Recaps

Luke invaded the Zoga dimension and ordered his Shadow Army to slaughter the sleeping beasts, treating the battle as a chance to assess potential food. After the Zogas were overwhelmed, Gatanothor awakened to find the carnage and drew the attention of hundreds of thousands of Shadow Ninjas.

• Luke explored the sleeping Zogas, photographed himself among them, and decided to kill Gatanothor and attack the juveniles.
• Luke sent Ninja Soldiers to capture some Juvenile Zogas, then ordered the Shadow Army to kill the juveniles and surround the adult beasts.
• The first awakened Adult Zoga tried to attack the Shadow Army, but Advanced Units crippled and killed it.
• More than a thousand Zogas charged the Shadow Army, which cut them down and shot down those that tried to fly away.
• Gatanothor awoke, saw his underlings being dismembered, and roared as hundreds of thousands of Shadow Ninjas turned toward him.

Luke’s Shadow Ninjas failed to harm Gatanothor, so Luke recalled them and spoke with the awakened ruler of darkness. After learning about Gatanothor’s origins and dark power, Luke declared that they were not allies and prepared to teach him how Dimension Lords dealt with one another.

• Gatanothor attacked the Shadow Ninjas with his tentacles, dark mist, and petrifying beam, but his dark-energy attacks failed to affect them.
• The Shadow Ninjas swarmed Gatanothor, but they could not pierce his defenses, and he retreated into his shell.
• Luke recalled the Shadow Ninjas and questioned Gatanothor, who revealed that he had slept through the ages and had never met visitors from other universes or dimensions.
• Luke learned that Gatanothor’s power came from darkness in living beings’ hearts and made him loathe beautiful thoughts and light.
• Gatanothor asked Luke to leave, but Luke rejected their supposed kinship and said he would teach Gatanothor the rules governing relations between Dimension Lords.

Luke fought Gatanothor in the Dark Dimension, killed him after Gatanothor surrendered, and explored the sunken R'lyeh Ruins in the Tiga World. He returned with Galacta for a visit, and they surfaced just in time to see the Beast That Shatters the Sky flying overhead.

• Luke transformed and fought Gatanothor, then offered to match Gatanothor's strength so they could have a fairer battle.
• Luke cut off Gatanothor's tentacles and pincer, but Gatanothor lost his nerve and begged to be spared, so Luke killed him.
• Luke entered the Tiga World and explored the submerged R'lyeh Ruins, sensing the warmth of light within the petrified giants.
• Luke returned home, met Galacta, and brought her to the Tiga World for a vacation.
• Luke and Galacta heard a sound wave, flew out of the water, and saw the Beast That Shatters the Sky overhead.

Luke rescued the two stone Giants of Light from Golza and Melba by taking them into the Mirror Dimension, while Daigo became Ultraman Tiga and defeated Melba. Luke then used dark energy and Shadow Ninjas to awaken the two statues as armored Dark Giants, and prepared to test them on Golza.

• Luke transported the two stone giants into the Mirror Dimension, leaving Tiga’s statue behind as Golza and Melba attacked.
• Daigo flew his unarmed GUTS Wing 1 at the monsters, crashed, and became Tiga when the statue came to life.
• Tiga destroyed Melba, but Golza vanished into the Mirror Dimension through a glasslike crack before Tiga flew away.
• Luke infused the two statues with dark energy, then placed Ninja Soldiers inside their timers to give the Dark Giants consciousness.
• Luke ordered the armed Dark Giants not to kill Golza and sent them toward it for a test.

The Victory Team analyzed Tiga, the monsters, and the mysterious rifts, then received authorization to arm their aircraft. Meanwhile, Luke revived tens of thousands of Dark Giants at the R'lyeh Ruins and planned to build a Golza army before setting off to explore the world with Galacta.

• Megumi Iruma led the Victory Team in analyzing Tiga, the monsters, and the rifts, while the team debated whether the rifts' unknown creators were allies or enemies.
• Yazumi revealed satellite footage of Luke and Galacta near the rifts, and Megumi Iruma ordered a global search for them.
• The director-general informed the Victory Team that its aircraft could now be equipped with weapons.
• Luke used dark energy to revive the Dark Giants in the R'lyeh Ruins and stored them in the Shadow World.
• Luke planned to replicate Golza into an army, then invited Galacta to explore the world with him.

