The Cry of Life

Template:EpisodeInfo The Cry of Life is the twelfth episode of Ultraman Z.

Synopsis

Ten years ago, a monster crashed to Earth and fell into a deep sleep. Now that monster, Grigio Raiden, has awakened! Z faces off against the monster, but something is wrong with Haruki... King Joe STORAGE Custom fights hard to follow the lackluster Z. How will this battle end?

Plot

In Yamanashi Prefecture in Japan's Chubu Region, Haruki and Yoko are in the middle of battling a monster on the loose, Grigio Raiden. With Sevenger and Windom ran out of power, Z appears, but Haruki's trauma from killing Red King earlier prevented the Ultra from firing his attack, allowing the monster to escape underground.

After an earful of complaints from Kuriyama, Yuka brings out a piece of the monster's flesh, revealing that it was modified into a living weapon by an unknown force. While the STORAGE crew wonder how it appeared in Yamanashi Prefecture, Kuriyama and Hebikura reveal the monster's origin:

"That monster... codenamed Grigio Raiden... it was under the Allied Forces observation. 10 years ago, we isolated it after it fell to Earth in hibernation. We've been researching it for years."
"STORAGE's robots were developed using data from that monster."
"But it suddenly awoke."

―Kuriyama and Hebikura

Kuriyama became desperate to stop the monster's rampage before anymore casualties would arose. While training, Haruki remembers all the monsters he had killed before, and his father's death, further accumulating to his guilt.

Grigio Raiden resurfaces to eat metal in a scrapyard to recharge his Destroy Cannon. With a control system installed within a repaired King Joe, the team put their plan into action. Yoko in King Joe STORAGE Custom split into four components for each to deliver coordinated attacks. Once assembled into Tank Mode and ended with a beam-o-war, Haruki in Windom tied the exhausted Grigio using cables. Unfortunately the plan fell through when Grigio escapes from the restrains and started to munch on Windom to recharge its cannon.

Haruki transforms into Z again, but his hesitation got the best of him, forcing the Ultra to regress into his original form. Weakened, Z doesn't stand a chance against Grigio Raiden's Destroy Cannon, forcing him out of the fight. Yoko intervenes by using King Joe to open fire on the monster's core, killing it in cold blood despite Haruki and Hebikura's disagreements. As Yoko searches for Haruki, calling out his name, Haruki looks to the sky and cries out in anguish for the loss of Grigio Raiden and all the other monsters slain over the previous weeks.

Haruki's Ultra Navi

• Haruki: Haruki's Ultra-navi! 'Kay! Today we're showing this!
• Z Riser: Nexus.
• Z: Ultraman Nexus! He's a mysterious hero who can create a special field called a Meta Field.
• Z: Next up is...
• Z Riser: Gaia.
• Haruki: Mr. Gaia's special attack is his light whip, the Photon Edge! Gamma Future also uses this power.

Ultraman Z and Ultraman Zero Voice Drama

Robots Are Reliable!

Z asks Zero about Jean-Nine's origin. Zero says that Jean-Nine was once an enemy robot before Zero convinced him to turn good. Zero also warns Z not to provoke Jean-Nine again and teaches him about respect.

Cast

• Haruki Natsukawa : Koshu Hirano
• Yoko Nakashima : Rima Matsuda
• Yuka Ohta : Hikari Kuroki
• Shota Hebikura : Takaya Aoyagi
• Director Kuriyama : Hisahiro Ogura

Voice Actors

• Ultraman Z : Tasuku Hatanaka
• AI voice : Katsumi Fukuhara

Suit Actors

• Ultraman Z: Hideyoshi Iwata
• Sevenger: Kenji Kajikawa
• Windom: Yuma Eichi
• King Joe STORAGE Custom: Satoru Okabe
• Grigio Raiden: Hiroyuki Arai

Appearances

Ultras

• Ultraman Z
  • Original
  • Alpha Edge
  • Gamma Future

Kaiju

• Sevenger
• Grigio Raiden
• Windom
• Jugglus Juggler
• King Joe STORAGE Custom
  • Separate Mode
  • Tank Mode
• Neronga (Flashback)
• Guigass (Flashback)
• Gomora (Flashback)
• Peguila (Flashback)
• Red King A & B (Flashback)