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Don-Episode 1: Avataro

• Haruka winning a manga award for First Love Hero at the age of 17, a status so revered, it managed to make her whole school love her.
• As Haruka is about to be attacked by Benitsuki, Sonoi arrives on his bike, and after a simple poem, he delivers a Curb-Stomp Battle to Benitsuki. Kicking him into the vehicle's windows, he uses his Baron Sword in a single swipe, blowing it up into bits. For extra swave points, he returns Haruka's flower to her jacket.
• Sonoi descending with a diving slash and destroying Shisotsuki in one cold, effective sweep.
• Don Momotaro's arrival. With Oni Sister and Kiji Brother struggling, he's able to turn the tide against Sonoi and Kishiryuki.
  • Carried on a mikoshi with his Enya Rideon with a troupe of maidens dancing in front of him, Don Momotaro sweeps through the Anōni.
  • Using his impressive swordsmanship, he's able to hold off Sonoi to a standstill, forcing him to retreat. He then goes on to easily beat Kishiryu-Ki with nothing more than some fancy footwork and quick thinking.
  • Avatar Changing into Zenkaizer, he uses his predecessor's knack for reckless gunplay to shoot down all of the Anōni - without hitting Kiji Brother and Oni Sister.
  • Don Momotaro's Finishing Move with the Zanglassword, Kaito Ranma^note translated by Over-Time as "Decisive Peach Slash'' cuts through Kishiryu-Ki in a stream of colors, subsequently causing a beautiful explosion.
• DonZenkaiOh proves to be just as fierce as it was in Zenkaiger, using sheer power, speed, and swordsmanship to blow through KishiryuKing's defenses with utter ease. Even when it summons a bunch of blocks to trap it, the mecha simply just bursts through, then going on to wrestle it to the ground. Its finisher, Don Zenkai Crash is no joke, slashing through the MOTW with the help of an Avataro Gear.

Don-Episode 2: Big Peach, Small Peach

• Tsuyoshi saving Miho from an approaching truck, transforming and descending from cyberspace. Her affirmation that it was The Power of Love and his resolve to just continue going forward in his life as a DonBrother despite life making him the Butt-Monkey speaks volumes.
• Shinichi managing to figure out who Haruka was in Donbura just with the writing on her hand reminding her to return her Zyodansha visitor's pass.
• Haruka calling out Sonoi for pointlessly killing people. Outmatched as she may be, she continues to fight until the arrival of Inu Brother and Kiji Brother, who help dispatch the Anōni.
• Using the power of the Ryusoulgers, Tsubasa proves to be a deadly match when normal-sized, slashing through multiple mooks. Despite having a skirt on, Tsuyoshi manages to get by as well, invoking Asuna's sheer ferocity to get a couple mooks of his own.
• Taro going toe-to-toe, if not overpowering Sonoi, Sonoza, and the Monster of the Week with sheer strength and skill. He then makes it even harder for Sonoi and Sonoza to fight him using his much smaller Alter form, managing to chase them off.
• The four Donbrothers' Finishing Move against Ressha-Ki. Haruka, Tsubasa, and Tsuyoshi turn three gears to raise Taro to the point where he can initiate his Abatā Ranbu: Momotarozan ^note "Avatar Combat Art: Momotaro Slash", a series of multiple sword swings that summon a stream of various colors before finishing off the MOTW. The ending shot of Don Momotaro with the Zanglassword is a thing of beauty.
• ResshaKing takes notes from the Kudaiters and speeds off away from DonZenkaiOh. However, the mecha manages to incapacitate it by slicing off its tracks, before then finishing it off with the Don Zenkai Crash.

Don-Episode 3: Thief of Light

• While Haruka is being harassed by a couple of older men, Taro flicks a couple of peanuts so hard that it knocks them out cold.
• Shinichi's inquiries of Kurokuma's identity were incredibly spot-on, allowing for Taro to connect the dots on who he was.
• Taro was able to deduce Kurokuma's identity just by seeing the state of his van's packages, noting that the cargo hasn't changed at all since yesterday and that there's no way that he would be delivering packages if they were organized so sloppily.
• Taro uses the Don ToQ Momotaro Alter to chase after Kurokuma's van, using its arms to clip off one of the tires to knock the vehicle off-balance.
• Sononi blocks the Donbrothers' Finishing Move before shooting Kaitou-Ki right in the back - murdering Kurokuma in the process. She then manages to hold off Taro before she can make her escape, intrigued by witnessing his "true" form. All of this serves to enrage Taro to the point where he's fighting his own teammates.
• Even Sononi blocked the finisher, Momotarozan's sheer power managed to push Kaitou-Ki back a good couple of meters or so.

