This is MJ. I'm an author. I'm an artist. I'm
an analyzer. I welcome you to Going Ultra. I'm
talking about Ultraman Omega Episode 3, which
is something about a cold front and has a penguin
guy in it. Overall, I thought the episode was
good. I talked about it briefly in my short review
that there were certain things that I didn't
like that I'm going to expound upon those. But
I'm also going to, before I get to the negative,
start with the positive and say that... I liked
the kaiju design. I thought it was pretty neat.
I liked, too, that they brought up that there
was this defunct scientific idea that the closer
something got to freezing, or I don't know, they
didn't say absolutely zero, but the colder something
got, the less its internal atomic magnetism would...
wear or diminish on it and then it could become
like anti -gravitational and the idea of something
becoming anti -gravitational by being very cold
and that being uh like an abandoned defunct scientific
idea is really cool really fun um They don't
need to explain why kaiju fly, but having this
guy be a weird penguin kaiju and he's chilling
his feet or whatever so that he can fly is just
weird and quirky enough and fun enough that it
made it an enjoyable little thing for them to
do. I like Ayumu interviewing Sorato and trying
to figure out more about him and more about his
experience with kaiju or his understanding of
kaiju, especially because... um well she learns
that he has amnesia um but before she learns
that um she's saying you know like how do you
know about kaiju and she's asking like real questions
questions that i was asking in episode two when
she was introduced to him and she heard the the
lie basically uh that he's a you know kaiju researcher
and she's like you know how are you being a kaiju
researcher when you know We don't know anything
about them. They're new. And they have to fumble
to come up with a solution to her question or,
you know, to get her off their backs, basically.
And I thought that was interesting. You know,
Serato still doesn't quite get how to lie, which
is good. He's, you know, earnest, honest. He
doesn't quite know how to handle the situation.
And Kosei is trying his best to make it so that
he... is keeping Serato safe and, you know, keeping
them out of trouble, basically. And it's funny
because it results in some comedic moments where,
you know, when she finds out that Serato has
amnesia, she says, like, didn't you report him
to the police? Like, are you being responsible?
Are you actually going to be able to take care
of this guy like he needs to be taken care of?
And that was kind of a sweet moment. And also
a realistic one. You know, if your cousin all
of a sudden had amnesia and you didn't do a police
report or take him to the hospital to have him
checked out or whatever, that would be bad on
you. So don't do that, guys. What else was good?
I liked getting the insight into Kosei's backstory
that he was a track star and he thought he could
make it to the Olympics. And when he realized
he couldn't, then he decided to pivot far away
from it. uh being a track star and being an athlete
and go into this job with the warehouse which
i'm still a little like he's a delivery guy i
think is what it is that he's doing and he's
doing that until he finds out what he's about
or what he's interested in i he seems pretty
young to me maybe 1920 um that's what he feels
like to me uh i'm wondering and i'm hoping that
we will get to see him kind of figure out who
he wants to be i wonder though if this bond with
uh That's the name of the blue kaiju. If that's
going to become like a struggle for him to overcome.
I'm thinking of Yusuke from Persona 4 now that
like him having this power now is going to make
him feel like that's his purpose. And if he loses
that or if that power is threatened somehow,
like what will that do to him as a character?
And what will that? Yeah, what will that do to
him as a character? And what kind of conflict
could that make between him and Sorato? I saw
in the preview for next episode, spoiler warning
if you don't want to want to know, that there's
a mention about their friendship being like on
the outs or, you know, there's something that
happens between them. And I think, first of all,
it's a little too fast. But second of all, I
don't know how that's going to manifest within
the episode. So in the context of the episode,
it might be fine. But for me, it doesn't seem
like the right time. uh anyway that's kind of
fueling my idea that maybe there's some issue
with that um that having recognized could like
alter his perception of himself and his purpose
of what he's doing and i think that could be
really interesting to see play out i need to
think some more about the episode and i'll i'll
uh continue to say what i have to say because
it was interesting It was an interesting episode
for me because there were things about it that
I didn't like, but there were still things that
I did like, and I've covered most of them already.
So we might be switching on the negative in just
a moment. Before, well, I guess I'm moving on
to the positive now. I think, I don't know anymore.
No, I'm moving on to the negative. So before
I do that, I wanted to mention that I really
did like that. And Sorato has included Ayumu
into the friend group. He says, hey, we're friends.
