Just My Friend's Soul

友の魂だけでも

Air date: September 18, 2011

Important things that happened

ChouJyu Sentai Liveman tribute episode.
Monster of the week, the Great Scientist Zaien targets the people with great skills to remodel.
The truth behind the remodel of Sid Bamick, Joe's sempai and the deserter of the Space Empire.

Zaien ザイエン - Voiced by Nakata Jouji 中田譲治
- A Great Scientist who's responsible for Sid's remodel into Barizorg.
- Nakata Jouji previously portrayed as Great Professor Bias.

Academia Island, the school where Jou is a professor, is the same school attended by Jou and his teammates that was destroyed in the first episode of Liveman.
The butterflies in the episode is a reference to the butterflies in the series' opening.
Jou told Joe about his classmates who discarded their humanity and joined Volt to take over the world.
The Action Commander in the episode, Zaien, is modelled after the final villain in Liveman, Great Professor Bias. He is also voiced by Nakata Joji, who played Great Professor Bias.
Zaien saying "Defeat is not in my vocabulary!" is also a reference to a line Bias quipped during episode 30 of Liveman.
During the Treasure Navigation, Navi says, "Hop, Step, Love Jump", which is the title of Colon's song on the ChouJyu Sentai Liveman soundtrack.
Jou's entrance is a remake of a scene from episode 18 of Liveman, where he raced to save a runaway stroller.
The skateboard in Jou's office at the restored Academia has stickers that say "Land Lion" (Yellow Lion's mecha), "Skateboard Attack" (Yellow Lion's Jet Skateboard attack name) and "Colon" (which features her profile in silhouette). There is also a sticker of the Yellow Lion symbol, Academia's logo, and a lot of red/blue/yellow coloured stickers, referencing Red Falcon, Yellow Lion and Blue Dolphin.

Writer: Komura Junko 香村純子

Director: Watanabe Katsuya 渡辺勝也

Action Director: Ishigaki Hirofumi 石垣広文

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