[SSSS.GRIDMAN] Age unknown? Male? Female? Introducing Bola with lots of differences!

The first episode of "SSSS.GRIDMAN" depicts the exploits of the main character Yuta, who is suddenly faced with a mission to fight a giant monster. The absolute threat of the monster and the flow of how he acquires the ability to become a giant in order to confront it are reminiscent of the "Ultraman" series, and are an exciting development for fans of special effects.

Bora's profile

Source: SSSS.GRIDMAN ⒸTsuburaya Productions/TRIGGER, Amemiya Satoshi/"GRIDMAN" Production Committee           One of the members of Shinseiki Chugakusei. He appears to be a small girl with orange twin-tailed hair and black clothes... but in reality, he is a man like the other members. He is known for his rude behavior and his way of speaking is quite rough, arrogant, and cocky, but despite his small appearance, he also exudes a certain kind of boldness and boldness that makes him seem like a big shot. He refers to himself as "ore".

Character Profile

Source: SSSS.GRIDMAN ⒸTsuburaya Productions/TRIGGER, Amemiya Satoshi/"GRIDMAN" Production Committee         Bora's personality can be summed up in one word as "a cheeky brat." He kicks Utsumi, buys a lot of bread and makes Caliber carry it, and tells Hibiki Yuta and Utsumi, who are following him, that "you could become a stalker." At the same time, he also shows a glimpse of a reliable older brother that doesn't match his small appearance. For this reason, Yuki describes his character as "a combination of a cheeky brat and a relative who seems mean and scary when you meet him every now and then, but is more reliable than other adults when you ask for his advice, all packed into the body of a blonde boy with a baby face."

Straightforward speech and behavior

Source: SSSS.GRIDMAN ⒸTsuburaya Productions / TRIGGER, Amemiya Satoshi / "GRIDMAN" Production Committee             He seems to be the type who says what he thinks directly, and when Rikka was humming in joy at going out with Akane for the first time in a while, he asked her directly, "Did something good happen?", and when Yuta and Shou were busy tailing their loved one, he said sarcastically, "You two could become great stalkers." Also, in the main story, just as Calibur is involved with Rikka and Max is involved with Yuta, Bola is mainly involved with Utsumi.

Bora's cute behavior in the story

Source: SSSS.GRIDMAN ⒸTsuburaya Productions / TRIGGER, Amemiya Satoshi / "GRIDMAN" Production Committee He doesn't like bitter things, so he makes a sour face when he sees the menu at the cafe attached to the recycle shop "Aya", and in episode 4, when he accompanies Yuta and Utsumi in tailing Rikka and Akane, he happily buys a lot of bread, ignoring the tailing, and has a childish side. Also, when everyone suddenly puts up money to buy junk, they only spend 20 yen.

Actual age unknown

Although his actual age is unknown, he seems to be at least older than Yuta and the others, and calls Shou a "kid". In the voice drama episode 6, 6, he says, "I've never had a job," but...? He seems to be self-conscious about his childish appearance, and in episode 6.6 of the voice drama, when he was treated like a middle schooler, he shouted in anger, "How am I a middle schooler!!" and immediately afterwards, when he was treated like an elementary schooler, he kicked him in the shins, causing him to faint in agony.

Buster Borr

Source: SSSS.GRIDMAN ⒸTsuburaya Productions/TRIGGER, Amemiya Satoshi/"GRIDMAN" Production Committee       Borr's true identity is a human with the ability to transform into an assist weapon that supports Gridman. A tank with endless tracks equipped with a pair of giant drills that correspond to the "Twin Drillers" in the original work. At first glance, it looks like an assault machine with a drill as its main weapon, but its main purpose is to have high firepower with missiles with various warheads, which can be said to be a powder magazine all over its body. In addition to bombing, it can also put out large-scale fires by scattering fire extinguishing agents and hold back enemies with sticky bullets, making it more capable of multi-round combat than it appears.

Armed Combined Superman "Buster Gridman"

Source: SSSS.GRIDMAN ⒸTsuburaya Productions / TRIGGER, Amemiya Satoshi / "GRIDMAN" Production Committee             Gridman combines with Buster Bluer to create an armed combined superhuman. The main body of Buster Bluer becomes additional armor for the torso, and a head part is attached to the head. The caterpillar part functions as a heavy weapon that fires a Gatling gun and missiles. The twin drills on both shoulders can be deployed like a parabolic antenna to enter Buster Mode.

Strength

Thanks to the additional armor, he seems to have strengthened not only his firepower but also his defensive power, as he was able to win without running out of energy even after receiving concentrated fire from Goyabec and Anti who copied his own missiles.

Twin Buster Grid Beam

A huge beam is fired from the twin drill in buster mode. The name "Twin Buster" reminded many viewers of the weapon used by the main character in the anime starring the Gridman character. Note that only Midorikawa shouted the part about the grid beam, while Yuuki shouted the "Twin Buster" part. The original Thunder Gridman has a special move called "Drill Break" that shoots a drill, and this move can be considered an enhanced version of that.

Summary

Comments from each cast member on "SSSS.GRIDMAN" include "I hope this will be an opportunity for fans of the special effects Gridman and fans of the anime studio TRIGGER to get to know each other," said Inada, and "The enthusiasm of the staff is incredible, and even a girl like me can really enjoy this work!" Miyamoto said, "It's a work that I'm very excited about!" Even if you're not a special effects fan, you can enjoy it, so be sure to check out "SSSS.GRIDMAN" in anime.