Lesson 31: We Muni-Muni!

This article is about an episode in Juken Sentai Gekiranger.

Lesson 31: We Muni-Muni!
Juken Sentai Gekiranger, Episode 31
Air Date(s)	September 30, 2007
Production Information
Written by	Yuuji Kobayashi
Directed by	Katsuya Watanabe
Episode Guide
Previous	Lesson 30: The Sei-Sei de Dou-dou Woman
Next	Lesson 32: Zowangi-Zowango! The Gathering, Beast Origin Village

Lesson 31 : We Muni-Muni! (修行その31　俺たちムニムニ！, Shugyō Sono Sanjūichi: Ore-tachi Muni-Muni!) is the thirty-first episode of Juken Sentai Gekiranger. The episode transitions with the acquisition of the Virtuous Beast Sword by Rio and Mele to the climactic showdown in Beast Origin Village and the debut of Super SaiBlade .

Synopsis

Jan tries to gain the friendship of a boy who avoids friends and teamwork, even as they and Ken become captured in a Beast-Man's inescapable trap.

Plot

At Natsume's school, the star player of the basketball team, Shinichi, was winning the game until his selfishness resulted with the team losing. On his way home, he sees Tsuneki of the Rin Jū Fox-Ken style and holds his own for a short time until the Gekirangers arrive to help him. However, he still does not wish to have any help and is captured by Tsuneki as a shield. Geki Chopper is about to save him, but Geki Red stops him to ensure Shinichi's safety. The boy does manage to escape, but so does Tsuneki, who fires an arrow into the air to begin his plan. Jyan tries to befriend Shinichi with Ken, trying to show him the meaning of "Muni-Muni" (teamwork), but it ends badly as they are trapped in Tsuneki's Secret Ringi Fox Dimension Great Bomb, which would explode from amassing the energy of those who suffer within it. Ken attempts to hold the stronger Tsuneki him off as Jyan and Shinichi run away. Shinichi learns the meaning of Muni-Muni, as Ken saves him and Jyan from certain doom. The two transform into Super Geki Red and Geki Chopper and use Shinichi's planning to deliver the final blow with the Geki Waza Sharp-Sharp Kageki Slash, negating the Ringi as a result in time. Tsuneki then grows to giant size and fights Geki ElephantFire and GekiTohja Wolf, with Shinichi and Geki Chopper cheering on. With a basketball like shoot with the EleHammer, Tsuneki is destroyed. At a later basketball game, Shinichi's team wins because he passes the ball to Seiji. Meanwhile, with Rio and Mele gone, Maku takes out his frustration on Kata and Rageku before deciding to go after the two. However, Long confronts Maku over the Rin Jūken's leadership, which results in a fight. But Long takes his leave after dodging all of Maku's attacks easily, revealing that the fight was a distraction as Rio and Mele have already arrived at the site of the Beast Origin Village. But before they can tear down the Sevenfold Barrier of Seven Sages with the SoZyuTo, they are confronted by Xia Fu.

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)
• Gou Fukami (深見 ゴウ, Fukami Gō): Riki Miura (三浦 力, Miura Riki)
• Ken Hisatsu (久津 ケン, Hisatsu Ken): Sotaro (聡太郎, Sōtarō, Sotaro Yasuda)
• 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)
• Natsume Masaki (真咲なつめ, Masaki Natsume): Sakina Kuwae (桑江 咲菜, Kuwae Sakina)
• Rio (理央, Rio): Hirofumi Araki (荒木 宏文, Araki Hirofumi)
• Mele (メレ, Mere): Yuka Hirata (平田 裕香, Hirata Yuka)
• 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)
• Land Fist Demon Maku (大地の拳魔マク, Daichi no Kenma Maku, Voice): Hidekatsu Shibata (柴田 秀勝, Shibata Hidekatsu)
• Long (ロン, Ron): Naoki Kawano (川野 直輝, Kawano Naoki)

Guest Cast

• Tsuneki (ツネキ, Tsuneki, Voice): Yasuhiro Takato (高戸靖広, Takato Yasuhiro)
• Shinichi (新一, Shin'ichi): Kenta Suga (須賀健太, Suga Kenta)
• Seiji: Yuki Takagi (高木優希, Takagi Yūki)

Notes

• As part of Super Hero Time, this episode aired alongside Kamen Rider Den-O episode 35, Tragic Resurrection Card Zero
• Viewership: 5.0%
• Pre-Credits: Super SaiBlade
• When Ken pulls up Jan and Shinichi, he yells out "Kajiba no Kuso Djikara"; this term, which translates as "Burning Inner Strength", is the trump card power of the shonen manga/anime hero Kinnikuman.

DVD releases

Gekiranger Volume 8, DVD cover

Juken Sentai Gekiranger Volume 8 features episodes 29-32: Lesson 29: Guda-Guda Here-Here! Shopping, Lesson 30: The Sei-Sei de Dou-dou Woman, Lesson 31: We Muni-Muni!, and Lesson 32: Zowangi-Zowango! The Gathering, Beast Origin Village.

See Also

• Now the Final Fury - Power Rangers counterpart in Jungle Fury. See comparison page.