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Kisekae Insights #39: Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger Part 1

As I stated in #35, I didn’t work on Gokaiger for as much time as I did Decade, so the series was basically straight-up adaptations of episodes for the most part. You can clearly tell how my passion for Super Sentai died down post-Zyuohger lmao. But seriously, despite this, my bar was to be better than Power Rangers Super Megaforce and practically anyone can manage that in fanfiction.

Let’s start off with the first nine episodes of Gokaiger, covering the introductions of new Zords and powers as we pay tribute to the icons and figures of my childhood. And if you think the Doctor doesn’t carry or use weapons and therefore shouldn’t be a Ranger, let alone GokaiRed, then allow me to provide you with this counterpoint:

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Once again, the preludes are covered in #26. Sorry for taking so long to post this, a lot of things got in the way.

Prequel: Dawn of the Space Pirates

Adapted from Gokaiger episode 1, Decade episodes 18, 19 and the 199 Heroes movie. Broadcast as the Doctor Who 2017 Christmas Special.

The Zangyack Armada approaches Earth and the Doctor gathers the Gokaigers together to defeat Action Commander Shibakanen while the other Rangers defeat the rest of their landing force. Meanwhile, Hiroki Ichigo is transformed into Gyūki by the demon Suira, who transforms into the demonic ogre Dokkaebi and fights the other Rangers alongside Patrick Han, who transforms into the legendary Chinese New Year monster Nian.

Dokkaebi uses a trumpet to steal the Rangers’ powers before releasing them as physical forms, leading the Gokaigers to work with the Goseigers to fight them and return the powers to their owners. Dokkaebi takes in Nian and Gyūki’s powers to become the Krlunk Smasher, which grows giant and is defeated by the Gokaigers in the Legendary Megazord.

Episode 1: A New Adventure

Adapted from Gokaiger episodes 2, 17, 18, 21 and Boukenger episode 31.

The series opener is a triple-act featuring the Boukengers in a tribute to K-On. In the first act, the Doctor confronts a boy who steals one of his Ranger Keys after his grandfather died in the Time War (at the Battle of Shizugatake). The boy is challenged by the Doctor to try fighting the Zangyack Armada, but when he fails, the Doctor tells him to find a different way to protect Earth. While the Gokaigers fight Action Commander Bongan, the Boukengers face off against the Questers, Mig and Benglo, and their robot, the Blazing Quester.

The Gokaigers’ main task in the first episode is to find a suitable candidate to be their sixth Ranger, GokaiSilver. Near the end of the first act, the Doctor loses the Gokai Cellular and GokaiSilver Ranger Key during the fight with Bongan. Unbeknownst to them, they were picked up by Kai, who abandons his current role as BoukenSilver to fight as GokaiSilver in secret. Eventually, both teams discover Kai’s secret as he defeats the Action Commander of the second act, Almadon.

In the third act, Kai is tasked to prove that he is worthy to be GokaiSilver and he ends up confronting Action Commander Osogain alone before the Gokaigers join him, officially making Kai a Gokaiger. After Osogain is defeated, the Questers resurface with a replica of the Atlantis Temple. Though the Q-Rex is defeated, the Boukengers defeat the replica using the Boukengers’ Megazord Powers. The episode ends with Kai in the GokaiGalleon waving goodbye to his birth family.

Episode 2: The Magic of Justice

Adapted from Gokaiger episodes 3 and 5.

While the Gokaigers are tasked with gaining the cooperation with the other Ranger teams, Kai’s task is to gain the cooperation of the Sixth Rangers. Due to footage reasons, there were some plots where I needed to write out Kai, or rather relegate him to the B plot so as to not make him feel neglected. As such, Kai was separated from the others following their first confrontation with Action Commander Salamandam. Takumi Kamijō, aka MagiBlue, takes the place of Kai Ozu (MagiRed) while Marco and Alice take on the roles of the other’s original counterparts. Kai Ozu’s testing of the Gokaigers is replaced with Takumi expositing about what happened to Homura Akemi after 2013, which you can read in #18. Takumi then allows the Gokaigers to use the Magirangers’ Megazord Power, the MagiDragon, because the real test isn’t with them.

