Those lights man.
Thanks to Taro, Hikaru and Misuzu can't tell their friends that Hikaru is Ultraman Ginga and other stuff related to it, such as the monsters that attacked their town days ago. Later, thanks to some mad biker, Misuzu realized how weak she is and that she is useless when it comes to helping Hikaru.
The episode focused on developing the relationship between Hikaru and Misuzu and they did a good job about it. Aside from the hints that these two want to be more than just friends, we also saw that Misuzu also has her own fears. Her fear is that she will just be a burden to Hikaru who keeps on saving her every time she is in trouble. She realized that she will just be a burden thanks to the evil biker in this episode, who will eventually end up becoming the host of the MOTW thanks to the Dark Spark.
The plot about Misuzu's fears is what makes this episode kinda mediocre. They handled it so bad that I don't care about it. Heck, I rather watch the evil biker chase her all day long than see her monologue about her fears! More on the chase scene, I can't help but notice the dark tinting of this scene, it looks like they shot this scene during day time and then added the tinting during the editing process. I know, this is because of the budget issues but I just can't help notice how badly tinted this scene is. Oh well, at least the classroom chase scene is convincingly shot at night.
The resolution of Misuzu's problem is really underwhelming since I already predicted it that it will happen that way. Oh well, at least that scene added the fuel for fans who ship her with Hikaru. Anyway, the monster battle in this episode is really creative. Aside from how Hikaru used Thunder Darambia in battle, the quirky movements of the MOTW made the fight really interesting. It is also during this time that I can't help but notice that Hikaru becoming an Ultraman felt like he is more of a traditional henshin hero and not an Ultraman.
Before any violent reactions, here's the feeling I have while watching Ultraman. Ultraman and his human host felt like they are two separate entities. In Ginga's case, it feels more like Ginga is Hikaru's transformed form and not a separate entity like most Ultramen are. Granted that kind of concept is similar to Mebius but at least the show still tried to convince us that Mirai and Mebius are two different entities. I guess the fact that Mebius only does grunt noises added us the masking of the two personas. Just like last time, Ginga's entrance is really awesome. What's more is that the lights in the suit look really fantastic at night.
The fight scene is seriously awesome and that the scene wherein Hikaru asks the MOTW while he likes to torment people is quite a weird scene for an Ultraman show. I know I see this scene in other tokusatsu shows but I find it weird watching a psychopath talk to an Ultraman on why he likes to torment people. Oh well, at least this scene lead us to Ginga's new finishing move! The new finishing move, which features Ginga flying outside of the planet after pushing the MOTW outside the Earth's atmosphere, is really great. The space scene looks really well done, add the fact that the new finisher is basically Ginga summoning fireballs and hurl it towards the opponent is really one cool way to wrap up the fight.
At the end, the day is saved and that Hikaru continues to share his fine moments as Ginga with Misuzu. While they are doing it, a strange figure in the form of Ichijouji, the silent transfer student is watching over them. Since he is the mysterious transfer student archetype and that he is really interested at Hikaru, I guess it is safe to assume that he will do something important in the series later on.
