01x23 - Dark Monster Spit Out the Stars!

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RETURN OF ULTRAMAN

SPIT OUT THE STARS, DARK MONSTER!

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 Cancer Monster Zanika
and Dark Monster Vacumon.

Oka, you get it.

This is the best way.

Hey, too close and it'll crack.

It'll start in about five minutes.

Night interrupting midday. Yup.

It seems fantastical and nice.

Well, I'm off to go see it.

Go right ahead.
Little girls like to dream after all.

Oh, I'm still quite young after all.

Then I shall join her.

I'm still quite young after all.

I bet people long ago were shocked.

It's daytime and suddenly
the sun gets dark.

Yeah. As humans, we have a predisposition
to believing that darkness is scary.

Oh, is it getting a little darker?

On this day, a full solar eclipse,
a rarity in Tokyo, could be seen.

The moon overlaps the sun, cutting off its
light and covering Tokyo in dark shadow.

It's so magnificent. I feel like
a messenger from the sun has arrived.

That messenger is a man, right?

No, it's a gentle lady like me.

Go—san, look.

Um, are you looking for someone?

You're MAT people, right?

Yes.

—Here.
—Thanks.

Thank you.

Something terrible is going to happen.
I know it.

The people at MAT need to
start preparing right away.

Um, what sort of terrible thing
is going to happen?

Both of you, look to the north.

The North Star is beginning to appear.

Look around the North Star.

Do you see it?

The Big Dipper is gone!

The seven stars shaped like a dipper
near the North Star can't be found.

Now that you mention it.

It's no good.
I can't see the stars anymore.

Oh? Where did she go?

I guess the messenger from the sun
was a lady after all.

Hand it over now!

I told you I already used it!
I can't give you what I don't have!

You're so naughty! Honestly!

Good evening.

Hey, what's going on?

While it was dark from the eclipse,
he stole 500 yen from my wallet!

—Hey!
—Ah, I got you.

Stupid! Stupid! Stupid! Stupid!

OW!

Bad boy!

Yo, you're here.

Yeah. Did you see today's eclipse?

Eclipse?

Thank you.

More importantly, people out front
are saying stars are missing.

—Stars?
—Yeah.

Do you mean the Big Dipper?

Huh? How did you know?

I got it. During the eclipse,
Go—san put it in his pocket.

—Stupid.
-Can stars become invisible?

Let's go check it out later.

That's strange.

Is it true that some stars can't be seen?

They're really gone. It's true.

Let me see.

Could it be because of smog?

They're right. You can see other stars,
but the Big Dipper's gone.

Let me see!

In this season, the Big Dipper should be
upside-down above the North Star.

BIG DIPPER
NORTH STAR

It's not like there are clouds either.

There's Alpha Ursae Majoris and Gamma
Ursae Majoris, but not the other five.

—Oh! What's that?!
—Oh!

A sh**ting star!

—It's pretty big!
—Oh wow.

I've never seen a sh**ting star
that big before!

Could it be related to
the Big Dipper disappearing?

I'm not sure about that.

Oh!

This is where the sh**ting star
is calculated to have fallen.

—Hmm.
—Let's head out immediately.

It might have something to do with
the Big Dipper's disappearance.

I checked with the Astronomy Research
Center. It suddenly vanished last evening.

The reason is unknown.

Captain! Would you at least let me
go to the location?

All right, check it out.

Yes, sir.

Oka, it looks like we have to find
who that girl from yesterday was.

Yes.

What are you talking about?

During yesterday's eclipse, there was
a girl who knew the Big Dipper was gone.

She may have known before
the observatories did.

During the day, huh?

If we find the meteorite,
will it be worth something?

Who knows?

If it's a moon stone and
we knew it was a moon stone, maybe.

But if it's from star
we've never heard of...

Hey, is that guy planning to
go look for the meteorite, too?

Oh?

We better get going. If we
waste time here, he'll beat us to it.

Yeah!

—Okay, we're here.
—Yeah.

Oh! What is that?!

Help!

This is Go. A monster has emerged from
where I believe the meteorite landed!

Roger. We'll head out immediately.

—Fire laser beam!
-Yes, sir!

Captain! Let's try a b*mb next!

Okay!

—Kishida, Ueno, are you okay?!
-Yes, sir!

Go, we're going to have to
pull out for now.

Can you get out of there?

I'm fine. Sometimes, walking is good
for training the legs.

Um, excuse me.

I heard there's
a fortune-teller lady around here?

Who are you?

Oh, I know her.

That girl should be in a hospital.

She's lost her fortune-telling
powers, she's been half-crazy.

-Half-crazy?
-Yeah.

Um, where does she live?

On the second floor of that apartment.

Thank you very much.

