Recaps

Natsuki, an Ultra Warrior exiled from the Land of Light, met Raleigh Becket after Raleigh found him naked in the snow near Sitka Naval Base. Raleigh agreed to help him find a hot meal, though he still thought Natsuki might be mentally unwell.

• Raleigh Becket found Natsuki lying naked in the snow and gave him winter clothes.
• Natsuki introduced himself as a Space Garrison member from the Land of Light, and Raleigh struggled to believe him.
• Natsuki explained that his coworkers and chief had exiled him to investigate anomalous fluctuations and correct his work habits with a Black Bracelet.
• Raleigh asked why Natsuki had been naked, and Natsuki realized he had never worn clothes in his nineteen thousand years in the Land of Light.
• Raleigh changed the subject and led Natsuki away to find a hot meal.

Natsuki learned from Raleigh that Earth had been devastated by giant monsters emerging from the Pacific, and offered to help fight them. Raleigh dismissed him as too frail to face the creatures and invited him to work for food, unaware that Natsuki was an Ultraman far stronger than the monsters he feared.

• Natsuki and Raleigh walked through the snow toward the Wall of Life, and Natsuki asked Raleigh about Earth.
• Raleigh told Natsuki that monsters had attacked Earth since 2013 and that humanity was building the Wall of Life to keep them from coming ashore.
• Natsuki offered to help if a monster crisis arose, but Raleigh warned that the towering creatures would kill him and urged him to stay away.
• Raleigh invited Natsuki to work with him so he could get food during the harsh winter.
• Neither man understood the other's perspective: Raleigh did not know Natsuki was an Ultraman, while Natsuki overestimated the monsters' strength based on their size.

Marshal Pentecost traveled to Sitka, Alaska, to recruit Raleigh Becket for a plan to take the fight to the Kaiju. When a new Category IV Kaiju emerged and headed for Alaska, Pentecost ordered his helicopter to race toward Sitka and reach Raleigh before it did.

• Pentecost's assistant explained why Raleigh might refuse to return, but Pentecost insisted that Raleigh had no choice because the Kaiju threat was worsening.
• Pentecost learned that three Jaegers were fighting a Kaiju in Sydney after one broke through the Wall of Life.
• A second Category IV Kaiju emerged from the Pacific passage and was reported to be heading for Alaska.
• Pentecost ordered Cherno Alpha to deploy to Alaska and Crimson Typhoon to prepare.
• Pentecost ordered the helicopter to continue toward Sitka at full speed so he could reach Raleigh before the Kaiju.

At the Wall of Life construction site, Raleigh and Natsuki were assigned dangerous work atop the wall after three workers died. Natsuki discovered Hikari’s system and rejected its recommended mission option, but an approaching monster interrupted the workers.

• Miles gave Raleigh and Natsuki ration cards and assigned them to work atop the wall.
• Raleigh offered Natsuki a job, while Natsuki examined the system bound to his bracelet and decided to defy Hikari’s instructions.
• Raleigh headed to the wall with welding equipment as the air-raid siren sounded and the workers realized a monster was approaching.

A Category IV kaiju named Leatherback attacked the Wall of Life in the Gulf of Alaska as Raleigh Becket and Natsuki tried to escape by helicopter with Marshal Pentecost. Leatherback destroyed the unfinished wall and disabled the helicopter with an electromagnetic pulse, leaving them exposed.

• Workers fled the construction site after the kaiju alarm sounded, while Miles tried to keep them at work.
• Raleigh and Natsuki ran toward a helicopter carrying Marshal Pentecost, Raleigh’s former commanding officer.
• Leatherback emerged from the Gulf of Alaska, fixed its gaze on Raleigh, and smashed through the unfinished Wall of Life.
• Leatherback unleashed an electromagnetic pulse that disabled the helicopter and knocked fleeing people to the ground.

Natsuki refused to flee from Leatherback and transformed into a giant, knocking the kaiju back into the Gulf of Alaska. Raleigh and Marshal Stacker witnessed the transformation as the conflict between humanity and the alien Precursors was explained.

