01x39 - 20-seiki no yukiotoko

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WINTER HORROR SERIES

TWENTIETH CENTURY
ABOMINABLE SNOWMAN

You can see it too
The Star of Ultra

Far away
Alone on Earth

Dedicating his life to defeating monsters

Any moment now
He'll reach the burning town

With the echoing roar in his ear

He's returned
He's returned

Ultraman

Featuring Yeti Alien Varduck.

A little more to Mt. Gongen where
the Abominable Snowman lives.

Will it really be there?

It Will.

The Himalayan files said this year it will
appear for the first time in 12 years.

The legends and climate conditions
and year-round snow here

are the same as in the Himalayas.

If we can just get a picture of it,
we'll know everything.

Yeah. Everyone at the laboratory will see
my thesis is more than a bunch of legends,

but something of anthropological value.

When that happens,
we can finally get married.

I'm sorry I put you through so much.

Oh, it was nothing.

Let's go.

Right.

Hideo—san! Look!

The Abominable Snowman!

Yoko—san!

Hideo—san, quickly! Take a picture!

Miss this chance,
and you might not get another!

Idiot! What are you talking about!

You're the most precious thing to me!

I'm sorry! Hurry and get a picture! Hurry!

Are you hurt?

I'm fine! Now, quickly!

Okay. Stay right here.

Hideo—san.

Hideo—san!

Hideo—san!

Yes, this is MAT HQ.

What? Lost in the mountains?

Call the police for things like that.

What? The Abominable Snowman showed up?

It's a little early in the year for jokes.

Kishida, what is it?

Just a moment.

They say the Abominable Snowman
appeared at Mt. Gongen in Nagano.

Someone's read
too many horror novels.

Minami, don't be so quick to judge.

Yes, sir.

Captain, call from the observatory.

What is it?

Minus 273 degrees.
A planet of absolute zero temperatures,

is fast approaching Earth
for the first time in 240 years.

I see. Okay.

A frozen planet. The Abominable Snowman.
Hah! Nothing but cold stories.

Yeah. Come to think of it,
recently it's been cold every day.

I see.

Huh?

It looks like you're getting out of shape.

Let's have you...

and Kishida check it out.

What, Captain?

As you can see... Hup! Hup! Hup!
I'm not out of shape.

Right. You've got excess energy,
so you'll be going.

Huh?

Kishida.

Yes, sir!

—Go!
—Yes, sir!

Investigate the Mt. Gongen area.

—Head out at once!
-Yes, sir!

That's a bad idea.
Going to the mountain now is crazy.

You don't know the dangers of the Yeti.

—The Yeti?
—Yeah.

Around here, that's what we call
the Abominable Snowman.

Every year, energetic youths come to
look for it and go missing.

During the winter, they can't be found
no matter how hard we look.

Then, in spring, their bodies are found
hanging from tall trees.

That must be the Yeti's doing.

That Yoko kid is lucky.

We found her at the charcoal burner hut
no one usually goes to.

Come to think of it,
she said she heard the Yeti's voice.

Just remembering it makes me shake.

Did anyone see the Abominable Snowman?

Isn't that a Himalayan story?

Don't be stupid.

You say that because you don't know
the cold winds that blow on Mt. Gongen.

See? The Yeti's mad.

It's almost night. Going to
the mountain now is like suicide.

But someone is lost on that mountain.

You should protect that girl tonight.

Now that she's seen the
Abominable Snowman, it'll come after her.

That's crazy.

Some in this village
were k*lled because of that.

We can't do anything.
Please, look after that girl.

That's why you're here, right?

Well, actually, we...

—Please.
—Please.

Okay.

This is all because
you went and said "okay."

Well, seeing their serious faces,
it seemed true.

Hmm. Yeah. You're a mystic.

What's wrong?!

Oh! The Abominable Snowman was
outside that window!

You were dreaming.
Forget about the Abominable Snowman.

It wasn't a dream!

