Ultraman Blazar (character)

is the titular hero of the series Ultraman Blazar.https://tsuburaya-prod.com/news/6028https://m-78.jp/news/post-6706 He was first known as a mysterious being sighted by Earth's astronauts, becoming an urban legend among them, before he bonded with Gento Hiruma, who later became captain of the newly formed SKaRD.
==Conception==
===Etymology===
Ultraman Blazar is named after blazars, a type of extremely luminous active galactic nucleus, with his home galaxy of M421 being an example of this object.
===Design===
Kiyotaka Taguchi, the main director for Ultraman Blazar, was thoroughly involved in the design process with lead designer Masayuki Gotoh. 
Notably, Taguchi had envisioned Blazar's home world, M421, to be that of a hunter-gatherer society who fought kaiju bigger than themselves, and even fashioned monster carcasses into armor and/or tools.Uchūsen vol.181 This concept is expressed through the "wildness" of Blazar's design.https://v-storage.bnarts.jp/talk/210488/ Other specific elements of Blazar's design and mannerisms are also influenced by this setting: 
*The crystals on Blazar's face are crystallized remnants of energy released from when his face was cut, similar to a scab.
*The red and blue patterns on the left side of Blazar's body were inspired by tribal markings representing strength. In the show, these markings are gained during Blazar's rise scene.
==History==
===Ultraman Blazar===
====Past====
The entity that had been codenamed "Ultraman" had been sighted by astronauts for decades prior to the series.
On September 9, 2020, three years before the present day, the wormhole generator that was left behind by the aliens that visited the Earth in the year 1999 was activated at a laboratory in Gifu Prefecture in an attempt to reestablish contact with them. However, something went wrong, and the building had to be evacuated. When the GGF captain Gento Hiruma went back in to rescue more people, he came across a wormhole and dived in without hesitation, leading to his first meeting and bonding with the giant of light from Blazar M421. The entity then went dormant within him, and the event at the lab was covered up as an explosion. 
====Return to Earth====
The Ultraman then appeared on the Earth during Bazanga's invasion, designated as the First Wave, revealing himself to his host and the world at large. The Giant of Light received his name, Ultraman Blazar, when Gento came up with it during a meeting with Retsu Haruno after remembering an experience in which he saw the giant of light within a blazar. While the GGF decided to take up the name, Haruno was skeptical about Blazar's appearance and tasked Gento and his new team, SKaRD, with not only observing and analysing Blazar, but also using Earth Garon to defeat a Kaiju before Blazar could. 
Blazar fought against many monsters alongside the SKaRD and the GGF, facing off against Gedos, Taganular, Dorgo, Nijikagachi and more. 
====Rift with Gento====
After observing how humans acted during his time on the Earth, Blazar started to intrude into Gento's life by taking over his body for brief periods, which caused him to occasionally act strangely in front of his family and team. These events led to a rift being formed between the Ultra and his host which affected their performance in combat as the two consciousnesses began to argue, leading Blazar to punch and fight against himself when facing off against Demaaga. Thankfully, the pair were able to cooperate for long enough to destroy the GGF missiles targeting the monster and its child, before putting them to sleep underground. 
Their problems once again resurfaced during the battle against Gebalga, as their miscoordination cost them the battle after Blazar forced himself to retreat. Because of this, as well as the GGF's distrust of Blazar and the SKaRD's poor performance, Gento decided to lock away the Blazar Stone in his locker before going to do battle with Gebalga a second time. Unfortunately, Earth Garon was unable to defeat the monster by itself. Responding to Gento's determination, Blazar showed him his memories of their encounters up till now, which made Gento realise that they want the same thing - which was to save lives, thus mending their relationship. The Blazar Stone burst forth from Gento's locker and flew to his hand, allowing them to transform and fight together once again. Blazar reached for the Tilsonite Spear inside Gebalga, which was used to interfere with its electromagnetic attacks, and then transformed it into the Tilsonite Sword, allowing him to defeat Gebalga. 
====Reunion with Firdran====
Unknown at the time, Gebalga managed to reproduce when it infected the satellite dishes it attacked, leaving larvae underground which soon grew into multiple Irugo, who were dealt with by Blazar and Earth Garon. More Irugo showed up until the root cause was found: a massive Gebalga designated Brood Gebalga emerged and attacked, consuming Blazar into its body after his Tilsonite Sword shattered. Fortunately, Emi Aobe managed to gather enough clues and intel to lead her back to the same wormhole generator used in the incident that took her father and reactivated it with help from his spirit. The open wormhole released Firdran, who flew to Blazar and set him free before combining with him to form the Firdran Armor while upgrading his second Tilsonite Sword, made from another Tilsonite Spear, into the Tilsofird Lancer which the Ultra then used to dispose of Brood Gebalga and all the other Irugo. The Second Wave finally ends.
