Ultraman Orb's History
Ultraman Orb is the titular hero of the Ultraman Orb series. He is able to utilize the abilities of his fellow Ultras to transform and gain their powers through Fusion Up. Orb's human form is the wanderer known as Gai Kurenai, who gained Orb's power from the Voice of Light on Planet O-50.
Orb's light appeared as a bright halo of light located at a mountain peak called Crusader's Peak on Planet O-50. Two elite warriors, Gai and Juggler tried to harness the light but out of the two, only Gai was successful, becoming the current giant he is known as. Leaving O-50, their first mission is to stop the threat of Psychi and his army of Bezelbs.[3] Being inexperienced at first, Orb lost against a Bezelb on Planet Rurin until Juggler advised to use his beam properly. Orb later fought with a Kugutsu infected Bemstar and lost once more. After defeating the Bemstar in space, he joined forces with the Kanon Royal Guards Micott and Ricca on a journey to Planet Zain, where Psychi and the Queen Bezelb and her children reside. While chasing Psychi to Kanon, he is joined by two senior Ultras Dyna and Cosmos as they thwart the mad scientist's invasion and saved Kanon Queen Amate/War Deity from Kugutsu infection.
After Gai deserted Juggler for destroying the Tree of Life, the former was sent by Amate towards the Earth to protect the giant tree once more with the help of Earth scientists Shohei and Yui. The Kanon queen ended up following him later on due to her obligation to protect the tree as Gai met more of his predecessors, the Earth-born Ultras Gaia and Agul. After narrowly escaping Psychi's trap with the help of Juggler, Gai/Orb proceeded to protect the Queen Bezelb when she and her younglings defended the Tree of Life from Japanese soldiers but ended up getting infected with the Kugutsu after using Orb's body as a meat shield to protect the War Deity. He nearly succumbed to the poison's effect until Juggler saved him again under his own agenda to surpass the warrior of light. With all of his predecessors gathered, Orb joined them in the final battle against Psyqueen, purifying the War Deity with Shohei's help and rescued Psychi from his own death.
With the Queen Bezelb dead, Gai was commended by his predecessors, before returning to Planet O-50. Orb as Origin The First was upgraded into Orb Origin before embarking on his second mission.
Gai/Orb embarked on his second mission, to collect all four elemental powers of the Orb Calibur. While fulfilling his mission, Gai took a boy from Jewel Planet Cobolnamed Shorty under his wing and has to solve a mystery during their journey. The first jewel he obtained was the Element of Earth, which was stolen by Shorty from Murnau, after defeating a Dinosaur Tank. They then went to Water Planet Nuock where Orb fought Pestar, Takkong, and Gamakugira, and obtained the Element of Water from a pearl in Gamakugira's remains. On Volcano Planet Ganun Api, Orb fought against Gora and defeated it with the Orb Water Calibur, and then obtained the Element of Fire (???, Hi no Eremento) from the natives as a reward. Finally, on Wind Planet Guillermo, he fought against the Alien Nackle Ramon Brothers, and Gai then battled Jugglus Juggler, who had the Element of Wind with him, and took it after defeating Juggler. Going back to the Crusader's Peak on O-50, Orb Supreme Calibur had been unlocked. The ring of light did not inform Gai of his next mission.
After Juggler caused a prison break on Prison Planet 484, Gai was called by the Interstellar Alliance to stop the former when he threatened to endanger the entire universe by unleashing a black hole. Although Orb had neutralized the prison break, Shorty died after disarming the Balloonga Bomb, making Gai furious, and he beat Juggler to near death but was stopped when officers from the Interstellar Alliance came to arrest the dark madman.
Gai went back to the Crusader's Peak and the Light of Orb gave him the third mission, to stop the awakening of Maga-Orochi, and was given the Orb Ring. With Juggler obtaining the Dark Ring, both had become sworn enemies ever since then as their fight turns into a symbol of light and darkness.
Gai and Juggler arrived on planet Earth in the year 1800 BC. Orb fought against a Dodongo when Gai was ambushed in a temple. When Juggler unleashed Magatanothor in Ishtal civilization, Orb fought against the monster and obtains Ultraman Tiga's Ultra Fusion Card but their battle resulted in Ishtal Civilization turning into Kemati Buki (Hill of Death), Kemati Buki, as well as spawning the theory 4000 years later of an ancient superscience war taking place there, as evidenced by the intense heat turning sand into glass. After defeating Magatanothor, Orb would fight off other monsters and alien invaders as thousands of years pass.
