It looks like Baros LOL has moved in now that the Guerrilla Marketers are gone!
And Malshina, who we thought was defeated, is one of their commanders!
We're gonna have to work even harder than ever...
But then, for pity's sake...
Our new Blue, Luna, is quitting all of a sudden?!
Is the all-new Akibaranger already in trouble?!
I'll now be dancing to "Heroic Lily."
Gonna aim for the big 100,000 views!
I'm hoping to become like Aikawa Mizue but,
I'm still just getting started, so let me know if I do anything wrong!
Hey, I was recording!
Oh, I'm sorry!
I was just wondering if you could...
Seriously, Hakase!
I have no time to engage in delusions that don't boost my popularity as an idol!
But still...
Incoming
Manager Tojo
I'm not going to change my mind no matter what! Please take your leave off now!
...my leave off?
Good morning, Mr. Tojo!
I was just dancing for a video I was going to upload on Nico NicoTube!
I'm sorry! Right!
I understand. Thanks, really!
A city built upon delusion: Akihabara.
Created By
Hatte Saburo
There, three warriors who believed that pain is power
fought battles that existed entirely in their heads.
Producers
Hikasa Jun
Ishikawa Kei Mizuki Taku (Toei)
Yada Kohichi (Toei Agency)
And their story isn't over!
Screenplay
Arakawa Naruhisa
Our fates were united that day...
Music
Kawai Kenji
Akibare go, go!
Unofficial Sentai Akibaranger! Season 2 (Painful)!
Akibare go, go!
I've followed you from afar for so long (Akibaranger)
Akagi Nobuo AkibaRed
Wada Masato
Mimicking your moves, looking up to you through my life
Iwashimizu Luna AkibaBlue
Sawada Shione
So, once again, find the courage to march forward (Akibaranger)
Yokoyama Yuko AkibaYellow
Ogino Karin
Whether it's burning hot, freezing cold, or black as night, they'll be okay like cheap sushi!
Hakase Hiroyo
Uchida Maaya
The pain, the pain, the pain, of loving too much!
Mita KozKoz
Aikawa Kozue
Announcer
Takahashi Mari
Evangelist
Shibasaki Takayuki
Smartphone Monger's voice
Konishi Katsuyuki
Awkward, awkward, awkward, awkwardly passionate!
Take ahold of your goddess-like armor
Yokoyama Yasuko
Horie Mitsuko
Get ready for an eternal embrace explosion! (Ka-boom!)
Malshina
Honoka
They're the extra warriors who aren't quite legends yet
General Pain
Horikawa Ryo
They fight so hard to pay fiery tribute!
Fujita Fusayo
Ooshima Haruka
Wada Sanshiro
Only people who know this kind of pain can be this strong and kind
Opening Theme
Text, Composition:
Momoi Halko
Arrangement:
Kagojima Hiroaki
Vocals:
Momoi Halko feat. Yamagata Yukio and MoJo
Music Produced by:
Project.R
Akibaranger Season 2
The greatest ever (heheh) The craziest (heheh)
Action Director
Oohashi Akira
Oh yes, party time! (heheh) It's about to start (heh!)
A! Ki! Ba! Akibaranger!
Produced by
Toei
Toei Agency
Sorry about being so awkward! (Hey!)
EPISODE 4
GODDESS OF DELUSIONS
If this keeps up, we'll be the first team to end up with a third-generation member...
EPISODE 4
GODDESS OF DELUSIONS
The fools who printed these cards of business did not include my proper sobriquet!
You got a new business card?
Gimme one.
Unto you, I present this!
What's this? Yokoyama Yuko?
Uh... you still haven't told Akagi?
My sincerest regrets, Sir Nobu! 'Twas forgotten!
I am now honorably wedded.
Married?!
You really hadn't heard?
Everyone else knew?!
Why?!
I'm sorry! My mother-in-law is really strict...