Elsewhere, Kai Hirasawa is tested by Kyōsuke Kamijō to fight Homura as Wolzard; GokaiSilver manages to defeat her initially but when it escalates to a Megazord fight, Wolzard gains the upper hand and defeats GokaiSilver. As the other Gokaigers defeat Salamandam, Kai is brought to UNIT HQ where he is tested by the Dekarangers’ Sixth Ranger, having him undergo harsh training. By undergoing the training without question or complaint, forcing himself to keep going despite the strain, Kai’s efforts allow the Gokaigers to gain the Dekarangers’ Megazord Power, the Delta Runner Zord (PAT-Striker). The Gokaigers, Dekarangers and Magirangers then work together to defeat Homura and her various Madoka Magica minions.

In the original Gokaiger episode 5, the four Gokaigers (save Red) are shown fighting footsoldiers as the Go-Ongers and Dairangers. With the equivalent fight necessitating the production of original footage, I took the chance to substitute the Dairangers for the Kyoryugers in that fight as remember, I hadn’t made the decision to implement them yet. This is just one example of how I improved upon Super Megaforce.

Episode 3: Ninjas with Attitude

The first part of a two-parter. Adapted from Gokaiger episodes 25 and 26 and Ninninger episodes 3 and 7.

This is the start of a mini-arc featuring the Gokaigers travelling internationally to visit other Ranger teams, starting off by heading to Elwood City in the US to meet the Ninningers, Kakurangers, Zyurangers and Gouraigers. The characters of Arthur are depicted as being ten years older, meaning that Arthur and his peers are college freshmen. Their character designs would be based on those created by KeysComics on DeviantArt.

General Ripcon, formerly Gabi Raizo of the Kibaoni Army, is the main villain of the two-parter, but his subordinates, Shimazu and Vexacus, are the MOTWs of the first part. Due to the aforementioned reasons regarding Hurricaneger, the crossover is not adapted with the exception of the Megazord fight between the Q-Rex Megazord and Vexacus. The other main highlight of the episode is the Gokaigers facing off against the Rangers of Elwood City in a tribute to Arthur.

There’s a bit of an allusion to the Morphin Grid in this episode. When GokaiGreen, Pink and Silver try to morph into the Gouraigers and Shurikenger, it fails and they are forced back into their base forms. It is revealed that the power emulation of the Gokai Changes don’t work if the Ranger they are morphing into is already morphed within a 2km radius. Later on, the power emulation turns into actually borrowing the Ranger’s power due to something that would happen in the finale.

In the episode, Kai makes a snide comment that the Zyurangers are weaker than the ninja Sentai because their suits and weapons are more simplistic. Since their fight was delayed by the Zangyack Armada’s attack, Kai’s opponents, Mr Ratburn (DragonRanger) and Bud Compson (KibaRanger) team up with the Tibble twins (Gouraigers) and Cameron Watanabe (Shurikenger) to teach him a lesson. GokaiSilver is defeated and he apologises to Mr Ratburn for his remark.

Episode 4: Elwood City Party Night

The second part of a two-parter. Adapted from Gokaiger episode 46 (45 was a clipshow) and Ninninger episodes 11, 12 and 43.

While the Ninningers granted their Megazord Power to the Gokaigers, the Kakurangers decided to have Cameron (who takes over Ninjaman’s role in the adaptation) test them first to see how the Gokaigers perform. Angelina, Alice and Kai take on Cameron’s training before they are attacked by Action Commander Juju. As in the original episode, Alice and Kai are affected by Juju’s arrows and the Doctor’s investigation leads him, Marco and Yui to a cave. It is then that Ripcon comes back to challenge GokaiRed, leaving the other two to confront Juju in a minor reshoot to the Sentai footage. Ripcon manages to defeat GokaiRed, but he manages to make it back to his team as they fight Juju as the Kakurangers with GokaiSilver and Shurikenger dealing with the Bruisers. The Doctor collapses and Juju is enlarged, but he is defeated by the arrival of StarNinger (who had saved the Doctor earlier) on the Bison Megazord (BisonKing).

In the second part of the episode, the Doctor is incapacitated while the Gokaigers sans Kai confront Ripcon, who is attacking the city. Despite his injuries, the Doctor joins the others and they morph into the Ninningers, Red fighting Ripcon while the others deal with the minions. Ripcon is defeated, but he is enlarged against his will, leading to Cameron granting the Gokaigers the use of Fūraimaru to defeat him with the Legendary Ninja Megazord.

Episode 5: The Megabeast Hunter

Adapted from Gokaiger episode 31 and Zyuohger episodes 23, 24 and 25.

