Ultraman Nexus (character)

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 is Ultraman Noa's second devolved form, and is the form a Dunamist assumes after using the Evoltruster. Starring in Ultraman Nexus, his story represented as the final phase of Ultra N Project. After evolving from Ultraman the Next, Nexus would resurface in 2008 to fight against a wave of Space Beast assaults, slowly growing in strength after bonding with multiple Dunamists and finally regaining his long lost form Ultraman Noa in his battle with Dark Zagi.
Although Noa is his true identity, he made most of his future appearances as Nexus in subsequent entries of the Ultraman Series, indicating that he is able to switch between his true form and this form at will.
==Conception==
===Etymology===
Nexus' name comes from the idea that he creates a nexus of bonds with his hosts. All of the names of Nexus's forms parallel a person's growth from childhood to adulthood. Starting with Anphans which ultimately means childhood, to Junis which equates to youth to Noa whose name derives from 'Nostalgia' which ultimately means to look back at one's life usually their youth and childhood, meaning that Noa represents the adult stage. These also parallel Komon's mental and spiritual growth during the series.
===Design===
Designer Hiroshi Maruyama stated on Twitter that Nexus' design is inspired by Japanese armor and costumes, while his eyes are based on Tutankhamun's mask. The design was also influenced by a jacket from the album Eye in The Sky by The Alan Parsons Project, and the Alpha album for the eyes.https://twitter.com/hiro_mrym/status/1326532654871715840
==History==
===Ultraman Nexus===
Four years after the 2004 Shinjuku Disaster (2008), Noa would base himself on Earth and evolve further to become Ultraman Nexus, beginning his own actions to protect the world from Zagi and his minions. Nexus chose Jun Himeya, a former war photographer who experienced survivor's guilt from his inability to save an orphan named Sera, as his host. The fate of being chosen as a Dunamist led Himeya to assume it as punishment for his past sins. During his time as the host for Nexus, he was first seen as another Space Beast by most of the Night Raiders, while member Kazuki Komon instead became fast friends with him after being saved from a Pedoleon and several other Space Beasts. Komon also kept Himeya's identity as Ultraman secret from his superiors and often butted heads with his immediate superior Nagi over the issue of whether Ultraman should be trusted or not.
He later encountered Dark Faust, a female Giant of Darkness in league with the Beasts while proving herself as a challenge to Nexus due to her mastery in the Dark Field. In their final battle, Faust revealed herself to be inhabiting Riko Saida's body after the latter died six months prior. Komon's intervention in the Dark Field not only led to Riko's emergence, but also her death at the hands of Nosferu. After his battle against Faust and Lafleya, Nexus and Himeya were acknowledged as an ally to the TLT while Dark Mephisto emerged as Nexus' second adversary. Said giant tried to manipulate Komon's depression to pull him into the dark side, until he was able to move on from the past, allowing TLT and Ultraman to finally destroy the regenerating Nosferu. Not long after, Jun's connection to Nexus was exposed and he was kidnapped by TLT in hopes of studying the Ultra's power. After multiple tortures, Jun managed to escape and was treated by his old colleague Sakura, but the injuries he faced greatly weakened his body so much so that according to the Illustrator, another transformation would lead to his death.
Time would prove his words to be true as the sustained injuries took a toll on Nexus when fighting against Kutuura and trying to save Sakura from Mephisto's grasp. In his death, Nexus was crucified in the Land of the Dead while Kutuura's tentacles slowly drained his light. Himeya would later met Sera's ghost, who corrected him of the purpose he was given the light and thus allowing Nexus to be revived via a reserved energy source. Initially in a weakened state, the Night Raiders fired their last supply of Ultimate Vanisher, providing Nexus with enough energy for a counterattack and he finally he defeats Mephisto for good. After both giants seemingly died in the explosion, Himeya appeared to Komon one last time, telling him that the light shall be passed to someone else.
