryoga Hakua (伯亜 凌駕, Hakua Ryōga): Koichiro Nishi (西 興一朗, Nishi Kōichirō)
• Yukito Sanjo (三条 幸人, Sanjō Yukito): Sho Tomita (富田 翔, Tomita Shō)
• Ranru Itsuki (樹 らんる, Itsuki Ranru): Aiko Ito (いとう あいこ, Itō Aiko)
• Asuka (アスカ, Asuka): Kaoru Abe (阿部 薫, Kaoru Abe)
• Mikoto Nakadai (仲代 壬琴, Nakadai Mikoto): Koutaro Tanaka (田中 幸太朗, Tanaka Kōtarō)
• Emiri Imanaka (今中 笑里, Imanaka Emiri): Michi Nishijima (西島 未智, Nishijima Michi)
• Ryunosuke Sugishita (杉下 竜之介, Ryūnosuke Sugishita): Kouen Okumaru (奥村 公延, Okamura Kōen)
• Mai Hakua (伯亜 舞, Hakua Mai): Maya Banno (坂野 真弥, Banno Maya)
• Trinoid 12: Yatsudenwani (トリノイド12号．ヤツデンワニ, Torinoido Juuni-go: Yatsudenwani, Voice): Kyōsei Tsukui (津久井 教生, Tsukui Kyōsei)
• Bakuryu Tyrannosaurus (爆竜ティラノサウルス, Bakuryū Tiranosaurusu, Voice): Takashi Nagasako (長嶝 高士, Nagasako Takashi)
• Bakuryu Triceratops (爆竜トリケラトプス, Bakuryū Torikeratopusu, Voice): Kouki Miyata (宮田 幸季, Miyata Kōki)
• Bakuryu Pteranodon (爆竜プテラノドン, Bakuryū Puteranodon, Voice): Emi Shinohara (篠原 恵美, Emi Shinohara)
• Bakuryu Brachiosaurus (爆竜ブラキオサウルス, Bakuryū Burakiosaurusu, Voice): Banjō Ginga (銀河 万丈, Ginga Banjō)
• Bakuryu Stegoslidon (爆竜ステゴスライドン, Bakuryū Sutegosuraidon, Voice): Hiroshi Iida (飯田浩志, Īda Hiroshi)
• Bakuryu TopGaler (爆竜トップゲイラー, Bakuryū Topugeira, Voice): Hikaru Midorikawa (緑川 光, Midorikawa Hikaru)
• Apostle of Destruction Jeanne (破壊の使徒ジャンヌ, Hakai no Shito Jannu): Eri Sakurai (桜井映里, Sakurai Eri)
• Apostle of Creation Mikela (創造の使徒・ミケラ, Sōzō no Shito Mikera, Voice): Bunkou Ogata (緒方文興, Ogata Bunkō)
• Apostle of Infinity Voffa (無限の使徒・ヴォッファ, Mugen no Shito Voffa, Voice): Hidenari Ugaki (宇垣秀成, Ugaki Hidenari)
• Wicked Life God Dezumozorlya (邪命神デズモゾーリャ, Jameishin Dezumozōria, Voice): Masaharu Sato (佐藤 正治, Satō Masaharu)

Guest Cast

• Mikoto: Tomoa Nakazawa (中澤共歩, Nakazawa Tomoa)
• Man: Noboru Shibasaki (芝崎昇, Shibasaki Noboru), Akihiko Haratake (原武昭彦, Haratake Akihiko), Tomonori Sato (佐藤智則, Satō Tomonori)

Notes

• As part of Super Hero Time, this episode aired alongside Kamen Rider Blade episode 1, The Indigo Warrior.
• Eyecatch
  • Featured Abaranger (Pre-Break): AbareKiller
• Viewership: 6.6%
• Despite Mikoto's death in this episode, Koutaro Tanaka would reprise his role on three occasions, first alongside his team in Tokuso Sentai Dekaranger vs. Abaranger, then years later in episode 18 of Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger, and 12 years later in Abareranger 20 years.
• This is the only appearance of BakurenOh outside of the movie.
• Brachio's Line: "You're not alone! Everyone is coming-bra!" (ひとりじゃないんだ、みんなで行くんだ ブラ, Hitori janai nda, min'na de iku nda bura) / "Farewell, soldier. You shall live on in my heart-bra." (さらば戦士よ 君は僕の胸に生きている ブラ, Saraba senshi yo Kimi wa boku no mune ni ikite iru bura)
  • A quote from the second opening theme of Captain Ultra, Uchuu March (Space March), and the Kamen Rider X insert song, Boku no Riderman (My Riderman), respectively.

• Pre-Ending Question: None; Brachio merely memorializes the death of Mikoto; with the post-credits being a scene of Dezumozolrya's spirit merging with the Tree of Life on Dino Earth, foreshadowing the final battle that will begin in the next episode.

DVD releases

• Bakuryu Sentai Abaranger DVD Volume 12 features episodes 46-50, with Bakuryu Sentai Abaranger Super Video: All Bakuryu Roaring Laughter Battle included as a bonus feature
• Bakuryu Sentai Abaranger DVD-Collection Volume 2 features episodes 25-50
• Bakuryu Sentai Abaranger: The Complete Series was released in North America by Shout! Factory on November 8, 2022.

Abaranger DVD Volume 12 cover

Abaranger DVD-Collection Volume 2 cover

Bakuryu Sentai Abaranger: The Complete Series cover

See Also

• Strange Relations - Power Rangers counterpart in Dino Thunder. See comparison page. (Mikoto's death)
• A Test of Trust - Power Rangers counterpart in Dino Thunder. See comparison page. (fight footage and story)
• Thunder Struck - Power Rangers counterpart in Dino Thunder. See comparison page. (AbareMax last appearance)