The Crescent Moon Mask (三ヶ月仮面 Mikazuki Kamen, 7) is a minor antagonist of Himitsu Sentai Gorenger. He was Black Crusader Masked Monster, under the command of the Black Cross Führer himself. He wears a red crescent moon mask and black body suit. He serves as the primary antagonist of the Episode 7 of the series.
He was voiced by the late Shōzō Iizuka.
History[]
Crescent Moon Mask's scheme involved creating a town filled with people abducted by him and his minions and then inject all those within the town with a drug that can turn people into werewolves upon his command. However, one of Crescent Moon Mask's subjects, Shiraishi, escaped from the town to return to his young daughter a week after he had been abducted by him.
Kaijo and Peggy follow him after discovering his scheme, with Akarenger being hurt while Momorenger sneaks into the town and discovers the wolf-man army Crescent Moon Mask was developing and the transformation of people in the town. Crescent Moon Mask and the Zolders attempt to capture Peggy, but she escapes.
Akarenger arrives with reinforcements as the other Gorenger take the infected onto Variblune to be treated with a cure. They attack the Masked Monster with Gorenger Storm but he survives, using the power of his staff to reform himself. At instruction, Aorenger fires a Blue Cherry at one of the crescent moons on the staff, destroying him permanently.
Personality[]
Crescent Moon Mask was a ruthless, arrogant and cold-hearted, but yet an extremely intelligent, strategic, creative and pragmatic entity, who was determined to finish his mission and destroy the Gorengers and help his master Black Cross Fuhrer to take over the world. His plan was extremely intelligent and cunning as he wanted to create the entire army of wolvemen to take over the planet. However, he was also supremely and completely loyal to his master Black Cross Fuhrer and loyallyand unquestionably enforced his orders. However, it's still debatable whether it was a genuine loyalty or merely extension of his egotism destined for his own benefits.
Powers and Abilities[]
- Superhuman Strength: This Masked Monster is immensely powerful physically and is able to best several Gorengers at once without any aid.
- Expert Fighter: He is also an extremely capable fighter, able to stand against the full Gorenger team, even alone and without his footsoldiers.
Arsenal[]
- Staff: Crescent Moon Mask's main weapon was a staff with two crescent moons upon it;
- Wolveman Transformation: Its main ability was to transform any person infected with a drug developed by the Black Cross Army into a werewolf when hit by a beam of light emitted from the staff.
- Motorcycle: He also possesses a motorcycle that is comparable to Akarenger's.
Trivia[]
- Crescent Moon Mask is the first Mask Monster to wear the Black Cross Army emblem on his body.