The Return of Godzilla (ゴジラ)

A toho production

Daikoku island, southern tip of the lzu island chain

three months after the daikoku eruption

Hey. You all right?

Yes, I'm fine.

It's no good, captain. The helm won't budge. Something's strange about this tide.

What? Don't be dumb. These waves aren't enough to...

We're being pulled toward the island!

This is the yahata maru no. 5. I repeat, the yahata maru no. 5. Our ship...

Our ship is in danger of wrecking!

We are currently due west of daikoku island.

Concrete no mori wa the concrete forest

shizumu yuuhi o kakushi hides the setting sun

kodomotachi dake ni nemuri no epilogue an epilogue to the sleep only of children

turbulent waves from a low-pressure system last night caused several vessels to run aground,

turbulent waves from a low-pressure system last night caused several vessels to run aground,

and an investigation by the Japan coast guard revealed that the number is expected to increase.

Is anyone on board? And an investigation by the Japan coast guard revealed that the number is expected to increase.

And an investigation by the Japan coast guard revealed that the number is expected to increase.

One of the boats believed to have wrecked is the yahata maru no. 5, a 77-ton fishing ship

it was traveling in the waters near daikoku island in the southern tip of the izu island chain

when it suddenly disappeared, and continues to remain missing.

Student ID dept. Of science electrical engineering division hiroshi okumura

The island suddenly Rose up...

Like some giant rock.

Was it a monster like that sea louse just now?

Something completely different.

It breathed out some bluish-white ray.

With a giant roar...

Did you get a good look at it?

It was too big.

I couldn't see all of it from the bridge.

We're a rescue squad from the Japan coast guard.

They're here. We're a rescue squad from the Japan coast guard.

They're here.

Repeat, a rescue squad from the Japan coast guard.

We will now initiate rescue procedures.

Hey!

Hey! Please do as you are instructed by our crew.

Please do as you are instructed by our crew.

Oshima, lzu

times tohto

times tohto

times tohto

now listen here: The sole surviving crewmember said he saw some kind of giant creature.

And there's a monster sea louse on that ship, as well as nine mummified bodies. That's more than enough proof!

This is a major scoop, I'm telling you! Okay? Please have more faith.

Okay, fine. I'll be there with the negatives soon. Okay.

I swear... they won't believe me.

I wouldn't believe in some “giant creature“ either.

To tell the truth, neither would I. Okay, look after things while I'm gone.

Kanto no.2 police hospital

You say you saw some monster?

Yes, I did.

Sir... since being rescued, I've told the coast guard, the police, and the people here over and over again.

Is it that hard to believe what I say?

It's only natural they don't believe you.

All my friends are dead...

And look what happened to me!

I know okumura-kun well. He's a trustworthy man.

Head of the cabinet research office noboru watanabe

head of the cabinet research office noboru watanabe

I didn't want to believe it was true, but...

Still, why were the bodies of those aboard in that state?

A giant sea louse drained their bodies of all blood and moisture.

As for why an insect that should only be a few centimeters was that big...

It probably reached that size by being continually bathed in the radiation that Godzilla emits from within.

Why do you think Godzilla suddenly appeared?

I believe the cause is the volcanic eruption on daikoku island three months ago.

Violent tectonic activity caused the sleeping Godzilla to awaken, driving it to the surface.

Official residence of the prime minister

Cabinet prime minister seiki mitamura

I was hoping to finish out my term without incident.

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Chief cabinet secretary hirotaka takegami

chief cabinet secretary hirotaka takegami

that's not to say it will immediately attack Japan.

This is true, but...

Takegami-kun.

Sure enough, let's keep this under wraps for now.

Thank you. Appreciate it.

Huh? What gives, maki-chan?

This is unexpected. Maki-ch... huh?

Okay, Mr. Editor. Why was this story dropped?

Something's come up. Let's go see the editor-in-chief.

Editor-in-chiefs office

we've already been given a gag order by the coast guard, the police, and other agencies involved.

The yahata maru no. 5, the ship with okumura-kun and nine other people aboard, is officially still missing.

That even the government has acknowledged there was some giant creature.

Isn't that all the more reason to publish this?

