Station 23: United Hand in Hand

This article is about an episode in Ressha Sentai ToQger.

Station 23: United Hand in Hand
Ressha Sentai ToQger, Episode 23
Air Date(s)	August 10, 2014
Production Information
Written by	Yasuko Kobayashi
Directed by	Shojiro Nakazawa
Episode Guide
Previous	Station 22: The Birth of the Empress
Next	Station 24: Pass the Junction

United Hand in Hand (手と手をつないで, Te to Te o Tsunai de) is the twenty-third episode of Ressha Sentai ToQger and 1900th overall in the Super Sentai Series. This is the debut appearance of Cho Cho ToQ-DaiOh. It features the apparent death of Miss Gritta, who returns 18 episodes later.

Synopsis

The ToQgers must defeat Miss Gritta and General Schwarz while trying to recover their memories of their long lost home town.

Plot

The ToQgers barely escape the Imperial Kurainer Robo's Darkness Fall attack, but the Support Ressha are damaged. As Akira proceeds to make repairs, the main ToQgers are attracted to the Sakuma Shrine festival where the memories of their hometown's festival come back to them along with their families. The main ToQgers are then alerted to General Schwarz's appearance and resolve to keep him from attacking the festival. With ToQ 1gou holding back General Schwarz, the other ToQgers manage to reclaim the Ressha. Refusing to give up, General Schwarz summons his personal Kurainer as Cho-ToQ-Oh and BuildDai-Oh are forced to fight him. At that time, upon seeing General Schwarz's handkerchief, Miss Glitta regains a bit of her former self and runs off to aid him in the Imperial Kurainer. While once more subjected to the Darkness Fall, the main ToQgers remember how they were brave at the end of their hometown along with recovering the name of their home: Subarugahama. This mindset allows the ToQgers to have Cho ToQ Oh combine with the Build Ressha to form Cho Cho ToQ Dai-Oh. Miss Glitta uses the Imperial Kurainer Robo to shield General Schwarz's Kurainer from the Cho Cho ToQ Dai-Oh Imagination Express attack. Both Kurainers are destroyed, and Miss Glitta ends up mortally wounded and back to her usual self. Upon seeing Miss Glitta has forgiven him, General Schwarz is about to return her feelings when she is consumed from the inside by a monstrous being revealed to be Emperor Zet. He reveals he has acquired Miss Glitta's inner light, and in his new form Emperor Zet sends General Schwarz falling into the river while revealing he intends to obtain the main ToQgers' light, the first light he saw, when they meet next time.

Cast

• Right (ライト, Raito): Jun Shison (志尊 淳, Shison Jun)
  • Young Right: Homare Mabuchi (馬渕誉, Mabuchi Homare)
• Tokatti (トカッチ, Tokatchi): Jin Hiramaki (平牧 仁, Hiramaki Jin)
  • Young Tokatti: Keishiro Nagase (永瀬 圭志朗, Nagase Keishirō)
• Mio (ミオ, Mio): Riria (梨里杏, Riria)
  • Young Mio: Kaoruko Ishii (石井 薫子, Ishii Kaoruko)
• Hikari (ヒカリ, Hikari):Ryusei Yokohama (横浜 流星, Yamazaki Hikaru)
  • Young Hikari: Hikaru Yamazaki (山崎光, Hikaru Yamazaki)
• Kagura (カグラ, Kagura): Ai Moritaka (森高 愛 Moritaka Ai, Ai Moritaka)
  • Young Kagura: Rara Shimizu (清水 らら, Shimizu Rara)
• Akira Nijino (虹野明, Akira Nijino): Shin Nagahama (長濱 慎, Nagahama Shin)
• Conductor (車掌, Shashō): Tsutomu Sekine (関根 勤, Sekine Tsutomu)
• Ticket (チケット, Chiketto, Voice), ToQger Equipment Voice: Kappei Yamaguchi (山口 勝平, Yamaguchi Kappei)
• Wagon (ワゴン, Wagon Voice): Yui Horie (堀江 由衣, Horie Yui)
• Dark Emperor (闇の皇帝, Yami no Kōtei): Kengo Ohkuchi (大口 兼悟, Ōkuchi Kengo)
• General Schwarz (シュバルツ将軍, Shubarutsu Shōgun, Voice): Haruhiko Jo (壤 晴彦, Jō Haruhiko)
• Baron Nero (ネロ男爵, Nero Danshaku, Voice): Jun Fukuyama (福山 潤, Fukuyama Jun)
• Madame Noir (ノア夫人, Noa Fujin, Voice): Aya Hisakawa (久川 綾 Hisakawa Aya, Aya Hisakawa)
• Miss Gritta (グリッタ嬢, Guritta Jō, Voice): Noriko Hidaka (日高 のり子, Hidaka Noriko)

Guest Cast

• Yumi Suzuki (鈴樹 優美, Suzuki Yumi): Chika Ando (安藤 知夏, Ando Chika)
• Ryo Tokashiki (渡嘉敷 涼, Tokashiki Ryō): Mizuki Ohno (大野 瑞生, Ōno Mizuki)

Transfer Changes

• Transfer Changes for United Hand in Hand:
  • ToQ 1gou - Green, Blue, Yellow, Pink
  • ToQ 2gou - N/A
  • ToQ 3gou - N/A
  • ToQ 4gou - N/A
  • ToQ 5gou - N/A

ToQ 1gou Green

ToQ 1gou Blue

ToQ 1gou Yellow

ToQ 1gou Pink

Errors

• to be added

Notes

Main ToQgers' Lanterns

• Tripping Scene: ToQ 1gou
• Everyone's Train Corner: Omitted
• As part of Super Hero Time, this episode aired alongside Kamen Rider Gaim episode 40, Awakening the Over Lord.
• Viewership: 3.2%
• This episode marks the first time all six ToQgers are seen in a cockpit together.
• This episode marks the overall 1900th episode of the Super Sentai franchise.

DVD/Blu-ray releases

Ressha Sentai ToQger Volume 6 features episodes 21-24: Station 21: The Runaway Bride, Station 22: The Birth of the Empress, Station 23: United Hand in Hand and Station 24: Pass the Junction.

ToQger Volume 6, DVD cover

ToQger Volume 6, Blu-ray cover

External links

• TV Asahi's official preview for ｢手と手をつないで
• Toei TV's official episode guide for ｢手と手をつないで