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Jeramie is still sulking about his potential role in starting this war. But their immediate concern is how to stop Desnarak’s plan. Yanma suggested they combine all 20 ShuGods and quickly showed how to do so and how it could withstand 79 seconds inside Chikyuu’s core. But they would need someone to pilot each of the 20 ShuGods. Without them, they won’t be able to tap KingOhger’s full power.
Just then, they hear a rumble outside and hurry out. Jeramie is shocked to see Gerojim and Sanagims causing trouble. Gerojim says he is everywhere and nowhere and humans should no longer exist.
Jeramie stops the others and asks to leave this to him. He henshins and battles Gerojim who says there’s nothing weird about this since he is a Bugnarak, after all. Gerojim taunts Jeramie, but Jeramie is able to gain the upper hand and forces Gerojim out of his illusion. Jeramie says he just wants an end to this war and is frustrated that his simple wish has to continually be denied.
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Gerojim says Jeramie does not understand that he lacks the will to make it happen. If Jeramie truly wants to be king, he must be willing to bear the burden of others’ lives. Jeramie says he must have been dreaming for a long time. But now, he is willing to take Gerojim’s life in his hands. He promises to defeat Desnarak and become the king of the Bugnarak. This way, peace can be attained between human and Bugnarak.
Jeramie asks Gerojim to be his retainer and the first citizen of the new land of the in-between: Bugnarak. Gerojim is proud to accept and he takes a knee. Jeramie has him hold his sword and it glows. Gira realizes Gerojim has been chosen.
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The Ohgers wonder if the Ohger Caliburs can determine who is worthy of being a ShuGod pilot. When Kofuki touches Gira’s sword and it glows, the Ohgers decide to go back to their kingdoms to find the chosen ones.
For Yanma, it is Shikora and his three top engineers. For Hymeno, it is Sebastian, head nurse Elegance and head main Cleo. For Kaguragi, it is Suzume and Kuroda. And for Rita, it is Morfonia.
Back in Shugoddam, Gira hesitates to allow Douga to be a pilot especially since he has a family. But Douga says he does not intend to die and leave his family. He wants to protect them and he has the will to succeed in this mission.
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They need one more pilot and Douga says Gira knows exactly who that is. Gira remembers the sword glowing when Boone touched it.
Outside, Gira puts on a show to rile up the troops and ensure their confidence in leaving no man behind. None of them will be dying today.
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Kofuki reports that Desnarak has grown to full size. So Gira goes to fetch Kogane and Boone. The 20 pilots have been assembled and they combine into God KingOhger.
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They jump into the hole and pledge an oath of resolve and partnership for the unified defense and peace of the planet. They quickly grab Desnarak and yank him back to the surface.
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The Ohgers henshin and lead everyone in the battle that has Desnarak brought back down to size. And now it’s time to finish him off for good.
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Episode Thoughts
A good episode. The lead-up to the battle was okay for me. I understand and appreciate the idea of having everyone come together and how everyone’s equal and all that. But the battle was definitely the highlight, followed by Jeramie and Gerojim’s scene.
Interestingly, this was the episode that kind of comforted me about the season moving forward. Like, the pacing has worried me about the season losing steam and material later on. But this episode kind of got me to the point where I have decided to set aside those worries and just hop along for the ride. Kind of set aside any expectations and come what may, in a sense.
I dunno why. But the episode just made me feel that way. Whether or not Desnarak is actually finished off next episode doesn’t really matter for me anymore. Rather, I’ve established my viewing of the season as more on seeing how the Ohgers are able to come together while also looking after their own kingdom’s peoples. The many potential conflicts that may arise from that dynamic seems to be what the season is moving along with. So that’s very interesting. And it offers up a different approach to what can be familiar Sentai themes.
And that is while there is of course plenty of mystery and questions left to be answered as well.
So overall a good episode with some great action in the beginning and end.
This has been a rather unique season of Sentai hasn’t it? Even more so, because as indicated by new promotional images, after episode 26, there’s going to be something of a time skip. That’s never happened before in any other season, so I’m interested to see where that goes.
I have to assume that, after Desnarak is taken care of next week in whatever capacity (personally, I hope that, given the last episode built up nuance around him and revealed his familial link to Jeramie, he’ll be spared and imprisoned), the second half of the season will revolve around Racules’s return (we all know he’s not dead. Falling off a cliff means very little in Toku lol.) and the truth behind the Fury of the Gods incident and the identity of the cloaked figure. My personal theory at the moment is that the cloaked figure or whoever masterminded that incident has been pulling the strings and playing the long game with the Human-Bugnarok conflict for whatever reason. Sorta like Long from Gekiranger.
Also, as a side note, Rita’s awkward attempts at social interaction from episode to episode never fail to be both funny and endearing lol.
A time skip? Interesting.
And yes, I would think Jeramie’s guilt will end up being misplaced. And it may help peel back more of his history and his family as well.
Man this episode is one of my favorite episode without being a character focused one. The episode just handled the 20 piece mecha stuff along with the allies as the pilots plot very perfectly. The battle just highlighted the contrasts and similarities of the people who was piloted the mecha ver skillfully with each one having their own chance to shine within the amount of time they were given. I hope they will do it more or just when required in the future episodes. I think the time skip will feature more interesting storylines. I hope Rcules returns again having been in a coma or amnesia during the time skip. I really want him to fight alongside the team against the bigger threat they’re going to be facing. I think that the next episode is like the finale to this arc of the series airing alongside the finale of Geats like the one in Donbrothers which aired alongside Revice’s finale but with King-Ohger’s own style. This series is making me excited entertained and engaged at the same time with fast pace. They just kept my favs Rita, Kaguragi and Jeremy exactly how they were and are now without much changes in their personalities. The other cast too frankly speaking. I just hope the series will continue being itself without any interruptions.
The latest episode showed that they don’t need 20 people apparently. I dunno.
We’ll see how long they wait until they bring Racules back.