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fighterxaos · 7 years ago

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In last week’s episode of Ultraman Geed, Ultraman Zero made the ultimate sacrifice! However, as we all know Zero will not be staying dead for too long. Episode 8 is going to swiftly revive our fallen hero, and give him a brand-new form. Ultraman Zero resurrection is going to send him, and Reito pass their limits into the BEYOND!

Summary:

Riku rushes Galactron once more before Kei puts the robot on hibernate; exhausted Riku loses his transformation, and the hostages are set free. The group returns to the Nebula House to recover, and REM clarifies that Zero is gone. Riku watches a news broadcast of Kei mocking him, and he seeks to hunt down Kei. However, Laiha attempts to stop Riku, as Reito is overcome by fear and just runs away. Reito plans to get his family, and escape before things worsen. Riku also realizes Reito makes a decent point on that he must do whatever to protect his family. The team begins to mourn Zero, but Riku has faith that Zero will find his way back to them.

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The following morning Riku plans to fight Galactron even when there is no hope of winning. However, Riku is forced to witness some of the destruction before he can fully transform again. Meanwhile Reito works to help his family evacuate the city, but his family’s belief in Ultraman catches his attention. The family’s belief in Ultraman inspires Reito to rush to Riku’s aid even when he believes he cannot transform anymore. Laiha appears to tell Reito she is proven wrong yet again about Riku, Ultraman, and fate. Laiha presents the Ultra Zero Eye Neo to Reito again, who reclaims the item; in doing so Zero revived!

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Now, together Ultraman Geed and Ultraman Zero face off with the damaged Galactron. Yet, Kei notices the two Ultras are more than a match now, so he summons another Galactron. The battle worsens briefly and Ultraman Hikari arrives to bestow a Geed Riser with new Ultra Capsules to Zero. Reito takes the Geed Riser, and the new Ultra Capsules, based on the modern Ultras, to unlock a form, Ultraman Zero Beyond. The form is more than enough for the two Galactrons’ to handle! Kei is left vexed by Zero’s revival and leaves, while Reito is emotional over their victory as he accepts his duty to be Ultraman Zero…

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My Thoughts:

I am not sure if I love or hate this episode, as I find to been simply an okay episode. The pacing is what really tends to be a problem with not just this episode, but the entire series at hand. Events seemingly are occurring to either just promote the toys for the show, or merely elude to the series endgame. Yet, even now the endgame is shrouded in shadow with only catalogs for upcoming toys helping to clue in the audience. Compared to Ultraman Orb where around this time in the series the audience knew Juggler’s goal was to revive the Maga Orochi, whereas Ultraman Geed is hinting at something. The hinting is more like teasing at something that is supposed to be huge a climax/ revelation, but what is present does seem to hold the weight of what is to come.

Now, before going into Ultraman Zero’s revival and how he obtains the form, I want to talk about everything that lead to it. First off, the scenes pertaining to mourning the loss of Zero were done well. Riku’s frustration at being played by Kei was excepted but is justified due to the circumstance at hand. Laiha trying to calm Riku, then badger a broken and fearful Reito was a little hectic, because she tries to take control of the chaos like a leader should. However, she tears into Reito, a passive man that barely has any courage at all pushing him away further. This leads into a typical trope of Reito realizing that he had courage all along through his family’s belief in Ultraman. In addition, Laiha then appears later acting either like she realized she should have not been a hard-ass on Reito, or that in-doing so it would help him gather himself. I found Laiha’s calm and heartfelt words just too convenient, since in this case she was not proven wrong like previous episodes seemingly do to her.

Then as for Ultraman Zero’s revival, it was my biggest issue with the episode because he was not revived at all! Ultraman Zero just regularly recovers from a fatal injury, with maybe a dash of ‘friendship is magic’ syndrome. Zero’s recovery appears when Reito accepts to fight even without Zero at his side, and reclaims the Ultra Zero Eye Neo from Laiha. The entire death and revival was a pointless scenario because it also did not lead to how Zero obtained his Beyond form. Ultraman Zero Beyond was a form that was gifted to him by Ultraman Hikari who arrived with a brand new Geed Riser, and the New Generation Ultramen Ultra Capsules (Ginga, Victory, X, and Orb Origin). Then following receiving these items, Reito takes ‘forever’ to activate all four Capsules to form the new Alpha, and Beta Capsules to assist in unlocking the Beyond form. The revival and the way Zero obtains this new form was just mind boggling, even though the overall action in the on-going battle with the Galactron was incredible! Furthermore, I felt it contradicted the growth of Reito’s character, and made the form’s debut underwhelming.

I personally feel this episode should have dealt with Hikari sending the new Geed Riser and Ultra Capsules to Earth to help revive Zero, leading to Kei, Laiha, and Reito racing to obtain them. The race to control these items would have built up the whole life-and-death scenario set-up. Also, if Zero was dead, coming back from dead would been a working analogy as to why the form is called Beyond. Yet, never the less this episode’s positives and its negatives cancel each other out for me, which allows me to say it was just an okay one. From viewing the teaser for the next episode, I am sure it might begin to bring Reito family further into the fold since Reito’s daughter has a Little Star, which might be Zero’s Ultra Capsule. Furthermore, I cannot wait to see Tyrant appear in the series he is an all-time favorite of mine!

Rating: 3 out of 5

Ultraman Geed Episode 8 – Going Beyond Fate Review

In last week’s episode of Ultraman Geed, Ultraman Zero made the ultimate sacrifice! However, as we all know Zero will not be staying dead for too long.

