Recaps

Dark Radiant Zero and Shinji battled the Final Angel, which overwhelmed them despite their desperate resistance. NERV’s staff rallied behind them, and their cheers helped Zero rise again as Lilith warned that their light was too faint to stop the destruction.

• The Final Angel battered Dark Radiant Zero and Shinji, shattering Zero’s armor and leaving both badly wounded.
• Yui Ikari and Asuka urged Zero and Shinji to retreat, while NERV staff discovered that Shinji was Ultraman Zero.
• Kaji rallied the base to cheer for Zero, and the staff’s cries reached him and Shinji.
• Zero asked Shinji if he could keep fighting, and Shinji answered yes as Zero struggled back to his feet.
• The Final Angel mocked Zero, while Rei Ayanami, possessed by Lilith, said that their light could not reach the boy or stop the destruction.

Zero and Shinji unleashed their strongest attacks against the Final Angel, but it caught and destroyed their assault, then overwhelmed them with psychokinesis. They poured their remaining strength into a Cluster Descium Burst against the D4 Ray, but the beam prevailed and rushed toward Zero.

• Zero ignored the Final Angel's Purple Light Bullets and attacked it with Energy Head Blades and the Trinity Ultimate Light Wheel.
• The Final Angel caught the light wheel, crushed it, and swatted aside Zero's Dark Radiant Cluster Beam.
• The Final Angel immobilized Zero with psychokinesis and hurled him thousands of meters, leaving his Color Timer near failure.
• The Final Angel prepared to fire the D4 Ray as Zero and Shinji gathered their last strength for a Cluster Descium Burst.
• The D4 Ray overcame the Cluster Descium Burst and shot toward Zero.

After D4 defeated Zero, he prepared to sacrifice himself with Ultra Dynamite, but Saberuno revealed that D4 had torn open a dimensional rift threatening Earth and the solar system. Saberuno forced Zero to choose between retreating with Shinji and his companions or using his remaining energy to stop the rift, leaving Zero facing a desperate decision.

• D4 shattered Dark Radiant Zero, leaving Zero unconscious and Shinji unconscious inside the light space.
• Guren and the Zero Guard rushed to help Zero as his energy faded.
• Zero resolved to use Ultra Dynamite, accepting that he might die to protect humanity, though he regretted breaking his promise to Shinji.
• Saberuno interrupted Zero and showed him the dimensional rift caused by D4 striking the ground.
• Saberuno explained that the rift could destroy Earth and spread across the solar system, then offered Zero the choice to retreat or use his remaining energy to close it.

Zero sacrificed himself to close the dimensional rift, leaving Shinji separated from him and Earth’s defenders grieving. The Final Angel then revealed that Saberuno had orchestrated events to use Zero as the key to his plan to ascend as a cosmic law opposing the existing gods.

• Zero separated Shinji from himself, told him to live on and wait for reinforcements, and disappeared as Shinji cried out for him.
• Zero fired his Zero Twin Beam into the dimensional rift and closed it, then exhausted his remaining energy and fell lifeless to the ground.
• Asuka and the others mourned Zero while the Final Angel captured his body and displayed it on a cross in a blood-red space.
• Saberuno revealed that he was the Final Angel and claimed Zero’s choices had followed his plan, explaining his goal of becoming a counterbalancing cosmic law.
• Ultraseven and Leo sensed that Zero’s light had gone out, and Ultraseven cried out his name at Space Garrison Headquarters.

As the Final Angel humiliated Zero and left humanity facing defeat, Misato rallied NERV while the others struggled with despair. In the Commander Room, Gendo and the others recognized that Saberuno had controlled SEELE and meticulously engineered Zero’s downfall.

• NERV’s staff watched the Final Angel defeat Zero and feared humanity’s end, while Ritsuko urged them to analyze its data.
• Misato told the staff to keep fighting for humanity, and many returned to their posts.
• Rei, Asuka, and Kaworu reacted to Zero’s defeat, while Fuyutsuki brought the group to the Commander Room.
• Kaji tried to comfort Asuka as she cried over Shinji, and Fuyutsuki questioned whether humanity would perish through its own actions.
• Gendo and the others discussed Saberuno’s alliance with SEELE and concluded that he had controlled the organization and planned Zero’s defeat in detail.

After the Final Angel defeated Zero, Gendo resigned and left command to Fuyutsuki, while the surviving pilots prepared to fight back. As Ultimate Force Zero arrived and saw Zero hanging from the enemy, the story left them stunned.

