The Five Best Things V

Hi, everyone. This is the big day! I will finally announce the best thing that has ever happened to me ever since I became a fan of Turboranger many years ago. So, the number one thing on my list is that I have got a chance to talk with the blue ranger himself, Keiya Asakura-san. When I found him on a social media a few years ago, I was so happy, I can’t even describe the feeling. Unfortunately, I have not seen him in person… yet, but I sure hope I will get that opportunity someday. And maybe, I can meet the other rangers too!

Speaking of Keiya Asakura… today is his birthday!!! So, I’d like to say HAPPY BIRTHDAY to our beloved Blue Turbo and best of luck!!!

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Anyway, this is the end of my “five best things” articles. Thank you so much for visiting this blog. Your support is always appreciated!

The Five Best Things IV

Hi, everyone.

We’re getting close to the best thing that has ever happened to me since I became a fan of Turboranger years ago. But before we get to the main event, today, I’m going to reveal my number two, which is my Turboranger collection. Unfortunately, I don’t have a lot of Turboranger stuff, but what I do have, I love them. These are some of my favorites: magazines that contain Turboranger articles and Turboranger playing cards (the magazine on the left and the playing cards are from a fellow Turboranger fan, Pippy-san). I have more Turboranger items, but they are not pictured here. I’ll probably share them next time.

So, that’s it for today. Tomorrow, we will finally reveal the number one on my list, as well as celebrate a special birthday of Blue Turbo himself. Thank you for visiting, and see you tomorrow!

The Five Best Things III

Hi, everyone. Let’s continue our count down with the third best thing that has happened to me as a Turboranger fan. If you missed my previous articles, here are the number five and number four on my list so far.

Anyway, the third best thing to me is the Turboranger Super Sentai Official Mook that will be released in around June. To be honest, I did not know about this mook until recently, but I am sure glad that I was able to find out about it before the Turboranger one gets released. In case you haven’t noticed, Turboranger will be the last Super Sentai mook to be released (it was also the last Super Sentai released in DVD). I don’t understand why Turboranger always becomes the last one, but I don’t want to complain too much about it. As long as they will finally release it, I don’t mind waiting a few more months. I hope it’s worth all the wait, though!

If you want to check out more about this Super Sentai Official Mook, you can check their official page here (in Japanese). This page only contains the second part, but if you want to check out the first part, you can click on the link they provide on the bottom of the page.

That’s all for today. Tomorrow, I will continue with the number two on my list, so see you again, and thank you for visiting!

The Five Best Things II

Hi, everyone. Today, I will continue with the fourth best thing that has happened to me since I became a fan of Turboranger. If you missed my article yesterday, you can just scroll down (it’s the one below this) or click here.

Anyway, the fourth best thing to me is this blog. When I was in college, my professor asked his students to make a website, and I was wondering… what kind of website I would do? As an art major, I could’ve made a website for my portfolio, but I chose to make a website about Turboranger instead. In the end, the website I made was never published, but I did not want it to end there, so I decided to make a fan blog. Who would have thought that this blog would become a channel for me to meet my fellow Turboranger fans all over the world! Even though I do my best to find as many news and articles concerning Turboranger, my capacity is limited. I can’t find everything, even if I want it to. This is when my fellow Turboranger fans come to rescue. I can’t tell you how many times it’s been already that people send me pictures, news, or videos of Turboranger that I had never seen before. Most recently, someone sent me a video of Yoshiko Kinohara who plays Pink Turbo (now Yoshiko Iwaya), and I treasure this video very much. Thank you for being awesome fellow fans with me!

Anyway, that is the fourth best thing on my list. Tomorrow, I will reveal the third one, so please look forward to it.

Thanks again for visiting!

The Five Best Things I

Hi, everyone. It’s been a while, how are you all doing?

Starting today, I’d like to share the five best things that have ever happened to me since I became a fan of Turboranger. At first, I was planning to put all five of them in one article, but since Keiya Asakura’s (Blue Turbo) birthday is in five days, I thought… why don’t I just divide this article in five? Having said that, for today’s article, I am just going to write the fifth best thing that has happened to me as a Turboranger fan. Tomorrow, I will give you the fourth one, and so on, and so forth, until I announce the number one list on Keiya Asakura’s birthday (February 24th).

