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* Beta Capsule Transformation: Ultraman's cohabitation within Hayata's body is not entirely unlike the religious or spiritual concept of possession.

However, Ultraman does not attempt to control Hayata's decision-making.

Hayata's mind and spirit control his body under ordinary circumstances.

Yet it is possible, as evidenced by the many close calls to Hayata's life, that Ultraman can intercede in some way to protect Hayata's body, presumably in the form of accelerated healing of injuries as Hayata would be injured in some episodes.

However, injuries that Hayata sustains are not transferred to Ultraman when Hayata activates the Beta Capsule, and Hayata can still be shown as wounded when Ultraman reverses the change, such as one episode when Hayata was knocked off a cliff and injured his left arm, after the fight he was shown with his arm in a sling, another episode had Hayata blinded by a monster attack but his eyes were restored at the end of the episode.

Also any injuries that Ultraman receives do not transfer to Hayata after Ultraman reverses the transformation.

When Hayata was hypnotized by underground aliens in an effort to control Ultraman, the plan failed since they did not count on the fact that Ultraman would be immune to mind control by them.

Only the Beta Capsule can trigger the physical transformation from Hayata to Ultraman.

Where the Beta Capsule goes when Ultraman is active is not known, but during his first battle with Gomora ( Gohora in US version ) the Beta Capsule was somehow separated from him by a strong attack from the monster.

This also revealed that the Beta Capsule only works for Hayata, as the child who retrieved the capsule tripped its activator switch and nothing happened to either the child or Hayata.

When Hayata activates the capsule, Ultraman does not have to appear precisely where Hayata was standing, but he usually does appear very close to that location, and often, but not always, in a similar pose.

Should Hayata use the Beta Capsule inside a building, Ultraman can choose to appear from within it or outside of it, even projecting himself during transformation through the specially-reinforced walls of Science Patrol Headquarters.

One occasion demonstrates the variability: Hayata was atop a building during a mission where Alien Baltan was attacking, and the Beta Capsule fell out of his reach and landed on a ledge below.

With Hayata needing to transform immediately and having no way to reach the device safely, he took an extraordinary gamble by throwing himself headfirst off the building, and managed to grab the capsule and activate it as he fell.

Ultraman then appeared on the ground, safely standing on his feet.

Ultraman changes back to human form by beaming a spiral of energy from his hands to a point on the ground.

Hayata's body materializes within this spiral, and Ultraman's body vanishes.

The only episode that showed Hayata split from Ultraman and laying in a coma was when Ultraman teleported from a planet he had destroyed some Baltans on back to Earth so that he could finish off the rest off them.

For unknown reasons, Hayata's body was left behind in a deep coma state, possibly in stasis, until Ultraman returned.

Either the teleportation power somehow split them apart or else Ultraman left Hayata's body behind to maintain the secret identity.