Just a heads up the only English subs I found were reverse-translated from the Chinese subs. Some wrong names and some questionable pun translations.

Really fun episode. I absolutely loved the scene where the other Decker (from the future, I guess?) showed up and we, like Kanata, just had absolutely no idea what was going on. I'm very interested to see what's up with the shared history he has with Asakage and what that dude's whole deal is (never trusted him; always gave off some subtle "I'm the villain" vibes).

I knew he looked familiar! The blonde hair threw me but I should really learn to recognize that beard.

Taniguchi never disappoints. :rock:

I've been watching the original Ultraman recently and was wondering if anyone else feels disproportionately bad for the monsters in this show? I like the show but I can't help but find that the fact most of the monsters come across more like hapless animals than some malevolent force or twisted human makes watching them get beaten up feel a little depressing! I'm really curious to know if this issue extends to other Ultra shows too, of it is just a result of this show's age.

Part of it is due to age yes. But sympathy for monsters is a thing for Ultra’s show. As you watch the OG you?ll see what I mean.

Oooh, I'm intrigued! I'm still very new to Ultra shows, so I don't really get what the series is about yet. What you said sounds really up my alley though!

I agree, I also have those feelings. But it is worth noting that the characters sometimes talk about it themselves, like Ide in the Jamila and Wuu episodes. But still, in the same Ryder, where most of the enemies are reasonable and very angry, cruelty towards them is more justified.

You might like Ultraman Cosmos. The entire premise of it is that he rehabilitates monsters instead of destroying them.

To be honest I felt kind of bad for how savage Ultraman was to Jirahs when they fought.

Yeah that fight was strange. Ultraman was rater brutal in this one, it had a weird comical undertone and in the end they tried to play it sad and suddenly Ultraman was super respectful and covered Jirahs with its frill, you know, the one that he himself mercilessly ripped off earlier, like it was a shroud.

Then again you have another handful of episodes were Ultraman takes mercy on the monsters and the humans admit it was all their fault so - yeah.

I feel like the first Ultraman had some very interesting thoughts that inspired later shows to delve deeper. It's probably thanks to this that modern shows can directly have the theme of co-existing with monsters (X) and aliens (Taiga).