What's Your Reason for Fighting?

**What is the Reason for Fighting?** (戦う理由って、なに？, *Tatakau riyū tte, nani?*) is the second episode of *SSSS.DYNAZENON*.

Monster of the week: Greyjhom (グレージョム, *Gurējomu*)

## Synopsis

Yomogi and Yume visit the city where they fought the Kaiju and witness the tragedy. He and the others start their Dynazenon maneuver training, but a Kaiju appears again without any delay.

## Summary

The fight against the gravity-controlling kaiju continues. The episode begins with few moments through Yomogi's perspective as holographic letters appear before him just before Dynazenon splits apart. It then reassembles into its Dynarex form and finishes their opponent off. Chise rushes to meet Dyna Rex as it lands. She is distracted by a peculiar-looking pebble, and takes it with her.

Thanking his new co-pilots, Gauma informs Yomogi, Yume, and Koyomi that Dynazenon chose them because of their aptitude. He then makes an odd transition to the previous isssue and demands that Yume apologize to Yomogi. Yomogi says it doesn't matter any longer, after the battle they just went through. After the teens properly introduce themselves to the salmon-haired newcomer, Gauma informs them that the kaiju they just destroyed was deployed by a terroristic crew of kaiju users like him and that his new co-pilots must prepare by mastering their respective Dynazenon vehicles. He invites them to a training session the next day, explaining that their enemies will make another attack, an idea Yomogi is skeptical of. As they all part ways, Gauma mulls over the reason for him to be entrusted with Dynazenon, and Yomogi recalls what Gauma told him about Yume.

The next day, the fight between Dynazenon and the gravity-controlling kaiju has become a hot topic in public media as revealed by Nazumi who shows his friends footage of the fight on his phone. The teacher informs the students that classes will be delayed until third period in the light the kaiju attack, much to everyone's shock and Yume's indifference.

At their residence, Chise examines her unusual pebble as she asks Koyomi whether she can join him and others' Dynazenon training. Koyomi says that she can, and wonderswhether he will be getting paid for this.

After school, Yomogi declines to hang out with his friends since he has to go to work. Yume is walking home with Mei when she remembers her Dynazenon training. Mei snaps some pictures of her friend as she dashes off past the flood gate. Yomogi skips training to go to work, although he shows some regret about it. Seeing the full-size Dynadiver (submarine component of Dynazenon) in the river, Yume wonders about how much it stands out.

That night, Yomogi is in the ofuro mulling over his potential as the pilot of Dynasoldier (dinosaur component of Dynazenon), when to his surprise, Gauma unexpectedly joins him. Later his mother reveals that she let his friend in and also invited him for dinner. Gauma ends up staying overnight as well, annoying Yomogi with his loud snoring.

The next day after school, Yume meets up with Yomogi to show him what she has learnt so far with her Dynawing (fighter jet component of Dynazenon). Transforming Dynawing into its full-size form using the command, "Access Mode: Dynawing", Yume invites Yomogi to do the same with Dynasoldier. After he transforms Dynasoldier, Yume combines the two using Dynawing as sort of a winged jetpack-like attachment. As they flyoff, Yume sincerely apologizes to Yomogi for breaking the promise they made on the other day, but Yomogi reassures her that he has gotten over it. They arrive at their destination, which turns out to be the destroyed area of the city where rescue teams are still looking for survivors. Yume states that the situation would be much worse had they and the others didn't stop the kaiju. As they explore the destruction, Yomogi wonders whether the responsibility to protect against future attacks should be handled by someone else, but Yume argues that one cannot protect things they cherish at its fullest if their method is by-the-book.

Returning home on the train, Yume answers Yomogi's question from earlier, about why she skipped out on meeting with him. She lost her older sister in an accident a few years earlier at the flood gate which Yomogi saw her at the top of.

Yomogi skips training again. Gauma seems surprised by Koyomi's progress with Dynastriker (racing car component of Dynazenon). Meanwhile, the city's citizens form a crowd to look at a seemingly inert turquoise, pink, and purple kaiju. The Kaiju Eugenicists take an interest in it as well; Juuga, Onija, Mujina, and Sizumu. Using Instance Domination, Juuga awakens the inert kaiju, causing it to enlarge and continue what the previous one started – causing terror and destruction. It doesn't take long for Chise to learn about this threat from the media and she informs Gauma about it, leading the gang to frantically look for the missing Yomogi, until they manage to find him while still on his way to work.

Kaiju Eugenicists' next attack force begins its rampage before being intercepted by Dynazenon as Juuga expected, but they are better prepared than the last time; their current kaiju possesses the ability to teleport in order to overwhelm the mech. To even their odds, the group splits into their respective Dynazenon vehicle components, a decision that dismays Yomogi as he has yet to familiarize himself with his Dynasoldier. As he fumbles with the controls trying to get Dynasoldier to do something, he is unexpectedly phoned by Inamoto due to his absence at the store. In despair over the prospect of being a burden, he is informed by Koyomi that their opponent has the habit of spreading its wings whenever it is about to teleport before Yume suggests to use the combination from earlier. With their Dynazenon combination properly named (Dynasoldier Wing Combine), Yomogi, now having a conviction as a protector as much as the others, has Dynasoldier tackling the kaiju and keep its wings folded. Yume flies them all to the sky, further shocking Juuga and Onija as neither of them saw that coming. They toss away the then-vulnerable kaiju, and Gauma finishes it off with Dynadiver's Dynalauncher: Burst Missile, blowing it into pieces.

In the aftermath of the battle, Gauma praises the group for their success. They watch the bus that was caught in their fight move on unharmed. Yomogi then asks Yume how she felt about her sister back when they were younger. Yume states that they weren't that close, but now she's unsure about it. As episode ends, the victorious Dynazenon pilots are confronted face-to-face by the Kaiju Eugenicists...

## Gallery

The Kaiju Eugenicists locate another kaijuChise finds a kaiju seedGauma hands out the toysThis train station was previously seen in Provocation"What am I gonna do with that girl?" - MeiKaneishi invites everyone out; and suggests skewers, which she knows Yomogi likesThis floodgate is in Tokyo along the Arakawa River
## Voice Drama

* **2.2: I grew up in a kind home (優しい家で育ったから, *Yasashī ie de sodattakara*)**
	+ Yomogi and Gauma talk about Yomogi's family and why he wants to be independent.

## Trivia

* "Hands", the Ultraman R/B opening theme plays during Koyomi and Chis's conversation scene in their room.
* The episode reveals that Dynazenon was entrusted by a mysterious individual Gauma knows.

## References

1. ↑ https://mobile.twitter.com/SSSS\_PROJECT/status/1378995831899090946
2. ↑ https://mobile.twitter.com/SSSS\_PROJECT/status/1380534968577839107