Episode 24: Devil's Trade!?
The Earth Pigs Planetary Scheme
10-27-1973
As usual, Misao and Hiroshi are sleeping on the streets. Hiroshi finds the daughter from the picnic crying. It appears she doesn't like the change that has come over her father. Misao is frightened by a pig (an actual pig not a man with a pig's head). When she tries to show Horoshi about the pig, it isn't there. There is a man in black, reading a newspaper however. When Misao tries to talk to the man he lowers the paper to revea he has the head of a pig. He pulls a knife and threatens Misao with it. Four more pig-headed men with knives appear an attempt to abduct Rieko, Akira and the girl, but...you guessed it, Ichiro appears to save them. The pig-faced men fight with him for a little bit then vanish. Hakaida appears just to take a shot at Ichiro.
Rieko and Akira take the girl home. As she talks to her mother her father comes in. The mothers facing her so she doesn't see him, but the girl sees that her father has the shadow of a pig!
Other people are attacked by pig-faced men.
The two brothers see the girl a ways ahead of them. Akira starts to shout to her when Hiroshi puts a hand over his mouth. The pig faced robots are following her. When the robots get too close to the girl, the boys throw rocks at them to distract them. They chase the boys but the boys get away. The girl finally sees that she's in danger and hides too. The pig-faced robots not finding anybody use a secret entrance to their base. The girl sees them do it. And follow them in. The boys try to follow her but can't get in.
The girl finds her parents, in a cage. Two Shadowmen grab the girl, but just then Rieko, Misao, Hiroshi, Akir and Ichiro arrive. Ichiro takes care of the two Shadowmen. The rest of the group wanders off and is captured by Hakaida. Ichiro is attacked by more Shadowmen.
The two women, two boys and the girl are trapped in a cell, with a bomb. Misao tries to convince Hakaida to release Hiroshi and Akira, apparently reminding him that if they're blown up the plans for Giant Devil will be lost. Hakaida laughs. I'm not sure but I think he wants the plans destroyed so the Shadow can't build the robot Profesor Gill designed.
Ichiro defeats the Shadowmen and frees the parents. The three of them confront the imposters. For a moment it seems like Ichiro may have forgotten which is which, but then he kicks one couple, they fall over and turn into Mad Pig 1 and 2. Shadowmen appear. Ichiro fights them.
Rieko smashes the bars of the cage, much to everyone's surprise. She then reveals that like Ichiro and Jiro she is a jinzo ningen, an artificial human, in otherwords an android. While the others flee she tries to defuse the bomb. Akira is the last to leave.
Several Shadowmen enter the cell where Rieko is attempting to defuse the bomb. She has to stop to fight them.
01 breaks the chain then with a single Blast End destroys both Mad Pigs. The girl is reunited with her parents. Misao suddenly remebers Rieko is still undergound.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!!!
Akira cries.