====The Third and Fourth Waves====
Enduring many battles, Gento and Blazar's physical conditions began to deteriorate, which severely affected their performance in battle. At roughly the same time, multiple Taganular and Deltandal appeared worldwide, with the GGF systematically destroying them all. While one large Taganular appeared in Japan to target another supply of Teaterium, another one appeared in the United States, which overwhelms both nations' branches as thy both require Earth Garon to fight back the threat. Seeing no other choice, Gento transforms into Blazar to rush over to America to help, despite his worsening condition. They fight the Taganulars until the SKaRD learns that the monsters are going after the Teaterium to shoot down the incoming Varallon to defend the Earth from the invasion of the space monsters, just as the previous one did to deter Gebalga's attack. With this new information, Blazar and Earth Garon instead shoot down the GGF's thermobaric missiles targeting the Taganulars to allow them to fire at Varallon, whose barrier reflects back their beams and destroys them both. 
With Varallon continuing to be active on the Moon, placing its bobs down, the GGF decided to send the SKaRD to deal with the monster before it can arrive on Earth. Earth Garon was defeated and Gento has no choice but to transform again, but ended up getting overwhelmed by the monster's strength and his weakening physique. When Varallon's bombs went off to push the Moon on course towards the Earth, Blazar exerted all of his strength to push the Moon back into orbit. Varallon took the chance to absorb Blazar's energy while he was busy, which caused it to evolve into its second form before assaulting Blazar once again. Blazar decided to separate from Gento to protect him, which put him back in the Earth Garon while Varallon detonated its upgraded bomb on the Moon, catching Blazar within the blast radius. While Blazar's body floated lifelessly in space, Varallon was enroute to the Earth via a chunk of the Moon it was riding on. 
Once all of the SKaRD regained consciousness, they decided to bring Blazar's body back to the Earth with them using Earth Garon, but accidentally dropped it while they were on their way back to base due to air turbulence. Blazar later woke up when Gento visited his body and convinced the man to go into battle with him one more time for the sake of the Earth, which Gento agreed to after passing control of the SKaRD to Vice-Captain Teruaki Nagura. Blazar confronted Varallon and was later joined by Earth Garon, though the two struggle against the monster.
Meanwhile, Retsu Haruno rescued Emi Aobe and managed to retrieve the notes that her father left behind and were stolen by Yu Dobashi. They confronted him within the GGF's control room and convinced the other members to stop firing at the thirteen V99 ships that were approaching the Earth, broadcasting their intent not to use aggression. Blazar and the SKaRD picked up on this as well and attempted to demonstrate their wish to stop fighting by disarming themselves and enduring Varallon's attacks, convincing the aliens to leave after a while. With nothing holding them back anymore, Blazar and Earth Garon go on the offensive to destroy Varallon. After a long and fierce fight, Gento's wife and son - Satoko Hiruma and Jun Hiruma - cheered for Blazar which caused Gento's wedding ring and his son's handmade bracelet to resonate with him and grant Blazar a new power. Unleashing the Blazar Beam, Ultraman Blazar destroyed Varallon, thus ending the conflict between Earth and the aliens. 
==Personality==
Blazar appears to be somewhat primitive in his demeanor, yelling and barking at his enemies to intimidate them, and exhibiting a wild fighting style. Blazar also tends to jump in excitement whether a new phenomenon that benefits him or his allies occurs. Despite this, he demonstrates that he has some sort of discipline; before he begins any fight, or sometimes afterwards as shown with Dorgo, he first seems to perform a meditative stance similar to a prayer ritual to possibly prepare his mind and/or pay respects to his opponent.
	
While Blazar does not seem capable of communicating in the human tongue on his own, he appears to resonate with Gento's humanity, sense of justice, and the desire to protect others. Moreover, he appears to have an inquisitive mind, and is particularly curious about human culture, as shown when he manifests himself through Gento for events or things that interest him. In fact, it is through learning about the familial bond between parent and child that Blazar first comes into conflict with his human host, who believes in the necessity to kill for the greater good, during the battle with Demaaga.
