Awesome / Kishiryu Sentai Ryusoulger

The 6 Ryusoulgers in armor with all their allied Kishiryu in tow for the final battle.

In General

• The suit work of the Kishiryu is simply phenomenal since not only does the suit look like a proper mech, but it also gives the suit actor enough movement to do impressive stunts which in previous Sentai were impossible since their mecha suits are to bulky or heavy to pull them off which forces the production team to use CGI instead for such stunts.
• The fact that the Ryusoulgers can still fight against the giant Minosaur even without their mechs through their usage of Souls or advice to the Ryusoulger piloting the Humongous Mecha.

Series

Episode 1: Que Boom!! Ryusoulger

• The first battle where Ryusoul Red & Master Red battle it out against the Drunn soldiers. It's epic, to say the least.
  • Koh actually leaps onto the back of a Drunn soldier, slashing down others from on top, before expertly & bravely parrying continuous spear thrusts from the Drunn soldiers on the ground, then making an epic comeback by doing a daring rollout in the air.
  • Koh strikes the camera so hard it cracks.
  • Ryusoul Red's Dino Slash finisher. From the massive Tyramigo energy manifestation gathering into Koh's sword, to the giant Tyrannosaurus head chomping down forcefully on the Drunn soldiers, causing a spectacular triangular explosion around Koh from all the annihilated soldiers.
• One for the villains: on the first day of their full fledged return, they sought out the temple in the Ryusoulger's village to take its power, then threw a giant Minosaur at the village in a double pincer maneuver, keeping the Ryusoulgers divided. Then, when they ransacked the temple, they depowered the Ryusoulgers, locking them out of their ranger forms, which ultimately results in the deaths of the Masters. Ultimately if it hadn't been for the Masters giving their souls to their pupils allowing them to transform and the appearance of the Kishiryu they would have won right there.
  • Master Red's sacrifice was particularly bittersweet, as he used Koh's RyuSword with the Hard RyuSoul to protect his student from Tankjo's attack. Then when Tankjoh tries to kill Koh again, Master Red blasts Tankjo to the other side of the room, then gives Koh his soul, powering up Koh's RyuSoul back into action.
• RyuSoul Pink’s roll call has her outright smashing the earth before announcing herself, already differentiating herself from other Pink Rangers and showing off her Super-Strength.
• KishiryuOh Three Knights' debut, rising from within of the temple in a haze of fire and rubble.
  • The ensuing fight is a sight to behold, as Three Knights charged into battle in a dead sprint, a rare sight in mech battles, and showing just how much freedom the suit allows the actor to move. The large amount of practical effects are also very impressive; there's hardly a CG explosion in sight!
  • All of KishiryuOh Three Knights' cool badassery moves, from the drills on the shoulders automatically shifting to the knees so it can slam it into the Minusaur's face, to the Knight Sword shifting to its right knee so that a kick from it slices off the Minusaur's tail.
  • Lastly, who could forget that KishiryuOh Final Blade was so powerful that the Minosaur was hurled into the air before exploding into nonexistence?

Episode 2: Souls as One

• We get a "ranger VS giant monster" fight, a rarity in the franchise. Although they clearly have trouble, Asuna and Melto actually managed to barely hold off the Unicorn Minosaur, until Tyramigo comes at the right time.
• Remember the scene in the trailer where KishiryuOh jumps over a bridge while running? It's in this episode!

Episode 3: Cursed Gaze

• Asuna convincing Ui to not jump of the cliff.
• The transformation sequence of KishiRyuOh Three Knights.

Episode 4: Dragon and Tiger!! Fastest Battle

• Koh and Towa's idea of playing with the Kraken Minosaur to lure it to the cavern holding TigerLance. Once freed came the debut of KishiRyuOh TigerLance, with its phenomenal speed and slashes finishing the Minosaur.

