Recaps

Yui Ikari began caring for Rei Ayanami and helping her feel less like a tool, while Gendo Ikari destroyed the spare Rei clones hidden at NERV. Gendo left a few clones for the Dummy Entry Plug and insisted that no one else learn about them.

• Yui Ikari reflected on Gendo Ikari’s treatment of Shinji and decided to help Rei Ayanami with everyday life and education.
• Yui Ikari invited Rei Ayanami to sit with her, combed her hair, and clipped back her bangs, helping Rei feel a new sense of warmth.
• Yui Ikari decided to find Rei Ayanami another place to live where Shinji and the others could look after her.
• Gendo Ikari pressed a button to destroy the Rei Ayanami clones stored in LCL tanks, telling Fuyutsuki that Yui’s return made them unnecessary.
• Gendo Ikari admitted that he had kept a few clones for the Dummy Entry Plug and told Fuyutsuki to keep the matter secret, calling Ritsuko’s past discovery a mistake.

Ritsuko reflected on her past love for Gendo Ikari and how learning about Ultraman and alien technologies gave her a new purpose. After caring for a sleeping Ibuki, she left the office at peace, feeling she had found something to work toward.

• Ritsuko recalled how Gendo had used her and Naoko, and how seeing him devote himself to Yui revealed that his heart belonged only to her.
• After witnessing Ultraman's power, Ritsuko became fascinated by the science and applied to Hikari for knowledge.
• Ritsuko studied the Special Airborne Armors, Meteor Technology, and Adam Embryo information, hoping to adapt alien technologies for humanity.
• Ritsuko found Ibuki asleep beside annotated Spacium Amplifier files, saved her work, and covered her with a coat.
• Ritsuko left the office smiling and told her mother that she had found something to work toward.

Hayato entered the Alternate-Dimensional Space and revived Alien Yapool, then offered him a chance to take revenge on the Ultra Warriors. Alien Yapool agreed to work with Hayato after learning they shared a hatred of Ultraman.

• Hayato used his Riser and Bullton capsule to open a passage into the Alternate-Dimensional Space.
• Hayato found Alien Yapool's black-mist singularity and used Alien Yapool's capsule to restore him to his physical form.
• Alien Yapool attacked Hayato, but Hayato dodged and revealed that he knew Yapool's past as a subordinate of Emperor Alien Empera and the Space Demon Juda.
• Hayato offered to help Alien Yapool take revenge on the Ultra Warriors and provided capsules containing Super Beast fragments to aid his creations.
• Hayato explained that the cosmic police had destroyed his planet, leaving him one of only two survivors, and Alien Yapool agreed to cooperate.

Hayato and Alien Yapool began creating a Zero Killer and Razor Demagorga, then Yapool headed to Tokyo-3 to confront the boy possessed by Zero. At an Ultraman Exhibition, Shinji noticed Yapool watching him with blood-red eyes.

• Hayato warned Alien Yapool about Zero's powerful forms and supplied data and capsules for a Zero Killer and other Super Beasts.
• Hayato and Alien Yapool transformed Demagorga into Dark Sword Demagorga and began turning it into Razor Demagorga with extradimensional energy.
• Alien Yapool learned that Zero was possessing a boy in Tokyo-3 and left to give him a lesson.
• At the Ultraman Exhibition, Zero explained Star Medals to Shinji while they admired the displays and spoke with the president.
• Shinji saw a blood-eyed man staring at him as Alien Yapool declared that the time for revenge had come.

Zero resisted Alien Yapool’s attempt to provoke him through the crowd, but Yapool unleashed a mysterious blood rain over the city and began planning to possess Misato Katsuragi. Kaji investigated the rain and encountered Hayato Noda, who vanished before Kaji could reach him.

• Alien Yapool tried to make Zero lash out at the crowd, but Zero recognized the tactic and drove him off.
• Shinji asked Zero about Alien Yapool, and Ace’s Capsule flashed in response to the enemy’s presence.
• Crimson rain fell over the city, prompting Shinji and Kaji’s agents to seek shelter and collect samples.
• Alien Yapool decided to investigate Zero and consider possessing Misato Katsuragi, while Hayato offered to remove someone in their way.
• Kaji spotted Hayato Noda in a Cleanup Team suit, but Hayato vanished before Kaji could reach him.

As Alien Yapool used abducted children to nourish a Super Beast, Kaji investigated the mass disappearances and renewed his search for Hayato Noda. Kaji left for Eagle Nation to investigate Hayato’s connection to past incidents, while Yapool planned to possess Misato.