This “giant creature“ was Godzilla.

Sure enough...

Incidentally, maki-kun, if news of this got out, it would plunge the whole country into uncontrollable panic.

It would shake people to the core. Stocks would plunge, and there could even be a political uprising.

For better or worse, this scoop has to stay with you.

I get it. So we've just rolled onto our backs like dogs, huh?

We may be reporters, but this is something we can't print.

Chief cabinet secretary takegami has given us permission

to reach out to makoto hayashida, a professor of bioscience.

Excuse me. Are you professor hayashida?

Who are you?

You, huh?

They told me about you.

What are you researching?

Genetic recombination of the common vinegar fly.

I understand you lost your parents in Godzilla's attack thirty years ago.

So then, your initial motive in studying Godzilla was out of hatred or revenge?

A beast created through radiation? A monster?

That seems to be the general consensus.

It was man that created that “monster." Mankind is far more monstrous.

Godzilla could be said to be a nuclear weapon.

Nuclear weapon?

What's more, a living nuclear weapon.

It does as it pleases and continually destroys.

What's more, Godzilla is immortal.

So then, we just give up?

I didn't say that. Godzilla is an animal. That much is certain.

Is there something about her?

Um, yes.

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his younger sister.

So then, she and okumura-kun have...?

No, she hasn't seen him.

By the way, professor, you've seen okumura-kun, haven't you?

Is he still in the hospital?

Ah, thank you for earlier. How do you happen to know professor hayashida?

I take his seminars at college. That's how I got this job, working part time and organizing his data.

I understand you're okumura-kun's sister.

Yes. Are you a friend of his?

That's right. Sorry, but what's your name?

'I?\ ///?\

naoko-San, you must be worried about your brother.

Do you have family?

My brother and I, just the two of us.

Every year, he works a few months on a fishing boat, knowing it will set him back in school.

He does it to pay for my tuition and part of my living expenses.

All the more reason to hate how the government handles things,

not letting his sole flesh and blood know that he's alive.

My brother is alive?

He's being hidden away somewhere.

The government fears a panic, so they're keeping your brother confined.

They've imposed a media blackout.

They're ignoring a sibling's love in the name of protecting “state secrets, “ and that's wrong.

That's why I, on the other hand, choose to talk.

Il

He's at no. 2 police hospital.

Thank you.

Hey, wait!

Let go!

You can't! Let go!

Let go of me!

'I?\ ///?\

I'm sorry for making you worry.

Thank goodness.

'I?\ ///?\

this is a scoop! Just one more shot!

It's a moving scene, right? Please smile!

Stop it! It's a moving scene, right? Please smile!

That hurts! Let go!

We have permission from the chief of police.

See? Jeez, come on!

All right, that's good. Okay.

We won't put this in an article. Not now, at least.

Soviet nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine

Depth: 300 meters.

Course: 12 degrees.

It's coming at increased speed!

It's nearly to our depth and approaching from the starboard bow! This is an attack!

Run an acoustic signature analysis, now!

It's not one of ours, but not an enemy!

There's no screw propeller noise.

Speed: 40 knots.

The enemy is emitting active sonar!

I don't get it. Is it a whale?

Then it must be an American nuclear attack submarine, a Los Angeles-class.

Distance: 2 nautical miles. Course: 12 degrees.

At this rate, we're going to collide!

Prepare torpedoes for launch!

Fire torpedo no. 1!

Fire torpedo no. 2!

Emergency dive! Take us down to 400 meters!

Torpedo I was a direct hit!

Torpedo 2 was a direct hit!

The enemy isn't returning torpedo fire.

If this enemy wants to sink our sub,

he should be prepared for all-out nuclear conflict.

The enemy is coming in closer!

Distance: 100 meters. It's right above us!

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depth

the enemy...

We've got a leak on the starboard side!

Both propellers, full speed ahead!

Full speed ahead!

Foreign minister seiichi emori

The Soviet foreign embassy has announced that one of its nuclear subs was sunk in the pacific ocean,

south of hachijo island and fifty kilometers north of aogashima.

They're asserting it was an attack by an American nuclear vessel.

The Americans? Have they admitted to the attack?

The state department is denying it.