[Kiwami]

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Originally Posted by Fish Sandwich

Oh god, I honestly never even considered that. I'm really sorry if I've been dragging out this whole rivalry shtick well past the point where it's any fun for you. You've legitimately been one of my favorite people on this site ever since we were arguing about Ghost back in the day, and I can't apologize enough if I've been upsetting you like this. Making people feel bad is the last thing I want to be doing on these forums.

I sincerely hope you enjoy the rest of Mebius, and I'll try my best to be less obnoxious towards you in the future. Thank you for being honest about this.

Thanks, that's all I wanted, just to clear up some confusion so we can all have a better time around here

Speaking about good times:

Ultraman Mebius - Episode 2: Our Wings

The big recruiting wave starts and it begins with a great point - why would anyone want to serve in the Global Defense force if Ultraman is around? The potential candidates all refuse for the obvious reasons I thought they would use, which is good, but Mirai is not giving up: The organization of LADS needs reinforcements!

And what better way than to - paint their new battle ship. I'm all in for team practice but this was a bit weird. But I guess they wanted to show that you just need one mundane task to break the ice so people open up. Plus – these wings were super important to Ryu and it carried them all forward in the end.

But then our next monster shows up: Gudon! At this point in the episode it becomes obvious that this show is meant as a successor / celebration of Showa Ultraman, as the newest BUDDIES member, medical student Teppei not only identifies this monster but tells of its previous appearance on Earth and its rivalry with Twin-Tail. Hell, he even explained the Color Timer later.

Long story short, the potential candidates identify with the cause, join the group and Gudon is defeated by the combined effort of the new ship and Ultraman Mebius.

I really liked the lighting in this episode, it made the monster fight really nice to look at. Plus, the characters are growing on me fast, I like them already. So many cute moments between them, I think at one point when they were discussing how to paint the ship they had a model of a Showa battleship? Adorable. Also Mebius as Mirai tastes solid food for the first time and is super into it, aw.

I really like this show so far, it's great!