Chain Shadow is a villainous chain-themed Shadow Monster at the Service of Evil Army Shadow Line, and under the command of Madame Noir, who appears as the primary antagonist in Episode 3 of Ressha Sentai ToQger. He was deployed by his mistress Madame Noir to capture and kidnap Tokyo as many humans as possible and trap them in his coffins in order to collect the darkness in their hearts by making them be afraid of death.
He is voiced by Junpei Morita who previously voiced Ryuuwon from Boukenger, a Mirror Banki from Go-Onger, and Uobouzu of the Nessie from Goseiger.
History[]
Founded by Madame Noir lurking around the Castle Terminal, this darkly eccentric Shadow Kaijin was deployed to "Heiwadani", converting the station into a Dark Station when he exited said station. Kagura tried to fight Chain Shadow when she was accidentally left behind, but was defeated and imprisoned inside Chain Shadow's Cross coffin.
By daybreak, the other ToQgers found out of Kagura's missing status and went back to get her, only to find out about Heiwadani's capture. They soon find Chain Shadow in a school house after the Shadow Kaijin caught some children. During the fight, Chain Shadow tried to capture the other ToQgers with the same technique he used on ToQ 5Gou, but failed when they freed themselves, leading to ToQ 1Gou jumping into the open coffin. The trapped ToQgers and children were set free when Kagura imagined herself as Ultimate Girl, making Kagura forget her mortal boundaries and began smacking Chain Shadow around, leading up to her trying to do a Hell Wheel attack, only for ToQ 1Gou to snatch her out of the air before she could complete it.
Once all of the ToQgers were gathered, ToQ 5Gou and 1Gou swapped their powers, and double-teamed the Kaijin, weaking the Kaijin enough to let the ToQgers fire their Renketsu Bazooka. With ToQ 5Gou at the trigger, she imagined the Rainbow Rush to take the form of bolt cutters, dicing up the Kaijin.
Once enlarged, Chain Shadow and ToQ-Oh began a fierce battle before Chain Shadow binded the Ressha Combination with his chains and trapped ToQ-Oh in a coffin and began draining the Imagination from the mech, weakening it. However, he did not count on ToQ-Oh smashing its way out of the coffin by rapidly extending Red Ressha. Enraged, he tried charging at ToQ-Oh, only to get caught up with the Ressha Combination's Fumikiriken Ressha Flash.
Chain Shadow was later part of a group of revived Shadow Monsters who fought the ToQgers and Kyoryugers. He ends up being destroyed again alongside the other revived Shadow Monsters by the two Sentai Teams' (bar their Reds) combined finishers, the Imagination Brave Finish.
Personality[]
Chain Shadow was a ruthless, cold-hearted, cunning and calculating monster who was determined to finish his mission to kidnap as many humans in Tokyo as possible and make them be afraid of death in order to collect the darkness from their hearts. He was also determined to defeat and eliminate the ToQgers to make them not interfere with the plans of the Shadow Line. He was shown to be quite sadistic and threatening, since he trapped the captured people in his coffins and enjoyed scaring them in order to make them be scared to death and collect the darkness from their hearts in order to help his masters conquer the Earth and plunge the Human Realm into the eternal darkness. Just like many other monsters in Sentai universe Chain Shadow used cunningness against the Rangers, but ultimately underestimated the heroes and was defeated by them. However, he is also loyal to his mistress Madame Noir and is always faithful and polite to her.
Powers and Abilities[]
- Superhuman Strength: Chain Shadow is highly strong, despite being one of the earlier monsters, and is capable of matching all five ToQger ls in combat. However, he was still not so powerful as other monsters and wasn't powerful enough to defeat and best ToQgers in battle.
- Superhuman Durability: Chain Shadow is also highly durable and is able to survive and withstand multiple hits and strikes from the ToQgers. However, he was still destroyed with more powerful weapons and attacks from Rangers.
- Skilled Combatant: Chain Shadow is highly capable combatant, being able to hold his own against full ToQgers team in battle. However, he was still not powerful enough to overwhelm the heroes and was overpowered and beaten by them.
Arsenal[]
- Cross Coffin and Chain Generation: Chain Shadow drags his Cross Coffin wherever he goes, putting his victims in it while binding by his chains to make them become afraid of death. The tombstone inside the Coffin is the weakpoint of the technique, as when it shatters, the coffin will explode and harmlessly release all captives within it.
Trivia[]
- His suit actor is Keizo Yabe.
- "Shinotani" is the combination word of "death" (死 Shi) and "Inotani" (猪谷), a railway station in the Toyama Prefecture.