Tear Jerker / Denji Sentai Megaranger

Episode 10: Farewell! Sorrowful Android

• Shun falls in love with a mysterious girl who reminds him of his mother, who was famous for playing the flute. Unfortunately, the girl ended up being a rogue Nezirejian creation. A mere gynoid named Number 167. 167 ends up sacrificing her life for Shun, playing her flute to nullify Neo Bat Nezire's powers long enough for the Megarangers to get an opening. Gravely damaged by Neo Bat Nezire's killer soundwaves, 167 bids Shun goodbye and runs at Neo Bat Nezire to self-destruct and take him with her... and she doesn't even reach the monster before she explodes. Shun's reaction... it's painful. He proceeds to point-blank the monster with his Mega Sniper, subjecting the bastard who took her from him to excruciating pain. He did not care that 167 was an android. He really cared for her. The episode ends with Miku breaking down in tears for him, completely at a loss on what to do to make him feel better.

Episode 16: Very Bad! Will We Die?

• The Megarangers learn that they are going to die, thanks to Poison Moth Nezire's incurable toxic dust. Shun can't become a graphic designer like he wanted, Kenta won't be able to play games with his younger friend, Takeshi, anymore. But the saddest is that Miku won't be able to become a bride. And as the episode continues, Kouichirou and Chisato, who are desperately searching for a cure, have their confidence in surviving wittled down to nothing, beginning to think that they should follow Kenta, Shun and Miku in living their last day out with no regrets. Kouichirou is even seen shedding tears over a photo of him and his family. The majority of the episode is full of despair and the feeling that there is no hope left for our heroes, or their friends. Thankfully, they get the antidote and survive.

Episode 17: Too Cool! The Awesome Super Miku

• Miku not wanting to participate in the fight against Toad Nezire because his Reverse Growth Gun will change her back to her normal self. She wants to stay as Super Miku, not the clumsy, trouble-causing normal Miku. This is reinforced by how much her friends praised her when she bested Toad Nezire earlier that episode, and showed how powerful and intelligent she was after gaining his powers. Despite the fact that the growth formula she was hit with could kill her, she wants to be the smart, graceful, awesome Miku that she is now. She eventually comes around, however, and comes back to normal.

Episode 19: Drive It In! The Invincible Deadly Punch

• Guirail's debut appearance has him kidnapping Takeshi, Kenta's younger friend from the arcade, and switching him out for a Kunekune Soldier about to be on the receiving end of a punch from Mega Red. To the Red Ranger's horror, he hospitalizes Takeshi with a single punch to the face, leaving him comatose. Kenta is so griefstricken by what he's done that he believes that morphing into Mega Red again would potentially result in more people getting accidentally hurt. And he fears that when Takeshi wakes up, he'll hate his Mega Red persona. He's put at the point where he tries to vow never to become Mega Red again. He doesn't stick to it, thankfully.

Episode 23: Why! My Egg Is A Nezire Beast

• Kenta finds a Nezirejian egg, which he hatches into a cute little anglerfish creature he names Komutan. He decides to raise him as his own, and even after he grows into an adult-sized kid, he's still willing to raise him. But he refuses to let INET know about him, believing he can protect him all on his own. He can't.
• When Kenta tells Komutan to hide from Anglerfish Nezire, he still looks to go after him. Unfortunately, this leads him into wading right into Anglerfish Nezire's path, and he is promptly absorbed by him.
• Komutan forgets Kenta momentarily when Anglerfish Nezire causes the little guy to fuse with him, and Kenta goes so far as to un-morph to try and get through to Komutan, enduring lots of punishment to try and get through to him.
• Komutan, once free, watches in horror as Anglerfish Nezire kicks Kenta while he's down, furious about losing the person he sees not as a brother, but as a means of more power. But it doesn't stop Komutan from attacking his evil brother, desperate to get Anglerfish Nezire to stop. Then after being thrown on the ground twice, Komutan finally decides to stop messing around and hits Anglerfish Nezire with a powerful attack! But then comes perhaps one of the biggest heartbreakers of the series...
  Anglerfish Nezire: You're not my brother anymore!
  • The aftermath of the attack that causes Komutan to keel over, and the unmorphed Kenta dashes over to his friend, the one he swore to protect, and promised he'd keep safe, the one who had only been alive a few days... and he's dying. And Komutan's last wishes are to eat yakiniku with his human friend. The poor guy...
  Komutan: Kenta... thank you...
  • Out of all the Nezire Beasts the group has confronted, not even Poison Moth Nezire could hold a candle to such a callous, power-obsessed, unfeeling bastard like Anglerfish Nezire. And if murdering Komutan wasn't enough, he laughs about it. He is so unmoved by his brother dying to protect a weakling human that he starts laughing about what in a Nezire's eyes would be a Senseless Sacrifice. And the rage in Kenta's eyes afterwards is very understandable, as is what he does to the monster next.

