Lesson 46: Gyawa-Gyawa Memories

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Gyawa-Gyawa Memories
Juken Sentai Gekiranger, Episode 46
Air Date(s)	January 20, 2008
Production Information
Written by	Naruhisa Arakawa
Directed by	Noboru Takemoto
Episode Guide
Previous	Lesson 45: Pikīn! Showdown of Destiny
Next	Lesson 47: Pika-Pika! My Path

Forty-sixth Lesson - Gyawa-Gyawa Memories (修行その46　ギャワギャワの記憶, Shugyō Sono Yonjūroku: Gyawa-Gyawa no Kioku) is the forty-sixth episode of Juken Sentai Gekiranger. It is the third episode of Gekirangers six-episode endgame arc, featuring the final revelation regarding the identity of Rio and Mele, in particular the manipulations of Long into his role as "the great destroyer", as well as the final revelation of Jan's origin and the truth behind the Primal Revolution.

Synopsis

After witnessing Rio become an uncontrollable monster, he and Jan must confront memories of the past revealing the horrible connection they hold and the source of everything that has happened.

Plot

Though Rio has awakened as the Gen Jū King as Long intended, Mele manages to snap him out of it and takes him away. Later that night, after Gou returns from a physical check up, the gang were curious about Rio's condition until Jan sniffs out the scale Sha-Fu found at ruins of Dan's hometown, feeling he saw it before. Wanting to know what happened, Sha-Fu has Gorie use his Geki Waza Sleep-Sleep Fist on Jan to have him relive his memories of when he first felt "gyawa-gyawa". In his trance, Jan's hidden memory is unsealed as he reveals that a dragon wiped out village and its inhabitants before assuming a human form: Long, who then personally murdered Jan's mother. Meanwhile, Sanyo hunts down Rio under Long's orders, but the interference of Mele's apprentice, Gen Jū Pixie-Ken mistress Hisho, allows them to escape and make their way to where Rio lost his family, which the Gekirangers came after Sha-Fu had a horrific feeling that Rio's past is tied to Jan's. Long reveals that he isn't human, he is an immortal dragon that is bored with world and sought to create entertainment for himself in the form of the Destroyer, and that he was responsible for creating the Rin Jūken with Maku. After learning of Long's part in Jan's past, "Hisho" reveals herself to be Long in disguise and explains his intent for Rio to become the Destroyer, revealing Maku was to assume the role until the Kensei sealed him. Answering Rio's demands, Long reveals that he did murdered Rio's family, and wounded Dan, setting up the path for Rio to be conditioned without any emotion but the desire to fight. Rio is horrified by the startling revelation as the Gekirangers were enraged by Long's sick ideology, but the real Hisho arrives and takes the Gekirangers away while Long forces Rio to reveal his last attachment, with Mele arrives to battles Long for Rio's sake. While this occurs, the Gekirangers use the Geki Beasts to destroy Hiso. By the time the gang arrive, Long is about to deal the deathblow on Mele, when Rio takes the hit meant for her. Seeing Mele to be Rio's true final attachment, taking her so Rio can become the Destroyer for good.

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): Ichirō Nagai (永井 一郎, Nagai Ichirō)
• Miki Masaki (真咲 美希, Masaki Miki): Kazue Itoh (伊藤 かずえ, Itō Kazue)
• Gorrie Yen (ゴリー・イェン, Gorī Yen, Voice): Ryūzaburō Ōtomo (大友 龍三郎, Ōtomo Ryūzaburō)
• Rio (理央, Rio): Hirofumi Araki (荒木 宏文, Araki Hirofumi)
• Mele (メレ, Mere): Yuka Hirata (平田 裕香, Hirata Yuka)
• Long (ロン, Ron): Naoki Kawano (川野 直輝, Kawano Naoki)
• Sanyo (サンヨ, San'yo, Voice): Hideyuki Umezu (梅津 秀行, Umezu Hideyuki)

Guest Cast

• Hiso (ヒソ, Hiso, Voice): Keiko Han (潘 恵子, Han Keiko)
• Nami (ナミ, Nami): Yuki Sato (佐藤友紀, Satō Yūki)
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• Rio (Young):

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Notes

• As part of Super Hero Time, this episode aired alongside

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episode 49,

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, the final episode of the series. From next week onwards, Gekiranger would air alongside

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.

• Viewership: 4.5%
• Pre-Credits: Miki asks Gorrie Yen to name all the GekiBeasts.

DVD releases

Gekiranger Volume 12, DVD cover

Juken Sentai Gekiranger Volume 12 features episodes 45-49: Lesson 45: Pikīn! Showdown of Destiny, Lesson 46: Gyawa-Gyawa Memories, Lesson 47: Pika-Pika! My Path, Lesson 48: Saba-Saba! And Now, Judgement Fist and Lesson 49: Zun-Zun! The Beast-Fist, for All Time....

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