==OP/ED==
Please watch in a well lit room, and sit away from the screen.
Good work today!
Even though I just said that an urgent meeting is coming up.
It's about that unidentified flying object, right?
Yes.
Police Department Investigation Room
Even though we just got done with the #23 crisis.
Ichijou!
We'll be needing this for the meeting later. Nagano Prefecture office sent us this information.
Thank you.
Let me take a look too.
Ah, Ms. Enokida!
It must be a big problem if you're asking me for help.
You're just the person we need for this.
Data related to the Unidentified Life Forms
Depicted in Picture 1 are the pieces discovered in the Nagano Prefecture northern Kurogatake Ruins. At 2pm today, the researchers from Jounan University witnessed the pieces transform into the shape depicted in Picture 2.
Picture 1
Pieces of the thing were found in Nagano. This is a picture showing the relics.
At 2:02 PM researchers from Jounan University noticed it had changed into the form shown in the second picture.
To find the cause, the police decided to ship the relics to Tokyo immediately.
They used a patrol car from Nagano and a rented truck from Kobayasha transport company to transport it.
On the way, they took a break at a gas station and the contents of the truck burst out and flew away.
As you can see in the third picture.
Are you kidding me?
So the unidentified flying object escaped the two vehicles.
It seems to be heading for Tokyo.
Looks like we're going to be busy again tomorrow.
Yup.
Tomorrow.
Ichijou, tomorrow is...
What?
The conference hall is ready.
Let's go.
A era begins from zero on this empty planet.
Karappo no hoshi jidai wo zero kara hajimeyou
Legends will need to be repainted.
Densetsu wa nurikaeru mono
Now is the time to release your accelerator!
Ima, akuseru wo tokihanate.
KUUGA!
A blazing revival!
Atsuku yomigaere!
KUUGA!
A proud energy!
Hokori no enajii!
KUUGA!
Be strong for all our sakes!
Tsuyoku aru tame ni!
NO FEAR!
NO PAIN!
As long as he stands for love!
Ai no mae ni tatsu kagiri!
NO FEAR!
NO PAIN!
There is nothing that we need to fear!
Osoreru mono wa nani mo nai!
Even if I stand alone, I will overcome it all!
Kanzen dokusou, ore ga koete yaru!
Super Transformation!
CHOU HENSHIN!
MASKED RIDER KUUGA!
KAMEN RAIDAA KUUGA!
I'm back.
Pole Pole, Bunkyo Ward
Hello. You really chose a busy time to get back, didn't you?
Sorry.
Hey! Where's Nana?
There's drama practice tonight.
Drama practice?
Didn't I tell you?
It's her dream to become an actress.
I'm her uncle.
She's have to be as good as Sayuri Yoshinaga to be famous, right?
Or at least...
...as good as Junko Fuji.
Ayako Wakao is good too.
Armor
But Kyoko Minami is terrible.
Pinko Izumi.
Pinko...
Yes? This is home of the authentic Oriental aroma and flavor.
Miss Sakurako?
Thank god, so that's where you were!
This program receives fax and e-mails from you listeners...
Jounan University Archeology Department
Jean is in trouble because of what happened to the relics.
....=so please send them in to your hearts delight. Next up is...
What? Oh, Jean wasn't injured.
Okay! I'll come over immediately.
Marilyn Monroe is good too.
I'm going out for a while.
What do you think of Jodie Foster?
Hey. Where did Yusuke go?
Yusuke!
This was shot at the gas station. These are photos of the unidentified flying object.
It's so small we can't see it clearly.
Let's enlarge the photos.
It's taking shape.
What is it? It's blurry.
After we enhanced it, it looked like this.
Kobayashi.
Hey, that's...
Metropolitan Police Joint Investigation Task Force HQ
That was written on the rented truck that carried the relics.
Did they somehow merge?
Is something like that even possible?
After this incident, police in various places have reported similar sightings.
This was taken at 5:15 PM at the town of Yamana.
It appears similar to what we saw just now but the colors are different.
Are those car doors?
A waste recycling plant at Kobuchi reported that they've lost a car that has doors like the ones in the picture.
We're still investigating if this is linked to the case.
The next sighting was in Tokyo.
The colors have changed again.
It appeared at the water tower of an apartment complex. Thirty terrified families saw it and took pictures.
The colors are the same as that of the water tower.
Enokida, what do you make of this?
I don't know whether it's a physical reaction or a biological reaction.
But there's a great possibility that it can absorb metal into its own body.
But why would it do that?
Its current form is probably incomplete.
And what happens when it completes itself?
If it's like the Unidentified Life Forms, won't it attack us?
It has shown no hostility towards us but we can't say for sure that it won't.
It may even join up with the Unidentified Life Forms and create an entire new breed of Unidentified Life Forms.
I know we're all still weary from the crisis with #23, but...
Let's keep doing our best to investigate this.
Understood!
It's me. I don't think we can meet tomorrow.
I'm sorry. I'll call you again.
Jean saw something incredible.
Jounan University Archeology Department
But how did they start flying? Those shards from the ruins.
Take a look at this for a second.
It's in the shape of a bug.
This is what the ancient text on the pieces looks like.
A bug,? You mean like a beetle?
I've been seeing it a lot recently. This image that keeps appearing in my head.
It kind of looks like an insect just flying around.
If we were to cross-reference this with the symbols, I wonder what we would get.
There're so many translations!
I guess we won't find anything that way.
This one looks like "Horses that protect us as servants."
But what if we exchange the word "protect" with the word "armor"?
But if we do that, it'll read:
"Horse armor as a servant"?
That would be cool huh?
Yeah, but isn't it weird? How would insects turn into horse armor?
