Sunday Henshin Time – Details, episodes & analysis

EPISODES COVERED: Episodes 41-42 of Futari wa Pretty Cure, Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger, and Kamen Rider Blade

Timestamps: 0:02:34 - Toku News 0:12:36 - Futari wa Pretty Cure 1:02:18 - Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger 2:01:41 - Kamen Rider Blade

Well, it couldn't last forever. Kamen Rider Blade has finally dropped the ball, and Dekaranger continues to tumble downhill. In Pretty Cure we trust as they're the only show holding it down this week. Hopefully we're just getting the weak stuff out of the way before our finale arcs, right? Just tying up loose ends? Here's hoping.

The incredible artwork for Sunday Henshin Time was provided by Cas! Our intro music is Scene47 蒼空 ～aoi～ by Kaneko Kazuki, with gratitude. The Scanline Media Discord can be found here!

EPISODES COVERED: Episodes 39-40 of Futari wa Pretty Cure, Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger, and Kamen Rider Blade

Timestamps: 0:02:17 - Toku News 0:08:45 - Futari wa Pretty Cure 0:55:41 - Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger 1:41:41 - Kamen Rider Blade

Who says endings can't also beginnings? As all three of our shows are starting to pull into the final stops, we have moments of genuine affection and reflection in Futari wa PreCure as our heroes contemplate where they are now. And also Marble Screw is back. Listen turns out also these shows can't shake some established habits, as discarded women and super secret evil CEOs are abound in these episodes.

The incredible artwork for Sunday Henshin Time was provided by Cas! Our intro music is Scene47 蒼空 ～aoi～ by Kaneko Kazuki, with gratitude. The Scanline Media Discord can be found here!

EPISODES COVERED: 21-22 of Futari wa Pretty Cure, Tokosou Sentai Dekaranger, and Kamen Rider Blade

Ah, the dog days of Pretty Cure are upon us. Or maybe just "day" singular, unless we get ANOTHER episode at some point where there are dogs voiced in Japanese, which feels unlikely. Wait, wait, wasn't last year's PreCure about like your pet becoming a Cure alongside you? Dang. Well, someday we'll get there I think. Meanwhile, Dekaranger gestures at an INCREDIBLE episode and then falls short, merely delivering a fantastic one. And I don't know WHAT Kamen Rider Blade is doing, but that's becoming a routine, isn't it....

The incredible artwork for Sunday Henshin Time was provided by Cas!

Our intro music is Scene47 蒼空 ～aoi～ by Kaneko Kazuki, with gratitude.

The Scanline Media Discord can be found here!

EPISODES COVERED: 19-20 of Futari wa Pretty Cure, Tokosou Sentai Dekaranger, and Kamen Rider Blade

You ever go running? It's good for your body but I understand why most people don't find it great. Most people just sorta wanna zone out on a treadmill and watch a show or whatever, and that's valid! I just like my little runs outside. Ban isn't hot on the prospect though because he has to disarm PLANET DESTROYING BOMBS all over town! In boots! I'd be sick of running too. There is a lot to like this week as we say goodbye to a really stellar villain and met some new ones! And maybe Tomakazu Seki shows up in strange places. Weird but fun set of episodes this week.

The incredible artwork for Sunday Henshin Time was provided by Cas!

Our intro music is Scene47 蒼空 ～aoi～ by Kaneko Kazuki, with gratitude.

The Scanline Media Discord can be found here!

EPISODES COVERED: 17-18 of Futari wa Pretty Cure, Tokosou Sentai Dekaranger, and Kamen Rider Blade

ACAB includes... retail managers? That's the theory in this week's Kamen Rider Blade episodes, where it supposes that a job at a supermarket entails chasing and tackling perps. Tokuso Sentai Dekaranger takes an uncomfortable angle on Chinese culture, then pivots into Japanese patriotism that may or not be innocent, but it's hard to shake the 2025 connotations of such things. Futari wa Pretty Cure? Poisony shows off a power so staggering that it's hard to imagine how she didn't wrap this thing up weeks ago. We're not CinemaSins-ing, it's just kinda amazing to see. As is the animation, hot damn.