• Misato urged Gendo to evacuate Tokyo-3 and warn other countries, and Gendo handed command to Fuyutsuki before resigning and authorizing every use of the Lance of Longinus.
• Yui berated Gendo for abandoning the fight, while Fuyutsuki recognized that Gendo had lost his will now that Yui had returned and Zero was dead.
• Ritsuko warned that the EVAs were unlikely to defeat the Final Angel even with the Lance of Longinus.
• Asuka asked to pilot Unit-02 with the Lance of Longinus, and Rei and Kaworu joined her in resolving to fight the Final Angel.
• Ultimate Force Zero arrived and froze at the sight of Zero hanging upside down from the Final Angel's body.

The Final Angel claimed Zero was dead and sent four flesh-and-blood copies armed with replica Lances of Longinus against the Zero Guard. In the Land of Light, the Ultras learned Zero's life energy had vanished, and Limings began relaying the results of an investigation into Hayato Noda's identity.

• The Final Angel told Guren and the Zero Guard that he had killed Zero, then summoned four flesh-and-blood mass production models with replica Lances of Longinus.
• Mirror Knight attacked the Final Angel's tentacles, but the Zero Guard prepared to fight the copies rather than abandon Zero.
• Mother of Ultra confirmed that Zero's life energy signature had vanished, while Ultraseven confronted Zoffy over the secrets kept from him.
• Leo urged Father of Ultra to leave immediately, but the group learned it would take a day to reach Zero.
• Limings told Father of Ultra that the Universe Intelligence Bureau had uncovered the identity of the alien using the alias Hayato Noda.

Limings revealed that Celebro, the last survivor of a destroyed planet, had manipulated events in Universe 195 and was behind Zero’s injuries and the stolen technology. The Ultra Brothers prepared to rescue Zero while Limings was ordered to protect the Land of Light and activate a device at the Plasma Spark Core.

• Limings identified the enemy posing as Hayato Noda as Celebro, a wanted criminal and the only survivor of a planet destroyed by the Space Garrison.
• Limings reported that Celebro had used stolen technology and Geed’s genes with Saberuno to make Monster Capsules and Belial-related items, while targeting Shinji and Zero.
• The Ultra Brothers resolved to stop Celebro’s plot and rescue Zero, and Ultraseven drew strength from their confidence in his son.
• Hikari ordered Limings to remain in the Land of Light and protect the Universe Technology Bureau.
• Father of Ultra ordered Limings to lead his technology team in activating the device at the Plasma Spark Core.
• Mother of Ultra sent an Ultra Sign calling the Land of Light to assemble.

Ultimate Force Zero fought the Final Angel’s Mass Production Models, but their AT Fields and rapid regeneration overwhelmed the heroes, forcing them to retreat after Zero’s final plea. Shinji returned to NERV with Zero’s Ultra Glasses, now turned to stone, leaving the others to believe Zero was dead.

• Mirror Knight, Glenfire, Jean-bot, and Jean-nine battled the Mass Production Models but struggled against their AT Fields and Replica Lances of Longinus.
• The heroes discovered that the Mass Production Models regenerated rapidly and learned that their n2 cores were their true weak points.
• Mirror Knight trapped the models in a mirror maze while the heroes unleashed their strongest attacks, but the models survived and grew wings.
• The Mass Production Models counterattacked, and Jean-bot and Jean-nine shielded Glenfire and Mirror Knight, leaving the Jean Brothers badly damaged.
• Zero’s final voice urged his friends to leave, so Mirror Knight led the group in retreating with the Jean Brothers.
• Shinji arrived at NERV carrying Zero’s Ultra Glasses, which had become cold stone.

After Zero sacrificed himself to save Shinji, Fuyutsuki appointed Yui Ikari acting commander-in-chief so she could preserve the hope Zero had fought for. The Final Angel then revealed Mass Production Models in eleven cities and gave humanity eighteen hours to hand over Lilith and Zero’s human-form companion.

• The medical team found no visible injuries on Shinji, and Yui thanked Zero while vowing not to abandon the hope he had won for humanity.
• Fuyutsuki shared authority with Yui and appointed her NERV’s acting commander-in-chief until the crisis ended.
• The Self-Defense Forces evacuated Tokyo-3’s civilians as the Final Angel sent eleven purple spheres toward cities around the world and flew to Tokyo-3.
• Mass Production Models appeared in eleven major cities, and the Final Angel broadcast footage of Zero bound to his body while declaring Zero dead.
• The Final Angel demanded that humanity hand over Lilith and Zero’s companion hiding in NERV within eighteen hours.

