#it’s likely meant to be compared to manhattan project as Godzilla is based on the nuclear bombs that hit japan

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regarding that last post. the point is that Serizawa’s the antithesis to those mad scientist types. the only thing he used his oxygen destroyer on was the eradication of godzilla. he knew his device would be detrimental to society, so he destroyed his research and prototype then died with godzilla so that nobody could replicate his invention.