I will not permit you to engage in otaku activity that disgraces the Yokoyama name.
So, consequently, I must, er... minimize my risk factors.
That completely sucks, man...
I always imagined that, on your wedding day,
I'd pretend to be an evil minion, and kidnap you,
Husband
and then we'd do this exciting skit where the groom would pretend to beat me up!
What kind of crazy toku otaku wedding ceremony is that?
That's exactly why she was too scared to invite you!
Man, you guys!
Not only has Luna run off, but now you're all leaving me out of things!
I can't take it any more!
Malshina! Malshina!
Is it done?
It's turned out so well!
Hear this and tremble!
Its strengthened LCD display is so resilient
it could deflect even the New Vulcan Ball's delayed effect attack—
Whatever, just transport it over already!
Monger!
Aoi-tan's the only one who understands me.
Until the premiere of the new movie in July...
I'll hang in there for you!
Man shall not live by Aoi-tan alone.
My Aoi-tan changed...!
Mine, too!
What's this?!
What happened?!
Mine, too!
You're a Baros LOL monster, aren't you?!
I am here to shepherd these lost lambs,
so what're you gonna do about it, huh, punk?!
I am a survivor of the Machine Empire, Black Magma!
Smartphone Monger!
Right after the Dairanger monster! Talk about a good follow-up!
Grand Delusion!
Bang!
Monger!
Sir Nobu!
My sincerest apologies! In the future, I swear I shall invite you!
Aw, don't worry! I know you didn't mean anything by it.
Besides, I'm so excited about getting a Sun Vulcan fight, I've forgotten all my troubles!
What are you babbling about?
LoVe ThE iMpLaNtS!
Alright, Yellow!
Time for an old-fashioned nostalgic attack!
Right!
Old-Fashioned—
Nostalgic Attack!
Yellow! Let's keep it going!
Two is better than one!
And three is—
not an option!
You fools!
Very impressive, Smartphone Monger.
Malshina!
I guess General Pain managed to not screw this one up.
That's... a black Aoi-tan?!
Why do you have a Moe Moe Z-Cune?!
This one is nothing like yours!
Nothing like yours!
This is the Moya Moya Z-Cune, built by General Pain!
A-Are you going to use that to transform?!
Transform?
Oh, that's a good idea!
Uh, let's see...
Dark Delusion!
Bang~!
It worked!
You idiot!
Did you have to tell her so much, Sir Nobu?!
Hey, you!
How dare you make Aoi-tan sound evil!
Let's see how well I can fight in this...
You must cease!
Housewife?! What a joke!
Housewife
Smartphone Monger, you know what to do.
Aye aye, sir!
Monger Info Distribution Attack!
I've already seen your precious Z-Cune Aoi Z movie!
Let me show you the comments!
Monger!
Kou-chan
I can't believe Aoi-tan and Satomi-tan broke up, I'm in tears!
Tsutsumi
The hell did I just watch
Mattsun
@kitakore The preview was all a lie?! The final product is totally different lol The new character has no presence! Who's the audience for this anyway?
Aoi-tan is my waifu
Who was that guy?! And how dare he kiss Aoi-tan?! Unforgivable!
What?
I can't believe Aoi-tan and Satomi-tan broke up, I'm in tears!
No spoilers!
I'm not looking!
Neither shall I!
Nice try! Monger Mental Download!
"Who was that guy?! And how dare he kiss Aoi-tan?! Unforgivable!"
What?!
"I left the theater when Aoi was beating up Satomi!"
No! I don't want to see any more! Stop!
You must endure, Sir Nobu!
Aoi-tan...
My Aoi-tan has...!
Now, to end this!
My finisher, the Moya Blaster!
Slurpslurpslurp!
Here it comes!
You two can't take any more! Come back!
Old man, I appreciate your advice on using spoilers to inflict mental damage on otaku.
I don't need your gratitude!
I beg you, do not use my beloved Smartphone Monger for such pitiful tricks!