Don-Episode 4: Onigiri Oni

• Sonoza easily getting beat by Taro, after managing to beat every other Donbrother just before.
• Shinichi and Haruka get to pull off some fancy acrobatics thanks to the Lupinranger Gear. Shinichi invokes Touma's classy, aloof nature when fighting the Anoni while Haruka utilizes Umika's bouncy, flexible style. Bonus, Yashiro Takeuchi (Saru Brother's suit actor) and Ayumi Shimozono (Oni Sister's suit actress) get to play Lupin Blue and Lupin Yellow once more.
• Taro easily seeing Shinichi and Haruka's attempt to attack him through the back, promptly blocking their attack with the Zanglassword before shooting at his teammates wildly.

Don-Episode 5: Holed Up Dog

• Taro uses Tsubasa's Ryusoulger Avataro Gear to empower his Zanglassword to initiate Kishiryū Ittō: Ryūsōzan^note "Kishiryu Art: Ryusoul Slash", an attack that copies Ryusoul Red's Dino Slash. The attack summons Tyramigo's head in a fiery blaze, destroying all of the Anoni and Keisatsu-Ki in one strike.
• Just when it seemed like Keisatsu-King dodged DonZenkaiOh's Don Leg Buster, Taro quickly revealed that he aimed for the structure behind him, catching the Hitotsu-King off-guard long enough for the mecha to initiate its Finishing Move.

Don-Episode 6: Pheasant's Short-Lived Glory

• Taro's utter ease of using the Don Zyuoh Momotaro Alter to utterly humiliate Sonoza, easily maneuvering through the latter's attacks before trapping him in the Zyuoh Cubes to take him down.

Don-Episode 7: Herd of Teachers

• Taro smashes through at least 10 chairs when demonstrating his strength to the karate club captain. He then goes to easily win a shogi match with the shogi club captain, only sparing just a second per move.
• Taro uses his fan to disperse pollen, drawing out Chikyuu-Ki from his Invisibility because of his hay fever.

Don-Episode 8: Long-Haired Captive

• Taro and Sonoi manage to work together to dispatch a group of thugs trying to steal Taro's van. Sonoi even notes that Taro wasn't even going at full strength against them.
• Taro's rapid-fire Avatar Changes followed by him using the Don Ryusoul Momotaro Alter to quickly beat Sonoi.

Don-Episode 9: Broken Taro And The Robotaro

• Even when weakened, Taro manages to help civilians flee from Tokumei-Ki with his quick thinking.
• Kaito managed to finish where Haruka and Shinichi left off by making 299 kibi dango right when Taro's strength is about to run out. He then transforms into Zenkaizer Black and hold off Tokumei-Ki long enough for Taro to get back on his feet.
• Even without fully recovering from his sickness, Taro still manages to regain his strength, turn into Don Robotaro and finish the fight against the Anoni and Tokumei-Ki's game with a massive speed and power boost.

Don-Episode 10: The Rainbow the Oni Saw

• The reason Haruka gained so many Kibi-Points is because she helped a weakened Taro all by herself.
• Once Haruka regains her role Oni Sister, she's plunged straight into the battle without a chance to think about it, yet she manages to land hits as well as avoid them as naturally as they come, and even makes her rollcall.
  • How about her beating Kaizoku-Ki down easily with her Full Kanbou? Once again she does that naturally and skillfully, as if she had been doing that all along.
  • Because of Haruka being so suddenly fired up and going Oni Robotaro, everyone else uses their Robotaro forms as well.
• The debut of the rest of the team's Robotaro forms is Awesome incarnate.
  • Every single one of them take down the Anoni with ease, using their respective abilities to lay waste on the mooks.
  • Hiisatsu Ōgi: Robotaro Slash is a flashy finisher that manages to utilize everyone's skills. First, Shinichi uses his strength to send Haruka up flying. Haruka sends her kanabō's missiles over to Kaizoku-Ki, while Tsuyoshi and Tsubasa direct them forwards. After he gets blasted, Taro goes in with the final kill, appearing in multiple places at once while circling his blade, finishing Kaizoku-Ki off with a slash right through.

