List of Unofficial Sentai Akibaranger episodes
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This is a list of episodes of the Super Sentai parody series Unofficial Sentai Akibaranger. All episode titles in Season 1 use variations of the kanji 痛 generally read as ita, usually translated as "pain", and is related to the otaku phenomenon of the itasha. Several episode titles reference past Super Sentai titles. Examples include episode 2, with the word "Full Blast" referencing Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger, and episode 3, with the word "Adventure (冒険, Bōken)" referencing GoGo Sentai Boukenger. The episode titles in Season Tsuu have the word "Delusion" (妄想, Mōsō). The first season aired from April 6 to June 29, 2012 and the second season aired from April 5, 2013 to June 28, 2013.
Episodes
[edit]Season 1
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| 1 | "Pain Is Power" Transliteration: "Itasa wa Tsuyosa" (Japanese: 痛さは強さ) | Naruhisa Arakawa | April 6, 2012 | |
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After being berated by his boss for daydreaming about Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger, deliveryman Nobuo Akagi finishes work before meeting Hiroyo Hakase, who offers him a chance to become an "Akibaranger". Believing he is being recruited for a television show, Akagi meets his future teammates, student Mitsuki Aoyagi and cosplayer Yumeria Moegi, before arriving at a Super Sentai-themed restaurant called Café Himitsukichi, where Hakase gives them three MMZ-01 devices while telling them they will not become an official Sentai team. Despite this and learning they do not have enemies to fight, the trio resolve to save the world and become legitimate. Later that night, Akagi comes upon an injured café worker and believes a monster attacked him before encountering Stema Otsu Corporation members Shibuya Seitakaawadachisōhigenagaaburamushi and his superior Malseena, who takes the subsequent battle to the mountains. While the monster overpowers them, the Akibarangers are reinvigorated when Malseena leaves, allowing them to kill Seitakaawadachisōhigenagaaburamushi before waiting for the monster to grow, though it fails to happen and Hakase reveals they do not have a giant robot anyway. Returning to Himitsukichi, Hakase reveals that the entire fight and the enemies were all part of a successful delusion. | ||||
| 2 | "The Bizarrely-Decorated Vehicle's Activation Unleashes a Red Delusionary Full Blast" Transliteration: "Saiki suru Itadamashii ga Yobu Akaki Mōsō no Furu Burasuto" (Japanese: 再起する痛魂が喚ぶ赤き妄想のフルブラスト) | Naruhisa Arakawa | April 13, 2012 | |
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Hakase explains to the Akibarangers that their fight took place in the "Delusion World" while the police arrested the real culprits behind the café attacks. Distraught, Akagi leaves to sulk, but becomes mildly excited again after encountering Ryuji Sainei and initially mistaking him for his character Banban Akaza / Deka Red of Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger. Meanwhile, Mitsuki and Yumeria go shopping until they see a group of otaku being attacked by Malseena via booby-trapped bootleg DVDs. The pair ignore the event, but Malseena spots and forces them to fight her Chief Clerk, Shibuya Kōzorinahigenagaaburamushi, who seeks to turn Akihabara into a copy of his namesake district. When Akagi refuses to help, Hakase shuts down the delusion, warning them that doing so again may permanently cost them their delusions. After hiring a suit actor to pretend to be Deka Red to convince Akagi to come back, Akagi regroups with his team before facing Kōzorinahigenagaaburamushi. Amidst the fight, the "real" Deka Red arrives to assist them before transforming into the Dekarangers' Inordinate Power, the Deka Wapper, so the Akibarangers can kill Kōzorinahigenagaaburamushi. As the Akibarangers celebrate and the police arrest the bootleggers, Hakase ponders how Deka Red appeared in their delusions. | ||||
| 3 | "Ouch! Drunken Hero Adventure!!" Transliteration: "Itata! Yoidore Hīrō Dai Bōken!!" (Japanese: 痛タッ！酔いどれヒーロー大冒険！！) | Junko Kōmura | April 20, 2012 | |
