“ | It is born! My doppelganger, Daradara. I've been waiting for this day to come. Kakuranger and the Heavenly Triad. Muteki Shogun, Kakure Daishogun and Tsubasamaru will finally fall at my hand. But first, we must capture thier apprentice Ninjaman. Go forth! | „ |
~ Daimaou after creating Daradara. |
Daradara was the slimy energy-draining Minor Youkai of the Youkai Army Corps serving Daimaou and the main antagonist of the 42nd, 43rd and 44th episodes of Ninja Sentai Kakuranger.
Biography[]
After the death of Lantern Novice, Daimaou creates Daradara from an egg to help him to bring around eternal darkness on Earth. Unlike Daimaou's other Yokai though, Daradara is a mindless creature with no will of its own and is controlled by Daimaou himself since he doesn't want to risk an incompetent Yokai ruining his plan. Daradara goes to Earth during an attack by the Dorodoros and the Flowery Kunoichi Team, sapping Ninjaman's energy. The apprentice then grows giant but Daradara does the same with the Yokai Lightning Cloud before kidnapping him after sufficiently draining his energy. Returning to Earth to lure out the Three God Generals, Daradara easily overpowers Kakure Daishogun only for Tsubasamaru to arrive at which point he is destroyed by the Super Kakure Daishogun's Iron Fist Flying Finish.
However, much to the Kakurangers' surprise, he survives the blow and continues the assault against the Rangers by assuming a more powerful ninja-like form. Although Muteki Shogun then joins the battle and they regain the upper-hand, Daradara is able to keep the Kakurangers from attacking him since Daimaou has established a connection between them so that each blow against Daradara will injure Ninjaman instead and leave the monster completely unfazed. Unwilling to kill thier friend, the Three God Generals put up no fight against Daradara who defeats them but, before he can drain all of thier powers, they retreat back to the Illusion Castle so the Yokai monster goes on a rampage before they withdraw as Daimaou must begin the next phase of his plan.
Later, Daimaou lays a trap for the Kakurangers and Hakamenro with the Flowery Kunochi Team which Daradara joins after Daimaou reveals that they can't morph due to a power blocking barrier. The ensuing fight results in everyone but Sasuke being captured and connected to Daradara as well. With the added power boost, a giant Daradara returns to the city where the Three God Generals confront him after he poisons the city but assumes his ultimate form and completely overwhelms them. Once Sasuke frees the Three God Generals, Daradara is sent back to Tokyo where he fights them in his strongest Kakuranger-like form gained by draining the Kakurangers' powers. Eventually though, he is forced back to his weakest form when Sasuke defeats Daimaou who grows to giant size to help Daradara. In the end, the Kakurangers and thier allies win the fight against Daradara; weakening him with the Blazing Shogun Sword and killing him with Samuraiman's Samurai Raging Bomber.
Personality[]
Daradara was a mindless monster incapable of speech aside from yells and groans who only acted on Daimaou's orders.
Powers and Abilities[]
- Strength: Daradara was able to easily restrain Ninjaman, smash entire buildings with one swing, knock Kakure Daishogun back with a single punch to the upper chest and even keep a grip on Ninjaman once he grew before he grew himself.
- Durability: Daradara survived Super Kakure Daishogun's Iron Fist Flying Finish finisher and subsequent explosion without a scratch.
- Slime Transportation: Daradara was able to turn into slime and transfer through pipes to ambush its enemies as seen when he emerged from a tap to grab Ninjor.
- Energy Streak: Daradara was able to transform into blue energy to swirl around and grab its enemies.
- Teleportation: Daradara could make himself and anyone he was holding vanish in a flash of blue energy.
- Yokai Lightning Cloud Summoning: Daradara was able to summon the Yokai Lightning Cloud to enlarge himself with its Yo Power after Ninjaman grew giant to try and escape his grip.
- Eye Blasts: Daradara could fire large blue energy lasers from his eyes strong enough to rip apart buildings with single shots.
- Body Blasts: Daradara could also fire large sprays of blue lasers from his stomach capable of decimating the entire area.
- Acid Spit: Daradara could spew black goo out of his mouth that stuck to his enemies and would burned them.
- Transformation: Using the powers stolen from Ninjaman, Daradara was able to assume a stronger form similar to Ninjaman.
Arsenal[]
- Fists: Daradara had no weapons in his default form but could easily beat his enemies down with his bare hands.
- Energy Draining Gloves: Daradara could generate suction cup "gloves" over its hands that, by clasping its fingers to his enemies, could drain them of thier energy.
Arsenal[]
- Katana: Ninjaman Daradara wielded a big katana to aid him in battle.
- Lightning Blasts: Ninjaman Daradara could fire blasts of blue lightning from his katana.
- Lance Transformation: Like Samuraiman, Ninjaman Daradara's katana could combine with its hilt to form a much bigger and stronger lance-like weapon.
- Lightning Blasts: Ninjaman Daradara could fire blasts of blue lightning from his lance.
- Blue Lightning Projection: Ninjaman Daradara could project blue lightning from the tip of his sword. This was his strongest attack as one blast was able to knock the Ninja Megazord, Shogun Megazord, and Falconzord out of commission.
- Lightning Spray: As seen after he completely defeated the Zords, Ninjor Globbor could raise his lance into the air and have it rain down blue lightning on his enemies.
Weaknesses[]
- Connection to Daimaou: Daradara was spiritually linked to Daimaou since they were the same soul split across two bodies and any damage done to Daimaou was also done to him. When Sasuke exploited this weakness, Daradara was reverted back to his original form and the trapped heroes regained thier powers.
Arsenal[]
- Katana: Kakuranger Daradara retained his katana in this form to aid him in combat.
- Black Bow: Kakuranger Daradara gained a giant version of Jiraya's signature crossbow in this form. It could project very powerful blue energy blasts from it.
- Daradara Balls: Kakuranger Daradara could summon yellow and blue variants of the Kakuranger Ball to kick into his enemies.
Trivia[]
- Daradara was the only member of the Yokai Army Corps not based on a real Yokai. Daradara is instead a Japanese term meaning dripping, trickling or flowing to match the fact that the monster was coated in slime.
- Daradara was also the only Youkai incapable of speech.
See Also[]
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Youkai Army Corps |