Can't Kill You, Still Need You: Marusheena desperately tries to preserve Saburo Hatte’s existence so she can continue using his power.
Cerebus Call-Back: The finale of season one had Saburo Hatte sending the Akibarangers a DVD of the whole season as an excuse for a Clip Show. Marusheena reveals here that she realised a link between worlds existed because of this, which she used to travel o his world for revenge.
Character Development: Luna decides that being a Sentai heroine who saves the world is more important than her idol career.
Cliffhanger: As the Akibarangers and Marusheena prepare for a final battle, the scorpion tattoo finally reaches Hakase’s neck…
Despair Event Horizon: After seeing Marusheena’s hold on young girls after rewriting reality, Akagi and Yuko are demotivated, the latter even contemplating quitting drawing yaoi.
Event Flag: Weaponised by Marusheena, who inverts them so that victory flags are now defeat flags and vice versa.
Genre Savvy: Having absorbed Tsuu Shogun’s knowledge of Sentai, Marusheena became the villain of every Super Sentai series, avoiding all the event flagss and defeating the Sentai, which led to the franchise becoming Super Marusheena
Lampshade Hanging: Malshiina's Breaking the Fourth Wall rant lampshades common complaints that apply to Super Sentai and Akibaranger as a whole, along with her exhortation to blame it on Saburo Hatte.
Mood Whiplash: This episode delivers multiple ones, to the point of being the episode's very focus.
No Fourth Wall: Malshina justifies her evil plan by directly addressing the audience.
The Reveal: After Season 1 was concluded, Marusheena went after Saburo Hatte by going into his world and ambushing him, forcing him to create a second season of Akibaranger so she could get revenge.
