GekiRanger picspam/summary ep. 7-9 -- SO MUCH HET
I need a GekiRanger icon or something, 'cause these picspam summary things are apparently going to become a regular thing.
I hereby dub episodes seven through nine 'The Het OTP Saga'. For real, those three episodes have four het OTPs of varying degrees of completely canon and of course my crack OTP, also het. Geki =/= slash, apparently.
Warning: Image-heavy, spoilerish, unnecessarily long, and very, very flaily. *dons tinhat*
Meet Natsume.
Say it with me, everyone. "Hiiii, Natsume~" Right. She's Miki's daughter. (I don't think I've actually mentioned Miki yet, FAIL. She comes up later, so I'll explain then.) She is also half of an OTP. May I direct your attention to Jan... (What? They're so canon. More proof in the next episode, promise.)
Anyway, nonsequitur fighting.
Yes, the bad guys are dancing. To Kanfuu Fighting, it appears. So the GekiRangers have to learn to dance in unison to defeat their enemies. IDK. I don't exactly watch this show expecting a coherent plot.
Here's the Gekis around the time they stop failing completely at dancing. I wanted to get screenshots of them failing epically, but it was kind of a tricky scene to screenshot.
Remember earlier I mentioned Miki? She's kind of a senpai to the Gekis, helps them with their training and stuff. Here she is, kicking ass and taking names to protect Natsume. *cheers*
Again, tricky scene to screenshot, but I did my best.
The Geki trio, dancefighting. (If there's one thing I love more than dancefighting, of course, it's angry dance offs, but not every series can have those unfortunately.)
Oh look, creepy bug villain completely canon het OTP. Excuse me while I go vomit... Mele's expression = utter win.
So remember how I said Jan + Natsume = tru luff forevah?
This is Natsume feeding Jan. (Freakishly enough, plot point alert.) Then the GekiRangers get a new weapon.
The Geki Bazooka!
...I wish I was making this up.
Jan's reaction: "YAY STUFF THAT SHOOTS OTHER STUFF!"
Ran's reaction: "...Eh?"
Retsu's reaction: Beyond words.
... *skin crawls*
I just wanted to point out that Retsu kinda has to shove Ran out of the way to get to where he needs to be to deliver his line properly. *shrugs* I lol'd. They actually become totally OTP in about thirty seconds.
Let's check in on the bad guy OTP!
*skin crawls*
*skin crawls*
Back to Geki HQ.
... *SKIN CRAWLS* GekiReaction?
...NEVER CHANGE, RETSU. ♥
Cut to the loli OTP!
She's cooking for him. It's a total plot point and ends with a GekiLesson and blahblahblah, but she's cooking for him. Does Natsume not make the cutest little housewife in the history of evar?
... *melts into a puddle of het-shipping goo*
Cut to the Geki OTP!
So they have to play some song to get the giant furry abomination to, I dunno, not bleed from the ears. It's supposed to teach them to be in synch or something, I wasn't really paying attention. So Miki decides Ran needs to loosen up, and...
...Anyone who was reminded of Tenipuri gets bonus points.
So I've never really disliked GekiYellow, but I now totally love her, because how could I not love someone who makes Retsu smile...
...like this? *dreamy sigh*
I want him to smile at me like that~! *cries*
Back to the loli OTP!
Jan tries to eat the stew before it's ready and Natsume teaches him a valuable lesson about patience and how good things come to those who wait. Anyway. LOOK HOW CUTE IN AN APRON!
Cut to the bug baddy OTP! (Yes, really.)
*shivers violently*
Back to the Gekis!
*melts a little*
Ran reminds me a little of Dr. Cameron, only she doesn't make me want to flail with anger and indignation.
*disolves into a wibbering mass of fangirl jelly*
Back to the loli OTP!
Her food is so good it makes him cry. *beams*
Natsume's so cute she's just this side of sparkling.
And Jan is a giant dork, but she we love him anyway.
*flails*
You may want to take a quick breather here, since the latter half of this post concerns episode nine, which focuses strongly on Mele. As you may have guessed, knowing me, it's long.
I'll try not to spam this with gratuitous Mele screencaps.
...Well that didn't last long. *fawns shamelessly*
So, I didn't take any screencaps of the flashback that explains Mele's backstory and her devotion to 'Rio-sama~', so I'll just explain as best as I can. See, Mele actually died, but Rio brought her back to life as the first of the Rinrinshi (the less disposable variety of his underlings). She had the same need for strength that he did, so he infused her with enough Rinki to be pretty much human instead of the glorified hopping corpses and bug creatures the Rinshi and Rinrinshi are respectively. Ever since then, she's fought for Rio, not caring for her own well-being as long as she can protect him, willing to die even at his hands. Oh Mele.