Anyway, without further ado, the fifth best thing that has happened to me since I became a fan of Turboranger is that I was able to watch the entire episodes after almost a decade of waiting. The first time I watched Turboranger is when I was in the elementary school. Back then, Turboranger was aired in the afternoon, but I couldn’t always watch it, because sometimes, I had a tutor coming to help me with homework and study. As a result, I missed quite a few episodes, including my favorite one, “Boma Tribe Haruna” (episode 19). I was devastated, but years later, I was able to find some videos of Turboranger, so I bought and watched them immediately. Now, I can proudly declare that I have watched the entire episodes of Turboranger.

There you have it. Please come again tomorrow as I count down and reveal my number four on the list. See you then and thank you for visiting!

Riki and Haruna

Hi, everyone. Today, I’d like to talk about the relationship between Riki and Haruna. No. By all means, I do not ship them, and I don’t think I ever will. But to be fair, I know that so many Turboranger fans ship Riki and Haruna, and I respect that. In this article, I will first talk about the reasons why many people ship them together. To be honest, there are plenty of reasons and hints throughout the series that can strengthen this ship, so we will take some time to discuss that first. After that, I will give you my reason why I do not ship Riki and Haruna together. But hey, if you like Riki and Haruna and want them to end up together, that’s good. Don’t let me change your mind for that. I have my favorite ship, and you have yours. We can respect each other.

Anyway, here are some episodes that can strengthen the point of why Riki and Haruna could/should end up together:

-) Episode 2

When the five rangers cannot transform, Riki remains stubborn and decides to fight the enemy in his human form. When he gets injured, Haruna seems to be very concerned and tells him not to be reckless anymore.

-) Episode 4

When Riki, Youhei, Shunsuke, and Haruna eat their bento together, Haruna, who seems to be concerned about Daichi, asks about Daichi all of a sudden. While Youhei and Shunsuke seem to care about their bento more than Haruna’s concern, Riki agrees with her immediately.

-) Episode 12

The episode where Riki and Haruna dress up as a groom and bride. This scene alone can make every Riki-and-Haruna fan squeal.

-) Episode 19

Even though in this episode, the one who saves Haruna from Modoku Boma is Youhei and not Riki, Riki is still the one who gets most concerned about Haruna. Moreover, when Modoku Boma tries to poison Riki, Haruna comes to the rescue and gets stung instead.

-) Episode 24

The episode where Haruna is about to be transformed into a dog. When the puppy calls for help, Riki is the one who believes that the puppy knows what he is doing. He also believes that the puppy can understand him and will take him to where Haruna is.

-) Episode 30

Riki and Haruna are chosen to play Prince Charming and Cinderella. Moreover, when the mirror crashes, Riki is the one who rescues Haruna.

-) Episode 36

When Mika is about to attack Haruna, Riki attacks her first in order to protect Haruna.

-) Episode 40

When the five rangers split up to find Wataridori Boma, Riki and Haruna are in the same group.

-) Episode 45

When the five rangers are not able to transform, Haruna asks the guys to lend her their power, so she can transform and fight the enemy by herself. Riki is the only one who does not even try to forbid her. Rather, he supports her, encourages her, and believes in her. He also does not blame Haruna for what happens to them. He knows that people make mistake, and he also believes that Haruna will take the responsibility to fix everything.

Anyway, that is all for today. I know that this article is going to be long, so I will divide it into 2 parts. Next time, I am going to discuss why I do not ship Riki and Haruna.

Thank you for visiting this blog, and see you again!

Picture Credits: LOVE & Scorpion blog (picture 1), Kamen Yaiba’s Tokusatsu Blog (pictures 2, 3, 4, 5).

Zodiac, Blood Type, and Curriculum

Hi, everyone. Today, I’d like to talk about the five rangers’ zodiac, blood type, and favorite curriculum. I have actually found this information on Japanese Wikipedia when I tried to do more research on the Turboranger episodes. This information is not included in the English version, so I thought I would share it here.

Concerning the zodiac and blood type, it seems that the five rangers’ zodiac and blood type are the same as the person who plays them. For example, Youhei’s zodiac, Pisces, is the same as Keiya Asakura who plays Youhei. His blood type, O, is also the same as Mr. Keiya’s. Moreover, Haruna’s zodiac, Capricorn, is the same as Yoshiko Kinohara who plays Haruna, and her blood type is B, which is also Mrs. Yoshiko’s blood type. (Yes, I searched for Youhei and Haruna first on purpose!) Having said that, we can assume that the five rangers’ birthday and blood type are actually the birthday and blood type of the person who plays their role.

