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If I can describe this episode, it's wonderfully delightful.

Kanata and Hane-II just make an absolute great team with their banter, teamwork, etc. The bit where Hane-II had to cover for Kanata, and then you just get Decker looking at the Hawk like "Really dude?" and Hane-II responding killed me.

This was just a nice self-contained episode, while we get some more mystery about the Sphere and what Earth hopes to do to deal with the veil, we focus on the two focal points of the episode, hot springs, and mail order Kaiju.

There's just something nice about having a good location like the hot springs with it's backstory too and the mayor! The mayor was a joy to watch. Also add in an aliens deciding to test Kaiju on planets they think will invent space travel, honestly it's a funny combination.

There's just something about these one-off plots that really make Ultraman for me. We get to find out a bit more about our characters, Earth, and the worlds around Earth. These are the kind of things I feel Ultraman excels at aside from really heavy sci-fi plots.

I'm also always a fan of cute Ultraman moments, so Decker grabbing the Falcon and then using the hot spring geyser to put out the fire was absolutely fun to see.

That being said, Eleking next time? And it's an Ichika focused episode too? Sounds like fun, and sure, Miracle type as the cherry on top! Really enjoying Decker more than I thought I would.