• Kaji and Misato learned that nearly a thousand people, mostly children, had vanished in sudden flashes, and Kaji saw surveillance footage showing Hayato Noda was not visible where he had appeared.
• In another dimension, Hayato challenged Alien Yapool’s confidence that humanity could not find him, and Yapool admitted that human fear, greed, and resentment strengthened his Super Beasts.
• Hayato told Yapool to possess a human woman, believing another nuisance had already left.
• After finding inconsistencies in Eagle Nation’s accounts of Icarus Seijin and Grand King, Kaji decided Hayato might be connected to the incidents and went to investigate in the United States.
• Kaji reassured Misato that he was investigating for their future and boarded a military aircraft, unaware that Yapool had set his sights on her.

Alien Yapool possessed Misato and used her to trap Shinji, sending him to another dimension. With Shinji gone, Yapool prepared to begin his revenge.

• Zero told NERV that Alien Yapool could possess humans, while Ritsuko said their technology could not reach another dimension.
• Gendo reported that the blood rain was human blood, and Shinji and Zero volunteered to investigate the missing people.
• On the way home, Misato tried to reassure Shinji, whose thoughts had been growing closer to Zero's.
• Alien Yapool possessed Misato at home, and she fainted in the bathroom.
• The next morning, Shinji found Misato on the bathroom floor, but she seized his Palaj Bracelet and revealed herself as Alien Yapool.
• Alien Yapool sent Shinji away with a flash of light and announced that his revenge was about to begin.

Alien Yapool impersonated Misato to sabotage NERV’s Evas and expose Kaworu Nagisa as an Angel. With Shinji trapped in another dimension, Kaworu was left surrounded by frightened personnel as Yapool prepared to use him against the Super Beasts.

• Alien Yapool, disguised as Misato, entered NERV and slipped into the Eva Hangar through an interdimensional passage.
• Alien Yapool secretly tampered with Unit-00, Unit-02, and Pedanium Unit-03 while Rei Ayanami and Asuka prepared for synchronization tests.
• Alien Yapool contacted Kaworu Nagisa telepathically, then activated the Evas, causing Unit-00 and Unit-02 to injure themselves and Pedanium Unit-03 to attack the hangar.
• Alien Yapool accused Kaworu of being an Angel and shot at him, forcing Kaworu to reveal his AT Field and frightening the NERV personnel.
• Alien Yapool gloated as armed personnel surrounded Kaworu and threatened to feed him to the Super Beasts.

Kaji exposed Alien Yapool’s disguise, and the alien summoned Zero Killer while attacking the base. After Shinji escaped the other dimension and confronted the possessed Misato, he shot her to stop her from detonating bombs across the base.

• Kaji returned and recognized that the person posing as Misato was an impostor, prompting the base personnel to turn their weapons on her.
• Alien Yapool summoned Zero Killer through a gateway, then attacked the people at the base while Kaworu Nagisa shielded them with his AT Field.
• Shinji used Ultraman Jack’s capsule to create an Ultra Barrier and escape the other dimension.
• Alien Yapool threatened to destroy the base with planted bombs unless Shinji and Zero surrendered, while Zero Killer advanced toward the base.
• Shinji called out to Misato, and she briefly resisted Alien Yapool and begged him to shoot her.
• Shinji fired a Light Bullet at Misato, and she collapsed.

Shinji and Zero freed Misato from Alien Yapool’s possession, then Zero confronted Zero Killer as it advanced on the base. Zero Killer matched Zero’s techniques and overwhelmed him, leaving Zero engulfed in an explosion.

• Shinji used Zero’s paralyzing Emerium Beam to drive Alien Yapool out of Misato, then confirmed she was unharmed.
• Shinji and Zero flew from the base to intercept Zero Killer as it attacked Tokyo-3.
• Zero and Zero Killer exchanged powerful kicks, and Zero secretly rescued the nearby civilians from the danger of his fall.
• Zero Killer matched Zero’s Cluster Beam, Head Blades, and Twin Rays, overpowering him in each exchange.
• Zero Killer struck Zero with Garnet Buster and six illusory Head Blades, engulfing him in a massive explosion.

Zero fought Zero Killer in Cosmo Miracle form, but the enemy matched his techniques and overwhelmed him with an endless supply of energy. Zero was left badly injured, his Color Timer sounding as he struggled to stay on his feet.

