Lesson 15: Howa-Howa! Mama Work

This article is about an episode in Juken Sentai Gekiranger.

Lesson 15: Howa-Howa! Mama Work
Juken Sentai Gekiranger, Episode 15
Air Date(s)	May 27, 2007
Production Information
Written by	Michiko Yokote
Directed by	Satoshi Morota
Episode Guide
Previous	Lesson 14: Netsu-Netsu! Forget Your Techniques
Next	Lesson 16: Jiri-Jiri! Confrontation Beast Hall, Extra-curricular Class

Lesson 15: Howa-Howa! Mama Work (修行その１５ ホワホワ！ママ業, Shugyō Sono Jūgo: Howa-Howa! Mama Gyō) the fifteenth episode of Juken Sentai Gekiranger. It is a followup episode regarding an unexpected battle with Kata's servant Rutsu, as well as introduces the second Fist Demon of RinJyuKen: Sea Fist Demon Rageku

Synopsis

A vengeful Rutsu changes Jan and Retsu into children, forcing Ran to take care of them until she finds the means to return them to their proper ages.

Plot

After watching a sparring fight between Rio and Kata, Mere offered to look and revive the other Kenma in Rio's place, as their training can help. Rio allows it as an irate Kata decides to further Rio's lesson with the aid of the "now-insane" Rūtsu. At SCRTC, Ran got angry at Jan and Retu's lack of order until Rūtsu shows up in the city, again. While he fights the guys, taking two energy orbs out of them, throwing them to the ground. Geki Yellow attacks Rūtsu, knocking the orbs away. When Ran finds Restu after the fight, she's shocked to see him as an infant and Jan is a young child. Xia Fu reveals the orbs to be the Pulse, a qi tied to a person's age and without it, the two have no memory of their older selves. But the two can find their Pulse, so Ran has to care for them as their mother until then. During this, Ran loses Jan while changing Restu. She finds Jan scaling a building, learning he was aiding a baby bird back to its nest with Jan calling Ran "Howa-Howa". Rūtsu then appears, with intent to kill them in the most hateful way possible. The Gekiranger "family" runs away, eventually finding the Pulse orbs. Ran tries to fight Rūtsu, but she is unable to defeat him until Jan henshins into Geki Red and sends Rūtsu flying to protect his "mama". Ran used the power of motherly love to overpower Rūtsu's hate, then turning Jan and Restu back into adults. A furious Rūtsu enlarged, only to be destroyed by Geki BatTohja. Soon after, Ran learns that Retu and Jan have no memory while without their kodou, with Ran a bit sadden by it. While this was all happening, Mere is having trouble finding the Kenma' gravesites until it is revealed that her actual goal was not to just revive the remaining Kenma but to replace Kata with a teacher for Rio who was more to her liking. Upon this revelation, a Kenma speaks to her, complimenting her about this, as well as informing Mere of her final resting place. Making her way to the beach on instructions, Mere managed to tear down the barrier and used the True Poison Fang, being blasted back on land by the shockwave of the resurrection of the revived Sea Kenma: Rin Jū Jelly-Ken grand mistress Rageku.

Cast

• Jan Kandou (漢堂 ジャン, Kandō Jan): Hiroki Suzuki (鈴木 裕樹, Suzuki Hiroki)
• Ran Uzaki (宇崎 ラン, Uzaki Ran): Mina Fukui (福井 未菜, Fukui Mina)
• Retsu Fukami (深見 レツ, Fukami Retsu): Manpei Takagi (高木 万平, Takagi Manpei)
• Master Sha-Fu (マスター・シャーフー, Masutā Shā Fū, Voice): Ichiro Nagai (永井 一郎, Nagai Ichirō)
• Miki Masaki (真咲 美希, Masaki Miki): Kazue Itoh (伊藤 かずえ, Itō Kazue)
• Rio (理央, Rio): Hirofumi Araki (荒木 宏文, Araki Hirofumi)
• Mele (メレ, Mere): Yuka Hirata (平田 裕香, Hirata Yuka)
• Bae (バエ, Bae Voice): Akira Ishida (石田 彰, Ishida Akira)
• Sky Fist Demon Kata (空の拳魔カタ, Sora no Kenma Kata, Voice): Rokuro Naya (納谷 六朗, Naya Rokurō)
• Sea Fist Demon Rageku (海の拳魔ラゲク, Umi no Kenma Rageku, Voice): Naoko Kouda (幸田 直子, Kōda Naoko)

Guest Cast

• Rutsu (ルーツ, Rūtsu, Voice): Taiki Matsuno (松野 太紀, Matsuno Taiki)
• Jan Kandou (Child): Arashi Fukasawa (深澤 嵐, Fukasawa Arashi)
• Retsu Fukami (Baby): Sora Kitajima (北島 空, Kitajima Sora)
• Clown: Maka

Notes

• As part of Super Hero Time, this episode aired alongside Kamen Rider Den-O episode 18, A Clockwork Fiancé
• Viewership: 5.6%
• Pre-Credits: GekiChanger capabilities (in response to young Jan becoming GekiRed)
• The final battle between GekiTohja and Rutsu is the first non-narrated giant fight in the series.

DVD releases

Gekiranger Volume 4, DVD cover

Juken Sentai Gekiranger Volume 4 features episodes 13-16: Lesson 13: Shin-Shin! The Spirit's Dance, Lesson 14: Netsu-Netsu! Forget Your Techniques, Lesson 15: Howa-Howa! Mama Work, and Lesson 16: Jiri-Jiri! Confrontation Beast Hall, Extra-curricular Class.

See Also

• Pushed to the Edge - Power Rangers counterpart in Jungle Fury. See comparison page.