JUNKO NANJO

Hello?

Hello?

Excuse me.

Do you remember me?
I'm the female MAT member you met.

The Big Dipper was swallowed.

Huh?

Now the stars of Cancer
are being swallowed.

Swallowing stars? What would swallow them?

Oh! Cancer is my star!

It hurts!

My head hurts!

Get a grip!

Are you okay?! Get a grip!

RETURN OF ULTRAMAN

According to analysis,

this claw is made up primarily of


Hmm.

That stuff about Cancer from
the fortune-teller lady Oka met

doesn't seem to be just some madness.
That monster looked just like a crab.

Could it be a monster from Cancer?

Hmm.

If so, it might have been chased away
by a different star-eating giant monster

and escaped to Earth.

Captain Ibuki's hypothesis was correct.

LEO REGULUS
CANCER PRAESEPE

The Dark Monster Vacumon
that was born in Universe 108

survives by swallowing stars.

Vacumon spent ten days swallowing the
Big Dipper and has now moved on to Cancer.

The monster that appeared on Earth was
indeed a monster from Cancer that escaped.

Every time Vacumon swallows a star,
this monster's body was in pain.

For at least three days,
I'd like to keep the monster here.

By then, the weapons research division's
Element Destructive Beam will be complete.

With that, we have nothing to fear from
any space monster.

—Move out!
-Yes, sir!

Oka, stay with the girl.

Okay!

It seems a little weaker.

Captain, the Astronomy
Research Center called.

The second brightest star
in Cancer just disappeared.

What?

It's truly a Cancer Monster!

Every time a star disappears from the sky,
it responds.

It looks like it's writhing in pain.

A pitch black thing is coming this way!

It's following the Cancer Fairy to Earth!

Junko—san, get a grip!

There isn't any pitch-black thing
anywhere!

The thing that hurt my stars!

The infinitely large and black thing

is coming to Earth!

Junko—san! Get a grip!

Junko—san!

—How is she?
—Oh.

Sir, could you look after her?

This is Oka, calling Captain Ibuki.

The fortune-teller girl is acting strange.

She said a giant pitch-black thing's after
the Cancer Fairy and headed towards Earth.

Roger! I'll send Go back right away.

Roger!

—Go/
—Yes, sir!

Head to Oka and the
Astronomy Research Center!

Roger!

Forget it.

I can't believe it.
It's the Earth's last day.

I'm from MAT. Is there anything abnormal
going on in space?

How did you know?!

It's still top secret.

Is something black headed to
Earth from Cancer?

Yes there is!

There's some dark and massive object with
incredible gravity headed towards Earth!

This large, Dark Nebula-like mass

is absorbing celestial objects in its way
and getting even bigger.

It'll swallow the Earth
like it was nothing!

Already the ocean currents on the African
coast have begun shifting abnormally.

What can we do?!

Unfortunately,

at this rate, in less than 12 hours,
the Earth will be destroyed.

Humanity will perish!

If we're going to perish anyway,

it's better that nobody know about it.

I intend to keep this a secret
from everyone.

The monster used the last of its strength
and began thrashing about.

We have no choice.
Let's attack it thoroughly.

Roger!

—Are you okay, Minami?
—I'm fine.

—Give me that!
—Yes, sir!

Captain!

Oh! Are you okay?

Yes, sir!

Oh! There!

-Attack!
—Yes, sir!

Fire!

Okay. Let's land there.

Okay.

Over there.

Oka—kun, stay here!

Okay!

Captain!

Oh!

Ultraman understood.

This monster was chased to Earth.
The problem was not this monster.

What is Ultraman doing?

That's it.

Ultraman is going to the Dark Monster that
attacked Cancer and is headed for Earth!

Inside the monster, powerful pressure
was at play.

It was amazing pressure that could crush
the Earth to the size of a sugar cube.

Ultraman's body was
subjected to that pressure.

You can do it, Ultraman.
You can do it, Hideki Go.

Dad.

Oh, you need to lie down, Junko.

Why am I in bed?

I feel so good.

H-Hey...

Ultraman's power is truly amazing.

Oh! He's come back!

The black shadow has
completely disappeared!

The Earth is saved!

They're all there.

MAT got the stars back!

Go-san's so strong.

It makes you happy, huh, Sis?

No way. Did Go—san do that?

Don't be shy! Don't be shy!

Knock it off, Jiro!

The order of the universe
doesn't crumble that easily.

Go—san!

Listen, everyone. Have you ever
thought up a monster yourself?

Next week, when a boy picks up a fragment
of a monster and wishes on it,

it grows bigger and bigger until... Roar!

It becomes the vicious monster Kingstron.

It's a scary story.
Let's watch again next week.