Legacy

is the very first chapter of ULTRAMAN by Eiichi Shimizu and Tomohiro Shimoguchi.
==Synopsis==
Decades since he last merged with Ultraman, Shin Hayata learns of a new threat to Earth. His son, Shinjiro, also shows signs of superhuman strength.
==Plot==
A long time ago, a being named the "Giant of Light" came to Earth and assimilated himself with a human. The Giant of Light protected Earth against the chaos and destruction caused by numerous alien invasions and monsters. After accomplishing his mission, the Giant of Light returned to his faraway home, while the assimilated human lost his memory and returned to a normal life. Although the conflict among humankind remained, they were no longer threatened by an outside force. Nevertheless, the presence of "Ultraman" left a lasting impact on everyone on the planet for decades to come...
40 years later, a young Shinjiro and his father, Shin Hayata, visit the Giant of Light Memorial, a memorial dedicated to the battles of Ultraman and the original SSSP team. At the picture of the team's roster, Shin asks his son if he could recognize him in the picture, which Shinjiro does without difficulty. Shin, a defense agency chief now, is greeted by his old friend, Mitsuhiro Ide. Shinjiro also recognizes him in the picture and runs off to see something. While Shin is signing an autograph, Shinjiro falls from the third floor. The group rushes to him and discovers him without a scratch, just crying out of surprise, even though he fell from such a height. After that, Shin and Shinjiro leave the memorial. At Shin's home, Shinjiro is sound asleep, while Shin is wondering what could be happening to his abnormal son.
The next day, Shin is busy receiving calls at his job when Ide calls him. They both have something to tell each other. They meet at the former SSSP-J HQ, where Shin reveals that he, weirdly enough, has no recollection of Ultraman's time on Earth. He does retain Ultraman's power, though, as he demolishes a part of a stair railing with a bare hand. Shin then talks about his son, who he thinks might be more abnormal than him. Ide then reveals that the SSSP-J was still functioning in the same HQ that uses the Giant of Light Memorial as a facade.
Inside the HQ, Ide shows Shin the footage of a commercial airplane incident six months ago, which everyone thought to have been the work of terrorists or poor maintenance. But when Ide switched from the revised version to raw footage, it shows an armored humanoid figure floating in the wake of the explosion. Shin then has a traumatic flashback about how he first encountered Ultraman and remembers that he was Ultraman. Ide knew about this but kept it a secret for Shin's safety. For the first time in two decades, aliens have reappeared, and a hostile one has already destroyed an aircraft. Moreover, Ide tells Shin that he and his son have Ultraman's genes.
Twelve years later, Shinjiro, a high-schooler now, is walking with his friends while talking about dates. After he was alone, Shinjiro starts jumping from rooftop to rooftop at incredible heights with ultra-human strength...
==Appearances==
===Ultramen===
*Ultraman (Flashback, figure)
*Shin Hayata
*Shinjiro Hayata
===Kaiju===
*Zetton (Figure)
*Bemular
Category:Chapters
Category:ULTRAMAN (2011 manga)
Category:ULTRAMAN (2011 manga) Chapters