Anyway, now that we’ve got that covered, let’s get to each ranger’s zodiac, blood type, and favorite curriculum.

-) Riki Honoo

Riki’s zodiac is Taurus and his blood type is O. Needless to say, these are also the zodiac and blood type of Kenta Sato who plays Riki.

In terms of curriculum, Riki is good at World History and Biology. His weakness is Math and English. I was actually surprised that Riki is actually good at something. I honestly thought that he is one of those lazy students who hate school. But it’s good to know that he is actually good at two subjects. Concerning his weakness, Math is definitely not a surprise, considering he takes Ms. Yamaguchi’s class lightly, and he actually eats during her class (episode 1).

By the way, in terms of curriculum, I think I can relate to Riki the most, because when I was in middle school, I was quite good at World History and Biology myself, but I always sucked at Math and English.

-) Daichi Yamagata

Daichi’s zodiac is also Taurus and his blood type is AB. These are also the zodiac and blood type of Yoshiaki Ganaha who plays Daichi. By the way, the blood type of the five rangers is quite interesting, because they have all kinds of blood type here (A, B, AB, and O).

Daichi is good at Politic Economy, but he sucks at English. To be honest, I cannot see a person like Daichi being good at Politic Economy, because he is more like a “History” guy, but I am just going to assume that even the five rangers’ favorite curriculum is based on what they (the person who plays the role) were actually good at when they were in high school.

-) Youhei Hama

Youhei’s zodiac is Pisces and his blood type is O. As I said earlier, these are also the zodiac and blood type of Keiya Asakura who plays Youhei.

In terms of curriculum, Youhei is good at English and his weakness is Classics. I am not really sure what Classics is. Is it Classical History? Or is it Classical Japanese? Either way, it seems that Youhei sucks at it. Here is a fun fact: Keiya Asakura who plays Youhei lived in England when he was little, so it is not a surprise that his English is very good! I was definitely not surprised that Youhei is good at English. In fact, I am pretty sure now that the five rangers’ favorite curriculum is actually taken from the person who plays the role.

-) Shunsuke Hino

Shunsuke’s zodiac is Virgo and his blood type is A. Again, these are the same as Jun’ichiro Katagiri who plays Shunsuke.

Shunsuke is good at Art and World History. I actually chuckled when I read this, because I cannot believe that Shunsuke is actually good at Art. It is obvious that it is not Shunsuke who likes Art, but Mr. Jun’ichiro. In Turboranger, Shunsuke plays around during the Art class (episode 37). If he truly loves art, he will respect the class and take it seriously. Moreover, when they visit an art museum, Shunsuke looks terrified instead of enjoying it. He also seems to be clueless about the art value, so it is kind of strange to see that he is actually good at Art. By the way, Shunsuke’s weakness is English, just like Riki and Daichi.

-) Haruna Morikawa

Haruna’s zodiac is Capricorn and her blood type is B. I mentioned it already that these are also the zodiac and blood type of Yoshiko Kinohara who plays Haruna.

Anyway, Haruna is good at all subjects, and she does not have a weakness at all. We can see that this is true, because Ms. Yamaguchi herself says that Haruna is a bright student (episode 16). If Haruna is the reflection of Yoshiko Kinohara, I’d be very pleased to know that she is both beautiful and smart. She is definitely someone everyone can look up to.

That is all for today. Thank you for visiting this blog. I really appreciate it!

Picture Credits: Kamen Yaiba’s Tokusatsu Blog.

Siblings in Turboranger

Hi, everyone. Today, I would like to talk about siblings in Turboranger. The reason I have brought up this topic is because I have siblings myself, and I am particularly close to my youngest older sister, who is 2-year apart from me. For this reason, I’d like to at least have one article about siblings, though I may write more in the future. Anyway, these are all the siblings I can find in Turboranger, unless I miss any.

-) Shunsuke Hino and Shunji Hino

My absolute favorite siblings in the series. Even though Shunji, Shunsuke’s little brother, only appears in one episode (episode 18), we can still see how much Shunsuke and Shunji loved each other. We can also tell that Shunji looked up to his older brother, and he was probably proud of him too. Moreover, it seems that they spent a lot of time together. When Shunsuke has a flashback, he was wearing a uniform, which means that as soon as he returned from school, he met up with his little brother to have some fun together.

