WEBVTT 00:00:00.800 --> 00:00:02.740 This is MJ. I'm an author. I'm an artist. I'm 00:00:02.740 --> 00:00:05.679 an analyzer. I welcome you to Going Ultra. I'm 00:00:05.679 --> 00:00:09.160 talking about Ultraman Omega Episode 3, which 00:00:09.160 --> 00:00:11.880 is something about a cold front and has a penguin 00:00:11.880 --> 00:00:14.839 guy in it. Overall, I thought the episode was 00:00:14.839 --> 00:00:16.760 good. I talked about it briefly in my short review 00:00:16.760 --> 00:00:18.379 that there were certain things that I didn't 00:00:18.379 --> 00:00:20.739 like that I'm going to expound upon those. But 00:00:20.739 --> 00:00:23.239 I'm also going to, before I get to the negative, 00:00:23.399 --> 00:00:27.199 start with the positive and say that... I liked 00:00:27.199 --> 00:00:29.140 the kaiju design. I thought it was pretty neat. 00:00:29.199 --> 00:00:30.760 I liked, too, that they brought up that there 00:00:30.760 --> 00:00:34.359 was this defunct scientific idea that the closer 00:00:34.359 --> 00:00:37.899 something got to freezing, or I don't know, they 00:00:37.899 --> 00:00:40.299 didn't say absolutely zero, but the colder something 00:00:40.299 --> 00:00:46.880 got, the less its internal atomic magnetism would... 00:00:47.369 --> 00:00:49.869 wear or diminish on it and then it could become 00:00:49.869 --> 00:00:52.270 like anti -gravitational and the idea of something 00:00:52.270 --> 00:00:54.950 becoming anti -gravitational by being very cold 00:00:54.950 --> 00:00:59.210 and that being uh like an abandoned defunct scientific 00:00:59.210 --> 00:01:03.429 idea is really cool really fun um They don't 00:01:03.429 --> 00:01:06.489 need to explain why kaiju fly, but having this 00:01:06.489 --> 00:01:10.170 guy be a weird penguin kaiju and he's chilling 00:01:10.170 --> 00:01:13.090 his feet or whatever so that he can fly is just 00:01:13.090 --> 00:01:15.609 weird and quirky enough and fun enough that it 00:01:15.609 --> 00:01:18.290 made it an enjoyable little thing for them to 00:01:18.290 --> 00:01:22.569 do. I like Ayumu interviewing Sorato and trying 00:01:22.569 --> 00:01:27.650 to figure out more about him and more about his 00:01:27.650 --> 00:01:29.730 experience with kaiju or his understanding of 00:01:29.730 --> 00:01:32.780 kaiju, especially because... um well she learns 00:01:32.780 --> 00:01:36.780 that he has amnesia um but before she learns 00:01:36.780 --> 00:01:39.000 that um she's saying you know like how do you 00:01:39.000 --> 00:01:41.079 know about kaiju and she's asking like real questions 00:01:41.079 --> 00:01:44.060 questions that i was asking in episode two when 00:01:44.060 --> 00:01:47.780 she was introduced to him and she heard the the 00:01:47.780 --> 00:01:51.159 lie basically uh that he's a you know kaiju researcher 00:01:51.159 --> 00:01:53.060 and she's like you know how are you being a kaiju 00:01:53.060 --> 00:01:55.299 researcher when you know We don't know anything 00:01:55.299 --> 00:01:57.599 about them. They're new. And they have to fumble 00:01:57.599 --> 00:02:00.579 to come up with a solution to her question or, 00:02:00.599 --> 00:02:02.340 you know, to get her off their backs, basically. 00:02:02.840 --> 00:02:07.859 And I thought that was interesting. You know, 00:02:07.879 --> 00:02:13.500 Serato still doesn't quite get how to lie, which 00:02:13.500 --> 00:02:16.400 is good. He's, you know, earnest, honest. He 00:02:16.400 --> 00:02:18.180 doesn't quite know how to handle the situation. 