Because she says thanks to him in a very formal
way because he saved her when the wind blew her
away. The ice cold freezing wind, I guess, blew
her away. And it blew away Kosei as well. In
order to kind of keep his identity as Omega hidden
from her, Sorato saved her and had her run off.
And he said, oh, I got to go save Kosei. She
said, how? I don't know, but I'll do it somehow.
And then he goes to try to help. Well, he actually,
he does protect him. He goes over to him and
stands in front of him because the kaiju definitely
looks like it wants the Rickonis. stone, the
Reckoness egg, whatever it is. Um, he wants the
mini Kaiju for some reason. And, uh, which we
don't get an explanation for actually. Um, I
think it's possible that Reckoness, Reckoness's
presence, um, kind of summoned or called the
Kaiju to it. Uh, Peganos, Peganos, Pegalos, whatever.
Um, Pengunos. I don't remember his name. Mr.
Penguin. Um, but anyway, it seems like he was
attracted to Reckiness's presence and he wanted
him and I don't know exactly what to make of
that that might tie into the overall lore in
my theory that the kaiju that are there that
are awakening are actually from Omega that he
had them somehow within himself maybe he can
store them in his ultra body and Yeah, anyway,
that's just my theory that I don't need to go
into much more. But what else? I was going to
say something about the... Oh, I like this theme
that came up of what you should do and what you
want to do. And Omega, I guess because he has
amnesia, he doesn't really know what he wants
to do, except for eat. And he doesn't have too
much of a sense of... Well, he's kind of like
a natural sense of what he should do and he aims
to do the right thing. And he feels more confident
in that because in his conversation with or in
hearing the conversation between Ayumu and Kosei,
he's hearing these thoughts brought up about
what to do with himself, sort of, and like what
one should do. with themselves and kind of the
philosophy, philosophical underpinnings behind
all that. And it's interesting to hear him like
developing a moral and philosophical sense for
what he should do, as opposed to just doing things
in a reactionary way. And that reminds me of
the, at the beginning of the episode, Kosei told
him, you know, those who don't do not work, do
not eat. And it's because Kosei was kind of complaining
about like, hey, why are we doing this? Why am
I helping you with this? And he's like, I keep
feeding you. So, you know, you got to keep working
for it. And that was kind of fun. So it's interesting
to have Sorato have amnesia and then have to
kind of be taught certain things. He knows certain
things culturally, like he corrects Ayumu and
saying, you know, you should say thanks instead
of, you know, thank you or whatever, because
we're friends and we're friendly and therefore
the social norms are different between us. So,
like, on one hand, you have that where he has
insights into culture. But then again, he's been
watching a lot of TV and stuff, so that might
help. Versus, you know, he needs to understand
this whole tension between what you want to do
and what you should do. And that's something
I'd like to see come into conflict at some point
during the show. That could be happening as soon
as the next episode or it could be happening
a lot later on. But it's still a neat idea to
explore. uh definitely having sorato have amnesia
and have to grapple with that idea is i think
good for young kids who are watching the show
because it helps them to conceptualize that idea
for themselves, that they have things that they
want to do and things that they should do and
know that there's a tension between those at
times and figure out how to navigate that because
that's what being an adult is about. And, uh,
I think we should be raising adults, not raising
children, uh, to paraphrase somebody else. And,
uh, that's a very, that idea sits really well
with me. So anyway, I like what they're doing
here. Um, I definitely, I complained kind of
a lot about this with, um, Reckiness, the little
Reckiness avatar, Reckiness. boy cgi thing um
the fact that it acts like a dog is really irritating
to me i hate when they do that in media and it
seems to be a very popular thing to do to just
have things act like dogs um which in my opinion
is no good it belittles like everything basically
dogs developed in a very particular way to be
the way they are and just having everything act
like a dog is silly and reductive and it is lazy
and it stops you from developing your own unique
culture and um It's like a way for things to
be. The easy way is to make it act like a dog
and we don't have to think about it anymore.
And that's not good. I don't like that. So anyway,
overall, it was a good episode. What are your
thoughts on it? What did you think of it? And
what do you think about my commentary on it?
Because I think I have excellent commentary on
the episode personally. But I would love to hear
your input on what you think of Omega so far
and what you think of this third episode of Ultraman
Omega. Until next time, folks, this is MJ signing
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