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Still curious over the Akibarangers' last fight, Hakase calls Akagi, who is out drinking with friends. His friends witness a maid being harassed by a man trying to recruit her as a hostess, but Akagi sees him as a Chief Clerk named Kabukichō Mesugurohyōmonchō. Akagi engages the monster, with his teammates joining him shortly. During the fight, Akagi summons Bouken Red "Good Luck Form" to aid the Akibarangers in repelling Mesugurohyōmonchō. The next morning, Hakase reveals Akagi's delusions were amplified by his alcohol intake. As a result, he and Yumeria get drunk while the young Mitsuki is unable and leaves after being taunted for her lack of Super Sentai knowledge. Akagi and Yumeria later encounter Mesugurohyōmonchō attempting to kidnap Mitsuki. Upon entering the Delusion World, Mesugurohyōmonchō and Malseena incapacitate Akagi and Yumeria. With Hakase also drunk and unable to shut down the delusion, Mitsuki continues to fight, having watched GoGo Sentai Boukenger prior, sobering her teammates. Bouken Red arrives to give her the Boukengers' Inordinate Power, the Bouken Scooper, which Mitsuki uses to overpower Mesugurohyōmonchō before the Akibarangers kill him. Afterwards, the others apologize to Mitsuki and promise to stop drinking, but she plans to leave the next day. | ||||
| 4 | "Forbidden Delusion Is the Pain of an Immoral Blue" Transliteration: "Kinjirareta Mōsō wa Aoi Haitoku no Itami" (Japanese: 禁じられた妄想は青い背徳の痛み) | Junko Kōmura | April 27, 2012 | |
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Mitsuki reveals she is going to a martial arts training camp in Izu for three days and will be unable to join her comrades for the duration. Due to what happened last time, Mitsuki asks Akagi and Yumeria to not get into any delusions while she is away. The pair try their best, but go to a costume store so Yumeria can try on new costumes while Akagi secretly fantasizes about his female associates dressing up as various female Sentai characters until the pair are interrupted by Chief Clerk Monzen-Nakachō Hashibirokō, who purges their fellow otaku of their vices. Akagi and Yumeria enter the Delusion World, where Akagi attempts to bring in the Akiba Blue suit to fight alongside them, but the real one seemingly arrives to aid Hashibirokō. Believing Mitsuki has been brainwashed, Akagi and Yumeria attempt to free her, but to no avail until the real Mitsuki intervenes, causing Malseena to remove her Akiba Blue disguise and leave, allowing the Akibarangers to kill Hashibirokō. Upon her return, Akagi and Yumeria find Mitsuki with exclusive merchandise. She sheepishly explains that she went to an anime convention after her camp, which allowed her to enter the Delusion World. | ||||
| 5 | "Our Pain ☆ Yellow Mama" Transliteration: "Itaita ☆ Ierō Mama" (Japanese: イタイタ☆イエローママ) | Junko Kōmura | May 4, 2012 | |
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After learning her mother, Masako Yamada, is coming to visit, the Akibarangers travel to Yumeria's home. Upon being reminded of several "parental visit" episodes from the Super Sentai franchise and fearing her mother's reaction, Akagi attempts to hide Yumeria's otaku memorabilia, only to learn that Masako is also a cosplayer. As the quartet go shopping, Yumeria reveals further that today is her birthday. Akagi and Mitsuki leave Yumeria and Masako to spend some quality time, but notice that several cafés and shops have been replaced by host clubs. Upon entering one such establishment, they encounter Malseena and a revived Mesugurohyōmonchō, who plan to annex Akihabara into his namesake district. Hakase contacts Yumeria to assist her teammates, but gets overpowered until Masako intervenes and transforms into Akiba Yellow to brutalize the Chief Clerk before returning the MMZ-01 to Yumeria so she and her teammates can finish him off. In the real world, Yumeria reveals Masako died in a car accident five years ago and that she has celebrated her birthday with her mother on her mind ever since, though she is happy to have been able to tell her everything she wanted to say. | ||||
| 6 | "Take Flight Leader! The Painful Trap of Deluded Photography" Transliteration: "Habatake Ōgosho! Mōsō Satsueijo no Itai Wana" (Japanese: はばたけ大御所！妄想撮影所の痛い罠) | Naruhisa Arakawa | May 11, 2012 | |
