[Kiwami]

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Originally Posted by Deepsea

One thing I don't like about ultraman as a whole is the tendency for the aliens have their roles determined by their species, it doesn't feel great. Mind you most the aliens are more like wild animals which I think works. Also it might be why we haven't seen aliens like Baltan or Dada in the modern era of ultra (or have we? I haven't seen every ultra).

Honestly, I never thought about it this way, but you’re not wrong for disliking this. There are explanations in both the fictional and real world for this - in fiction, most aliens that aren’t malevolent don’t bother with Earth. It's always invaders or space pirates who seek it out on purpose. In real life, it gives the writers easy access to old suits and tropes.

At least Ultraman does put some emphasis on monsters and aliens not being evil by nature. Ultraman X had a strong focus on peaceful coexistence with monsters, and Ultraman Taiga put a spotlight on racism towards aliens who want to live peacefully on Earth.

Of course you still have multiple shows that don’t bother with these messages at all - like Ultraman Z, our "professional monster exterminator". Poor Gomora did absolutely nothing wrong, they didn't even bother writing a Devil Splinter into this one

Still, I feel like the franchise is aware of it and there are enough examples of peaceful behavior between Ultraman, humans, aliens and monsters.

By the way, Dada did appear in both Ultraman Geed and Ultraman R/B, in the latter it was peaceful I think, it appeared in the weird, comedic Halloween episode.

But Baltan - Baltan I haven’t seen in forever. It pops up in the background from time to time but isn’t involved in any plots. Kinda weird considering how popular it is. Maybe they don’t feel like using its menacing formula anymore and don’t want to "tame" it either? I don’t know.

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Originally Posted by Deepsea

Still wondering how the team is going to take out 9999 aliens at once.

Thankfully, until those get to Earth, Z and Haruki well have unlocked their final form so these guys might want to reconsider their revenge agenda