Luke and Galacta returned to Japan, where Luke learned that a pair of peaceful monsters called the Gakuma brothers had been discovered at a quarry. He regretted that humans would kill them before they had a chance to coexist, and the chapter left their fate unresolved.

• Luke and Galacta returned to Japan after exploring Tiga World and searched a tourist map for somewhere to visit.
• Luke overheard passersby discussing a rock-eating monster called Gakuma that had been discovered on a southern island.
• Luke remembered that the quarry held two gentle Gakuma brothers who had emerged because humans had taken too much of their food.
• Galacta said monsters were part of the planet's ecosystem and that humans could coexist with gentler ones.
• Luke said humans were still eager to kill the monsters, and lamented that the Gakuma brothers had appeared too early to be spared.

Luke and Galacta enjoyed a fireworks festival while Luke’s Ninja Soldier tormented Mitsuo Itabashi, who was secretly a Kirielian. After the Ninja Soldier was killed, the Kirielian attacked police officers, prompting the police to alert TPC as its celebration of Tiga’s victory continued.

• Luke and Galacta watched the fireworks together, and Luke sent a Ninja Soldier to harass Mitsuo Itabashi after he glared at them.
• The Ninja Soldier created a series of accidents to torment Mitsuo Itabashi, who avoided the traps and eventually exposed the attacker.
• Mitsuo Itabashi revealed his true Kirielian form and killed the Ninja Soldier after chasing him into a grove.
• After receiving an order from the Second-Generation Kirielian to test Ultraman Tiga, the Kirielian attacked responding police officers and killed several of them.
• A surviving officer reported the monster attack, and the police chief dispatched reinforcements and informed TPC during the celebration at headquarters.

Luke and Galacta’s quiet morning was interrupted when Kyrieloid began destroying a city and demanding that Ultraman Tiga appear. Tiga fought him in several forms but was overwhelmed by Kyrieloid’s sacred flames, and two people who had watched his earlier battle with Golza and Melba appeared before him.

• Luke and Galacta relaxed together in bed until nearby aircraft noise and trembling water warned them that something was happening.
• Kyrieloid rampaged through the city, while the Victory Team struggled to stop him without endangering residents.
• Daigo left GUTS Wing 1 to help evacuate people, then used the Spark Lens to transform into Ultraman Tiga.
• Tiga fought Kyrieloid, changing into his Red Power Form and Blue Speed Form as Kyrieloid tested his abilities.
• After completing the tests, Kyrieloid unleashed his sacred flames and defeated Tiga.
• As Tiga weakened with his timer blinking, two people who had watched his fight with Golza and Melba appeared before him.

Luke destroyed Kyrieloid after Tiga was left too weak to fight, then explained Tiga’s need for humanity’s faith to the Victory Team. As Luke and Galacta went to TPC, two Kirielians discussed continuing their plan to open the Hell Gate and bring their god’s warriors to Earth.

• Luke transformed into a giant, crushed Kyrieloid’s Hellfire Bullet, and killed him with a dark beam that carved a vast crater into a mountain.
• Luke ignored the Victory Team’s attempts to stop him from entering the city, while a woman on the communications channel warned them not to provoke him.
• Luke returned to Tiga and urged him to transform back before his timer ran out; Daigo changed back to human form and joined the others.
• Luke told the Victory Team that Tiga was an ancient guardian whose power depended on humanity’s faith, and Galacta explained that they were travelers from another world on vacation.
• Galacta accepted Rena’s invitation to visit TPC, while two Kirielians decided to pursue their Hell Gate plan despite Luke’s power.

Luke met TPC Director Soichiro Sawai over a video call and established his powerful status, then chatted with the Victory Team about his world. When Daigo asked about the missing giant statues and Golza, Luke admitted he had taken them, leaving the team waiting for his explanation.

• Luke and Galacta used dark energy to transform into formal outfits and greeted Soichiro Sawai in a video call.
• Luke introduced himself with his titles and described his visit as a vacation with Galacta, and Sawai invited him to a formal meeting.
• Luke chatted with the Victory Team about alien civilizations, Asgard, and the Trading Station in his world.
• Daigo asked Luke whether he had taken the two giant statues and Golza, and Luke confirmed that he had.
• Daigo asked Luke why he had taken the statues and Golza.

Luke explained why he had taken the two giant statues and warned the Victory Team that they could become Dark Giants, while insisting humanity could support Tiga and fight monsters with its own technology. He then asked Galacta to search TPC’s database for the man who had investigated Daigo’s crash, and Galacta soon found a result.

