Gods? Devils? The Pretenders

'''Now we introduce a whole new breed of human! Well, sort of.'''

Synopsis
Karin, a small, peaceful island on Pacific Ocean, is now threatening by a storm. The storm destroys the thatchy houses on the island. The are three monstrous shadows show up behind the storm. The people on the island believe it is the sign that the devils are wakening after seeing the shadows.

An elder tries to persuade Prince Cab to evacuate with other people. However, Cab refuses to evacuate and wants to fight the "devils".

Two lightening is emitted from the bat monster's eye and hits the elder. Cab fights back by throwing a spear toward the shadows but the spear is soon broken by the shadows.

Suddenly Shūta appears and tries to stopped Cab's attempt on second strike but ended up with a punch on his face by Cab. While Cab declares his identity and pride of a prince, the bat monster again emits lightening toward Cab from his eyes. Shūta successfully saves Cab and tells him look at the sky. A human in armor changes into a Transformers. Upon seeing this, the elder says it the legendary god of Karin. Shūta then identifies himself and tell Cab he bring Metalhawk to this island.

Metalhawk emits a beam from his forehead to attack the shadows and blows the shadows away, revealling three Decepticon Pretenders with their inner bodies. After a fight between Metalhawk and the Decepticon Pretenders, Metalhawk finishes them with the Shining Arrow, forcing them to retreat.

In the end, the people on the island worship Metalhawk as their god, disregarding Hawk's explanation that he is a Transformers, not a god. Cab tells Shūta that he wants to make friends with Hawk. Shūta reply him in glad that they are friends from now on.

Credits

 * Script: Masumi Kaneda
 * Art: Ban Magami
 * Originally published on TV Magazine April, 1988

Featured characters
(''Numbers indicate order of appearance.)

Errors

 * TBA

Items of note

 * In the first page of this issue, the Pretender is described as another kind of human.


 * Almost all people of Karin take Transformers as the gods or devils, except for Cab, who know they are just Transformers.


 * According to Shūta's words, the Pretenders arrived on Earth in the ancient time and were took as gods or devils by the human. And it becomes the basis of some mythologies passed toward modern day.