We begin a new storyline adapted from Zyuohger with the introduction of Megabeast Hunter Bangrey. The Gokaigers head to the island of Sodor to meet the ToQgers and Ohrangers in a tribute to Thomas the Tank Engine.

As with the original, Bangrey can summon anyone by scanning their memories, though they are mostly (human) enemies from past years. In this episode, Bangrey summons Shibakanen to fight the Gokaigers before later summoning the Doctor’s very first companion, Susie Leon (or Susan Foreman) from his memories before killing him in front of the Doctor. We then get an adaptation of the Ohranger tribute as GokaiSilver fights two giant enemies in the Q-Rex Megazord while the other Gokaigers fight enemies on the ground.

Episode 6: Lion of the Samurai

Adapted from Gokaiger episodes 9, 11 and 12.

In an homage to Power Rangers being produced in New Zealand (at least at the time), this episode features the Gokaigers heading to Auckland to visit UNIT NZ, headed by Richard Yang. Former companions Yuzuru Otonashi and Kanade Tachibana also make an appearance here (in a tribute to Angel Beats) along with some others.

This episode closely adapts the Gaoranger and Shinkenger tributes, but references to Gaoranger are replaced by references to Go-Busters. As a result, the Red Lion Zord is made to be a prototype of Tategami LiOh. The Valiant II also makes its debut as a rebuild of the original being used as a hangar for Megazord development, this time disguised as a floating island much like the Animarium.

Episode 7: Friends Forever

Adapted from Gokaiger episodes 29 and 32 and Zyuohger episodes 17, 18, 19 and 26.

The Questers are joined by Bangrey and the tertiary villain of the series, Kamen Rider Fifteen.

This episode also serves as a tribute to Lucky Star, who are the Kyoryugers in this series. As such, the Kyoryugers’ secondary Megazord Power, the ability to combine into the Legendary Q-Rex Megazord, makes its debut in its episode. The Megazord’s finisher name from the Sentai, Gokai Rex Drill, is renamed to the Legendary Q-Rex Brave Finish.

Zyuoh TheWorld and its Megazord, Tousai Zyuoh, are first featured as tools of the Questers made from stolen UNIT technology. UNIT creates the GokaiGalleon Buster and grants it to the Gokaigers towards the end of the episode, with its first victim being Zyuoh TheWorld, who is freed from the Questers’ control as a result.

Episode 8: Silver and Gold

Adapted from Gokaiger episodes 19 and 40, the 199 Heroes movie and Zyuohger episodes 37 and 38. Former companion Nayu Hayama (among others) makes an appearance in this episode.

The Gokaigers (save Kai, who was tasked with bringing Zyuoh TheWorld back to UNIT HQ at the end of the last episode) decide to take a trip in the TARDIS, but due to the TARDIS not liking its occupants carrying weapons, the Doctor makes an emergency landing in May 2011, where they make their pre-series debut cameo as shown in Three Kingdoms Series 3 before quickly leaving. The Gokaigers are next shown fighting the Goseigers before the former team disappears.

Meanwhile, Kai, who is the main focus for this episode, is introduced to Cyber Knight, a “Cyberman” made by UNIT to be the Goseigers’ Sixth Ranger. Cyber Knight is able to form the Gosei Ground Megazord with the Knight Brothers Zords. As Kai and Zyuoh TheWorld are sent to deal with an attack, they encounter the Questers’ backup tool, ZyuohBird. Kai is suggested to combine the fifteen Sixth Ranger Keys into the Gold Anchor Key, allowing GokaiSilver to assume Gold Mode and defeat ZyuohBird with the Gokai Legendary Finale.

Episode 9: The Champion of Champions

Adapted from Zyuohger episodes 28 and 29, practically the main reason why I wanted to adapt Gokaiger (with post-Gokaiger Gokai Changes) in the main place.

The episode follows the Sentai episodes closely, though the past Sentai villains in the final fight are replaced by various Doctor Who monsters summoned from the Doctor’s memories by Bangrey, namely the white Supreme Dalek (from the New Dalek Paradigm), a post-Cyber War Cyberman (from Nightmare in Silver), a Sontaran, a Silurian, a Sea Devil, a Judoon and a Zygon. The same fight also features the participation of ZyuohBird.

It is revealed that the Gokaigers’ antagonism towards the Goseigers and Zyuohgers was the work of Kamen Rider Fifteen, who had managed to hypnotise the Gokaigers into believing that they had to destroy the two teams to prevent the destruction of the world. Following a brief fight, a giant Fifteen replaces Gokdos Gill in the ensuing Megazord fight. Fifteen’s powers are destroyed upon his defeat, forcing him to return to his own universe.