• Hayato and Alien Yapool watched as Shinji transformed Zero into Cosmo Miracle Zero to withstand Zero Killer’s attack.
• Zero and Zero Killer exchanged blows, and Zero Killer overpowered Zero in close combat, smashing him through a building.
• Zero attacked with the Ultra Brothers’ techniques, but Zero Killer matched each one and drove them back.
• Zero and Zero Killer fired their Clustered Cosmo Miracle Rays at each other, and Zero’s attack was gradually pushed back.
• Zero raised a barrier with the Ultra Brothers’ power, but Zero Killer shattered it and blasted Zero to the ground, leaving his Color Timer sounding.

Zero struggled against Zero Killer while Shinji shared the damage, but Kaworu Nagisa and the others encouraged them to keep fighting. Their support awakened Zero’s golden Dark Radiant Sky Claw Form, leaving Hayato pleased as his plan reached its most important step.

• Zero asked Shinji if he could still fight, and Shinji answered that he could despite his injuries.
• Kaworu Nagisa urged Zero to reject Zero Killer as an impostor and fight for the Lilin.
• Asuka, Rei Ayanami, and the people at the base sent their encouragement to Zero and Shinji.
• Zero and Shinji drew strength from the support, and Shinji used the Kaiser Belial Capsules to transform Zero.
• Zero emerged as Ultraman Zero-Dark Radiant Sky Claw, while Hayato smiled and declared that the most important step had begun.

Dark Radiant Zero fought Zero Killer across the world and destroyed him with a strengthened Cluster Descium Burst. Alien Yapool then turned to Hayato and proposed moving on to the next stage of the plan.

• Alien Yapool sent Zero Killer data on Zero's Dark Radiant Sky Claw form, and Zero Killer attacked Zero with beams and a black-and-purple Emerium Slash.
• Zero Killer overpowered Zero and smashed him through Tokyo-3's buildings, but Zero teleported free and fought him across the globe, into the sea, and into space.
• Zero's golden Head Blades overwhelmed Zero Killer's blades, and Zero followed with a blazing kick that drove him down onto a mountain outside Tokyo-3.
• Zero Killer charged a Cluster Descium Burst, but Zero changed his firing stance and enlarged his own beam, disintegrating Zero Killer in a massive explosion.
• Alien Yapool expressed regret over Zero Killer's defeat, then told Hayato to proceed with the next stage of the plan.

Dark Radiant Sky Claw Zero fought Razor Demagorga after Alien Yapool fused with the Super Beast, while Kaworu Nagisa helped NERV defuse the bombs on the EVAs. The chapter left Zero exhausted and downed after Razor Demagorga shattered his barrier with a barrage of attacks.

• Dark Radiant Sky Claw Zero defeated Zero Killer, but Razor Demagorga emerged from a rift and Alien Yapool revealed he had fused with the Super Beast.
• Zero and Shinji prepared to fight despite their dwindling strength, while Kaworu Nagisa located the bomb on Unit-03 and Kaji took over its removal.
• Kaworu Nagisa removed the bomb from Unit-00, checked on the injured Rei Ayanami, and then hurried toward Unit-02.
• Razor Demagorga knocked the Spark Blade from Zero's hand, battered him with its tail, and countered his Dark Radiant Cluster Beam by opening a rift.
• Razor Demagorga broke Zero's golden barrier with lightning and multiple sword waves, blasting him to the ground as Alien Yapool celebrated.

Alien Yapool overwhelmed Zero, exposed his injuries, and summoned five Super Beasts to torment him as radioactive rain drained his strength. Kaworu Nagisa prepared to launch Pedanium Unit-03 to help Shinji, while Zero remained surrounded and unable to fight back.

• Razor Demagorga battered Zero with stomps, blades, lightning, shells, and missiles until its final slash stripped away Zero’s Dark Radiant form.
• Yui Ikari watched Zero fall, while Kaworu Nagisa returned to Pedanium Unit-03 and persuaded Kaji to let him launch and help Shinji.
• Alien Yapool opened a rift and summoned Verokron, Baxim, Aribunta, Doragory, and Baraba from the other dimension.
• Radioactive rain disabled the UN aircraft and weakened Zero, leaving the five Super Beasts to kick him around as Alien Yapool taunted him.

Zero was close to defeat when Ace arrived and rescued him, joined by Taro, Leo, and Astra. With Zero restored and Unit-03 at the surface, the Ultra Warriors faced Alien Yapool and the Super Beasts as the battle entered its second phase.

