Provocation

Provocation
SSSS.GRIDMAN, episode 5
Information
Airdate	November 4, 2018
Directed by	Yoshiyuki Kaneko
Written by	Keiichi Hasegawa
Continuity
Previous	Suspicion
Next	Contact
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Provocation is the fifth episode of SSSS.GRIDMAN.

Synopsis

Yuta heads out of town for a school trip. Because of his amnesia, Yuta feels like it is his first time. Akane approached Yuta, who enjoyed his time afting with his friends at the mountain's river. Yuta starts to notice an unexpected side of Akane, and the largest monster yet appears in the mountains. However, if Yuta does not get back to the junk shop, he cannot unite with Gridman. For the first time, transformation is impossible.

Voice Drama 5.5

It's Not Gridman's Fault

The gang discuss where to put Junk, but it seems that nobody wants to take it.

Cast

• Yuta Hibiki : Yuya Hirose (Japanese dub)/Brandon McInnis (Funimation Dub)
• Gridman : Hikaru Midorikawa (Japanese dub)/Robert McCollum (Funimation Dub)
• Sho Utsumi : Soma Saito (Japanese dub)/Greg Ayres (Funimation Dub)
• Rikka Takarada : Yume Miyamoto (Japanese dub)/Jill Harris (Funimation Dub)
• Akane Shinjo : Reina Ueda (Japanese dub)/Lindsay Seidel (Funimation Dub)
• Alexis・Kerib : Tetsu Inada (Japanese dub)/Barry Yandell (Funimation Dub)
• Rikka's Mother : Mayumi Shintani (Japanese dub)/Anastasia Munoz (Funimation Dub)
• Namiko : Suzuko Mimori (Japanese dub)/Sarah Wiedenheft (Funimation Dub)
• Hass : Akari Kito (Japanese dub)/Amber Lee Connors (Funimation Dub)
• Samurai・Calibur : Ryosuke Takahashi (Japanese dub)/Ian Sinclair (Funimation Dub)
• Max : Katsuyuki Konishi (Japanese dub)/Cris George (Funimation Dub)
• Vit : Masaya Matsukaze (Japanese dub)/Chris Burnett (Funimation Dub)
• Borr : Aoi Yuki (Japanese dub)/Apphia Yu (Funimation Dub)
• Anti : Kenichi Suzumura (Japanese dub)/Stephen Fu (Funimation Dub)

Appearances

Heroes

• Gridman
  • Primal Fighter
    • Buster Gridman

Assist Weapons

• Buster Borr

Kaiju

• Alexis・Kerib
• Go'yavec
• Anti

Easter Eggs

Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad

• The Neon Genesis Junior High Students bringing Junk to the mountains so Yuta can merge with Gridman is a reference to the final episode wherein Team Samurai brought along their computer when hiking in case of Megavirus Monster attack, which does happen and Tanker becomes Servo for that episode.

Other

• The two vans that come to pick up the Tsutsujidai students during Go'yavec's rampage have their design based off of G1 Ironhide from the Transformers franchise.
• The scene with the public phone and Rikka using it is a recreation of a similar scene in Neon Genesis Evangelion.
• Buster Gridman's combination sequence replicates that of Great Fighbird from The Brave Fighter of Sun Fighbird.