Chapter Summaries

As humanity watched the final battle from shelters, Ritsuko broadcast it worldwide, and the children’s belief in the Ultramen persisted even as Geed struggled against the Final Angel. Asuka delivered magnalium energy to Zero, who revived and broke free from his cross, ready to rejoin the fight.

• Ritsuko reconnected MAGI to NERV branches worldwide and broadcast the battle, while Kaji urged Misato to have faith in the Ultra Warriors.
• People around the world watched Infinite Mebius and Geed Ultimate Final fight, but the Final Angel’s attacks pushed humanity’s hope toward despair.
• Children spotted Zero moving on the cross, and Ritsuko called for the magnalium energy to be inserted while the Final Angel focused on Geed.
• Asuka used Unit-02 to drive the magnalium energy into Zero’s Color Timer, briefly destroying the device’s tip.
• Zero’s Color Timer relit, he broke free of the cross, thanked Asuka and everyone, and promised to take over the fight.

Yui Ikari called on people around the world to give the Ultra Warriors their hope, and humanity’s light flowed into Zero. Empowered by that light and Shinji’s heart, Zero sprouted six pairs of wings and flew to face the Final Angel.

• As the Ultra Warriors and Geed neared their limits, Yui Ikari used MAGI to broadcast a plea for humanity to give them strength.
• Children in shelters around the world began shining with light after declaring their belief in Ultraman, and Toji Suzuhara and Hikari Horaki joined them.
• People across the world, including Yui Ikari, Ritsuko, Misato, Asuka, Kaworu Nagisa, and Rei Ayanami, gave their light to Zero and Shinji.
• Zero and Shinji accepted humanity’s light, and Zero passed its strength on to the other Ultra Warriors.
• Zero transformed within golden light, grew six pairs of wings, and flew toward the battlefield to confront the Final Angel.

Geed and the other Ultra Warriors were pushed to the brink by the Final Angel and its forces until Zero appeared in a new winged form and shared humanity’s light. Riku used the Shining Zero Capsule and Ultraman King Capsule to transform Geed Ultimate Final into Ultraman Geed-Shining Emperor, leaving him poised to face Saberuno.

• Geed and the other Ultra Warriors exhausted their strength resisting the D4 Ray and fighting the Mass Production Models, while Hikari’s Armor of Courage shattered.
• Golden light appeared across the battlefield, destroying the Mass Production Models and restoring some energy to the Ultra Warriors.
• Zero descended with six pairs of luminous wings and sent golden light from his wings to each Ultra Warrior.
• Geed’s King's Sword strengthened his barrier, and Riku merged the five Geeds into Geed Ultimate Final.
• Riku combined the Shining Zero Capsule with the Ultraman King Capsule, evolving the King's Sword and transforming Geed into Ultraman Geed-Shining Emperor.

Mirai and Serizawa reunited with the GUYS members in a space of light, where Captain Sakimori explained that humanity’s light had carried their bonds across time and universes. The friends joined forces with Mirai and Serizawa, and their combined light transformed Mebius and Hikari into Mebius-Phoenix Brave Mode.

• Mirai and Serizawa returned to human form in a space of light and found Ryu, Marina, George, Konomi, Teppei, and Shingo Sakomizu waiting for them.
• Mirai embraced his reunited GUYS friends, while Serizawa greeted Ryu.
• Captain Sakimori explained that humanity’s light and the bonds in Shinji’s and Zero’s hearts had brought the GUYS members there.
• Serizawa merged with Ryu through the Knight Brace, and the GUYS members joined Mirai in combining their charms, weapons, and light.
• Captain Sakimori led the team in shouting “GUYS! Sally Go!”, and their light transformed Mebius and Hikari into Ultraman Mebius-Phoenix Brave Mode.

The Ultra Brothers reunited with the human comrades and loved ones they had been separated from, drawing strength from their bonds across time. As every brother gathered energy, Phoenix Mebius urged them to combine it for the fight ahead.

• Ultraman reunited with the Science Special Search Party, and Hayata forgave him for erasing his memories.
• Gen Ohtori and Astra reunited with the MAC members Gen had failed to save, while Dan Moroboshi apologized to his former team.
• Ultraseven reunited with Anne Yuri and his former teammates, who welcomed him back.
• Hokuto reunited with Yuko Minami and remembered the family they had shared while raising Z.
• Zoffy heard Sakimori call for his strength and stepped into a brilliant white light.
• Phoenix Mebius felt the Ultra Brothers' bonds and called on his nine older brothers to combine their energy.