• Luke reassured the Victory Team that he had taken the two statues to save them from destruction, then joked that a giant could be revived by simmering big bones into soup.
• Luke claimed the other two statues could only become Dark Giants and said they belonged to his private collection, frightening the Victory Team with the threat of Dark Giants.
• Luke told the team that Tiga would grow stronger through humanity’s belief and encouraged them to rely on their own developing weapons and technology as well.
• Horii and Megumi Iruma described new fighters and the Maxima propulsion system under development, while the Victory Team discussed their future equipment.
• Luke asked Galacta to search TPC’s database for the man who had accessed footage of Daigo’s plane crash, and Galacta hacked the system and found a result.

Luke and Galacta uncovered Dr. Dango’s connection to Keigo Masaki while secretly searching the TPC database, and Luke considered approaching them through official channels. The next morning, Daigo asked Luke to train him in combat so he could control Tiga more effectively.

• Galacta found that Dr. Dango had deleted Daigo’s crash footage and sent TPC technology to Keigo Masaki, who used it to build a leading space exploration company.
• Luke recalled that Dr. Dango and Keigo Masaki would pursue ways to become giants, and he considered recruiting their talents without alienating TPC.
• Daigo saw Luke and Galacta whispering together, while Rena mistook their conversation for a romantic moment.
• After spending the night with Galacta, Luke received a call that Daigo wanted to meet him and went to the hotel rooftop.
• Daigo explained that Tiga’s first battle had been guided by the giant’s inherited combat experience, but he had struggled against Gakuma when fighting under his own control.
• Daigo asked Luke to teach him fighting techniques and methods so he could become a better combatant in giant form.

Luke arranged for Daigo to train with his Shadow Ninjas in an underwater ruin, where he discovered Daigo lacked basic combat skills. He had Daigo transform into Miniature Tiga, spar with the Ninjas, and practice converting dark energy into light energy, then continued the training.

• Luke introduced Daigo to the Shadow Ninjas and offered them as teachers for Tiga’s different forms and environments.
• Luke took Daigo through a portal to an underwater ruin and prepared its arena as a training ground.
• After watching two Ninja Soldiers spar, Daigo admitted he could not understand their techniques, so Luke explained Tiga’s history as a Dark Giant and urged Daigo to master Tiga’s body.
• Luke had Daigo transform into Miniature Tiga and spar with a Ninja Soldier, whose attacks exposed the many openings in Tiga’s fighting style.
• Luke gave Tiga a dark crystal to convert into light energy, and Daigo replenished Tiga’s power before resuming training.

Daigo trained with the Shadow Ninjas for an entire day, then discussed with Luke the different effects of Tiga’s original Light Energy and light converted from Dark Energy. Luke warned that relying on the converted energy could expose Daigo to dangerous temptations, and Daigo agreed to use it only occasionally in training before hurrying back to base.

• Daigo spent the day training with the Shadow Ninjas and used all the Dark Crystals Luke had given him.
• Luke brought the exhausted Daigo back from the R'lyeh Ruins, and Daigo explained that he fought to protect humanity because he was human.
• Daigo told Luke that light converted from Dark Energy felt different from Tiga’s original Light Energy, which brought him reassurance.
• Daigo revealed that transforming with the converted energy had made him irritable and filled his mind with strange thoughts, and Luke warned that prolonged use could test his will.
• Daigo agreed to use the converted energy only in moderation during training and rushed back to base before eleven.

Luke and Galacta prepared for a meeting with TPC and the world’s senior leaders, while Tetsuji Yoshioka worried that Luke’s absence signaled hostility. Luke arrived through a portal just before the meeting began, leaving the officials startled and poised to hear his proposals.

• Luke and Galacta organized their ideas for the meeting and reviewed information about the world.
• Sawai and TPC officials waited for Luke, while Yoshioka checked hotel surveillance and found that Luke had not left his hotel.
• Yoshioka argued that Luke’s absence showed disrespect and urged TPC to prepare for possible war.
• Luke appeared through a portal at the conference room entrance, surprising the officials and asking whether he was late.
• Megumi Iruma welcomed Luke, and he led Galacta into the room while signaling that he intended to steer the meeting.

Luke introduced Marvel’s civilian and military technology to Tiga World’s leaders, then proposed a technology exchange supported by access to his cross-world Trading Station. Tiga World approved cooperation, and the two sides agreed to send people to study in each other’s worlds.