Noa's power was later passed on to Ren Senjyu, a 17 year old genetically-engineered human with ESP abilities, but his flawed creation led to a limited lifespan, being calculated to die at the age of 18. Having escaped his original school, Ren wished to spend his last days in Japan surrounded with smiles and laughter. After his first battle as Nexus, he followed his predecessor's trait by befriending Komon in addition to Mizuo, a girl from the Memory Police. While fighting under Nexus' mantle, Ren provided the Ultra with Junis Blue, a speed-oriented form, and was assisted by the original Mephisto in fighting the latter's successor and clone, Dark Mephisto (Zwei). During Mega Flash's emergence, Ren almost suffered the same fate as Himeya was, targeted by TLT to study Nexus' powers before the Night Raiders rebel and hide him in the forest. When engaging in a battle against Galberos and Mega Flash, Nagi's words renewed the youth's resolve to fight, defeating both monsters with the Chrome Chesters' help. As the cure for Ren's genetic flaw emerged, he was faced with a choice between saving himself and saving the world from the Space Beast Izmael. As it seemed that he would fall into exhaustion, Illustrator's encouragement allowed Nexus to rise for the final time and destroy the Space Beast. After separating from Nexus, Ren finally survived due to the cure's intervention.
As the light chooses Nagi, Mitsuhiko Ishibori revealed himself as the Unknown Hand, the traitor that was foreshadowed by Mephisto who proceeded to attack his own comrades while making his way to Lethe, leaving his creators weakened. After provoking Nagi as her parents' murderer, she transformed into Nexus but was quickly captured by Lethe, harvesting Nexus' energies for Ishibori to absorb to restore his true form. As Dark Zagi, he rampaged through Japan and signals simultaneous beast attacks around the world. Komon jumped into the darkness and saved both Nagi and Nexus, in the process inheriting the Ultra's light. Arriving in the city, Komon used his newfound power to fight against Zagi, with the spectators regaining their memories of Ultraman after 5 years and they cheer on the giant once more. His memories of his predecessors allowed him to use all of Nexus' forms as and eventually helped regaining his lost true form, Noa. The silver giant curbstomped and defeated Zagi once their finishers clashed, therefore liberating Earth from the dark ruler. Though Space Beasts continued to appear, the Night Raiders were still there to face the threat with Noa and Komon.
===Ultraman Ginga S The Movie: Showdown! The 10 Ultra Warriors!===
Nexus was sealed by Etelgar along with the other main Heisei Ultras. After being freed by UPG, Nexus along with Max, Mebius, Cosmos, Zero, Ginga and Victory went inside Etelgar's castle while Tiga, Dyna and Gaia fought the Eteldummy of Five King. When the Ultras got to the first floor of the Castle, an Eteldummy of Dark Mephisto appeared was created, and Nexus ran to fight him while the others left to find Etelgar. Nexus turned into Junis and destroyed the Eteldummy before joining the others as Crossover Formation. 
===Ultraman X===
When Xio Deputy Captain, Sayuri Tachibana was about to be killed by two Space Beasts Bugbuzun, the Evoltruster appeared and she transformed into Ultraman Nexus. Using this new power, she crushed the aforementioned two monsters before fleeing to Canada and fighting against Bemular to defend her family. The next day, a Bugbuzun appeared and grew from the Dark Thunder Energy. Xio arrived shooting him while Daichi Oozora transformed into Ultraman X to fight the Space Beast, but was overpowered by him. Although being faced with the dilemma of a Dunamist, Sayuri reused the mantle for the last time to assist Ultraman X, first by generating the Meta Field before the two combined their finishers to destroy said monster. After the battle, the Evoltruster faded from Sayuri's hand as she passed Nexus' words to Daichi to never give up on his dreams. As a gift, a Type U Cyber Card of Nexus appeared on Daichi's X Devizer. 
