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"You're in the way... so, I'll kill you..."

―The One's repeated quote.

Beast the One (ビースト・ザ・ワン, Bīsuto Za Wan) is the ULTRAMAN movie adaption of the Kaiju Bemular. Both have the similarity of appearing in a body of water and coming from space, but The One is a being with similarities to the Ultras.

History

The Space Beasts were a form of life that were a great nuisance in the Scorpio Galaxy. While they had always been kept in check by the giant of light, Ultraman Noa, many planets feared them. On one such planet, a race of highly intelligent beings sought permanent protection against them. To this end, they created a copy of Noa called Zagi, but the experiment ended with the birth of a giant of darkness. To rid themselves of this evil, they caused their own sun to go supernova, lighting up the entire galaxy with its destruction. However, though the Space Beasts were destroyed, their genetic compound was sent to a distant world by the light of the explosion. Due to their nature and Beast Wave (their means of communication, a signal that goes off when they become active), the particles gain a sort of consciousness and were aware that their ancient enemy, Ultraman Noa, would be after them.

ULTRAMAN

The second Space Beast to appear on Earth, the One came to Earth in the form of a ball of blue light. Resting in the Pacific Ocean, it attacked an exploration sub sent to investigate the area it was last seen and killed everyone on board, save Udo, whom it took as a host, changing him physically and genetically as it withered away at his humanity. Taken back to a lab for interrogation, he absorbed lizards to transform into a lizard-like humanoid creature which escaped by slaughtering its way through anyone who dared to get in its way. Before leaving, he was shot by a poison bullet by Udo's former fiance Sara. Injured, he escaped thanks to an emotional moment of weakness.

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The One (Reptilia) vs The Next.

The One then went on to slaughter an entire navy boat before being seen again. Remembering The One's prophecy of the other light, the government went after former First Lt. Maki, who had bonded with a red light but clearly still retained all of his humanity. Using him as bait, the government agency attracted the beast to an ambush and fired upon him using more poison rounds, but the One had adapted and called and absorbed a swarm of lizards, transforming into his larger second form and swiftly killed the solders. When he was about to kill Sara Mizuhara, he was stopped by Shunichi Maki, who transformed into the silver super humanoid code-named the Next. Though evenly matched and the Next collapsing under the strain of his imperfect merger, the One was ultimately forced to retreat.

From there, he went to Shinjuku, where he fed on humans to increase his power in secret in the under regions of the city. Eventually confronted by Sara and Maki, the One played with her emotions by feigning an amnesiac Udo, before revealing his true nature and fighting Ultraman again. This time, the hero had more experience with his powers and easily bested the kaiju. Desperate and clearly outmatched, the beast absorbed a swarm of rats, taking on his colossal third form and bursting through the ground to terrorize the city above. Eventually noticing the hero propping up a building, the One fired at him, starting a battle that eventually led to the hero taking to the air. Unable to fly, the One summoned and absorbed a murder of crows to gains wings and continue his battle in the sky. Eventually, the Kaiju began to attack the town, killing hundreds and forcing the hero to take the brunt of his assault.

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The One was defeated by The Next.

Again, it seemed like Ultraman had reached his limit and was about to fall from the villain's attacks, until Maki completely merged with the being of light and attacked the Kaiju again. The Beast put the hero in a hold while he began to drain his energy. Interrupted by a squadron of jet fighters, the One was forced to release his enemy who cut off his wings with the Lambda Slasher, releasing the crows and leaving the Space Beast to fall to the ground, where Next used his Evol-Ray Schtrom, destroying the One and reducing him to a cloud of blue particles. ULTRAMAN (2004 film)

Ultraman Nexus

The battle between The Next and The One, dubbed as the "Shinjuku Disaster", was erased from the minds of the public by the TLT through the use of Lethe. The event was rediscovered by the Night Raiders as Sara Mizuhara presented the recording of the battle to them. It is revealed that The Next made a horrible mistake by simply decomposing The One into Beast Factor particles, which then became the basis of the Space Beasts fought by Ultraman Nexus and the Night Raiders. Although memories of Beast the One and The Next were erased, Lethe's destruction (or rather Dark Zagi's revival) would eventually undo the effect.

