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It's only episode 5 and Kosei is cracking under the pressure of having to keep any info away from Ayu about Omega...and she's got a LOT of questions. Though probably for the best that Sorato turns himself into a delivery man and makes himself scarce!

Enter Miko! A surly, withdrawn, girl who lost her mother, her father is away for work, and she's stuck in the boonies with her kindly and doting aunt Sasako. She's not a bad girl, but she just doesn't have much going for her. Other than the "friend" she's made.

Enter Mikoto! Or Ohebinushi no Mikoto! A Serpent God who in legends fell in love with a human woman...and now is best pals with Miko, who feeds it metal. And Sorato even joins in because he's just that much of a pal! Though Mikoto is getting more out of this friendship than Miko realizes...

I don't think white streaks look bad on Miko, but it's a clear sign that something is up with her body and she's slowly deteriorating. And the source of it is, obvuiously, Mikoto. But she genuinely doesn't care if Mikoto, after it grows to its true size as Ohebinushi, the Serpent God, drains her dry so long as she doesn't have to live like this any more.

Sasako may not know how to raise a child, but she knows that Miko is her family and she'll risk getting herself drained by Mikoto if it means saving Miko.

I love how Kosei never even confirmed with Sorato that he would drive up to help bring him back, he just showed up because he's such a great friend. And because Omega might need Rekiness, but you know...

It seems like Mikoto wasn't just a beast driven by its need to feed and drain energy from others...it seemed protective and caring towards Miko, and considerate towards her, trying to protect her and keep her safe. Even if that meant rampaging and committing suicide by Ultraman Omega and fading away into cherry blossoms.

Kosei is acting like it's just another average Kaiju kill and Ayu is trying in vain to research what happened, but only Sorato might know the truth about what Mikoto was really doing. But, on the plus side, Miko and Sasako are closer than ever, flexing their mutual white highlights and Miko seems to have a new lease on living with her aunt. That's probably what Mikoto would've wanted for her.