• Luke replaced the meeting’s miniature televisions with holographic projections and showed Tiga World’s leaders how Marvel’s civilian and military technology compared with theirs.
• Luke proposed exchanging technologies, and Reiko Kashimura questioned whether Tiga World would be giving up military advances for civilian technology.
• Luke revealed his Trading Station and described the goods available from several alien races, persuading the attendees to approve cooperation.
• Luke and the Tiga World leaders agreed to exchange knowledge by sending people to study in each other’s worlds.

Luke and Galacta watched the Victory Team battle a monster that transformed from a spacecraft and GUTS Wing 1, while Daigo’s Tiga defeated it after a hard fight. The Kyrieloids then prepared to open the Hell Gate and summon their army to conquer the world.

• An unidentified monster approached a Space Development Bureau energy base, and Horii and Yazumi discovered it had transformed from a missing spacecraft and was vulnerable beneath its armor.
• Shinjoh piloted GUTS Wing 1 close to the monster and destroyed its energy storage section with a missile, but a luminous entity emerged, took over his fighter, and turned it into another monster.
• Luke explained that the entity could assimilate people and steal their memories, and Tiga rescued the unconscious Shinjoh before the monster absorbed energy from the base and repaired its first body.
• Tiga switched to his Red Power Form and beat the fused monster, removed its energy storage tank, and destroyed it with his finishing move.
• A group of black-robed Kyrieloids decided to open the Hell Gate, summon their army, and conquer the world before Tiga regained his full power.

Luke worked on a stable interworld transportation spell while Galacta designed an expansion for the Trading Station. When an angel-worshipping crowd gathered outside their hotel, Luke recognized the incident as a Kyrieloid plot and explained that demons, not angels, were manipulating people.

• Luke modified the Ancient One's world-travel spell, while Galacta completed a design for expanding the Trading Station to accommodate Tiga World.
• Luke and Galacta heard a crowd gathering outside their hotel to await an angel and spotted the Victory Team's Sherlock Car nearby.
• Luke approached Daigo, Megumi Iruma, and Rena and learned that reports of an angel had drawn the crowd together.
• After seeing a picture of the supposed angel, Luke recalled that the Kyrieloids were behind the incident and sought humanity's faith.

Luke and the Victory Team discovered that the angel was a false image the Kyrieloidians used to gather human faith and prepare a gate to Earth. Luke gained Megumi Iruma and Rena’s trust by revealing his connection to Ultraman Tiga, then prepared to confront the Kyrieloidians as they began their plan.

• Luke explained that the Kyrieloidians were gathering faith to open a gate, and he proposed drawing them out rather than simply shutting off the angel.
• Luke showed Megumi Iruma and Rena a photograph of miniature Ultraman Tiga, persuading them that Tiga would help stop the Kyrieloidians.
• Daigo agreed to join Luke, and Luke told Megumi Iruma and Rena that Tiga would fight alongside him.
• The Kyrieloidian witch and her followers gathered enough Faith Power and began opening the Hell Gate, while their hacked screens announced the coming monsters.
• Megumi Iruma organized the evacuation, and Luke sent out his black shadows to help before leaving with Galacta to make preparations.

Luke confronted the Kyrieloidians after they branded him and Ultraman Tiga as demons, then trapped the area and its people inside the Mirror Dimension. He began slaughtering the Kyrieloids while allowing Tiga to fight several of them, and the battle continued as Luke kept the others from reaching Tiga.

• A Kyrieloidian used an angel projection to persuade the crowd that Luke and Ultraman Tiga were demons who had to be destroyed.
• Luke appeared above the crowd and walked toward the Hell Gate as people shouted for his destruction.
• Luke created glasslike cracks and pulled the enclosed area into the Mirror Dimension, reshaping it into a vast arena and caging the civilians in the air.
• Munakata brought Megumi Iruma and Rena aboard GUTS Wing 1, while the crew realized Daigo was missing and likely trapped in a birdcage.
• The Kyrieloidians transformed and attacked Luke, who assumed his Dimensional Demon God Form and killed several of them.
• Ultraman Tiga joined the fight, and Luke let several Kyrieloids reach Tiga before returning to stop the rest from attacking him.

