Last episode, maybe the penultimate one. Ultraman has a pattern for this kind of thing.

Welp the Orb movie has been announced. The official title is Ultraman Orb:Kizuna No Chikara Okarishimasu (Lend me your Bonds).
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Also apparently Ginga, Victory, X and Daichi are going to show up in the movie.

Daichi will definitely be there, he's central to the story. Daichi disappears and X seeks out the SSP for help in finding him.

In other news, the Amazon Prime series will be called Ultraman Orb the Origin Saga and starts the day after Christmas in Japan with new episodes premiering on Mondays.

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Not a whole lot of story mentioned other than "Orb's mysterious new red form appears!"

Just watched episode 21. I haven't had too much to really say about the past few episodes even though they've been good, but I really liked Gai's words of wisdom at the end of this one. It's such a little moment but it speaks volumes about his growth over the course of the show. He's been an awesome character with a great actor behind him and really elevates an already solid show.

On an unrelated note, I'm pretty disappointed with how they've been using Orb's various forms since Origin showed up. Considering what a big deal is made of it being his proper appearance, I sort of wish they had just pulled a Gaia and said "this is what Orb looks like now, deal with it". Instead, we just have every episode be almost that, but with a token appearance by one other form. I guess it made a bit more sense here than in the past couple episodes, but in most cases it just comes off like Origin is way better than the other forms in every respect and there's zero reason for him not to use it all the time.

"Ultraman Orb Origin The First"? What kind of sense does that make? Like Origin is his original form and this is his original original form? Gotta sell that merchandise, I guess. :lol

Despite Orb wasn't in its best time after Origin appeared, I must say I really like ep 21. The combination of drama and action really blended well in this episode. The whole Maya's story was very tearjerking despite the appearance of Maddock was quite nonsense and illogical without any foreshadowing. And I must say I love how Gai becomes more open, relaxed and and warm toward the others. I agree with Fish that this episode really showed how much Gai's character development toward the course of the series. After all, he was just a lone wolf traveler in the first episode. Though, it somewhat bugged me a bit that the interaction between SSP and Gai, especially Naomi, was quite awkward for the past few episodes. Well, I mean it feels like Gai was there to show "Hey, I'm the protagonist here so of course I need to be here" sense.

One thing that I love to see here was Thunder Breaster. Really, I thought Gai already forgot that form after receiving Origin, but it seemed Belial's power was still relevant to some point. LOL I somehow love and hate Origin at both side. For me Origin lacks the feel of a super form compared to Exceed X or Ginga Strium. It's simple but it's WAY too simple. I even felt a lot more super form feelings from Thunder Breaster. I also still dislike Orb Calibur's noisy's voices. But, at one side, I really love the gimmick of Orb Calibur and its finishers and man, you couldn't say no to Origin's theme! And despite I kinda don't really like Origin, it doesn't mean that I don't love every of his appearances. It's no wonder that Gai will spam Origin since after all, it's a form that managed to induce a city-size explosion. Though, I still miss some forms like Burnmite and even Spacium Zeperion was foreshadowed lately by Origin.

Episode 21: Another wonderful episode of Orb. I enjoyed the story with the couple taking in Maya and the battle against Hyper Zetton. Gai steals the show and the cast is just so awesome together. I just love to sit back and enjoy this show.

It is a really amusing twist on "this is my greatest form!" "no wait this is my greatest form!" "no no guys this is really my greatest form!".

Man, is Nova the silliest looking Toku monster? I think so! I thought it was still an enjoyable episode.

Next episode looks like it's getting serious... only 3 episodes left.

Episode 22 was really enjoyable. Orb is really good at creating atmosphere when needed and Gai continues to be totally amazing. The way he tries to hide his doofy grin at the end was just precious~