Issue 5

"**Ultra Mega Cherry Blossom Death Attack Z - Part 1"** is the fifth issue of Newt. It is part one of the first multi-part story arc in the series. This comic was intended to release several issues later but was moved up as a result of a change in production order due to the 2019-2020 COVID-19 pandemic.

## Plot

The Bloople satelite is taking new pictures of the planet, and Newt decides to moon it as a joke. Yuriko joins with him, despite May's annoyance.

Months later, Ranru is cruising through space, watching anime instead of putting effort into conquering planets. She recieves a call from her leader, Motherbird, who demands for her to conquer a planet within a week. Ranru selects one at random and it happens to be Zlorpagos. Ranru comes across an image of Newt and Yuriko mooning the satelite, and bases her decision to invade on that.

Ranru's ship lands in Joannaville, where she announces her plans and thanks Newt and Yuriko personally. Ranru reveals that she has history with Yuriko, then pushes her aside, imprisons Newt, and flies off to start spreading mayhem.

Frank demands Yuriko to explain why Newt was kidnapped. Yuriko confesses that she used to be a member of the Libertron Alliance, an intergalactic organization that invades planets under the guise of spreading liberation and freedom. This infuriates Frank, as Newt and Stan are targets of the Alliance, and he storms off.

Meanwhilen Ranru is attempting to threaten the townspeople with a laser beam. After getting frustrated that no one is threatened, Newt suggests that she fire two lasers instead of one. This leads to Ranru promoting Newt as her assisstant.

May finds Frank foraging for food outside his house. She asks why Newt and Stan are targetted by the Alliance. He explains that he, Newt and Stan are from another planet that was invaded by the alliance. Frank was previously made the godfather of Newt and Stan due to being good friends with their parents. Frank, Newt and Stan are they only ones who escaped the planet in time. All he knows for sure is that the Alliance is still after Newt and Stan.

Ranru gets bored of destroying the town and asks Newt if he can help her locate Stan. Meanwhile, May finds Yuriko in an arcade. She asks Yuriko why she was a part of a genocidal organization. Yuriko explains she didn't know at the time what the alliance's intentions were. She looks back at when she first met Ranru in high school. Ranru was much more passive and shy back then. After Yuriko got to know Ranru, they started dating. One night, Ranru told Yuriko how she wished they could leave and live on some other planet. One day, Yuriko sees recruiters for the Libertron Alliance and is enticed by their promise of exploring other worlds. Yuriko and Ranru join and become cyborgs, but Yuriko soon notices the alliance's true colors. She also witnessed Ranru be warped and manipulated by the alliance. Yuriko ended up running away when things got to intense, leading her to Zlorpagos.

May and Yuriko decide to tell Frank about this so they can team up to stop Ranru. However, they're too late, as Ranru has already taken Stan and flies off into space.

## Trivia

* This is the first issue in the series to end on a cliffhanger.
* This is the first issue to be released online before a physical release.

### Cultural References

* The arcade machines include *Chimp Chomp* from Fanboy & ChumChum, Skullgirls and Polybus, a reference to Polybius.

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