In 1908, Gai/Orb fought against Kingsaurus II at Paikal Lake and then Super C.O.V. in the fjord valley during his journey to Rusalka. His fight with Super C.O.V. caused Gai to lose his memories before meeting Natasha Romanová. The villagers nearby also get to know him.
After a month of recuperation, Pris-Ma appears. Orb fought Pris-Ma and destroyed it as well, and their fight somehow allowed Gai to recover his memories of being Orb. With the aforementioned monsters that Orb destroyed, Juggler harvested their cards and released Maga-Zetton. Still having haven't fully recovered from the previous fight, Gai still becomes Orb and fought Maga-Zetton after telling Natasha he will return. When Orb tries to get Natasha away from danger, Maga-Zetton unleashed a fireball that seemingly killed her. Orb then unleashed the full power of Orb Supreme Calibur and killed Maga-Zetton while also engulfing the forest in an event known as the Rusalka Great Explosion. As a result, Gai sealed Orb Origin away. Gai obtained Ultraman's Ultra Fusion Card in the aftermath.
In the 1950s, Orb dealt with Hungler, a saucer monster that was brought down by Biranki and started the myth of The Mystery Of The Burlesque Triangle in New Sarajevo state, Rockwez, somewhere in South America. For the first time, Orb had to rely on Ultraman and Tiga's Ultra Fusion Cards to assume his Spacium Zeperion form.
Before journeying to Japan, Orb fought Peguila at the Sevel archipelago, in Rupashika area, near the North Arctic. At some point, he journeyed to Japan, determined to stop his nemesis. Riding on a freezer truck, he arrives in Tokyo.
Orb continues to fight against the Lord Monsters in Japan. He comes across the SSP and VTL Squad leader Ittetsu Shibukawa, saving them on numerous occasions and received new Ultra Fusion Cards with every Lord Monster he eliminated. But in truth, he unknowingly assisted Juggler to reawaken Maga-Orochi and succeeded after stealing Ultraman Belial's card from the Planet Invasion Union.
After Juggler stole his cards, Tamayura provided Gai with the cards of Zoffy and Ultraman Belial, with her "destruction" allowed the dark Ultra to provide Gai with his powers. This resulted in the birth of Thunder Breastar, a violent berserker that focuses solely on destruction. Because of its performance against Maga-Orochi, Gai grows fearful of this power and it once more proven fatal when he endangered two people at once; a Z-VTOL pilot and Naomi when she was kidnapped as Galactron's hostage.
Still in doubt of himself, he returned to Rusalka and met Juggler again, who summoned Zeppandon, a Lord Monster that is a fusion of Zetton, Pandon and Maga-Orochi's tail. Although being coerced by Juggler in their fight, Orb refused to utilize Belial's power again and instead use Burnmite's Stobium Dynamite as a cover to escape.
At the height of Gai's guilt trip, Juggler tried to exploit this by creating Zeppandon and challenged his rival. By the time Gai cleared of his doubts, Orb utilized and successfully maintain control of Thunder Breastar, and regains his public reputation by shielding the SSP members from an incoming attack. Under Gai's previous order, Naomi sings the melody that accompanies Gai's Orbnica song, Orb/Gai regains faith in his powers and the ability to transform into his original form, Orb Origin. In this form, he shrugged off incoming attacks and overpowered Zeppandon using the Orb Calibur before finishing off the monster for good. Despite regaining Orb Origin, the usage of said form was reserved for dire situations, as shown in against Tarude, Maddock's Hyper Zetton and Juggler himself.
A threat that was predicted by many had arrived in the form of Magatano-Orochi, the adult form of Maga-Orochi which was thought to have been killed by Orb. The Ultra Warrior faced it again but even the same form he used before (Thunder Breastar) and his original power can't deliver the slightest damage to the monster. The Giga Lord Monster Strikes Back An exhausted Gai was forced to deal with Juggler when he kidnapped Naomi in hopes of driving the former to despair. When Naomi confidently took responsibility for her own death, Juggler wasn't able to carry out the deed and instead rescued her from a crashed Z-VTOL. This event revealed that he was Natasha's rescuer in the past and Gai embraced his rival in gratitude.
