Super Rainbow #21🌈, I want to shout that person's name!!... No, this time I can finally shout it! A special where everyone can also shout to their heart's content the name that became the origin of Super Rainbow✨

🐵 "Well, that's good, that's good. I was against leaving ToQ 6gou to a former Shadow."
💜 "But I think his strength was impeccable. I wonder if it's okay to just decide on him already."
🐵 "I wonder about that... His fighting style is barbaric, too. Can we really trust him?"

This episode of ToQger begins with that conversation between 🐵 (Ticket) and 💜 (Conductor)...

Review the previous episode here🌈 lol

I listened to it again, but Ato-pon wasn't as distraught as I thought he'd be🤔 lol

...Setting that aside (lol)

This time!!

It's a super emotional episode where that person🧡 receives a precious gift from Right and the others🌈!!!!!

First... # is Super Rainbow🌈✨

Spark! Sentai, Rainbow Broadcasting Station is "Stand.fm content specialized in Super Sentai"
Together with our program MC Ato-pon, who wants to shout his name, we will watch Ressha Sentai ToQger Station 18, "If You Call Your Name"📺

The concept remains the same,

"As if we are watching TV together📺"

Honestly, this is a really great episode✨

※I'm already a volunteer shill for Toei (lol)

I really want you to knock on the door of the Toei Tokusatsu Fan Club (TTFC) and share the excitement with everyone listening to Super Rainbow🌈✨🥹✨

Zaram, who was looking for a place to die due to the guilt of his evil deeds when he was a Shadow. He opens his heart little by little through his interactions with Right.
Zaram receives the AppliChanger and engages in a fierce battle with Schwarz as ToQ 6gou.
"Protect the rainbow... and disappear quietly... I'm looking for a place to die like that..."
He, who was supposed to be called to heaven in the fierce battle with Schwarz, says "I have exposed my shame of living" because he couldn't die, and returns the AppliChanger to them.

Now... what is the "treasure of a lifetime" that Zaram, who appears before them again, receives from Right and the others?"treasure of a lifetime"is...?

"Even if he has reformed now, the possibility of him returning to the Shadow Line is not zero"... Hikari agrees with Ticket's opinion.
Right responds to that opinion with a straight look in his eyes.

He's not the kind of guy who would betray us...

Hikari counters this statement from Light with the logical argument, "But Shadow betrayed us."

Opinions are split right down the middle between the overly cautious Hikari and the overly trusting Light.

We won't get anywhere arguing about it here!
...As expected of our caring leader💛 lol

At that moment, the Ressha carrying Light and the others plunges into the Shadow Line...

The 'hen' in 'henduzutsu' (migraine) is 'hen' (strange)!
Nice retort from the Conductor🫱!!

Ato-pon's favorite "Castle Terminal" (lol)
General Schwarz seems to recognize the Drill Ressha that Zaram used...

Zett watches him.
"Looks like the General is crying because he was betrayed by his own ally," he says as he approaches Schwarz.

He brings up the fact that Zaram has become a ToQger, saying, "Interesting. So a Shadow has become truly sparkling. I'll have to see that for myself. ...Oh... right, General. You seem to be collecting quite a lot of darkness... don't go acting on your own."

Zett warns him with his own darkness...
What is the true intention behind Zett's words...

Meanwhile, at the "Migraine" Station...

Rings with names on them are attached to the heads of everyone in town.
Because of those rings that "tighten when your name is called," the townspeople couldn't even call each other by their names...

...Due to this control by the Ring Shadow...

Zaram happened to approach the Ring Shadow after seeing the darkness.
He runs into Light and the others, who had come to the Ring Shadow to extinguish the darkness.

❤️ (Light) "Ah..."
💙 (Tokatti) "Why are you with a Shadow monster!?"
💚 (Hikari) "So that's how it is..."

The concern that had been growing in Hikari's mind: "Even if he became a ToQger, won't he betray us?"...

Holding onto that unease, Light and the others face the Ring Shadow...