Here she is, being all flashback-y. Ignore the bad guy on the right, he's a bit of a jerk.
I realized I hadn't capped this shot of Rio in the opening sequence, and thought this would be a great opportunity to do so. LOOK HOW SEXY~!
Anyway, over to the Gekis. Apparently it takes too long for them to charge the Geki Bazooka (remember that thing?), so they have to train. Jan doesn't like training. Jan does, however, like spinny chairs.
Then he and Retsu have a sexual tension fueled pushing match with the chair. IDK, it was cute.
Ran's solution to all the animosity? Forcefeed them, of course!
GEKI WAZA TRAINING IS SERIOUS BUSINESS. XD
BACK TO THE DARK SIDE! Cut to Rio.
This is a recurring scene in Rio's weird meditation-y dreams. Either it's chibi him, or he's a pedo. IDK. It is Araki.
Hmm, needs more rain.
Cut to Mele! Remember the jerk from before? That's Braco. He suggests Mele join him and together they overthrow Rio. Well, Mele doesn't take kindly to that kind of talk.
"DIE, RIO-HATING SCUMBAG!"
I swear this screenshot wasn't just an excuse to point out how gorgeous she is and how sexy her legs are. *whistles innocently*
So yeah, she kills him, 'cause MELE DON'T TAKE THAT KIND OF CRAP FROM NOBODY. Braco brings himself back to life, though, 'cause IDK. Special voodoo powers. I think this is when he starts taunting Mele about how he can bring himself/anyone back to 'true life', while she's just kind of... undead. Very sad stuff, folks.
NONSEQUITUR CUT TO THE GEKIS! Training with the Geki Bazooka.
Jan yells "Pork cube stew!" every time they fire the damn thing to remind himself of the things he learned from Natsume. She's always in his thoughts, folks.
He even wants the others to start saying it with him!
Retsu's hand on Ran's shoulder Retsu's hand on Ran's shoulder--! This is where het OTPs collide. *dons tinhat*
Mele shows up to kick some ass as practice. (Wait, what? More on this in a second.) Please to be noticing that GekiBlue is the first to recognize Mele, he calls her by name, and does not use honourifics. Mele even goes after GekiBlue first! *habitually overanalyzes everything* OTP y/y?
Jan, being uncharacteristically perceptive, realizes that Mele is not actually a bad person (he says she's not zowazowa, because making sense is for squares) and is only fighting them as training. See, Braco's special attack thingy is nearly the same as the Geki Bazooka, so if she can win against that, she can win against him, which means she can protect Rio. Good girl, Mele, good girl. Anyway, I just thought Jan looked adorable in that screenshot. >.> *is bricked*
Mele's all, "Oh noes, he's on to me! *runs off*" *would pay good money for Jan/Mele fic* Just sayin'.
So that sleezeball Braco brings back all his totally dead friends the GekiRangers already beat into a fine powder and they gang up on Rio while he's meditating, because they know he won't wake up until it's too late. Low, guys, really low.
So of course Mele steps in and kicks some ass to protect Rio! *fangirls shamelessly* She is so hopelessly badass, I swear.
*did not screencap that just for a better angle of Mele's thigh* You can prove nothing.
So while Mele fights Braco, the others decide to all go for Rio at once, causing Mele to cry out Rio's name, which wakens him from his borderline-catatonic state and rouses him to instant action. (I dare you to tell me her love for him isn't reciprocated even a little.)
BADASS SWOOSHY CAPE OF ULTIMATE DOOM.
SEXY POUTY BEDROOM-EYED EXPRESSION OF EVEN FURTHER DOOM.
AND IN THE DARKNESS BIND THEM. *is bricked*
Anyway, stuff happens, I don't really remember, and then there's this, like, pseudo-epic battle between Braco and Mele. Rio watches, I screencap his closeups. *shrugs*
'Kay, so, not exactly a look of love, but this is Rio we're talking about so we really shouldn't expect too much.
His eyebrows are awesome.
Then Mele pretty much has the guy by the throat, and he says that if she kills him, he'll only have enough Madoku (the things he uses to restore true life) left over for Rio to ressurect the Sankenma (I'm not really sure what's up with them, sorry), and then Mele will be stuck in her Rinki-sustained half-life. So Mele kind of pauses because he says that if she lets him go he'll give her true life, or maybe it was just strongly implied, I don't really remember, but...
"Living for me is... to be by Rio-sama's side!" Oh Mele! *weeps*
Rio has the unadulterated gall to look surprised for half a second.
I am kind of impressed by how convincing his greaseball grin is, though.
So Mele collects the Madoku and runs off to beg Rio's forgiveness for it having taken her so long, and...
...I cried.
...I cried so hard.