Leaving Naomi in Juggler's care, Gai transformed into Orb and charged with all his might, using Spacium Zeperion, Burnmite and finally Orb Origin but neither of them can hurt the beast. Juggler assisted his rival after persuasions from Naomi and the rest of the SSP and VTL reveal the monster's weak spot. While Juggler was restrained by Magatano-Orochi, Orb used the powers of his Ultra Fusion Cards and fired their signature beams at the monster, ending the prophesied destruction from the ancient past. He reverted to Gai, bidding farewell to Naomi (who actually knew his true identity from the start) and left to parts unknown.
Orb was fighting against Galactron in Hawaii, who was rebuilt and modified by Murnau. At the verge of getting turned to jewellery, help arrived from Ultraman Zero. Orb then finished off Galactron with Zero's help. Zero then warns Orb that someone is sending monsters to the Earth before leaving to investigate in another universe. Gai returned to the SSP after a long time traveling around the Earth and met Ultraman X in his X Devizer, who sought his help to search for his separated host, Daichi Oozora. But during that time, Murnau and her forces appeared and captured X as part of her space jewel collection.
Upon meeting Sadis, Gai transforms into Orb and fought against each other but Sadis manages to overpower Orb and wanted to continue the fight until the aliens summoned by Murnau takes Orb away. Orb would later team up with Ultraman X against Darebolic and almost finishing Darebolic until Sadis intervened. Orb transforms into Thunder Breastar to deal with Sadis but witnessed X becoming crystal by Darebolic and defeated by Sadis flying punch. After receiving the Ultra Fusion Cards from Victory, X and Ginga, Orb transforms into his new form, Orb Trinity to combat Darebolic, Alien Temperor and Alien Hipporit while receiving assistance from Juggler as Zeppandon. Orb would later receive help from Victory, Ginga, X and Ultraseven in defeating the aliens, Sadis and Darebolic. After a long battle, Orb and the other Ultras fly off from the scene. Orb would later follow Zero after Zero invited him to help him and X in stopping Desastro.
Orb and Zero fly off to space to defeat Desastro. While they were waiting for it, Desastro opens a space-time distortion and causes a violent inter-dimensional storm. Xio launches all their spacecrafts to provide support, and Ultraman X joins Orb. Together, they search for Desastro, and are surprised when they see its true form. This crossover marks X's final story.
After fighting against a Demaaga on Earth, Orb trailed its energy to space and assisted Zero in defeating Juda Spectre and Mecha Gomora. Seeing Demaaga's case related to the darkness in Planet Yomi, Orb offered Zero a hand and the two were greeted by its mastermind Reibatos. Although Orb managed to catch him, he was defeated due to Reibatos' immortality. This leaves him in training with Seven and Zero for 10 years and eventually received a new form called Emerium Slugger. Shortly after defeating Tyrant, he pursued Reibatos in his dimension and defeated the villain via continuous attacks. In the Land of Light, Orb was offered Star Marks but denied them as he is just a passing wanderer and left.
Orb appears to help Ultraman Geed face Galactron MK2, who was sent by Gillvalis to Earth to find the Red Steel (Giga Finalizer). The two fought a difficult battle and then they were joined by Ultraman Zero. When Geed was shot by Galactron MK2 and sent to cyberspace, Orb used the power of X's Gomora Armor to enter that cyberspace to rescue Geed. Galactron MK2 targeted Geed with a barrage of beams, but Orb and Zero stand in the way of the incoming attack and seemingly died. This causes Geed to be furious, and he finished off Galactron MK2.
Later, Orb returns, somehow having survived the previous encounter, to help Juggler and Gukulushisa face off against the Galactron Army. They are also joined by Zero Beyond, who also survived through the use of his Shining Star Drive. After trying and failing to destroy the Galactrons, Geed joins them as Ultimate Final and the Galactron Army was defeated through the efforts of the four heroes. Orb, Zero and Geed fly to Cyber Planet Kushia to face Gillvalis, and he helped Zero and Geed destroy its Perfect form by blasting it with the Orb Supreme Calibur. After Gillvalis' threat is ended, Gai Kurenai goes off on another adventure somewhere else, with his eternal rival Juggler following him not too far behind.