They'd just transform.
So anyway, "horse armor as a servant"?
And no matter what they'd obviously be good guys.
In that case, it would be a good thing.
Let's hope so.
Metropolitan Police Joint Investigation Task Force HQ
Bunkyo Ward
Iida Bridge
Meiji Road
Ueno Park
Could Godai's place be next?
Mr. Ichijou. Can you come over for a minute?
Doing this isn't really allowed but...
Here!
What's this?
It's your birthday today so...
I'm sorry but I can't accept it.
Like I thought, you won't take it.
No, it's not what you think.
You're not interested in me.
It's not you that's the problem...
Ichijou, it's an Unidentified Life Form.
Let's go!
Excuse me.
Jounan University Archeology Department
Yes.
Yes, it's me.
Eh?
EH?
At the dam, right?
Yes, I've got it.
A #24's shown up. I need to go out for a bit.
What?
Yusuke Godai, can you hear me?
Yes.
We suspect the involvement of #24. It was seen moving towards Mitaka.
Please head over there immediately.
Got it!
What the?
What was that?
Reversing.
How is your progress?
Pretty good.
Are you serious about using this thing?
There's traffic even at this hour.
How's everything on your end, Oki?
Just leave it to me.
You should be ashamed of yourself. To even enter something that the Linto made...
How about this? This looks better.
Interesting.
Sugita!
Crime Scene, Mitaka
Yes?
There's nothing unusual around this area.
I see.
Even so, I don't like this place. Take a look at this.
Tire tracks?
Looks like the car drove back and forth several times.
Seems like the driver loves joy riding.
But why would they be doing this?
Haven't their methods up 'til now been different?
The friends of the escaping victim saw the culprits drive on in a truck while shouting 'weird things'.
Also the clerk who works in that store over there said they had weird tattoos on their arms.
So they can even drive cars.
Looks like that unidentified flying object and the Unidentified Life Forms are related.
Damn.
Yes.
Hazuki.
Hello?
Daddy's got something to do today.
Metropolitan Police Department
Thanks to those unidentified flying objects and life forms, we all look bad.
You must be Sasayama, right?
Yes. I'm Nozomi Sasayama.
It would be a waste to throw that away, wouldn't it?
Ichijou wouldn't accept a present no matter who bought it.
Really?
It may be his birthday today, but it's also a death anniversary.
A death anniversary?
Yes, his father's.
Ichijou was only ten when it happened.
His father, who was a policeman, didn't come home.
He was trying to save people who had fallen into a river and he died in the attempt.
Ichijou respects his father and chose the same path as him.
So today is a day that means a lot of different things to him. It's a special day.
Every year, he would always go home on this day to see his mother.
His mother is a nurse and she works even on holidays.
So he went home today.
I'm sure he would want to, but he can't.
Nagoya West Hospital
Ichijou
Employee
Head Nurse, isn't today the day you were going to take off?
I couldn't today. So I woke up early, and just went paid my respects.
Guess your son has a lot on his plate, huh?
How couldn't he, when he's tracking down those Unidentified Life Forms?
To be honest, I don't think I'll get to see him this year.
Oh, really?
You never know when one of those Unidentified Life Forms is going to show up, right?
It'd have made his father very cross if he abandoned his duty just to visit me.
He always did say that "You should always take whatever you're doing seriously."
Mr. Ichijou!
Godai!
Sorry, I'm late.
Did you see anything?
Yes.
It looked like it had horns.
The bug made of relics came close to me but it went away right after.
So it's that thing that came from the Nagano ruins.
I think so too.
Miss Sakurako said that it might be horse armor.
Horse armor?
Yeah.
So why did you go towards it?
I don't know, but I didn't feel any bad vibes from it. So I don't think it's evil.
You shouldn't say things like that so readily.
It's true that nobody got hurt this time but it would be a big problem if that changes.
Yeah.
Calling all units.
An Unidentified Life Form in a truck is moving towards Makuhari.
It has already killed six technicians and it's threatening more lives as we speak.
Reversing.
Run! Go ahead and try it!
Reversing.
Yes... The faces... I wanna see...
You can't get out from behind me!
May Work Chart
Nagoya West Hospital
Head Nurse! Is anybody there?
Yes?
Head Nurse!
Get a doctor!
Head Nurse...
We've got the stolen truck's plate number.
Shinagawa 1103685
Yusuke Godai.
Got it.
Keiyou Road, Kyoto
Mommy.
It's #4, huh?
Wasn't that...?
Hey, hey, what's that?
That was him.
That's...
"Horse armor", is this it?
Let us go!
Godai, is something wrong?
I'll explain later.
Let's continue, Kuuga!
Reversing.
I make a pillow out of my heavy luggage.
Omoi nimotsu wo makura ni shitara.
With a deep breath, I become one with the blue sky.
Shinkokyuu... aozora ni naru.
With eyes open or closed
Me wo akete 'te mo tsubutte mo.
I pass over the same scenes but
Onaji keshiki wa sugite yuku kedo
I just noticed something I couldn't miss.
Ima, mite 'nakucha... kizukenai.
Come on, follow me to a future with no more sadness.
Kimi wo tsurete yukou kanashimi no nai mirai made.
The only thing in my pocket is the smile on your face.
Kimi ga kureta egao dake poketto ni shimatte.
I will become the blue sky.
Boku wa... aozora ni naru.
The beast that flies through the sky has appeared.
Let me report something.
What?
The Unidentified Life Form has retreated.
Mr. Ichijou, your mother has...
Your mother has...
My mother?
The horse armor actually appeared!
You think he really wants to see his mother then?
Wouldn't it be heartless of him if he didn't?
This time you're dead!
Creed