Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger Episodes 31-34

Time for an upgrade!  It’s the early 30s and you know what that means!  New toys to sell!  Thankfully, this was at a time when the whole team would get a power up, though it’s not like Ban doesn’t have to go through some trials to get it.  And what a powerup it is!  If you’re a fan of the action in Super Sentai, this batch will not disappoint, on either the ground or mecha space (seriously, the mecha fight in 34 is fantastic and a standout in a season with some standout mecha fights.)  Welcoming 2020 in right!

The story also begins to move forward now that Abrella has shown himself to our detectives/officers.  The die is cast…

But before we get to the episodes, my usual notes!

• Gocha gets called “Jiya” by Umeko/the princess in episode 31.  The “ji” is presumably coming from the same “ji” that’s in “grandpa”, meaning Umeko’s given him a nickname relating to his age.  I’ve translated it as “old-timer.”
• Jasmine’s line “Don already?” in 32 in the original Japanese is a pun with her mentioning Ban did it without katsudon, the meal.  As mentioned before in a Denziman post, “katsu” is “win” and “don” is, well, “don”, making the sentence also “he beat the don.”  So there’s the pun.
• The Japanese version of “cats and dogs” is “dogs and monkeys”, hence why Bunta said those animals (besides the obvious.)
• Monjayaki is a dish that’s similar to a pancake stuffed with ingredients, but it’s eaten while it’s still runny rather than being allowed to actually harden/come together, making it very messy and needing a spatula to scrape off the iron.
• Romanée-Conti is a very expensive, luxurious brand of wine.
• Jasmine is an ESPer.

But enough jibber-jabber, here’s the episodes.

Dekaranger Episode 31: [SOFT] [HARD] [SCRIPT]

Dekaranger Episode 32: [SOFT] [HARD] [SCRIPT]

Dekaranger Episode 33: [SOFT] [HARD] [SCRIPT]

Dekaranger Episode 34: [SOFT] [HARD] [SCRIPT]

That’s over 2/3s done now!  We’re getting there…  See you next time!!