Decker vs. Neomegas: Round 2
First Aired: September 30th, 2022
Directed by: Tomonobu Koshi
Written by: Junichiro Ashiki
The Sphere assimilate Neomegas' remains and create the even stronger and more fearsome Sphere-Neomegas, along with a massive legion of Sphere soldiers the newly-assimilated kaiju gives Decker and GUTS Select their toughest fight. Is Terraphaser the key to stop this seemingly invincible foe?
Tropes
- Continuity Nod: Neomegas' leftover spike is seen in the same site that Neomegas was destroyed in and it is assimilated by the Spheres.
- Call-Back: When Sphere-Neomegas gains Spheresaurus' forelimbs it digs them into the ground and seemingly starts draining the Earth's power like its predecessor, only for the analysis to reveal that it is instead injecting some kind of energy into the planet itself.
- Chekhov's Gun: Hanejiro's archived data files of Kanata's identity reveal return when Yuichiro looks at Hanejiro's improved AI and discovers Decker's identity when he stumbles upon his top secret files.
- Godzilla Threshold: With Decker defeated, TPU pulls all stops to defeat Neomegas, bringing in all their available weaponry from GUTS Select and a large platoon of soldiers to assist Terraphaser.
- From Bad to Worse: Neomegas already plenty deadly, with the Sphere assimilating it, it becomes even more powerful and on top of that is assisted by various Sphere soldiers to heal any injury made; a teamwork that overwhelms even Decker and forces GUTS Select to fully mobilize Terraphaser.
- Sequel Episode: The episode picks up the plotline of episode 10, with Neomegas' remains being assimilated by the Sphere soldiers into their latest Synthetic Kaiju.
- Shout-Out: Both the Japanese and English titles of the episode reference Godzilla Raids Againnote
- Wham Episode: Terraphaser is completed and Yuichiro discovers Kanata's identity as Decker after looking through Hanejiro's files.
- Wham Shot: The end of the episode has Yuichiro look through Hanejiro's memory bank data files and discover Kanata's identity as Decker that way.
