The Leo Brothers , namely Leo and Astra , are characters in the ULTRAMAN manga series. They a pair of assassins employed by the Star Cluster Alliance, said to be even more skilled than Ace Killer.
History[]
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The last survivors of Planet L77, the Leo Brothers were trained as assassins at a young age. When their planet was destroyed during their childhood, they found a place with the Star Cluster Alliance. Though some members of the council felt that the brothers were too uncontrollable, they performed their job as hitmen for many years.
The Leo Brothers made their first appearance on Earth upon being summoned by the Star Cluster Alliance. They were sent to Hong Kong to kill Agent Adad as well as the illegal aliens he was sheltering, for knowing too much about their secret plans. The brothers tracked down their target and engaged him in combat, managing to overpower the agent at first. However, Adad took a pill and transformed into a massive, hulking version of himself. Adad's increased power forced the brothers to revert to their true forms, where they managed to injure their target. Despite this, Adad's friend Sam rushed to his defense and attempted to shoot Astra.
Before the brothers could kill Sam, Dan Moroboshi appeared with Windom. Angered, Astra charged Windam, but was shot down and incapacitated by the robot. Adad regenerated from his injuries as Leo and Moroboshi traded threats, preparing to battle. Moroboshi, fueled by vengeance after his experiences in New York, was merciless against them and extorted them for information by holding Astra hostage. They were unprepared for the sudden emergence of Nova, sent by the Star Cluster Alliance to dispose of everyone involved.
The Leo Brothers saved the falling Shinjiro
Leo begged for Moroboshi to at least spare Astra as he was the only family he had left. Having a change of heart after being reminded of Rei, Moroboshi let Astra loose and they fought Nova together with Shinjiro Hayata as backup, managing to kill it by blasting its head with two Spacium Beams. The Leo Brothers then pledged their allegiance to Moroboshi for helping them.
Revealing the truth behind the Space Contraction Phenomenon
Soon, the Leo Brothers revealed to the SSSP that the Star Cluster Alliance's speech about the Space Contraction Phenomenon was nothing more than a lie, and their true motives involved revenge against the Ultra race, seeing them as vigilantes who impose their sense of order upon other species, eliminating those who did not comply. The two further explained that they were also presented during the operation and expressed their distrust and approval toward this action, as they saw Ultras as "Evil and Self-righteous." These revelations shook the SSSP members, especially Shinjiro.
Later, Seiji Hokuto and Taro found themself facing three alien impostors who were imitating Moroboshi, Shin Hayata, and Shinjiro, while the real trio was abducted, which was all a scheme of Ambassador Mephisto to cause destruction and defame the name of Ultraman. When the duo was overpowered by the three impostors, the Leo Brothers intervened and helped them out. But they quickly go into an argument with Seiji as they refuse to let the enemy use human hostages to stop them.
The Leo Brothers determined to kill both enemies and hostages
As they declared to exterminate the impostors with the hostages, Seiji desperately pled them not to, as this is not the way of Ultraman. The two apologized sorrowfully to him, stated, "We are not Ultraman," and rushed toward the aliens.
Bemular recognized the brothers as "Ultraman"
Fortunately, Bemular suddenly descended from the sky and stopped them. He came along with Adad, who miraculously rescued the hostages. The former lectured the brothers: "No matter what they did in the past, if they are ready now, they too are 'Ultraman'."
Leo and Astra, officially becomes "Ultraman"
Just at that moment, Ide remotely upgraded their armors, from the original black and grey into a new pattern of red and silver, in addition to a Color Timer similar to that of the Ultraman Suits. Despite the sibling's still existing doubts and distrust against the Ultras, they gladly accepted their new identity as "Ultraman."
After the battle, the brothers were dispatched on a mission to Antarctica, where they met the granddaughter of Dr. Iwamoto and thus did not participate in the two subsequent battles against Zetton Core.
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- Powers and Weapons
- Super Human Physicality: In their human forms the brothers are able to compete with Adad, whose strength is approximate to Moroboshi's when he wears his Ultra Suit. In their true forms, they are able to overpower Adad easily
- Short-Range Teleporters: The Leo Brothers use short-range teleporters to give the appearance of rapid movement.
- Transformation: The Leo Brothers are capable of a limited form of shapeshifting, giving them an almost-human appearance. When they shed this disguise, their combat ability goes up.
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Trivia[]
- Unlike their inspirations, the Leo Brothers in the manga are villainous with more similarities to the Alien Magma than the Ultras.
- Leo and Astra have what appears to be a bracelet.
- Their armors also contain small-shaped holes in the upper chest armor based upon their counterparts. (circular for Leo and rectangular for Astra respectively)
- The Leo Brothers relationship with Dan is likely based on the mentor-student relationship of the original Dan and Gen.