Don-Episode 12: The Moon is a Loony Liar

• When the others are understandably apathetic to Kilala's screams, Taro instantly senses that something's wrong and goes to find her, witnessing her getting absorbed by Uchuu-King.
• Don Onitaijin's debut is just as badass as it is hilarious.
  • Once Taro combines them all together, the mecha instantly slices through every single Anoni on the battlefield in one strike.
  • Giant form is no slouch either, utilizing everyone's strengths to dodge and blast through Uchuu-King's defenses. After failing to slash through his attacks, Haruka launches a barrage of kicks (dubbed "Oni Kick) against the enemy after getting pissed off at his dodging. Then the mecha gets raised onto a panel, to which Shinichi decides to take a dive, allowing for Tsuyoshi's flight capabilities to kick in. Shinichi quickly launches another Rapid-Fire Fisticuffs called "Tenkū Saru Rengeki"^note trans. Continuous Sky Monkey Strike, knocking Uchuu-King off the panel. The mecha initiates Ikkitōsen Donbura Paradaisu^note Matchless Peach: Donbro Paradise, a finisher that combines the two Kiji Swords into one before generating six energy peaches. The sword in encased in pink flames, slashing through the Hitotsu-King in one strike, sending him up in a glorious explosion.

Don-Episode 15: Welcome Back Taro

• Jiro, even before becoming Don Doragoku, managed to lift and throw a rock almost his size several meters.
• In a flashback it shows Taro getting ganged on by delinquents AND being the last one standing, after being beaten for 30 minutes without lifting a finger. He just won a fight by doing nothing.
• Don Doragoku's finisher, Lightning Dragon Crash, by Don Momotaro's side has him create a neon projection of a Chinese Dragon that rams the enemy multiple times alongside Momotaro Slashes before he pierces through the enemy with his halberd Ryukonogeki.

Don-Episode 18: A Jawsome Strike

• Taro dodging everyone's attempts to hit him, even in the most impossible situations.
• Don Murasame's debut shows from the get-go that he doesn't play. He easily dispatched all of the Donbrothers in one fell swoop and manages to go toe-to-toe with both Don Momotaro and Don Doragoku. It takes the combination for Don Momotaro and Don Doragoku's Alter forms to take him down. His debut was so shocking, it managed to make Sonoi horrified.

Don-Episode 20: High Nose Elegy

• Kaito reveals to the team that Taro used his Alter form to covertly help the team in their rescue attempts, knowing that their suits weren't suited to saving civilians on a regular basis. This makes the team (sans Jiro) instantly come to their senses.
• Don Torabolt's debut is made of this. Despite gunning for Taro, he decides to quickly dispatch Gosei-Ki by himself, only using his raw strength and one helluva of a Finishing Move to take him down.

Don-Episode 21: Extreme Way of the Ramen

• Haruka realizes that her manga managed to touch the heart of a Noto.
• The revelation that out of over 5,000 candidates, only the current team was willing to fight the villains despite being forced into this whole situation.
• Shinichi's ascetic ways change Shirai for the better, convincing him to open a humble ramen shop instead of going for something greater.

Don-Episode 23: Inu, Become a Dog

• The Crane Juto absolutely trouncing the Cat Juto with a single swipe (in human form no less) after seeing Tsubasa get hurt.
• The debut of Don Robogoku and Don Robobolt is filled with this.
  • Their differing personalities do little to get in the way of their effectiveness. Doragoku restrains Juken-Ki while Torabolt does most of the dirty work. They then hit them with a combined blast that easily destroys him.
  • Toradragonjin's flexibility and strength easily catch Juken-King off-guard, never letting up even when he's bare-handed - possibly fighting even better without his weapon. Summoning his Aegis Toraiger, the mecha initiates Nenko Ryūryū: Jirou's Hurricane to finish the Hitotsu-King off, summoning constructs of Don Robogoku and Robobolt to hit him from both sides before stabbing him with his Netsuretsu Kangeki.
  • Notably, while Robobolt tries to run away from Robogoku, Robogoku manages to catch up to him, trapping him with their combination.

Don-Episode 24: My Son, the Puppet

• Despite claiming that it's impossible for him to learn the piano, Taro manages to flawlessly play Chopin's Nocturne Op. 9 No. 2 in E-flat major for Tomoko at the end of the episode.

Don-Episode 25: Heroes At Work

• The team's combined efforts to boost sales at the restaurant Tsuyoshi consulted at was a rousing success, allowing him to get his job back at the end of the episode.
• Don Momotaro and Don Doragoku effortlessly handling both the Noto trio and Dai-Ki despite being outnumbered by two.

