First, Shin Godzilla is like a cosmic diagram with geometric shapes revealing deep insights to those who contemplate it. (This is what I explained in a previous post in which I suggest Shin Godzilla is like the Kabbalistic Tree of Life, which functions as a mental filling system enabling thinkers to formulate ideas and to find simple expression for complex thoughts.) Hazama with his towel around his neck brings a deep intense, introspective, and philosophical perspective that is like that of a buddhist. I don’t think it is a stretch to imagine his words and gestures as mantras and mudras. His fixation upon the Maki’s mysterious analytical table is like that of a disciple meditating upon the mandalas to achieve Buddahood. It is in these moments that his insights are born. Each member of Yaguchi’s team brings his or her unique contribution and speciality. Consider the deep insights the team derived from gazing upon Shin Godzilla’s structure.
“This new Godzilla surpasses anything I imagined.” (Kayoko Patterson)
“Gamma rays match no known elements whatsoever. It’s incredible… Gojira is it? Its body harbors new elements.” (Tatsuya Negishi)
“Gojira’s the most evolved creature on the planet.” (Tatsuya Negishi)
“It’s not a molecular array.” (Hazama)
“Gojira has 8 times the genetic info of humans.” (Kazuaki Machida)
“Gojira’s the most evolved creature on the planet.” (Hiromi Ogashira)
“Capable of self-mutation.” (Hazama)
“That trumps human intelligence.” (Hazama)
“Gojira has something of a nuclear reactor in its body.” (Hazama)
“[T]his may be how Gojira plans to propagate. Rapid colonization all over the world.” (Ryu Yasuda)
“So not only could it evolve to a smaller size, it could sprout wings capable of intercontinental flight.” (Hazama)
“How do we know it hasn’t made itself immortal?” (Hazama)
“Man is more frightening than Gojira.” (Hiromi Ogashira)
“So Gojira is both a threat to mankind, but also poses a revelation of limitless potential.” (Rando Yaguchi)
Second, Shin Godzilla is like an avatar incarnating powerful and divine-like forces in an animal form with the power to create and to destroy. The humanoid creatures of Shin Godzilla’s fifth form are frightening and appear ready to fulfill Hazama’s prophecy that “it could sprout wings capable of intercontinental flight.” The humanoids seem to fit with the description of the fearsome figures and forms as “many-headed” and “armed beings” emanating and springing forth from the Buddha. What could they be? Could they be the result of the mixing of Prof Maki’s DNA with Godzilla evolving into a new human hybrid creature as Hazama feared. This may not be as farfetched, but maybe substantiated by the dropping of what appears to be a jaw on Shin Godzilla’s tail immediately following the scene of Rando Yaguchi asking, “What did he (Maki) do in the end?”