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Here's the link about parts of the novelized Heisei Ultraseven (1999) and its difference to its OV counterpart (that includes the illustration of young Dan carrying the dying Furuhashi): https://www.bilibili.com/video/av29640950?from=search&seid=18210759354077777952

However, its in Chinese and one anonymus from 4chan translated part of them:

"An Ultraman series may employ many writers for different episodes to be efficient with a given general direction & characterization. As such only ep 1 of OV the director & writer worked on. Originally Kiriyama was set to appear but the actor passed away then hence the assassination. In the novel Dan did not aged. When an older Shigeru met him, he talked about how he's old now, and he loved Anne. Kaji's actor role as Tetsuo in Tiga (named after Tetsuo Kinjo, the head writer of Ultra Q, Ultraman, and Ultraseven) probably why they got him for an Ultraseven series." OV seems to reflect on Japanese invasion and the conflict in justice between theavenging victims and the descendants of the invaders' self protection (Nonmalts & humans). Nexus writer feels that justice is a muddled concept after 911 since it's always on the winnner's side. But evil does exist so he uses that angle to write and explore justice." 