Ultraman Geed Episode 8 – Going Beyond Fate Review In last week’s episode of Ultraman Geed, Ultraman Zero made the ultimate sacrifice! However, as we all know Zero will not be staying dead for too long.

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fighterxaos · 7 years ago

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Ultraman Geed is seemingly getting better after its almost disappointing premier. Last week, we got a real introduction to our leading lady, Laiha Toba. In addition, we found out that our antagonist, Kei Fukuide is a popular author when not trying to destroy the universe. Yet, in today’s episode we are going to get the arrival of Ultraman Zero!

Summary:

Ultraman Zero makes his way to Earth, however he discovers the Ultimate Aegis has been heavily damaged. Meanwhile, Ultraman Geed fights against Darkclops Zero, but is unable to handle it by himself. Zero steps and manages to fight off the Darkclops, as a weakened Geed reverts into Riku. Riku and friends get away to recover, as Zero notices a salaryman attempt to save a child. However, the man gets terribly injured, so Zero merges with him at the hospital to save his life. The man awakens panicked because he is later for work, and rushes off. Following the man’s day at work, he finally discovers his merger with Ultraman Zero as they fight off street punks. This salaryman, Reito, then heads home and makes Zero aware of his family.

At the Nebula House, Riku and Pega think to have REM e-mail the media informing them that Ultraman Geed is Earth’s ally. Yet, while surfing the net Pega discovers a boy with a Little Star; this boy is the same one Reito tried to save. Across town, Kei is meeting with a co-worker before becoming aware of the next Little Star, which Riku and company have found. The boy seeks to use his new power to help Geed. Nearby, Reito learns what occurred during the Crisis Impact and how Ultraman King gave his life to save Earth. Kei finally closes in summons forth three Darkclops Zeros to call out Geed. Zero watches the battle, refusing to transform due to his injuries. However, he believes Geed can manage a way to win.

Laiha watches the fight with the boy, and believes Geed will not win. However, the boy believes in Geed which releases the Little Star to Geed. This Little Star is revealed to be the Ultraseven Capsule! Riku quickly combines it with the Ultraman Leo Capsule to become Ultraman Geed Solid Burning. This surprises Zero, and makes him question everything. Now, as Solid Burning, Ultraman Geed manages to overpower and destroy the three Darkclops’. A few days pass, and Riku encounters the young boy at a Donshine gashapon machine, as Reito gains respect from the street punks.

My Thoughts:

Episode 3 of Ultraman Geed is the best episodes to date when it pertains to its self-contained story, as well as the overarching plot. Once Ultraman Zero obtained his host, and the introduction between the two is established, Zero confirms the Crisis Impact was averted by Ultraman King. That explanation easily confirmed the fan theories that rose from the prologue’s transition into the opening credits. From that explanation, it also helped to foreshadow the coming of Ultraman Geed’s form, Royal Mega Master.

In addition, to Zero’s arrival he immediately identified Ultraman Geed, as Belial’s son which also led to Riku realizing he needed to let the public know he was not the world’s enemy. Having this pseudo confrontation between the two Ultras should be considered as character development for Riku, since Laiha constantly points out how he is a novice. Furthermore, when Zero chose to not help Riku/ Geed in the final fight it allowed Riku to grow, even if it was an excuse to heal his injures. Zero’s sense of how an Ultra will overcome the odds also showed how he may serve as mentor to Geed in the episodes to come. However, my personal favorite thing about Zero’s official introduction to the series was his merger with Reito, as the scene is a callback to Ultraman Jack. Yet, that was not the only interesting thing as Reito’s wife, Lumina, is portrayed by Hitomi Hasebe; who previously portrayed Mizuki Koishikawa in Ultraman Max. Now, even though I dislike Ultraman Max, Mizuki was my favorite character on the show, so I am delighted to see Hitomi again in a supporting role.

This episode also managed to have a decent pacing between the various on-going plots, and the excessive amount of action that was provided. The debut of Solid Burning also features innovating ways for Tsuburaya produce their on-screen battles; even if its incorporating/ adapting styles and themes explored in its competitors’ programs. This is referring to Solid Burning’s thrusters being like the Gekirangers’ Super Mode, or mounting the Slugger to similar areas in which FangJoker’s fangs appear. Now, these are not the only additions to series discovered in this form, but Geed also now is equipped with a living armor-like plating over his body. Personally, I heavily favor the mountable Slugger aesthetic, as it is a gimmick that should have been attempted sooner. Whereas, the living armor plating and thrusters feel like gimmicks Tsuburaya should consider for a live-action adaptation of the Ultraman manga, if there ever is to be one.Ha

Now, overall there were not many or any issues with this episode. I think for viewers who have felt uneasy about this series like myself need not to worry any further. Hopefully, this expectation I have is proven to be true with the introduction of AIB in the next episode. One thing that I look forward to is the involvement of the Alien Pitt species, and Eleking. This may be a callback or homage to episode 3 of Ultraseven, but who really knows at this point?

Rating: 4 out of 5

Ultraman Geed Episode 3 – Salaryman Zero Review

Ultraman Geed is seemingly getting better after its almost disappointing premier. Last week, we got a real introduction to our leading lady,

Ultraman Geed Episode 3 – Salaryman Zero Review Ultraman Geed is seemingly getting better after its almost disappointing premier. Last week, we got a real introduction to our leading lady,

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