The Ultra Brothers and humanity empowered Mebius, while Shining Emperor Geed battled Saberuno and matched its D4 Ray. Geed wounded Saberuno and gained the upper hand, but the fight remained unresolved as he waited for a more decisive power to arrive.

• Leo, Astra, Eddie, the Ultra Brothers, and humanity's fighter craft joined their light with Mebius, who transformed into Mebius Infinite Phoenix Form.
• Shining Emperor Geed used Shining Royal End to force the D4 Ray into a draw, and the resulting explosion damaged Saberuno and shook its confidence.
• Geed charged Saberuno and cut through several of its serpent heads with the Emperor's Sword.
• Geed deflected Saberuno's claw and energy hammer, then slashed open its flank and damaged its armor and energy circuits.
• Saberuno launched a desperate counterattack, but Geed evaded its strikes and maintained the advantage while preparing for another assault.

Infinite Phoenix Mebius and Shining Emperor Geed overwhelmed the Final Angel with coordinated attacks and destroyed its ability to heal. As Xeronus staggered on, Light-Winged Zero completed his transformation, preparing to deliver the final judgment.

• Infinite Phoenix Mebius arrived on the battlefield and joined Shining Emperor Geed against the Final Angel.
• Mebius destroyed the Final Angel’s tentacles and wounded its claws, while Geed struck its exposed body with the Emperor’s Sword.
• Geed and Mebius unleashed their finishing attacks together, blasting Xeronus and extinguishing its healing ability.
• The wounded Final Angel struggled back to its feet as Light-Winged Zero merged completely with the golden light.

Zero transformed into Shining Ultimate Shining Zero and confronted the badly wounded Final Angel Xeronus. After overwhelming Xeronus with precise attacks, Zero left its core exposed and the monster on the brink of destruction, as he advanced to deliver judgment.

• Zero combined humanity's radiance with the Paraji armor to ascend into Shining Ultimate Shining Zero, while Mebius, Geed, and the people in the shelters watched in awe.
• Xeronus abandoned restraint and charged Zero in a desperate attempt to kill him, but its attacks could not damage his armor.
• Zero dodged Xeronus's assault and severed its tentacles, damaged its claws, and pierced one of its remaining serpent heads.
• Xeronus fired an unstable beam and tried to bind Zero and detonate its core, but Zero blocked the beam and evaded the suicidal embrace.
• Zero struck Xeronus with a web of rapid sword slashes, severing most of its serpent heads and nearly cutting off its arms.
• Xeronus collapsed with its cracked Purple Core exposed, and Zero advanced as the Final Angel neared total destruction.

Final Angel Xeronus fled into the Multiverse Bubble Sea, where the three Ultra Warriors cornered it and watched it begin an attack capable of triggering a chain collapse across universes. With the detonation irreversible, Zero, Geed, and Mebius joined their power to form an Ultimate Shining Bow and prepare to strike Xeronus's core.

• Final Angel Xeronus escaped through a spatial fold, and Zero, Geed, and Mebius pursued it across dimensional rifts.
• The three Ultra Warriors caught Xeronus in the Multiverse Bubble Sea, where it declared it would destroy the universes they protected.
• Xeronus stabbed its claws into its core and began collapsing it into a singularity that threatened to cause an irreversible chain collapse.
• Zero told Geed and Mebius to use his Paraghi Shield to target the core after Xeronus fired its attack.
• Zero released the Paraji Armor while Geed and Mebius lent him their light, forming an Ultimate Shining Bow and a Final Judgment Arrow.

Zero, Geed, and Mebius combined their power to stop the Final Angel’s last attack, and Zero’s Shining Ultimate Radiant Arrow destroyed and purified Xeronus. With the multiverse saved, the three Ultra Warriors stood victorious among its universe bubbles.

• The Final Angel fired its ultimate D4 Ray toward a universe, and Geed and Mebius joined their beams to hold it back.
• Zero completed the Shining Ultimate Arrow and fired it into the clash, restoring the space destroyed by D4 and overwhelming the Final Angel’s attack.
• Zero and Shinji drove the Spiral Energy Sword into Xeronus’s core, purifying its body, dark data, and consciousness until nothing remained.
• Zero returned to his Ultimate Armor, and Geed and Mebius stood beside him as the three Ultra Warriors confirmed their victory.

