The Dairangers race against time to save Kou, with Shadam deciding to execute Akomaru as he learns the truth.
Tropes
- All for Nothing: As Shadam executes Akomaru, he tells his son that Kaku's new truce with the Gorma nullifies the need to add Kiba Ranger to their side.
- Bittersweet Ending: Kou is purged of his Gorma blood, but loses his mother and the brother he never knew as the two spend their final moments together. Furthermore, Kaku's new truce with Gorma XV to have Daijinryu leave requires the Dairangers to disband.
- Behemoth Battle: Dairenoh vs. Won Tiger and Ikazuchi
- Christmas Episode: The final minutes of the episode.
- From Bad to Worse: Kiba Ranger joins Akomaru in fighting the Dairangers, causing Daijinryu.
- Heroic Sacrifice: Kou's Mother sacrifices herself so Kou can escape a cave-in, only for her other son Akomaru to join her in death.
- Internal Reveal: Akomaru learns Kou is his younger twin brother.
- Mommy Had A Good Reason For Abandoning You: Kou's Mother reveals why she abandoned Akomaru.
- Public Domain: "Silent Night"
- The Reveal:
- Kou's mother escaped Shadam with Kou because of Gorma tradition where the younger twin must be killed.
- The deal Kaku, revealed to be a Gorma defector, made requires the Dairangers to disband and for him to return to the Gorma.
- Tragic Keepsake: Kou has his mother's ring.
- Tragic Villain: Akomaru.
- Villainous Breakdown: Akomaru gets a nervous breakdown over learning his relationship to Kou, leaving him open to be killed by Shadam.
- Wham Episode: Akomaru and Kou's Mother die, and Kaku is revealed to be Gorma commander who returned to fold as part of his arrangement with Gorma XV.
