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My war isn't over yet.

Ryunosuke Kamiki as Ensign Kōichi Shikishima in Godzilla Minus One (2023)

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The Boys™ the Shinseimaru crew

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Outside I’m Kamamoto but inside I’m a Koichi Shikishima plushie.

…Huh.

your tumblr avatar is who you are on the outside, and your discord avatar is your true self

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My new Godzilla Minus One fic is published now!

Happy belated Valentine’s!

https://archiveofourown.org/works/63137032

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A wave of relief washed over Seymour when he saw that the other man seemed to have understood, and believed, what he had said. He watched the stranger bow and introduce himself. Shikishima... Seymour wasn't too confident in his knowledge of foreign languages, but if he was remembering what little he had learned over the course of his life correctly, then he was pretty sure that name sounded distinctly Japanese.

"...Sh...Shi...Shiki...Shikishima...?" he repeated tentatively. He tried to say it the way the other man had said it, but the syllables came out clumsily on his tongue, and a bit of his own American accent inevitably poked through no matter how hard he attempted to replicate the graceful, effortless pronunciation. Still, he was determined to show respect by purposefully working to get it right; he knew he'd appreciate it if others bothered to do the same for him.

He lowered his gaze and murmured the name under his breath a few times, feeling out the way his mouth moved as he said it. "...Shikishima, Shikishima, Shikishima...." He nodded to himself before looking back up at his visitor, trying to make his voice sound confident as he tried again. "...Shikishima..."

Finally satisfied with his own repetition of the man's name, he cleared his throat awkwardly before giving out his own in kind: "...My name is Seymour. Er— Seymour Krelborn?" he bowed his head in a similar fashion as Shikishima had done, although it wasn't as much of a drawn-out gesture when he did it; more of a momentary glance towards the floor than anything. "...It's...nice to meet you...?"

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guy

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@whumpgifathon Day 14: Nightmares

Godzilla Minus One, Shikishima Koichi

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Happy Father's Day to this lovely man. He may not be related to her, but he's still the greatest dad to live.

Picture by @tqxkyy

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How would you dress if society had normalized it?

Me:

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I LOVE THEM. I LOVE THEM. I LOVE THEM!!

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He was a kamikaze pilot and in the end everyone so wanted him to live

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I rewatched Godzilla -1.0 yesterday

Minus One was one of the best fucking movies ever I think

Ive been reading some articles and im devastated

(Read more for review + possible spoilers/stuff from interviews, there will be bad spelling)

Review - ★★★★★

I have. Literaly no words for how amazing Godzilla Minus One is. I watched it in Japanese with English subtitles and I cried 5 times in the theater. I felt so incredibly moved by Minus One its hard to start this without gushing about it a bit.

Godzilla himself is super cool. Hes well modeled, powerful, intimidating, and most important of all almost unstopable.

-1.0 Godzilla represents survivor's guilt and how hard it is to rebuild after total collapse. I love godzilla's growth over time as Koichi's guilt builds up.

One of my favorite things about Minus One was Koichis relatonships. People go from blaming him for their issues even thoghue he couldnt have changed anything to accepting him and wanting him to stay alive.

A few people who reviewed the movie said they think it's too emotional but I think its so good becase of how emotional it is. The reason its so impactful is becase it makes you feel something for the characters, who are easy to get attatched to. Theyre all really well designed, which is nice becase complex human characters is something toho and legendary kinda forgot about over time.

Interview Things (Spoilers warning!!)

I've read a few articles about Minus One now and I have 2 main things to talk about.

1. Godzilla doesn't die anymore.

The Godzilla room, a group of people who (basically) decide whats best for godzillas image, have confirmed Godzilla wont die. In Minus One, its pretty obvious from the final scene that godzilla is regenerating. Im not the biggest fan of this, becase Noriko's comment at the end of the movie, "is your war finally over?" would be a great way to wrap everything up. Koichi has healed from his survivors' guilt.

2. Noriko is infected with g-cells.

If during the final scenes you noticed the black mark on Noriko's neck and wondered what it was, we have an answer now! Its g cells, which might mutate her into a kaiju. :(

I do think if Minus One got a sequel it would be amazing, but I also think its good as a standalone movie already. Id love to hear other peoples thoghts on this stuff!!

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shikishima doodle

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A bit late for GodzillaDay 💥

Happy 70th anniversary, king 👑

I rewatched GodzillaMinusOne last night and Shikishima’s plane chase inspired me to draw

Source of inspo + 1am sketch 😂🦖

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I just wanna give this man a hug, protect him, take care of him, i want to tell him it'll all be okay because he deserves the world, and i love him <3