Shin Godzilla

In 2016, the Japan Coast Guard discovers an abandoned yacht drifting in Tokyo Bay. The yacht is soon destroyed, causing the Tokyo Bay Aqua-Line to flood with blood and triggering a viral video that spreads online. The footage suggests a mysterious living force may be involved.

As the viral reports spread, a tail emerges from the ocean, reinforcing the theory of a living creature. The entity crawls through the Kamata district and Shinagawa, leaving a deadly path as civilians evacuate chaotically. Authorities scramble to track its movements through the city.

The government shifts focus to civilian safety and national security. Yaguchi is placed in charge of a dedicated task force to study the entity and its behavior, while rising radiation readings confirm the threat's intensity. The operation marks the start of an organized response.

Kayoko Patterson arrives as a U.S. envoy and confirms that Goro Maki, a disgraced anti-nuclear zoologist, studied mutations caused by radioactive contamination and predicted the creature’s appearance. Maki had been dismissed by both American and Japanese scientific communities, and his notes lie encoded on the yacht.

The creature is named Godzilla in reference to Maki's research. It reappears in its fourth form, doubling in size, and makes landfall near Kamakura. The towering monster begins its march toward Tokyo, leaving a trail of destruction in its wake.

The Japan Self-Defense Forces mobilize to stop Godzilla but fail to halt its advance toward Tokyo. With mounting casualties and a collapsing defense, the United States considers a massively destructive airstrike plan, prompting large-scale evacuations of civilians and top government officials.

A bunker-buster weapon wounds Godzilla, but it retaliates with devastating atomic rays. The assault destroys a helicopter carrying the prime minister and several top officials, and incinerates large portions of Tokyo.

With energy depleted, Godzilla retreats into the sea and enters an extended hibernation. The city endures a catastrophic toll, but the threat remains as authorities reassess the plan.

Yaguchi's team discovers that Godzilla's plates and blood function as a cooling system, offering a potential weakness. They theorize that a coagulating agent could freeze the creature, guiding subsequent research.

The United Nations warns that thermonuclear weapons will be used if Godzilla cannot be subdued within days. Evacuations expand across multiple prefectures as the clock ticks down.

Patterson uses political influence to buy time while scientists decipher Goro Maki's encoded notes using origami. The breakthrough identifies a path toward executing the deep-freeze plan.

International support crystallizes around a deep-freeze operation. The team secures means to deliver a coagulating agent into Godzilla's mouth, setting up the final strike.

Hours before the nuclear strike, the deep-freeze protocol is activated and Godzilla is forced to expend energy against drones. Unmanned trains loaded with explosives race toward the creature's feet as tanker ships inject the coagulating agent into its mouth.

The operation freezes Godzilla solid, at great cost. Scientists note the isotope half-life of twenty days, allowing Tokyo to begin rebuilding rather than facing immediate catastrophe.

In the wake of the freeze, humanoid creatures appear frozen on Godzilla's tail, hinting at possible future complications linked to its lifecycle. The international community agrees to cancel the nuclear option on the condition of a prompt response should Godzilla reawaken.