Homare runs into an alien having trouble. He decides to get personal, but things turn out ugly when he discovers his new acquaintance's true desires.
Plot[]
In the city at night, Fuma first fought the Space Monster, Bemular, but switched places with Titas later on. After a short fight, Titas used his Astro Beam to destroy Bemular while Alien Hook watched their battle.
On "Shinonome-no-Me", Shinonome breaks the news about Fuma battling Bemular, watched by Hiroyuki, Pirika, and Kana that he tries to find Homare. He eats taiyaki that he saw a gang beating a man. But he throws taiyaki away that he fights against them before remembering and leaving. Homare meets the man, Seiji Komori, from Alien Bat, who helped out. Going back to his house, Komori places a beer on a tabe so they drink it. Hiroyuki goes to the car that Taiga tells him that be on the lookout for Tregear. Hitomi Mizuno, from Alien Pitt, comes to Komori's house that she meets Homare for the first time before she left. At night, Komori gives a gift to Homare before he left.
The hext day, he's done working that he goes back home but Hiroyuki and Pirika continue working. Homare meets Hitomi for the second time that he just gonna head over but she left. Back at Komori's house, he communicates Hook about their plans to overthrow the humans. The alien's speech was cut short as Homare came in, surprising Seiji as he shut off the TV. Homare tells that he will answer the question that he is lying, so, Komori temporarily knocks out Homare that he died. Hiroyuki finds his friend that tracks Homare's phone alongside Pirika. Homare wakes up that he meets Hitomi for the third time. She tells a flashback: Komori lived among humans in a quiet community with her. At some point, they were approached by Kirisaki, who gave Komori a device that can summon the dinosaur. Before she leaves, she turned back into the alien form. As Hiroyuki goes inside Komori's house, Homare tells him that needs Hiroyuki's help to search Komori. Outside, they searches Komori that he unleashes the Space Dinosaur, Zetton. After a brief exchange of words with Homare and Hiroyuki, they fight after Komori fails to convince him to join his side against the humans. He binds Hiroyuki and commands Zetton to destroy him with a fireball, but he is saved by the light of Taiga.
Homare beats Komori, who had resorted to transforming. He is spared when Hitomi arrives. Taiga battled Zetton and was initially overpowered by it. His attacks did little, until he fused to Tri-Strium and sliced Zetton in half with the Fuma Raging Fire Slash. Homare visits the couple once more. They are revealed to be resuming their peaceful way of life. After Hiroyuki and Homare went to Komori's house one last time, he met her for the last time that Komori's really okay before they leave. Before they go to the car, Homare got shot by Kirisaki using a finger and licking a lollipop. He tells Hiroyuki that he'll soon become enslaved to the sweet taste just as the host is before Kirisaki left, much to Hiroyuki frustrated.
According to director Takanori Tsujimoto, the apartment scenes were filmed at a location with a strong Showa-era atmosphere. The production team also paid close attention to small details, such as the "Mandalin Juice" and the canned boiled dory fish.[2]
This episode features the original Zetton. Although Tsujimoto prefers Showa-era kaiju, he said that the team originally planned to use Hyper Zetton or Pedanium Zetton. However, since he had never filmed the original version before, introducing the newer versions first felt strange. After learning that the original Zetton suit had recently been updated, they decided to use the classic version.
Tsujimoto noted that SSSS.GRIDMAN incorporated live-action elements into its animation for the close-up shots of the Taiga Tri Blade. He wanted to reverse this approach by integrating tokusatsu-style effects into animation. During the shot where Taiga strikes a pose, the team experimented with the common animation effect of twisted stretching.
This sequence was shot with a GoPro to capture the distorted backgrounds and Taiga’s silhouette. Since the original sword was too short, an extra close-up was filmed and composited into the scene. This makes the sword look longer, creating a small visual mismatch, but the flickering flames on the blade help cover it.
In the opening and closing battle scenes, a vending machine identical to the one from the Yasuda Store appears in front of a building. It's the same model that Alien Mefilas used to attack humans with Mandalin Grass in Ultraman Taroepisode 27.[3]
The art department suggested the shots inside the train. Tsujimoto explained that the interior of the train was built as a detailed model large enough for the camera to fit inside. These scenes were not originally planned, but the shot of Fuma falling was specifically reshot to include them.
Tsujimoto explained that the scene in which Taiga and Zetton roll across the miniature set was intended to convey the size of a building. The human characters were added through compositing. To prevent an unnatural appearance when the composited feet came too close to the edges of the miniature, the shots were cut just before they reached them.
For the final shot, Tsujimoto wanted to film a passing train, so the crew waited for one to come by. However, a utility pole ended up in the middle of the frame, which made it look like the scene was filmed with miniatures. Since the timing of the actors and the train wasn't perfect, the team used the pole to split the frame and composite the two shots side by side.
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