00:02:18.280 --> 00:02:21.960 And Kosei is trying his best to make it so that 00:02:21.960 --> 00:02:26.699 he... is keeping Serato safe and, you know, keeping 00:02:26.699 --> 00:02:28.819 them out of trouble, basically. And it's funny 00:02:28.819 --> 00:02:32.580 because it results in some comedic moments where, 00:02:32.620 --> 00:02:35.219 you know, when she finds out that Serato has 00:02:35.219 --> 00:02:37.740 amnesia, she says, like, didn't you report him 00:02:37.740 --> 00:02:39.300 to the police? Like, are you being responsible? 00:02:39.400 --> 00:02:40.520 Are you actually going to be able to take care 00:02:40.520 --> 00:02:41.840 of this guy like he needs to be taken care of? 00:02:42.060 --> 00:02:46.080 And that was kind of a sweet moment. And also 00:02:46.080 --> 00:02:48.520 a realistic one. You know, if your cousin all 00:02:48.520 --> 00:02:50.659 of a sudden had amnesia and you didn't do a police 00:02:50.659 --> 00:02:51.919 report or take him to the hospital to have him 00:02:51.919 --> 00:02:53.300 checked out or whatever, that would be bad on 00:02:53.300 --> 00:02:57.580 you. So don't do that, guys. What else was good? 00:03:00.139 --> 00:03:02.620 I liked getting the insight into Kosei's backstory 00:03:02.620 --> 00:03:07.780 that he was a track star and he thought he could 00:03:07.780 --> 00:03:09.479 make it to the Olympics. And when he realized 00:03:09.479 --> 00:03:12.919 he couldn't, then he decided to pivot far away 00:03:12.919 --> 00:03:15.539 from it. uh being a track star and being an athlete 00:03:15.539 --> 00:03:18.120 and go into this job with the warehouse which 00:03:18.120 --> 00:03:20.120 i'm still a little like he's a delivery guy i 00:03:20.120 --> 00:03:22.560 think is what it is that he's doing and he's 00:03:22.560 --> 00:03:25.120 doing that until he finds out what he's about 00:03:25.120 --> 00:03:27.240 or what he's interested in i he seems pretty 00:03:27.240 --> 00:03:31.080 young to me maybe 1920 um that's what he feels 00:03:31.080 --> 00:03:34.439 like to me uh i'm wondering and i'm hoping that 00:03:34.439 --> 00:03:38.759 we will get to see him kind of figure out who 00:03:38.759 --> 00:03:42.120 he wants to be i wonder though if this bond with 00:03:42.120 --> 00:03:49.610 uh That's the name of the blue kaiju. If that's 00:03:49.610 --> 00:03:53.610 going to become like a struggle for him to overcome. 00:03:53.770 --> 00:03:56.250 I'm thinking of Yusuke from Persona 4 now that 00:03:56.250 --> 00:03:59.150 like him having this power now is going to make 00:03:59.150 --> 00:04:02.530 him feel like that's his purpose. And if he loses 00:04:02.530 --> 00:04:04.569 that or if that power is threatened somehow, 00:04:04.710 --> 00:04:06.430 like what will that do to him as a character? 00:04:06.490 --> 00:04:10.060 And what will that? Yeah, what will that do to 00:04:10.060 --> 00:04:11.800 him as a character? And what kind of conflict 00:04:11.800 --> 00:04:13.580 could that make between him and Sorato? I saw 00:04:13.580 --> 00:04:15.740 in the preview for next episode, spoiler warning 00:04:15.740 --> 00:04:18.060 if you don't want to want to know, that there's 00:04:18.060 --> 00:04:20.439 a mention about their friendship being like on 00:04:20.439 --> 00:04:22.540 the outs or, you know, there's something that 00:04:22.540 --> 00:04:25.899 happens between