I’m still finding Godzilla S.P. to be a vastly entertaining experience in a rollicking sort of way.  But I can’t shake the vibe that something here just doesn’t add up.  One of two things is happening here – either all of these monster incidents are miraculously not taking any lives, or a lot of people are getting killed and it’s just not being addressed.  I suppose it could be the latter, but that too would be an odd choice for a Godzilla movie.  If it’s the former I think we’re due an explanation.  Maybe it’s as Collectr said in the comments last week, these are “impossible” kaiju that don’t kill people (but that in itself would require a hell of an explanation).

One thing’s for sure – I’m punting on trying to figure out the science behind this plot.  I know the author is a physicist and all this is interesting in a detached, intellectual sort of way, but I’m damned if I can make any sense of it.  I have no idea if it even makes sense, though I suppose that’s hardly a prerequisite for a Godzilla flick (even one written by a scientist).  Just in these episode we had:

• 13 phases of the Archetype
• 16 blocks in the enka song
• “Orthogonal Diagonalizer“
• Reality folding over itself

What does any of it add up to, really?  I know (because BB told us) that the O.D. is supposed to be able to neutralize the red dust.  Which, by the way, is Phase I of the Archetype.  And which also may be expanding the habitat of the kaiju as it spreads.  And which Ashihara apparently injected into a jellyfish (or maybe himself, I wasn’t 100% clear on that) and altered its evolution.  In any event stopping the red spread seems to be key to containing the kaiju, and BB tests out the O.D. at the base where Salunga is on the verge of busting out.  It apparently fails the test, but it does seemingly stop Salunga.

Salunga is hardly the world’s biggest problem, however.  The name finally got dropped this week, but while Godzilla is specifically referenced I didn’t get the sense this beast we saw in the cold open was him – he didn’t look quite right – pre-evolved?).  Nevertheless he’s Gorou’s main target now, and the old coot is using Anguirus’ horn as part of a spear (originally an arrow until Satomi changes his mind) on the grounds that it will retain some of Anguirus’ seemingly magical properties.  Jet Jaguar has gotten a major level up here, as Yun has integrated Jung into its systems and effectively turned them into a single entity.  Which should be good for Gorou’s insurance company.

Do I necessarily care whether all of this ends up making sense?  Well yes, kind of.  I won’t complain (much) as long as things stay as entertaining as they are now, and we get a nice extended showdown with Godzilla himself.  But I would like all these tangles – Shiva, India, Ashihara, Archetype – to be unraveled in the end.  I have a certain amount of confidence that will happen because of Enjoe Toh’s background and reputation – even if it’s far-fetched you’d expect him to tie it all together.  But for now, what I want to see most is Godzilla kicking Japan’s ass for a while.