Gridman Universe (グリッドマン ユニバース)

Sorry I'm late, Yuta.

My class was arguing about what to do.

Your class is doing an escape room?

Yeah.

What are you drawing?

It's Gridman.

But you don't remember him, do you?

No, but I imagine he looks something like this.

Yeah, kind of.

You wanted to talk?

I'm thinking of confessing to Rikka.

Now?

You've missed your window.

I know.

I can't remember it, but I hear me and Rikka got close.

Yeah, thanks to Gridman.

It's because you keep drawing in the same place.

I guess it's too late.

No it isn't.

What's that? A horoscope?

You should wait till the end of the school festival.

Best to ask after a big event.

A big event?

My class has decided to put on a play.

Me and Rikka have to write the script.

A script? You and Rikka?

Which means, of course, the theme is already decided.

Can we really do this?

Do you have tickets for this?

Yes. There'll be lots of seats left on the day,

but you can get tickets too.

Okay, two tickets, please.

Right! Today, I'm gonna invite Rikka to this play.

I'm gonna ask her, in a natural way.

Extremely naturally. Naturally, naturally...

Rikka has a boyfriend!

Not so loud!

Someone saw her entering a guy's apartment.

An adult?

A university student?

Wow!

For real?

Nice one!

Yeah, the tournament...

That was close.

It's been a while.

Rikka has a boyfriend!

A boyfriend...

A boyfriend.

What happened?

Yuta, are you alright?

Is he alright?

That was a shock.

You're bleeding!

Yeah, I am.

Sir! Hibiki's bleeding!

Oh, but I'm fine.

Thank you.

What!

What!

You guys go on ahead.

Okay!

Are you alright? There was a lot of blood.

Yeah, no problem.

It didn't hurt.

Really?

Yeah, I'm fine.

There was no need to make such a trouble.

That's alright then.

By the way,

I heard you're writing a script for a stage play.

Yeah, with Utsumi. It's about Gridman.

I'm not in your class, but I'll give you a hand.

You will? Alright.

Read the script and tell me what you think.

I'd love to!

Thanks a lot.

And...

I thought maybe seeing this might help.

Wanna go see it with me?

Sorry, I'm busy that day.

Take Utsumi instead.

Oh, okay.

Rikka!

We've gotta go take pictures.

Alright!

See ya.

Bye.

Finally! Let's go and see!

Just read the script.

A boy who's lost his memory. A superhero inside a computer.

A kaiju suddenly...

You're reading aloud?

Shouldn't I?

Doesn't matter.

A kaiju suddenly appears. The city gets destroyed.

The boy gets sucked into the computer.

He merges with Gridman... Oh, this is about me?

Yeah.

He merges with Gridman, and defeats the kaiju.

It was all caused by a certain girl.

She created this world,

destroyed it, then repaired it.

However, she was just being used...

by a fearsome entity from another world.

To defeat Gridman, the girl produced kaiju after kaiju.

Even some sentient ones.

When she realized her warped mind was being exploited,

she lost hope, and became a kaiju herself.

But she was saved by Gridman, and the sentient kaiju she'd created.

And then...

Yuta.

What's up?

Nothing.

So? What do you think?

Erm...

It's a crazy story.

Well, objectively, you're right.

But we just wrote down what actually happened.

But I love the way you portrayed that girl, Akane Shinjo.

You do? That's the bit I really want to get across!

But that's the part that everyone's objecting to.

Really?

They say it lacks realism.

The most popular girl in class, but she loves kaiju.

The creator of this world.

It does sound a bit over-the-top.

But it's the truth. Akane really existed.

Yeah, I know, but...

Gridman sealed up his nemesis Alexis Kerib,

and Akane Shinjo left this world.

Me and Rikka are the only ones who remember.

Everyone else lost their memory. Just like you.

Oh.

That's why we wanna tell everyone this story.

Who cares if it ain't realistic?

But we should put the focus on the battle scenes.

Enough with the "buts"!

You just wanna fight!

But it's an important element.

- The human drama part is... - I know.

But all those action scenes...

You know, as entertainment...

By the way, this drama needs to be done by the whole class.

- But... - We need more characters.

You two never change!

In any case, with the script as it is. They'll object again.

We have to do something.

Yeah. Wanna rewrite it again?

Oh, you have changed.

Yeah, we're in 11th grade now.

You should see what a real performance is like.

"Real"?

That form. It's from the legend...

of when the two great powers of the universe meet.

Your true form will emerge from that radiance.

Take that!

Then you'll...

That's what I call real drama!

Well?

It's taught me a lot.

It's about time we left.

Why don't you take Rikka to see the play, instead of me?

Does it matter?

I feel your pain.

You invited a friend home?

Yes.

I wanted to see Shigeru.

He's never been a people person.

He doesn't open up, so he's never had friends.

The doctor says he'll walk again if he's motivated...

That was really rather good!

Didn't move me at all.

What? But...

Hey!

Look.

Huh?

What?

Shh!

Rikka has a boyfriend!

A boyfriend!

That was...

Rikka. At this hour.

Maybe her friend lives there.

But it's a one-room apartment.

B-But...

Forget that we saw her.

Yeah, I didn't see anything.

It's wiped from your mind.

Yeah, that memory's gone.

Well done.

It didn't work!

I mean...

I know it's harsh. Who'd've thought that Rikka...

But then again, it's not so extraordinary.

Hey, what's wrong?

T-There's something...

Be quiet!

There! Over there!

Where?