Data

Base Form
Beast Base Form

Originally an unknown, unseen form before his merger with Takafumi Udo. The military described it simply as a blue light. Its appearance was later portrayed in the Ultraman Nexus Booklet that came with the DVD.

Powers and Weapons
  • Merging: Like the Next, the One merged with a human host. However, the One took over the human, effectively killing his humanity.
  • Travel Sphere: Like the Next, the One traveled through space via a sphere of light, only his was blue.

Takafumi Udo
Udo Beast
Main article: Takafumi Udo
Udo One

Udo's appearance one week after Beast the One merged with him

The first form has done the least absorbing of all other forms. It is meeker than other forms appearing as a normal person but mutated with scaly and spiky skin, fangs for teeth and sporting claws, making it a dangerous foe regardless.

Powers and Weapons
  • Transformation: The one can transform into his true, first form whenever he likes. In human form, he can also partially transform his limbs. The One's transformation was similar to that of the Next, but glowed blue where as his enemy shined red.
  • Merging: Like the Next, the One merged with a human host. However, the One took over the human, effectively killing his humanity.
  • Adaption: The One was able to gain immunity to a poison designed to kill it, and was even immune to a modified version of the venom.
  • Absorption: The One can absorb any living thing in order to gain powers or change form. Used to absorb sea creatures to achieve Idolovia form.

Idolovia
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The second form, Idolovia (イドロビア, Idorobia)[1], is bigger, with a more reptilian appearance and form and gaining a tail, standing a foot taller than the average person. It still retains a human-shaped head and eyes. It was achieved after absorbing sea creatures, hence its motif of gills, tentacles and sea anemone.

Stats
  • Height: 3 m
  • Weight: 920 kg
  • Origin: Japan Self-Defense Forces Base
Powers and Weapons
  • Sense: The One can sense Ultraman the Next's essence, even when he's far away.
  • Bullet Resistance: The One has a thick hide that allowed it to resist multiple bullet projectiles.
  • Adaption: The One was able to gain immunity to a poison designed to kill it, and was even immune to a modified version of the venom.
  • Strength: In this form, the One demonstrated great physical strength when he slammed through a wall using only his hands.
  • Wall Crawling: In its second form, the One demonstrated the ability to climb on walls like a lizard.
  • Absorption: The One can absorb any living thing in order to gain powers or change form. Used to absorb lizards to achieve Reptilia form.

Reptilia
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After absorbing more lizards, the One achieved his third form, Reptilia (レプティリア, Reputiria)[1]. It has fewer human features and sports a blue and flesh color scheme.

Stats
  • Height: 10 m
  • Weight: 44,000 t
  • Origin: Japan Self-Defense Forces Base
Powers and Weapons
  • Bullet Resistance: The One has a thick hide that allowed it to resist multiple bullet projectiles.
  • Adaption: The One was able to gain immunity to a poison designed to kill it, and was even immune to a modified version of the venom.
  • Strength: In this form, the One demonstrated great physical strength when used to fight The Next in Anphans form.
  • Claws: The One can use its claws for melee combat.
  • Extendable Tail: In its third form, The One can extend and used its tail for melee attacks.
    • Tail Whip: By swinging this extended tail, The One can also send smaller objects and humans flying.
  • Transformation: The One can transform from his true form back into his first form whenever he likes.
  • Absorption: The One can absorb any living thing in order to gain powers or change form. Used to absorb rats to achieve Beelzebua form.

Beelzebua
The One-rat render

This form, Beelzebua (ベルゼブア, Beruzebua)[1] replaces the previous color scheme with a dark brown color. It was achieved by absorbing rats. It was around fifty meters tall with rat heads on its shoulders and twin blades on its arms. It can now spit blue plasma balls.

