Act 3: An Extermination Skill Contest
Chiaki learns the stakes.
"Takeru! No…Lord. Please let me fight with you once again!"
— Chiaki
The Gallant Appearance of the Five Samurai (伊達姿五侍, Date Sugata Go Samurai) is the 1st episode for the season Samurai Sentai Shinkenger.
Takeru Shiba, the 18th head of the Shiba Clan, must gather together his four retainers to become Shinkenger to face against the return of the [[{{Youkai Gedōshū}}]] and their leader Chimatsuri Dōkoku.
Tropes:
- A Day in the Limelight: Chiaki takes the stage.
- Always Someone Better: Chiaki feels inferior towards Takeru.
- Fat and Skinny: Chiaki’s friends Koji and Masa count.
- Fat Best Friend: Masa is this to Koji and Chiaki.
- Flaw Exploitation: Shinken Green runs around and gets Rokuroneri’s stretched arms wrapped pillars.
- Killing Intent: Rokuroneri gives off this and its allows Shinken Green and Red to sense his arms underground.
- On the Next: Ryūnosuke and Mako take the stage!Narrator: Going forth!
- Rubber Man: Rokuroneri.
- Shirtless Scene: Chiaki gets one when he is being patched up.
- Social Circle Filler: Koji and Masa exist to remind the audience that Chiaki used to be a Ordinary High-School Student.
- Smug Snake: Rokuroneri is extremely arrogant.
- Those Two Guys: Koji and Masa count.
- Transformation Sequence: Chiaki gets a unique one this episode.