Episode 5: Guard Dog of Hell

• Bamba finishing off the Cerberus Minusaur by himself.
• When Tankjoh finishes off Three Knights. Mirneedle comes in and interupts his attack. Mirneedle then joins Three Knights' formation to form KishiryuOh Mirneedle whose power was enough to overpower Tankjoh and nearly kill him.

Episode 6: Tankjoh Strikes Back

• The Team Roll-Call of the five Ryusoulgers finally united.
• The debut of KishiryuOh Five Knights also deserves a mention due it's badassery to overwhelm Tankjoh and Cerberus Minusaur.
  • When Cerberus Minusaur leapt out behind it, all it took for Five Knights to destroy it was simply impale it on the Knight Lance without looking back.
  • Five Knights Ultimate Slash and KishiryuOh Final Cannon, both for how awesome the attacks are and the fact that it took both of them to put Tankjoh down for good.

Episode 7: Princess of Cepeus

• Cardena helping the Ryusoulgers by singing her melody to undo Wiserue's brainwashing of the children.

Episode 8: The Miraculous Singing Voice

• The Ryusoulgers' solution to save Cardena and Fita without sacrificing their Kishiryu. They let eat Tyramigo eat the crystal and when he explodes after forming Five Knights. They reveal that the Kishiryu that exploded was just a clone created through the Dupli Soul and to make it even better this was inspired by Wiserue's usage of clones in their fight earlier.
• Just right as KishiRyuOh Five Knights finishes the Cockatrice Minosaur, Towa manages to swiftly rescue Fita and escape the Minosaur.

Episode 9: The Suspicious Treasure Chest

• Melto showing his skills as The Smart Guy of the team by not only creating a battle strategy to destroy 2 Minusarus simultaneously in both normal and giant fights, but also figuring out on how to escape Wonder Land by pin pointing the location of the keyhole through mathematics.

Episode 10: Invincible Counter

• Asuna manages to save the Victim of the Week after he topples over an edge as Wiserue mocks her with her Super-Strength and then proceeds to unleash a vicious beatdown on his Mooks, causing Wiserue to retreat in fear.
  Asuna: (voice quivering with barely contained fury) Seeing you toy with someone and mock them like that... No matter what... No matter what, you're gonna pay!

Episode 11: The Quiz King of Flames

• DimeVolcano telling the other Ryusoulgers to move out of the way as he breathes fire at Wiserue, causing him to burn and scream in pain.
• Ryusoul Red using MeraMera Soul to free Haruto and take out some Drunn Soldiers.

Episode 12: Scorching Illusion

• KishiryuOh DimeVolcano's debut and after overcoming the Shen Minosaur's illusions, finishes him off with the Volcano Slash.
• Gaisoulg's debut in this series up against Wiserue, nearly overpowering him.

Episode 13: The Prime Minister is of the Ryusoul Tribe!?

• Asuna's luck once again after tripping with the helium landing on the Mummy Minosaur.

Episode 14: The Golden Knight

• The long awaited debut of RyusoulGold and he shows his strength by destroying a Minusaur with ease with just a few blasts from his Mosabreaker.

Episode 15: King of the Deep Sea

• MosaRex and the way he splashed out of the water to save Oto by catching her into his mouth.

Episode 16: Hope Sinks into the Sea

• Koh and Canalo teaming up against Gachireus in a Curb-Stomp Battle using their respective elemental KyoRyuSoul along with their finishers combined making Gachireus turned into an amber. This then turns into a one for Gachireus, because he anticipated that they would attack his supposed weakpoint which later turns out to just make him stronger.
• The Debut of KishiRyuNeptune due to it's underwater mecha fight with Gachireus and accompanied with Gold's Leitmotif "Golden Partner" sang by none other than Hideaki Takatori who sang the opening of Ninpuu Sentai Hurricaneger.

Episode 17: The Captive Warrior

• MosaRex revealing he wasn't brainwashed by Wiserue, thus making him the first mech to pull a Not Brainwashed gambit. Then Bamba walks in with DimeVolcano who helps freeing MosaRex. They then combine into SpinoThunder and help KishiryuOh TigerLance defeat the Minosaur.