A little closer to a loving gaze y/n?
Expect a lot of angsty het fanfiction from me in the near future.
I hereby dub episodes seven through nine 'The Het OTP Saga'. For real, those three episodes have four het OTPs of varying degrees of completely canon and of course my crack OTP, also het. Geki =/= slash, apparently.
Warning: Image-heavy, spoilerish, unnecessarily long, and very, very flaily. *dons tinhat*
Meet Natsume.
Say it with me, everyone. "Hiiii, Natsume~" Right. She's Miki's daughter. (I don't think I've actually mentioned Miki yet, FAIL. She comes up later, so I'll explain then.) She is also half of an OTP. May I direct your attention to Jan... (What? They're so canon. More proof in the next episode, promise.)
Anyway, nonsequitur fighting.
Yes, the bad guys are dancing. To Kanfuu Fighting, it appears. So the GekiRangers have to learn to dance in unison to defeat their enemies. IDK. I don't exactly watch this show expecting a coherent plot.
Here's the Gekis around the time they stop failing completely at dancing. I wanted to get screenshots of them failing epically, but it was kind of a tricky scene to screenshot.
Remember earlier I mentioned Miki? She's kind of a senpai to the Gekis, helps them with their training and stuff. Here she is, kicking ass and taking names to protect Natsume. *cheers*
Again, tricky scene to screenshot, but I did my best.
The Geki trio, dancefighting. (If there's one thing I love more than dancefighting, of course, it's angry dance offs, but not every series can have those unfortunately.)
Oh look, creepy bug villain completely canon het OTP. Excuse me while I go vomit... Mele's expression = utter win.
So remember how I said Jan + Natsume = tru luff forevah?
This is Natsume feeding Jan. (Freakishly enough, plot point alert.) Then the GekiRangers get a new weapon.
The Geki Bazooka!
...I wish I was making this up.
Jan's reaction: "YAY STUFF THAT SHOOTS OTHER STUFF!"
Ran's reaction: "...Eh?"
Retsu's reaction: Beyond words.
... *skin crawls*
I just wanted to point out that Retsu kinda has to shove Ran out of the way to get to where he needs to be to deliver his line properly. *shrugs* I lol'd. They actually become totally OTP in about thirty seconds.
Let's check in on the bad guy OTP!
*skin crawls*
*skin crawls*
Back to Geki HQ.
... *SKIN CRAWLS* GekiReaction?
...NEVER CHANGE, RETSU. ♥
Cut to the loli OTP!
She's cooking for him. It's a total plot point and ends with a GekiLesson and blahblahblah, but she's cooking for him. Does Natsume not make the cutest little housewife in the history of evar?
... *melts into a puddle of het-shipping goo*
Cut to the Geki OTP!
So they have to play some song to get the giant furry abomination to, I dunno, not bleed from the ears. It's supposed to teach them to be in synch or something, I wasn't really paying attention. So Miki decides Ran needs to loosen up, and...
...Anyone who was reminded of Tenipuri gets bonus points.
So I've never really disliked GekiYellow, but I now totally love her, because how could I not love someone who makes Retsu smile...
...like this? *dreamy sigh*
I want him to smile at me like that~! *cries*
Back to the loli OTP!
Jan tries to eat the stew before it's ready and Natsume teaches him a valuable lesson about patience and how good things come to those who wait. Anyway. LOOK HOW CUTE IN AN APRON!
Cut to the bug baddy OTP! (Yes, really.)
*shivers violently*
Back to the Gekis!
*melts a little*
Ran reminds me a little of Dr. Cameron, only she doesn't make me want to flail with anger and indignation.
*disolves into a wibbering mass of fangirl jelly*
Back to the loli OTP!
Her food is so good it makes him cry. *beams*
Natsume's so cute she's just this side of sparkling.
And Jan is a giant dork, but she we love him anyway.
*flails*
You may want to take a quick breather here, since the latter half of this post concerns episode nine, which focuses strongly on Mele. As you may have guessed, knowing me, it's long.
I'll try not to spam this with gratuitous Mele screencaps.
...Well that didn't last long. *fawns shamelessly*
So, I didn't take any screencaps of the flashback that explains Mele's backstory and her devotion to 'Rio-sama~', so I'll just explain as best as I can. See, Mele actually died, but Rio brought her back to life as the first of the Rinrinshi (the less disposable variety of his underlings). She had the same need for strength that he did, so he infused her with enough Rinki to be pretty much human instead of the glorified hopping corpses and bug creatures the Rinshi and Rinrinshi are respectively. Ever since then, she's fought for Rio, not caring for her own well-being as long as she can protect him, willing to die even at his hands. Oh Mele.
Here she is, being all flashback-y. Ignore the bad guy on the right, he's a bit of a jerk.
