 This article is about an episode in Shuriken Sentai Ninninger.
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Shinobi 7: Spring Ninja Festival! (春のニンジャ祭り！ Haru no Ninja Matsuri!) is the seventh episode of Shuriken Sentai Ninninger. This episode features guest appearances from Yosuke Shiina (HurricaneRed) from Ninpu Sentai Hurricaneger and Sasuke (NinjaRed) from Ninja Sentai Kakuranger.
Synopsis[]
After the defeat the team suffered against Raizo Gabi, Tsumuji has brought two new ninja teachers: the Kakurangers' Sasuke/NinjaRed and the Hurricanegers' Yosuke Shiina/HurricaneRed. After seeing the Ninningers in action, the teachers sternly declare that the team lacks strength and that Takaharu is not even up to par.
Plot[]
The Ninningers train themselves to get stronger in order to surpass Raizo in their next encounter. Fuka tries to express her gratitude to Takaharu for saving her earlier, but to no avail due to her in-confidence. Tsumuji ends their training and presents to them two new teacher; Yosuke Shiina (HurricaneRed) of the Hurricanegers and Sasuke (NinjaRed) of the Kakurangers. They first admonish the Ninningers that the whole point of being a ninja is to strike from the shadows and protect people while remaining hidden; as long as their catchphrase is about being the shinobi who do not hide, they are not real shinobi.
The two Sentai Red veterans demonstrate their proficiencies in their respective techniques and teach the Ninningers to master it. AoNinger even tries an air technique until HurricaneRed scolds him for the use of magic spells. While Raizo is nursed back to health, Kyuemon remembers Yoshitaka's claims that he knows nothing of the Shuriken of the End. The Ninningers receive their report cards with Takaharu being the lowest, but still willingly awaits for harder tasks. Elsewhere, a new Youkai named Nekomata is born from an abandoned watch.
The Ninningers and Sentai Reds are alarmed by his presence, but Takaharu is tied up and forced to stay at the dojo by his teachers. Kyuemon approaches Nekomata and asks him to fulfill a task, which he accepts. The Ninningers and their teachers arrive, but are overpowered by Kyuemon. With Nekomata goes into the past, Takaharu races into the time door. Sasuke and Yosuke watch in regret as they reveal what will happen to Takaharu: Nekomata leapt into the year 2005 to attack any ninjas in order to search for the Shuriken of the End. Being the only available ninja left, NinjaRed and HurricaneRed face him and Takaharu from the future assisted them in the battle. As Nekomata got the Shuriken and tried to return to the future, AkaNinger tried to hold him off but was seemingly killed in the battle. What remained of AkaNinger was kept by Sasuke, which was his burnt report card.
AoNinger doesn't believe it, even when the returned Nekomata confirms his demise. But Takaharu reveals himself to be alive, having used the Substitution Technique to fake his death and quietly sneak into Nekomata's time door. After destroying Nekomata, two Sealing Shuriken transform into Legend Nin Shurikens that represent the Ninningers' Sentai Ninja predecessors. Kyuemon realizes that what he got was NinjaRed's signature Shuriken instead of Yoshitaka's End Shuriken.
Kyuemon summons Giant Youkai Gashadokuro again before leaving as the Ninningers summon their OtomoNins to form Shurikenjin. Under NinjaRed's advice, AkaNinger uses his newly received Nin Shuriken before finishing off Gashadokuro.
NinjaRed and HurricaneRed leave the Ninningers on their own, commenting that maybe there can be shinobi who do not hide. They reunite with Akarenger, who says they weren't much better when they were the active Sentai of their respective years. Yoshitaka thanks them for teaching his grandchildren while asking the Sentai Reds to look after them. Akarenger agrees, having watched over various teams of Super Sentai for years and witnessing the Ninningers from afar.
Cast[]
- Takaharu Igasaki (伊賀崎 天晴 Igasaki Takaharu): Shunsuke Nishikawa (西川 俊介 Nishikawa Shunsuke)
- Yakumo Kato (加藤 八雲 Katō Yakumo): Gaku Matsumoto (松本 岳 Matsumoto Gaku)
- Nagi Matsuo (松尾 凪 Matsuo Nagi): Kaito Nakamura (中村 嘉惟人 Nakamura Kaito)
- Fuka Igasaki (伊賀崎 風花 Igasaki Fūka): Yuuka Yano (矢野 優花 Yano Yuka)
- Kasumi Momochi (百地 霞 Momochi Kasumi): Kasumi Yamaya (山谷 花純 Yamaya Kasumi)
- Tsumuji Igasaki (伊賀崎 旋風 Igasaki Tsumuji): Toshihiro Yashiba (矢柴 俊博 Yashiba Toshihiro)
- Yoshitaka Igasaki (伊賀崎 好天 Igasaki Yoshitaka): Takashi Sasano (笹野 高史 Sasano Takashi)
- Kyuemon Izayoi (十六夜 九衛門 Izayoi Kyūemon, Voice): Megumi Han (潘 めぐみ Han Megumi)
- Raizo Gabi (蛾眉 雷蔵 Gabi Raizō, Voice): Kenji Matsuda (松田 賢二 Matsuda Kenji)
Guest Stars[]
- Youkai Nekomata (妖怪ネコマタ Yōkai Nekomata, Voice): Tomokazu Seki (関 智一 Seki Tomokazu)
- Sasuke (サスケ Sasuke): Teruaki Ogawa (小川 輝晃 Ogawa Teruaki)
- Yosuke Shiina (椎名 鷹介 Shīna Yōsuke): Shun Shioya (塩谷 瞬 Shioya Shun)
- Akarenger (アカレンジャー Aka Renjā, Voice): ?