It is hard to believe that Shunsuke is an older brother, considering how childish he is. Nonetheless, I love watching Shunsuke and Shunji together. It is ashamed that Shunji had to die in such a young age. Personally, I love this pair of siblings, because I do not have a brother, and I have always wondered how it feels to have one. If I were Shunji, I would definitely be proud of Shunsuke too, because he is such a reliable, fun, and awesome brother.

-) Hyoma and Enma

Another pair of brothers (episode 18). Even though Hyoma seems to be more mature than Enma, they look like they could be twins in my opinion. These siblings also have a tragic fate, due to Jamin’s evil plot and trick. It is too bad that they fall for Jamin’s scheme, but at least they do it, because they care for each other very much. They end up dying in the end, but they are not gone forever, because they have transformed into beautiful flowers.

Personally, I don’t really like this pair, but I don’t hate them either. To be fair, their relationship is very down-to-earth. They argue, fight, and misunderstand each other. I am sure everyone who has siblings have experienced the same thing, so we can relate to them. Nonetheless, as I said before, they do what they do, because they care for each other very much. In the end, they reconcile and end up being together forever.

-) Misa and Hiroshi

Misa is Hiroshi’s older sister and Hiroshi is Misa’s younger brother (episode 5). Haruna encounters them by accident when they are cleaning up the pond. The siblings live with their grandfather, and they seem to love their grandfather very much that they are willing to get involved with PeroPero Boma despite of the consequences. Since they only appear in one episode, it is hard to say what kind of siblings they are. Nonetheless, we can tell that Misa loves her brother, since she agrees to play along with Hiroshi and trick Haruna. In a sense, what she does is indeed wrong. She is an older sister, and she should know better. If her brother is wrong, she needs to either rebuke him or tell her grandfather about it. However, as I said earlier, I am sure Misa does what she does, because she loves her family. Besides, she learns from her mistake afterwards. Let’s just hope that they won’t get involved with more Boma Beasts in the future.

-) Misa Yamaguchi and Mika Yamaguchi

Misa is Mika’s older sister and Mika is Misa’s younger sister. I have to say that both Misa and Mika are not my favorite characters in Turboranger, but their relationship is the closest one with mine, because they are sisters, just like my sister and me. Again, they only have one episode to show their relationship as siblings (episode 36), but we can tell from this one episode how much Mika loves and cares about her sister. She even comes all the way from Hong Kong just to threaten the five rangers, because she thinks that they are the cause of her sister’s misery. In the end, though, she has finally realized the reasons why Riki and the others do what they do, so she can return to Hong Kong in peace.

Here is a fun fact. Mika is able to see Seelon with naked eyes (though not completely), due to her believing heart, but her sister, Misa cannot see Seelon unless she wears the fairy goggles invented by Dr. Dazai. In the end, however, both of them have the opportunity to see Seelon at least once.

-) Risa Sawamatsu and her siblings

Risa is a transfer student, and she has two little sisters (episode 7). I cannot say much about these siblings, because they only appear once, and Risa’s little sisters are just minor characters here. But since this article is about siblings, I feel that I have to include them as well. They are actually the most unique and interesting siblings among all, because they are the only one with three siblings. Looking at the broken picture frame below, it seems that they are a happy family, and the three sisters seem to be close to one another.

That is all for today. If I miss anything, I will update this article in the future. Thank you for visiting as always.

Picture Credits: Kamen Yaiba’s Tokusatsu Blog (pictures 1, 2, 4, 5), Aajinseiyo Blog (picture 3).

Misa Yamaguchi

Hi, everyone. It’s been a while, how are you doing? For today’s article, instead of the five rangers, I thought I would focus on their teacher, Misa Yamaguchi, instead. So, what kind of person and teacher Misa Yamaguchi is? Well, without further ado, let’s get to it.

-) As a teacher, Misa can be both funny (episode 1) and responsible (episode 3). She welcomes Youhei’s jokes with an open heart and even goes along with it (episode 16), but anytime his jokes have crossed the line, she will not hesitate to punish him either (episode 7, episode 13, episode 16).

-) Misa likes to meddle, even though her reason is mostly because she cares so much about her students. This personality of her, however, often leads her into troubles, and she often becomes a victim of the Boma Beasts as well (episode 3, episode 12, episode 36, episode 46).

-) Misa was an honor student when she was in elementary school (episode 16). This is probably the reason why she becomes a teacher.