• Zero prepared to separate from Shinji so Shinji could survive, but the five Super Beasts continued to batter them.
• Alien Yapool sensed a familiar energy and fired an X-Shaped Sword Wave at an enormous ring of light, which he recognized as the Ultimate Guillotine.
• Ace descended, struck the Super Beasts with Ultra Cutting Slicers, and cleared the radioactive clouds before helping Zero up.
• Ace revealed he had not come alone, and Taro, Leo, and Astra arrived in three Red Spheres.
• Taro and Ace replenished Zero's energy while Leo and Astra stood guard, and Unit-03 rose to the surface with Kaworu Nagisa aboard.
• The four Ultramen and Pedanium Unit-03 formed up against the Super Beasts as Alien Yapool threatened them and the second phase of the battle began.

Zero and Ace fought Razor Demagorga while the other Ultras and Pedanium Unit-03 engaged the remaining Super Beasts. Their attacks failed to damage Razor Demagorga, and the chapter left Ace and Zero charging him with a blade and lance.

• Zero had Shinji use the Six Brothers' Capsules to transform into Universe Miracle Form, while the Ultras and Pedanium Unit-03 split up to fight the Super Beasts.
• Taro, Leo, and Astra drew Baraba, Vakishim, and Aribunta away, while Pedanium Unit-03 confronted Verokron and Doragory.
• Ace and Zero attacked Razor Demagorga with guillotine and Riser techniques, but Razor Demagorga blocked their blows and counterattacked.
• Ace defended against Razor Demagorga's missiles and shells, then struck back with Cutting Beam and Metallium Beam as Zero fired Double Cluster Beam.
• Ace created his blade and Zero summoned an Ultra Lance, and the two charged Razor Demagorga together.

Leo and Astra fought Baxim and Aribunta, but their combined attack failed to defeat the Super Beasts, which seemed strengthened by other dimension energy. The brothers prepared to continue the battle, relying on the capes bestowed upon them by Ultraman King to sustain their energy.

• Leo dodged Baxim's missiles and battered the Super Beast before knocking it down with a Beam Lamp ray.
• Astra evaded Aribunta's corrosive spray, then removed its upper jaw after slipping behind it.
• Leo and Astra pinned their opponents and slammed Baxim's and Aribunta's heads together, but neither Super Beast fell.
• Leo suspected the Super Beasts had been strengthened by other dimension energy, and the brothers charged at them again.

Kaworu Nagisa piloted Pedanium Unit-03 against Verokron and Doragory, enduring their attacks and striking back with help from the UN Army. After Ritsuko supplied the Super Iron-Core Spiral Fist, Unit-03 drilled through Doragory’s weak point, leaving him gravely wounded.

• Pedanium Unit-03 and the UN Army attacked Verokron and Doragory, but the Super Beasts counterattacked and Verokron blasted Unit-03 with missiles at close range.
• Doragory grabbed Unit-03 from behind and bit its shoulder, injecting venom before Kaworu Nagisa struck him with the Pedanium Cannon and broke free.
• Kaworu Nagisa rammed Verokron and fired a laser into his open mouth after a mysterious voice revealed his weak point.
• Ritsuko provided the Super Iron-Core Spiral Fist, and Kaworu Nagisa used it to drill through the weak point on Doragory’s lower right abdomen.

Taro, Ace, and Zero fought Alien Yapool’s upgraded Super Beasts, but Baraba and Razor Demagorga withstood their attacks and forced the Ultras onto the defensive. With their energy running low, Ace confronted Yapool as the enemy prepared to finish them off.

• Taro battled Baraba with kicks, punches, beams, and Crescent Cutting Blades, but its upgraded weapons and tough body resisted his attacks.
• Taro used a Clone to distract Baraba, then landed successive kicks and blows that knocked it down.
• Zero and Ace attacked Razor Demagorga together, but its Arm Blades broke Ace’s saber and knocked the Bracelet Spear from Zero’s hands.
• Ace and Zero countered Razor Demagorga’s Blade Shattering barrage with Circular Guillotine and Double Emerium Break, but its lightning and missiles struck them both.
• Zero’s Color Timer began flashing, and he and Ace recognized that their bodies and energy were nearing their limits.
• Alien Yapool taunted Ace about seeking revenge, then declared that it was time to finish them off.

Zero, Ace, Taro, and the Leo brothers combined their strength to defeat Razor Demagorga and Alien Yapool after Zero repelled the Other Dimension Lightning. As Zero recovered from the final attack, a yellow crystal fell unnoticed somewhere in the city.

