#ultra galaxy fight

[gojira-ekkusu]

[zaruba-needslove]

🤣🤣🤣 I still love the running joke about how Beliarok got very fond of Haruki and would ditch Z any chance he could www

[jasonheichel]

Tokutember 2023 Day 26: "Anomaly"

Anomalous parrell isotopes, time-displaced Ultraman Belial, and Tregear.

Lines and inks by me

Traditional colors by @kaijujam

[ultra-zine]

It's second check-in, so here's some more sneak peaks for everyone! We're aiming for preorders to be late April, so please look forward to it!

[comicalcarnival]

the man, the myth the Tart I made an Absolute Tartarus plushie as a gift for my friend Klenda at AN. She kept him in line all weekend, as expected.

[kenro199x]

ULTRA GALAXY FIGHT: THE DESTINED CROSSROAD EP.01

[thekaijudude]

[klenda-v]

(Transferred thread from Twt: OG thread HERE, edited for clarity & the new format. Gonna eventually transfer several of my favorite threads here just in case Twt does die)

In Ultra Galaxy Fight: the Destined Crossroad, there’s a strange tagline: ARE YOU TOUGH ENOUGH?

Which begs the question: what does this mean? Who’s it talking to? Tough enough to do what? What does this have to do with a Crossroad, Destined or otherwise?

The obvious, easiest translation seems to be: are you, the viewer, tough enough? The implication being, I assume, to ask if we’re strong enough to stand with the Ultras against the Absolutians, fighting for the Land of Light.

But that seems incomplete; if that was the intent, I feel like there’d be something more specific they’re asking the viewers to do, a specific call to action (eg SUBSCRIBE TO FIGHT THE ABSOLUTIANS or VISIT OUR WEBSITE AND DO THIS THING TO ETC ETC). There’s the Narak Tower game but since they don’t tie that in as strongly in mainstream advertising, I don’t think that’s the intended meaning of the tagline.

I also assume it’s not saying “are you, the viewer, tough enough to sit through a movie-length series of ideas that Klenda will eventually do an overly long thoughts-thread about.” So I think it’s safe to assume it means someone within the story.

Because of the UGF format, there’s no one true “main character,” or even a main cast. It’s “everyone is here Except Agul” which means it’s hard to tell what characters are considered central. But let’s go over the possibilities. Who in The Destined Crossroad needs to be Tough Enough?

Grigio is the first character we meet who can be called a main-character. And like…in a sense she needs to be tough? They start a really interesting direction with her and Gina, and Grigio deciding throughout that she wants to be stronger—hence, “tougher.” Even Mebius mentions that her strength and powers could be the key to ending the Absolutian threat.

So is it talking to Grigio? I’m inclined to say no; Grigio starts that arc of growth and strength, yes, but we never really see her go anywhere with it. Her last scene ends with her saying “I need to get stronger!” And then we just. Never see her again. She vanishes an hour into the movie, and never again becomes relevant to the story.

So not Grigio. Maybe Zero?

He seems like a likely candidate; his arc in this is about getting back to his roots—on multiple levels. He circles back to his origins as a character and in his legacy, both as a leader and a student, and he has to use that in a new, tough way.

So does Zero need to be Tough Enough?

There’s a better argument for him than Grigio, but I’d argue no. His power and new ability is relevant to the finale in a way Grigio’s isn’t (read: he’s THERE AT ALL, thanks Tsuburaya), but is it Zero’s story? I don’t think he’s the one the story’s truly about. And I don’t think he’s the one the tagline applies to the most.

Ribut’s another main(ish) character, but he doesn’t do enough for me to really think it’s asking him to be tough. That and it feels contrary to his role in the story, as his “toughness” is in his stubborn belief in his friends and his faith in his ideals.

The only other likely candidate seems to be Regulos, the new kid on the block. The story establishes him as incredibly powerful, and master of THE strongest space-martial-art that we know of in the Ultra universe. Not to mention he has a personal grudge against the Absolutians, so it seems like it’s him who needs to be Tough Enough.

I’d like to posit that none of these people are the one the question is addressed to. Because it isn’t their story. They’re all part of that story, yes, but they’re not the reason the story’s happening.

None of the Ultras are so consistently pushing the story forward, so constantly active rather than reactive, so desperate to achieve their ends that they’ll burn down worlds to get it.

No one in The Destined Crossroad needs to be tougher than Absolute Tartarus.

Tartarus is, in the technical sense of the word, the protagonist of UGF3. He’s the one moving the story forward, connecting all the threads of the story, his role is active and reactive. This is his story; a story about his downfall.

