Chapter Summaries

Krismaya thanked Seiya and Mayumi for helping her and hoped she could find her family, while Mayumi revealed she knew Seiya was Ultraman. After a tiring day, Seiya accepted Krismaya’s LINE request, was flooded with questions, and logged off after telling her they could talk later.

• Krismaya gave Seiya and Mayumi her contact information and thanked them for accepting and helping her despite her being an alien.
• Mayumi told Seiya that Takuya had revealed he was the Ultraman who saved her brother and Takuya, and promised to keep his identity secret.
• Mayumi treated Seiya to an expensive Western meal, and Seiya took her home before returning to his apartment exhausted.
• Seiya saw Mayumi’s concert photos and Horii’s jealous comments, then accepted Krismaya’s LINE friend request.
• Krismaya sent Seiya a stream of questions about his life on Earth, his family, and whether Earthlings could accept aliens.
• Seiya told Krismaya he was tired and would talk another time, then set his LINE status to offline.

Krismaya, lonely after years without friends, accepted Seiya’s invitation to play a cooperative game, and they spent the night trying to clear a stage. The next morning, Seiya’s Victory Team colleagues learned he had befriended the singer, while Krismaya canceled an appearance and sought ways to improve her gaming skills.

• Krismaya felt disappointed when Seiya initially seemed unwilling to chat, but his message inviting her to play a team-based game cheered her up.
• Seiya and Krismaya played games together through the night and barely cleared the stage.
• At the Victory Team base, Seiya gave Horii Krismaya’s signed photo, and Horii complained that Seiya had not invited him to meet her.
• Seiya revealed that he had exchanged LINE accounts with Krismaya and played games with her all night, making Horii envious and Rena realize why Seiya looked tired.
• Krismaya canceled her important appearance with Mr. Ryota and asked him how she could quickly become better at games.

Maya resolved to improve her gaming skills so she could play with Seiya, while Mayumi grew suspicious that the Shinjyo who returned from a crash was not her brother. Seiya and Daigo confirmed that another being controlled Shinjyo’s body, and the impostor claimed it had come to Earth to find its family and had saved Shinjyo from the Natanian.

• Maya told her manager she wanted to improve her gaming skills, then devoted herself to practicing so she could impress Seiya.
• Shinjyo returned from a mission injured after an unknown lifeform attacked his fighter jet, and he woke from his coma two days later.
• Mayumi noticed that Shinjyo’s personality and habits seemed wrong, so she called Seiya for help.
• Seiya reported Mayumi’s suspicions to Captain Iruma, who sent Seiya and Daigo to investigate Shinjyo.
• Seiya and Daigo recognized that another being was controlling Shinjyo’s body, and Daigo confronted it.
• The impostor said it meant no harm, had come to find its family, and had saved Shinjyo from the Natanian.

The alien possessing Shinjyo escaped the Victory Team and found Maya, who recognized him as her brother after Seiya explained what had happened. Their reunion was interrupted when a Natanian pursuing them opened fire.

• Daigo confronted the alien possessing Shinjyo, who explained that he had borrowed Shinjyo's body to search for his younger sister and agreed that the Victory Team could investigate.
• The alien escaped through a window after fearing that the Natanians following him would endanger his sister.
• Seiya recognized that the alien was likely Maya's brother and messaged Maya that her family might find her within days.
• Maya excitedly learned what had happened, while Seiya joined Daigo and the Victory Team in searching for the escaped alien without revealing his suspicion.
• The alien found Maya at an amusement park and explained why he had left her on Earth, but a Natanian who had possessed an Earthling arrived and opened fire.
• The chapter revealed that the Natanians had destroyed the Mayan people's planet and that Maya's brother had come to take her to a new home.

Seiya rescued Maya and Shinjyo from a Natanian who was hunting them, then confronted the giant monster threatening the amusement park. With civilians in danger, Seiya transformed into Hero Ultraman in front of Daigo, leaving Daigo stunned to learn Seiya was also chosen by the light.

• At the amusement park, the Natanian pursued Shinjyo and Maya and shot Shinjyo when he protected a little girl.
• Maya called Seiya for help, and Seiya wounded the Natanian and fought him while Daigo arrived.
• The Natanian abandoned his human host, grew to fifty meters tall, and began destroying the amusement park.
• Captain Iruma ordered Rena to drive the monster away and told Seiya and Daigo to evacuate the visitors.
• When the Natanian tore down the Ferris wheel with civilians still inside, Daigo hesitated to transform, and Seiya revealed his device and transformed into Hero Ultraman.