Stats
  • Height: 50 m
  • Weight: 99,000 t
  • Origin: Shinjuku underground sewers
Powers and Weapons
  • Fireballs: The One can release powerful fireballs from its mouth in a rapid succession.
  • Absorption: The One can absorb any living thing in order to gain powers or change form. Used to absorb crows to achieve Beelzebua-Korone form.

Beelzebua-Korone
TheOne-Winged

Like the previous form, after absorbing crows, the rat heads were replaced by crows and the lower back spikes were turned into wings which it used to fly, gaining the name Beelzebua-Korone (ベルゼブア・コローネ, Beruzebua Korōne).[1]

Stats
  • Height: 50 m
  • Wingspan: 250 m
  • Weight: 120,000 t
  • Origin: Shinjuku City
Powers and Weapons
  • Flight: In its last form, the One gained wings which it used to fly.
  • Fireballs: The One can release powerful fireballs from its mouth in a rapid succession.
  • Thick Hide: The One possessed a thick hide, allowing it to survive after falling from a great height.
  • Energy Absorption: The One can absorb the energy of other beings in this form.
Ultraman F
  • Rapid Cellular Growth: The Ultraman F iteration of Beast the One is originally a single Beast Cell, which quickly grew into Beelzebua Korone within a matter of seconds.

Imperfect Beelzebua
ImperfectBerezebua

After getting his wings sliced off by the Next, the One was forced into this imperfect Berezebua form that had no additional animal heads on its shoulders. It only appeared briefly before being finished off by the Next's Evol-Ray Schtrom.

Powers and Weapons
  • None displayed

Other Media

Ultraman Nexus (video game)

Beast the One appears in the game in its Beelzebua-Korone form as one of the secret playable characters. The One is considered to be the strongest space beast in this game. To unlock the space beast, the player must complete Battle Mode using Ultraman the Next.

Ultraman F

Beast One F

A Giant Soldier and Jet VTOL facing against Beast the One

In the 2016 novel (which retells the ending of Ultraman), The One was the first monster to emerge from Clone Bullton's temporal worm hole. It first appeared in the form of a single small cell which rapidly grew into Beelzebua-Korone by seconds. Ide and Inpei Seant would sent the Giant Soldiers to fought against Beast the One with much gunfire before destroying it with Mars 133. To prevent the Beast Cells from spreading (and creating more Space Beasts), they generated a force-field around the monster and contained themselves. Ultraman F (novel)

Trivia

  • This variant of Beast the One transforms instantly into Beelzebua-Korone via rapid growth of a single Beast Cell. Because of that, assimilation with other lifeforms is considered redundant.
  • As the original Beast the One is a follower of Zagi, this monster's destruction would eventually be followed by the arrival of Zagi's alternate iteration in suit.

Gallery

ULTRAMAN

Miscellaneous

Trivia

  • The One's title as the first Space Beast is not only a fitting parallel to Bemular, the first Kaiju defeated by an Ultraman, but also appropriate, as all the following Space Beasts on Earth supposedly formed from his remains.
    • Despite his title, he is not the first Space Beast. The first Space Beast, code-named Zero, appeared in the state of Colorado in America shortly after the Visitors arrived.
  • As revealed in Ultraman Nexus, Beast the One's influence would lead to the birth of Space Beasts with similar features to it, such as Galberos, Nosferu and Lizarias. Had the series received an extension, they would also introduce a crow-type Beast as part of the lineage above.

References

Ultra N Project Kaiju
"N" THE OTHER Zero | Visitors
ULTRAMAN (2004 film) Beast the One | Zero (Mentioned)
Ultraman Nexus Pedoleon | Beesectar | Bugbuzun | Bugbuzun Brood | Bugbuzun Grooler | Galberos | Lafleya | Nosferu | Beast Human | Galberos II | Arakunia | Froguros | Golgolem | Kutuura | Grantella | Banpira | Lizarias | Lizarias Grolar | Mega Flash | Visitors | Izmael
Second Coming -Dreams- Dark Lucifer
Unused Ultraman Nexus Monsters Unused Space Beasts from Ultraman Nexus
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