Chapter Summaries

Zero was trapped in Belial’s illusion, where Dark Zero slaughtered his family, friends, and fellow Ultra Warriors until Shinji’s words helped him regain control. Declaring that he could still protect others, Zero transformed into Shining Form and faced Dark Zero.

• Belial’s illusion made Zero watch Dark Zero destroy the Land of Light and kill Ultraseven, Z, the Ultra Brothers, and many other warriors.
• Shinji called out to Zero, reminding him that an Ultra Warrior’s true strength came from a brave heart.
• Dark Zero tried to kill Shinji, but Zero seized his wrist and regained control of his body.
• Zero broke free of the illusion, proclaimed his resolve to protect others, and transformed into Shining Form.

Shining Zero weakened Dark Zero while Geed battled Sahaquiel, then Dark Zero revealed himself as Atrocious Belial and fought Zero. Their beams collided and sent them, along with Shinji, into a strange space where their desire to fight vanished.

• Shining Zero fought from within Zero and weakened Dark Zero, allowing Geed to knock him down as the dark energy in Zero began to decrease.
• Geed cut off Sahaquiel's tentacles, pierced its AT Field, and struck it with the Butterfly-Wing Beam and Riser Ray.
• Shining Zero defeated Dark Zero's attacks and demanded that he show his true face.
• Dark Zero transformed into Atrocious Belial, and he and Shining Zero fought hand to hand.
• Atrocious Belial and Shining Zero unleashed their beams, whose collision engulfed them in an explosion and transported them, Shinji, and Zero to a strange space where their desire to fight disappeared.

Distorted images showed Zero, Shinji, and Atrocious Belial the past Belial had tried to leave behind, including his role in the Ultra Great War and his growing desire for power. The vision ended with Father of Ultra defeating Alien Empera while Belial collapsed, bitterly aware of the power he lacked.

• Zero and Shinji wondered who had created the images, while Atrocious Belial recognized them as scenes from his past.
• During the Ultra Great War, Belial killed surrendered invaders from Alien Empera's forces, widening the rift between him and Ken.
• Belial and Ken returned to the burning Land of Light, where Alien Empera had slaughtered many Ultramen and defeated them both.
• As Belial lay gravely injured, Mother of Ultra brought Ken the Ultimate Blade, which awakened his full potential.
• Ken defeated Alien Empera with the Ultimate Blade but suffered the wound that became his old injury.
• Belial passed out after bitterly remarking that Ken had possessed such power.

Belial recounted how his obsession with surpassing Father of Ultra led to his corruption by Reiblood and his later wars against the Land of Light and other universes. After Belial’s final battle with Zero devastated the Frontier Universe, Ultraman King sacrificed his body to restore it, and Zero turned to Geed’s story.

• Belial resented Father of Ultra’s promotion and Marie’s love for him, then tried to draw power from the Plasma Spark Core and was exiled after resisting arrest.
• Reiblood forcibly merged with Belial, who took up the Ultimate Battle Nizer and began his revenge against the Land of Light.
• After his resurrection, Belial rebuilt the Ginga Empire and launched the Super Universe Final War, which spread across multiple universes.
• In the Frontier Universe, the New Generation Ultraman damaged Belial’s Dark Armor, and Belial escaped while Zero fought the Dark Five Heavenly Kings.
• Belial ambushed and defeated Zero, then activated the Super-Dimensional Bomb, destroying Earth and tearing the Frontier Universe apart.
• Ultraman King dispersed his body throughout the Frontier Universe to repair it, and Zero said Geed’s story came next.

Atrocious Belial watched the memories of how Fukuide K created Riku Asakura and how Geed eventually defeated and purified Belial. As the visions ended, Shining Zero attacked, but Belial stood still and said he was tired.

• Fukuide K stole Hikari's Ultra Capsules and Geed Riser, created Riku from Belial's Ultraman genes, and abandoned him near an observatory.
• Riku became Ultraman Geed and, with Ultraman King's power, defeated Atrocious Belial and freed Belial from Reiblood's soul.
• Belial acknowledged Geed as his own person before dying in the explosion, while the watching Atrocious Belial thanked Fukuide K for his loyalty.
• The visions ended and the distorted space returned to an overcast day.
• Shining Zero lunged at Atrocious Belial, who did not move and said he was tired.

