[Sunred]

Episode 8 definitely is one Arc as a show can be proud of. If they ever do best of re-runs for Arc they need to show this.

[GuardianAngel87]

I am now 30 episodes into Ultraman Cosmos on which I am already close to the show's halfway point.

[Llyot42]

Honestly, trigger's sixth episode; the one hour devil is where the first half peaked.

[ZeroWolf]

Finally caught up with Arc after missing the past few weeks. Some pretty good episodes, especially the last one! Series is going good so far.

[Frontier]

What do you do when a rampaging, invisible, Neronga is on the loose? Lure it to some power liens via You-Bot and overload with electricity to knock it out! They didn't even need Arc!

I forget Yuma is supposed to be a Kaijuology expert. But he actually dished out some decent insight in this episode!

Yamagami isn't the first "character connected to one of the main cast who is committing crimes involving Kaiju" but he's probably the most likeable one in a while. Even his motivation is surprisingly understandable, wanting to use their power to create a better world for children like his son, and he's not a bad person...but he just lost sight of the people who would be satisfied to sacrifice his mission.

Though honestly I just feel bad for his wife and son. Just imagine his son having to grow up with his father being a criminal and being in prison for who knows how long when he's at such a young age.

Kaho Mizutani can pull off a school uniform.

Imagine sending Rin to suss out that her mentor and idol, the person who lead her to the point where she would build YouPi and join SKIP, is involved in illegal dealings. And that's not even getting into the fact that she had a massive crush on him. But considering he supported her and accepted her interests when her other friends in high school did it and he's a fairly attractive and nice guy, can you blame her? But she knew him so well that she remembered his tell when he lies.

I thought Rin was going to just straight up tell him to turn himself in, not lead him to incriminate himself. But I guess that shows how serious she was about him paying for his crimes so he could be the man she admired again.

You couldn't just mention his name and not expect him to appear. He sat out on Blazar because he was exhausted from filming Shin Ultraman, but he's back and more ferocious than ever. That's right, the King Kaiju of Reiwa has returned...I'm talking about PAGOS!!!

I like how Arc saw the sun and knew to use his Solaris armor, especially for added sturdiness to take on two Kaiju. But it seems like he can't fly in the armor like he can in the base form/Luna Armor.

Aw, Pagos and Neronga held each other before Arc cut them in two! Now I actually feel kind of bad.

Dang, Rin basically confessed her love to Yamagami. But he lied about what the time they had together meant to break her heart for her own sake. I guess Rin's really grown up now. At least she's got YouPi!

Next week: Yuma's old buddy and Noiseler!

[Daikaijuman54]

Boy, this was a great episode!

Now usually these kinds of plots have become something of a mainstay in Ultraman, but something about this one adds a little something that just hits different.

The fact Yamagami isn't quite a "bad" guy, his reasoning is perfectly justifiable, even if it's still underhanded, but everything they show from him and Rin's time together just made this hit on a different level from the one Decker Episode, and I would say better. The fact that he lies just to her at the very end so that she can move on from him just made this episode for me, it's something that could have all been just fine with just a "he's beaten today but maybe he'll be redeemed next time" to something that hits harder.

Anyway, it's always nice to see the "Attack Team" defeat a monster without Ultraman's aid, just as it's always fun to see a fight between monsters (and their defeat was rather cute).

I also want to say, I have begun joining Yuma and YouPi in the aerobics section. And I am not ashamed. If anything, it's good workout.

Next Episode: Radio Friends Communication! Is this E.T.?

[Frontier]

Communicating with aliens has long been a dream of humanity, but imagine you get into radio correspondence with an alien girl voiced by famous female seiyuu Ayane Sakura? You'd never want to give it up!

Though I feel like Kazuo is meant to represent your typical withdrawn, antisocial, hikikomori who reject normal people and society to a degree and seeks some kind of escape, which he finds in a pretty and kind voice he meets over the radio in Fio. Not that it devalues the connection he and Fio shared, just that it comes across as him chasing after a fantasy rather than reality.

Ah yes, the classic "protagonist meets up with an old friend from school," only they aren't really friends...not for lack of trying on Yuma's part.

Hey gang, it's Noiseler! With cool echolocation effects and sonic attacks just as deadly as they've always been! And he's always chasing after the noises!

I had a feeling something would be up with Fio, but what a tragic backstory for a disembodied voice. Poor girl. I think an Ultraman show did a similar plot (Cosmos? Maybe Mebius?), but it still hits hard here.

Thank you for the Kaiju warning system, Arc! Also just goes to show how out of touch Kazuo was of any reality that did not pertain to Fio that he completely ignored the giant battle happening outside his window.

I love how they broke windows during Noiseler's scream.

The SKIP team were not expecting Arc to literally be right next to them and agreeing with their reasoning about Noiseler's behavior. But okay!

Did you miss Arc doing cool things with his barriers and Ultra Slash? Here's an Ultra Slash ping-pong with barriers!

Hey, the GDF actually backed Arc up! That's cool! As is Arc using the elements of his armors to deal more damage with his sword!

I did not expect the Color Timer to be weaponized against Noiseler or that Noiseler would be taken care of non-lethally by making him follow the Ultra Slash back into space...but if it works, it works!

Man, those are some raw tears. Kazuo may never be able to see Fio, and he can only dream of her planet deep into the universe, but at least he was there for her when she really needed someone and up until his last moments. And Yuma is still there for him as he embraces truly living again, in her honor.

Next week: a new Ultra Robot and Gubila!

[Llyot42]

Naoyuki uchida did a stellar job as this and the previous episode's special effect director. Hopefully he returned next year

[SHINOBI03]

I'll never get tired of Arc inventing new ways of using the traditional Ultra fighting skills.

[Smozz]

Man, this episode was a punch in the guts that I wasn't expecting. Good stuff.