 This article is about a monster in Choushinsei Flashman.
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The Jiraika (ザ・ジライカ Za Jiraika) was a Beast Warrior creation at the service of the Reconstructive Experiment Empire Mess. He serves as the primary antagonist of seventeen and eighteenth episodes of Choushinsei Flashman.
History[]
A Beast Warrior with elements of a praying mantis and a termite working alongside Sir Cowler. It's main ability was to lay eggs that possess electricity within them, forming a network underground that would explode upon any impact. As the Beast Warrior sets up it's network, one of its egg bombs blows a bus filled with children towards a cliff, forcing Jin to come to it's rescue regardless of the explosive ground beneath them. While Red Flash was able to save the bus, he was forced to put up both with The Jiraika and Cowler's forces but also with the arrival of the truck-like Flash Titan pursuing him. Once saved, the Flashman destroyed The Jiraika with Rolling Vulcan. 
TV STORY-Ep. 17: The Mysterious Giant Reckless Vehicle!
However due to Kuragen growing the Beast Warrior, the Flashmen have no means to face it with Flash King still out of commission until Flash Titan and it's mysterious driver, Ley Baraki, choose to fight the giant in their place. Using the Flash Titan truck, he attacks it to hold it off but he has problems in controlling the truck due to the technology responding to those from planet Flash. Ultimately after seeing the Flashmen as the heroes he had been foretold to arrive by Hero Titan, a former Flash warrior from a hundred years prior, Baraki gives them the vehicle and allowed them to fight The Jiraika. As Titan Boy, they beat up on the Beast Warrior until finally forming Great Titan and destroying the monster with Titan Nova. TV STORY-Ep. 18: Big Turnaround! The Transforming Robo
Personality[]
Jiraika was a ruthless, destructive, arrogant and barbaric Beast Warrior who was willing to kill the innocent children by blowing up their bus with his explosive eggs. He lacked value for human life, and was determined to get rid of the Flashmen, who already annoyed the Mess with their constant interferences of the villains's plans. However, while Jiraika was an unambiguously ruthless and sadistic creature, but he was still completely and utterly loyal and faithful towards Sir Cowler and loyally enforced and followed his master's orders and commands.
Powers and Abilities[]
Powers[]
- Electricity Network Formation: Jiraika's main ability. He could create an explosive eggs that possessed electricity within them, forming a network underground that would explode upon any impact. This power was very dangerous, because Flashmen needed time to evacuate multiple people from the dangerous zone, before fightight with the Beast.
- Energy Projection: He could also fire a powerful, explosive energy beams from his hands in order to attack his enemies.
Abilities[]
- Physical Strength: Jiraika was immensely strong physically. In his human size, he was able to best all five Flashman in the battle, and after being enlarged, he bested all of their Robos, before trying to kill the Rangers. The only reasons that they won and emerged victorious, was because of Baraki's interference and his help by providing the Rangers with his Robos.
Weaknesses[]
- Superior Physical Strength: He could be defeated by the strength superior to his one, such as all of the Flashmen's Robos combined with Baraki's Robos.
Arsenal[]
- Fists: He uses his mantis-like arms and hands in the combat.
Behind the Scenes[]
Portrayal[]
- The Jiraika had no voice actor, because he couldn't talk like all of the monsters from this Flashman season.
Design[]
- The Jiraika design was a mixture of the praying mantis and termite.
Concept Art[]
Etymology[]
- It's currently unknown how his name translates.
Notes[]
- Jiraika was the first monster, to be fought by Baraki and be defeated by the Flashman's Hero Titan Robo.
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