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While Akagi and Mitsuki deliver a package to the Toei Company's Tokyo studio, Yumeria spots Chief Clerk Shimokitazawa Hoya using fake idol show tickets to send otaku to his namesake district. The Akibarangers engage the monster, but he and Malseena defeat them using theatrical stage magic. Frustrated, Mitsuki ponders going home, but Akagi encourages her to help him finish the delivery so she can learn the true meaning of battle. After delivering the package, the pair sneak into a TV production department, where they spot Kazuo Niibori, a suit actor who has physically portrayed 14 red Sentai warriors in his career. Infatuated by Niibori's kendo skill, Mitsuki approaches him to seek advice on improving herself as an Akibaranger. He and his crew oblige by giving her a crash course in action scenes until she and Akagi are called away to help Yumeria fight Hoya again. This time, the trio use cinematic magic to fight back until Red Hawk suddenly arrives and gives Akagi the Jetmen's Inordinate Power, the Jet Winger, to kill Hoya. Concurrently, Malseena finds a drawing of Hakase, opening a dimensional portal. She steps through, enters the real world, and encounters the Akibarangers. | ||||
| 7 | "Delirious Runaway Itasher Break Through the Limit!" Transliteration: "Mōsō Itasshā Genkai Toppa seyo!" (Japanese: 妄走イタッシャー限界突破せよ！) | Naruhisa Arakawa | May 18, 2012 | |
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Following their encounter with Malseena, Hakase becomes puzzled by a drawing of her that Yumeria has, which matches an illustration made by her father, Takehiro Tsuzuki. After Himitsukichi receives flowers from Malseena's upcoming evil maid café Warukichi, the Akibarangers race to confront her, who reveals she is not a figment of their imagination before sending the Akibarangers to the Delusion World to face Chief Clerk Yoyogi Sujibokehashirigumo. As he overpowers the Akibarangers, who pursue him using the Machine Itashar car, Malseena invades Himitsukichi and abducts Hakase before impersonating her to lure the Akibarangers into a trap. The trio combine their delusion power, but their fight with Sujibokehashirigumo causes them to enter the real world, where they eventually kill the monster. The Akibarangers confront Malseena as she holds Hakase hostage, but the trio wake up from their delusion while Malseena releases Hakase, having achieved her goal of breaking the barrier between reality and delusions. Due to this, Hakase reveals the Akibarangers have effectively become real superheroes. Due to a lull in monster activity, the trio return to their normal lives until they learn Hakase has seemingly received a call from Toei producer, Hideaki Tsukada. | ||||
| 8 | "The Bonds of Painful Special Training Are the Authorization Road's Conspiracy Intersection" Transliteration: "Itaki Tokkun no Kizuna wa Kōnin Rōdo no Inbō Kōsaten" (Japanese: 痛き特訓の絆は公認ロードの陰謀交差点) | Junko Kōmura | May 25, 2012 | |
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Disguised as Tsukada, Malseena claims to Hakase that Toei was intrigued by the Akibarangers' battle with Sujibokehashirigumo and wants to interview them. Wishing to keep the Akibarangers' identities secret, Hakase politely declines. Still wishing to become an official Sentai team, the Akibarangers head to Toei's main office, but are driven off by security guards before fighting Chief Clerk Tsukishima Alpaca until Akagi stops everyone, realizing they need to fight in the real world to get Tsukada's attention. Due to Tsukishima's weak physicality, the Akibarangers put him through a special training regimen. Upon returning to the real world, the Akibarangers and Tsukishima resume their fight before the trio kill him. Meanwhile, Hakase spends the day investigating her father's whereabouts over the past year. She learns from one of his former colleagues that he had become obsessed with anime and submitted a portfolio to several animation studios, such as Studio Bell Village. Upon heading there, she learns Malseena was originally designed for the anime Z-Cune Aoi and that Takehiro was in charge of pre-production and character designs, but was fired when his works became violent. While reflecting on her findings, she realizes her father's true role in the Akibarangers' adventures. | ||||
| 9 | "The Pain Sentai Disbands." Transliteration: "Ita Sentai, Kaisan." (Japanese: 痛戦隊、解散。) | Junko Kōmura | June 1, 2012 | |