Episode 18: Great Pinch! Transformation Impossible!

• The dynamics and style of the transformation sequence, even when placed as pairs.
• The debut of Gigant KishiryuOh, ending with the Gigant Double Bite finishing off the Golem Minosaur.

Episode 19: Advancing Tyramigo

• Melto and Tyramigo being able to cooperate and thwart Kleon and the Arachne Minosaur's plan, thus freeing the other Ryusoulgers and the other captives.

Episode 20: The Greatest Artist

• Melto giving Towa a lesson in that he shouldn't rely too much on his speed by putting him in corner which the latter didn't even notice till the end of their sparring match.
• Towa nearly driven by despair and rather shaken that not only is he the last Ryusoulger remaining, but his speed also wouldn't help that much. Gets visited by GaiSoulg who gives him advice on how to turn his weakness into his strength. This actually allows Towa to make a plan to save the other Ryusoulgers. He does this by attacking the giant Wiserue created by the Minusaur without transforming and uses the Minosaur to draw keys to get everyone free from their cage after noticing that Wiserue drew locks on them.

Episode 21: Light and Dark Kishiryu

• The Ryusoulgers continuously using the PukupukuSoul on Tankjo, who repeatedly dodges each of their strikes until he finds out that they were inflating the buildings to surround him and have ShadowRaptor's ability to suck him in.
• ShineRaptor using her powers to undo the damaged wasted onto the city caused by Tankjo.

Episode 22: The Life of the Dead!?

• KishiryuOh CosmoRaptor's debut, which allows Koh to safely travel to the world of the dead to defeat the Minusaur.
• Asuna being the one to finish of Tankjo with the help of the other 4 Ryusoulgers.

Episode 23: Phantom Ryusoul

• Koh's constructive criticism towards Canalo on how to get a bride through natural means and honesty and not through mere wishing.
  Canalo: Curse you and your logic.
• Melto singlehandedly fought Wiserue using the HayaSoul to get the KanaeSoul back, prompting the villain to flee to avoid defeat.

Episode 24: Love Karate Dojo

• Canalo mastering the training technique on the other Ryusoulgers and then used it to finish off the Dwarf Minosaur.
• At the end of the episode, not pleased with Canalo's dumbfounded ignorance and him dashing her hopes, Oto performs what may be a Rider Kick at him.

Episode 25: Dancing Kleon

• The visual Cyberspace effects during the battle between Koh in KishiryuOh CosmoRaptor and the Grim Reaper Minosaur.
• The 5 other Ryusoulgers taking down Wiserue to free all the other souls the Minosaur captured.

Episode 27: The Unbeatable, Unrivaled Fists

• Koh's determination to bring Chibigaroo back, even if it means sacrificing himself for it.
• Smash Soul's power is so strong, it allows even a more thinking/strategy-based fighter like Melto to overpower Gachireus.
• At least one of KishiryuOh Pachygaroo's fists is powered by what appears to be a rocket booster.

Episode 28: Micro Attack and Defense

• After all the pain she's been through most of the episode, Asuna gets one by using the DoshinSoul inside KishiryuOh Pachygaroo against the Beelzebub Minosaur and finishing him off.

Episode 29: Canalo's Marriage

• Canalo, after deciding to still be a Ryusoulger, trouncing against Gachireus and easily taking him down.
• Towa and Bamba defeating Gaisoulg, revealing him to be Nada.

Episode 30: Overthrow! High Spec

• Canalo slapping Atsushi and adamantly telling him the advice he got from Ms. Saionji that the lack of consideration of a partner's feelings and his Never My Fault attitude is how he doesn't have a wife and states that with enough consideration and respect for a female is how he would get his partner.
• The Ryusoulgers, with Gaisoulg's assistance, finish off the Dullahan Minosaur before it could ever enlarge.

