Ultraman: Disqualified

Brothers, stop over-promoting this book. It's already starting to attract negative attention. In some people's eyes, this book is becoming an arcane fox god.

I saw someone recommend this book on Bilibili, and it reminded me of it. I read it again, and no matter what others say about this book, I still think it's the best Owen I've ever read.

Ultraman never existed But Ultraman is real. —Reflections after reading the full text on December 17, 2025 at 00:28

Seeing Obik made me so sad; it felt like everything was in vain. The protagonist wants humanity to live by its own power, but I see no possibility for humanity in this world. Monsters that eat dreams starve to death, Director Sawai was ousted in a power struggle, and the higher-ups are a bunch of highly skilled idiots. They can't even understand the Warrior of Light, yet they want to study darkness. Even the protagonist, a character so perfectly crafted, is so suppressed. The attempt to emphasize human potential feels overly depressing. I just kept crying while watching. What a wonderful person! How could this happen? #(Crying)

Most Ultraman fanfiction these days focuses on fighting monsters, with very few emphasizing the spirit of Ultraman. Traveling to various worlds to save humanity, change the outcomes of tragedies, and bring hope to people—this is a common trope in novels. I don't disagree with this deus ex machina trope; who didn't watch Ultraman fight monsters as a child? It's just that this kind of portrayal of Ultraman feels empty and monotonous. Those fanfictions simply depict an Ultraman with immense power saving the world. But this book introduces a group of humans with the spirit of Ultra who change the world. This book gave me the feeling that it was Ace's teachings to the children after defeating King Grimm.

Waiting for a master AI to animate this.

Humanity in its most dangerous period: I designed a thousand extremely dangerous weapons capable of destroying the universe. Looking at the peaceful humans during the time of their sealing: Just kidding, there weren't that many.

I've read this book many times, so let me warn first-time readers: while it has its minor flaws, it's definitely a good book. If you're just looking for a protagonist mindlessly using Ultraman powers to side with humanity and clean up their messes, you can look elsewhere. The protagonist is human, and his Ultraman transformations are few and far between. As a human, he fights against invaders and humanity's enemies, but he also reflects on humanity's mistakes and apologizes for them. Also, since many of the earlier chapters are free, there are quite a few nonsensical comments. If you don't have the habit of reading such comments like I do, I suggest you skip them to avoid getting high blood pressure. They're even more infuriating than the humans in the early parts of the story. Trust me, if you can tolerate the potentially high-pressure-inducing behavior of the humans and the protagonist in the early chapters, then this book is definitely worth reading.

Sure enough, no matter how many times I watch it, I still think Zagi's part is a complete failure. Aside from being somewhat useful with Tsuruyama, he's either a disaster or completely useless elsewhere. He killed so many people, and yet he still gets to become Noah in the end. Riko is finally not a monster this time, but Zagi ruins Komon's life. It's really frustrating. Why didn't he just die in the end? Anyway, even if he transformed into Noah in the end, it didn't really help. He might as well have just been killed by Noah like a clown. #(Angry)

Why can't I see the posts anymore? Were they all deleted?