History YMMV / UltramanTheNext

* HilariousInHindsight: This isn't [[Film/ShinKamenRiderPrologue the first time]] that an [[Franchise/KamenRider long-running Tokusatsu franchise]] has attempted a DarkerAndEdgier rebranding where the titular hero's design gets retooled to look more like a traditional entry in the franchise.

* CompleteMonster: In this {{prequel}} to ''Series/UltramanNexus'', [[BlindIdiotTranslation Beast the One]], also called simply The One, is a [[TheAssimilator parasite]] from space. Fleeing from its enemy, Ultraman The Next, it escapes into Earth's oceans and attacks a submarine, killing everyone on board and taking Udo Takafumi as a host. Udo is [[CruelAndUnusualDeath slowly and painfully eaten alive]], physically and [[MindRape mentally]], with The One absorbing his memories to pose as Udo. After absorbing enough organic matter to escape, The One murders his way out of prison and flees into the wilderness. When led into a trap by Udo's fiancee Sara, it poses as Udo to try and prey on her feelings before attempting to kill her when the deception falls through. After escaping again, it flees into the sewers, eating and killing every human it comes across. This is when we find out that, rather than following BlueAndOrangeMorality, it talks, thinks along very human lines, and [[{{Sadist}} deeply enjoys killing people]]. It does not prey on humans for sustenance, as simpler creatures like lizards, rats and crows enhance its powers; it preys upon them for pleasure. At one point, after taking on its true gigantic form, it laughs while destroying the city, gloating and bellowing for the humans to run in terror. What made The One stand out over most of the other {{kaiju}} before or since was its utter sadism. It's a PsychoForHire that deeply enjoyed killing and eating humans, in some ways worse than its creator. It is not a wild animal, or a tragic beast--just a monster.

* CompleteMonster: In this {{prequel}} to ''Series/UltramanNexus'', [[EldritchAbomination Beast the One]], also called simply The One, is a [[TheAssimilator parasite]] from space. Fleeing from its enemy, Ultraman The Next, it escapes into Earth's oceans and attacks a submarine, killing everyone on board and taking Udo Takafumi as a host. Udo is [[CruelAndUnusualDeath slowly and painfully eaten alive]], physically and [[MindRape mentally]], with The One absorbing his memories to pose as Udo. After absorbing enough organic matter to escape, The One murders his way out of prison and flees into the wilderness. When led into a trap by Udo's fiancee Sara, it poses as Udo to try and prey on her feelings before attempting to kill her when the deception falls through. After escaping again, it flees into the sewers, eating and killing every human it comes across. This is when we find out that, rather than following BlueAndOrangeMorality, it talks, thinks along very human lines, and [[{{Sadist}} deeply enjoys killing people]]. It does not prey on humans for sustenance, as simpler creatures like lizards, rats and crows enhance its powers; it preys upon them for pleasure. At one point, after taking on its true gigantic form, it laughs while destroying the city, gloating and bellowing for the humans to run in terror. What made The One stand out over most of the other {{kaiju}} before or since was its utter sadism. It's a PsychoForHire that deeply enjoyed killing and eating humans, in some ways worse than its creator. It is not a wild animal, or a tragic beast--just a monster.

* HilariousInHindsight: This isn't [[Film/ShinKamenRiderPrologue the first time]] that an [[Franchise/KamenRider long-running Tokusatsu franchise]] has attempted a DarkerAndEdgier rebranding where the titular hero's design gets retooled to look more like a traditional entry in the franchise.

* HilariousInHindsight: This isn't [[Film/ShinKamenRiderThePrologue the first time]] that an [[Franchise/KamenRider long-running Tokusatsu franchise]] has attempted a DarkerAndEdgier rebranding where the titular hero's design gets retooled to look more like a traditional entry in the franchise.

* CompleteMonster: In this {{prequel}} to ''Series/UltramanNexus'', [[EldritchAbomination Beast the One]], also called simply The One, is a [[TheAssimilator parasite]] from space. Fleeing from its enemy, Ultraman The Next, it escapes into Earth's oceans and attacks a submarine, killing everyone on board and taking Udo Takafumi as a host. Udo is [[CruelAndUnusualDeath slowly and painfully eaten alive]], physically and [[MindRape mentally]], with The One absorbing his memories to pose as Udo. After absorbing enough organic matter to escape, The One murders his way out of prison and flees into the wilderness. When led into a trap by Udo's fiancee Sara, it poses as Udo to try and prey on her feelings before attempting to kill her when the deception falls through. After escaping again, it flees into the sewers, eating and killing every human it comes across. This is when we find out that, rather than following BlueAndOrangeMorality, it talks, thinks along very human lines, and [[{{Sadist}} deeply enjoys killing people]]. It does not prey on humans for sustenance, as simpler creatures like lizards, rats and crows enhance its powers; it preys upon them for pleasure. At one point, after taking on its true gigantic form, it laughs while destroying the city, gloating and bellowing for the humans to run in terror. What made The One stand out over most of the other {{kaiju}} before or since was its utter sadism. It's a PsychoForHire that deeply enjoyed killing and eating humans, in some ways worse than its creator. It is not a wild animal, or a tragic beast--just a monster.