Issue 6

"**Ultra Mega Cherry Blossom Death Attack Z - Part 2"** is the sixth issue in the Newt comic book series. It is the second and final part in a multi-part story arc.

## Plot

Ranru has taken Newt and Stan into space on her ship. She reveals her plan to take them to the Libetron Nexus, where the alliance might kill them. Ranru states that it's none of her business and leaves to play video games.

Back on Zlorpagos, Frank and Yuriko have made amends and are trying to figure out how to save Newt and Stan. After explaining to May that spaceships are hard to come by due to that planet's lack ofa proper space program, Frank reveals that he had been working on a secret project. In his lab, he shows May and Yuriko the Newtron, a mech suit powered by 4-5 pilots. After May points out there isn't enough of them to pilot the mech, Stan enters the lab, completely unaware of the whole situation.

On Ranru's ship, it is revealed that Stan was never kidnapped and that Ranru had mistakenly taken the body of Balloon Stan instead. Newt promises to Ballon Stan's carcass that he will find a way out of this. Newt then decides to bother Ranru about the game she's playing. They start to make light conversation. After she loses, Newt asks if there's any other games she has.

The Newron is nearly ready for take off, as everyone boards the mech wearing color coded space suits. Yuriko equips her sword, storing it in her hair. The mech takes off, leaving Zlorpagos' atmosphere. May sees her parents, who are astronauts, and Stan questions why they didn't ask them for help. Not long after, Ranru's ship is located and Yuriko fires at it with a laser from the Newtron. This gets Ranru's attention, prompting her to transform her ship into a much larger mech known as the PC-9800 Randam. This leads to a massive robot fight, that ultimately ends with the Randam unleashing an Ultimate Bullet Swarm attack that sends the Newtron crashing on a nearby planet.

As Ranru prepares to fire once again, Yuriko calls her mech's single wing "cringe". Ranru gets upset and the Randam topples over. Yuriko uses this time to break into the Randam and save Newt. Instead, she ends up in a one-on-one fight against Ranru. May ends up wandering into the ship and finds Newt herself. While fighting, Yuriko appologizes for deserting Ranru and asks her to quit the alliance and start a new life together. Ranru is hesitant, but ultimately refuses and blasts Yuriko out of the ship.

With everyone regrouped and the Newtron repaired, Frank tells Newt that the Newtron can transform into its complete form when he pilots the head. After doing this, the completed Newtron and the Randam engage in one last fight. The Newtron cuts the Randam in half by using a giant sword. The Randam then explodes and chunks fall down to Zlorpagos. Before going home, the Newtron ses Ranru unconsciously falling in the sky and picks her up. They set her down under a tree before blasting off into the sky.

The next day, the mayor of Joannaville holds a ceremony recognizing Newt, May, Yuriko, Stan and Frank. The mayor reveals the ceremony is actually a trial against them, as they were responsible for Ranru's attack happening in the first place. Meanwhile, Ranru and Birdbot plot their revenge.

## Trivia

* This is the longest issue in the series to date, at 32 pages (30 when not counting bonus filler pages)
* This is the first issue to feature fully shaded artwork on every page.

### Cultural References

* The video game Ranru is seen playing heavily resembles the Touhou Project series.
	+ The name of Ranru's mech, PC-9800 Randam, is a reference to the PC-9800 system that the first Touhou games were released on.
	+ The name and design is also a reference to the Gundam franchise.
* The game Newt and Ranru are playing later heavily resembles Dance Dance Revolution.
* Hank Hill from the animated series, King of the Hill, appears on a wall inside the Randam.
* The concept of the Newtron, as well as the phrase "Form Newtron", references the Voltron franchise.