Godzilla: Singular Point Part 2 Episodes 5-8

The flock of Rodan and the red dust brought with it was only just the beginning.  What was once contained to Japan is beginning to spread across the globe and other Monsters are joining the fray.  Yun and the Otaki Factory team take to the front lines when the armored Angirus appears along with the sea fairing Manda.  Meanwhile, Mei joins a coalition of scientists and mathemeticians as she races to find the origins of this Monster invasion.  All the while, the Monster whose arrival will bring about the great Catastrophe arrives in Tokyo…Godzilla has come at last.

 
Ok, my head hurts.  I’m both completely lost and completely frustrated.  I mean if im being absolutely, 100% honest, HOW HARD IS IT TO MAKE A FREAKING GODZILLA ANIME!!!!???  The pieces are always there: Godzilla, another Monster to fight Godzilla, random human drama, done.  The movies have been following this same formula for over 70 years and that’s after Godzilla first appeared as a metaphor for nuclear horrors that couldn’t be stopped by Humanity (which he became again in later examples like The Return of Godzilla and Shin Godzilla).  What should be an easy win making a bare bones Godzilla story for an Anime is failing at almost every turn in Godzilla: Singular Point.  At some point, you really need to question what writer Toh EnJo was even thinking setting pen to paper on this.  Did he get so lost in writing his five year long term paper about Metaphysics and Time Travel Theory that he forgot he was, you know, SUPPOSED TO BE WRITING A GODZILLA ANIME???!!!!
 
Ok, before I go full on rant, was there anything good in this second part?  Yes and guess what it had nothing to do with navigating the particulars of the space time continuum or any of Yun’s nonsensical ramblings or Mei trying to sound like she’s the cutest smartest person in the room.  The updated Angirus design is my favorite of the series so far.  Full on armored, his spikes looking vicious and his face just looks awesome.  Like Rodan, Angirus gets to keep his classic monster voice whenever he roars.  Many forget that Angirus was actually the first monster Godzilla ever squared off against in Godzilla Raids Again before they became gradual allies.  I have a soft spot for this armored titan and he got some good screentime, particularly when he smashed Jet Jaguar something good before he got taken down.  I havent spoken much about it but there are a ton of Godzilla Easter Eggs splintered throughout Singular Point and one of the bigger ones has to do with Big G himself.  Turns out the Sea Serpent that wasn’t Manda is actually Godzilla in an early form.  It reminds me of the only other time I’ve seen this: Shin Godzilla, where he had 4 or 5 different forms.  Here’s hoping that when he does become true Godzilla, the show this Anime is named after will give us some destruction worth cheering over.
 
And that’s it.  Everything else in this second part sees what made the first part unbearable expanded upon and the writer doesn’t seem to care at all.  We’ve gone from mysterious signals to Monsters that can see the future and adapt to it and particles that exist and yet don’t exist on Earth.  Each time a new variable enters play, there has to be another long winded explanation…no not explanation, let’s call them what they actually are: Lectures, about what it is, why it is and why the frak do I even care about any of it?  Poor Mei has been at the forefront of this abysmal and confusing journey into every kind of scientific theory one can think of.  Her new mentor Professor Li even coins the titular “Singular Point” as the source of the red dust that’s being brought along with the Monsters when they arrive.  What the hell are Archetypes?  Why can they do what they do?  What do they have to do with the Monsters and how they’re appearing all over the world?  These are basic questions that don’t have basic answers and there’s no attempt to dumb it down for someone one who doesn’t have an Einstein or Stephen Hawking level intellect.  I’m not here for a freaking science lecture.  I’m here to watch Monsters throw down and tear stuff up. 
 
The headaches only get worse with the introduction of new mouth pieces, sorry characters, the writer can use to spew more of his “I’m smarter than all of you combined” schtick (starting to think the creepy Ashihara character we’ve seen only in photos is his self insert).  BB speaks the language of pure drama and he looks creepily happy about something we’re not clued into (cause you know, he’s smart, you’re not, moving on).  His “daughter” Leena, is cute but looks like she belongs in Pokemon…and I put Daughter in quotes cause I just don’t see the resemblance (she def got her pretty genes from her Mom).  There’s also some random government official…I think, I don’t even know her name but she has a scene with Mei where she’s talking in literature and bible quotes the entire time.  You know when Mamoru Oshii does this with Ghost in the Shell 2, it sounds interesting and even a bit soothing.  Here in Singular Point, no one can talk normally and everyone refuses to speak on a fifth grade reading level.  At this point, should Godzilla become True Godzilla and bring about whatever Third Impact Catastrophe he’s been prophesied to bring, I’m all for it. 
 
No amount of franchise Easter Eggs or incredible creature redesign can mask just what a mess Godzilla: Singular Point has been.  What should be an easy story to come up with has become the longest late night college lecture of all time with a maybe a 5 minute intermission to watch some Monster action…action that doesn’t even really involve Godzilla himself yet.  I think it’s to the point where I just don’t care about the characters, their long winded speeches or the world they inhabit.  I cant believe it…I think I’m starting to hate Godzilla: Singular Point as much as the Planet of the Monsters Trilogy…I’m gonna go scream into a pillow and I’ll see you back here tomorrow for the Series Finale of Godzilla: Singular Point right here at the Gundam Anime Corner.  *takes pillow to face and AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!*