-) Misa cares so much about her students. She has a list of her students, along with their photos and personalities, on her wall (episode 16). She also cares about Hikaru, despite of him being rude to her (episode 21). Finally, she also comes to encourage the Turborangers on their final battle (episode 50).

-) Misa’s first love is actually her own student, Hama Youhei (episode 16), and her current crush seems to be Dr. Dazai (episode 3, episode 12, episode 46, episode 50). Even if her crush is not Dr. Dazai (it is obvious that her crush is Dr. Dazai, though), we can tell that she does have a crush, because she becomes a victim of Tameiki Boma (episode 12).

-) Misa seems to be interested in Japanese traditional sports, such as sumo, because she seems to be very knowledgable about it (episode 20).

-) Misa can be persuasive sometimes, and she will not take no for an answer. For instance, she will not stop nagging Hikaru until he agrees to fight Sumo Boma (episode 20), though this role is finally passed on to Daichi.

-) Misa has a little sister named Mika, who cares so much about her (episode 36).

-) Misa is one of the non-Turborangers who gets to see Seelon before she leaves at the end of the story (episode 50).

Anyway, that is all for today. If I miss anything, I will update this article in the future. Also, in case you have not noticed, I have written articles like this before for the five rangers. Here are the links if you want to check them out: Riki, Daichi, Youhei, Shunsuke, Haruna.

Thank you for visiting, and see you again next time!

Picture Credits: Kamen Yaiba’s Tokusatsu Blog.

Relationship in Turboranger

Hi, everyone. Today, I would like to talk about my favorite relationships in Turboranger. Needless to say, my absolute favorite relationship is that of Youhei and Haruna. This relationship may not actually happen in the series, but I do ship them, so I will include it here.

• Youhei and Haruna

As I said, I do ship them, and I want them to end up together. I have written about Youhei’s and Haruna’s relationship many times, so I will not go into detail here, but it is still worth mentioning that this is my number one favorite relationship in Turboranger.

• Youhei and Shunsuke

I am not going to go into detail for this one either, because I wrote about the friendship between Youhei and Shunsuke before, but I do want to mention that I love their friendship.

• Dr. Dazai and Seelon

This relationship may sound strange, because one of them is an old inventor, while the other is a tiny fairy, but I still think the relationship between Dr. Dazai and Seelon is very sweet. I do not know how they met each other for the first time (they should have made an extra story about this), but we know that Dr. Dazai cares about Seelon so much that he even makes a toy castle filled with furniture for Seelon to live in. He even agrees to work together with Seelon and make all the Turborangers’ vehicles and weapons, despite his inability to see Seelon with naked eyes. If I were him, I would probably think twice before I get involved in this dangerous war.

I will describe the relationship between Dr. Dazai and Seelon as something special. It is not quite a relationship between father and daughter, but it is pretty close. We can also say that they are good friends and close companions. I will probably talk about their relationship more in the future, because it gets quite lengthy, and there are still more things I want to talk about them.

• Shunsuke and Yumi

Shunsuke is Yumi’s senior, and Yumi is Shunsuke’s junior. It seems that Shunsuke finds Yumi by accident, when he listens to Yumi’s flute during her practice. The relationship between them does not continue in the series, sadly, but I sure hope that Shunsuke will end up with Yumi in the future, because I think they will make a cute couple.

• Daisuke and Kuro

The relationship between owner and his pet. I love animals, so I have to mention this relationship at least once, and in Turboranger, this relationship is seen the most between Daisuke and Kuro. Even though they only appear in one episode, from this episode alone, we can tell how much Daisuke cares about Kuro. He is very upset when Kuro gets hypnotized, and he is the one who breaks Kuro’s spell. I am sure that Kuro is also happy to have Daisuke as his owner.

• Kashim and Kirika’s mother

As I mentioned previously, “Beauty and the Beast” is probably the most romantic fairy tale ever made, because it is not often that we can see a beautiful woman falling in love with a “beast,” and this is exactly the case here. Remember, Kashim is actually Kimen Boma, but Kirika’s mother can see beyond that and fall in love with him anyway. How romantic is that?

So, those are my favorite relationships in Turboranger. If I miss any, I will update this article in the future. I did not mention the relationships between Dr. Dazai and Ms. Yamaguchi, Yamimaru and Kirika, or Jinba and Jamin on purpose, because these are not my favorite relationships. Nonetheless, I might talk about them in different articles someday.

Picture Credits: I found the pictures on the Internet.