The Monster Highness: Part 2 (怪獣殿下 後篇, Kaijū Denka Kōhen) is the twenty-seventh episode of Ultraman.
Synopsis[]
After Escaping from Ultraman, Gomora tunnels through the ground towards the city of Osaka
Summary[]
Gomora has defeated Ultraman and has fled underground once more, while Ultraman is forced to retreat in order to replenish his energy. Back at the Science Patrol's base in Osaka, the members of the team are each assigned with a certain task. Fuji and Hayata contact the United States Branch for another UNG Bomb in order to tranquilizer Gomora again, Ide is left to make a beacon to track the monster's movements, and Arashi is left to help evacuate those who have not left the city yet.
Many hours pass and during which the team only manages to evacuate the people and complete the beacon. Finally after several tense hours pass, Gomora emerges from underground in the heart of Osaka. Luckily both the Science Patrol and the Defense Force are on the scene and they try to fight off the monster with their weapons, but like before, Gomora powers through them without receiving a scratch. At one point during the monster's rampage though, Hayata manages to hit him with the Mars-133, severing Gomora's tail and taking away the monster's most powerful weapon. Gomora thrashes about wildly in pain and flees back underground once more. Before he can submerge though, he is shot in the leg by Arashi, who has struck the monster with Ide's beacon. During the monster's rampage, Hayata finally notices that his Beta Capsule is missing after his first fight with Gomora, and to make matters worse, the team notices to their horror that Gomora is headed for the Osaka Castle.
Meanwhile as the Defense Force deploys to the castle to protect it from the monster, Osamu remembers that he's still in possession of Ultraman's Beta Capsule and as his parents squabble over what to do about Gomora's presence, he sneaks off to return the item to Ultraman so that he can fight once more. Running into a pair of curious policemen, Osamu is taken to the Osaka Castle by them in order to rendezvous with the Science Patrol to help him. Time passes again and Gomora surfaces next to the Osaka Castle as feared. Despite missing his tail and everything that the Defense Force and the Science Patrol threw at the monster (at one point, Hayata also destroys his snout with the Mars-133,) Gomora again plows through their assaults and proceeded to destroy the castle in his rage. During the war on the monster, Osamu manages to find Hayata and presents him with the Beta Capsule, calling himself The Monster Highness.
With a chance to fight once more, Hayata transforms into Ultraman once more to stop Gomora himself. Although Gomora is still the toughest monster Ultraman had fought since, he was not as strong as he was with his tail, and after sustaining too much damage from the Science Patrol and the Defense Force, Ultraman was able to fight back against the banged up monster, even managing to break off one of his head crests. Gomora feebly tries to burrow away once more, but this time Ultraman was ready and he stops the monster by hurling it off to the side and finally, he kills Gomora by firing on him with the Spacium Beam. With Gomora finally dead, the Science Patrol decides to having his put on display at the fair anyways, while Hayata thanks Osamu for helping him by presenting him with one of the Science Patrol's communicators as a token of his gratitude.
Cast[]
- Hikaru Urano as the Narrator
- Susumu Kurobe as Shin Hayata
- Akiji Kobayashi as Captain Toshio Muramatsu
- Sandayū Dokumamushi as Daisuke Arashi
- Masanari Nihei as Mitsuhiro Ide
- Hiroko Sakurai as Akiko Fuji
Guest Cast[]
- Kôtarô Tomita as Professor Nakatani
- Chiharu Inayoshi as Osamu Suzuki
- Hiroshi Miyata as Mihara
- Yukie Nunoji as Rieko
- Rinsaku Ogata as Yoshimura
Suit Actors[]
- Bin "Satoshi" Furuya as Ultraman
- Kunio Suzuki as Gomora
Notes[]
- Save for his death cries, in part 1, Gomora is shown to have a deeper sounding roar whereas in part 2 is much higher. His higher roar would be used to represent the monster still to this day.
Errors[]
- In part 1, it's stated that Osaka was evacuated well in advance before Gomora's arrival. However in part 2, Arashi is ordered to evacuate the city as if no one left at all.
- An unusual event occurs in this episode that never happens again in any predecessor series. During Ultraman's first fight with Gomora, he loses his Beta Capsule, despite that he was already transformed and that he never holds onto the item when he's already transformed.