Their greatest sources of strength are their love for Sentai and their love for Aoi...
What'll happen if one of those is lost?
I look forward to finding out.
This is bad! Z-Cune Aoi is becoming controversial in reality, too!
Aoi: All about her dark urges
Bloody Rondo
What is this?!
This isn't my Aoi-tan!
Akagi? Akagi!
This anime is a public menace!
Manager!
They're talking about Aoi in the House of Representatives Budget Committee, too!
This must be a side effect of what happened to Aoi's reputation in the Delusion World...
What can we do?! At this rate, Aoi will become a force for evil!
What the...?
Seized
What's going on?
Careful: Roof leaks!!
What?! Why? Your uniform—
Oh, no!
If the Aoi anime is failing, that creates a financial crisis for me, her voice actress!
I can't even afford the cafe's upkeep?
We have to do something fast, before it gets worse!
This can't go on...
But... I can't...
Akagi, we need your help!
We need to put some excitement back in Yuko's delusions!
Yuko's?
Oh, right... because I'm a failure...
To help get her excited, she's going to be drawing a BL doujin comic.
Right, okay...
Akagi... your orders are to back her up.
Akibaranger 2!
Owowowowow, pain!
Wow, what kind of golden gander did you manage to score?!
Please, try to keep things formal.
Welcome back, Yuko.
Did you finish your business?
Yes, Mother.
My darling just made an international call to ask me to help him sort his papers, so I came back.
Oh, dear.
And he is?
It's a pleasure to meet you.
I'm Mrs. Yokoyama's assistant, Kaijo Naoya.
Manager, what are we going to do about finding a new Blue?
Entertainment Agency
STARLINK
I have a plan. Leave it to me.
This is your room?
Since I know what it looked like when you were single, this is kinda...
Impressive!
Yuko! Can I bother you for a moment?
Certainly!
What is it, Mother?
I need a bit of help with the computer in the living room.
C-Can you help her with that, Kaijo?
Oh, right. Of course.
Thank you.
Please.
I'm counting on you.
If I can have until nightfall, I should be able to get all the way through inking 64 pages.
Who are you, Ishinomori?!
You don't mind her using your computer, right?
Any... questionable files are in a hidden folder.
Now, do you remember what the page was, and when you were looking at it before?
It was a page about Sakuranishiki from Yatomi, and I was looking at it the day before yesterday.
Oh, the goldfish bred in Yatomi!
They're lovely creatures.
Pardon me...
History
J-J-Just one moment!
Here you go!
Yuko, you idiot!
You have to look at that stuff in incognito mode!
You were almost found out back there!
Never mind that, I need you to model for me.
So tight...
The ropes...
My junk... it's tied up so tightly!
Big brother~!
You two, I've brought some tea.
I'm coming in.
Thank you so much, Mother.
What are you doing, Kaijo?
Oh, it's his usual routine.
I like to do...
Five sets of fifteen inverted situps...
Every day...
That's quite admirable.
Don't mind me, go ahead and finish.
And so Yu ko drew as hard as she could,
while I made sure she was uninterrupted.
With my delusions crippled, the best I can do is help with hers!
She's doing it to keep Akibaranger going, despite Luna being gone and myself weakened!
Draw! Draw, Yuko!
It's done!
It is?!
Yes.
Here, Nobuo.
Please, read it. I drew it for you.
For me...?
True Z-Bang Aoi Z...?
Is this...?
I am back!
Did that cheer you up?
You bet it did!
We've recieved reports of a man in Akihabara, who suddenly transformed into a monster.
Man dressed as priest spotted
Emergency in Akihabara!!
Let's do it, Yuko!
Right!
We're taking you down, Smartphone Monger!
- Monger! - Good morning!
Good morning, good morning!
- Luna?! - Good morning!
A lot's happened, but I'm looking forward to working with you again!
And you, as well!
Then you changed your mind?!
Alright, let's go!