The incredible artwork for Sunday Henshin Time was provided by Cas!

Our intro music is Scene47 蒼空 ～aoi～ by Kaneko Kazuki, with gratitude.

The Scanline Media Discord can be found here!

EPISODES COVERED: 15-16 of Futari wa Pretty Cure, Tokosou Sentai Dekaranger, and Kamen Rider Blade

Boy, this episode really surprised us. Pretty Cure managed to stumble and DekaRanger has some stuff, but Blade really took us somewhere we didn't expect. These episodes gave us plenty to talk about, so long as our heroes can keep it together.

Are we heroic podcasters? Doubtful. But we had fun with this one. The incredible artwork for Sunday Henshin Time was provided by Cas!

Our intro music is Scene47 蒼空 ～aoi～ by Kaneko Kazuki, with gratitude. Additional Reading: What Are Japan's True Feelings? Honne and Tatemae Explained by Tofugu

EPISODES COVERED: 13-14 of Futari wa Pretty Cure, Tokosou Sentai Dekaranger, and Kamen Rider Blade

We've reached a landmark, folks. Sure, Pretty Cure has some great villain schemes, and the delight of an evil boy trying to thirst trap a lesbian and failing spectacularly. And Kamen Rider has... evil seaweed, and fridging women. But let's talk about what's truly important.

DekaMaster. Is. Here.

The incredible artwork for Sunday Henshin Time was provided by Cas!

Our intro music is Scene47 蒼空 ～aoi～ by Kaneko Kazuki, with gratitude.

EPISODES COVERED: 11-12 of Futari wa Pretty Cure, Tokosou Sentai Dekaranger, and Kamen Rider Blade

Look, they all can't be winners. Pretty Cure was good! Nothing stellar but a solid bunch of episodes! Dekaranger started strong too! But BOY the back half of our viewing was rough. Kyrie and Six question some things in this episode. We will not waver but we are a little lost. Hope next week goes better.

The incredible artwork for Sunday Henshin Time was provided by Cas!

Our intro music is Scene47 蒼空 ～aoi～ by Kaneko Kazuki, with gratitude. ---------------------- Sources: Suit Actor for GozyuWolf in Gozyuger Replaced Notes:

EPISODES COVERED: Futari wa Pretty Cure 9-10, Tokosou Sentai Dekaranger 9-10, Kamen Rider Blade 9-10

I wonder if referring to "World of Warcraft sexual dimorphism" even hits anymore. It's the thing in fantasy where like... a male orc is this massive guy with tusks and a craggy face and such, and then female orcs are human-sized hourglass-figured folks that basically look like "what if a sexy lady had green skin." It's that kinda thing.

Anyway, this week on Sunday Henshin Time, Mepple gets held hostage by the vice principal, Honoka gets held hostage by jewelry thieves, the jewelry thieves get held hostage by Gekidrago, and Gekidrago is held hostage by a job that doesn't value him. Banban falls in love with a stakeout target, and Kamen Rider Garren becomes scotch whiskey. You'll never guess which one wins the week!

The incredible artwork for Sunday Henshin Time was provided by Cas!

To start out, SHT is going up on the Scanline Talks feed, but now it has its own! Here's a link!

Our intro music is Scene47 蒼空 ～aoi～ by Kaneko Kazuki, with gratitude.

EPISODES COVERED: Futari wa Pretty Cure 7-8, Tokosou Sentai Dekaranger 7-8, Kamen Rider Blade 7-8

As we continue our transforming hero journey, it's not just the costumes that are being changed. Sometimes over the course of a long enough time, you heart changes too. Maybe there are budding feelings you can't put to words, and that slow change causes so much heartache. But you come out the other side a better, changed person.

And sometimes Wesker is there? Oh and psychic power discrimination. These episodes were an odd bunch.

The incredible artwork for Sunday Henshin Time was provided by Cas!

To start out, SHT is going up on the Scanline Talks feed, but now it has its own! Here's a link!

Our intro music is Scene47 蒼空 ～aoi～ by Kaneko Kazuki, with gratitude.