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Delusional Goddess (妄想女神 Mōsō Megami) is the fourth episode from Hikonin Sentai Akibaranger Season 2. It marks the debut of ©Na's armored form and Super Akiba Red.

Synopsis[]

Plot[]

After Hakase fails to convince Luna not to quit the Akibarangers, learning of her manager Tojo while unintentionally ruining the video Luna was going to post on Nico Nico Tube, Akagi finally learns that Yumeria has married into the Yokoyama family yet is keeping her otaku lifestyle under wraps as new mother-in-law Yasuko insists it to be an embarrassment to the family. While looking to get over the building angst, Akagi finds a strange man disguised as a priest who uses his powers to remodel all Z-Cune Aoi merchandise nearby to assume a darker and edgier appearance much to her fans' despair. Upon realizing that the man in question is another Baros lol monster, Akagi confronts the exposed Machine Lifeform Smapho Monger in the Delusion World.

Enough though dealing with a Sun Vulcan monster could set him at ease as Akiba Yellow joins the fray, Akiba Red's angst gets worse when Malseena arrives with her own Moe Moe Z-Cune-esque device, the "MMZ-00 Moya Moya Z-Cune". With Akiba Red giving her the notion, Malseena uses the MMZ-00 to transform and overwhelms the two Akibarangers while having Smapho Monger give spoilers on the upcoming "Z-Cune Aoi" movie. Akagi and Yumeria are forced to retreat, and the effects of the dark changes in Z-Cune Aoi keeps spreading to the point of affecting the entire franchise to the point of being a short lived series with Hakase effected as she ends up on the verge of bankruptcy. With Akagi desolated by the fate of his favourite anime series, Yumeria is instructed to keep their delusion strong by drawing her manga and taking a disguised Akagi to the Yokoyama mansion to distract Yasuko, while Hakase heads to Luna's talent agency to convince her to rejoin the team.

Once finishing her manga, Yumeria reveals it to be a Z-Cune Aoi dōjinshi created specially for Akagi in which Aoi admits her feelings for him. Reading the dōjinshi rekindles Akagi's passion as he returns to battle with a renewed spirit, with him and Yumeria surprised to find Luna joining them. Though overpowered, Akiba Red refuses to give up as the boost that Yumeria's dōjinshi gave him allowed him to manifest the Munyu Munyu Zubaan to transform himself into Super Akiba Red and restore the Z-Cune Aoi franchise before destroying Smapho Monger. Once returning to reality, Akagi and Yumeria are surprised to know that not only Yasuko was aware of what they were doing all the time, but she approves her daughter-in-law's hobby after seeing first hand while revealing herself to be both an anime otaku and singer. 

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Tropes and References[]

  • The monster is General Tsu's "original character" Monger. Mongers are the monsters from the Machine Empire Black Magma, the villains from Taiyo Sentai Sun Vulcan.
  • When General Tsu successfully completes his mold for SmaPhoMonger, he says Kyoryuger's catchphrase "You'll be surprised when you hear this!" (Kiite migoto odoroke!) at the beginning of the episode.
  • The man who plays the human form of the monster this week is one of Toei's tokusatsu directors, Takayuki Shibasaki.
  • Sun Vulcan's references are made in this episode:
    • The time attack references a monster in Sun Vulcan.
    • During the fight, the Akibarangers sing the first Sun Vulcan ending theme song, Wakasa wa Plasma, but they cannot finish it because they are missing AkibaBlue.
  • Nobuo's fake name "Naoya Kaijou" is a combination of Akarenger's name (Tsuyoshi Kaijo) and his actor name (Naoya Makoto).
  • Zubaan Aoi is a reference of Great Swordsman Zubaan from Boukenger. Both can transform into a sword and produce the sound effect "Zubaan!". 
  • The ending for this episode, Kyaputan Chu-Chu-Chu, is a spoof of Tatakae! Ninja Captor!, the opening of Ninja Captor as depicted within the Akibaranger universe. The series opening theme song was performed by Mitsuko Horie, who plays Yasuko Yokoyama in the episode.

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Notes[]

  • During Luna's first attempt to record her dancing videos, she says that she wanted to be popular like Kozue Aikawa, the real name for Kozkoz. Kozue became famous through Internet sites such as Youtube/Niconico since Kozue is a member of DANCEROID.
  • From this episode onwards, Yumeria's name is now known as Yuuko Yokoyama following her marriage.
  • Smaphomonger was voiced by Katsuyuki Konishi, who voices GoseiKnight in Tensou Sentai Goseiger.
  • In the laptop, Nobuo uses the Poodle website when he accidentally looks up the browser's history full of yaoi references. Poodle is a parody of Google.
  • When Yuuko tells Nobuo that she needs his help to complete Zuuban Aoi comic by midnight, Nobuo shouts, "Are you Ishinomori-sensei?!". This refers to Shotaro Ishinomori, the creator of Super Sentai.
  • The delusional sequence where Akagi is interacting with Aoi marks the first time that human characters from Super Sentai have been seen in animated form.

DVD/Blu-ray releases[]

Hikonin Sentai Akibaranger Season 2 Volume 2 features episodes 4-6: Ep. 4: Delusional Goddess, Ep. 5: Delusional Import, and Ep. 6: Delusional Niangniang.

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