Celebro used Zero’s defeat to give humanity eighteen hours to surrender the Zero Guard and Lilith, while broadcasting the threat across the world. The chapter ended with panicked crowds demanding that NERV hand them over as Celebro watched with satisfaction.

• Celebro explained that he had delayed the Land of Light’s reinforcements and expected no one to arrive in time to stop his plan.
• Celebro told Zero he wanted him to watch humanity fall into despair and showed him the Mass Production Models’ landings.
• The Final Angel broadcast Zero’s defeat and gave humanity eighteen hours to answer his demand.
• People around the world panicked and called for NERV to surrender Zero’s companions and Lilith.
• A crowd gathered outside NERV’s base in Tokyo-3, where a man urged them to sacrifice the giants and Lilith, and the protesters agreed.
• Celebro watched the protesters and taunted Zero about the humanity he loved.

Yui Ikari learned that Mirror Knight and Glenfire remained committed to protecting humanity despite protesters demanding they be handed over. In New York, riots and attacks erupted as UN diplomats learned about NERV, SEELE, Lilith, and the Human Instrumentality Project, and Hao Xiaoxi reached a meeting of the permanent members as Zhou was asked for Dragon Country’s position.

• Yui Ikari watched protesters demand that Mirror Knight and Glenfire be handed over, while Mirror Knight and Glenfire said their disappointment was limited to those individuals and affirmed their love for humanity.
• Yui Ikari vowed not to let anyone hand the heroes over, while Mirror Knight and Glenfire silently agreed they might leave to keep humanity from suffering because of them.
• The Mass Production Models landed in New York, where looting, armed demonstrations, gunfire, and explosions plunged the city into chaos.
• Hao Xiaoxi read documents revealing information about Second Impact, the Human Instrumentality Project, SEELE, NERV, Lilith, and Ultraman, then ran toward a meeting of the five permanent members.
• Hao Xiaoxi reached the meeting as an elderly Dragon Country diplomat named Zhou was asked by an Eagle Nation diplomat to state his country’s position.

At a UN meeting, Zhou Zhezhi rejected calls to hand the four giants and Lilith to the Final Angel, arguing that humanity should protect its allies and buy time through negotiations. He prepared to defend Dragon Country’s position at an upcoming UN assembly, despite expecting most of the world to oppose him.

• The Gaul representative and Mike urged Zhou Zhezhi to surrender the four giants and Lilith, claiming it was the safest way to avoid conflict.
• Zhou Zhezhi argued that surrender would endanger humanity’s sovereignty and betray its allies, and proposed resisting pressure while opening talks with the Final Angel, the four giants, and NERV.
• The Gaul representative denounced Zhou Zhezhi’s position and pointed to public panic and humanity’s past disasters, while Mike admitted he personally supported Zhou Zhezhi but doubted he could persuade the world.
• After the representatives left, a young diplomat told Zhou Zhezhi that evacuations had begun in major cities and that xxx had demanded no compromise.
• Zhou Zhezhi revised his speech for the upcoming UN assembly, while Hao Xiaoxi resolved to stand by her country’s decision.

Hao Xiaoxi prepared to deliver Zhou Zhezhi’s speech while NERV struggled to find a way to rescue Zero. A Japanese government official demanded NERV surrender the four allied giants and Lilith, and Mirror Knight and Glenfire agreed to go until a woman’s voice stopped them.

• Zhou Zhezhi gave Hao Xiaoxi his revised speech and told her to read every word at the UN hall.
• MAGI rated every one of Misato’s plans to rescue Zero as having zero chance of success, while Kaji urged her not to give up hope.
• A Japanese government official entered NERV and demanded Glenfire, Mirror Knight, Jean-bot, Jean-nine, and Lilith, threatening a forceful takeover if NERV refused.
• Fuyutsuki opposed the demand, but Mirror Knight and Glenfire agreed to leave with the official, and the Jean Brothers also expressed willingness to go.
• An unnamed woman firmly declared that the giants could not leave with the official.

Yui Ikari resisted the government’s demand to seize the Four Giants and Lilith, then accepted the ultimatum while preparing a final appeal to humanity. At the UN, Hao Xiaoxi began delivering Dragon Country’s response as Yui started her broadcast.