• Marshal Stacker ordered his group to evacuate after Leatherback’s electromagnetic pulse disabled the helicopter.
• Natsuki suspected Leatherback was lighter than its size suggested, but decided to hold it off so the others could escape.
• Raleigh tried to pull Natsuki away as Leatherback charged and leaped toward them.
• Natsuki announced that his mission had begun and transformed in a pillar of light, striking Leatherback and sending it into the sea.
• Raleigh and Marshal Stacker saw Natsuki standing as a silver-and-red giant, while the chapter explained that the Precursors sent kaiju through the Pacific Breach to attack Earth.

Two transmigrators disguised as Precursors planned to kill Raleigh Becket and Marshal Stacker Pentecost to derail the events of Pacific Rim, unaware that a cosmic police officer was hunting them. At X Port Shatterdome, communications with Stacker failed during a battle, but he reached Cai Tiantong by phone and reported seeing hope.

• Two transmigrators posing as Precursors discussed sending a Category IV Kaiju to kill Raleigh Becket and Marshal Stacker Pentecost before their plans could unfold.
• The transmigrators explained that changing the world's fate would let them steal spacetime source energy, unaware that a cosmic police officer had entered the world to stop them.
• At X Port Shatterdome, Cai Tiantong lost communications with Stacker's helicopter after detecting an unprecedented high-energy reaction.
• A technician suggested that a Kaiju's EMP attack had disrupted the signals, and Cai Tiantong called Stacker on his EMP-resistant phone.
• Stacker answered and told Cai Tiantong that he had seen hope in the giant that emerged from the light.

Natsuki transformed into a giant and effortlessly defeated Leatherback, leaving it dying among the ruins of the Wall of Life. Raleigh rushed toward the battlefield to warn Natsuki that the monster’s blood was toxic, while Marshal Stacker hoped the giant would protect him.

• Natsuki transformed and faced Leatherback across the ruins of the Wall of Life.
• Natsuki blocked Leatherback’s charge and realized the monster was far weaker than the creatures he had fought before.
• Natsuki tore off Leatherback’s arms and sent it crashing into the ruins, where it began to die.
• Raleigh and Marshal Stacker recognized that Leatherback’s toxic blood could endanger nearby people.
• Raleigh ran toward Natsuki to warn him, and Marshal Stacker silently asked the giant to keep Raleigh safe.

Raleigh warned the giant that Leatherback’s blood was toxic and urged him to dispose of the kaiju in the sea. After killing Leatherback, the giant unleashed the Specium Ray, destroying its corpse and an uninhabited island, while Marshal Stacker and the Shatterdome workers witnessed his overwhelming power.

• Raleigh rushed to the giant and explained that seawater could neutralize the acid in Leatherback’s blood.
• The giant nodded, seized Leatherback as it charged its EMP organ, and hurled it onto an uninhabited island, killing it on impact.
• Cai Tiantong detected a rapidly intensifying high-energy reaction at Shatterdome Base, while Marshal Stacker watched the giant prepare to attack.
• The giant fired the Specium Ray at Leatherback’s corpse, triggering an explosion that destroyed the corpse and sank the island.
• Marshal Stacker and the workers realized the giant had saved them and wondered what could withstand his attack.

After Natsuki defeated the monster and returned to human form, Marshal Stacker met him and invited him to the Jaeger base to discuss cooperation against the Precursors. Raleigh tried to leave, but Stacker stopped him and asked where he was going.

• Raleigh confirmed that Natsuki was the alien who had transformed into a giant and destroyed the monster and island.
• Marshal Stacker learned how Raleigh had met Natsuki and recognized the alien as a potential ally against the Precursors.
• Stacker introduced himself, and Natsuki agreed to visit the Jaeger base with him.
• Raleigh congratulated Stacker, said he no longer wanted to pilot a Jaeger, and turned to leave.
• Stacker called after Raleigh and asked where he was going.

Marshal Stacker persuaded Raleigh to return to piloting a Jaeger by confronting him with his duty and guilt over his brother’s death. Raleigh accepted and joined Stacker and Natsuki as they flew from Sitka toward the Pacific Ocean.