• Razor Demagorga unleashed Other Dimension Lightning, and Zero countered it with his Clustered Cosmo Miracle Ray as Ace supplied energy.
• The Leo brothers struck Baxim and Aribunta with Leo Kicks, while Taro defeated Baraba with its own Spiked Mace.
• Taro and the Leo brothers transferred energy to Zero as Ace and the others urged him to keep fighting, empowering his ray to overpower the lightning and close the dimensional rupture.
• Ace combined his Space Q Ray with Zero's Spark Blade, and Zero used the Space Plasma Spark Slash to sever Razor Demagorga and defeat Alien Yapool.
• Razor Demagorga exploded, Zero crouched down exhausted, and a large yellow crystal fell unnoticed somewhere in the city.

The Ultra Warriors and Pedanium Unit-03 defeated Alien Yapool’s Super Beasts, then regrouped with Shinji as the seniors shared their hopes for Earth and the next generation. Seiji Hokuto passed his wish to Shinji before departing as Ultraman Ace.

• Taro, Ace, Leo, Astra, and Pedanium Unit-03 defeated Baraba, Baxim, Aribunta, Verokron, and Doragory, ending Alien Yapool’s attack.
• Ace praised Kaworu Nagisa and Pedanium Unit-03, then joined Zero and the others as they regrouped at sunset beyond Tokyo-3.
• Zero introduced Ace, Taro, Leo, and Astra to Shinji, and Leo entrusted this Earth to Zero and Shinji.
• Seiji Hokuto tended Shinji’s injuries, spoke with Zero about Z, and told Shinji to keep compassion and warmth in his heart.
• Shinji promised to pass Hokuto’s wish on to future generations, and Hokuto transformed into Ultraman Ace and flew away.

Gendo Ikari and Fuyutsuki returned to Tokyo-3 after Ultraman defeated the Super Beasts, and discussed SEELE, the final Angel, and Kaji’s investigation. They found Tokyo-3 devastated again, while a black mist stole Razor Demagorga’s golden crystal to advance a hidden plan.

• Fuyutsuki and Gendo Ikari discussed their secret preparations, the mass-produced units, and the limits of the Lance of Longinus.
• Gendo Ikari told Fuyutsuki that Kaji was investigating the research institute explosion and Tyrant’s appearance in Eagle Nation, and warned that Kaji could be in danger.
• Fuyutsuki saw Tokyo-3’s destruction from the helicopter and asked where the mountain had gone and whether the city was still Tokyo-3.
• Tokyo-3’s cleanup crews began gathering Super Beast debris as drones investigated abnormal readings where the sky had split open.
• A black mist enveloped and took Razor Demagorga’s golden crystal, as a voice declared that it could tip the balance of everything.

Shinji and Zero collapsed after their wounds reopened, and Kaworu Nagisa took Shinji to the hospital. Zero later returned in a tiny, weakened projection, where Rei Ayanami and Asuka reassured Kaworu Nagisa that they trusted and accepted him as an Angel.

• Shinji passed out as Zero's chest and waist wounds reopened, and Zero's projection vanished after asking Kaworu Nagisa to look after Shinji.
• Kaworu Nagisa took Shinji to the hospital and reflected on how Zero's actions had changed Shinji and the Lilin.
• Rei Ayanami and Asuka arrived at the hospital, and a doctor told them Shinji was stable and out of danger.
• Zero reappeared as a tiny projection on a drinking cup and explained that he had little energy left.
• Rei Ayanami and Asuka told Kaworu Nagisa they trusted and accepted him, and he apologized for hiding that he was an Angel.

Hayato returned to SEELE with the energy crystal of Razor Demagorga and presented plans for the dimension-tearing D4 Ray. SEELE agreed to mount the weapon on the nearly completed special EVA, while the screen revealed the EVA's enormous body and single eye.

• SEELE's council members argued about Hayato's latest unauthorized actions and the Ultramen who had appeared in Tokyo-3.
• Hayato emerged from a spatial rift with a golden crystal and told SEELE it came from Razor Demagorga's head.
• Hayato showed SEELE his analysis for the D4 Ray, a weapon powered by other-dimensional energy that could tear dimensions apart.
• Hayato recalled that he had used Alien Yapool to weaken Zero and obtain a weapon capable of destroying him.
• Chairman Ghir proposed mounting the D4 Ray on the special EVA, and its enormous body and single eye appeared on the screen.