Don-Episode 27: A Serious Showdown

• Taro quickly deducing from Sonoi's movements that the latter is planning a suicidal attack before any strikes are made.
• The episode features a five-way fight between the Donbrothers, the Nōto, the Jūto, Mahou-Ki, and Don Murasame. It's rare in Sentai to feature massive fights, let alone ones with more than two sides at a time.
• Getting annoyed with all of the parties, Jiro decides to transform into Don Torabolt. What follows is Don Torabolt one-shotting Mahou-Ki straight to hell, which leads to all of the other parties retreating soon after.
• Don Onitaijin and Toradragonjin combining their respective Finishing Moves to take down Mahou-King.
• Taro taking down Sonoi in one slash, just like the latter did back in episode 13. The main difference is that Sonoi is in top-form, having trained for days for the duel, only to lose despite of it.

Don-Episode 28: The Secret of "The Secret"

• Mizuho manages to trick Sano by using a bunch of blank notecards as her "payment", allowing her to steal the painting and escape from the building in quick succession.
• The debut of Toradora Onitaijin. The mecha deftly dodges through Kagaku-King's attacks by riding a virtual horse into battle, attacking it with a combination of lance attacks and arrows. After a quick tussle, Don Momotaro initiates their Finishing Move, Unified Peach: Donbro Fantasia. Everyone then charges against the Hitotsu-King one-by-one, quickly finishing her off.

Don-Episode 29: Mournings and Murasame

• Don Murasame killing one of the Cat Juto with a simple stab of his sword.
• The Ninjarksword's Demonic Possession is scarily potent, turning anybody in its grasp into a Blood Knight that attacks anybody and everybody.
• Taro overcomes the Ninjarksword's power with sheer willpower, using said power to transform back into Don Momotaro, just after he lost his powers to a Sonoi golem.

Don-Episode 32: Showdown Part 2

• Sonoi's revival. Infused with Taro's power, he proves to be Taro's equal, easily striking blows with the former. His power has gotten so strong that he is able to kill Taro in one slash, just like what Taro did to him five episodes ago.
• Sonoi one-shotting GoGo-Ki without blinking an eye, finally killing off Minoru Ohno for good.
• Toradora Onitaijin managing to win against Black Onitaijin despite Murasume's insane power.

Don-Episode 33: The Wasshoi Bird

• Taro managing to hold on by a thread despite being defeated with the same attack he used on Sonoi a while back.
• GolDon Momotaro's debut sees him easily shooting down all of the Anoni in his way. He then traps Taiyo-Ki in a peach-like prison before initiating Hōfuku Zettō^note A Guffawing Peach: Festival End, shooting a golden spiral that forms into the Omikoshi Phoenix. The phoenix then goes on to absorb him and he repeatedly attacks the peach with brute force, easily going through him with sheer power.

Don-Episode 34: Natsumi Meets Me

• Sonoi managing to break out of GolDon Momotaro's peach prison before his Finishing Move hits him.
• GolDon Onitaijin's debut has the mecha easily maneuvering through Tokusou-King's attacks despite its size. They then quickly finish him off with Futō Fukutsu^note A Dauntless Peach: Donbro Utopia, which simply just blasts the Hitotsu-King with a powerful stream of energy until he's gone.

Don-Episode 36: Dog Versus Dog

• Toradora Onitaijin Kiwami, the combination of Toradora Onitaijin and Omikoshi Phoenix, proves to be as powerful as advertised, managing to make short work of Kyukyu-King.
• Tsubasa manages to become the second person in the show to defeat a Jūto for good onscreen after Don Murasame. Granted, it was because Jūto are weakened when their hosts manage to leave the Forest of Slumbers, but he managed to do a feat not even Taro, Jiro, or Sonoi did up to that point.

Don-Episode 37: I, Ni, Za and Shi

• The Donbrothers and the Nōto manage to put aside their differences in order to deal with Sonoshi, and not only are they able to pull it off successfully, the combined parties make a complete fool out of the haughty inspector.

Don-Episode 39: A Lucky Push of a Button

• Don Killer is no joke, manhandling the Donbrothers and Noto trio with little more than pure strength and laser beams. It's so scarily effective that Taro tells the team to make peace with their inevitable doom and Sonoi pulls a Screw This, I'm Outta Here.
• Kaito hiding mustard in the banana parfait as a bit of "meager resistance". While it's rendered moot soon after, you can't help but admire him for trying.
• Even after having his legs broken, Tsuyoshi declares that himself and the other Donbros are super heroes, and that they can heal with willpower. Sure enough, transforming mends their broken bones and heals them primed for action.
• Don Killer-Killer coming in to save the team's asses in the nick of time, easily matching The Dreaded Don Killer.

