Grandpa Tessai is not happy.
Tessai's Spirit Power is still recharging but that's not this episode is all about, it is about Tessai's descendant, Shinya who happens to be Amy and Luckyuro's favorite manga author and Tessai kinda hates it. Later, a beautiful Zorima is terrorizing town!
What's great about this episode aside that it is a Tessai episode, which is something I didn't expect to happen at this point of the show, is how Tessai reacted on the fact that his descendant is a manga creator. His reaction feels like he is that disapproving traditional grandfather who thinks that every boy in the family should do manly things like boxing or sports. What made me think of it are his reactions when it comes to his descendant when he talks about rugby! Tessai corrects him in angry manner behind his back and insists that he should just pursue a rugby career after learning that he was once part of the rugby team.
That being said, how the heck Amy gets involved with Shinya and his job as an artist? Turns out that he is just using a pseudonym in writing his title and he wants Amy to pretend to him for a sick fan who is a big fan of his work. To put it simply, he doesn't want to disappoint the fan that the author of his/her favorite manga is a dude. Which lead us to Tessai hating it. Tessai's reaction kinda surprised me, at first he hated that he is a manga artist and now he accepts it except the fact that he wants someone to face the fan and not him! I agree with Tessai, I mean, what better way to make the fan happy is by having the actual creator visiting the fan and not his stand in. But there seems to be a problem, the monster of the week attacks the city!
Much to my surprise, the monster for this week is just some Zorima with a deadly make-up brush, but for a MOTW with that simple costume, s/he gave our heroes some trouble even if it's just five of them facing s/he. S/he's ability is grabbing someone's color and absorbs it. I find this kind of skill too dull, but hey, whatever works I guess and much to my surprise, it gave our heroes a lot of trouble with it and that's what matters right now. To make matters worse, s/he can give the absorbed power to his/her comrades, making them more powerful.
Back to Amy, she visited the fan and turns out that the fan is no other than Luckyuro! I guess the close-up fan mail already gave away the identity of the sick fan. The only thing that I can say about this scene is that it seems that Lucky is having doubts in destroying the world. Will s/he continue working with Deboth or not just for his/her favorite title to last long? It's a really tough choice considering that both options have their specific advantages and disadvantages.
Aside from this scene, another thing worth noting about is Tessai meeting his descendant. Their first meeting is seriously hilarious, it's hilarious because Tessai didn't go with his usual approach, but with the generic "I am the ghost of your ancestor" approach, complete with the attire and the tone. I know this scene just emphasized the fact that Tessai has a thing with goofy disguises and wigs, but it seems a bit too over the top in my opinion. His reason doing it is to tell his descendant that he should face the fan instead of Amy.
The approach worked and he ends up visiting the fan, only to end up witnessing a Deboth attack. Much to Tessai and my surprise, he rushed in to save the victim. What I like about this scene is that it showed us that he is indeed a former athlete and his motivation in making manga, to cheer people and to be more specific, cheer girls up. It's a noble cause and Tessai approves it, causing his Spirit Power to return in its full strength so that he can help the Kyoryugers and save his descendant.
Sadly, he barely has any fight scenes in this scene and same goes with the giant battle. Since it is his episode, I kinda expected that he will participate in the giant fight but nope, Torin comes in with Bragigas. The only thing worth noting about the giant battle is a new combination, the Pteraidenoh Dricera and its badass drill finisher. Apart from that, there is nothing much to say about the giant fight.
The episode ends and Tessai approves his descendant and decides that he should train him since he has potential. Now I am starting to wonder if this will happen since the episode implied that Spirit Rangers can also pass their powers to other people. As for Luckyuro, s/he starts to act good-ish evil aka act someone that is not evil but is evil. The contents of his/her fan letter is basically I want you to write more manga until you breath your last kind of thing. Oh Lucky, you can't admit the fact that you are good deep inside!
P.S. Can't believe that Torin loves Amy's shojo manga! He seriously needs to have a human disguise like Canderrilla so that he can do other things aside from reading stuff found in the Spirit Base.
