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Episode 15: Imitation Justice!

Beyond Flamenco only shows up for less than five minutes total, but man does he make his time incredibly valuable.

He's a dark mirror to Masayoshi in so many ways. He used to be a hero too, but unfortunately, the dark ugliness of real world politics and people in general wore his spirit down, to the point that he merely became a tool to be used by others.

Similar to King Torture, he calls out superheroics as being ultimately pointless, but unlike Torture, he calls out supervillainy as being this as well. Practically speaking, there's no way one group could control millions of people around a planet, right? In the end, villains who want to take over the world are fighting for as much of a pipe dream as the heroes who fight for everlasting peace do.

But in the end, Masayoshi's' genuine words manage to reach the broken down man that is Beyond Flamenco, and From Beyond is stopped in its entirety. The day is saved, the mission is over, and all of the Flamengers go their separate ways to lead normal lives once again.

...Or so it seems.

There's still a subgenre of superhero stories that Samurai Flamenco has yet to tackle, and that's Superheroes vs the Government.

Oh yeah, enter a superhero from America known as Mister Justice, a very obvious parody of both Captain America and Superman. He informs Masayoshi that this entire fiasco with From Beyond was a setup by the Japanese Prime Minister to advance the PM's' political career. Now, said Minister is cracking down on superheroes, and blaming them for everything that happened with From Beyond, even using the conversation between the two Flamenco's as "evidence" of such a thing.

Because see, in the real world, some superheroes are very much created to serve as mouth pieces for certain ideas, or to distract from the grimness of the real world. Captain America was created as a way to get people to embrace the idea of World War II, afterall. And it's something we continue to see even unto today, whether one embraces the idea or not. The power of mass media is huge, and alot of people are quick to believe it.

Masayoshi is now on the run from everyone in Japan yet again, but this time, there are no superheroes to save him.