After the Final Angel’s defeat, Zero, Geed, and Mebius used humanity’s light to restore the ruined universe. They revived Earth’s dead, reignited the Sun, and restored the Milky Way’s stars, leaving the universe alive again.

• Shinji and Zero celebrated their victory over the Final Angel, and Zero thanked Shinji for sharing humanity’s light.
• Zero, Shining Emperor Geed, and Infinite Phoenix Mebius entered the multiverse to restore the damaged universe.
• Geed dispersed Earth’s black fog, resurrected its victims, and used psychokinesis to begin correcting the planet’s tilted axis.
• Mebius unleashed Universe Miracle: Phoenix Burst to reignite the Sun and restore its lifespan.
• Zero shielded the Solar System and used Shining: Ultimate Star Drive to reverse time across the Milky Way, restoring its stars.

Earth recovered after the black fog dispersed, and survivors emerged to reunite and await the dawn. As the EVAs and Ultimate Force Zero rested, Kaworu Nagisa, Rei Ayanami, and Asuka reflected on their futures and the bonds they had found.

• Shining Emperor Geed restored Earth's axis and cleared the black fog, bringing the dead back unharmed as people emerged from shelters.
• Zhou Zhezhi and Mike celebrated humanity's survival, then agreed they still had to deal with the people behind the crisis.
• Tokyo-3's survivors emerged from shelters and waited for sunrise beside the exhausted EVAs.
• Kaworu Nagisa accepted that the endless cycle had ended and looked forward to becoming a true Lilin.
• Rei Ayanami recognized her own identity and valued her bonds with her friends, while Asuka reunited emotionally with her mother, Kyoko.
• Glenfire, Mirror Knight, Jean-nine, and Jean-bot celebrated Ultimate Force Zero's victory and their survival.

The Land of Light and the EVA Universe celebrated after Zero and the others restored Earth and ended the crisis. As Zero reunited with Ultraseven, his father embraced him, then drew him into a mindscape where Zero saw his mother.

• Limings reported that Zero had recovered and the Belial Splinter readings had vanished, and the Land of Light celebrated the crisis’s end.
• Zero returned to Earth with Shinji and saw that the black fog had cleared and the planet’s rotational axis had been restored.
• Zero met the Ultra Brothers and Geed in Tokyo-3, then braced for Ultraseven to confront him about the Human Instrumentality Project.
• Ultraseven embraced Zero and comforted him, prompting Zero to sob and hold his father tightly.
• Ultraseven brought Zero’s consciousness into a mindscape, where Zero saw his mother among the figures waiting there.

Zero reunited with his mother Anne and father Dan in Ultraseven’s mindscape, where they shared their feelings after years apart. Anne, the Ultra Guard, and the other heroes and their friends faded away, leaving the fighters to fly toward the Land of Light.

• Anne recognized Zero as her son, and Shin Moroboshi tearfully embraced her.
• Shin told Anne he understood why she and Dan had been absent and said he could never resent them.
• Dan joined Anne and Shin, while Furuhashi congratulated him on his grown son.
• Anne and the Ultra Guard faded away after reassuring Dan and Shin that their lives remained connected through the future they had protected.
• The heroes and GUYS members exchanged farewells before fading into light particles.
• Golden fighter craft emerged above the Ultra Brothers and flew in formation toward the Land of Light.

As Shinji and Asuka reunited after the battle, Hayato Noda escaped from the Final Angel and began limping through Tokyo-3. Kaji’s team failed to capture him, and Kaji warned Shinji that the enemy was still alive in the city.

• The Ultra Warriors departed, Geed restored Earth, and Asuka found Shinji and embraced him.
• Darklops’s failsafe separated Hayato Noda from the Final Angel, and Noda escaped into the ruins of Tokyo-3.
• Maya Ibuki detected a faint, inhuman signal moving through the ruins, and Ritsuko notified Misato.
• Misato and Kaji led NERV special forces to track Noda, but he ambushed the squad and injured three members without killing them.
• Kaji called Shinji and told him that Noda was still alive and in the city.

Shinji and Zero confronted the surviving Hayato Noda, who explained how Kronos’s destruction and his wife Liana’s death drove his long pursuit of revenge. After Shinji and Zero rejected his justification for harming Earth’s people, Hayato challenged them to one final fight, and Shinji summoned Zero’s Twin Slugger.

