Rechallenge from the Year 2020

, also titled Do-Over in the Year 2020, is the eighteenth episode of Ultraman Z.
==Synopsis==
While investigating the curious case of a vanishing monster, Haruki meets Kaori, a mysterious woman gazing at an old ferris wheel. Meanwhile, people are going missing from the town, one after another...
What's the truth behind the case? And just who exactly is Kaori?
==Plot==
Haruki and Yoko were assigned with their SAA Units to confront Pagos in Kirimoto City. Before any of them could react, Pagos disappeared in an instant. Members of MRC investigated the location where Pagos vanished, while Haruki ran into a young woman in his patrol as they bonded over an old Ferris wheel in Kirimoto. The young woman's name is Kaori, and she pleaded with Haruki to kill her before she disappeared. Back at STORAGE headquarters, four disappearance cases were reported at the same time as Pagos. In all four videos, Haruki discovered that Kaori was there when each of these incidents happened.
Haruki and Yoko went to the Ferris wheel, but as they split, Yoko was hunted by an unseen being, and disappeared. Haruki found Kaori at Yoko's last known location, where the young girl revealed that she was manipulated by an alien. The alien reveals himself to be Kemur, a member of a race of aliens who kidnaps humans to prevent their aging process. In 1966, 54 years ago, another Kemur went to Earth to kidnap human victims. Though this Kemur was foiled, other members of the race would target the planet, attempting to succeed where he had failed. 
During one of these raids on Earth, a lone Kemur was merged with Kaori by accident instead of devouring her. Instead of this predicament being a disadvantage, this particular Kemur used Kaori as his cover to kidnap humans when his kind decided to restart the operation after a long time, with the alien's vitality meaning Kaori didn't seem to age. Kaori still had some degree of free will, and at times had attempted to rebel against the Kemur's plans.
Kemur ran outside to plant a bomb on one of the Ferris wheel's cars. Through Kaori, Haruki learned that Kemur intends to mix his Erasing Energy Source with rain clouds to perform a mass abduction on Kirimoto City, using the bomb as a distraction so his plan could be enacted. Haruki transforms into Z, and after assuming Delta Rise Claw Z struggles to fight Kemur without hurting Kaori, but the Beliarok offers his assistance to split them apart. While Kaori stopped the bomb, Z split the human/alien hybrid apart with Beliarok and kills Kemur before disposing of the bomb into a pocket dimension, saving the Ferris wheel. All the people Kemur kidnapped returned safely, even Pagos, who appeared confused by his ordeal, and burrowed underground to safety.
According to Yuka, Pagos's arrival was due to him being attracted to the energy waves emitted by Kemur's Erasing Energy Source, while revealing that the first Kemur's attack 54 years ago was stopped by a group of civilians working together with police officers. Hebikura gave them the honor of STORAGE's predecessor for their bravery against Kemur. Kaori was visited by Haruki in the hospital, and despite her memories being fuzzy from the incident, she decided to live a normal life by adjusting to the modern era.
===Haruki's Ultra Navi===
*Haruki's Ultra-navi! Kay! Today we're showing this!
*Z Riser: King Joe STORAGE Custom.
*Z: STORAGE rebuilt Alien Barossa's King Joe into a good robot.
*Haruki: Pedanium Guided Missiles, Pedanium Hammer, the Pedanium Particle Cannon... It's got a ton of strong weapons, right, Mr. Z?
*Z: That's why it requires a pilot with an equally strong heart!
==Ultraman Z and Ultraman Zero Voice Drama==
Before Z attends an examination, the younger Ultraman learns the differences between Kemur and Alien Zetton from Zero as both of their appearance are nearly the same. 
==Cast==
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===Guest Actors===
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===Voice Actors===
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===Suit Actors===
*Ultraman Z: 
*Windom: 
*King Joe STORAGE Custom: 
*Kemur: 
*Pagos: 
==Appearances==
===Ultras===
*Ultraman Z
**Delta Rise Claw
===Kaiju===
*Pagos
*Windom
*King Joe STORAGE Custom
*Kemur
==Trivia==
*This episode is a tribute to Ultra Q episode 19, Challenge from the Year 2020.
**The book "Challenge from the Year 2020", written by Dr. Kanda, a character from Ultra Q, also appears in this episode.
**The ending mentions, "50 years ago, civilians and police cooperated to repel the Kemur," which seems to refer to events in Ultra Q. This implies that the events of that episode in Ultra Q might indeed have occurred within the same world as the series, creating a coherent timeline.
*During Ultraman Z's battle with the Kemur, a police car identical to the one that chased the Kemur in "Challenge from the Year 2020" appears.
*The surveillance camera which recorded Z and Kemur's fight had the timestamp as July 19, 2020, the day after episode 5 of the series had aired in real life.
*According to Takanori Tsujimoto (the episode's director):https://twitter.com/TakaTsujimo/status/1320290968533266438
**Pagos' appearance and kidnapping took place in the vicinity of Fuchu Station.
**The Ferris wheel is an actual prop instead of CGI.
**Haruki's complaint to Yoko about eating his pudding at the end of the episode was his actor, Kohshu Hirano's ad-lib.
==References==