The kaiju roster of Godzilla S.P. grows ever more diverse, but the true stars of the show – including the headliner – have yet to appear.  It seems the monster sealed under the bulkheads (which held for a week, apparently) was not Gabara as I guessed, but Salunga.  That would make it the first monster in Singular Point that’s an original creation (though it sure looks like Gabara to me), implying there may be more.  The kaiju that I would consider the biggest names in the Toho roster (not counting Godzilla himself) – Mothra and Ghidorah – have not been mentioned, though we do see them briefly in the ED.  We know the big guy will, but will they show up in the series itself?

As we see on “BONES NETWORK” a huge flock of Radon have descended on Manhattan – which strikes the head of Japanese naval forces as odd, given that they seemed to be spreading across the Pacific from Japan.  Action is happening on all fronts this week.  At the observatory, Satou-san informs the director that during Ashihara-san’s time, there was a huge red tide in Tokyo Bay and a mysterious jellyfish was discovered.  The director implies that Ashihara-san (those eyes) might still be alive, though whether it’s a subtitle issue or not I’m not sure how he comes to that conclusion.

Meanwhile Mei, assisted by a newly embodied Pero II, is inching ever closer to the truth at the riddle of the scientific mumbo-jumbo.  Ashihara and his waterfall are clearly the key (maybe literally) to all this, and in his graffiti-like notes (which Mei finds hard copies of at the library) he speaks of a “fearful symmetry”.  That’s a callback to William Blake’s “The Tyger”, as the Tully’s coffee-loving government official Kanoko Yukie (Koiwai Kotori) – whose name reading Mei mangles – pops up out of nowhere and informs her.  At sea the navy is going after Manda, except there seem to be many Mandas (which would be an entirely problematical situation if true).  Mandamonium.

Then we have the battle of the 18th green, as Jet Jaguar has its final showdown(s) with Anguirus.  Anguirus is certainly the most interesting kaiju so far, showing signs of intelligence (like curiosity and problem solving).  Gorou’s initial attacks are wholly ineffective, and it isn’t until he improvizes and arms himself with Gen’s harpoon gun that he’s finally able to fell the beast.  Or so it seems until it revives just as the mayor is gloating over its corpse, and Yun has to take matters into his own hands after Jet Jaguar and Gorou are beheaded and knocked out respectively by its massive tail.

Just what is really going on here?  I don’t claim to know, but the fact that the Architype is able to exist in our universe when we’re told by Beira Burn (the scientist guy’s name) that it shouldn’t is at the heart of it.  These kaiju shouldn’t exist either, but they do, and they’re clearly not bound by the traditional rules around these parts.  Maybe it takes scientists meddling where they shouldn’t – Ashihara the last time, Professor Li and the Shiva Group this time – to start the process that “wakes up” these monsters.  That would be very consistent with the usual structure of a Godzilla plotline, and for all its modern trappings Godzilla Singular Point has so far proved itself remarkably faithful to the essence of those forerunners in the franchise.