Blazar seemingly has an extremely strong sense of self-preservation, and the ability to determine when it is too dangerous to continue fighting. This was first shown when he forcefully detransformed to avoid Nijikagachi's Rainbow Beam. Against Gebalga, Blazar not only took control from Gento to flee from battle, but had just earlier influenced his host to order Anri and Earth Garon to attempt an escape from the space kaiju as well. Later, it was revealed that the time spent with and learning from Gento had a profound effect on Blazar's character growth, that all the times the Ultra interfered in battle were simply because he wished to protect Gento, just like how he had always protected others, especially after seeing how Gento's determination to save lives led to him subconsciously taking unnecessary risks at the expense of his own safety. This made Gento realize the growing recklessness of his actions and reminded him of who he was at heart, causing the two to come to a deeper, mutual understanding.
During conflicts with Gento, Blazar's influence manifests on the left side of his body, as demonstrated by him using his left arm to stop his right - influenced by Gento - from throwing his Spiral Burrade at Gebalga, after he saw that such an attack was ineffective earlier in the battle.
In the final battle against Varallon, Blazar was willing to sacrifice his own life and leave his own body drifting in space to save Gento. However, after the SKaRD made sure to get Blazar back to Earth as their friend, he understands Gento's continued desire to fight alongside him, even establishing their bond by speaking his first human words: "We'll go," adapted from Gento's own catchphrase.
==Profile==
===Stats===
*Height: 47 m
*Weight: 42,000 t
*Age: Unknown
*Home World: M421 blazar
*Time Limit: Nonehttps://twitter.com/anon54980/status/1687008942847856640?s=20
*Weakness: When overcome with strong conflicting emotions, Gento/Blazar fight for control over the Ultra's body, leaving them unstable.
===Body Features===
*Color Timer: Blazar has a large, circular organ on his chest analogous to most Ultras' Color Timers. However, his timer lacks a time limit, and instead serves as a measure of his energy levels, as well as how well he is doing.
*Crystal Scar: The crystal extending from Blazar's left eye is said to be a scar/scab formed from crystallized energy “blood”. It lights up and becomes engulfed in blue flames during heated moments.
*Markings: The red and blue stripes on the left side of Blazar's body appear during his transformation, suggesting they may not be entirely natural. The red and blue stripes appear to glow in correspondence to Blazar and Gento's wills, respectively.
===Transformation===
Gento Hiruma places the Blazar Stone into the Blazar Brace and then presses on the other end of the device to transform. As Blazar rises, glowing lines of red and blue surround him before enveloping him, after which the red and blue lines on his body appear.
BlazarFirstHenshin.gif|First transformation
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BlazarFirdranArmor.gif|Firdran Armor
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===Forms===
==Trivia==
*Blazar is:
**The first Ultra to apparently not be able to speak in human language. However, as mentioned above, he managed to speak his first human words in the final episode.
**The first main protagonist Ultra to usually lack a traditional Ultra Beam, a title previously held by Ultraman Great until New Century Ultraman Legend, or canonically, Ultraman Regulos: First Mission. Blazar using an Ultra Beam for the first time is instead presented as his power-up in the final episode of his series, as is a New Generation Heroes tradition.
**The first Ultra to create an audible sonic boom when he flies off after a battle. His Spiral Burrade is also said to create a sonic boom when thrown.
**The first Ultra whose appearance changes during his rise scene, having his red and blue stripes formed on his body as he rises.
***The fourth Ultra to raise his left hand during his rise rather than his right, after Ultraman Blu, Ultraman Ruebe and Ultraman Fuma, and the first with this distinction to not be from Planet O-50.
**The second Ultra whose voice actor is also his suit actor, after Zoffy in Ultraman Neos.
**The third Ultra to have a visible scar after Father of Ultra and Kaiser Belial.
**The fourth Ultra to be shown opening his mouth, after Ultraman Zearth, Ultraman Belial, and Trigger Dark.
*Kiyotaka Taguchi, the main director of Ultraman Blazar, sees Blazar's Spiral Burrade, which breaks away from the traditional Ultra Beam, as a tribute to Ultraman Gaia's Photon Edge.https://imagination.m-78.jp/contents/d2ViL1lvbWlfMDEzMDA%3D
*The idea of a javelin-like weapon in the Spiral Burrade instead of the traditional beam finisher was conceived by Kiyotaka Taguchi when he was playing around with fluorescent light sticks and a lightsaber from Star Wars.
*The fighting style of Blazar heavily resembles Muay Thai due to the heavy usage of elbows when up close and flying knees to close distance and to knock the kaiju down. This may also be the reason why Blazar takes a meditative pose at the start of his battles, as it may be a reference to the Wai khru ram muay, a ritualistic dance performed at the beginning of matches.
==References==
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