At an unknown point in time, Orb went to an alien planet where he saved a young Cereza from an unknown monster, which inspired him to become like Orb someday. If Makoto Aizen's roleplay of him is accurate, Orb first used Spacium Zeperion's Sparion Beam but failed and he then used Orb Origin to finish off the threat via the Orb Supreme Calibur.
Ultraman Orb had returned to the Crusader's Peak of O-50. He is suddenly attacked by Ultraman X Darkness and Ultraman Geed Darkness, who attack him to drain his light energy, before Victory comes in and stops them mid-process. He holds them off just long enough for the both of them to escape and regroup with the other New Generation Heroes at the Land of Light. When everyone was gathered, they had a group talk to discuss what had happened to them. Ultra Dark-Killer uses a projection to inform the New Generation Heroes that Ultraman Zero and Ultrawoman Grigio are being held in the Dark-Killer Zone on Planet Tenebris, and to come and face him if they want to rescue their comrades.
Upon arriving, X, Orb and Geed face off against their respective Darkness copies, but are unable to defeat them. Remembering the battles they fought alongside Zero, Orb changes to Emerium Slugger and defeats Ultraman Orb Darkness using the ES Spacium.
However, Ultraman Tregear revives Ultra Dark-Killer and Ultraman Zero Darkness, the former growing to gigantic size due to his overflowing power. To help Zero defeat his Darkness copy, Geed uses the energy of Ginga, Victory, X and Orb to transform Zero into Zero Beyond. They then transform into their strongest forms to battle Ultra Dark-Killer, with Orb changing to Orb Trinity. After the New Generation Heroes assault Dark-Killer, Taro arrives and advises them to lend their power to the Strium Brace. Upon doing so, Ginga performs the New Generation Dynamite and destroys Dark-Killer and the Dark Palace. The New Generation Heroes and Zero regroup, but were confronted by Ultraman Tregear, who admits he was the mastermind behind these events. The New Generation Heroes decide to go after Tregear.
The New Generation Heroes faced off against Tregear near the Land of Light, but were defeated easily. When the Tri-Squad arrived, Orb, Rosso and Blu gave Ultraman Taiga their lights as a gift, which manifested in the form of Bracelet-type Ultra Taiga Accessories.
After Tregear was defeated by Taiga, a part of Grimdo escaped from his body. The New Generation Heroes tracked down Grimdo in space and sealed it away in a crystal, at the cost of their Ultraman powers. In their human forms they descended to Earth to protect Hiroyuki Kudo from the approaching Grimdo. Once Gai regained his powers from the Orb-let, the New Generation Heroes face off against Tregear, the Grimdo-possessed Taro and Tregear's monsters, with Orb fighting against Night Fang. After their opponents receive power ups from Grimdo, Orb transforms into Orb Trinity to finish off Segmeger. Initially being trounced by Grimdo after it had absorbed Tregear, the New Generation Heroes fused with Taiga into Ultraman Reiga and defeat Grimdo. The New Generation Heroes give their parting words to the Tri-Squad and Hiroyuki and return to their home worlds.
Following Tregear's defeat, the New Generation Heroes were dispatched across the universe to track down the Devil Splinter|Devil Splinters, the fragmented remains of Ultraman Belial, which could be used for nefarious purposes in the wrong hands. In their hunt for them, Orb, Rosso and Blu arrived on Planet Liquitor in the nick of time to save their fellow O-50 Ultra Fuma from Gina Spectre. Despite their efforts, Gina proved to much for all of them, escaping with a Devil Splinter in hand.
The New Generation Heroes regroup in the Monster Graveyard, where Absolute Tartarus, Alien Bat, Reibatos, Ultrawoman Grigio Darkness and Gina Spectre were attacking Ultrawoman Grigio, Ultraman Zearth, Ultraman Nice and Ultraman Boy to take the Devil Splinter they found there. X uses the Beta Spark Armor while Orb changes into Orb Trinity to fight Reibatos. However, Tartarus uses the gathered Devil Splinters to empower Reibatos, who recreates the Giga Battlenizer, and fuses Gina with the souls of her brothers to create Gua Spectre before he dies of an overdose. Gua Spectre's new perfect form proved to be too powerful, forcing the New Generation Heroes to fuse into Ultraman Reiga, who easily defeats Gua before defusing into his components. Just after the battle, Geed and Taiga are struck by Belial and Tregear who retreat shortly after, stealing the Beliarok from Z in the process.
