 This article is about a ranger in Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger.
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- "Monarch of the Wild Seas! Zyuoh Shark!"
- ―Zyuoh Shark's roll call[src]
Sela (セラ Sera) is a shark Zyuman from Zyuland who, using the transformed King's Credential she was entrusted with, became Zyuoh Shark (ジュウオウシャーク Jūō Shāku), the Blue Ranger of the Zyuohgers.
Biography
Life in Zyuland
Family
A holographic memento of Sela with her family.
Back in Zyuland, Sela lived with her parents and a younger brother. As their family grew busy, they saw less of each other. However, Sela and her brother would help their parents celebrate their anniversary every year. 
TV STORY-Ep. 9: A Day Does Not End Sela took care of her younger brother in her parents' absence. TV STORY-Ep. 17: Extra Player, Intrude
Sparring
Sela laments her hollow win.
Sela trained as a martial artist alongside Leo. At one point, the two of them faced-off in a tournament which ended with Sela defeating Leo as a result of him purposely not giving his all against her, thus throwing the fight, due to his chivalrous belief that the duty of a man is to protect girls and not fight them. Sela would resent Leo for doing this as it rendered her win an empty victory. TV STORY-Ep. 4: Howl in the Ring
Guarding the Link Cube
Along with Leo, Tusk, and Amu, Sela was assigned as a guardian to the Link Cube, which had been left dormant following the taking of one of the six King's Credentials. As such, Sela was entrusted with one of the King's Credentials. TV STORY-Ep. 1: The Exciting Animal Land
Sela consoled Tusk, who had grown frustrated with Leo and Amu's complacency to the point of scolding them, suggesting that while being in the right, there may a better way of getting his point across. Tusk understood Sela's sentiment, but would find executing it easier said than done. TV STORY-Ep. 21: Prison Break
Coming to the Human World
One day while guarding the Link Cube, Sela and the other three Zyumans were shocked to find not only the Link Cube active, but a human, Yamato Kazakiri emerging from it. While interrogating the foreigner, the Link Cube began acting strangely, and the panicking Yamato activated it, unintentionally dragging the four Zyumans along with him. The five arrived in the human world to see a forest being ravaged by the Deathgaliens. Enraged, the Zyumans used the King's Credentials to become the Zyuohgers, in Sela's case Zyuoh Shark. Fighting alongside Yamato (who somehow managed to become a Zyuohger as well), all five fought off the invaders.
However, when they returned to the Link Cube, one of the King's Credentials was missing. Yamato offered a place to sleep for the Zyumans, which everyone but Tusk accepted immediately (he would have a change of heart the next day). The Credentials also granted the Zyumans human disguises, helping them blend in.
Chou Super Hero Taisen
Catching up with Amu, Sela and the others fought against the army of Shocker
from the Game World alongside various fellow Sentai Rangers and Kamen Riders. TV STORY-Kamen Rider × Super Sentai: Chou Super Hero Taisen
Life Received! Earth Champions Decisive Battle!
TV STORY-Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger Returns: Life Received! Earth Champions Decisive Battle!
Video game appearances
Super Sentai Legend Wars
Zyuohger as seen in Super Sentai Legend Wars.
Zyuoh Shark appears with her team among all Sentai in the mobile game Super Sentai Legend Wars.
Personality
Sela chides Leo for his immaturity.
Sela is a shark Zyuman and a type who doesn't want to show others her weakness. She doesn't like to lose and has very sharp hearing.
Of her fellow Zyumans, Sela found Leo most trying, with his booming lion voice causing friction with her sensitive shark ears. TV STORY-Ep. 6: Wild Present TV STORY-Ep. 8: Savanna's Melody As a result of Leo's belief that a man should defend girls and not fight them, Sela found that he didn't approach her equally as a fighter, which she resented him for. TV STORY-Ep. 4: Howl in the Ring She also loathed his immaturity. TV STORY-Ep. 3: Want to Go Home but Can’t
Powers and Abilities
- Zyuman Power (ジューマンパワー Jūman Pawā): The natural energy of individual Zyumen, they can bestow this energy upon other lifeforms to heal them via a King's Credential, granting the potential to unlock Zyuman powers as a side-effect in humans. However, this would come at the cost of the Zyuman's life force, thus shortening their lifespan. The process is also evidently irreversible.