Suit Actors[]
- AkaNinger: Yugo Fujii (藤井 祐伍 Fujii Yūgo)
- AoNinger: Yuji Nakata (中田 裕士 Nakata Yuji)
- KiNinger: Yasuhiro Takeuchi (竹内 康博 Takeuchi Yasuhiro)
- ShiroNinger: Ryoko Gomi (五味 涼子 Gomi Ryōko)
- MomoNinger: Mizuho Nogawa (野川 瑞穂 Nogawa Mizuho)
- NinjaRed: Seiji Takaiwa (高岩 成二 Takaiwa Seiji)
- HurricaneRed: Kosuke Asai (浅井 宏輔 Asai Kōsuke)
- Akarenger: Masashi Takada (高田 将司 Takada Masashi)
- Shinobimaru: Satoshi Fujita (藤田 慧 Fujita Satoshi)
- Shurikenjin: Hideaki Kusaka (日下 秀昭 Kusaka Hideaki)
- Kyuemon Izayoi: Yuichi Hachisuka (蜂須賀 祐一 Hachisuka Yūichi)
- Raizo Gabi: Jiro Okamoto (岡元 次郎 Okamoto Jirō)
- Yokai Nekomata: Hiroyuki Muraoka (村岡 弘之 Muraoka Hiroyuki)
- Hitokarage: Various
Nin Shuriken[]
- AkaNinger - AkaNinger (Ninja Flash), Shinobimaru, Kakuranger (Hidden Technique), Hurricaneger (Hurricane Technique)
- AoNinger - Dragomaru
- KiNinger - Dumpmaru
- ShiroNinger - Wanmaru
- MomoNinger - Byunmaru
Errors[]
- While the climax battle of this episode happens in an urban area, the explosion scene after the roll call is clearly filmed at a mountain area.
Notes[]
- As part of Super Hero Time, this episode aired alongside Kamen Rider Drive
episode 25, Why Has a New Battle Started?. - Viewership: 4.2%
- Sealing Shuriken purified: 8 out of 48
- In Ninningers' possession: 7
- In Kyuemon's possession: 1
- Most fireworks in closing credits:
- Blue: 5
- Red: 7
- Green: 1
- Yellow: 2
- While not the most recent appearance of Sasuke in Sentai (due to Hyakuju Sentai Gaoranger vs. Super Sentai and the Legend War), this is the first time Teruaki Ogawa has portrayed Sasuke out-of-suit since Choriki Sentai Ohranger: Ole vs. Kakuranger nearly 20 years prior in the very first VS movie.
- This episode celebrates the 40th anniversary of Super Sentai.
- Originally, this episode was supposed to air on April 5, 2015, 40 years to the day the first episode of Himitsu Sentai Gorenger aired, but was delayed after episode 46 of Ressha Sentai ToQger got postponed by a week, unintentionally celebrating the 40th anniversary of Gorenger's second episode.
- When Sasuke and Yosuke teach the Ninningers about what a ninja is supposed to be, they quote the last part of their respective team's roll-call.
- The opening credits are updated to include Paonmaru and UFOmaru.
- Kosuke Asai suit acted as HurricaneRed in this episode. Beginning with the next episode, Asai would be the suit actor for AkaNinger for the remainder of the series.
DVD/Blu-ray releases[]
Ninninger Volume 2, DVD cover
Shuriken Sentai Ninninger Volume 2 features episodes 5-8: Shinobi 5: The Space Ninja UFOmaru!, Shinobi 6: Tengu's Spiriting Away, Shinobi 7: Spring Ninja Festival! and Shinobi 8: The Nekomata Who Leapt Through Time!.
Ninninger Collection 1, Blu-ray cover
Blu-ray Collection 1 comes with 12 episodes.
External links[]
See Also[]
- Gold Rush - Power Rangers counterpart in Ninja Steel. See comparison page. (Megazord fight footage)
- The Adventures of Redbot - Power Rangers counterpart in Ninja Steel. See comparison page.
- Dimensions in Danger - Power Rangers counterpart in Super Ninja Steel. See comparison page. (anniversary milestone)
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