Seiya transformed into Hero Ultraman and defeated the Natanian with overwhelming ease, then told Daigo he had no intention of regularly helping him fight monsters. Daigo was left wondering why the light had chosen someone as lazy as Seiya.

• Seiya caught the Ferris wheel, beat the giant Natanian unconscious, hurled it into the countryside, and crushed its body with a kick.
• Captain Iruma told Rena that Hero Ultraman had defeated the monster to protect Earth, despite his brutal fighting style.
• Seiya returned to the amusement park and checked on the unconscious Shinjyo while Daigo asked why he had never revealed that he was Hero Ultraman.
• Seiya said he would transform only in special circumstances and argued that people trusted Tiga more, leaving Daigo to handle future monsters.
• Daigo wondered whether Hero Ultraman had chosen Seiya because there had been no other choice or because the Giant of Light was lazy too.

Seiya used Onmyoji methods to preserve the remnants of Maya’s brother’s soul in a piece of jade, then explained his powers to Daigo and convinced him to keep the secret. Maya chose to settle on Earth, and Seiya left her protection to Daigo, though she still thanked Seiya directly.

• Seiya guided the remnants of Shinjyo’s soul into jade after Maya dripped her blood onto it, and he told her to carry it and feed it blood daily.
• Daigo asked whether Seiya was an Ultraman, but Seiya explained that he was human and had inherited special powers from his family’s ancient Eastern traditions.
• Daigo accepted Seiya’s explanation and agreed to keep his abilities secret because he trusted him.
• Maya decided to stay on Earth with her brother after her people and home had been lost.
• Seiya urged Maya to rely on Daigo and Tiga for protection, but Maya thanked Seiya and left without seeming to take his advice to heart.

After Shinjyo recovered from possession, Seiya invited Victory Team to Krismaya’s concert. The team then investigated an alien spacecraft on an island, where Rena collapsed after smelling strange yellow flowers and Daigo recognized them as Gijera Flowers from Earth’s ancient past.

• Shinjyo woke up with no memory of being possessed and worried that his sister Mayumi was safe.
• Seiya gave the team tickets to Krismaya’s concert, surprising Horii and leaving Shinjyo baffled by Seiya’s friendship with the singer.
• Captain Iruma sent Seiya, Daigo, Rena, and Shinjyo to investigate an alien spacecraft that had landed on an island.
• Rena picked and smelled a vivid yellow flower, then collapsed unconscious.
• Seiya reminded Daigo of the flowers’ identity, and Daigo recalled that Gijera pollen had once lured ancient humanity into blissful dreams before Gatanothor destroyed their civilization.

Seiya and Daigo encountered Gijera Flowers and learned from Dina and Luke that the flowers appeared as a warning of humanity’s impending extinction. Daigo struggled with whether to destroy them, while Seiya focused on the mission and secretly recorded Rena murmuring in her sleep, leaving him with a secret he could use to tease her and Daigo.

• Daigo prepared to destroy the Gijera Flowers, but Dina appeared and warned that Ultraman could not choose humanity’s fate or easily eradicate every flower.
• Luke explained that Gijera appeared of its own will to foretell humanity’s destruction, then he and Dina vanished.
• Seiya challenged Daigo to decide whether he could make a choice on behalf of humanity, and Daigo fell silent.
• Seiya proposed taking the unconscious Rena and Shinjyo back and collecting Gijera samples for Horii to examine, and Daigo agreed.
• Seiya carried Rena while Daigo carried Shinjyo, then Seiya secretly recorded Rena murmuring and later arranged for Daigo to carry her instead.

Seiya and Daigo warned the Sea Base meeting that the Gijera Flower’s pollen could endanger humanity, but Rena and Shinjyo argued that its dreams might be harmless and beneficial. Director Sawai ordered the flowers monitored and their blooming sites sealed, while Seiya warned Daigo that people might refuse to give up their illusions.

• Seiya made Shinjyo inhale the Gijera Flower again, sending him into an illusion where he muttered about Rena and Mayumi, and recorded his words before taking him to the Sea Base.
• Daigo urged the Sea Base meeting to destroy the Gijera Flowers and warn the public, but Rena and Shinjyo opposed him because they had begun to crave the pollen’s illusions.
• Seiya supported Daigo, arguing that people who became lost in pleasant dreams could abandon reality, and Director Sawai ordered the flowers’ components analyzed and their blooming areas sealed.
• Daigo thanked Seiya after the meeting and believed humanity could avoid disaster by keeping people away from the flowers until they could destroy Gijera.
• Seiya warned Daigo that people might knowingly choose to remain in dreams, prompting Daigo to panic and run off after remembering Rena and Shinjyo’s opposition.