Episode 31: Melody From the Sky

• Koh going shirtless in his fight against Gaisoulg.
• The debut of Ryusoul Red HieHieSoul.
• After Wiserue attacks Oto off the building, her scream was enough for Pii-tan to hatch into Pterardon and save her.
• The debut of YokuRyuOh, complete with a snowy background and eventually finishing off the Fairy Minosaur.

Episode 32: When the Rain of Hatred Ceases

• Bamba and the others holding off long enough to get Gaisoulg's curse out of Nada, and even with parts of the armor now on Koh, he joins in on the others to extract the curse from both of them.
• The debuts of Ptyramigo and with Pachygaroo and Chibigaroo included in the fray, KishiryuOh Jet. Within a cloudy background, it then finishes of the Jack-o'-lantern Minosaur in mere minutes.

Episode 33: A New Assassin

• The debut of Max Ryusoul Red, an upgrade which allows Koh to combine all the powers of Ryusouls and KyoRyusouls. This makes him no Minosaurs can stand in his way.
• The first shot of Koh going into Unstoppable Rage mode is pure art.

Episode 34: The Space Dragon Appears!

• A villainous example: Pricious get two for using cards on Wiserue and Gachireus and getting them into submission by crushing them if they don't obey him as well as using the same card depicting the Everlasting Claw and countering Max Ryusoul Red with it.

Episode 35: The Greatest Battle on Earth

• Koh being able to dodge Master Red's attack and then performing his own finisher to defeat him and complete his trial. He then uses the same maneuver when fighting Pricious and is able to trounce him for a change.
• King KishiRyuOh's debut, being able to defeat the already disastrous Space Dragon without causing collateral damage as DimeVolcano told Canalo about.

Episode 36: Super Speedy Bodyguard

• Wiserue attempting to use the Sylph Minosaur and its speed to get the card containing his heart back from Pricious. Unfortunately, Pricious anticipated this and the card the Minosaur got was blank while revealing to him of the actual heart card and leaves, leaving Wiserue dejected again.
• Towa gets two moments of this:
  • Even after Saki gets tormented by Kleon, with the Sylph Minosaur growing, while getting pulverized by Drunn Soldiers and still without his RyuSoul, Towa eventually edges out and once he got his item back and was able to transform again, he uses his speed to take down the combatmen and giving Kleon a well deserved beatdown in what looks like a Rider Kick down the slide after what they did throughout episode.
  • Towa later entered King KishiRyuOh with Koh and Canalo and used his super speed to defeat the Sylph Minosaur. Also helping his case is that Towa is the one commanding the attacks and the finisher.

Episode 37: Birth! The Greatest Tag Team

• Melto's idea of preventing the Gnome Minosaur from tracking them through its senses of any RyuSouls: using the FueSoul to replicate the activation announcements of random Souls to puzzle the Minosaur, filled with some sound visuals.
• 3 words: Koh riding Tyramigo.

Episode 38: Temple in the Sky

• Koh and Canalo going through iterations of the speaking Kishiryu and passing.
• Koh and Canalo refusing to end one another to get the Ryusoul Calibur, claiming how wrong that is and even with different perspectives that their souls are one. The Calibur then shined, allowing both of them to pull it out together.
• The debuts of both Noblesse Ryusoul Red and Ryusoul Gold, taking down Gachireus and the Drunn Soldiers with projections of their Kishiryu in both Extreme and Ultimate Dino Slash. In the end, Max Ryusoul Red and Noblesse Ryusoul Gold managed to slay the Charybdis Minosaur without being inside their Kishiryu.