- Disguise: After being stranded in the human world, Sela is granted her own human form by her King's Credential which protects her identity as Zyuman. Following this, Sela can change from Zyuman to human and back at will. However, her disguise bears one exposing flaw in that she retains her shark fin, equivalent to the tails of her fellow Zyumen.
- Sixth Sense: As a Zyuman guardian, Sela can sense malicious presences such as the Deathgaliens, which are signaled by her fin standing erect.
- Hearing: As a shark Zyuman, Sela possesses super-sensitive hearing which she retains in her human form. However, because of this, if she is exposed to noise that is too loud she will faint and revert to her Zyuman form.
- Amphibiousness: In her Zyuman form, Sela possesses a natural affinity for swimming along with the ability to breathe both air and water.
- Earth's Energy: As a defender of all living organisms on Earth, Sela was bestowed with the Earth's Energy, which not only restored her damaged Zyuoh Changer, but also granted her superpowers, like:
- Superhuman Strength: Even in their civilian form, the Zyuohgers together were able to punch back Shin Ginis.
Zyuoh Shark
Zyuoh Shark
Arsenal
Mecha
Attacks
- Zyuoh Slash (ジュウオウスラッシュ Jūō Surashhu): After pressing the trigger on the Zyuoh Buster to charge up its energy, Zyuoh Shark and the other Zyuohgers transform into a giant claw which slashes the opponent. During the fight with Amigard, Zyuoh Shark performed an alternate version with Zyuoh Lion where an aura resembling a beast's fangs manifests around the opponent and chomps the opponent as the two Zyuohgers first perform a jumping downward stab followed by a lateral slash.
- Zyuoh Shoot (ジュウオウシュート Jūō Shūto): After pressing the trigger on the Zyuoh Buster to charge up its energy, Zyuoh Shark shoots a spinning cube shaped energy blast, similar to the Zyuoh Buster's normal projectile but larger and more solid.
Instinct Awakened Mode
In her Instinct Awakened (野性解放 Yasei Kaihō) form, Zyuoh Shark gains a dorsal fin on her back. In this form, she can swim through the ground as though it were water, allowing her to surprise attack her opponents as well as perform a somersault attack where she uses her fin to buzzsaw through enemies. Alternatively, she can perform an aerial spin attack after jumping and homing in on her target, repeatedly striking them in mid air with her spin attack.
Zyuoh Shark, along with the other Zyuohgers in their Instinct Awakened forms, is able to channel her power along with Zyuoh Gorilla's power into a gigantic fist that Zyuoh Gorilla can use to smash down onto the enemy in his Gorilla Super Punch (ゴリラスーパーパンチ Gorira Sūpā Panchi) attack.
Arsenal
Mecha
Appearances: Ninninger vs ToQger, Zyuohger Episodes 1-11, 17, 18, 21, The Heart Pounding Circus Panic, Zyuohger 26, 28-30, 34, 35, 38, 41-43, 45-48, Super Animal War, Life Received! Earth Champions Decisive Battle!
Plushie
Sela plushie.
This plush doll was handmade in Sela's likeness by Misao Mondo, TV STORY-Ep. 20: Monarch of the World part of a set for each of the four Zyumans as a gift. TV STORY-Ep. 21: Prison Break
- The Zyuman dolls were released under Bandai's Atsumare! Zyuman Series.
Imitations
- From her own memory, a copy of Sela was created alongside a fake Tusk by Bangray as part of his sadistic game. She ultimately sacrificed her own existence to save the original.
TV STORY-Ep. 27: Which One is Real? - A fake Zyuoh Shark was created as part of a fake Zyuohger team by Bangray via scanning Quval's memory. She was defeated alongside the copies of Zyuoh Lion, Zyuoh Elephant and Zyuoh Tiger by the real Zyuoh Eagle. TV STORY-Ep. 34: Megabeast Hunter Strikes Back
Behind the Scenes
Portrayal
Sela is portrayed by Miki Yanagi (柳美稀 Yanagi Miki). As Zyuoh Shark and in her Zyuman form, her suit actor is Ryoko Gomi (五味 涼子 Gomi Ryōko).
In popular culture
The Blue of Getsumen Sentai Gekkouger.