UGF3 itself lets us watch in real-time as Tartarus slowly deteriorates under the pressure of his mission. He started UGF2 as a polished villain, never losing his cool, cold and calculated, who will carry out his task whatever the cost. And by the end…he’s desperate, screaming, self-destructive.

And in the end, he wasn’t tough enough.

Rather, he was tough in the wrong ways; he wasn’t tough as in resilient, but tough as in closed-off. He sacrificed everything for his ends: any sense of honor, morality, his own life, and even the lives of those entrusted to his care. The lives that, supposedly, he’d been fighting to save.

So TL;DR: the Ultras were Tough Enough, in the sense that they stayed strong in the way all true Ultras do. They held fast to their hope and their bonds, and persevered in compassion and empathy.

And Tartarus acted as a foil and antithesis to those ideals.

….so is that what Tsuburaya meant by that line? "Are You Tough Enough?"

Almost definitely not! But that’s where my brain went so there you go—

[jade-lop]

Hikari was a named given by Aihara Ryuu.

Yet, Treager’s backstory showed Hikari was his original name.

[ripper567]

Which monster would you rather have as a part of your battlenizer team Kelbeam or earthron?

[kamenrideryeets]

I can’t draw, there’s not enough material to write, and I’m desperate.

How is it that this Ultraman ship is EVERYWHERE on the Discord servers I’m on yet nobody in the dedicated Ultra fan content community, on Tumblr, AO3 or anywhere else, acknowledges it or its potential?

Ultraman Ribut x Absolute Titan. SPREAD THE WORD.

[gojira-ekkusu]

[zaruba-needslove]

Yanno, at times I like how the show assigns which Ultra ended up co-operating with at any certain point in time. Like of course Ginga will be paired together with Victory, given their history... but then comes Taiga, and since Taiga and Ginga had their ties with Taro connecting the two of them you get to see interactions like this. Which is nice tbh.

[toku-explained]

The Demon Cell Plan

The Destined Crossroads: After the events of The Absolute Conspiracy and the Prologue, Yullian, seeing her cell mates is suffering uses some energy to help him recover, he recalls his Master Alude and probable lover Spica. On The Kingdom's Central Planet, Absolution Palace, Tartarus, Diavolo and Titan discuss the Ultra-Ancient power known as the Eternity Core, which they make plans to claim, even if 3 Dark Giants want it themselves. Bat Seijin reports to Tartarus that Deabolick and Ultroid Zero Tartarus acquired have been modified. At Inter-Halactic Defence Force HQ, Zoffy and Taro have returned with Leo, relating what King said. Astra has gone to Ebil to try to find a way to The Kingdom by sensing residual energy, while Seven requests help from Leo. At Galaxy Rescue Force HQ, Queen Izana (who is alive, confusing the hevk out of me on the timeline front) consults with Melos and Sora on the preparations to rescue Yullian. Melos has candidates, Seven 21 and Xenon among them, and Sora is readying an inter-dimensional tracker. On Planet K76, back where his training began, Zero has been brought by Joneus, who explains Zero needs to learn to fight purely in instinct to face Tartarus, for this reason he has brought Leo and Seven, who put him back in the Tactor Gear for training. At the Ultra Coloseum, Grigio starts training with Mebius, who tells her to find her own style or fighting. Also training are Zearth, Nice and Boy, but Zearth and Hice Start arguing and injure eachother, Grigio flies over, heals them, and introductions are made, as Mebius notes her healing could decide the battle. On Planet Gua in the Empire Ruins, Tartarus has Reibatos revive Gina Spectre. She blames Tartarus taking Juda and Mold for her loss to the Andro Defence Force, he enslaves her, saying if she does his work she'll see them again, and sends her to retrieve Devil Splinters. On Planet Maijii, the Tri Squad decide to recruit their New Generation senpai for the Ultra League, and so split up. On Planet Penol, Ginga and Victory tangle with a Devil Splinter afflicted Bemstar, Taiga joining them. In the Ruins of the Galactic Empire an army of Legionoids and Darklops Zeros face Geed Primitive, Titas and X, Geed explaining Belial's fortress had drifted across dimensions to here. Geed is briefly caught, but saved by Z Alpha Edge, whomhas left Haruki helping restore another planet. Z returns Geed's medals, he uses them to become Galaxy Rising, X uses Gomora Armour, and Z switches to Beta Smash, his musculature impressing Titas. On Planet Liquitor, a Pestar is faced by Fuma, who hasn't found any senpai, he takes the leftover Devil Splinter, and is ambushed by Gina Spectre, he is then joined by Orb Orb Origin, Rosso Flame and Blu Aqua. Orb uses Thunder Brwaster, Blu uses Ground and Rosso uses Wind, but Gina overpowers them and takes the Devil Splinter. Victory Knight, Ginga Strium and Taiga Photon Earth together defeat Bemstar, and claim the Devil Splinter. Taiga is worried by the threat of The Kingdom, but Ginga relates skme inspirational words Taro once gave him.

