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[Christopher]

Here's the English-dubbed version of the trailer:

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I think this is our first New Generation Ultraman who doesn't have a human host, but a human form.

No, that's pretty common in NG. Orb is a humanoid alien who was endowed with Ultra powers by the Warrior's Peak of Planet O-50. Geed is a human-Ultra hybrid who presents as human and can change into an Ultra. Rosso, Blu, and Grigio from R/B are humans who inherited O-50 tech/powers that let them take Ultra forms. Ultraman Tregear, the villain of Taiga, takes a human disguise. In Trigger, Kengo initially believed he was Trigger's host, but turned out to be a human manifestation of Trigger; also, Ultraman Ribut takes a human form in his guest appearance. The only New Generation or post-NG Ultras with hosts are Ginga, Victory, X, Zero (in Geed), the Tri-Force Ultras Taiga, Titas, and Fuma (who share a single host, a bit like the Imagin in Kamen Rider Den-O), Z, Decker, Blazar, and Arc. (I'm not sure we're still in the NG, since Blazar onward feels like a new era, and they don't seem to use that branding anymore.)

However, if Omega is Sorato's natural form, then that does make him the first lead Ultra in the NG/Reiwa era to have a human form that's merely a disguise in the traditional manner (of Seven, Leo, 80, and Mebius), rather than someone whose base form is human or humanoid and can transform into an Ultra, as has been common in the NG.

 

[Xerxes82]

The design already kind of screamed Seven, but the slugger just adds to it. I wonder if there will be an explicit connection made, eventually. I also wonder if there may be some connection between Omega and Z, given that Z has a similar head crest (though it's never been shown to function as a slugger in his base form that I'm aware of) and both represent the last letter of their respective alphabets.

Though the most interesting thing in that trailer was the kaiju with Omega's color timer on it's chest. What's up there? Is it copying him somehow? Does Omega have a kaiju form? Do they share a power in some way? I have questions, and I look forward to being completely wrong come July.

 

[Christopher]

The Omega Slugger unfolds to become the transformation device:

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The design already kind of screamed Seven, but the slugger just adds to it. I wonder if there will be an explicit connection made, eventually.

There have been a lot of Seven-inspired Ultra designs that have no established connection to Seven. Taro is basically Seven with side horns, but they're unrelated, except honorarily in the Ultra Brothers. Seven 21 and Max are both Seven-inspired designs, as are X and Z to a lesser extent, and Rosso and Blu have Sluggers. Yet Zero is the only Seven-based design to have a direct link to Seven.

I also wonder if there may be some connection between Omega and Z, given that Z has a similar head crest (though it's never been shown to function as a slugger in his base form that I'm aware of)

The wiki lists the Z Slugger among Z's standard armaments. It fires energy bolts instead of becoming a separated blade, but I think the same goes for some of Zero's Slugger attacks.

and both represent the last letter of their respective alphabets.

Interesting thought, but it could be coincidence. The current run of shows has been exploring novel approaches and origins for its Ultras rather than tying into the past. Blazar was a "primitive" Ultra from a distant blazar galaxy, and Arc/Rution wasn't even an Ultra in his natural form. Given that this season is treating Omega's origin as a mystery, I suspect they want it to be a surprise for the audience once it's revealed, so I doubt they'll connect it to past Ultra history.

Though the most interesting thing in that trailer was the kaiju with Omega's color timer on it's chest. What's up there? Is it copying him somehow? Does Omega have a kaiju form? Do they share a power in some way? I have questions, and I look forward to being completely wrong come July.

Maybe that's part of the new origin -- Omega and that kaiju are connected in some way and he's driven to find out how. It's interesting how Omega's eyes and timer have the same unusual internal texture, another hint that he, like Arc, is something different from a conventional Ultra.