them. And I think, first of all, 00:04:25.939 --> 00:04:28.160 it's a little too fast. But second of all, I 00:04:28.160 --> 00:04:29.759 don't know how that's going to manifest within 00:04:29.759 --> 00:04:31.139 the episode. So in the context of the episode, 00:04:31.199 --> 00:04:35.339 it might be fine. But for me, it doesn't seem 00:04:35.339 --> 00:04:40.189 like the right time. uh anyway that's kind of 00:04:40.189 --> 00:04:42.529 fueling my idea that maybe there's some issue 00:04:42.529 --> 00:04:49.129 with that um that having recognized could like 00:04:49.129 --> 00:04:52.389 alter his perception of himself and his purpose 00:04:52.389 --> 00:04:54.269 of what he's doing and i think that could be 00:04:54.269 --> 00:04:56.990 really interesting to see play out i need to 00:04:56.990 --> 00:04:59.149 think some more about the episode and i'll i'll 00:04:59.149 --> 00:05:01.290 uh continue to say what i have to say because 00:05:01.290 --> 00:05:05.199 it was interesting It was an interesting episode 00:05:05.199 --> 00:05:06.720 for me because there were things about it that 00:05:06.720 --> 00:05:08.360 I didn't like, but there were still things that 00:05:08.360 --> 00:05:09.959 I did like, and I've covered most of them already. 00:05:10.040 --> 00:05:12.660 So we might be switching on the negative in just 00:05:12.660 --> 00:05:17.000 a moment. Before, well, I guess I'm moving on 00:05:17.000 --> 00:05:19.620 to the positive now. I think, I don't know anymore. 00:05:20.379 --> 00:05:23.540 No, I'm moving on to the negative. So before 00:05:23.540 --> 00:05:25.860 I do that, I wanted to mention that I really 00:05:25.860 --> 00:05:33.069 did like that. And Sorato has included Ayumu 00:05:33.069 --> 00:05:35.329 into the friend group. He says, hey, we're friends. 00:05:35.550 --> 00:05:38.189 Because she says thanks to him in a very formal 00:05:38.189 --> 00:05:41.449 way because he saved her when the wind blew her 00:05:41.449 --> 00:05:43.990 away. The ice cold freezing wind, I guess, blew 00:05:43.990 --> 00:05:47.990 her away. And it blew away Kosei as well. In 00:05:47.990 --> 00:05:51.790 order to kind of keep his identity as Omega hidden 00:05:51.790 --> 00:05:54.129 from her, Sorato saved her and had her run off. 00:05:54.129 --> 00:05:56.930 And he said, oh, I got to go save Kosei. She 00:05:56.930 --> 00:05:58.689 said, how? I don't know, but I'll do it somehow. 00:05:59.149 --> 00:06:01.449 And then he goes to try to help. Well, he actually, 00:06:01.569 --> 00:06:04.050 he does protect him. He goes over to him and 00:06:04.050 --> 00:06:05.889 stands in front of him because the kaiju definitely 00:06:05.889 --> 00:06:11.279 looks like it wants the Rickonis. stone, the 00:06:11.279 --> 00:06:13.959 Reckoness egg, whatever it is. Um, he wants the 00:06:13.959 --> 00:06:18.060 mini Kaiju for some reason. And, uh, which we 00:06:18.060 --> 00:06:21.459 don't get an explanation for actually. Um, I 00:06:21.459 --> 00:06:25.259 think it's possible that Reckoness, Reckoness's 00:06:25.259 --> 00:06:27.860 presence, um, kind of summoned or called the 00:06:27.860 --> 00:06:32.819 Kaiju to it. Uh, Peganos, Peganos, Pegalos, whatever. 