===Ultraman X The Movie: Here He Comes! Our Ultraman===
In this film, Ultraman Nexus Junis was summoned by his own Cyber Card to fight Tsurugi Demaaga in Cairo, Egypt and ended up defeating him after being empowered by Ultraman Exceed X Beta Spark Armor's Cyber Wings. After regrouping with Ultraman, Tiga, and X, Nexus left Earth with the other Cyber Card Ultramen. 
===Ultra Galaxy Fight: The Destined Crossroad===
Absolute Tartarus sent Absolute Titan to Noa's sacred ground of Planet Babel, before the Ultra Force arrived to halt his progress. Ultraman Ribut soon arrived to assist them, before Noa's light suddenly emerged from the ruins, manifesting as Ultraman Nexus, who attacked both Ribut and Titan before he changed into Junis to open his Meta Field, trapping the two of them within it, leading them to speculate that Nexus' defensive instincts have gone out of control.
With no other option, the two became reluctant allies with a common enemy to try and escape Nexus' power. Sora managed to inform them the disabling the Armed Nexus would cut off the Meta Field, leading to the two managing to escape. Nexus, as Noa, spoke to both of them in a dream-like world, as he had planned the whole encounter as a means to make Ribut and Titan see that they could work together and understand the Ultras and Absolutians are not so different.
Outside the Meta Field, Absolute Tartarus summoned Ultroid Zero to help him in destroying Noa, where Nexus, now in his Junis Blue form, arrived to defend a weakened Ribut from the robot. Soon, Nexus evolved back into Noa before ending the battle and fading away. 
==Profile==
According to magazines, Ultraman Nexus is a form of adaptation taken by Noa in order to suit his body performance with the Earth's environment. It should be noted that when the Dunamist (the human host of Nexus) transforms, they themselves physically become the Ultra, thus injuries will translate between forms as Nexus himself simply exists as the power they wield, a light which is passed on to the next Dunamist when the time comes.
===Stats===
*Height: Micro ~ 49 m (in certain situations, Nexus can also shrink to 10 ~ 20 m)
*Age: 350,000 years old
*Home World: Unknown
*Weakness: Within the Meta Field, Nexus is bound to the three minute rule before he begins to lose his strength. His strength can also falter when trapped within a Giant of Darkness' Dark Field or Zagi's Dark Field G.
===Body Features===
*Eyes: Nexus has perfect night vision, he is able to see properly in the darkness of the Dark Field or at night. His eyes can also see through materials and into beings, he can also analyze substances by sight, such as how he knew Lafleya was explosive before the Night Raiders or CIC.
*Head Fin: The fin on the back of Nexus's head, covering his neck, despite what most would think, it is not armor, not intentionally. It is the Ultra equivalent of having long hair.
*: The bracers on Nexus's arms, they are evolved forms of the Stratos Edge blades on The Next's arms and can perform many of the same abilities. They are the key to Nexus' energy attacks as well as deploying Meta Field and evolving into other forms.
**: Smaller knives protruded beneath the Armed Nexus, they served in a similar role to Stratos Edge blades that The Next uses, slicing for melee combat.
**: Appearing only on Junis Blue, it is the modified right Armed Nexus. It has four modes, with its default appearance while three others are demonstrated in his attacks.
*: Nexus' equivalent to a Color Timer, it flashes when Nexus is weakened or injured, or throbs when he is severely weakened.
**: In Junis and Junis Blue, a crystal appears on top of the Energy Core to fulfill the functions of a Color Timer. It exists to measure the three minute rule of using the Meta Field.
*Ultra Armor: Nexus' skin is resistant to lasers and fire so long as the Dunamist's strength is sufficient.
*Evolution: As Nexus fought increasingly more powerful opponents, his power increased ultimately resulting in new forms such as Junis and Junis Blue and finally his ultimate form, Ultraman Noa.
===Dunamists===
The are beings who can bond with the light to become Ultraman Nexus. The source of this ability is never truly explained, but it is implied to have to do with their mindset, as those chosen are often those with a desire to protect or fight Space Beasts no matter the cost to themselves. Each new bond provides Nexus with additional strength, as evidenced from his constant evolution throughout the series.
