"In a Hair's Breadth: The Roar of Godzilla!"
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"In a Hair's Breadth: The Roar of Godzilla!" (
Plot
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The episode opens with a professional racer dying in a car accident. Hikaru talks to his father about this incident after reading about it in the newspaper, suspecting the Garogas were responsible. Raita suggests they should investigate before coming to any conclusions. Coincidentally, the accident happened to a test driver of Daito Motors, the company Hikaru is competing for. And in order to test a new car engine, the company will pick a new driver. The contenders being Hikaru and his co-worker and friend, Sasaki.
Hikaru heads over to where the crash took place, he makes contact with his father after suspecting it was a Garoga trap, due to an empty missile next to the wreckage. Unbeknownst to him, a Garoga soldier was spying him. After reporting to his master, he tells the spy that it's too soon to activate the trap.
Once he leaves the scene, Hikaru heads over to Daito Motors. And after a race, he and his co-workers are summoned by the company president to announce who shall test the new engine they've developed. Hikaru is chosen, much to Sasaki's disappointment.
While testing the car, the Garogas activate their trap. Sasaki calls his family and informs them about the situation, intending to take their bait in order to be sent to their base. Using it as an opportunity to destroy their headquarters.
Hikaru finds himself at a wrecking yard operated by the Garogas, unable to transform and escape. He receives a call from Sasaki, who confesses he helped the Garogas kidnap him out of envy, and begs for his forgiveness. Hikaru tells him he would've let him drive the car, knowing how much this meant for him, had he not betrayed him. Moved by regret, Sasaki tries to rescue Hikaru, only to be shot to death by a Garoga soldier.
Meanwhile, the Sakimori siblings, Hotaru and Akira, head out to rescue their older brother. Hikaru is inches away from being killed however, and out of desperation, he begs his father to call Godzilla to help them. As his siblings confront the Garoga soldiers, the monster appears, making the evil aliens run away in panic. A Terror-Beast Missile is sent towards Godzilla, from which Gigan bursts, flying downwards with drogue parachutes. Despite being upgraded with claws containing explosive charges, Godzilla manages to deliver a humiliating beating to Gigan once more, and cuts the power of the wrecking yard, allowing Hikaru to escape and reunite with Hotaru and Akira. The three of them head out to confront the Garogas, and find Sasaki's corpse. The Sakimori's scare away the Garogas by shooting them.
Meanwhile, Gigan uses the revival technique he learned from studying ninja arts. Hikaru transforms into Zone Fighter and confronts the monster. Eventually, Hikaru comes out on top. Foam comes out of the dying Gigan's mouth before exploding.
The episode ends with the Sakimori siblings paying their respects at Sasaki's grave, lamenting how the Garogas took advantage of him and swearing that he will be avenged.
Cast
Actor's name on the left, character played on the right.
- Kazuya Aoyama as Hikaru Sakimori
- Kazumi Kitahara as Hotaru Sakimori
- Kenji Sato as Akira Sakimori
- Shoji Nakayama as Yoichiro Sakimori
- Sachiko Kozuki as Tsukiko Sakimori
- Shiro Amakusa as Raita Sakimori
- Hideaki Kohara as Takeru Jo
- Tatsuhito Go as Yukio Sasaki
- Seiji Yoshida
- Saburo Kadowaki
- Munemaru Koda as Gold Garoga (voice)
- Masao Takamatsu
- Norihiko Yamao
- Kei Yashiro
- Tetsuo Asai
- Masakatsu Okuyama
- Isao Zushi as Gigan
- Mamoru Kusumi as Zone Fighter
- Tatsumi Nikamoto as Garogas
- Kiyoshi Kobayashi as narrator (voice)
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