• Raleigh refused Stacker’s request to pilot a Jaeger again because he still blamed himself for his brother’s death.
• Stacker urged Raleigh to help defend humanity and revealed his plan to strike back at the Precursors with the Jaegers he had gathered.
• Raleigh remembered why he had become a Jaeger pilot, overcame his hesitation, and agreed to return.
• Stacker welcomed Raleigh back, and he, Raleigh, and Natsuki boarded a helicopter bound for the Pacific Ocean.

Marshal Stacker brought Raleigh and Natsuki to Shatterdome Base, where Raleigh reunited with Mako Mori and learned that only four Jaegers remained. Stacker arranged for Mako to show Raleigh his former Jaeger while he spoke with Natsuki.

• The helicopter carrying Marshal Stacker, Raleigh, and Natsuki arrived at Shatterdome Base, where Mako Mori welcomed them.
• Raleigh and Mako Mori connected through their gaze, and Natsuki teased them about being a good match.
• Marshal Stacker explained that Shatterdome was the world's last Jaeger base and that only four Jaegers remained from a peak of thirty.
• Raleigh felt guilty after learning how badly the Jaeger forces had declined.
• Marshal Stacker asked Mako to show Raleigh around and take him to see his former Jaeger while he spoke with Natsuki.

Natsuki and Marshal Stacker discussed cooperation against the Precursors over a lavish meal, and Natsuki agreed to help in exchange for support with his everyday needs. He stayed at the base to eat and rest, with scientists set to brief him on the plan the next day.

• Marshal Stacker welcomed Natsuki to a feast, and Natsuki quickly ate every dish on the table.
• Natsuki explained that his investigation linked anomalous spacetime fluctuations to the Precursors and offered to help fight their common enemy in exchange for information.
• Marshal Stacker agreed to cooperate and asked whether Natsuki had any other requests.
• Natsuki ignored a mission prompt from Hikari urging him to refuse compensation and asked Marshal Stacker to provide food, clothing, lodging, and transportation.
• Marshal Stacker promised Natsuki the best treatment and arranged for him to rest, with three scientists scheduled to explain the plan the next day.

Raleigh reunited with Gipsy Danger and prepared for the Jaeger pilot selection, while Marshal Stacker confirmed a preliminary cooperation agreement with Natsuki. Stacker privately took medication for his failing health and resolved to lead humanity out of the apocalypse before time ran out.

• Raleigh thanked Mako Mori for letting him see Gipsy Danger and learned that pilot selection would begin at six the next morning.
• Raleigh asked whether Mako Mori would be considered as his partner, but she said no, leaving him puzzled.
• Marshal Stacker told Raleigh and Mako Mori that he had reached a preliminary agreement to cooperate with Natsuki.
• Raleigh and Marshal Stacker described Natsuki’s immense power to Mako Mori, who said she hoped to witness it herself.
• Marshal Stacker watched Raleigh and Mako Mori leave, then took a capsule after noticing blood from his nose and reflected on his limited time to end the apocalypse.

Natsuki refused to start the bracelet’s hell-level training, but Hikari’s system awakened him and forced him into a psychokinesis session. After being transported to a remote dirt track, Natsuki recognized the place from Leo’s painful past and realized he was in trouble as a jeep approached.

• Natsuki dismissed the bracelet’s training prompt and went to sleep at Shatterdome Base.
• The bracelet’s system judged his mind space suitable for hell-level training and forcibly woke Natsuki in a white void.
• Natsuki cursed Hikari when the system demanded he choose a training focus, then the system randomly assigned psychokinesis.
• The system transported Natsuki to a remote, sun-baked dirt track, where he recognized the location from Leo’s mission records.
• A beige jeep approached, and Natsuki realized he was in trouble.

Natsuki endured Hikari’s two-hour hellish training simulation, where an energy duplicate of Dan Moroboshi repeatedly rammed him with a jeep to teach him to stop it using telekinesis. He woke in the Shatterdome lounge at four thirty in the morning, exhausted and furious.