Episode 28: Give Up! The Explosive Granny Whirlwind

• A major misunderstanding regarding Chisato and her grandmother. When a Nezire Reaction results in her friends running off to stop the trouble, Chisato is trying to get her grandma to safety. Granny doesn't understand why Chisato is seemingly abandoning her friends to get her to safety (the reason due to Chisato trying to keep her Secret Identity from everyone), and Chisato angrily states to her that she can't help them with her elder relative around. Grandma is offended by this and slaps Chisato, hurt that Chisato thinks she's in the way. In a fit of exasperation towards her grandma, Chisato takes advantage of a passerby police officer to try and get her to safety while she runs off to try and help her friends. Thankfully, they make up when her grandma pulls a Big Damn Heroes moment a few minutes later.

Episode 31: Stop It! Out Of Control Guirail

• is full of this for both heroes and villains.
  • Shibolena is griefstricken by what has happened to Yugande, whom Guirail used to shield himself from Super Galaxy Mega's finisher. Guirail casually tells them that he is only doing what is necessary to invade Earth and defeat the Megarangers, but Shibolena is furious, claiming that what Guirail did to Yugande is beyond forgiveness, and that he is making sorry excuses. She nearly starts a fight, but is only stopped when Dr. Hinelar says so.
  • Guirail hospitalizes Shougo with a blast just because he's there. After Guirail is forced to retreat due to what is happening to his body, the heroes are left griefstricken, and begin doubting their chances to protect Earth if they were unable to stop Guirail, much less protect their friend.
  • The Megarangers are extremely hesitant to use the Big Bang Attack Program to give Super Galaxy Mega a chance to destroy Mad Guirail, as the program hasn't been tested, and could possibly render both Galaxy Mega and Delta Mega inoperable. Mega Red outright refuses to take the chance of leaving Super Galaxy Mega beyond repair. An underlining of how much many a Sentai care for their mechas.
  • Shougo gives them the program, reminding the Megarangers that Super Galaxy Mega was created for the purpose of battle, and that it's meant to fight. This gives the Megarangers the confidence to use the untested Big Bang Attack, and see if it will allow them to win at last. Good news: Super Galaxy Mega survives using the attack. Bad news: it fails to kill Guirail. And then Guirail spawns another monster... They manage to turn the tide next episode, but...

Episode 32: Is It The End? Desparate Situation, Galaxy Mega

• Galaxy Mega is wrecked horrifically by the mutated Guirail, suffering a jagged shard of metal being jammed through its abdomen, and being blasted and slashed over and over. Every time Guirail hits Galaxy Mega, its crew is getting injured or worse. Shougo does his best to keep Galaxy Mega functioning, but try as he might, his creation is unable to withstand the barrage of raw power. Shougo ultimately falls unconscious in the cockpit as Galaxy Mega collapses indefinitely from the onslaught, and is left at Guirail's mercy. What would've happened if Mega Voyager had not arrived in time to intervene...

Episode 34: I'll Show You! Big Bro's Miracle Shoot

• This one... hurts pretty bad, given the plan of the second Psycho-Nezilar, Porcupine Nezilar. He poses as a coach for the soccer team that Shinji Endou, Kouichirou's little brother, attends; therefore, he brainwashes the kids into being "human weapons", getting them to kick his soccer balls, which serve as deadly bombs. Shinji misses the day of practice when Porcupine Nezilar reveals himself to brainwash the children, due to wanting to practice with his big bro. Unfortunately, Porcupine Nezilar's reveal caused a Nezire Reaction that Kouichirou had to go investigate with the other Megarangers. By the time they arrived, Porcupine Nezilar had already brainwashed the kids at the soccer field and sent them away, before personally hunting down and brainwashing Shinji. One thinks that Shinji's brainwashing could've easily been avoided if Kouichirou had gone to practice with his little brother, like his friends said he should.
  • More so, it isn't instantly obvious to Kouichirou that Shinji isn't completely OK, as when he tries to make up for missing out on soccer practice with him, but Shinji shrugs him off, saying that he won't need his help anymore on the soccer team. It leaves Kouichirou wondering if he alienated his little brother this way.
  • It gets worse. When Kouichirou discovers Shinji running out at night to go to the soccer field, he arrives to find all the children kicking explosive soccer balls. When he calls out to Shinji on what's going on, Potcupine Nezilar, disguised, orders Shinji to kick a ball at him. Shinji does so without hesitance, and the soccer ball is enough to throw Kouichirou to his feet. The pain and rage in his eyes towards Porcupine Nezilar when he reveals himself is understandable. To turn his little brother into a mindless pawn is one thing. But to brainwash him into hitting his own big bro with an explosive soccer ball? Yeah... this hurts. This hurts a lot.