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The Akibarangers are surprised when Hakase asks for their MMZ-01 units back and disbands the Akibarangers without explanation. The trio later receive a call from "Tsukada", and agree to meet him despite what happened. The next day, Akagi encounters a mysterious vagrant, who gives him his MMZ-01, which he stole from Hakase. With renewed hope, Akagi meets and fights Tsukishima's older brother, Asakusa Alpaca. Meanwhile, Malseena gives Mitsuki and Yumeria their MMZ-01 units back and tells them to help Akagi. Having learned of what happened, Hakase begs the Akibarangers to return the devices. However, the trio ignore her and enter the Delusion World. Hakase's associate KozuKozu tries to deactivate the delusion, but shatters the barrier between reality and the Delusion World and negates the Akibarangers' transformation capabilities. After seeing Asakusa endanger his love interest, Sayaka Honiden, Akagi's imagination enables him to transform, save her, and kill Asakusa while Hakase is overwhelmed by a surge of pain. While treating Akagi's wounds, the Akibarangers apologize to Hakase before Malseena appears, revealing she was behind the phone calls while the vagrant reveals himself as Doctor Z, the true leader of the Stema Otsu Corporation and Hakase's father. | ||||
| 10 | "The Painlessly Inducing Curse of Z ― Into a New Chapter" Transliteration: "Hitsū naru Zetto no Noroi ― Soshite Shin Shō e" (Japanese: 非痛なるZの呪い ― そして新章へ) | Naruhisa Arakawa | June 8, 2012 | |
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After Hakase reveals to them her connection to Takehiro prior to him becoming Doctor Z and the Z-Cune Aoi franchise, such as how he gave her the MMZ-01 units and how they allow him to bring his delusions into the real world, the Akibarangers are ambushed by Delu Knight, Z's new lieutenant. Determined to bring closure to Hakase's family, the trio transform. However, Delu Knight reveals the longer they use their MMZ-01 units, the faster a curse put on them hurts Hakase, before overpowering them and taking his leave on Z's orders. Meanwhile, Z orders Malseena to fire the remaining 40 Chief Clerks, to her dismay. The trio and Hakase are visited by Interpol agent and her younger half-brother, Takuma Tsuzuki, who explains he had the CIA pore through Z's research to determine that the curse will eventually take her voice and that he is working with the Japanese authorities to stop the Stema Otsu Corporation. Following this, KozuKozu receives a phone call and learns that the Pentagon wants to recruit Akagi after they saw his fight with Asakusa. Due to Akagi's concerns, the group recruits Takuma to replace him as Akiba Red. | ||||
| 11 | "The Second Generation Is a Fresh and Painless Warrior" Transliteration: "Nidaime wa Sawayaka Mutsū Senshi" (Japanese: 二代目はサワヤカ無痛戦士) | Naruhisa Arakawa | June 15, 2012 | |
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Akagi's allies bid him farewell as he passes the torch to Takuma and leaves for the U.S. However, he bumps into Malseena, who reveals she was replaced by Delu Knight. After Akagi realizes that the recent events are reminiscent of a mid-season change and that their world is actually a TV show, the pair are suddenly confronted by American Secret Service agents, but Malseena holds them off while Akagi escapes. Meanwhile, Z announces he is changing the Stema Otsu Corporation into the Delusion Empire and summons the new organization's first Mosoborg, Drill Cyclops. The new Akibarangers head into battle despite Hakase's curse and destroy the monster. Akagi finds them and tells them of his findings. To prove it, he stops an advertisement banner at the bottom of the screen so Mitsuki and Yumeria can read it. Deducing that someone is trying to change their show, Takuma suddenly hands the mantle of Akiba Red back to Akagi and leaves while Hakase's curse disappears, confirming Akagi's theory. Concurrently, Malseena tells Z that he is being manipulated by a higher power and they should work with the Akibarangers to stop it, but he falls under a strange influence. | ||||
| 12 | "Most Painful Times. Farewell, Delusional Sentai" Transliteration: "Saitsūkai Saraba Mōsō Sentai" (Japanese: 最痛回 さらば妄想戦隊) | Naruhisa Arakawa | June 22, 2012 | |
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After much deliberation, the Akibarangers, Hakase, and KozuKozu deduce the mastermind behind the changes is Saburo Hatte, the pen name synonymous with every Super Sentai series, who now plans to cancel them now that they have become aware of their fictional existence. Hoping to delay the cancellation, the Akibarangers foreshadow several complex sub-plots that would require multiple episodes to tell, but Hatte thwarts them. Meanwhile, while under Hatte's influence, Z upgrades Delu Knight. Malseena knocks out Z, but Delu Knight awakens, takes over the Delusion Empire, and tries to force Akagi to face him in an honorable final battle by exploiting several "defeat flags" at once. However, Z and Malseena kill Delu Knight until Z falls under Hatte's influence again and summons a giant robot called Boomerang Titan and revives Delu Knight to pilot it. Despite their best efforts, the Akibarangers accidentally destroy Boomerang Titan and make Delu Knight kill himself. Concurrently, Z gives up villainy and attempts to reconcile. Hakase refuses to reciprocate to delay the cancellation, but the Akibarangers convince her to accept anyway while they and Malseena try to fight for six months until Hatte arrives to cover the camera, abruptly ending the series. | ||||