Ultraman Chronicle D: On Haruki's last day, he and Deban for through their reps, before engaging in manly embracing. As Haruki prepares to leave, they wind up discussing of there's any Over-Technology Marluru could use for new weapons for GUTS-Select, Deban shows some prepared footage of mechanical Kaiju. First it is the battle on Mars that debuted Mountain Gulliver 5, a robot that was actually part of a dream Asuka had. Following that it's the Miji Seijin Robot Garaon. Haruki becomes impressed enough that he decides to try and get a sample of Garaon for STORAGE on the way home.

High School: Thanks to one of the leaflets Ex had with him, Shaberryman has managed to discover the history of Kireko and the scabbard he becomes, allowing them t9 form a plan against MAKO. Daisuke complements the revelation Mako is the new hero, unaware she is being chased by a scary individual, who turns out to be Kitaqman, who takes over her class, Mako initially thinks Ryouko called him in, butnshe's equally confused. Kitaqman's lecture draws in Daisuke in particular, who adopts Kitaqman as a mentor. At lunch, Daisuke asks Mako to meet him the next day, Ryouko and Akine acting quickly to stop Kireko's protestations, but it seems he did this on advice from Kitaqman. Mako angrily confronts Kitaqman on this, only to understand his explanation, then gets mad when he announces her date for everyone to hear. They go on their date at Seki Kagu Okawa Honten, where the Dogengers lived last season, getting a picture with the minitiurised Sekikaguou 208, Ryouko, Akine and Kireko follow them around, as they sit down and Daisuke prepares to say something, the also spying Kitaqman can't contain his excitement, scaring the happy couple, Mako dragging him outside to lecture him, where Kitaqman reveals he's brought the whole team, starting with Tanaka, Great 2 wanting to know why she didn't tell him he knew the others, Yamashiron spots Akine, Fukuokalibur spots Ryouko, Ohgaman asks after the teacher, El Brave let's them know Shinji is getting on well, but she is still annoyed with Kitaqman, right before the arrival of Maid Shitsuji, alongside Uzagi, Shuraomaru, Gulf, Gallia and Nectaris. Mako goes to fight, but doesn't have Kireko, but the Dogengers are ready to handle them. Kireko blows his cover, allowing Mako to change, but she then remembers Daisuke, dragging him to a hiding spot to see her fight. MAKO in turn helps Rookie by holding Gallia as he does Gulf, joins Great 2 against Maid Shitsuji, helps Yamashiron with Nectaris, who takes Ryouko hostage but is knocked away by Sekikaguou 208, helps El Brave out Kage, while Kitaqman steps on Uzagi and rakes SNS pics of them and the inexplicable ref, then interrupts Fukuokalibur and Shuraomaru dualling, before Ohgaman throws everyone around. Everyone delivers a finisher, except Kitaqman who is too busy taking photos, Ohgaman throwing MAKO to take down a Caramis threatening Daisuke. Meanwhile, Shaberryman and Yabai Kamen are investigating some statues. MAKO goes to help Daisuke up, but he impulsively stands up himself to declare his love, surprising everyone. Flustered, she runs to a mirror to check herself before responding, but when she sees her reflection she realises who Daisuke loves isn't Yamada Mako, but the superhero MAKO. When she does return, she doesn't answer him properly before running away, Akine having to stop Ryouko trying to follow. Kireko begs Mako to come out of her room, but she's too upset to do so.