• Shinji and Zero learned that Hayato Noda had survived, and Shinji led the thirteen Ultra Warriors toward the ruined church where Hayato waited.
• Shinji met Hayato alone and confirmed that he and Zero were united as one.
• Hayato recounted how the Space Garrison destroyed Kronos, how he lost Liana, and how he spent two thousand years seeking revenge before building Xeronus with SEELE’s help.
• Zero and Shinji condemned Hayato for inflicting suffering on innocent humans, and Shinji declared that they would never forgive him.
• Hayato stood with a makeshift spear made from the Galactron Spear fragment and challenged Shinji and Zero to one final battle.
• Shinji raised his hand and summoned Zero’s Twin Slugger as Hayato moved to attack.

Shinji and Zero fought Hayato Noda in the ruined church until Kaji shot him, ending his revenge-driven rampage. As the Ultra Brothers gathered around Shinji and Hayato Noda’s body, his final warning about the return of chaos lingered.

• Shinji used Zero’s combat instincts and techniques to fight Hayato Noda through the ruined church, breaking bones and enduring repeated attacks.
• Wounded and kneeling, Hayato Noda challenged Zero’s justice, then used a wrist lock and chokehold to overpower Shinji until Zero took control of his body and escaped.
• Kaji arrived and shot Hayato Noda through the chest while Shinji ducked, and Hayato Noda warned that others would follow if the Land of Light continued its justice.
• Kaji killed Hayato Noda with a shot to the head after he delivered his final warning, and Shinji knelt beside the spreading blood.
• The Ultra Brothers gathered around Shinji and Hayato Noda’s corpse as Hideki Go picked up the Galactron Gun fragment and Sakimori judged that Hayato Noda would have faced the death penalty.

Shinji and the others found relief after Hayato Noda's death and the defeat of the Angels, while Riku received Belial's capsule and reconciled with his father before Belial faded away. Gendo arrived to check on Shinji, but Dan Moroboshi and Gen Ohtori dragged him outside, where the Ultra Brothers began beating him.

• Kaji warned Misato and Shinji that SEELE remained a threat, though Hikari had promised to help resolve Kaworu Nagisa and Asuka's mother's soul was inside Unit-02.
• Riku told Shinji and Zero that Z had defeated the final enemy in his world using his own strength and was returning safely with Haruki.
• Shinji gave Riku Belial's capsule, allowing Riku to speak with White Belial, who explained that he could not return and wanted to atone by fading away.
• Belial praised Riku as his son, apologized for leaving him alone, and embraced him before vanishing; Riku accepted his father's choice and resolved to honor the name Geed.
• Gendo arrived at the church, where Dan Moroboshi and Gen Ohtori seized him and took him outside; Seiji Hokuto joined them while the others ignored Gendo's screams.

Zero and his allies said farewell to Shinji, Asuka, and their friends before returning to space, leaving the young people with a Star of Ultra and hope for the future. Shinji vowed to protect what he cherished and promised Zero they would meet again.

• Shin Moroboshi separated from Shinji and Asuka, thanked them, and gave them the Star of Ultra as a token of their bond.
• Mirror Knight, Guren, and the Jean Brothers said goodbye to Kaji and Misato before departing to repair Jean-bot and recover.
• Shin Moroboshi encouraged Kaworu Nagisa and Rei Ayanami to embrace their new lives, then embraced the youngsters as they thanked him.
• Shin Moroboshi transformed into Zero and flew into space with his Ultimate Force Zero companions, while the Ultra Brothers watched them leave.
• Shinji ran toward the sunrise, vowed to protect everything he cherished, and called out that he and Zero would meet again.

Zero and his companions returned to the Land of Light after defeating the threat in another universe, and Zero reported Belial’s final fate to Father of Ultra. While Zero received treatment, Father of Ultra grieved for his lost friend, and Limings and Z came to see Zero.

• Zero and Ultimate Force Zero returned to the Land of Light, where Mirror Knight and Glenfire went to the Silver Cross Army and the Jean Brothers went to the Scientific Technology Bureau.
• Zero met Menos and Andro Melos at Space Garrison Headquarters, and they assured him that the Space Garrison’s duties were covered while Zoffy and the others remained away.
• Numa-0 reported that SCD Space Detectives had taken over the Ultra Brothers’ missions, and Ultraman Olya checked that his father and the others were safe.
• Zero told Father of Ultra that Belial had returned to the light but disappeared after using up his remaining radiance, and Father of Ultra went to the balcony to mourn him.
• Limings visited Zero during treatment, held his hand, and heard Zero ask whether Shinji would be able to live a good life.
• Z rushed into the Silver Cross Army Headquarters and shouted for Zero.