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Just because this Sentai season is Denser and Wackier doesn't mean it's free from spine-chilling moments.

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    No. 3-kai! The Seriously Anxious Witch-kai! 
  • The ice made by the Wald causes someone to lose control of their car and then crash into something, causing an explosion.

    No. 4 Kai! The Trembling Huge Busybody-kai! 
  • One of the people Boxing Wald incited to go on a rampage is a surgeon. IN FULL WORKING OUTFIT.
  • A few fans pointed out that seeing ZenkaiVroon's head being visibly positioned as the ankle of ZenkaiOh due to Kibbles and Bits felt like a case of Unintentional Uncanny Valley.

    No. 10-kai! The Skies are Blue, Be It Day or Night-kai! 
  • Mahiru Wald's Endless Daytime powers cause the whole of Japan to not get any sleep as a result. While some mild consequences end up happening, like the elementary school kids not being let out or an office's technology being wrecked by some unfortunately placed drinks; one of the most severe is when an exhausted truck driver crashes into a car when he wasn't looking. Exactly what happened the camera doesn't show, but it doesn't seem to be good.
  • Zocks's battle with Mahiru Wald produces quite a bit of rubble that very nearly crushes some nearby civilians, with those civilians only being saved by the Zenkaigers at the very last minute.

    No. 13-kai! The Attempt at Recycling Once Again-kai! 
  • Zocks going after the recycled Kudack-humans, only caring about getting the Tojiru Gears on their person. It gets to the point where Zocks is fully willing to shoot to kill if it means getting their Gears, nearly succeeding if it wasn't for Gaon's intervention.

    No. 17-kai! The Anxiously Mumbling Occult Club-kai! 
  • An angry Magine is downright terrifying. Forced to abandon her plans with her occult club twice due to Toumei Wald's machinations (and assuming he was disappointingly the cause of their "supernatural" sightings to begin with), she outright intends on cursing the Wald to death. As such, during their encounter in the second fight against him she themes her powers around curses and uses the hammer-and-nail Ushi no Toki Mairi curse to weed out the invisible Kudacks, all while letting off an Evil Laugh.
    • And then there's the way she delivers the one-liner afterwards, turning slowly to the camera.
      Magine: I found you.
    • Even Secchan is teriffied from the base.
    • Magine's roll call section in this episode is downright unpleasant. Without warning, the roll call shifts from Gaon's bright colours to a dark background with lightning going off, as Magine looks at the camera with her eyes glowing a bright green. She even gives a different phrase in a very creepy monotone.
      Magine: Cursed Power... Zenkai Magine...
  • Although it's Played for Laughs at the very end, the ghost that kicked off the episode's entire plot decided to haunt Juran.

    No. 19-kai! The Renewed Zenkai, is a Super Zenkai! 
  • Stacey finds out that Kaito's parents have been held prisoner in a state of stasis for some time, and can only be activated by a certain password. Once they've been activated thanks to Stacey's imitation of Kaito, the image of them opening their eyes goes straight into the Uncanny Valley.

    No. 32-kai! The Topsy-Turvy Tantrum! Are You a Monkey-kai? 
  • Kaito!Stacy finds out that the Tozitend keep dissenting Kikanoids in prison at the palace. When we see them, they look utterly battered and defeated, clearly used to the Tozitend's abuses. It's not until Kaito forms a plan to break them out that they are able to see the light of day.
  • The ending shot of the episode sees that the world that the Tozitend live in is a Crapsack World incarnate. Stacy can only look at the ruined world in subdued anger.

    No. 36-kai! The Surprising Prank-fest's Great Kidnapping-kai! 
  • In a bit of shock horror, Bikkuribako Wald's true face (a clown face with a malicious grin) is a surprisingly effective Nightmare Face straight out of a horror flick.
    • Additionally, his pranks starts out pretty tame: a clown coming out of a box, confetti and streamers bursting out of bottles, flowers coming out of the Geartlinger... But once he shows his true face, the traps involves sawblades, lances, spikes, explosive, flame jets, and way more nasties.
  • Even ignoring how they ended up tickling Bikkuribako Wald in order to force him to call Hakaizer for backup, the fact that Zocks, Flint, Cutanner and Ricky essentially kidnapped someone and held him hostage so they could attempt to save Hakaizer from the Tozitend's influence was very immoral, even by their standards. It was obvious why they decided to do it behind Kaito's back as well.
    • To put it in context, Bikkuribako Wald was chained up and suspended over a bed of spikes, and to prove he wasn't bluffing, Zocks let out a few warning shots at point blank range.
      Bikkuribako Wald: Stop it! Let me go!
      Zocks: Quit squirming and call Hakaizer already.
      [...]
      Bikkuribako Wald: I can’t anyway! Hakaizer is under Professor Ijirude’s-
      Zocks: Did I ask for excuses?! You call him, or you don't. Better pick one.
    • And while Flint was at least a little concerned at doing all this without Kaito knowing, Cutanner and Ricky are more than eager to go along with his plan, admiring how "cool and hardcore" Zocks is after firing some warning shots at Bikkuribako Wald.

    No. 38-kai! The Ancestors are Here! Behold the Spirit World-kai! 
  • Bon Wald's ability is to simply bring the deceased ancestors back to life. This results in a lot of heartwarming moments... until he levels up, which allows him to brainwash them into attacking their children and grandchildren. Three particular cases really hammers how bad this is:
    • Mr. Ta has his grandfather try to force his hand on a hot Takoyaki pan.
    • The grandmother hitting her grandson in the graveyard.
    • Juran's great-grandfather, Sanjo, hitting him over and over with his cane.
    • Pillart Goldtsuiker instantly turns his sword on his grandchildrens, with Zocks barely making it in time to stop Flint, Cutanner, and Ricky from losing their head.
    • And the worst of all: Stacy's mother Lise, the kindest and most overprotective spirit that Bon Wald materializes, draws a knife on her son and has the unnatural ability of Offscreen Teleportation. Had it not been for Kaito and Hakaizer arriving right on time, Stacy's life would have been ended by the hands of the person he loved the most.

    No. 40-kai! The One-shot Off-chance Dad Rescue-kai! 
  • HaKaiJuOh's debut has it show up and level several buildings in one shot of its laser cannons. We then get to see the lovely sight of civilians panicking as rubble comes crashing down around them, which is soon followed by the Zenkaigers arriving to a scene of utter chaos with the street in ruins and injured civilians being carted off in ambulances. This all goes to show that HaKaiJuOh is possibly the gravest threat yet faced by our heroes.

    No. 42-kai! The Mew Hero Appears! A Covert Kotatsu Meeting-kai! 
  • Gege pulling a Grand Theft Me on Stacey. And his dialogue implies this isn’t the first time he’s done this.

    No. 45-kai! The Worst Luck Ever Could Only Be Super Bad-kai?! 
  • We witness the destruction of an entire world on-screen.
    • And whoever is possessing Stacy previously has been possessing Gege, and call himself the Creator of all those Worlds, being a God in a sense.

    No. 48-kai! The Heavens' Judgement, Fall of the Dynasty-kai! 
  • The Tozitend is defeated, Boccowaus is history, everything is fine, every world denizen is in their own world... and then the Toziru Gear System activates simultaneously in every world, sealing all of them in Toziru Gears. And the worst part of it all? The Creator is not only the one responsible for it, but he is possessing Kaito at the moment.

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