Recap / Mashin Sentai Kiramager Ep 22 Are You Prepared The Witch Is There

Are You Prepared? The Witch is There!

Original Airdate: September 6, 2020
Written by: Naruhisa Arakawa
Directed by: Koichi Sakamoto

Summary:

With Mabushina's curse acting up, leaving the Kiramagers with little time, they devise a plan to revive the rusted Aqua Kiramai Stone in the hopes of curing her.

Tropes:

• Bad "Bad Acting": Juru tries to awkwardly convince Numajo that he's a servant...while still transformed. She sees instantly through it.
• Bait-and-Switch: After the Motorboat Basra is defeated, Takamichi wakes up to Muryou telling him that Mabushina is not with them... because she's in the infirmary, visiting her injured brother.
• Butterfly of Doom: Discussed by the Kiramagers before enacting their Time Travel plan.
• Chekhov's Gun:
  • Juru uses Shiguru's whip sword from last episode to unsuccessfully grab Numajo's cup.
  • The shark that was mentioned in the beginning of Episode 21 is used here as inspiration for Mashin Zabyun.
• Dressing as the Enemy: Tametomo and Sena attempt to buy time for Juru to enact The Plan by dressing up as Bechats and distracting the Crystalian royals.
• Evil Smells Bad: Numajo's venom apparently really stinks, if the characters heaving at its smell are any indication.
• Indy Ploy: Juru, unable to steal Numajo's cup, decides to steal a sample of her venom directly instead by goading her into attacking him with her venom.
• Mythology Gag: Sena and Tametomo's first appearance against the Crystalian royals has them announcing themselves in a fashion not unlike the Gorengers. Cameras zooming in and all.
• No Longer with Us: When Takamichi awakened in his ward, Muryo tells him that Mabushina is "no longer here", causing Takamichi to be depressed until his little brother added that its becayse she's on his way to visit Takamichi's ward.
• Paper-Thin Disguise: Tametomo and Senas’ disguises are… not convincing. The Queen almost sees through their act when they talk.
  • Juru tries to butter up to Numajo by posing as a servant… by changing nothing about his appearance. But it’s rendered moot, as she can sense his Kiramental.
• The Plan: Juru, Tametomo and Sena attempt to go back in time to steal a cup from Numajo in order to use her venom to cleanse the Aqua Kiramai Stone and allow it to remove the curse on Mabushina.
• Pop-Culture Pun Episode Title: The episode title is one to the 2018 dorama and movie Are You Ready? Hey You Girl! (覚悟はいいかそこの女子/ Kakugo wa Iika Soko no Joshi).