I realized I hadn't capped this shot of Rio in the opening sequence, and thought this would be a great opportunity to do so. LOOK HOW SEXY~!
Anyway, over to the Gekis. Apparently it takes too long for them to charge the Geki Bazooka (remember that thing?), so they have to train. Jan doesn't like training. Jan does, however, like spinny chairs.
Then he and Retsu have a sexual tension fueled pushing match with the chair. IDK, it was cute.
Ran's solution to all the animosity? Forcefeed them, of course!
GEKI WAZA TRAINING IS SERIOUS BUSINESS. XD
BACK TO THE DARK SIDE! Cut to Rio.
This is a recurring scene in Rio's weird meditation-y dreams. Either it's chibi him, or he's a pedo. IDK. It is Araki.
Hmm, needs more rain.
Cut to Mele! Remember the jerk from before? That's Braco. He suggests Mele join him and together they overthrow Rio. Well, Mele doesn't take kindly to that kind of talk.
"DIE, RIO-HATING SCUMBAG!"
I swear this screenshot wasn't just an excuse to point out how gorgeous she is and how sexy her legs are. *whistles innocently*
So yeah, she kills him, 'cause MELE DON'T TAKE THAT KIND OF CRAP FROM NOBODY. Braco brings himself back to life, though, 'cause IDK. Special voodoo powers. I think this is when he starts taunting Mele about how he can bring himself/anyone back to 'true life', while she's just kind of... undead. Very sad stuff, folks.
NONSEQUITUR CUT TO THE GEKIS! Training with the Geki Bazooka.
Jan yells "Pork cube stew!" every time they fire the damn thing to remind himself of the things he learned from Natsume. She's always in his thoughts, folks.
He even wants the others to start saying it with him!
Retsu's hand on Ran's shoulder Retsu's hand on Ran's shoulder--! This is where het OTPs collide. *dons tinhat*
Mele shows up to kick some ass as practice. (Wait, what? More on this in a second.) Please to be noticing that GekiBlue is the first to recognize Mele, he calls her by name, and does not use honourifics. Mele even goes after GekiBlue first! *habitually overanalyzes everything* OTP y/y?
Jan, being uncharacteristically perceptive, realizes that Mele is not actually a bad person (he says she's not zowazowa, because making sense is for squares) and is only fighting them as training. See, Braco's special attack thingy is nearly the same as the Geki Bazooka, so if she can win against that, she can win against him, which means she can protect Rio. Good girl, Mele, good girl. Anyway, I just thought Jan looked adorable in that screenshot. >.> *is bricked*
Mele's all, "Oh noes, he's on to me! *runs off*" *would pay good money for Jan/Mele fic* Just sayin'.
So that sleezeball Braco brings back all his totally dead friends the GekiRangers already beat into a fine powder and they gang up on Rio while he's meditating, because they know he won't wake up until it's too late. Low, guys, really low.
So of course Mele steps in and kicks some ass to protect Rio! *fangirls shamelessly* She is so hopelessly badass, I swear.
*did not screencap that just for a better angle of Mele's thigh* You can prove nothing.
So while Mele fights Braco, the others decide to all go for Rio at once, causing Mele to cry out Rio's name, which wakens him from his borderline-catatonic state and rouses him to instant action. (I dare you to tell me her love for him isn't reciprocated even a little.)
BADASS SWOOSHY CAPE OF ULTIMATE DOOM.
SEXY POUTY BEDROOM-EYED EXPRESSION OF EVEN FURTHER DOOM.
AND IN THE DARKNESS BIND THEM. *is bricked*
Anyway, stuff happens, I don't really remember, and then there's this, like, pseudo-epic battle between Braco and Mele. Rio watches, I screencap his closeups. *shrugs*
'Kay, so, not exactly a look of love, but this is Rio we're talking about so we really shouldn't expect too much.
His eyebrows are awesome.
Then Mele pretty much has the guy by the throat, and he says that if she kills him, he'll only have enough Madoku (the things he uses to restore true life) left over for Rio to ressurect the Sankenma (I'm not really sure what's up with them, sorry), and then Mele will be stuck in her Rinki-sustained half-life. So Mele kind of pauses because he says that if she lets him go he'll give her true life, or maybe it was just strongly implied, I don't really remember, but...
"Living for me is... to be by Rio-sama's side!" Oh Mele! *weeps*
Rio has the unadulterated gall to look surprised for half a second.
I am kind of impressed by how convincing his greaseball grin is, though.
So Mele collects the Madoku and runs off to beg Rio's forgiveness for it having taken her so long, and...
...I cried.
...I cried so hard.
A little closer to a loving gaze y/n?
Expect a lot of angsty het fanfiction from me in the near future.