The control ring thrown by the Ring Shadow...

Zaram, who had warned Light and the others to "Dodge!"
While struggling with the Ring Shadow, he ends up having his own "name" controlled by the control ring...

"I've got you under my control, Zaram!"
The Ring Shadow called his name, but...

"It's useless. I've already discarded my Shadow name..."
And so, the control-induced headache has no effect on Zaram.

The "name" carved into one's head; perhaps people are controlled when they change their words to that.

The Shadow Line, who are the godparents of Zaram... and... Zaram, who says he even threw away such a name.

However... the Emperor of Darkness Zett appeared before them...

"Hey Zaram. I heard you became a ToQger, but can a Shadow really become sparkling that easily? I want to verify if it's the real deal. Show me..."

Due to the dark power released by Zett, Zaram returned to his Zaram form once again...

"If you return with just this much (darkness), you aren't much of a sparkle."
Zaram, who is controlled once again by the name he was supposed to have thrown away, begins to suffer from headaches at the Ring Shadow's calling of his name.

Light, who was also fitted with the ring of name control and is suffering from headaches, ends up being taken away by Zett...

"Zaram. I'll verify you one more time. Come when you've calmed down. I've taken Light into my custody."

Zaram was left behind at the scene with Hikari and the others in the pouring rain.

From here on... how will the doubts that once surfaced among Hikari and the others be alleviated?
And, what happened to him the moment Zaram held the AppliChanger again?

That is... something I will introduce in Super Rainbow🌈 as Ato-pon without getting too flustered✨

Lines I want to carve into my heart (Ma-bon selection)

Zaram, who became ToQ 6gou.
*The details of how he became ToQ 6gou are introduced in the favorite scenes below🎬✨
The words he released after being told by Ring Shadow, "Zaram... you traitor..." are god-tier lines!!

The name "Akira Nijino" that Hikari and the others thought of looked like the "shape of feelings" when Zaram accepted their gift.
Being called by a nickname by friends, being called by one's given name, definitely shortens the distance between people.

The distance Hikari closed with Zaram.
From this scene where he took his first step as Akira Nijino, I was able to see Akira desperately protecting the rainbows (Light and the others) he wants to protect.

By the way, Hikari's words when he handed over the AppliChanger, "Let's fight together, Akira!" are also good (T ^ T)
I hope this emotion... reaches you even within Super Rainbow🌈...

Favorite scenes🎬
① Crow being left behind💦lol

The flustered Crow (lol)
His movements are cute...🤭 lol

② Hikari-kun's true feelings

"Light trusted you...
That you would never return to being a Shadow...
But that wasn't the case.
...I'm not blaming you.
Honestly, at that time,
I was relieved that you returned (to being a Shadow).
I thought Light would stop trusting you so easily because of this...
And yet... that wasn't it at all...
He had a face that didn't doubt you even by 1mm.
Unless you kill him,
Light won't doubt you.
I really don't know what to do.
So I've given up.
I wouldn't go as far as to say I trust you, but
I'll stop doubting you before you betray me."

These lines made my heart so hot that they could even be lines I want to carve into my heart.
Appearance, figure, the voice and language used when interacting with others...
It is difficult to break people's preconceptions... because it is said that people's impressions are decided within 6 seconds of meeting...

That is precisely why, at the end of these words from Hikari,
"Stop doubting before you are betrayed"
To help Right... no, to welcome Zaram as a comrade... no, to see the person he is, which you can't know unless you spend time together, from the same perspective.
It was the moment Hikari climbed another step toward adulthood.

...By the way, even after pouring out all these feelings...

"Understood, I will help ToQ 1gou. ...This is the perfect place for me to die!"
Hikari and Zaram, whose feelings just don't cross paths (lol)

"Eh!?"
...No, I get it~!! That retort (lol)

③Right... Right... Right! ...Lime🍋‍🟩?

