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Bakuage 23: Flaming Baseball Adversity (炎の逆境野球 Honō no Gyakkyō Yakyū) is the twenty-third episode of Bakuage Sentai Boonboomger. It features the debut of Boonboomger Robo 119.
Synopsis[]
A new monster has appeared on the ground! The Boonboomgers fight as usual...but for some reason, they decide to play a game of baseball. Boonboomger vs. Hashiriyan is a blazing hot battle, and "Boonboomger Robo 119", a Cho Bakugage Gattai robo, plays a big role in the battle!
Plot[]
On a beautiful summer day, Jyo has volunteered to coach a little league baseball game. The team is discussing this and Bun Bun mentions that at the last community baseball game, Jyo hit a winning home run and Mira says that when she talked to Jyo about it he mentioned that he was the pitcher for his high school baseball team and spent his youth dedicated to the sport. Meanwhile unbeknownst to Jyo, the Sanseater Trio are watching the little league team practice. Yaiyai thinks it looks fun and wants to play, which gives Itasha an idea as she puts her Ignition Key into a baseball glove to create Glove Grumer.
Glove approaches the field and uses his Professional Initiation Beam on the kids to demoralize them from wanting to play as the beam hits them with the harsh reality about competition and breaks their will, which allows Glove to easily extract Ghassolin from the kids. Coach Akuse is outraged that the Grumer would harm the children and Taiya, already transformed into Bun Red, kicks the barbaric baseball glove back while Ishiro and Mira try to motivate the kids to escape. Despite Genba and Ishiro stepping in to help Taiya, Jyo stops the fight and makes a challenge to the Hashiriyans.. to compete in a baseball game!
The team is dumbfounded by the statement but Jyo says he cannot abide by having evil use the sport he loves so in such a dishonorable way and wants to beat the villains in a real game of baseball. Glove accepts and the Trio are interested in playing too, also agreeing to the challenge.
As the game starts, the announcer reviews the starting lineup. For the Boonboomgers: Ishiro is assigned as third baseman, who boasts about his throwing arm. Sakito is the shortstop, Jyo is the pitcher, Taiya is the first baseman, Genba is the catcher, Mira is the second basewoman, Bun Bun is the center fielder, the left fielder is Byundi and lastly Shirabe is the right fielder. She isn’t thrilled about volunteering for this as Shirabe admits that she has never played baseball before. However, seeing Bun Bun cheer her on and encourage her to do her best motivates Shirabe to play and give her all.
The Hashiriyans are omitted from having their lineup announced, much to their dismay. Cannonborg steps up to be the team coach, saying defeat is not an option as otherwise the entire team will be modified after the game, which scares the Trio.
The game’s first inning starts with Decotorade up at bat, hitting the ball after making a pun about a giant squid being called a “crack-en” and making it to first base because Mira fumbled grabbing the ball. She apologizes to Jyo but being a good sportsman, he says it is fine as it is important to work as a team to make up for anyone’s mistakes. Glove substitutes the upcoming player for Yaiyai, who Itasha says is their pinch runner for Decotorade to advance a bit further.
Yaiyai runs before the pitch is thrown and races to a home run and then cheats by running the bases again to score a second time, the Boonboomgers call out the play but Coach Cannonborg says that they are playing by Hashiriyan rules which stipulate that players run the bases as many times as possible until they are out. He compares this to how if a car crosses the street before a person does then the person does not have the right of way. Unable to tag Yaiyai until Taiya throws to Genba, the Boonboomgers trail 8 to 0 in the first. Itasha and Decotorade argue with the Nejiretta Umpire that Yaiyai was safe and not out but the Umpire sticks to his call. Coach Cannonborg makes a mental note to modify the Umpire later and Glove comes up to bat, Jyo psychs himself up by saying not to let the pressure get to him and throws a fastball. Glove hits it hard back at Jyo who gets hit in the face with the ball and sent flying into the wall beneath the scoreboard. Though Bun Bun catches the ball, the team stops playing when they see Jyo is hurt and blacked out.
By the time Jyo wakes up, it is the ninth inning and the Boonboomgers are being decimated by 118 to 0, Jyo is shocked and in disbelief by this and thinks he is just having a bad dream. He sees the Hashiriyans celebrating what seems to be a sure fire victory and his team exhausted in the summer heat yet still trying their best.
Jyo goes to the coach’s box to ask what happened while he was out cold, with Mira timidly saying that the team was uncoordinated without him and Glove’s hitting and pitching were on another level and that gave the Hashiriyans the advantage. They also did a fair amount of cheating such as changing the rules about hit by pitches being counted as strikes and manipulating the movement of the ball so nobody could hit it and everyone would get struck out. Genba compares the line of zeroes on the scoreboard to takoyaki while Jyo apologizes for his challenge, saying he should not have done it in the first place.