• Natsuki recognized Dan Moroboshi in the jeep and protested that Ultraseven’s training had been meant for Leo, but Dan ran him over anyway.
• Natsuki accused Dan of using the training to settle a personal grudge and criticized him for being a poor father to his son.
• Dan explained that Natsuki had to stop the jeep with telekinesis and that he could not transform or use other abilities during training.
• Natsuki used telekinetically raised sand to hide from the jeep, but Dan used Ultra Vision to locate him and rammed him again.
• Natsuki spent two hours cursing Dan and Hikari as the jeep pursued him, then woke in the Shatterdome lounge drenched in sweat.

After Leatherback’s death, Quake learned that Ultraman had appeared on Earth and warned the Precursor council that humanity could retaliate with nuclear weapons, but a radical archbishop dismissed his concerns. On Earth, the Wall of Life chief minister abandoned the wall project in favor of Zachary Lyman’s remotely piloted, mass-produced Jaegers, which Zachary said he had already developed.

• Quake learned from Yochi that a red-and-silver giant had killed Leatherback and recognized the figure as Ultraman.
• Quake concluded that Ultraman strengthened the Jaeger forces and said the Precursors needed to revise their next plan.
• An Archbishop-Class Precursor reprimanded Quake and Yochi, declared that the Precursors would slaughter humanity, and rejected Quake’s warning about nuclear weapons.
• Quake left with Yochi, intending to seek council members who supported his cautious approach.
• The Wall of Life chief minister told the United Nations representatives that he was switching to Zachary Lyman’s plan for remotely piloted, mass-produced Jaegers.
• Zachary told the representatives that he had already developed the technology.

At the PPDC base, Natsuki woke from a nightmare about Ultraseven and joined Raleigh for breakfast and his partner selection test. He met Herc Hansen, who thanked him for saving Marshal Stacker, and the group headed to the Eureka Striker team’s dining area.

• Natsuki told Raleigh that a nightmare, not the Earth environment, had left him exhausted.
• Raleigh invited Natsuki to watch his partner selection test after breakfast, and Natsuki agreed.
• Natsuki ordered six trays of food, and the head chef praised his appetite and offered to make him special meals whenever he was hungry.
• Herc Hansen greeted Raleigh, thanked Natsuki for saving Marshal Stacker, and invited him to eat with the Eureka Striker team.
• Herc helped carry Natsuki’s trays and led him and Raleigh toward the team’s dining area.

At the Shatterdome Base, Chuck Hansen provoked Raleigh and accused Natsuki of being an alien infiltrator during a meal. Natsuki retaliated with his powers, leaving Chuck choking on mashed potatoes.

• Hansen brought Raleigh and Natsuki to the Eureka Striker team's dining table, where Chuck boasted about the Jaeger's undefeated record of ten kills.
• Chuck blamed ineffective Jaeger pilots for the United Nations backing the Wall of Life and mocked Raleigh for returning after five years away.
• Raleigh restrained himself and ignored Chuck's threats, while Chuck turned his insults toward Natsuki and accused him of infiltrating the base.
• Natsuki used his powers to slam a plate of mashed potatoes onto Chuck's face after Chuck interrupted his meal.
• The mashed potatoes shifted into Chuck's throat and blocked his breathing, leaving him unable to speak clearly.

Natsuki stopped choking the younger Hansen and advised the elder Hansen that belated affection and indulgence would not correct his son’s behavior. He then told Raleigh he was nineteen thousand years old and recalled helping raise a neglected child who later became a heroic figure.

• The elder Hansen and Raleigh pleaded with Natsuki to release the younger Hansen, and Natsuki let him breathe again.
• The elder Hansen apologized and started to leave with his son, but Natsuki advised him that the boy’s rebellious behavior stemmed from missing love and that spoiling him would not fix it.
• Raleigh asked Natsuki how he knew about raising children, and Natsuki revealed that he was nineteen thousand years old.
• Natsuki told Raleigh about a neglected child he had tried to help, who had nearly been exiled after making a terrible mistake but later became a great hero.