Luke opened the Hell Gate and summoned the Dark Giant Legion to fight the vastly larger Kyrieloid Army after Tiga ran out of energy and disappeared. The Dark Giants overwhelmed the Kyrieloids, and Luke waited for their so-called God to appear.

• GUTS Wing 1 and GUTS Wing 2 checked the humans in the birdcages, then supported Tiga as he fought five Kyrieloids.
• Luke slaughtered the Kyrieloids surrounding him while two Second-Generation Kyrieloids opened the Hell Gate.
• The Hell Gate revealed an army of nearly a hundred thousand Kyrieloids, and the exhausted Tiga vanished after defeating his opponents with the Victory Team's help.
• Luke summoned tens of thousands of Dark Giants and ordered them to fight the Kyrieloid Army.
• The Dark Legion broke through the Kyrieloids' ranks, while Luke sent two Giant Shadow Devourer Soldiers to gather powerful shadows and waited for the God of the Kyrieloids.

Luke watched the Dark Giant Legion and the rapidly growing Shadow Devourer Soldiers overwhelm the Kyrieloid Army, then confronted the God of the Kyrieloids at the Hell Gate. After learning that the God’s “Great Darkness” was Gatanothor, whom Luke had already defeated, Luke challenged him to a fight, and the frightened god prepared to flee.

• The two Shadow Devourer Soldiers emerged from the battlefield’s shadows, swallowed Kyrieloidians, and grew to nearly five hundred meters tall.
• The Dark Giant Legion broke the Kyrieloid Army’s lines, letting the Shadow Devourer Soldiers devour more of the scattered troops as Luke watched.
• Luke sensed the God of the Kyrieloids at the Hell Gate and learned that he feared a being called the Great Darkness.
• Luke recognized the Great Darkness as Gatanothor, showed the god one of Gatanothor’s claws, and claimed he had defeated him.
• Luke challenged the God of the Kyrieloids to a match, while the god reached for the Hell Gate, ready to escape.

Luke captured the God of the Kyrieloids, learned that he could transform worshippers into Kyrieloidians, and made him a subordinate after a contract. Ji God accepted the deal in exchange for access to Luke’s vast supply of dark energy, and Luke renamed him Little Ji.

• Luke copied the God of the Kyrieloids’ teleportation spell, stabilized the shrinking portal with dark energy, and pulled him through by the neck.
• Luke stopped Ji God from escaping and questioned him about his ability to transform worshippers into Kyrieloidians.
• Luke ordered Ji God to make the Kyrieloidians gather so the Shadow Devourer Soldier could devour them.
• Luke signed a contract with Ji God and granted him access to the Shadow World’s dark energy.
• Ji God pledged himself to Luke, who named him Little Ji.

Galacta used the Black Rose’s dark power to secretly eliminate the Kirielians who had escaped Luke’s Mirror Dimension. As Tetsuji Yoshioka prepared the Earth Defense Force and the Artdessei for the threat of the Kyrieloid army, the city was evacuated and armed for battle.

• Cracks spread around the Hell Gate and swallowed it and the nearby people into the Mirror Dimension, while a black-robed figure watched from a rooftop.
• Galacta scanned for the remaining Kirielians, used the Black Rose to boost her speed, and eliminated them throughout the city in just over ten seconds.
• Yazumi reported the disappearances at TPC headquarters, and Tetsuji Yoshioka recognized the cracks as Luke’s ability.
• After Yazumi told him about the Hell Gate and the Kyrieloid army, Tetsuji Yoshioka mobilized the Earth Defense Force and requested the Artdessei as backup.
• The city center was evacuated as the military took up positions, and the Artdessei appeared over the city.

After defeating the Kyrieloidians, Luke claimed their hidden realm and began turning Little Ji’s followers into Kyrieloidians to feed his Shadow Devourer Soldiers. He left Little Ji in charge of the creatures and returned with Galacta to continue working on cross-world magic.

• Luke discovered that Little Ji’s hidden realm could house hundreds of thousands of Kyrieloidians and claimed it as a farm for his Shadow Devourer Soldiers.
• Luke freed the humans from their cages, returned with Daigo and the GUTS team to the real world, and assured Tetsuji Yoshioka that the Kyrieloidians would not return.
• Luke had Little Ji transform his human followers into Second-Generation Kyrieloids, which the Shadow Devourer Soldiers immediately devoured.
• Luke assigned Little Ji to raise and feed the Shadow Devourer Soldiers, then left the hidden realm with Galacta to work on his cross-world magic.