Revice: The Riders have been dealing with the waves of unleashed Giff Juniors, but Ikki feels like enough isn't being done. Akaishi goes public about being alive, claiming to have been saved by Giff, and that Giff won't attack as long as humanity doesn't provoke it. Daiji asks why he's unleashing the collected Akuma, swearing to destroy the ones Akaishi unleashes. A panel discussing Giff is hacked by Weekend, asking people to think and stand against Giff, as the leadership discuss if anything will come of it, Ikki and Masumi arrive, Ikki having a plan thanks to Akemi's message. Sakura and Ikki ask Daiji to join, but he has come to believe they cannot stand against Giff, believing Peace to be more important than Freedom, even as Ikki wants both. George visits Masumi's "grave" recalling visiting it as a child and resentfully wishes he had stayed dead, while looking at his plans for something else. Ikki and Weekend's plan is to capture Akemi, the Giffdemos, and extract her Giff Cells, hopefully curing her and giving them the weapon to fight Giff, George presents an upgraded Barid Rex ViStamp to help freeze Akemi. As more demons appear, Hana and Hikaru are left to face them while the others act to get Akemi. Daiji as Holy Live starts facing the latest akuma to appear. Ikki and Sakura arrive where Akaishi is, he lauds them as Giff's children and summons Hell Giftarian and Giffdemos, Jeanne tries to handle Hell Giftarian, running afoul of it's regeneration, while Revice Thunder Gale handles Akemi. Masumi looks over George's plans for the Giffard Rex ViStamp, which needs an injection of Giff Cells to work, and he doubts he can do it without Masumi. He asks why he injected a human with Giff Cells, Masumi saying he had been weak and listened to the devil, which George doesn't accept. Masumi shows George his face, and while he is shocked by it, he points out Masumi has scarred him as well. Holy Live continues to struggle against Giff Juniors. Hikaru and Hana come to where more Giff Juniors are, Hikaru challenging her to defeat more before they change. As their struggle continues, Revice forces Giffdemos outside, then uses the upgraded Barid Rex, which now puts Vice in Barid Rex as well. Over Demons and Aguilera defeat the Giff Juniors, as does Holy Live, Daiji collapses only to be told of Revi and Vice fighting Akemi and concluding they plan to sacrifice her. Revi and Vice manage to freeze Diffdemos, Akemi again telling them to use her, as the Hell Giftarian defeats Sakura, forcing them to help her, as Akemi thinks of Daiji, Akaishi tells her her job is over, opening a portal for Giff to attack her, at which point Hell Giftarian suddenly vanishes. All of them are confused as Akemi's body starts falling apart, as a furious Daiji arrives, pushing Revi away. Akemi tells Daiji not to push others away for justice, to be a man, before being destroyed completely, to everyone's horror. Daiji blames Ikki for this and punches him down, refusing to listen, and goes to attack again, but a hand catches his fist. A hand belonging to Kadota Hiromi.

Donbrothers: The members who know eachother try to have a strategy meeting at Cafe Donbura, going over what they know, Taro believing their focus should be defeating the leader of their enemies, Sonoi. Haruka tries to get the Master to explain about himself, bit on he defects them to talk about their fifth member, Haruka thinks could actually be a dog. The Master expertly handles an attention-seeking customer. The team ask Taro to offer them praise, rather than just criticism, and he drops dead from trying to lie. Each of the Noto try to approach and interest in the human world, but it's futile. A message is passed on to them by a Noto council via animals, informing them they have identified DonMomotaro as the last survivor of the ruling Don family, who were deposed for disrupting Ideon by pursuing peaceful coexistence with humans. Inuzaka has a haircut and recalls Natsumi telling him about her one time dream of being a beautician, before leaving the salon right before Miho arrives to work. The attention seeking woman goes on a rampage at a store, possessed by ZyudenKi. Sonoi stops a purse snatcher, telling him to reflect on his greed, and happens to run into Taro. The pair discuss lying, Taro recalling how after he came back to life this time Saruhara decided they were going to boycott him until he could show appreciation, and the enemies they have to defeat, unaware they're describing eachother, they make plans for once they've defeated their respective enemies for Taro to introduce Sonoi to Oden. The woman's rampage continues as ZyudenKi, DonMomotaro is dragged to the battle while Saruhara has the others refuse the transformation when the DonBlasters appear. Sonoi interrupts the battle and the two clash, striking at the same time knocks them both back and reverts them. Both are shocked and saddened by the revelation, but Taro asks Sonoi for his name and goes back to the battle, Sonoi having one last question first. DonMomotaro returns to fighting ZyudenKi and is ambushed by Sononi and Sonoza, InuBrother is dragged to the battle, the others arrive to watch, but while Saruhara tells them not to join, he's the one to crack first. They drive off the Noto, then use Robotaro to defeat ZyudenKi, followed by Don Onitanijin to defeat ZyudenKing. As the team watch the victim walk away, DonMomotaro suddenly stumbles, and then Sonoi suddenly appears, slicing down from above. He'd asked Taro his weakness, and Taro had honestly told him that after forming Don Onitanijin he is weakened for a few seconds, Sonoi leaves, and the team is left shocked as Taro falls and vanishes.

[vbartilucci]

This one frame from the opening of Ultra Galaxy Fight: The Destined Crossroads makes me so happy.

Ultraman Zearth, Ultraman Nice and  Ultraman Boy all in the adventure together.

I honestly thought the trio from Ultraman USA was the most obscure they were going to go, but they exceeded my expectations.

[comicalcarnival]

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