00:06:33.120 --> 00:06:36.660 Um, Pengunos. I don't remember his name. Mr. 00:06:36.759 --> 00:06:39.680 Penguin. Um, but anyway, it seems like he was 00:06:40.240 --> 00:06:44.459 attracted to Reckiness's presence and he wanted 00:06:44.459 --> 00:06:47.980 him and I don't know exactly what to make of 00:06:47.980 --> 00:06:51.860 that that might tie into the overall lore in 00:06:51.860 --> 00:06:56.399 my theory that the kaiju that are there that 00:06:56.399 --> 00:07:00.120 are awakening are actually from Omega that he 00:07:00.120 --> 00:07:03.959 had them somehow within himself maybe he can 00:07:03.959 --> 00:07:10.220 store them in his ultra body and Yeah, anyway, 00:07:10.339 --> 00:07:12.819 that's just my theory that I don't need to go 00:07:12.819 --> 00:07:16.620 into much more. But what else? I was going to 00:07:16.620 --> 00:07:20.819 say something about the... Oh, I like this theme 00:07:20.819 --> 00:07:23.639 that came up of what you should do and what you 00:07:23.639 --> 00:07:28.120 want to do. And Omega, I guess because he has 00:07:28.120 --> 00:07:30.819 amnesia, he doesn't really know what he wants 00:07:30.819 --> 00:07:34.199 to do, except for eat. And he doesn't have too 00:07:34.199 --> 00:07:37.089 much of a sense of... Well, he's kind of like 00:07:37.089 --> 00:07:39.910 a natural sense of what he should do and he aims 00:07:39.910 --> 00:07:43.209 to do the right thing. And he feels more confident 00:07:43.209 --> 00:07:46.670 in that because in his conversation with or in 00:07:46.670 --> 00:07:51.290 hearing the conversation between Ayumu and Kosei, 00:07:51.350 --> 00:07:53.990 he's hearing these thoughts brought up about 00:07:53.990 --> 00:07:58.069 what to do with himself, sort of, and like what 00:07:58.069 --> 00:08:01.430 one should do. with themselves and kind of the 00:08:01.430 --> 00:08:03.970 philosophy, philosophical underpinnings behind 00:08:03.970 --> 00:08:07.649 all that. And it's interesting to hear him like 00:08:07.649 --> 00:08:11.310 developing a moral and philosophical sense for 00:08:11.310 --> 00:08:15.509 what he should do, as opposed to just doing things 00:08:15.509 --> 00:08:19.870 in a reactionary way. And that reminds me of 00:08:19.870 --> 00:08:21.389 the, at the beginning of the episode, Kosei told 00:08:21.389 --> 00:08:23.850 him, you know, those who don't do not work, do 00:08:23.850 --> 00:08:28.139 not eat. And it's because Kosei was kind of complaining 00:08:28.139 --> 00:08:29.720 about like, hey, why are we doing this? Why am 00:08:29.720 --> 00:08:31.120 I helping you with this? And he's like, I keep 00:08:31.120 --> 00:08:33.039 feeding you. So, you know, you got to keep working 00:08:33.039 --> 00:08:36.080 for it. And that was kind of fun. So it's interesting 00:08:36.080 --> 00:08:38.659 to have Sorato have amnesia and then have to 00:08:38.659 --> 00:08:40.820 kind of be taught certain things. He knows certain 00:08:40.820 --> 00:08:43.379 things culturally, like he corrects Ayumu and 00:08:43.379 --> 00:08:45.700 saying, you know, you should say thanks instead 00:08:45.700 --> 00:08:48.659 of, you know, thank you or whatever, because 00:08:48.659 --> 00:08:50.779 we're friends and we're friendly and therefore 00:08:50.779 --> 00:08:54.149 the social norms are different between us. So, 00:08:54.169 --> 00:08:56.870 like, on one hand, you have that where he has 00:08:56.870 --> 00:08:58.789 insights into culture. But then again, he's been 00:08:58.789 --> 00:09:00.250 watching a lot of TV and stuff, so that might 00:09:00.250 --> 00:09:07.990 help. Versus, you know, he needs to understand 00:09:07.990 --> 00:09:10.549 this whole tension between what