| 13 | "Evaluation Meeting! If You Don't Hurt, That's Alright!" Transliteration: "Hanseikai! Itakunakereba Zattsu Ōrai!" (Japanese: 反省会！痛くなければザッツオーライ！) | Junko Kōmura | June 29, 2012 | |
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Hatte takes the Akibarangers' powers and gives them a DVD with a message stating he wants them to watch it and think about what they did wrong if they want a second season. Watching recaps of their series, the Akibarangers and Hakase comment on each until Mitsuki and Yumeria realize that Akagi destroyed the series by realizing their reality was a TV show and disrupted their storyline. However, Akagi claims that Hatte selected him to be the main character and that the latter is projecting blame. After finishing the twelfth episode, Akagi realizes Hatte tricked them into doing a recap episode and stops the DVD. Using their remaining airtime, the group use fan service to appease the viewers before thanking them for watching, urging them to send Toei feedback to increase the chances of them getting a second season. | ||||
Season 2
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| 14 | "Delusion War" Transliteration: "Mōsō Taisen" (Japanese: 妄想大戦) | Naruhisa Arakawa | April 5, 2013 | |
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Akagi returns to Himitsukichi, where he and Hakase reminisce about the Akibarangers' adventures, unaware that most of their memories of the first season have been retconned. In the new series of events, Mitsuki was recruited by the Pentagon instead and Delu Knight appeared early. Eventually, the Akibarangers engaged the Stema Otsu Corporation in a three-day long final battle before receiving the Dekarangers, Boukengers, and Jetmen's help in killing Delu Knight and his revived Chief Clerks. When Malseena retaliated in the Darkness Stema Castle Robo, the Akibarangers used Itashar Robo and accidentally activated the enemy mecha's self destruct sequence, seemingly killing Malseena. Following the battle, Mitsuki departed for the U.S. while Yumeria left to settle a personal affair, disbanding the Akibarangers. Akagi leaves after being forced by his boss to resume a delivery he was supposed to make, but is shocked to find official Akibaranger merchandise in a storefront window. When he asks the shop owner, the latter claims that Gosei Sentai Akibaranger is the official 17th Super Sentai series instead of Gosei Sentai Dairanger. | ||||
| 15 | "Chinese Delusion" Transliteration: "Mōsō Chūka" (Japanese: 妄想中華) | Naruhisa Arakawa | April 12, 2013 | |
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After calling Hakase to tell her about what happened, Akagi encounters a strange salesman who reveals himself to be a monster named Chief Clerk Blu-Ray. Akagi transforms to fight him, but is overpowered and sent flying. He crash-lands into the Dairangers' leader, Ryu Ranger, who believes he is China Red of the mascot team "Chūka Sentai Chinaman". After they are attacked by Blu-Ray, Hakase pulls Akagi out of the delusion so they can confirm his suspicions about the change, unknowingly crossing paths with the man behind it. Believing that things may return to normal with Blu-Ray's defeat, Akagi and Hakase resolve to reassemble the Akibarangers. However, Yumeria has still not returned and Mitsuki cannot be contacted. Nevertheless, they meet Luna Iwashimizu, an aspiring idol and Gosei Sentai Akibaranger fan, and recruit her as Mitsuki's replacement, though Luna believes she is being recruited for an Akibaranger reboot. Akagi and Luna battle Blu-Ray, but are overwhelmed until Yumeria returns from a business trip and helps the pair kill Blu-Ray. However, China Red has not changed back. Deducing that something else caused the change, the Akibarangers are attacked by a vengeful, altered version of the Dairangers' Kiba Ranger. | ||||
| 16 | "Martial Arts Delusion" Transliteration: "Mōsō Kengeki" (Japanese: 妄想拳劇) | Naruhisa Arakawa | April 19, 2013 | |