Shirabe says that since Jyo is the one who got them into this mess, he has to make the choice of what to do next: continue playing or forfeit the game. Taiya is a bit more encouraging, asking Jyo why he loves baseball. Jyo says it is the thrill of not knowing what will happen next until you are two outs into the ninth inning, even if it seems hopeless, the players give it their all to turn the tide. Jyo believes that As long as you never give up the will to fight, you can make anything happen, he ultimately chooses to keep playing despite the odds as he can see the checkered flag of the BBG in their future beyond the win of the baseball match today. Taiya and Jyo’s burning spirits synchronize with an armlock and the intensity of their determination sends a shockwave outward. Jyo has a game plan to turn their competing team’s 118 run lead into a loss with just one inning left, with his teammates rallying behind him.
Glove is annoyed that the Boonboomgers haven’t given up yet given the score but they transform into baseball versions of their Boonboomger suits and do a variation of their roll call. The team start racking up points using their Ranger power to counter Glove’s tricky throws, with Ishiro and Sakito filling the First and Second bases. Before Jyo and Taiya goes to the batter zone, Shirabe declared that What goes around, will eventually goes around (With the Hashiriyans bending the rules to their favor, it's up to them to make the same rule works in their Favor this time). Jyo goes up to bat, fired up with determination which is enhanced by the cheers of his teammates, in order to setting up a grand slam for Taiya. He uses his boot wheels to do a tornado spin and hits the ball, with the bases now loaded and no outs for the Boonboomgers, much to Glove disbelief.
As The fate of the Boonboomgers now lies in Taiya's hands, Glove throws the ball, which turns into a flaming, speeding car after he pours his soul into every pitch. This technique causes Taiya to strike out twice and Glove believes he has won, throwing the final pitch, but Taiya quickly changes into his 119 form to slow down the ball with his Hose Impact and bunts the ball into the ground, resulting with the ball flies into the air. Taiya gives the signal and everyone on thier respective bases boosts at max speed with him, circling the whole court at max speed as YaiYai did in the early innings. By the time the Nejiretta get to the Glove possessed ball in the outfield, the Boonboomgers had evenly set the score (118 to 118), with only Taiya still remaining on third base.
After a Nejiretta throws the ball to Decotorade, Taiya confronts Decotorade heads on, and slides to home base. With Taiya declared safe by the umpire, much to Decotorade frustration. Ultimately, Boonboomgers wins the game and the final score being 119 to 118. The team then cheer for Taiya and celebrate their “Ninth Inning Miracle”.
Glove returns to his body from the ball and fumes over his team losing, claiming that the players on his team in the bleachers are all useless. Glove then rushing off the pitcher’s mound to attack the Rangers. Taiya calmly and quickly sets up his Shokablaster and banishes the baleful baseball brute with his Zoonzoom Overdrive finisher, netting a home run of victory as Glove goes out over the baseball field before exploding.
Decotorade and Itasha do their usual moping about losing, with the latter saying that the Earth game of baseball is hard. Yaiyai still wants to play, asking if they get extra innings despite losing while Coach Cannonborg punishes the Umpire Nejiretta with modification for leaving the game and not making a call.
Yaiyai goes berserk again and activates the Highway Beam, reviving Glove Grumer, who sets the baseball stadium on fire. Taiya calls for Leo Rescue, with Leon waking up from his slumber in the garage and changing into his vehicle mode to deploy and Bun Bun is summoned beside him, commandeered by Jyo. Glove gets hosed by Taiya in Leo Rescue, while Jyo forms the Boonboomger Robo, with Bun Bun using a water tower to drench Glove while Taiya tries to put the fire out. Glove doesn’t make it easy as he throws flaming baseballs that hit Bun Bun and makes the inferno worse when they explode. Jyo urges Taiya that they should combine Bun Bun and Leon together to stop Glove, with Boondorio agreeing with Jyo's idea. The same announcer then declared that Boonboomger Robo is now exchanging into Boonboomger Robo 119, the Super Cranked-Up Combination of Boonboomger Robo and Boonboom Leo Rescue. With the combination done, Boondorio exclaimed that the Inferno is not as hot as before.
Boonboomger Robo 119's First Appearance
Glove prepares to pitch another barrage of flaming baseballs, but 119 is ready, using the fire hose ladder as a bat to knock all of them back at Glove. Jyo gets his revenge for being hit in the face by slamming 119’s shield into Glove’s face followed by a thrust from the Bakuage Ladder. Taiya uses the ladder to send Glove skyward and crashing back down on the ground. Taiya then activates the Bakuage Rescue: Zoonzoom Finish, creating a massive water tornado whip that douses some of the fire and obliterates Glove. Bun Bun then uses the Bakuage Ladder’s fire extinguisher to put out the remaining flames in the bleachers.
After another defeat, the Trio decide to partake in the baseball tradition of taking the dirt from the baseball field a team loses at, which Yaiyai finds fun while Itasha pulls out a sack and begins scooping up dirt into it.
Later, the kids have their will restored and are back to normal practicing for the game. In the Garage, Mira is relieved that the kids are alright and Taiya used his money to donate new gloves to the team since the ones they had were destroyed in the fire. Taiya says that he wanted to because Jyo showed him how amazing baseball is. Sakito is glad that the kids loved the gift and he is excited to tell everyone that Byundi has finally learned the rules of how to play baseball and wants to play another game. Jyo enthusiastically agrees and offers to be the coach, but Ishiro has had enough of baseball for one day and declines to join them, though he does practice a home run swing as the others watch.