you want to do 00:09:10.549 --> 00:09:13.409 and what you should do. And that's something 00:09:13.409 --> 00:09:15.789 I'd like to see come into conflict at some point 00:09:15.789 --> 00:09:18.230 during the show. That could be happening as soon 00:09:18.230 --> 00:09:19.690 as the next episode or it could be happening 00:09:19.690 --> 00:09:22.009 a lot later on. But it's still a neat idea to 00:09:22.009 --> 00:09:26.320 explore. uh definitely having sorato have amnesia 00:09:26.320 --> 00:09:29.840 and have to grapple with that idea is i think 00:09:29.840 --> 00:09:31.899 good for young kids who are watching the show 00:09:31.899 --> 00:09:35.340 because it helps them to conceptualize that idea 00:09:35.340 --> 00:09:36.879 for themselves, that they have things that they 00:09:36.879 --> 00:09:38.600 want to do and things that they should do and 00:09:38.600 --> 00:09:40.200 know that there's a tension between those at 00:09:40.200 --> 00:09:42.659 times and figure out how to navigate that because 00:09:42.659 --> 00:09:45.820 that's what being an adult is about. And, uh, 00:09:45.960 --> 00:09:48.000 I think we should be raising adults, not raising 00:09:48.000 --> 00:09:51.899 children, uh, to paraphrase somebody else. And, 00:09:51.980 --> 00:09:54.960 uh, that's a very, that idea sits really well 00:09:54.960 --> 00:09:57.200 with me. So anyway, I like what they're doing 00:09:57.200 --> 00:09:59.940 here. Um, I definitely, I complained kind of 00:09:59.940 --> 00:10:02.779 a lot about this with, um, Reckiness, the little 00:10:02.779 --> 00:10:07.049 Reckiness avatar, Reckiness. boy cgi thing um 00:10:07.049 --> 00:10:09.289 the fact that it acts like a dog is really irritating 00:10:09.289 --> 00:10:12.389 to me i hate when they do that in media and it 00:10:12.389 --> 00:10:14.929 seems to be a very popular thing to do to just 00:10:14.929 --> 00:10:18.250 have things act like dogs um which in my opinion 00:10:18.250 --> 00:10:21.250 is no good it belittles like everything basically 00:10:21.250 --> 00:10:24.370 dogs developed in a very particular way to be 00:10:24.370 --> 00:10:26.350 the way they are and just having everything act 00:10:26.350 --> 00:10:30.799 like a dog is silly and reductive and it is lazy 00:10:30.799 --> 00:10:33.279 and it stops you from developing your own unique 00:10:33.279 --> 00:10:39.039 culture and um It's like a way for things to 00:10:39.039 --> 00:10:42.500 be. The easy way is to make it act like a dog 00:10:42.500 --> 00:10:43.899 and we don't have to think about it anymore. 00:10:44.120 --> 00:10:46.240 And that's not good. I don't like that. So anyway, 00:10:46.340 --> 00:10:47.700 overall, it was a good episode. What are your 00:10:47.700 --> 00:10:50.120 thoughts on it? What did you think of it? And 00:10:50.120 --> 00:10:52.100 what do you think about my commentary on it? 00:10:52.120 --> 00:10:54.559 Because I think I have excellent commentary on 00:10:54.559 --> 00:10:57.440 the episode personally. But I would love to hear 00:10:57.440 --> 00:10:59.440 your input on what you think of Omega so far 00:10:59.440 --> 00:11:01.899 and what you think of this third episode of Ultraman 00:11:01.899 --> 00:11:03.980 Omega. Until next time, folks, this is MJ signing 00:11:03.980 --> 00:11:08.980 out. Magical bugs battle monsters in this exciting 00:11:08.980 --> 00:11:11.740 fantasy adventure. 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