Ring Shadow playing with Right's name (lol)
Since it's right after Hikari-kun's scene, my emotions can't keep up💦 lol

But, the conversation between Right and Zett in this scene...
Actually becomes an important piece of foreshadowing✏️

Right questions the obsession with sparkle.
"I want to know that guy. ...It's very similar to the sparkle I saw in your eyes in the darkness. Ah, I've been obsessed with it ever since."

The fate of the Shadow, who cannot live without continuing to create darkness.
Even in that destiny where they cannot be accepted by the sparkle, there was a sparkle shining in the darkness...
We will reveal more about such sparkling darkness in the future, so please look forward to it😢

④Perhaps, the scene with the line I want to engrave in my heart from this episode🎬lol

The strategy Hikari came up with was to give him a new name.
The Renketsu Bazooka aimed at Zaram.
Not to defeat an enemy, but a Rainbow Rush to lead him to a new light.

"Rainbow..., I saw it that time..."

💙(Tokatti) "Since you've abandoned the Shadow, you need a new name"
💛(Mio) "We all thought about it"
💚(Hikari) "Your name is... Akira... Nijino!"

It's great that it's Hikari saying this, not Right~(T ^ T)✨
First, believe in him as a comrade. Right's feelings like that helped Hikari grow one step more mature.
In our world too, what is necessary when building human relationships is a "feeling of trust."
Sometimes you trust and get betrayed. But if you don't try to trust first, you can't see the world from the same perspective as that person.
Because Right and Hikari trusted him in this episode, the rainbow that should be protected appeared before Zaram's eyes once again.
This is a light that shines brighter due to the strength of their bond.
And I think it became the hope that stopped the heavy rain that kept falling around Zaram.

...There's a possibility my explanation won't get across because of my tears, so I'll write down my thoughts here✏️lol

⑤First time as 6 ToQgers🌈

The AppliChanger received from Hikari once again.
The ToQ Change done together with Right is a masterpiece!!

And, the first time everyone is together—!!!!

Ressha Sentai ToQger✨
We'll be sending this to you with extra sparkle! (Ticket-kun style) lol

⑥Wait... a strap!? lol

ToQ-Oh falls into a pinch during the battle with the giant Ring Shadow....
What Akira gave to Right and the others in return was the Drill Ressha... no, the Drill Ressha.

The in-train announcement at that time is also funny...🤭
“The Ressha is arriving. It will shake, so please hold onto the strap.”
…Wait, there are no straps! Haha

DRILL TORNADO!!!!!!
The control vanished due to their combined power.
You must have seen the rainbow arching over the parent who gave the gift of a name and the child who received the first gift of a name.

…Yes, right in front of Akira too🌈

Another talk
There will likely be pros and cons regarding names.
Besides our own names, names are overflowing around us—pets, teams, bands, and groups.
And we give the gift of a name to the "important things" in our lives🎁
A name you spend your whole life with... in other words, it could certainly be considered control.
However, when you lose such a name, will another way of being called feel familiar to you?

The time spent thinking of a name is filled with happiness.

That is because you can imagine the precious smile that will respond when you call that name.

The scene of Hikari and the others thinking of the name Right Akira wasn't shown, but that moment must have been filled with smiles.

I think there are some who hold negative images toward their parents. But, just for this time, why not be grateful for that moment?

Because it is precisely because that moment existed that "now" exists.

And! Changing the subject, this time it will be the Ato-Intro Quiz hosted by Ato-pon🎹
Here are the rules✏️

The hint is "A Showa Sentai opening song🎵"
Please try to challenge yourself to see if you can answer faster than Ma-bon✨ haha

By the way...

The next Super Rainbow🌈 will be a "Let's watch the first episode of a past work" episode📺🌏
And the Sentai chosen for this time is...

Choushinsei Flashman!

Because I, Ma-bon, ended up pulling Flashman 7 times in a row from the Sentai Ring gacha...🤭 haha

As a side note, it is the Super Sentai series that was airing in the year I was born📺

Look forward to that special episode too✨
With that, I'd like to end it here for this time.
Well then,
Even the blue sky dreams! To such a tomorrow—bye-bye👋