Cast[]
- Taiya Hando (範道 大也 Handō Taiya): Haruhi Iuchi (井内 悠陽 Iuchi Haruhi)
- Ishiro Meita (鳴田 射士郎 Meita Ishirō): Yuki Hayama (葉山 侑樹 Hayama Yūki)
- Mira Shifuto (志布戸 未来 Shifuto Mira): Miu Suzuki (鈴木 美羽 Suzuki Miu)
- Jyo Akuse (阿久瀬 錠 Akuse Jō): Ryu Saito (齋藤 璃佑 Saitō Ryū)
- Genba Bureki (振騎 玄蕃 Bureki Genba): Satoru Soma (相馬 理 Sōma Satoru)
- Sakito Homura (焔 先斗 Homura Sakito): Yu Miyazawa (宮澤佑 Miyazawa Yu)
- Shirabe Saibu (細武 調 Saibu Shirabe): Hashiyasume Atsuko (ハシヤスメ・アツコ)
- Bundorio Bunderas (ブンドリオ・ブンデラス Bundorio Bunderasu, Voice), Boonboom Changer (ブンブンチェンジャー Bunbun Chenjā, Voice): Rica Matsumoto (松本 梨香 Matsumoto Rika)
- Byun Diesel (ビュン・ディーゼル Byun Dīzeru, Voice), Boonboom Controller (ブンブンコントローラー Bunbun Kontorōrā, Voice): Natsuki Hanae (花江 夏樹 Hanae Natsuki)
- Decotrade (デコトラーデ Dekotorāde, Voice): Junichi Suwabe (諏訪部 順一 Suwabe Jun'ichi)
- Itasha (イターシャ Itāsha, Voice): Nana Mizuki (水樹 奈々 Mizuki Nana)
- Yaiyai Yarucar (ヤイヤイ・ヤルカー Yaiyai Yarukā, Voice): Sumire Morohoshi (諸星 すみれ Morohoshi Sumire)
- Cannonborg (キャノンボーグ Kyanonbōgu, Voice): Kujira (くじら)
- Zoonzoom Shokablaster (ズンズンショウカブラスター Zunzun Shoukaburasutā, Voice): Masaaki Endoh (遠藤 正明 Endō Masaaki)
Guest Cast[]
- Glove Grumer (グローブグルマー Gurōbu Gurumā, Voice): Shuichi Uchida (内田 修一 Uchida Shūichi)[1]
- Announcer: Emi Taniho (谷保 恵美 Taniho Emi)
Suit Actors[]
- Bun Red: Hirotsugu Mori (森 博嗣 Mori Hirotsugu)
- Bun Blue: Takahiro Yoneoka (米岡 孝弘 Yoneoka Takahiro)
- Bun Pink: Yume Sakanashi (坂梨 由芽 Sakanashi Yume)
- Bun Black: Shigeki Ito (伊藤 茂騎 Itō Shigeki)
- Bun Orange: Yukimasa Ono (尾野 透雅 Ono Yukimasa)
- Bun Violet: Masato Tsutamune (蔦宗 正人 Tsutamune Masato)
- Bundorio Bunderas, Bakuage Gattai Boonboomger Robo: Yohei Fujita (藤田 洋平 Fujita Yōhei)
- Byun Diesel, Bakuage Henkei Byunbyum Mach Robo: Masashi Takada (高田 将司 Takada Masashi)
- Decotrade: Toshihiro Ogura (おぐら としひろ Ogura Toshihiro)
- Itasha: Yuki Miyazawa (宮澤 雪 Miyazawa Yuki)
- Cannonborg: Yuichi Hachisuka (蜂須賀 祐一 Hachisuka Yūichi)
- Glove Grumer: Hiroyuki Muraoka (村岡 弘之 Muraoka Hiroyuki)
Errors[]
- to be added
Notes[]
- As part of Super Hero Time, this episode aired alongside Kamen Rider Gotchard
episode 47, Big Clash! Houtaro vs. Supana. - Mid-Credits PSA: The heroes encourage the viewer not to stay inside the car when the weather is hot.
- The Announcer states during the start of the game that this is the “23rd game” for the Boonboomgers and Hashiriyans. This refers to both the episode number and the current amount of times the Rangers and villains have fought each other.
- The taking dirt tradition mentioned in the episode is a Japanese custom for young baseball players who visit legendary stadiums where MLB players got their start such as Koshien Stadium, where the Hanshin Tigers play and pro stars such as Ichiro Suzuki were scouted. The symbolic nature is that the losing players put the dirt into a plastic ball attached to a keychain which is decorated and notes the year and the annual number of the game, which is handed to high school students to treasure as even if they didn’t win, they stood on the sacred ground of legendary players and can keep a piece of where they stood forever.
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DVD Releases[]
to be added
External Links[]
- TV Asahi's official preview for 炎の逆境野球
- Toei TV's official episode guide for 炎の逆境野球
- JAE's official episode guide for 炎の逆境野球
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