Go Busters Mission #2 A promise from 13 years ago

Tokumei Sentai Go Busters Mission 2: Promise from 13 Years ago

Warning: Spoilers ahead

We start off with Bunny Copter and Gorilla Hauler picking up the damage from Go Buster Ace from the last

episode.  Bunny Copter carries a sign and drops it down on the back of Gorilla Hauler.

The buddy roids seem to be the controls for the zords and are able to communicate in traditional japanese,

to eachother and their pilots, who are Buster Yellow and Buster Blue.

The two senshi return to the base and continue their arguement from clean up duty.  Buster Yellow wonders

why Buster Red gets special treatment.

It is revealed that the director and Reds father were good friends.

The three busters go on surveillance around an Enetron station with Buster Red going in as bait by having

his Nick Cheetah bike to get refilled.

Unfortunately, the 3 senshi have fatal flaws that while incapacitating them makes for an interesting plot

twist.

Buster Yellow, Youko, needs a constant calorie intake or she lacks the energy to move.

Buster Red, Hiromu, freezes for a certain amount of time whenever he panics, this time it was a chicken of

all things.

Buster Blue, Ryuuji, uses up too much power, he overheats and crashes.

Each of these weak points is similar to a computer in that, when a computer doesn't have power, it can't

turn on or do anything, when it tries to do to much, it freezes and when it does too much it overheats and

can crash.

After a small battle between Buster Blue and the villain for the season, Nick, Buster Red's bike,

transforms into his robot form and carries Hiromu to the scene. while Buster Yellow happens to find a candy

in one of her pouches to get her going and she arrives at the scene too.  

Another arguement, this time between Buster Red and Buster Yellow ends the scene and segways into the next

part.

The new assistant, who started working at GB just the episode before asks the commander what happened 13

years ago that caused all the commotion.

The commander explained the situation and gives back story into the villains, and the creation of the Go

Buster gear.

Much like RPM, the villain was a virus that escaped into the electrical lines and tried to take out the

laboratory. It is revealed that Buster Yellow and Buster Reds father and mother respectively worked in the

laboratory, and were killed when the scientist teleported the lab in an attempt to save the rest of the

world from the virus.

To make the monster of the week, the villain, opens his net book, attaches a wire to it and then the other

end to whatever he wants to infect with the virus. He then scans a metal card into the slot on the computer

which transforms the item into the Monster of the week.

This weeks monster is 2 flammable gas containers and the dolley it was on. The computer shouts out that

this monster is called Burner-roid

Once the transformation is complete, the head villain begins to send the "Megazord, which is the giant bots

to fight by the gattai mechas immediately, and a timer appears on screen. This time it is 8 minutes 45

seconds.

The Go BUsters enter the tubes which lead them to tunnels that exit out onto the scene of the monster.

along with their weak points, the program installed in them, which was said to us during the flash back

sequences, The Go Busters also have super powers, Red, super fast, Blue, Super Strong, and Yellow Super

jumping. (Hmm, Dino Thunder anyone?)

15 minutes out of 24 in the title of the episode is explained. The promise was made by Hiromu to Youko that

everything will return to normal.  Ryuuji is the oldest, Hiromu is the middle and Youko is the youngest.

Revealing that he remembers the promise he made to Youko, allows Youko to smile at him and accept him for

the first time as a team member,

The team gets a call on their braces that the megazord would be due to arrive in 3 minutes. We jump down to

1 and the team boards their vehicles. When the buddyroids attach to them, they change into more animal like

characteristics. The bunny copters cockpit folds inside nad a bunny face comes out while the same happens

to Gorilla hauler with a gorilla face. Buster Ace, the red mecha is already in robot form so it doesnt

change at all.

After a battle with the megazord, being again, just Buster Ace, the enemy is defeated as usual. Buster Ace

has at least 3 forms, being robot, Car, and cheetah mode. The other two have yet to show us anything new in

the terms of combination. Gorilla Hauler is the one that can transport people to safety while Bunny copter

puts out the fires with water tanks.

The episode ends with Red Buster insulting Yellow Buster which she responds by shooting at him from Bunny

Copter and flying away and Blue Buster commenting on how he would need to keep an eye on them.



This series is a good one so far.

Is it going to live up to its predecessor Gokaiger, well to me it is too early to tell given that it is

only the first episode, and it is also viewers choice.

As with all forms of media some will like it, some won't and others just won't care.

Go Busters is the first season to feature the senshi taking their helmets off. This is to my knowledge,

which is rather limited having only seen Dekaranger, MagiRanger, Boukenger, a little of GekiRanger,

Shinkenger, Goseiger and Gokaiger.

The Mecha having multiples of the same weapon in case one gets destroyed is new to me too.



This season in itself is a throwback to several Power Rangers seasons as there are many similarities. The

henshin is, in my opinion, a throwback to our first season of Power Rangers in the call only.  When they

turn the dial on their Morphin brace, it calls out. "IT'S MORPHIN TIME" which is what the power call was in

the original.  After that, a pair of sunglasses pops up from the brace and the designated colored suit

appears around them. After which they have to hold up the brace to their face and press the button while

calling out "Let's Morphin" which propels the glasses into their helmets forming the eyepieces for them.

Their super powers are like Dino Thunder, i am not sure about Abaranger, as Red had super speed, and blue

was super strong there too.

Missions for the senshi to go on is like SPD.

And the main villain being created from a computer virus and creating robotic soldiers to attack the city,

is like RPM.

Every episode, before transforming, they take off their glasses and toss them away.  The current number of

glasses thrown is 4. I will have a revised number next week when I rewatch episode 1.

All in all i liked this episode. Very interesting, interesting story, keeps my attention.

The way they create the monster of the week instead of him being a drone from their army is intriguing. I

dont know that that has been done before.

I recommend this to anyone who enjoys mission based style stories or is a Sentai or Power Rangers fan.
One thing I don't reccomend is that you go into this expecting it to be like Gokaiger. No, Gokaiger was a

35th anniversary, being the 35th team it was one big cameo appearance from a ton of old actors.

This is a new team, new actors and I think it is pretty good. BUt only time will tell.

I will see you guys next week when I take on Mission 3.