—Kishida, look at this.
—Huh?

It's frozen in a strange way.

That's just because of the cold wind.

If the Abominable Snowman was here,
this freezing makes sense.

Go, what are you talking about
in the 20th century.

The age of legends is over.

But, I'm sure I saw it
with these very eyes!

The Abominable Snowman

coming to the village during
the cold winter every 12 years is true.

The cold winter every 12 years...

Come to think of it,
this year's winter was early.

The northeast and Hokkaido are
having bad cold damage.

Knock it off. Trying to scientifically
prove legends is nonsense.

If only Hideo—san had
taken a picture then,

his work on the Abominable Snowman
would be complete.

The Abominable Snowman doesn't exist.

That's a creature of legend.

Hideo—san.

When I got lost in the blizzard
and was resting in a hole, I realized it.

The Abominable Snowman doesn't exist.
It's just a legend people made up.

Then what about
your thesis you worked so hard on?

My thesis?

Your Abominable Snowman existence thesis.

What's wrong, Hideo—san?

I'm canceling that.

What?

What about our marriage?

We can do that after we return to Tokyo.

Let's go home.

Wait a minute!

Oh! He's cold.

That's right. Yoko—san isn't
strong enough to walk about outside.

Why don't you look after her here
for a while?

Please.

Your body must be frozen. Why don't you
warm up and talk with us a bit?

I'm going home ahead.

Hideo—san.

Hey!

Hey, Go.

You heard the Abominable Snowman sensei
There's no Abominable Snowman.

MAT can't act on personal emotions.

Now we know for sure that the
Abominable Snowman is an imaginary legend.

Right.

She became confused in the cold snow

and believes she saw and heard things
that weren't there.

You doesn't seem convinced, Go.

No, sir.

I can't believe that Hideo Tsumura
returned from that mountain safely.

Besides, his attitude at
the hospital was strange.

Go.

It's not healthy to obsess.

But I can't help but think that
what she said was true.

You're a stubborn one.

Oof! Oof!

I'll get that.

Here.

Thanks.

It's nothing.

Welcome home. You seem busy
right from the new year.

Yeah.

Jiro—kun is at my place.

Thank you so much.

Thanks to you, Jiro—kun is back to
his old cheerful self, Rumiko—san.

I'm grateful.

Oh, I'm the one who's grateful.

I almost want Jiro—kun to be my
bodyguard while my father's off sailing.

Hearing that is a relief.

Where's Mr. Murano now?

He should be in the Indian Ocean now.

It's hot during New Year's
in India, right?

That's right. Hotter than Japan's summer.

Captain Murano's lucky.
He gets to visit lots of countries.

Does he eat curry with his rice cakes?

Oh my!

Um, these are the Himalayas, right?

That's right. You're pretty smart.

But, it's strange.

They're close to India,
but snowy year-round.

No wonder the Abominable Snowman
lives there.

They call it the Yeti.

Rumiko—san, how do you know about that?

My friend's fiance is
researching the Abominable Snowman.

That's why she knows a lot about it, too.

Her name isn't Yoko Kataoka, is it?

Oh. You know Yoko-saw?

Yeah. I just met her in
the mountains of Nagano.

She said she's seen
the Abominable Snowman twice.

Huh?! The Abominable Snowman's
in Japan, too?!

Yeah. If what she says is true.

It looks like
you didn't believe Yoko-san's story,

but she's someone who keeps her head
no matter what.

When we went hiking and almost got lost,

her cool judgement saved us.

Rumiko—san, will you take me to Yoko—san?

Yoko—san.

Will you tell me more about
the Abominable Snowman of Mt. Gongen?

And I'd like to see Hideo—kun, too.

Go—san.

That's a bit of a fresh wound for her.

I'm sorry.

It looks like this is a bad time.

Actually, he should be in Tokyo,

but he disappeared from his apartment
along with his Abominable Snowman work.

You said all he needed was
a photo of it to complete his work, right?

