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Task 46:
Awakened Darkness
Airdate: 01/21/07
[Continued from Episode 45]
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Masumi had the Three-Headed Dragon of Darkness.
Yaiba attacks Yaiba and the Boukenger. Everyone
is surprised Yaiba has arrived. Yaibaexplains the
Precious has chosen him to |
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give him powers. Masumi is
surprised it is for him. Ryuuwon attacks him and
Masumi stops his sword with his hand.He then
bashes him int he face with the Precious. Masumi
goes down to the floor. Yaiba |
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and to open his heart to the Darkness. Masumi
won't believe it. Yaiba then asks him to explain
what just occurred. Yaiba stands up and asks if
he is satisfied as a Boukenger. |
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Yaiba asks him how long he will
pretend to be their friend. Masumi grips his
changer and clears up that he isn't pretending,
but stammers. Yaiba tells him if he wants to keep
liviing half-heartedly, to go ahead. |
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high expectations for his 'shining' darkness.
Yaiba showers him with blue and white confetti
and disappears with the Precious. His voice tells
Masumi to think it through. |
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The Boukenger, un-transformed,
gather around Masumi, who doesn't say a thing.
Back at SGS, Mr. Voice, Morio, and the gang
access the situation. Voice asks Black why he
didn't secure the Precious. |
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| Sakura approaches
Masumi and asks about him and Yaiba. Masumi jumps
over the railing and runs out. Akashi grabs
Natsuki's arm to stop her from following him.
Mausmi walks through the streets alone, wondering
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why he's hesitating. At a video
arcade, he punches a punching bag and remembers
how he bunched Ryuuwon. He says it isn't the
same. Akashi watches from far away. Masumi
believes the power would definitely |
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| destroy the bag. Masumi exits.
Akashi is undectected. Meanwhile in a forest,
Yaiba mediates with the Precious and wodners why
it does not howl. His darkness is not enough,
Masumi is needed. Suddenly, |
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Shizuka rushes up behind him to
attack. Yaiba tells Shizuka to back off, she
tells him all that awaits traitors is death. He
then tells her he will not hold back. Shizuka is
clearly hurt, she respected him. He stands and |
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just part of his plan, he wanted his darkness to
increase. He turns around and shows her his true
face and states he has given up on Dark Shadow.
She gulps, looks down and then bids him
'goodbye.' She then leaps at him at his |
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request. They ninja
streak against each other up to the air and then
Shizuka falls on her face to the ground. He
conducts his paper crane finisher on her and she
retreats. He quickly bids her and Dark Shadow
goodbye as he walks away. In his dorm, Masumi |
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| reads his diary again about how
he wanted to surpass Akashi. He puts the book
down on his nose and thinks about what he wrote
about tapping his 'dormant' power. The lights
flicker in his room and a small piece of paper
flies to his desk and becomes a |
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Dark Shadow communication
parchment. Yaiba speaks to him, to come alone to
the Dark Coast cliff for power. Masumi scoffs.
Yaiba says to go with the feeling that appeals to
him the most. The parchment disappears and Masumi
thinks about it. |
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| Before dawn, Masumi walks through
the fog and wind to the cliff. Akashi rises from
the wheat field, saying something did effect him.
Yaiba is awaiting on the cliff as the sun rises.
Masumi arrives and says he came to defeat him, so
he could collect the Precious. |
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Yaiba then questions him as to
why he came without the others. Yaiba informs him
that when he touches the Precious, he will become
captive to the power of its darkness. Masumi
shakes his head and says it won't happen. He runs
to it and when he gets to it, |
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| Akashi yells 'no' but it is too
late... the black smoke consumes Masumi.
BoukenRed, already transform, runs toward Masumi.
He runs, all dazed, and says he can read Red's
movements. Red asks him he doesn't care about the
consequences of him obtaining |
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such a power. Masumi holds his
arm and says that is his concern. He then tosses
Red away straight into another cliff, breaking
rock down to the floor.Masumi is in awe of the
power. Yaiba says his true power is drawn out by
the Precious. Masumi |
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says not yet. He creates a black dome and tells
Masumi to go in for more power. Akashi is
untransformed and on the ground. He shouts for
Masumi to stop, but to no avail as |
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Masumi holds the Precious out and
enters the dome. Inside, Yaiba has his back
facing him and welcomes him. Yaiba turns around
and has shows his true face. He then hones his
power to access the Precious' power for |
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| Masumi. Akashi is still groaning
on the floor as the others arrive. He slowly
wakes up and explains what occurred, that he is
trapped. He tells them to go inside after him.
