A violent electrical storm allows a sinister delegation from space to arrive undetected.
The next morning, five students go for a carefree outing to an isolated region of the queso plateau.
Little do they realize they're being watched by an alien.
Come on, let's take a picture.
Oh, no, I don't want to. I might hear some.
Come on.
Oh, come on. It's fun.
Maria, you stand here.
Say cheese now.
Laughter
Ready?
Come on, let's go.
Okay, here we go.
An innocent excursion ends in tragedy.
A tragedy that will be repeated again and again.
Within weeks, the authorities consider the situation serious enough to alert Ultra Squad.
Gentlemen, I don't want to push the panic button, but 55 victims in under a month.
Well, I think it wears looking in too, don't you? It's getting out of hand.
Soga, I want you and Dan to go up to that area and find out just what's going on there.
Yes, sir.
Amagi, the mic.
Let's see. Ah, there it is. The queso flatolo.
Looks flat, sir.
Dan.
Yes, sir.
Soga.
Yes, sir.
You have to be extra careful up there, all right?
We don't know who's behind this, but there could be alien involvement.
We don't even know how those people died. There was no sign of injury whatsoever.
So, stay alert.
Gee, Soga, what's the matter with you today?
Oh, nothing. Nothing serious, anyway.
It's just... oh, I'm superstitious, that's all.
Yeah, and?
Don't you know the date today?
Just our luck, today's Friday the 13th.
Oh, so that's it.
It's a bad sign, dude.
As soon as they arrive, Dan and Soga comb the area with their biometers,
especially designed for Ultra Squad, to detect the presence of aliens.
detect the presence of aliens. The biometers lead them to a small knoll
covered with flowers. Dan goes on ahead forgetting that it's Soga's turn to go first.
First.
to
oh Dan Dan talk to me wake up come on
Dan?!
Dan!
I'm sorry.
It should have been.
It was my turn to go first.
It wasn't your fault.
Dan must have forgotten that song.
Stop it.
This modland display of emotion won't bring him back.
He's dead.
You have to get that through your head.
He's dead as a doornail.
You got that?
Just pull yourselves together.
Take charge.
And about the only thing we can do about it,
is take it like men.
And once we've borne our grief with dignity,
we'll find whoever is responsible for this
and give them a taste of their own medicine.
Furuhashi, get the ultramobile now.
Yeah!
Come on, come on, come on!
Yeah!
You're an idiot!
Well, let's take Long Boss Ritter, hurry.
Commander has some questions.
Just hold your horses.
Go ahead, sir.
Hello, man.
I wanna know if any of you have seen this spur before.
It was found closer where one of the commander's men
was killed.
Nope, sorry.
Hey, wait a minute.
That's Yoshimura's spur.
Who's Yoshimura?
He used to work with us.
He only lasted a couple of months.
He disappeared last week.
He was the laziest head I ever hired.
Seemed to have an allergy to work that one.
Nobody misses him, that's for sure.
He wasn't a cowpoke, he was a slopepoke.
Kiriyama here.
Sorry, sir.
The police relayed an urgent message.
You're to meet them at the top of Osaka Road,
at the huge cavern there.
Right.
Let's go right and you us
See ya! - See ya, Mr. Migos!
Hello, Commander.
Hello, what's up?
Come on, let me show you.
Follow me.
Listen, sure as my mother in law.
Shoot, I don't like the sound of that, sir.
We know that cave was empty last week.
We thought we'd better call you.
Right, we'll stay with them.
- All together now. - Go.
Joe, what happened?
Joe, wake up!
Come on, get down!
I had no clue how to do it!
He's gone.
BANGING
The cowboys identified the body.
It was their lazy ex-sidekick, Yoshimura.
Kiriyama rushed the alien's weapon back to the lab
for analysis.
Out you guys.
This conference is for ultra squad members only.
Right.
What kind of Patty J?
Sir, this isn't a weapon at all. It's a camera, sir.
A camera?
That's right. It doesn't take pictures, though it takes lives.
What?
