Karate besties! 😍 #Exceedraft E4 | E13

Exceedraft E13 presents a repeated emphasis on bare hands that matches its "low-tech" premise and its accessible and affordable yet nonetheless skillful ways to advance the story.

A 'plot hole' in Exceedraft E13: Fujio takes Ken to the ring for illegal deathmatches at 7 a.m. where Ken has just one fight against Kogure. Shortly after, Ken and Fujio have their final showdown at sunset.

Time to kick some ass!! #Exceedraft E13

Another possible reason for the primacy of this jacket: its black and yellow are the colours of barricade tape used for sealing off crime scenes!

Our hero working together with the man he's going to rescue. ← Denshi Sentai Denjiman E40 → Tokusou Exceedraft E13

🌞 #Exceedraft E13

Ken's suffering face 😣 #Exceedraft E13

🤝🏼 #Exceedraft E13

Draft Keace's Magnet Unit! #Exceedraft E13

Ken answering the phone in #Exceedraft E13 📞

🥋Identity VS Individuality: A closer look on the styling for Yokoyama Kazutoshi's guest appearances in Exceedraft and Blue SWAT🚴🏽 Yokoyama Kazutoshi appears as a guest actor in Special Rescue Exceedraft and Blue SWAT, which are both Metal Hero shows with Miyashita Junichi as their head writer.

🦾Yokoyama Kazutoshi's guest appearances in Metal Hero shows🦿 Yokoyama Kazutoshi, who plays Kogure in Exceedraft E13, is a member of the famous talent agency Japan Action Enterprise (JAE) that trains action actors and stuntmen.

Cheering pats! #Exceedraft E13

Ken bruised and bloodied 🥺 #Exceedraft E11 | E13 | E24

Colour palette of Ken taking his helmet off #Exceedraft E13

Lyrics from the second verse of "Fight to Survive" from the soundtrack of Bloodsport (1988) #Exceedraft E13

Costume analysis: Ken's turtleneck clinching the primacy of the yellow jacket with black sleeves.

😁 #Exceedraft E13

Our hero with a pair of unfortunate yet loving siblings. ← Denshi Sentai Denjiman E40 → Tokusou Exceedraft E13

Colour palette of Ken in the villain's dojo #Exceedraft E13

Menaced by "gangsters"! #Exceedraft E13

The fight begins! #Exceedraft E13

All of Ken's yellow jackets! #Exceedraft E2 | E8 | E11 | E13

The scenes in which Ken performs the 'Great Whirlwind Kick' in Exceedraft E13 follows the rule of 3 to create a pattern for Ken's signature move to change the nature of each of his 3 major fights. The pattern is an example of meaningful repetition that guides the creation of long tokusatsu shows.

The signature move of former karate champion Okuma Ken! 🌪️💥#Exceedraft E13

Besties conspiring 🤍🖤 #Exceedraft E13

😄➡️🤨➡️😨 #Exceedraft E13

Ken getting manhandled by other men 😳 #Exceedraft E13 | E24

Close-up shots of Okuma Ken in #Exceedraft 13 (02)

Colour palette of Ken and the Kogure siblings #Exceedraft E13

Costume analysis: Ken’s karate gi in Exceedraft’s outro, E4 & E28. A companion piece to the thread analysing the scenes featuring Ken in his gi in E13.

Smug exit! #Exceedraft E13

Close-up shots of Okuma Ken in the sunshine #Exceedraft E13

Lyrics from the chorus of "Fight to Survive" from the soundtrack of Bloodsport (1988) #Exceedraft E13

Just regular martial arts or ... ? 🤔 ← Bloodsport (1988) → Special Rescue Exceedraft E13

"Please, let me find Kogure." #Exceedraft E13

Shit gonna get real in 3...2...1... #Exceedraft E13

Thinking about the tension underlying the posts for this account that's like the tension from the meeting of opposite ideas in Exceedraft E13 (like the performative and personal, deception and authenticity).

Close-up shots of Okuma Ken in #Exceedraft 13 (03)

The tables turned! #Exceedraft E13

Close-up shots of Okuma Ken in Exceedraft's office #Exceedraft E13

Lyrics from the first verse of "Fight to Survive" from the soundtrack of Bloodsport (1988) #Exceedraft E13

Ken in a black turtleneck (01) #Exceedraft E13 | E15

The cavalry rides in! #Exceedraft E13

Exceedraft's E13 marks the growth of our heroes at the start of a new cour. A cour is a block of 11 to 13 episodes of a Japanese TV show typically covering at least 1 important story within the larger story.

Costume analysis: The Exceedraft main trio’s undercover outfits in E13.

Colour palette of the trio's disguises #Exceedraft E13

Smug! #Exceedraft E13