Hikonin Sentai Akibaranger

1. S01E01Pain is PowerApril 6, 2012—As Super Sentai fanboy Akagi Nobuo, age 29, is hard at work in Akihabara, a woman named Hiroyo Hakase appears before him and asks him to “be
2. S01E02The Activation of a Bizarrely Decorated Vehicle Summons a Full Blast of Red DelusionApril 13, 2012—Nobuo is struck with disappointment at the discovery that Akibarangers’ feats are neither “Official” nor actually “real.” With Red unable to
3. S01E03The Pain! Drunken Superhero Adventure!!April 20, 2012—A drunken Nobuo attempts to save a girl from a pushy club owner’s advances, and transforms into Akiba Red. With this, the Akibarangers disco
4. S01E04A Forbidden Delusion Brings with It the Pain of Blue CorruptionApril 27, 2012—Mitsuki explains that she is going to a martial arts training camp, and because of their drunken mishap on their last battle, Nobuo and Yume
5. S01E05Oh the Pain ☆ Yellow MamaMay 4, 2012—As Yumeria’s mother arrives for a sudden visit, Nobuo dives into a delusion based on Sentai family-visit episodes. Yumeria’s mother is anyth
6. S01E06Take Flight Leader! The Painful Trap of Deluded PhotographyMay 11, 2012—Nobuo takes a job to deliver something for the studio director at Toei in Tokyo. For him, this is the Holy Grail for any Sentai fan. Thinkin
7. S01E07Fly, Itasha, Break Past the Limits!May 18, 2012—After somehow escaping the Delusion, Malshina opens up her own Evil Base in Akihabara. Even worse, she has taken Hakase hostage. Can the Aki
8. S01E08The Bonds Forged through Painful Special Training Lead Down the Road of Becoming Official to a ConspiracyMay 25, 2012—A Toei producer calls the Sentai Cafe, telling the Akibarangers that he wants to make them an official Sentai team. However, Hakase is suspi
9. S01E09The Pain Sentai, DisbandedJune 1, 2012—For the safety of the real world, Hakase disbands the team. Despite attempting to return to their normal lives, they are met by Malshina and
10. S01E10The Painfully Unofficial Curse of Z and a New BeginningJune 8, 2012—With the mysterious Doctor Z now in control of Blatantly Evil Marketing Firm B, Hiroyo finally reveals the truth regarding the Akibarangers,
11. S01E11The Next Generation Heralds a Pain-Free, Down to Earth WarriorJune 15, 2012—As the Akibarangers bid farewell to Nobuo Akagi, Hakase’s half-brother Takuma Tsuzuki takes on the role of Akiba Red. As Nobuo is preparing
12. S01E12Most Painful Times. Farewell, Delusional SentaiJune 22, 2012—With Nobuo’s discovery that their world is in fact a television show, the Akibarangers must subvert the final episode tropes to prevent the
13. S01E13Performance Review! If It Doesn't Hurt, Then That's All Right!June 29, 2012—Nobou receives a DVD from the creator of the show telling them to review their mistakes for the show and if they do, they may be renewed for

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1. S02E01Delusion WarsApril 5, 2013—Visiting the Secret Base for the first time in nine months, Nobuo and Hiroyo recollect what happened during the previous battle... but their
2. S02E02Chinese DelusionsApril 12, 2013—Discovering Akibaranger has become official at the cost of Dairanger, Nobuo tries to fix matters by himself, but he must ultimately reteam w
3. S02E03Martial Arts DelusionsApril 19, 2013—As the Akibarangers try and figure out how they’ve replaced Dairanger as the 17th Super Sentai, they are attacked by an angry Kibaranger, wh
4. S02E04Goddess of DelusionsApril 26, 2013—Dealing with Luna quitting the team, Akagi learns that Yumeria got married during their time away from their life as the Unofficial Sentai,
5. S02E05Delusional ImportsMay 3, 2013—Luna’s misunderstanding causes a twisted delusion where Super Sentai is an adaptation of America’s popular Powerful Rangers franchise! With
6. S02E06Delusional Nyan NyanMay 10, 2013—After General Pain creates a new mascot character that exploits Akagi’s weakness for super smooth shiny robotic girls, the Akibarangers are
7. S02E07Delusional EspionageMay 17, 2013—General Pain creates a 3rd Goraiger who steals the justice-loving hearts of the other two Goraigers and turns them to evil! Thanks to Malshi
8. S02E08Delusional Beauty WarMay 24, 2013—General Pain unleashes a reconfigured Tentoraiger, Mutou Mushiten, who uses the powers of past Sentai villains. As the Akibarangers try and
9. S02E09Delusion Number TwoMay 31, 2013—Having found General Pain’s hideout, the Akibarangers fall into his trap and are Delusimported into a Grand Delusion where General Pain make
10. S02E10Delusional Pillow TalkJune 7, 2013—Withe General Pain seemingly trapped in his own Grand Delusion, things go somewhat back to normal, but Malshina talks General Pain into crea
11. S02E11Delusional CemeteryJune 14, 2013—The Akibarangers confront Malshina, who has remodeled the entire reality to become the star of her own franchise in place of the Super Senta
12. S02E12Delusional ApostleJune 21, 2013—After defeating Delu Knight by exploiting the defeat flags in the warped reality, a strange new hero appears to become the 4th member of the
13. S02E13Delusional CompilationJune 28, 2013—As the final battle has come to a close, the memories come flowing back as Kozkoz and Hakase remember their friends’ adventures, but what is

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