The closing credits of this episode and the last one also used Super Sentai Hero Getter 2016 in place of the usual closing theme. In spite of most of the teams not being adapted for this series, the song serves as a speedrun primer to Super Sentai, particularly for those who are unfamiliar with the franchise.

Next time, we’ll cover the last portion of Gokaiger along with the movies.

#kisekae insights #super sentai #power rangers #doctor who #kaizoku sentai gokaiger #power rangers super megaforce

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jcmorrigan · 7 years ago

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So, you started watching Operation Overdrive. What's your opinion on the characters/villains you've seen so far?

Written as of seeing the “Once a Ranger” two-parter and no further.

Mack: Grew from just likable into absolutely lovable. He’s just…can I use the cliché “Too good, too pure”? He’s such a good soul, and his energy is infectious.

Rose: Probably my actual favorite of the heroes, though. I love how she’s a fountain of knowledge of all things mythological AND scientific. She also just seems like the kind of person I’d want to be friends with.

Dax: This big ol’ dork. I love him. He’s such a ham.

Ronny: Pretty cool. Not as memorable as Mack, Rose, or Dax, but likable all the same.

Will: I didn’t like him at first because of his whole lone-wolf act and how much he shook the team up with it, but he’s grown away from that and I find myself enjoying him a lot more now.

Andrew: HAAAAAAATE. He obviously values the success of the mission over respecting the team as individuals, and I can’t stand how underhanded he is with them (setting up fake danger scenarios without telling them to test how they work as a team?). Not to mention FIRING WILL BECAUSE HE HAPPENED TO LOSE A FIGHT TO KAMDOR, WHO IS VERY SKILLED? Dude.

Spencer: I should probably be bothered by him playing accomplice to Andrew, but really, he’s too nice not to love, and he actually makes up for a lot of Andrew’s missteps himself. I would trust this man with my life. I want to hug him, but he would probably not find that professional.

Tyzonn: Absolute cutie. My heart goes out to him so much. I don’t want him to hurt anymore. Though sometimes I wonder why in the world he gets HIS OWN SEPARATE MEGAZORD despite being the newcomer to the team. That’s not really fair.

Sentinel Knight: Too much of an ethereal entity and not enough of a character for me to judge.

Moltor: Does…does he have to be in EVERY episode? He’s the WEAKEST of the villains in terms of personality, he bores me half to death, he’s pretty much the only main villain who isn’t part of a cool duo (unless you count Blothgaar or any of the other one-episode wonders; have you noticed that EVERYONE WHO ALLIES WITH MOLTOR DIES AFTER ONE EPISODE), and he’s soooooo overused.

Flurious: Now, this is a villain with class. I love his snark. Watching him point out Moltor’s flaws can be a highlight of an episode.

Norg: I want to rescue this poor baby and take him out for ice cream and give him lots of hugs and make snow angels with him.

Benglo and Mig: Super fun. They’re always just making a party out of being evil, and it’s hard not to just join right in that party with them.

Miratrix: Awesomesauce. A very boss warrior who I love to watch in action. Double points if she’s doing a scheme where she’s wearing a Paper Thin Disguise (like the mayor’s aide or Dax’s girlfriend “Mira”) and everyone falls for it anyway.

Kamdor: MY PRECIOUS. MY ABSOLUTE PRECIOUS. BEST CHARACTER IN THE SHOW. I LOVE HIM TO DEATH. He is just SUCH an entertaining villain. He is ALWAYS fired up about everything and ALWAYS yelling about things and I love it. His bond with Miratrix is also engaging. I see them as having an almost familial relationship. Anyway, this is the guy who got mad at one of his monsters because he wanted a Corona Aurora jewel and the monster brought him JUST a priceless ruby (which he decided he wasn’t going to let the Rangers have anyway when they showed up). This is the guy who can make a monster out of a clutch purse. This is the dual-sword-wielding ninja who was actually the first villain to obtain a Corona jewel despite being the gamma or delta threat in the show. I love him so much.

#power rangers operation overdrive #kamdor #rose ortiz #not sure who else to tag since i talked about a lot of people here #anti andrew hartford #apparently operation overdrive is the least liked power rangers season?#but i love it so much #it's so good #anti moltor

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