Episode 35: Overcome! Mega Silver's Greatest Crisis

• Kenta and Miku listening in on Yuusaku talking to a doctor about "limited time", and they believe he's going to die. Both of them are extremely distraught, and are even more so when Yuusaku catches them and tells them not to tell the others. This is reinforced by his strange attitude around Dr. Kubota, as he acts as though he''s fine when he possibly isn't.
• Then, his fight against Mantis Nezilar goes less than well. He gets knocked around by the mantis cyborg, and his Blazer Impact fails to destroy the machine. Mantis Nezilar then declares that he "knows Mega Silver's weakness", and teleports away. The other Megarangers note his subpar performance... and suddenly, Kenta and Miku get defensive.
  Mega Red: You guys! Don't talk to him like that! He's doing his best!
  Mega Pink: That's right! He's fighting like he always does!
  Mega Blue: Take it easy! What's with you two?
  Mega Pink: ...n... nothing.
• It gets to the point where, after Yuusaku is weirded out by their attempts at affection, Miku starts to cry Tender Tears, to which Kenta gets on her for, but he himself can't stop himself from crying. Miku decides to offer him a charm of protection, but can't even give it to him because they receive a Nezire Reaction about Mantis Nezilar's return. When Yuusaku comments on how it'll all be over soon, Kenta and Miku get so upset that they seize Yuusaku and bar him in an adjacent room, begging him to stay while they go handle the Nezirejia. Maybe an overreaction on their part, but it's obvious that they don't want him to go.
• Yuusaku comes to the fight anyways, and Mantis Nezilar goes after him as predicted. Once again, Mantis Nezilar outclasses him in every way, and then locks two bomb scythes around his arms, lifting him into the air and telling them that they are bombs. They will go off the second 2 minutes and 30 seconds are up, which will be the time that Mega Silver becomes Yuusaku again, and the bombs detonate. There's a heartrending moment where there's 10 seconds away from the bombs going off, and the Megarangers fight past Mantis Nezilar's Kunekune Soldiers to save him, begging for Mantis Nezilar to let their friend go. They don't make it in time to save him.
  Mantis Nezilar: Mega Silver... is dead!
• And of course, the absence of music that follows, punctuated by Mantis Nezilar's psychotic laughter at having seemingly murdered Mega Silver. A moment of disbelief follows before the Megarangers fly into a maddened fury at their comrades' death, only for Mantis Nezilar to blow them to the ground, still laughing as he prepares to kill the other Megarangers...
• Subverted in that Yuusaku was never actually going to die. His talk about limited time was actually referring to his Mega Suit, which he decided to fix the Weaksauce Weakness of. He chose to enable the ability to sustain itself forever rather than 2 and a half minutes, at the cost of a drop in power (which is why Mantis Nezilar seemed to be stronger than him). Then the Awesome Moment comes into play...

Episode 36: Fly! The Universe's Dancing Wings Of Hope

• Deputy Director Kijima of INET deciding to relieve Yuusaku of his Keitaizer, under the pretense that he is an unapproved Megaranger, and that his business was concluded a long while after the Space Mega Project was completed, and Mega Voyager was finished. Outraged, the core Megarangers jump to his defense, saying that he's one of them and that if he quits, they quit. They even choose to remove their Digitizers and give up their Megaranger status, but Yuusaku stops them. He hands over his Keitaizer for their sakes, deciding that it's more important for his friends to continue their duties as Earth's defenders than boycott because Yuusaku can't join them. Doubles as a heartwarming moment, showing how much the core gang cares for their Sixth Ranger, and vice versa.
  • And then Yuusaku gets captured! Going back to try and re-claim his Keitaizer, he ends up catching Condor Nezilar blowing Director Kijima to the ground, and without his Keitaizer, he is made easy prey of by the monster. And the Megarangers arrive a little too late to do much against Condor Nezilar, who grabs Yuusaku and swoops away before the Megarangers can stop him.
• Condor Nezilar puts out an ultimatum: INET exchanges Yuusaku for the Mega Voyager, or Yuusaku dies. Kijima, despite being alive due to Yuusaku stepping in for him, is against any notion of Mega Voyager being sacrificed to the enemy. He even makes his point by putting the Mega Ship on lockdown and keeping the Megarangers inside the base ship, asking the Megarangers if they're so willing to sacrifice their greatest weapon against the Nezirejia for one man's safety. The Megarangers, however, care too much for Yuusaku to just let him go, showing how willing they are to give up their greatest weapon for their friend.