Gijera pollen spread across the world, leaving humanity and TPC lost in blissful illusions while Seiya, Daigo, and the unaffected Krismaya faced the giant plant. After Luke and Dina argued that human desire doomed civilization, Seiya jolted Daigo out of despair, and Daigo chose to transform into Tiga.

• Gijera flowers spread across society, paralyzing TPC and leaving only Seiya and Daigo working in Victory Team.
• Krismaya found Gijera's fifty-three-meter main body and suggested pulling it out at night, when it could not move or spread pollen.
• Luke and Dina appeared and claimed that human desire, not Gijera, had destroyed the ancient civilization; Dina offered Daigo a flower.
• Daigo struggled with Dina's offer until Seiya slapped him and urged him to choose what he believed was right as both a human and the inheritor of light.
• Daigo threw away the Gijera Flower and called out to Tiga.

Seiya restrained the people protecting Gijera and used his power to uproot the monster so Tiga could destroy it. He acknowledged that destroying Gijera might end Luke and Dina’s immortality, but said he would make the same choice to protect humanity’s future.

• Daigo transformed into Tiga and charged Gijera while Seiya told Luke that humans had made their own choice.
• Residents formed a human wall around Gijera and attacked Tiga, so Seiya bound them with a barrier and let Tiga fight.
• Tiga struggled to pull up Gijera’s deep roots as his energy ran low, and Seiya lifted the monster and the earth beneath it with Ultra Telekinesis and Yin-Yang Release.
• Tiga fired the Zeperion Ray and blasted Gijera into fragments.
• Seiya told Luke and Dina that Gijera’s destruction might end their means of survival and accepted that they might hate him, while Daigo agreed with his choice.

After Gijera’s destruction, the Victory Team returned to work, ashamed that they had succumbed to its pollen while Seiya and Daigo resisted. Seiya revealed an embarrassing video of Horii, prompting the others to suspect he had recorded them too.

• The modified humans thanked Seiya and Daigo for helping humanity understand the value of living and passing achievements on to the next generation.
• Gijera was destroyed, the pollen’s effects faded, and society gradually returned to normal.
• Captain Iruma and Director Sawai praised Seiya and Daigo and planned to give them special commendations, but both men declined.
• Horii claimed he had only pretended to be affected by Gijera’s pollen, and the team began playing along with his excuse.
• Seiya showed a video of Horii praising himself and fawning over Krismaya, then noticed the Victory Team members giving him dangerous looks as they wondered whether he had recorded them too.

After Gijera’s defeat, the Victory Team wrestled over Seiya’s embarrassing recordings until Director Sawai arrived with a senior TPC leader to commend them. Seiya and Daigo received praise and promised rewards, but the leader also had another task to give them.

• Shinjyo, Captain Iruma, Rena, and the others fought to seize Seiya’s phone and delete the videos he had recorded while they were affected by Gijera’s pollen.
• Director Sawai arrived with senior TPC officials and interrupted the Victory Team’s brawl.
• A TPC leader praised the Victory Team’s role in stopping Gijera and promised commendations and a substantial bonus for Seiya and Daigo.
• Seiya offered to give his and Daigo’s medals to Director Sawai and Captain Iruma, while keeping the bonus for themselves.
• The senior leader praised Seiya and said he had another task to entrust to him and Daigo.

Seiya and Daigo accepted a mission to investigate the newly surfaced Luluye Ruins, where a failed TPC team had reported dangerous hallucination-inducing gas. Seiya revealed that Daigo’s past as Tiga connected him to both a deadly enemy and an ex-girlfriend named Camilla, leaving Daigo stunned.

• Daigo volunteered himself and Seiya for the mission, while Seiya privately regretted being dragged into the dangerous assignment.
• Director Sawai assigned Seiya and Daigo to explore the Luluye Ruins after an earlier investigation team vanished, with one survivor reporting hallucinogenic gas.
• Daigo asked Seiya whether Tiga’s memories held clues about Luluye, and Seiya said the ruins contained Daigo’s mortal enemy and former girlfriend.
• Daigo realized Seiya was serious about the ex-girlfriend, and Seiya identified her as Camilla.

Daigo and Seiya entered the Luluye Ruins with an investigation team, where supernatural darkness exposed the team’s deepest fears. After helping the investigators recover, they reached an ancient hall filled with inscriptions and enormous bird-like statues.