They rush pass Akashi but the dome is solid. |
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Yaiba notices them banging on the
outside. He scoffs and makes purple electricty
zap the four off the dome. They all fall down.
Morio then informs them that a strange energy is
heading for the Earth, that |
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Yaiba has gathered all the dark energy wandering
in outer space and is summoning it towards the
Earth. Gekkou tells this to Shizuka. It is
supposed to fill the Earth with darkness and |
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the world will belong to those
who possess the power of darkness. Masumi is
surprised one of the Boukenger resonates with the
Precious. The ball is supposed to hit in an hour.
The Boukenger transform and hit the |
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them. They un-transform. The dome then frys them
with electricity. Yaiba makes Masumi release the
ball is heading towards them, and it is the body
of the power. Masumi says he didn't want that and
then realizes his friends are |
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harmed. Yaiba tells him it is a
result of his desire for darkness. Mausmi is
striken in disbelief and is about to let the
Precious go, but Yaiba struggles with him. Masumi
then focuses on Natsuki. He thinks back to all
his moments with her. Then Eiji, Shouta, |
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| Sakura, and of course, Akashi.
Masumi studies himself There is light in him
after all. The light given to him by his friends.
He turns to Yaiba, grabs his right hand with his
left and yells. He breaks Yaiba off and drops the
Precious down. He says he won't stay |
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by as his light is taken away. He
then punches Yaiba in the face. He is flung away.
The dome breaks apart. He rushes toward his
friends and they slowly awaken. He apologizes to
them. Akashi asks if heregained his light. They
all smile and nod. |
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| Masumi helps Akashi up. Yaiba
faces them. Masumi fights him and transforms. The
others trasnform and form Ultimate DaiBouken. All
the Neo-Parallel Engines are reinforced the
blaster to destroy the ball. |
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Electricity goes through them all
but they hang through. Black bests Yaiba and then
he retaliates by multiplying himself. Black is
down and Yaiba impales him in the stomach. Black
holds on to the sword and |
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| as the other withhold the
force... Black starts glowing in white light. as
the other withhold the force... Black starts
glowing in white light and pulls the sword out.
He flips Yaiba off. He says he will usethe power
of light to defeat him. The others successfully
dflect |
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the evil back into space. Black
dons the Acelltector and busts Yaiba's stomach
with the DualCrasher. He blows him away and then
rushes at him again with the drill. Yaiba flies
away further and Black shoots him again. Yaiba
hits a mount and |
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| surrounded in fire. Yaiba falls
down. Black rushes toward him with his hammer and
conducts 'Hammer Dynamite.' The ball of darkness
is destroyed. Yaiba, full of smoke, still
believes there is darkness in Masumi. |
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Masumi says it is the undeniable
truth. Yaiba says he can't run away from darkness
because it can't be destroyed. And Yaiba dies.
Masumi thinks back to how his friends were hurt
and decides to quit. |
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| The others are left with his
jacket, Acellular and the Three-Headed Dragon of
Darkness. There are no words for them. They are
sadden. Natsuki won't have it. She grabs the
jacket and runs off, shouting for Mausmi. |
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Sakura already has the
Three-Headed Dragon of Darkness within a Precious
Box. The others join in shouting. The sun sets.
At night, Mausmi disappears through a crowd in
the city. Fade to black. |
Comments:
- This is the last appearance of Yaiba of
Darkness.
- It might seem strange that Masumi
suddenly turned on his friends because of
Yaiba's year-long bent on him having
'darkness' within him, but it was not
only driven by the diary and his rivalry
with Akashi, but a point Akashi said,
'the desire to defeat your opponent no
matter what.'
- In "Power Rangers Operation
Overdrive," the robot battle from
this episode was mixed with footage from
Episode 44. The next episode used footage
from Episode 45. All interactions between
Yaiba and Ryuuwon were not used.
- Masumi deserting the team is continued
throughout the last few episodes.
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