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While fighting Kiba Ranger, the Akibarangers are confronted by Malseena, who claims that she was frozen in the Arctic and brought back to life by a group called "Baros lol", though Akagi and Yumeria are unconvinced. After she and Kiba Ranger retreat, the Akibarangers learn from KozuKozu that Gosei Sentai Akibaranger was the Super Sentai franchise's biggest commercial failure and got cancelled after 13 episodes. Akagi deduces Kiba Ranger was meant to be introduced later in the series before the cancellation, explaining his anger towards them. Meanwhile, Malseena complains to her new superior, General Tsuu, about the false explanation for her return that he gave her, but he dismisses her and sends Chief Editor HVD to assist her and Kiba Ranger. However, the Akibarangers successfully restore Ryu Ranger and Kiba Ranger by reenacting scenes from their series. When HVD attacks them, the Dairangers entrust the Akibarangers with their team's Inordinate Power, the Dairen Bomber, which they use to kill HVD. As Akagi, Yumeria, Hakase, and KozuKozu ponder Baros lol's intentions, Luna expresses her desire to quit since they will not help her career. | ||||
| 17 | "Delusional Goddess" Transliteration: "Mōsō Megami" (Japanese: 妄想女神) | Naruhisa Arakawa | April 26, 2013 | |
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After Hakase fails to convince Luna not to quit, Akagi discovers Yumeria has married into the wealthy Yokoyama family and is forced to hide her otaku qualities due to her disapproving mother-in-law, Yasuko. While trying to blow off steam, he encounters a strange priest changing Z-Cune Aoi merchandise, to the fans' dismay. Realizing the priest is another of Baros lol's monsters, Akagi confronts him, exposing him as Smapho Monger. Despite receiving help from Yumeria, Malseena joins the fray with a "MMZ-00 Moya Moya" unit and transforms into her Battle Mode to overwhelm the Akibarangers, with Smapho Monger weakening them further via Z-Cune Aoi spoilers. Akagi and Yumeria are forced to retreat while Smapho Monger's changes affect the entire franchise. With Akagi crestfallen, Yumeria is instructed to keep her delusion strong by drawing a Z-Cune Aoi doujin in which Aoi confesses her feelings for him. Reinvigorated, Akagi returns to battle, manifesting the MMZ-02 Munyu Munyu Zubaaan device to transform into Super Akiba Red, restore the Z-Cune Aoi franchise, and destroy Smapho Monger. Afterwards, Akagi and Yumeria learn Luna has returned and Yasuko now approves of Yumeria's hobby, having watched their battle with Smapho Monger. | ||||
| 18 | "Delusional Import" Transliteration: "Mōsō Yunyū" (Japanese: 妄想輸入) | Naruhisa Arakawa | May 3, 2013 | |
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Akagi and Yumeria celebrate Luna's return, only to learn Hakase hired her for a day and cannot afford her services full-time. Plotting to get Luna back permanently, they find her at an audition held by famous American director, George Spielburton, where she lost to someone who used a Super Sentai-related dance as Spielburton is biased towards Super Sentai fans. While researching Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger to help Luna understand what happened, Akagi is shocked to learn that it originated from a U.S. TV series called Powerful Rangers. After being confronted by Malseena, the Akibarangers are forced to retreat by Americanized versions of Zyuranger members, Tyranno Ranger and Dragon Ranger. At Himitsukichi, KozuKozu discovers reality was rewritten so that the Super Sentai franchise originated from Powerful Rangers instead. Akagi and Yumeria resolve to undo the changes, but Luna decides not to help them as they are overwhelmed by Malseena, the Zyurangers, and Smapho Monger's cousin, Kunimasmaphogany. Eventually, Akagi and Yumeria reach the Zyurangers, restoring their memories. The pair give the Akibarangers their team's Inordinate Power, the Zyuran Buckler, which they use to kill Kunimasmaphogany and undo the changes. Afterwards, Luna decides to stay on as an Akibaranger. | ||||
| 19 | "Delusional Niangniang" Transliteration: "Mōsō Nyannyan" (Japanese: 妄想娘娘（ニャンニャン）) | Naruhisa Arakawa | May 10, 2013 | |