• Daigo and Seiya discussed the dangers of the Luluye Ruins and the possibility that Camilla and other ancient enemies were sleeping there.
• Under orders from the higher-ups, Daigo and Seiya led an investigation team into the ruins the next morning.
• Darkness engulfed the team and trapped the investigators in fear-induced illusions, but Daigo and Seiya helped them regain their senses.
• Daigo and Seiya tied a rope at the entrance and led the team deeper through the darkness.
• The team reached a great hall with ancient inscriptions, stone tablets, and enormous bird-like statues, exciting the investigators.

Seiya discovered that Daigo had been drawn deeper into the Luluye Ruins, where three flesh-and-blood Dark Giants were beginning to recover. At Victory Team headquarters, Yohlen revealed Tiga’s past with the Dark Giants and hinted that Daigo was light as a great darkness approached.

• Seiya and Daigo reassured Rena that they were safe in the Ruins and sent their findings to Victory Team.
• Rena told Seiya that Daigo had become entranced by writing on a stone wall and wandered deeper into the Ruins.
• Seiya followed Daigo and found him before the recovering Dark Giants Camilla, Hudra, and Darram.
• Yohlen’s time-capsule account revealed that Tiga had once ruled alongside the three Dark Giants before joining the light and sealing them.
• Yohlen told Victory Team that Daigo was light and warned that humanity’s fate would depend on light’s choice as darkness drew near.

At the Luluye Ruins, Daigo worried that he and Seiya could not stop the newly awakened Dark Giants, Camilla, Hudra, and Darram. Darram attacked Daigo, but Seiya blocked the punch and warned the Dark Giants that fighting could awaken an even greater darkness buried deeper in the ruins.

• Seiya asked Daigo whether he would side with Camilla and the others or remain committed to the light, and Daigo said their awakening would endanger Earth.
• Daigo recalled the Dark Giants’ strength and how Tiga had betrayed them before sealing them away, while Camilla had offered to forgive him if he returned to darkness.
• The Luluye Ruins shook as Camilla, Hudra, and Darram awakened, and they recognized Daigo as Tiga because of his aura.
• Darram lunged at Daigo with a punch before Daigo could transform, but Seiya appeared and stopped it with a shield of light.
• Seiya warned Hudra and Darram that fighting might awaken an even more powerful darkness sleeping deeper in the ruins.

Camilla stopped Darram from attacking Seiya and withdrew with Hudra and Darram, wary of awakening Gatanothor. She then unleashed Zoga and Zoga Hatchlings to test the world's defenses and planned to use Tiga either to help them rule or to draw the Giants of Light into a fight with Gatanothor.

• Camilla ordered Darram to stop fighting Seiya because their battle might awaken Gatanothor, then asked Seiya who he was and how he was connected to Tiga.
• Seiya said he was a human chosen by light, and Camilla prevented Hudra and Darram from attacking him and Tiga before leaving the sealed hall with them.
• Seiya told Daigo to get the archaeological and investigation teams out of the Luluye Ruins before the Dark Giants attacked again.
• Camilla awakened several Monster Bird Zoga statues and had Hudra and Darram release Zoga Hatchlings, which spread across the world.
• Camilla explained that the Zoga would test the world's fighting strength and that she would awaken Gatanothor if Giants of Light dominated the planet; otherwise, she intended to keep Tiga alive and use him to help rule the world.

Camilla revealed her plan to lure Daigo back into becoming Dark Tiga, steal his power, and seal him away, while Zoga attacks plunged humanity into a nationwide crisis. After Daigo and Seiya reported the Dark Giants’ threat, Daigo urged Victory Team to join the battle, and Captain Iruma asked whether he believed humanity could overcome the disaster.

• Camilla explained to Hudra and Darram that she planned to turn Daigo into Dark Tiga, take his power, and seal him in the Luluye Ruins as revenge for Tiga’s betrayal.
• Camilla warned Hudra and Darram to obey her orders, and both promised to follow her and help with the revenge.
• Seiya and Daigo left the ruins and returned to Victory Team headquarters after Director Sawai requested an in-person report.
• TPC learned that adult Demon Bird Zoga and their hatchlings had emerged from the ruins and were attacking cities across the country.
• Seiya and Daigo told Captain Iruma that the Zoga attacks were only a prelude to the three awakened Dark Giants, leaving her fearful for humanity’s survival.
• Daigo urged Victory Team to join the battle, and Captain Iruma asked whether he believed humanity could overcome the crisis.