I'll give you a demonstration. You'll see what I mean.
It shoots a special beam of light that instantly absorbs the life force of the human being.
It absorbs the life force of whatever the target is, without leaving so much as a scratch.
The life is then preserved on the special film inside.
Is it dead or not, then?
It's in a state of suspended animation.
However, it can be revived with the film in the camera, sir.
Like to see the film?
Certainly.
We'll roll with you. Go on.
- Leave it. - It's Dan!
Dan, Dan, Dan answer me. Come on.
You think you can save him?
Yes. I know the camera. It's designed to store a person's life temporarily.
He can be revived later. Trouble is, I don't know how to do that yet.
Think you can learn how to do it?
Yes. It's just... well, it might take some time to do it. The process is very complicated.
But I think I can do it sooner or later.
Amagi, do everything you can. Get in early. Work nights and weekends.
Don't shoot. I can explain.
We are not invaders. We wish you no harm whatsoever.
But we have come on a desperate mission.
Our planet is dying.
We need lives, young lives, to save our species
from extinction.
We only need a few, a million at the most.
Are you serious?
Yes, that's serious.
If we don't have those lives to eject into our bloodstream,
we will perish.
Tough.
That doesn't give you the right to kill us.
Oh, what do you care?
There's billions of humans.
What's a life in a million to your race?
You wouldn't even notice they were gone.
Oh, no.
You listen up good.
Here on Earth, we don't go around giving our lives away.
All right, all right.
Just give us the lives back in the camera then.
That's the least you could do.
No way, Jose.
That's your last word.
You heard me.
You asked for it.
SCREAMING
RATTLING
Oh.
Oh, Hockey.
What is it?
It's gone.
I must push the wrong button.
What?
I wonder, what if you pushed the right button?
Kiriyama here, Soga.
Hello, sir.
Sir, you think you could bring the alien's film
out to the cave right away?
He's holding me hostage, sir.
Soga, Soga!
There's a chance on that film.
Jeez.
Sir, here it is.
I'll be careful.
I know how precious this is.
Soga!
Soga, where are you?
If you walk him back alive, hand over that film.
If you want him back alive, hand over that film.
Don't try anything. I don't want trouble.
Just hand it over.
If I do, you guarantee you'll release Soga for mistrans?
Sure.
Commander.
Soga will die if I don't. I have no choice.
Give me that.
Bull! Fire!
Quick, run for it.
Bull!
Out of the car! Out of the car!
It's okay, I'm all right.
Good, because it looks like we've got company.
Oh, great.
We'll finish it off without a strike.
Right.
You sure you know what you're doing, Tomita?
Well, sure as well, everybody, I guess.
Okay, so far, let's get him into the developer.
We want him in color, don't forget.
We'll run the L's off later.
Right.
Gunfire
Let's print 'em, right?
He's hit!
He's hit.
Take us down.
Right.
Uh-oh.
Benz! - Oh, here!
Wait for me!
Don't leave me here all alone!
I wanna go to war!
You killed Dan!
Bullseye!
Okay, switch to 3D.
Now!
Yeah!
SCREAMING
護具童動,全退
If it weren't for Ultra Seven,
things would have been different.
It makes you think.
It's dead.
Dan's alive.
We're over here, Dan.
Holy smoke! I don't believe it!
Why am I glad to see you?
We thought you were dead as a doordale did!
Yeah, it was your turn to go first.
Trade.
Good to see you.
Thanks.
Hello, Gudiyama.
Good shape here, sir.
I just developed the last role of the alien's victims.
Good. That's wonderful.
Good work.
Good work indeed.
For a while there I thought I'd fought my last battle.
But now I'm still alive and kicking thanks to you.
It's funny, you know.
It feels like I've been given a brand new start, Commander.
That's good, Dan.
You go on feeling that way and you'll be fine.
Long as you don't end up in another alien's whole movies, huh?
And so Dan survives to fight again.
Both as Dan Moroboshi and the formidable Ultra Seven
But for a long time to come, he will remember when its sogas turned to go first.