16:05 Teruaki's actor did a phenomenal job here, the way he delivered his dialogue near the end gave me goosebumps. The directing of this scene and the way the Professor doesn't immediately have a change of heart through Talk-no-Jutsu is so damn refreshing. To add the cherry on top, the music and sound design really sells the scene and the weight of Teruaki's words. Mad props to the director, screenwriter(s), composer(s) and all actors involved.
I really like the fact that Gento's final resort is to sacrifice one to save many, it's something that previous ultras never shown before. Everyone is hoping for a happy ending with no casualties, but this time it's so serious that Gento have the resolve to take one life to save everyone. I love it.
this is the first time we have the captain as the Ultraman, essentially making him the first person to be an Ultraman and have the experience and resolve to do things, his morals isn't shaken and his decision making ability is nothing to scoff at, before whenever our protagonists are faced with a moral dilemma they essentially fail to function due to their inability to decide which side they are on which somewhat nerfs their fighting ability, but with Gento he understands that the enemy won't stop any anything to reach their goal hence we can respond the same way
Gento is the Captain of the Earth Defense Team, is a dad, and is a former commander of a strike team. He know from experience they cannot save everybody and the best choice is to go for the option where there would be less casualties especially when the Professor was ready to die for his goal.
He's the realistic kind of person, just like how he decided to escape in the last episode. Average Ultramans would take the hit then disappeared, but Blazar is the opposite.
Really love how Blazar takes Mebius route of building each members character development, instead of goofy crew. This could be even more epic in later half!!
Especially with moments that involved Lim-Eleking,the baby form of everyone's favourite Space Monster Eleking. Let's remember that at least in Ultraman Decker Guts-Select was FAR more competent and professional than they were in Ultraman Trigger.
@@JennyAnimations Indeed, they can. Refreshing to see they can do most of the footwork needed. They walk so Blazar can run... and howl like a drug-addled monkey.
When Blazar grabbed the rainbow, I thought he was gonna gain a new form like Ultraman Exceed X. But it seems like he can utilize other Kaiju's powers and create a unique finisher out of them, which is actually cooler than gaining new forms. That Rainbow Slash is really Blazar's first exposure to the typical Ultra Slash technique
He’s not the first Ultra to do so. The finishers may not have been…“unique”…but Ultraman Belial, Ultraman Victory, Ultraman X, Ultraman Orb (using X’s power as Orb Trinity), Ultraman Tregear, Ultraman Taiga (and we all know how _that_ nearly turned out) & Trigger Dark have all used Kaijū powers, in one way or another.
@@omnimon2230 I... didn't say that Blazar was the FIRST Ultra to use Kaiju powers, I think you misread what I just said. Also, what I mean by unique is that instead of copying the exact same finisher style of the Kaiju itself, Blazar put his own twist into the technique, making it unique compared to the Kaiju's original.
I think its more like he uses his target as a source of power. Since blazar is a tribal/caveman, they use the carcasses of the animal they hunt. Like horn, or bone or anything else they could be use as weapon.
Ultra's being Giants of Light usually means that for thematic reasons, their antagonists are usually beings of darkness, which is pretty handy for good vs evil narratives. Blazar being able to weaponize Nijikagachi's light against it plays with that notion in a really cool way, highlighting how morally gray this conflict was. Both sides are correct in their own way, and as a natural extension, they draw their strength from the same source.
I still don't like the fact that the scientist says there can only be one answer. It's just reminding me of teachers that can't accept that they're wrong & have made a mistake.
@@5uspicious_Person i think it's more like "I know you're right, but there's only one correct answer that not even myself knows, and it all depends on the outcome of this battle".
From what little Ultraman i've seen, mostly the original, its almost always somewhere on the grey spectrum, Kaiju born from the consequences of advancement punished for that
That cold open struck me with an odd, amusing, realization, for Ultra hosts, going _towards_ the light means a second chance at life, as oppose to the usual connotations.
But in this case (from what the first episode showed): it's Blazar coming towards him. He didn't seek Gento out. Gento found him. Usually it's the Ultraman who finds the host because the host is in trouble and needs saving. This time? This time it seems Blazar was the one in need of saving. Gento walked towards the light because *he* saw someone in trouble.
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