Episode 38: Scary! Nezirejia's Fiendish Squadron

• Kubota coming to the Megarangers personally to inform them about how the Nezirangers are tracking them through the sound made by their Digitizers. Worried that the Nezirangers will take advantage of this to kill the Megarangers before they have a chance to morph, he asks his charges to sit this fight out. Kenta is very much against it since Yasuda, one of his friends at school, was assaulted by Nezi Black because of his PDA device making the same sound as the Digitizer. But Kubota begs him not to gamble his life, even going so far as to say he hates having to had recruited a group of teenagers to fight a force that endangers the world, and would hate to have their lifes end because of him.
• Kubota goes to Samejima's old home in hopes of finding clues on how to stop the Nezirangers... only to come face to face with an illusion of Dr. Hinelar himself, who has been awaiting him. The Wham Line of "Are you Samejima?!" hits really hard, as suddenly Hinelar becomes more than just the Big Bad... he Was Once A Human, and now seems to be hellbent on destroying the Earth for whatever reason.
  • It makes sense when we later learn that the dimension of Nezirejia tends to twist and warp any exterior being who comes in contact with such a place. When Samejima went to Nezirejia against everyone's best interests, he was continuously warped by the dimension, changing from the man he originally was to a true madman. Whatever decency in Samejima's soul disappeared over time. And while he still retains some of his humanity, Hinelar is still far from Kubota's old friend.
  • This is especially hard on Kubota, who begs the man in front of him to wake up and come to his senses, but Hinelar claims he already has, having embraced his Nezirejian identity. Kubota refuses to believe how his former colleague has fallen so abysmally far.
  Dr. Kubota: Why?
  Dr. Hinelar: ... I want to make you suffer.
• And all the while this exchange is happening, the Megarangers are desperately trying to get to Dr. Kubota, even going so far as to have Yuusaku disengage the transformation lock on their Digitizers to go save him. The Nezirangers react immediately and beat the Megarangers inches within their lives. They are only stopped from killing them because at that moment, Javious starts to feel weak.
• Kenta apologizing to Kubota while the former and the other Megarangers are laying wounded.
  Mega Red: Sorry, old man... we didn't keep our promise. And we lost big time.
• Kubota still saying that despite all this, it's his fault for dragging a bunch of teenagers into an interdimensional war. Even so, the Megarangers make it clear that they won't give up. Doesn't stop Kubota from feeling guilty, as he's aware that things could've ended horribly for his charges.

Episode 49: Utter Despair! We Are Outcasts!?

• Hinelar succeeds in exposing the Megarangers' true identities, causing them to be expelled. All of them lose the will to fight the Nezirejia anymore.

Episode 50: Sublime! The Red-Hot Super Soldier Yugande

• Yugande and Shibolena both die. After his life-threatening power wears off, Kenta goes to kill Yugande... only for Shibolena to shield him from the fatal blow. But Yugande is so enraged at Shibolena's sacrifice that he attacks again, despite being too weak to fight back. Kenta still kills Yugande in response, making Shibolena's attempt to save him moot. Afterwards, she only manages to return back to the Death Neziro to inform Dr. Hinelar of Yugande's death. Before dying, she admits to who is now revealed to be her father that she wanted to be beside him forever... and then she collapses, and explodes before his eyes.
  Shibolena: Goodbye... Father.

Episode 51: Seize It! Our Diplomas

• The Reveal that the whole thing started when Dr. Samejima sacrificed his daughter Shizuka for the sake of his experiment in the first place. This leads to Dr. Samejima's Start of Darkness, which in turn lead to a series of events that lead to the start of the show's plot. In some ways, the entire story has a Downer Ending after the fact, even though the Megarangers defeated Dr. Hinelar / Samejima and the Nezirejia for good.

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