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After getting into a fight with and losing to a yuru-chara mascot, Tsuu creates a monster based on her called Yuru-Chara Jigen. The Akibarangers later find her distributing suspicious flyers and turning children into what they hate most. The trio confront her, but Akagi is caught off-guard by her cuteness, inadvertently allowing the monster to overwhelm his teammates until they receive aid from idol singer Choco-tan, who the Akibarangers unconsciously summoned. However, Akagi protects Yuru-Chara Jigen, who turns Choco-tan into okra before retreating. Back in reality, Luna and Yumeria confront Akagi, who reveals he has a fetish for shiny, smooth robot girls. Following a failed attempt to help him overcome this, Hakase formulates a new plan. While the Akibarangers are overwhelmed by Yuru-Chara Jigen once more, they are reinvigorated by Super Sentai narrator, Nobuo Tanaka, who Hakase hired to inspire Akagi. Transforming into Super Akiba Red, he covers his visor before combining his Munyu Munyu Zubaaan and Moe Moe Z-Cune to form the Munyu Moe Zubakyuuun to kill Yuru-Chara Jigen. After Malseena informs him of the battle, Tsuu realizes the effect his monsters have on reality and decides to take advantage of this. | ||||
| 20 | "Delusional Spy" Transliteration: "Mōsō Kanja" (Japanese: 妄想間者) | Naruhisa Arakawa | May 17, 2013 | |
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While discussing Baros lol's intentions, the Akibarangers come across a girl eating otakus' nerdy qualities, rendering them "normal". The Akibarangers confront her as she reveals herself as the Jakanja's Tenth Dark Spear, Hadezukin, along with her plot to convert the Gouraigers to her cause and join her as Ninchu Sentai Jakanger. After the Jakangers force the Akibarangers to retreat, KozuKozu learns there is now ten days in the week, resulting in less Super Sentai episodes per series, two days dedicated to banning all otaku activity, and a third wherein cosplayers are arrested on sight. While escaping from the police, Tsuu encounters the Akibarangers, learns their secret identities, and realizes he can use his own MMZ-00 Moya Moya to enter the Delusion World. The Akibarangers lose to the Jakangers again until the Hurricanegers arrive to help the former. After seeing Luna and Yumeria dig out Akagi, the Gouraigers remember their time as construction workers, regain their memories, and join the Hurricanegers in giving the Akibarangers their Inordinate Power, the Hurricane Ball, to kill Hadezukin. With reality restored, the Akibarangers resolve to find Tsuu. Meanwhile, a mysterious man comes out of a coma. | ||||
| 21 | "Delusional Beautiful Fight" Transliteration: "Mōsō Bitō" (Japanese: 妄想美闘) | Naruhisa Arakawa | May 24, 2013 | |
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While searching for Tsuu, the Akibarangers locate his van, but encounter his latest creation, Time Kenma Mutoumushite, who can channel the techniques of official Sentai villains. As Tsuu traps Malseena in an acrylic box for defying him, the Akibarangers are forced to retreat after Mutoumushite overpowers them. After Luna finds a coupon that fell out of Tsuu's costume, they head to the Sauna Tokyo Dome. They find Tsuu's van again, but initially mistake veteran stunt actor Yoshinori Okamoto for Tsuu. Realizing their mistake, the Akibarangers question Okamoto about Tsuu's whereabouts and learn Tsuu hired him as a motion capture study for Mutoumushite before Okamoto tells them about his belief that villains must be portrayed beautifully during their final battles. Re-confronting Mutoumushite, Akagi tricks him into reenacting the final battle between Change Dragon and Adjutant Buba before the Akibarangers kill the monster. As Tsuu vows vengeance and escapes, the Akibarangers thank Okamoto, who gives them Tsuu's business card. | ||||
| 22 | "Delusion Number Two" Transliteration: "Mōsō Nigō" (Japanese: 妄想弐號) | Naruhisa Arakawa | May 31, 2013 | |
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Using the business card Okamoto gave them, the Akibarangers discover Tsuu's true identity, dental technician and Sentai villain fan Tsuguo Ushirozawa, before confronting Tsuu, who traps them in his personalized Delusion World to temporarily render them powerless while he sends the gigantic Coelacanth Kans to kill them. Despite receiving aid from Itashar Robo and regaining the ability to transform, Coelacanth Kans destroys the Akibarangers' mecha. The trio flees, but are attacked by a brainwashed Malseena, who negates their ability to summon their Inordinate Powers so she can summon Long, Yaiba of Darkness, and Vancuria to form the Darkness Inordinate Cannon. However, Tsuu sends Malseena away so Coelacanth Kans can finish off the Akibarangers, who are saved by a miniature version of Itashar Robo called Itashar Boy, which destroys Coelacanth Kans, rendering Ushirozawa comatose. As the Akibarangers inspect his body, Hakase discovers a scorpion tattoo on her neck. Meanwhile, the mysterious patient is about to leave the hospital. | ||||