And yet, his suddenly saying
it doesn't exist that night seems strange.

Perhaps he actually saw
the Abominable Snowman.

Then what I saw really was
the Abominable Snowman.

That's possible.

He said the Abominable Snowman would
definitely appear this year.

Why's that?

The legend of the Abominable Snowman
began 240 years ago.

Every 12 years, during a cold winter,
witnesses always show up.

This year is that 12th year.

240 years ago, huh?

Come to think of it, the
absolute zero planet's approach to Earth

is supposed to be today.

It seems that planet is related
to the Abominable Snowman.

Rumiko—san, if you'll excuse me.

Huh?

I'm going to the observatory
to check on a planet.

That sounds hard.

—See you.
—Wait!

Take me with you.

Soon my planet will approach Earth
for the first time in 240 years.

At that time, our Varduck Earth invasion
squad will conquer Earth.

After hiding for long years in the snow,

I've gathered all my information on Earth.

Tsumura—kun, I've destroyed your
Abominable Snowman research.

We can't let anyone know what we are.

Varduck's attack location is here.

Hurry and come.

RETURN OF ULTRAMAN

Indeed it's an approach for
the first time in 240 years.

We're gathering important data now.

Why didn't you notice
the planet until recently?

Well, you see,

that planet is so cold, substances become
transparent in a special state.

80 normal telescopes can't see it.

Of course, now we can see it
with radio telescopes.

Chief, the planet will approach soon.

The location on Earth that
will be closest is Tokyo.

Do you understand? The planet will
approach just above Tokyo.

The last time it approached was in
the summer during the Edo era.

As a result, there was cold damage
and a massive famine.

—That's very helpful. Thank you.
—It's nothing.

From somewhere in this sky, a planet
invisible to the naked eye is approaching.

But my eyes should be able to see it.

Those are spaceships.
They're coming this way.

In a few minutes, they'll be over Tokyo.

Before then,

I must freeze Tokyo
so my kin are more comfortable.

Yes, this is Go.

An alien-like thing has appeared in
Central Park and is freezing the area.

Head there immediately.

Roger.

Something terrible is happening.

The alien that appeared with
the cold planet's approach

must be the Abominable Snowman.

It seems like it.
Yoko—san, come with me.

Oh!

Oh! That's what I saw!
That's the Abominable Snowman!

I get it. The Abominable Snowman
was an alien!

Using the Abominable Snowman's name,
it lived on Earth!

I've spotted the alien! Moving to attack!

Okay. Be careful!

A direct hit!

Kishida, look closely.

It's perfectly fine.

Be careful! We don't know
what sort of weapons it has!

Yoko—san, stay here.

Okay.

Hideo—kun!

Hideo—san!

Hideo—san!

Yoko—san, look out!

Cover Ultraman!

Roger!

The absolute zero frozen planet died
along with Alien Varduck,

and the 20th century Abominable Snowman
legend of Mt. Gongen disappeared with it.

Hideo—san!

He's cold like a frozen person.

His heart isn't beating.

-Hideo—san!
—Oh!

Yoko—san!

Oh!

Come on.

Go!

Go.

Thank goodness!

Man, this time was terrible.
Right, Minami?

Yeah. The moment we were surrounded by
white fog, I couldn't feel anything.

That was close.

—You three almost became frozen people.
—Yeah.

But, Go, I wonder why
Tsumura—san was there.

Yeah. I bet the aliens

used Tsumura-san's frozen, comatose body
to come to Tokyo.

That's why, when I looked at his shadow in
the village hospital, I saw the Varduck's.

The Abominable Snowman was an alien.

Perhaps aliens are what's behind legends.

Yeah.

Everyone, good work.
Get plenty of rest today.

Nights of horror in
a winter mountain cabin.

What is Alien Black's plot that
involves the legend of the Snow Woman?

Danger approaches Jiro and Rumiko.

Stand up, Ultraman.

Let's all watch again next week.