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Sadly, this inherited superpower is no longer treated with the same grace as it once was. Daisatô's senile grandfather is spending his last days alone in a retirement home, and Daisatô himself has been forced to have his fights televised and judged by an insatiable mass while he lives alone in a rather decrepit house. He rarely gets to see his daughter and it seems he's a target of green activists and others for the collateral damage he tends to cause. Of course, he doesn't have much of a choice in the matter and by the end of the film, it seems his time has come at the hands of a particularly dangerous monster. {{spoiler|Suitably the ending is of the [[Gainax Ending|Gainax variety]]}}.
The final product has recieved mixed reactions, but many were at least overjoyed with the surreal comic touch of the film (if not perhaps so with the near [[Dramedy|dramatic elements]]. Fans of Matsumoto's may be able to see recurring themes re-emerging here, as well as being able to [[Hey,
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* {{spoiler|[[America Saves the Day]]}}: {{spoiler|The Super Justice Team ganging up to defeat the devil monster.}}
* [[Apathetic Citizens]]: Big Man Japan is destined to protect Japan... but who cares about that when the (''televised'') fights are so boring?
* [[Badass Grandpa]]: Daisatô's grandfather turns into a rather odd variant of the trope towards the end.
* [[Breathe
* [[Children Are Innocent]]: [[Pixellation]] and voice distortion are necessary in one particularly humourous examination of this trope.
* [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]]: Daisatô to a degree, though he's really more willfully ignorant because he's [[The Woobie]].
* [[Companion Cube]]: A cultural example with Daisatô's umbrella.
* [[Curb Stomp Battle]]: Big Man Japan versus {{spoiler|the devil monster}}, as well as {{spoiler|said monster versus The Super Justice Team}}.
* [[Cursed
* [[Dramedy]]
* [[Eagle Land]]: {{spoiler|The Super Justice Team.}}
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