| 23 | "Delusional Pillow Talk" Transliteration: "Mōsō Makurakotoba" (Japanese: 妄想枕語) | Naruhisa Arakawa | June 7, 2013 | |
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The Akibarangers bring Ushirozawa's body to Himitsukichi for Hakase to watch over while they return to their ordinary lives and Tsuu lives happily in the Delusion World with Malseena until she convinces him to create a Chief Clerk to fight the Akibarangers. The trio are subsequently confronted by Kameari Alpaca, who Akagi and Yumeria find oddly familiar during the fight. After Kameari wounds himself and goads the Akibarangers into attacking his injury, the trio nearly do so until Hakase sees joy on Ushirozawa's face, realizes it is a trap, and warns them to stop. Nonetheless, Kameari destroys Tsuu's microphone, allowing Malseena to steal his Sentai knowledge before killing him, rendering Ushirozawa "normal". The Akibarangers summon all of their Inordinate Powers at once to kill Kameari, but Malseena uses the monster's energy to revive Delu Knight and reassemble the Stema Otsu Corporation. As the Akibarangers are overpowered by Delu Knight, Hakase informs them that the Super Sentai franchise is no more in the real world. Meanwhile, the man in the hospital is revealed to be Saburo Hatte, who is in a critical state. | ||||
| 24 | "Delusional Cemetery" Transliteration: "Mōsō Bochi" (Japanese: 妄想墓地) | Naruhisa Arakawa | June 14, 2013 | |
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Hakase pulls the Akibarangers out of their delusion, revealing the Super Sentai franchise was changed into the Super Malseena franchise, in which she plays the lead antagonist in each series and kills the Sentai teams for the past three decades. The Akibarangers re-confront Malseena, who makes them remember what really happened during the first season and that she reached Hatte's dimension to inspire him to create a second season for them, only to become embittered over being relegated to Tsuu's underling and use his Sentai knowledge to create the Super Malseena franchise in retaliation. She re-offers the trio a chance to fight her indefinitely, but they refuse. She sends Delu Knight to fight them, having altered the Delusion World to convert defeat flags into victory flags and vice versa. Overpowered, the Akibarangers retreat and give up fighting the now invincible Malseena. Meanwhile, Malseena attempts to save Hatte, fearing her changes will be reverted if he dies. Upon realizing Delu Knight's apparent new ability, Akagi uses it against him before killing him. As the Akibarangers prepare to fight Malseena, Hakase undergoes a strange transformation. | ||||
| 25 | "Delusional Apostle" Transliteration: "Mōsō Shito" (Japanese: 妄想使徒) | Naruhisa Arakawa | June 21, 2013 | |
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The Akibarangers struggle against Malseena until Hakase claims that help will come if they pray to the stars. Luna and Yumeria do so, causing the giant hero Prism Ace to arrive and help them defeat Malseena. Upon returning to Himitsukichi, the Akibarangers learn Hakase was turned into Prism Ace's little sister before she sends them away and seals their powers. The trio later learn that while the Super Sentai franchise was restored, it is going to be cancelled in favor of a new series starring Prism Ace and Hakase. They soon encounter Hatte in Tsuu's body and Malseena, who reveal Toei's corporate rival, Chigauyo Productions, took over the Delusion World, established Prism Ace, and stole the Sentai franchise's time slot. To unseal the Akibarangers' powers, Hatte approves the Akibaranger vs. Prism Ace crossover film. After failing to defeat Prism Ace with Itashar Robo, Hatte enlarges Super Akiba Red while Malseena restores Hakase, who inspires Akagi to kill Prism Ace. As Hatte leaves the hospital, the Akibarangers learn they were supposed to join forces with Prism Ace to defeat an alien armada, which they are forced to fight themselves, before Hakase inadvertently kills them with several death flags. | ||||
| 26 | "Delusional Compilation" Transliteration: "Mōsō Shūhen" (Japanese: 妄想集編) | Naruhisa Arakawa | June 28, 2013 | |
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After the Akibarangers reminisce about the second season's events and bid farewell to Hakase and KozuKozu, they are called back to heaven by Yellow Four I, Time Fire, and Abare Killer. Before leaving, Akagi claims that Hatte will eventually think of a way to bring them back if needed. | ||||