Before Nexus or other Giants of Darkness, there was another who wielded the light of Noa in a different fashion. He was the first Dunamist, Shunichi Maki, who slayed the first Space Beast The One, his Ultra form was known as the Next.
===Forms===
==Other Media==
===Ultraman Nexus video game===
Ultraman Nexus and all his forms appear as a playable character in the game Ultraman Nexus for PlayStation 2, which is based on the series. Junis is Nexus' first unlockable form on all modes, here are things to do to unlock the other forms:
*To unlock Anphans form, the player must complete Battle Mode using 10 different characters.
*To unlock Junis Blue form, the player must finish Nexus Mode. 
===Ultraman Hit Song History: New Hero Chapter===
Ultraman Nexus appears in this short movie, where he appears to save Ultraman Zero from the attacks of Yapool. He was the 5th Ultra to appear, later followed by Ultraman Max. 
===Ultraman Retsuden===
Ultraman Nexus reappears in Ultraman Retsuden episode 66 "Bond shine! Nexus, Max & Mebius!".
Zero talk about Mebius,Max & Nexus in Ultraman Retsuden.jpg|Nexus as seen in Ultraman Retsuden
Zero,Mebius,Max & Nexus in Ultraman Retsuden.jpg|Nexus and the others doing fighting poses
==Trivia==
*Nexus was originally thought up to be the opposite of Ultraman Cosmos. While Cosmos showcased Ultraman's 'kindness' and held the theme that 'if you believe it will come true', Nexus was meant to showcase Ultraman's strength and how one has to and can overcome challenges in life.
**During Nexus's early planning stage, he was originally called . The name is inspired by the concept of bonds still present in the show and before the planned series was to be linked to the 2004 ULTRAMAN film.
**When Nexus was under the 'Cross' concept, the series was not originally intended to be connected to said movie's universe.
*Of all the Ultras in the Ultraman Series, Nexus/Noa holds the record for most hosts, five of whom are human, three intended but ultimately corrupted contenders and numerous undocumented aliens across the universe. The second one is a three way tie between Ultraman Saga with three hosts, Ultraman Tiga also had three and Ultraman Zero had three human hosts while his father Ultraseven who had two hosts and a human form.
*Nexus is also the third male Ultra to have a female host.
*Nexus was supposed to have a unique Junis form for Nagi, which unfortunately was cut due to the episodes not being filmed. According to the designer Hiroshi Maruyama, there is a form exclusive to Nagi, though the exact appearance is never stated.
**This implied form is believed to be an orange-colored Junis in his draft, however, Maruyama also stated that he plans to give Nagi a predominantly black version of Junis. This concept art was written in his Twitter account until he deleted it later on.
*Nexus is the first Ultra who has an alternate form that is considered a completely different Ultra.
**His alternate form is also his true identity.
*Though Nexus is stated to not have the three minute-rule that most Ultras have, a similar rule exists when Phase Shift Wave is used. This is because using the Meta Field puts considerable strain on the Dunamist's body, after three minutes they will become tired. This was not a problem for the third Dunamist.
*The word "Schtrom" used in Nexus's finishers is derived from the word "Strom", which means "Current" in Danish, which is fitting for the beams this name is used for considering they are currents of light, and "Electricity" in German. Fitting enough, the name of Noa's finisher is Lightning Noa.
*According to Yuichi Abe, Sayuri would have utilized a different variant of Junis but the decision to use the original one was described as , a slang which means "some reasoning is very complicated".
==References==
id:Ultraman Nexus (karakter
ms:Ultraman Nexus (watak)
Category:Ultra N Project
Category:Ultras
Category:Ultra Warriors
Category:Heroes
Category:Ultraman Type Ultras
Category:Heisei Ultras
Category:Ultraman X
Category:Ultraman X Characters
Category:Ultraman Ginga S
Category:Protagonists
Category:Form-Changing Ultras
Category:Ultras with Other Origins