• Yui Ikari identified herself as NERV Japan Branch’s acting commander and refused to hand over the Four Giants.
• The official demanded that NERV surrender the Four Giants and Lilith and that Yui resign, but Yui accepted the ultimatum and requested time for one last duty.
• Yui asked Dr. Ritsuko to broadcast her message to NERV branches worldwide and urged Fuyutsuki and the Ultra Warriors to believe in humanity.
• Hao Xiaoxi reached the UN podium while delegates discussed surrendering, and Zhou Zhezhi watched her with trust.
• Hao Xiaoxi began speaking to the delegates as Yui Ikari began addressing the camera.

Hao Xiaoxi urged the delegates to protect the wounded Ultimate Force Zero and retain control of Lilith rather than surrender them to the Final Angel. Zhou Zhezhi reminded Mike of the Ultramen’s journey to protect Earth and pressed him to choose trust, leaving Mike uncertain about what the Eagle Nation should do.

• Hao Xiaoxi called on the delegates to refuse to hand over the Ultimate Force Zero or surrender sovereignty over Lilith, and to unite behind NERV and negotiate with the Final Angel.
• The delegates erupted into applause, objections, and debate after Hao Xiaoxi finished speaking.
• Mike told Zhou Zhezhi that most Eagle Nation citizens and senators favored handing over the warriors, then asked what they should do.
• Zhou Zhezhi showed Mike a Voyager 1 photograph of Earth and explained that the Ultramen had crossed immense distances to protect the planet.
• Zhou Zhezhi said he believed humanity and the Ultramen could become friends, then asked Mike what the Eagle Nation should do.

Hao Xiaoxi announced that Dragon Country would open its underground shelters, despite objections from other nations. Her defiant speech sparked global unrest and a mutiny among UN troops near NERV, leaving humanity fighting itself as the alien threat loomed.

• Mike left after saying he would brief the president, while Hao Xiaoxi continued her speech announcing the opening of Dragon Country’s underground shelters.
• When a diplomat warned that the shelters could become tombs, Hao Xiaoxi said the decision was a notification, not a request for approval.
• Saberuno watched from his own space and expected humanity to fracture, deciding not to act before the deadline.
• Hao Xiaoxi’s speech spread worldwide, and violent clashes broke out between Surrender Faction demonstrators and authorities in major cities.
• A Gaul Nation officer urged UN troops to seize the four giants and Lilith, and radical soldiers mutinied against loyal forces near NERV Japan Headquarters.
• Renegade troops attacked NERV’s outer defenses as unrest spread to Dragon Country’s embassies, shelter entrances, and cyberspace.

Yui Ikari broadcast a speech revealing that Ultraman Zero and his allies were members of NERV, hoping to give humanity hope before the Alien's deadline. The chapter ended as she began telling the world about her own experiences.

• Demonstrators gathered outside NERV, though many were only watching or leaving, while most people remained silent in underground shelters.
• Yui Ikari recorded a speech and asked for it to be distributed through NERV branches around the world.
• After a government official received new orders, he granted Yui two extra hours to broadcast her speech.
• In a Shanghai shelter, Huang Zhetian watched the broadcast as Yui revealed that Mirror Knight, Glenfire, Jean-bot, Jean-nine, and Ultraman Zero were all members of NERV.
• Yui acknowledged the public's shock and began explaining her own experiences.

Yui Ikari urged humanity to support the Ultra Warriors, and people around the world responded with messages of hope that helped calm the unrest. The authorities refused to hand over Glenfire and Mirror Knight, while Shinji remained unconscious.

• Yui Ikari told humanity that the Ultra Warriors loved them and called on people to find courage and fight alongside them.
• Asuka played Yui's speech for the unconscious Shinji, whose eyes briefly relaxed, while the attacks around NERV stopped.
• Children and adults across the world declared their faith in Ultraman Zero and the Ultra Warriors, sending messages of support to their governments.
• Hao Xiaoxi and Zhou Zhezhi saw the outpouring of support, while Kaworu Nagisa's hostility toward humanity faded.
• Mirror Knight and Glenfire thanked Yui for revealing humanity's courage, and an official told her she would remain NERV's acting Commander and that the Four Giants would not be handed over.

Humanity refused to surrender the Zero Guard and Lilith, and Yui Ikari ordered the forces to hold out while they awaited help from the Land of Light. As Saberuno's countdown ended, Asuka, Rei Ayanami, and Kaworu Nagisa prepared to defend the world as he began his threat against humanity.

