Action Mom: Yumeria's mother helps kick ass in this episode, even if she is just a delusion made by the three.
Back from the Dead: Kabuki Chou from episode 3 is resurrected as this episode’s threat. And defying the usual rule that revived monsters suffer from Villain Decay, he proves very formidable when the heroes are sober.
Bait-and-Switch: Yumeria's mother hanging out with her daughter...before the Akibarangers return to the real world and learn that she was only a delusion and she was dead.
Dead All Along: Yumeria's mother has been dead for five years, with the team under a shared delusion to let them see her one more time.
Doujinshi: The Akibarangers come across "Z-Cune Aoi's Doujin Corner" in a store. Mitsuki confuses one such work for an official product:
Mitsuki: There's an Aoi manga? I didn't know about this! Nobuo: Don't. You don't wanna read that.
Yumeria feels very unsure at Nobuo wanting to see her mother. Because she's dead.
Halfway through the episode, Hakase looks up “Cosplayer Miyabi” and is shocked by what she sees.
Innocently Insensitive: Nobuo's enthusiasm about seeing Yumeria's mom despite Yumeria feeling unsure. Becomes much harder to look at at the end.
Mood Whiplash: The hilarity and heartwarming montage of Yumeria's mom joining the Akibarangers changes to bittersweetness when it's revealed that she was never real this entire time.
The Reveal: Yumeria's mother died five years prior; the one the Akibarangers met was only a delusion.
Rewatch Bonus: After learning the twist, look at how Yumeria feels very nervous whenever Nobuo talks about wanting to see her mom.
Superior Successor: Spoofed. Akagi consider’s Yumeria’s middle-aged mother a better yellow because she has a traditional roll call.
Wham Shot: Once the monster is destroyed, the Akibarangers return to the real world. But Yumeria's mother, who they spent an entire day with and she even transformed to save the day isn't there...