Episode 39: Stolen Holy Night

• Asuna standing her own against some Drunn Soldiers after they exchanged away her cakes.
• Ryusoul Blue DoshinSoul, Ryusoul Black MeraMeraSoul, and Noblesse Ryusoul Gold managing to finish the Wizard Minosaur in an epic manner before it could ever enlarge.
• Pricious gets one for sealing Gachireus' fate after the latter forced Kleon to attempt to slime the other captured Santa dressed captives for more Minosaurs. Upon enlarging from being crystalized, Gachireus then easily gets trounced by King KishiRyuOh with Canalo commenting that he would never wanna experience him ever again. As he explodes from colliding into asteroids, Pricious' heart card of him melts, signifying his permanent death and thus Gachireus would not be missed.

Episode 44: Tested Bonds

• Melto's plan on saving Oto by telling Saden that they'll give the Ryusoul Calibur to him, even silencing Bamba by saying Koh's name, only for him to use the MeraMeraSoul to ensure Oto's freedom while the others transform to fend off the Drunn Soldiers.
• Pii-tan considers Naohisa's advice to him and gains enough courage to join the mecha fight and save Asuna. Even better is that Oto's piloting him and when they along with Koh piloting KishiryuOh DimeVolcano fend off against Yabasword, the latter tumbles back to normal size, causing Pricious' group to retreat.

Episode 45: Get Your Heart Back

• Koh successfully fooling Pricious by disguising himself as Saden to claim Master Black's heart back.
• The epic roll call and ensuing fight against Gunjoji and Yabasword from the Ryusoulgers.

Episode 46: Noble Kishiryu

• Melto, Towa, Bamba, and Canalo finally finishing off Gunjoji.
• Seto's transformation into Ryusoul Brown.
• The Ryusoulgers finally defeating Pricious and making sure he doesn't regenerate fast enough.

Episode 47: Between Happiness & Despair

• The transformation sequence, resulting Armors used, and the Kishiryu arriving as prepare for the final battle against Eras.

Final Episode: The Will Of The Earth

• The shot of the 3 Kishiryu Giants against Eras.
• The final transformation sequence and battle involving 5 of the Ryusoulgers against Eras avenging Koh.
• Due to the weak point Koh struck at Eras, the others finally managed to finish her off.

Ryusoulger VS Lupinranger VS Patranger

• As usual, the unified front between teams is a spectacle to behold, but in this case, all three teams are constantly switching weapons with one another, mainly the VS Rangers with the closest Ryusoulger analog. In addition, the Lupinrangers are handing over their Dial Fighters to Koh, Melto, and Asuna. Once the teams are assembled once more, Noel hands over Lupin Souls to the three mentioned above to transform into copies of the Lupinrangers. The use, it gives them their own dial fighters on top of the ones they were given to open Ganima's Status Quintuple Gold safes to free the previously captured Kishiryu.
  • In addition, during the fights, we get to see something we don't usually see, Super Lupin Yellow and Super Patren 2gou. It's nice to see as Noel and the Reds were the only ones to use the power ups during their season proper. There's also a small funny moment with Super Patren 2gou where he underestimates the recoil on the canons and when trying to throw the Siren Striker onto Towa, Super Ryusoul Green just buckles under the weight of it.
  • Another nice thing to see is the better utility of the Crane and Drill Trigger Machines. The criticism of the Keisatsu Boost of the Crane and Drill is that it's highly impractical forcing the user to stand still, but when used with Asuna, what was once just a wired attack is now a violent wrecking ball.
• Before this comes their combined pre-battle catchphrase; starting from Kairi, followed by Keiichiro, and ending with Koh and the Ryusoulgers:
  Lupin Red: "Be warned..."
  PatRen 1gou: "...by the power vested in us by the Global Police..."
  Ryusoul Red: "...we will show you..."
  Other Ryusoulgers: "...a knight's chivalry!"

Kishiryu Sentai Ryusoulger: The Legacy of the Master’s Soul

• Masters Red, Blue, and Pink use the Ryusoul Changers to transform, way before Koh, Melto and Asuna did.
• The final fight between the Minosaur and the Master Ryusoulgers is epic. We see how they team up against the mosnter and attack it each time.

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