Beliarok (episode)

Beliarok
Ultraman Z, episode 17
Information
Airdate	October 17, 2020
Directed by	Tomonobu Koshi
Written by	Takao Nakano
Continuity
Previous	The Lion's Cry
Next	Rechallenge from the Year 2020

Beliarok is the seventeenth episode of Ultraman Z.

Synopsis

The Space Pirate, Alien Barossa, has returned! Alien Barossa is determined to steal Ultraman Z's new weapon. Beliarok.

Our hero cannot allow Beliarok's hidden power to fall into the hands of an evil alien. With Juggler also in the mix. the battle for the mystic sword begins!

Plot

Right after killing Metsuboros, a figure drops from the sky and introduced himself as an Alien Barossa. Taking Metsuboros' mechanical claw for his own weapon, he confronts Z over the possession of Beliarok. As the sword break free, he allows himself to be used by Barossa when the alien but he breaks free after former incapable of satisfying him. While Z de-transforms, Beliarok takes this opportunity to leave for Marukido-cho.

Kaburagi's arrest warrant is issued for his constant violation of rules and a three way battle for the Beliarok ensues with Juggler challenging Barossa. After proven with the Jashin Style's efficiency, Beliarok chooses Juggler as his new wielder and walks off from Haruki. Barossa decides to fight Z to avenge his fallen older brother by swallowing the Juran seeds to grow. Despite the addition of Yoko/Windom in the playing field, he emerges with none the worse for fear and even used Windom as a hostage when Z's Delta Rise Claw almost defeated him.

In their conversation, the Beliarok had a discussion with Juggler and decides to return to Z after seeing his (and Haruki's) determination, but not before promising to keep the alien's identity as Hebikura a secret. With the Beliarok, Z turns the tables and kills the Barossa with Deathcium Fang. The Beliarok leaves again, this time on good terms with Haruki.

Elsewhere, Celebro realizes that Kaburagi's body has taken a great deal of injury and needs to find another host. A GAFJ captain, Asano, try to apprehend Kaburagi, but Juggler's attack disable his weapon and allows Celebro to use his body, all the while using the recently awakened Kaburagi as a scapegoat for all of his atrocities.

Haruki's Ultra Navi

• Haruki: Haruki's Ultra-navi! 'Kay! Today we're showing this!
• Z Riser: Belial Atrocious.
• Z: The powered-up form of Belial possessing a terrifying power.
• Haruki: The power of rivals resonated, powering up their medals, right, Z?
• Z: Yep. Into Rise Ultra Medals! With these golden medals, we can Ultra Fusion into Delta Rise Claw!

Rerun episode segment

Z tells Haruki about the Ultraman named Belial who turned to the darkness after being drunk with power. With the Beliarok, Z stated that the weapon is a reminder to him to use a great power with pure heart. Haruki agrees, but the Beliarok in Haruki's hand turn himself heavier.

Ultraman Z and Ultraman Zero Voice Drama

Black Ultraman

After Z had done 50,000 squats, Zero tells the young Ultraman to do another 30,000 sit-ups and reminds him about Ultraman Titas of Taiga's Tri-Squad, the Wise Man of Power who does intense training and exercise, much to Z's exhaustion.

Cast

• Haruki Natsukawa : Kohshu Hirano
• Yoko Nakashima : Rima Matsuda
• Yuka Ohta : Hikari Kuroki
• Shota Hebikura : Takaya Aoyagi
• Shinya Kaburagi : Rihito Noda

Voice Actors

• Ultraman Z : Tasuku Hatanaka
• AI Voice : Katsumi Fukuhara
• Beliarok : Yuki Ono
• Alien Barossa : Tomokazu Seki

Suit Actors

• Ultraman Z: Hideyoshi Iwata
• Alien Barossa II: Shinnosuke Ishikawa
• Jugglus Juggler: Satoru Okabe
• Windom: Yuto Nagachi

Guest Actors

• Asano : Yosuke Minokawa

Appearances

Ultras

• Ultraman Z
  • Alpha Edge
  • Delta Rise Claw

Kaiju

• Alien Barossa II
• Jugglus Juggler
• Windom

Trivia

• This episode is littered with references to franchises and series under Bandai's sponsorship.
  • Barossa II firstly proclaims "Hear Me Out!" , followed by ending his line with "Let's make it showy!" . Both lines came from Daigo Kiryu (Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger) and Captain Marvelous (Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger).
  • Further tying to Gokaiger, Barossa II arms himself with Metsuboros' left mechanical claw and performs Final Break using Beliarok. Aside from his voice actor Tomokazu Seki voicing the Gokaigers' equipment, the left arm claw gave him the resemblance to Kanzen Gokai-Oh and the charging/slashing motion of the Beliarok in Final Break parallels the Gokai Sabers, especially when inserted with the Ranger Keys to initiate Final Wave attack.
  • While preparing to fight Juggler in human size via Beliarok, Barossa II shouted "Ikuze, ikuze, ikuze!" before marching forward. The line in question is a reference to Momotaros of Kamen Rider Den-O, who happens to be voiced by Toshihiko Seki (this voice actor being constantly confused for Tomokazu Seki due to their similar-sounding surnames).
  • In Windom, Yoko redirected all of the energies to her right hand and performs Windom Yoko Impact. When Yoko first redirecting the energy supplies, the screen showing Windom's inner working becomes pinkish, a clear reference to the Trans-Am activation in Mobile Suit Gundam 00. The following process leading to said punch attack is a frame-by-frame replication of GF13-017NJII God Gundam from Mobile Fighter G Gundam, with Yoko's "Burning Impact" line being a clear reference to Domon's "Heat End". The symbolism is also an irony, as Barossa II (the receiving end of the attack) was voiced by Tomokazu Seki, who also voiced Domon Kasshu (God Gundam's pilot) in Mobile Fighter G Gundam.
  • After assuming Delta Rise Claw, Z's eyes turned red and goes in a berserker-style attack and effectively pins Barossa II. The eye-glowing sequence and feral fighting style are clear references to Gundam Barbatos (and its variant) when its pilot Mikazuki Augus activated the full potential of the Alaya Vijnana system.
• This is the first episode that Haruki's Ultra Navi features only one Ultra Medal instead of two.