- Are you okay? - Old man...
I'll handle it! Luna!
Hey, wait, don't—!
Heavy! Heavy!
Am not!
What's that supposed to be?
Blue!
That hurts!
Yuko!
Are you okay, Yellow?!
Yeah...
My finisher, Moya Blaster!
Here it comes!
I'm not giving up...
Alright!
Oopsie...
Not when Yuko worked so hard to give me this tale of love, courage, and friendship!
Luna!
...what?
Nobuo... this is embarrassing, but... since this is the end, I'll tell you...
Aoi?
I lo—
Aoi?!
Wait...
Did you...?
Aoi!
Dammit!
And it ends like this...?
I won't let it be!
Aoi!
Is this...
A dream?
You're wrong. It's real.
Then... let me finish what I was saying...
I love you, Nobu!
Glomp!
Smooch!
Boom!
It's here!
Aoi-tan...
Give me the power of your love!
Super Delusion!
Boom!
Glomp.
Alright!
Aoi-tan is my waifu!
Super Akiba Red!
He powered up?!
Manager! Aoi's back to normal!
What kind of painfully nerdy power up is that?
Pain is power!
How insolent!
Monger Virus Bomb!
Monger!
Watch out, Aoi-tan!
Enough!
Aoi-tan, look out!
Old man, isn't that Aoi-tan armor supposed to protect you, and not the other way around?
No! It amplifies my love for Aoi, and how grateful I am to have her in my life!
I'm four times more powerful!
I don't get the logic behind that math...
It's not about logic!
Empty?
Oh, whatever.
Let's do it!
The symbol of my love!
Glomp, glomp, boom!
Glomp Slash!
Let's do it together!
I can't reflect this!
Alright!
Yes! We did it, Yuko!
M-Mother!
Don't worry, Yuko.
I see now that your otaku activities will not disgrace the Yokoyama name.
No, they are perfectly becoming of it!
That pose you were performing just now...
It was a pleasure to see it again.
That pose...
Cap-tan!
The Sentai-style anime that tokusatsu otaku wish was live-action...
That's Jasmine Cap-tan's pose from Ninja Cap-tan!
I think I remember seeing a feature about it on a "Classic Shows" TV special.
To master it unconsciously... you're quite talented.
Our heroines! They are Ninja Cap-tan! Fight on, Cap-tans! Smooch, smooch, smooch!
Ma'am... why do you have that?
Because I, too, am an otaku!
Back then, we called ourselves "anime maniacs."
Back before we had Maniage magazine...
I bought fanbooks, and managed to make friends in the business...
And through that, I became an anime theme singer.
Do you recognize the name Horimi Etsuko?
You mean from Sneezing Girl and Bright Hanaguri-san?!
No way...!
So let's give the folks at home a song!
Spark!
Cap-tan, Cap-tan, smooch, smooch, smooch!
Today's Ending Theme
Cap-tan Chu-Chu-Chu ~based on "Fight for It! Ninja Captor"~
Lyrics: Hatte Saburo Additional Lyrics: Urabe Ritsuho Composition: Komori Akihiro Vocals: Horimi Etsuko (Horie Mitsuko)
Going round in circles with you,
We'll go round and around, forming a magical circle!
There's Quince, Chestnut, and Apricot...
Pudding, Jasmine, and Mini-Muffin!
Dim Sum, the eldest, is fresh like a storm in spring!
Each with her own miraculous ninja powers!
Fight on, Cap-tans! Smooch, smooch smooch!
Ninja Cap-tan, the Magical Ninjas!
Suzumura Nobuhiro
Director
TO BE CONTINUED
It's Kozkoz!
And Luna!
We're going to have a dance-off today!
Let's get started!
Ready... go!
AKIBARANGER IS A WORK OF FICTION
Luna!
NEXT TIME
EPISODE 5
DELUSION IMPORTS
Oh, Kozkoz, I think we're out of time.