Station 43: The Unopening Door

This article is about an episode in Ressha Sentai ToQger.

Station 43: The Unopening Door
Ressha Sentai ToQger, Episode 43
Air Date(s)	January 11, 2015
Production Information
Written by	Yasuko Kobayashi
Directed by	Hiroyuki Kato
Episode Guide
Previous	Station 42: Words to Reach You
Next	Station 44: To Subarugahama

The Locked Door (開かない扉, Akanai Tobira) is the forty-third episode of Ressha Sentai ToQger.

Synopsis

When Dollhouse Shadow attacks the ToQgers, Hikari and Kagura are trapped inside its dollhouse which will burn and kill them if they cannot find a way out or if the others cannot stop it.

Plot

Upon returning to Castle Terminal with Barone Nero, Marchioness Mork sees that Emperor Zet has accepted that he can never obtain the light, deciding to confirm a theory she has over the cause of Emperor Zet's obsession. Later, after Kagura wakes up from a nightmare where her family does not recognize her all grown up, the Ressha comes under attack by the Shadow Creep Dollhouse Shadow. Overpowering the ToQgers, Dollhouse Shadow sucks ToQ 4gou and ToQ 5gou into a dollhouse before running off. After knocking Hikari and Kagura out, Dollhouse Shadow sends out a challenge to the ToQgers to meet him in Moriiwadake Station within five minutes or he will burn the dollhouse containing Hikari and Kagura. This infuriates Right as he and the others run towards Moriiwadake, fighting their way through several Close. But Dollhouse Shadow gets bored and starts to burn the dollhouse prematurely, with Hikari and Kagura's escape route out blocked. After Hikari figures out a means of escape involving his kendama, inspired by seeing Kagura's restored shoe outside after it managed to get out but she did not, he helps ease Kagura's mind with his own resolve to protect his family. Though it seems they have died in the burning dollhouse just as their teammates arrive, ToQ 1gou taking it hardest, ToQ 4gou and ToQ 5gou reveal themselves alive and well as they overpower Dollhouse Shadow before the Shadow Creep is destroyed by Hyper ToQ 1gou. The enlarged Dollhouse Shadow then attempts to trap Cho-Cho-ToQ-Dai-Oh in another dollhouse, only to get sucked in as well and easily destroyed within. Marchioness Mork has observed the events the whole time, and has her suspicions about Right confirmed as she says the youth is the reason why Emperor Zet subsumed Subarugahama in particular. Elsewhere, ToQ 6gou is troubled from sensing a familiar darkness coming from Right's body.

Cast

• Right (ライト, Raito): Jun Shison (志尊 淳, Shison Jun)
• Tokatti (トカッチ, Tokatchi): Jin Hiramaki (平牧 仁, Hiramaki Jin)
• Mio (ミオ, Mio): Riria (梨里杏, Riria)
• 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)
• 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, Voice): Kengo Ohkuchi (大口 兼悟, Ōkuchi Kengo)
• Baron Nero (ネロ男爵, Nero Danshaku, Voice): Jun Fukuyama (福山 潤, Fukuyama Jun)
• Marchioness Morc (モルク侯爵, Moruku Kōshaku, Voice): Reiko Suzuki (鈴木 れい子, Suzuki Reiko)

Guest Cast

• Dollhouse Shadow (ドールハウスシャドー, Dōruhausu Shadō, Voice): Kunihiro Kawamoto (河本邦弘, Kawamoto Kunihiro)
• Emiko Nonomura (野々村恵美子, Nonomura Emiko): Midori Hayashi (林美土里, Hayashi Midori)
• Ayaka Nonomura (野々村彩香, Nonomura Ayaka): Hitomi Hasebe (長谷部瞳, Hasebe Hitomi)
• Yosuke Izumi (泉洋介, Izumi Yōsuke): Ken Mifune (御船健, Mifune Ken)
• Keiko Izumi (泉恵子, Izumi Keiko): Keiko Takemitsu (竹光桂子, Takemitsu Keiko)

Transfer Changes

• Transfer Changes for The Locked Door:
  • ToQ 1gou - Hyper
  • ToQ 2gou - N/A
  • ToQ 3gou - N/A
  • ToQ 4gou - N/A
  • ToQ 5gou - N/A
• Final appearance of Hyper ToQ 1gou.

Hyper ToQ 1gou

Errors

• to be added

Notes

• Tripping Scene: The 5 Core ToQgers
• Everyone's Train Corner: Omitted
• As part of Super Hero Time, this episode aired alongside Kamen Rider Drive episode 13, Why Won't My Brother Put On the Brakes?.
• Viewership: 3.1%
• This episode marks the first time that a mecha is used in an indoor setting.

DVD/Blu-ray releases

Ressha Sentai ToQger Volume 11 features episodes 41-44: Station 41: The Christmas Battle, Station 42: Words to Reach You, Station 43: The Locked Door and Station 44: To Subarugahama.

ToQger Volume 11, DVD cover

ToQger Volume 11, Blu-ray cover

External links

• TV Asahi's official preview for ｢開かない扉」
• Toei TV's official episode guide for ｢開かない扉」