Don-Episode 40: Dangerous Love Wagon

• Haruka fights Don Murasame off of Tsubasa's tail using nothing but Car Fu, to the point Don Murasame had to flee.
• The instructor who has dealt with Haruka last deserves one for having to deal with all her lack of skill that previously sent instructors to the hospital with a whiplash and her Speed Demon tendency.
• Once more, Tsubasa scores yet another Juto kill.

Don-Episode 41: Serving the Santa Clause

• The Donbrothers and Noto Trio saving christmas.

Don-Episode 42: Don-Lifting Family

• The sheer brilliance of Shinichi's plan to bait out, outsmart and freak out a particularly troublesome con artist so much that he turned himself in to the police, specially when the plan seemed like it was bound to fail. No wonder he's called "The Professor" by many.

Don-Episode 43: A Time-Travelling Mystery Unravelled

• The Future Donbrothers are shown to be far more effective fighters than their current-day selves, with Future Oni Sister using the Omikoshi Pheonix.
• Both present and Future Don Murasames duking it out in their mecha forms, with the present day Murasame obliterating his future self.

Don-Episode 44: White Revealed, Black Revealed

• All six Donbrothers transforming as a group. It took forever, but boy was it worth it.

Don-Episode 45: Kakamura or Gagamura

• A villainous example. Though Sonoshi might be an unlikable scumbag among the Noto's elites, you can't help but root for them and their posse for once when they manhandle Tsuyoshi in a 3-on-1 assault. Considering the gravity of the heinous acts Tsuyoshi has done all for the sake of protecting Miho, the beatdown by Sonoshi's gang would serve as his rude awakening. And to top it all off, Tsuyoshi gets isolated from his teammates and Miho.
• For the heroes, Tsuyoshi gets reverted from his Hitotosuking form by none other than the succeeding series' main mecha.

Don-Episode 46: A Natsumi Night's Dream

• Sonoi holding off Sonoshi's gang with some clever use of distractions.
• Turns out Taro deliberately let himself be cloned to lead Tsubasa into the Forest of Slumber.
• Taro turning into GolDon Momotaro in the Forest of Slumber, which in turn burns ALL the origami in the Forest, freeing all the captives there.
  • And to top it off, Taro declares to all Juto that they are now criminals due to their actions against humanity and are hereby sentenced to remain in the forest forever. Anyone who protests will have to deal with Taro himself.
• The Donbrothers and the Nōto trio once again team up, all members of both parties joining together for a grand finishing attack.

Don-Episode 48: The 9 Donbros

• Sonoi, the last one standing against the Hitotsuki, manages to rescue his teammates despite being outnumbered. All because they came up with a plan to use the Overseer trio's overconfidence against them, knowing they would stop taking the fight seriously the moment Sonoi was the last one standing.
• The instant GolDon Onitaijin unleashes the power of the Omikoshi Phoenix the battle immediately turns to the favor of the heroes.
• Everything from Taro's capture to the defeat of the Overseers went all according to Taro's plans, but Sonoi managed to catch onto Taro's hint on how they could outgambit the Overseers. Teamwork even when the two sides couldn't communicate it properly.

Don-Episode 49: Last Memories

• Haruka managed to find a new publisher who will serialize her manga, much to her and Sonoza's excitement, who has now engaged into inking manga as well.
• Taro, Jiro and Sonoi subjugates the Sonoshigoroku trio by succeeding where they failed: taking them down while blindfolded. And they didn't even move from where they stood after blindfolding themselves.
• Minoru deserves mention for trying to resist being turned into a Hitotsuki after being pelted with countless desire-enhancing darts from The Overseers.
  • To put it in perspective, one dart is enough to turn a normal person into a Hitotsuki in a few seconds. He took over twenty of those before finally caving to it.
• Taro uses a new skill to take down all five Ohsama-Ki in one strike, darting through them in a matter of seconds.

Don-Episode Final: We Have Made True Bonds

• The Donbrothers — Noto Trio and Don Murasame included — all performing an actual roll call that shows off the immense development and progress that the group has.
• Don Momotaro doing the honors of finishing off Sonona and Sonoya in the most spectacular explosion before he vanishes.