 This article is about an episode in Hikonin Sentai Akibaranger Season Tsuu.
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Delusional Niangniang (妄想
Synopsis[]
The Akibarangers try to get rid of Nobuo's fetish for robotic women when a new monster shows up and infatuates him.
Plot[]
While waiting in a line, General Tsu is approached by a girl dressed as a mascot character after getting in a fight and beaten by her, he decides to use it as a model for his next monster. Some time later, the Akibarangers come across a mascot character called Yuru-Chara Jigen distributing suspicious flyers and when she attacks some children, transforming them into things they hate, the trio realizes that it is another of Baros LoL's underlings and confront her in the Delusion World.
However, Akiba Red somehow is enticed by her and finds himself powerless against the enemy, that proves herself too strong for just Blue and Yellow. Somehow, idol singer Choco-tan appears in the Delusion World to help the Akibarangers, and gains the upper hand against Yuru-Chara Jigen just to be defeated when Akiba Red instinctively protects the monster from her finishing move. Malseena then retreats with Yuru-Chara Jigen and when returning to reality, the Akibarangers learn from Hakase that somehow Choco-tan was replaced by one of Baros LoL's Oneeders, much to General Two's surprise as he was not aware that his monsters were affecting the real world until then. Akagi confesses that he was unable to confront Yuru-Chara Jigen because he has a strong fetish for shiny robotic girls, as his first crush was Colon, a female robot from Choujuu Sentai Liveman, the Super Sentai show prior to Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger.
Despite the others failures to have Akagi overcome his weakness, the Akibarangers return to confront Yuru-Chara Jigen, but once again Akiba Red drags down the team until he is contacted by Super Sentai narrator Nobuo Tanaka, who was hired by Hakase to encourage him, and he finally manages to stand his ground against Yuru-Chara Jigen. Upon transforming into Super Akiba Red, Akagi realizes that the Munyu Munyu Zubaan can be combined with his Moe Moe Z-Cune, forming the "Munyu Moe Zubakyuuun" and using it to finish Yuru-Chara Jigen. Before she explodes, Akiba Red reveals that he managed to fight her because he had covered his visor. Back to reality, Choco-tan returns to normal as Malseena informs General Two that Yuru-Chara Dimension has exploded massively from the Munyu Moe Zubakyuuun, and now that he knows the effect his monsters have in reality, he decides to use this fact by his favor.
Cast[]
- Nobuo Akagi: Masato Wada (和田 正人 Wada Masato)
- Luna Iwashimizu: Shione Sawada (澤田 汐音 Sawada Shione)
- Yumeria Moegi: Karin Ogino (荻野 可鈴 Ogino Karin)
- Hiroyo Hakase: Maaya Uchida (内田 真礼 Uchida Maaya)
- Kozukozu Mita: Kozue Aikawa (愛川 こずえ Aikawa Kozue, of Danceroid)
- ©Na: Honoka (穂花)
- General Tsu: Ryo Horikawa (堀川 りょう Horikawa Ryō)
Guest Cast[]
- Choko Nakagawa (永川 蝶子 Nakagawa Chōko): Moe Wakaki (若木 萌 Wakaki Moe)
- Yuru-Chara Jigen (Voice): Haruko Momoi (桃井 はるこ Momoi Haruko)
- Yuru Sanae (Voice): Akiko Nakagawa (中川 亜紀子 Nakagawa Akiko)
- Himself: Nobuo Tanaka (田中 信夫 Tanaka Nobuo)
- Young Nobuo: Fuku Suzuki (鈴木福 Suzuki Fuku)
Gallery[]
Tropes and References[]
- The monster this week by Tsu Shogun is a Dimensional Beast, a type of monster originally created by the Vyram in Choujin Sentai Jetman.
- After Luna goes out from DVD store with Nobuo and Yuuko, the first episode Luna mentioned was Ohranger's Episode 36: A Direct Hit With Flatulence!!.
- Nobuo Tanaka has provided narration for a handful of Super Sentai series as well as voiced Instructor Ritchihiker and Mister Voice.
- Yuru-Chara Jigen is voiced by Haruko Momoi, who sings the theme songs for both seasons of Akibaranger, which was alluded to before Yuru-Chara exploded upon being struck by a Munyu Moe Zubakyuuun, as she then quoted the theme song for season one.
- The Yuru-Chara Jigen plot is a reference to the banned Ultraseven's twelfth episode, in which an alien tried to lure children and suck their blood by giving away free watches.
- During the roll call, Nobuo recommends Abaranger's Episode 10 about the mushroom haircuts. In this episode, the monster of the week uses the mushroom wigs to brainwash the people.
- In response to Nobuo's recommendations, Luna then mentions about Episode 26, the episode that crossover with the fishing anime Tsuribaka Nisshi, where the character of the series, Hama-chan, was featured.
- Nobuo mentions that most cute monsters in Sentai typically have a true face that is more monstrous, and they use the cute face as a front.
Errors[]
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Notes[]
- The ending is a cover of Yume wo Kanaete Dynaman, in particular an arrangement of the Dynaman ending originally performed by Sayoko Hagiwara.
- Luna decides the fourth Akiba member should be Choco Nagakawa, a reference to Shoko Nakagawa. Shoko Nakagawa has applied many times for to audition for the Pink Ranger. Choco's nickname Choco-tan is a reference to Shoko's nickname Shokotan.
- Yuru Chara is a reference of Yurui Mascot Characters.
- When Nobuo asked the others to put him in the test to counter his fears of metallic robot girls, Hakase wears a metallic suit with Gundam-like helmet and the Cosmic Heart Compact, the Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon's transformation item, on her belt.
- This episode features the final appearance of Nobuo Tanaka before his death on October 17, 2018.
DVD/Blu-ray releases[]
Hikonin Sentai Akibaranger Season 2 Volume 2 features episodes 4-6: Ep. 4: Delusional Goddess, Ep. 5: Delusional Import, and Ep. 6: Delusional Niangniang.