Young Hansen confronted Old Hansen over his resentment toward aliens and his father’s years of absence, while Old Hansen reflected on the choices that had shaped their relationship. After dinner, Raleigh and Natsuki went with Mako Mori to watch the selection trials, where Natsuki sensed Raleigh and Mako might become partners.

• Young Hansen demanded to know why Old Hansen apologized to Natsuki and accused him of never showing love.
• Old Hansen recalled choosing to save Chuck during the monster attack, then becoming a Jaeger pilot at the cost of time with his son.
• Natsuki and Raleigh discussed the argument and agreed that Chuck needed someone to teach him a lesson.
• Mako Mori arrived to escort Raleigh to the selection trials, and Raleigh invited Xia to come along.
• Natsuki followed Raleigh and Mako Mori, sensing that the two would likely become partners.

Raleigh tested five candidates in staff sparring to find a Jaeger partner, while Natsuki learned that Marshal Stacker had excluded Mako Mori because she was not ready for battle. Raleigh challenged Mako to spar, but when Marshal Stacker hesitated, he turned and invited Natsuki instead.

• Marshal Stacker apologized to Natsuki for Chuck's behavior, and Natsuki said he had not taken it to heart.
• Mako Mori refereed Raleigh's sparring matches against five candidates, and Raleigh quickly defeated his first three opponents.
• Natsuki questioned Raleigh's reckless fighting style, and Mako Mori explained that she had studied his mission records to find a suitable partner.
• Marshal Stacker revealed that he had removed his adopted daughter Mako Mori from the candidate list because she was not ready for the battlefield.
• Raleigh called for Mako Mori to spar with him, but when Marshal Stacker hesitated, Raleigh challenged Natsuki instead.

Natsuki sparred with Raleigh, easily defeating him with his speed and Space Kenpo, then watched Mako Mori take on Raleigh for the Jaeger copilot selection. After Mako and Raleigh proved evenly matched, Marshal Stacker led Natsuki toward the laboratory to hear the plan for their last stand.

• Natsuki blocked Raleigh’s staff strikes and scored two points without being touched.
• Natsuki demonstrated Space Kenpo with a punch that stopped short of Raleigh but sent a powerful gust through the training hall, bringing the score to three to zero.
• Raleigh ended the spar and asked Natsuki about piloting a Jaeger, prompting Natsuki to ask whether the base had any idle ones.
• Raleigh urged Mako Mori to spar, and Marshal Stacker finally allowed her to enter the ring.
• Mako Mori and Raleigh fought evenly, while Marshal Stacker accepted that Mako was the likely partner for Gipsy Danger.
• Marshal Stacker led Natsuki toward the laboratory and said the doctors would explain their plan for a last stand to end the apocalypse.

Natsuki met the scientists Newton Geiszler and Hermann Gottlieb, whose chaotic shared laboratory and constant arguments revealed their contrasting approaches. Marshal Stacker prepared Hermann to brief Natsuki on the intelligence they had gathered, with Newton ordered to wait his turn.

• Natsuki and Marshal Stacker entered the scientists’ shared laboratory after hearing Newton and Hermann argue about their monster predictions.
• Marshal Stacker explained that the doctors shared a laboratory partly because the organization lacked funding.
• Newton and Hermann eagerly examined Natsuki and questioned him about his alien nature and ability to become a giant.
• Marshal Stacker interrupted their renewed argument and ordered Hermann to brief Natsuki first while Newton waited.

Hermann explained the Kaiju threat and proposed destroying the Breach with a nuclear bomb, while Newton and Kony Albert agreed the plan had to proceed. Albert revealed that a Jaeger would need to carry both a Kaiju and the bomb through the Breach, then asked Natsuki how long he could remain transformed.

• Hermann described the rising frequency of Kaiju attacks and proposed sending a nuclear bomb through the Breach.
• Newton showed that Kaiju tissue from different years had identical DNA and warned that stronger categories might appear.
• Newton accepted that Hermann's plan had to be carried out despite his reservations.
• Kony Albert explained that the Breach would only transport a nuclear bomb if a Kaiju accompanied it.
• Albert greeted Natsuki and asked how long he could stay active after transforming into a giant.