• Yui Ikari ordered the forces to hold out for six hours after the Mass Production Models began their destruction, while Saberuno planned to delay the arriving Ultra Brothers.
• Asuka left Shinji's bedside and vowed to protect the world and save Zero, then joined Rei Ayanami as they prepared to deploy.
• Kaworu Nagisa suited up to pilot Pedanium Unit-03 and declared that it was their turn to protect the world.
• Asuka, Rei Ayanami, and Kaworu Nagisa entered their respective EVAs, and Asuka silently called to her mother's soul within Unit-02.
• Saberuno's countdown ended, and he told humanity that it had abandoned its opportunity and should wish itself luck.

The Final Angel devastated Tokyo-3 and extinguished the sun, plunging Earth into darkness as humanity realized the scale of his power. He declared that humanity had no future, while panic and blame erupted in the shelters.

• Mass Production Models activated in eleven cities, and national forces attacked them while preparing to deploy the EVAs.
• The Final Angel released a shock wave that destroyed nearby buildings and facilities as Toji protected Hikari Horaki in the shelter.
• The Final Angel pointed at the sun and used his power to extinguish it.
• Earth lost its sunlight, and the Final Angel announced that the planet's breath would cease and humanity had doomed itself.
• Misato and the people in the shelters struggled to comprehend the sun's destruction as delegates blamed Dragon Country and civilians cried out in despair.

Saberuno unleashed a world-spanning black mist that extinguished the last sunlight and generated an Anti-AT Field, turning people caught outside into LCL. Most of humanity remained in underground shelters, where the lights failed and panic grew as children held onto the hope that Ultraman would save them.

• Saberuno concentrated his power and released black mist that disabled NERV's systems and spread across Earth.
• The black mist swallowed soldiers in Second Tokyo City, killed them, and reduced their bodies to orange LCL.
• NERV detected an Anti-AT Field as the mist enveloped Earth and blocked the sun's remaining light.
• Survivors in underground shelters lost power and communications, and fear and disorder spread among them.
• A child reminded the shelter that Ultraman protected humanity, and children looked upward in hope.

As the EVAs prepared to fight the Final Angel, Shinji battled the versions of himself embodying the pain and failures of his past cycles. With Zero’s lingering light and his own resolve, he broke Reverse Shinji’s AT Field and declared that he would keep fighting to protect others.

• Kaworu Nagisa sensed the Final Angel’s life-erasing black mist and chose to trust Yui Ikari’s hope in the Ultramen and Shinji.
• Shinji confronted Reverse Shinji and two other versions of himself, who accused him of hiding from his past and showed him memories of repeated tragedies.
• Shinji rejected their claim that suffering was his inevitable fate and summoned a Cluster Beam with the Palaj Bracelet.
• Zero’s figure appeared behind Shinji, helping his Cluster Beam crack Reverse Shinji’s AT Field and strike him down.
• Shinji walked through Reverse Shinji’s renewed AT Field and said he would fight to protect people’s smiles and keep searching for tomorrow.

Shinji accepted Reverse Shinji’s memories and vowed to save Zero, while NERV devised a plan to revive Zero using Magnalium Energy. Kaji volunteered to retrieve the energy from the research institute and departed by helicopter after promising Misato he would return.

• Shinji reached out to Reverse Shinji, who asked him to save the light and change the world’s fate before merging with him.
• Shinji promised Zero he would win against fate and save him.
• Ritsuko proposed using Meteor Technology to turn Magnalium Energy into a laser and inject it into Zero’s Color Timer.
• Kaji volunteered to retrieve the remaining Magnalium Energy from the research institute using a helicopter fitted with a black mist defense device.
• Kaji hugged Misato, promised to marry her and return, then boarded the helicopter as Misato broke down crying.

Asuka, Kaworu, Rei, and NERV prepared to rescue Zero while the Final Angel made plans to absorb Lilith. After Kaji returned with the Magnalium Energy, Asuka retrieved the Lance of Longinus, and the rescue operation was ready to begin.

• The Final Angel formed a cross in central Tokyo-3 and summoned seven Puppet Mass Production Models to guard Zero.
• Asuka volunteered to pilot Unit-02, while Kaworu and Rei resolved to fight for their bonds and help protect Zero.
• Kaji returned with the Magnalium Energy, reunited with Misato, and delivered the energy to NERV for the rescue operation.
• NERV fitted the Magnalium Energy equipment to an EVA rifle and sent Asuka to Central Dogma for the Lance of Longinus.
• Asuka pulled the Lance of Longinus from Lilith, whose lower body regrew, then prepared to begin the operation.