A Blue warrior, extremely reminiscent of Zyuoh Shark, is part of the Zyuohger-esqe Getsumen Sentai Gekkouger which appears as a poster in the 2017 anime series Tsuki ga Kirei (月がきれい as the moon, so beautiful.).
Notes
- Sela takes her name from " Selachimorpha ", the branch name under which sharks are classified.
- Sela has a couple of notable firsts:
- She is the first female blue ranger since Urara Ozu/MagiBlue.
- This is contingent on counting only the main female blue rangers on official series. Otherwise, there's the two unofficial AkibaBlues Mitsuki Aoyagi and Luna Iwashimizu, the two Kyoryu Cyans Yuko Fukui and Ami-neesan, and Gokai and Transfer Changes that put Luka Millfy, Ahim de Famille, Mio Natsume, or Kagura Izumi in blue suits (their regular powers/colors are yellow for Luka and Mio or pink for Ahim and Kagura).
- She is the first female ranger to have a Shark motif.
- She is also the first female Blue Ranger in an anniversary season.
- She is the first female blue ranger since Urara Ozu/MagiBlue.
- Continuing the underlying video game motifs of the series, Sela's attacks in Instinct Awakened mode are comparable to the Homing Dash attack of Sonic the Hedgehog.
- She is the first Ranger since Hyde from Goseiger to have a shark motif.
Appearances
- File:Icon-tokkyuger.png Shuriken Sentai Ninninger vs. ToQger The Movie: Ninjas in Wonderland (voice only as Zyuoh Shark)
- Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger
- Ep. 1: The Exciting Animal Land
- Ep. 2: Don’t Underestimate this Planet
- Ep. 3: Want to Go Home but Can’t
- Ep. 4: Howl in the Ring
- Ep. 5: Monarch of the Jungle
- Ep. 6: Wild Present
- Ep. 7: Gho-Gho-Gho-Ghost Appears
- Ep. 8: Savanna's Melody
- Ep. 9: A Day Does Not End
- Ep. 10: The Most Dangerous Game
- Ep. 11: Animals Assemble
- Ep. 12: The Short-Nose Elephant
- Ep. 13: The Summit of Witnesses
- Ep. 14: The Dummy-Style Lying Thief
- Ep. 15: The Shiver-Raising Sniper
- Ep. 16: Finding Zyuman
- Ep. 17: Extra Player, Intrude
- Ep. 18: Etched Terror
- Ep. 19: Who Can Be Trusted?
- Ep. 20: Monarch of the World
- Ep. 21: Prison Break
- Ep. 22: Awakening? Is it Wrong?
- Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger the Movie: The Heart Pounding Circus Panic
- Ep. 23: Megabeast Hunter
- Ep. 24: Revived Memory
- Ep. 25: Unhappy Camera
- Ep. 26: I Want to Protect the Precious Day
- Ep. 27: Which One is Real?
- Ep. 28: The Space Pirates Return
- Ep. 29: The Monarch of the Monarchs
- Ep. 30: The Legendary Megabeast
- Ep. 31: When the Megabeast Stands
- Ep. 32: Double Sided Heart
- Ep. 33: The Grateful Cat Spirit
- Ep. 34: Megabeast Hunter Strikes Back
- Ep. 35: The Zyuohgers Last Day
- Ep. 36: The Prince of Halloween
- Ep. 37: Monarch of the Heavens
- Ep. 38: High in the Sky, Flying Wings
- Ep. 39: Calories and Necklace
- Ep. 40: Men's Aesthetics
- Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger vs. Ninninger: Message from the Future from Super Sentai
- Ep. 41: The First and The Last Chance
- Ep. 42: The Future of this Planet
- Ep. 43: The Christmas of Witnesses
- Ep. 44: Monarch of the Humans
- Ep. 45: Lifted Seal
- Ep. 46: The Immortal God of Destruction
- Ep. 47: The Last Game
- Ep. Final: Earth is Our Home
- Kamen Rider × Super Sentai: Chou Super Hero Taisen (voice only as Zyuoh Shark)
- Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger Returns: Life Received! Earth Champions Decisive Battle!
- Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger Brave
- King 12: Forever! Kyoryuger Brave (as Zyuoh Shark only)