Shining Zero defeated Atrocious Belial, whose purified soul entered the Kaiser Belial Capsule and offered Zero his power. Zero then awakened his Dark Radiant Sky Claw Form and joined Geed to destroy Sahaquiel and contain its explosion.

• Atrocious Belial gave up revenge and asked Shining Zero to finish him, so Zero destroyed him with the Shining Twin Ray.
• White Belial's purified specter entered the Kaiser Belial Capsule and asked Shinji to look after his son.
• Shinji combined the capsules and transformed Zero into Dark Radiant Sky Claw Form.
• Zero attacked Sahaquiel with the Black Hole Storm and Dark Radiant Cross Cutter, destroying the Angel's core.
• Zero and Geed enclosed Sahaquiel's self-destruction in their combined energy barrier, saving the Underground City.

After Zero and Geed defeated Sahaquiel, Shinji reunited with Asuka and Rei and visited the badly injured Guren, Mirror Knight, and Kaworu. Riku used the Cosmos Capsule to heal them, then admitted he was hungry.

• Riku arrived and told Zero that Glenfire and Mirror Knight had destroyed the Angel in space but were badly injured.
• Misato told Asuka and Rei that Zero had overcome the dark energy possessing him and defeated Sahaquiel with Geed.
• Shinji reunited with Asuka and Rei, then hurried to the ward to see Guren, Mirror Knight, and Kaworu.
• Riku used the Cosmos Capsule's Healing Beam to treat Guren, Mirror Knight, and Kaworu.
• Riku's strength faltered after the healing, and he asked Shinji for food.

Riku shared dinner with Shinji and the others before leaving to search other universes for Devil Splinters, entrusting Belial’s Capsule to Shinji and Zero and giving Zero some of his energy. At SEELE’s base, Hayato reconsidered his plans after Zero’s unexpected use of Belial’s form, then sensed strange fluctuations from another dimension.

• The citizens returned to Tokyo-3 and saw the extensive damage Sahaquiel and the battle had caused, while NERV explained that Sahaquiel’s mental contamination had caused Zero’s transformation.
• Riku ate hot pot with Shinji, Asuka, Rei Ayanami, Misato, Kaji, and Zero, then revealed that he was twenty-two before Shinji stopped him from explaining his origins.
• Riku declined to take Belial’s Capsule, telling Shinji and Zero to keep it to help protect their world, and gave Zero some of his energy before flying away as Geed.
• Hayato reviewed his efforts to weaken Zero, including his use of Sahaquiel and a mental attack, and cursed Belial for disrupting his plans.
• Hayato sensed fluctuations from another dimension and heard resentful voices calling for Ultraman to die.

Shinji began caring for Rei as her older brother, bringing her lunch and cleaning her apartment with Zero’s help. Meanwhile, Gendo accepted their early closeness as useful to his plan, and the Land of Light prepared to guide Zero’s intervention before Delacion judged Earth.

• Shinji made Rei lunch, and she thanked him and said it was delicious before leaving the meat uneaten.
• Shinji walked Rei home and cleaned her apartment with Zero, who noticed medicine that might be necessary to keep Rei’s body functioning.
• Gendo learned that Shinji and Rei had begun interacting earlier than planned and decided it might help advance the Human Instrumentality Project.
• At Space Garrison Headquarters, Zoffy, Father of Ultra, and Mother of Ultra discussed the danger of the Human Instrumentality Project and Delacion’s possible judgment of Earth.
• Father of Ultra sent Zoffy to summon Taro and Hikari and planned a meeting with his old comrades to guide Zero’s intervention.

Guren, living in human form as Misaki Daisuke, found a way to pass the time by playing basketball and met Toji and Kensuke at the court. After teaching them to shoot, he gained both as students.

• Toji dragged Kensuke to the basketball court for exercise, where they found Guren playing alone.
• Guren introduced himself to Toji and Kensuke as Misaki Daisuke and invited them to shoot.
• Guren coached Kensuke until he made a basket, and Kensuke asked to become his student.
• Kensuke showed Guren photographs he had taken of Zero, including one of Zero's backside, making Guren worry about Zero finding out.
• Toji admitted he was outclassed and became Guren's student too.

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.