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[IncidentCloverfield]

HAHA! Kishin' cops a feel... Check it:

[kenclops]

I get the feeling when all is said and done, yes, they hit clover in the eye with a rocket launcher, and although the humans think that's what made him turn around, Clover was like, "Okay, I got my pod. Later humans." The rocket gave them a false sense of security. They think they can defeat Clover next time. Until next time.....

[BranJ]

What i have gathered

[uniquelywired]

I'll be hanging on your every post, kosmopol!

[Euchre]

So we have a hint of what the reproductive cycle is like for MGP - if the manga is meant to be canon instead of in-universe fiction based on the Cloverfield monster incident. I think that's the key thing we don't know to sort out the context here.

The sort of cycle represented here reminds me a little of the reproductive cycle of the sandworms of Dune, where one worm eats the other to obtain the gametes to generate the zygote. What you have to ask is what generates the pods. If MGP's species is anything like some others we know, one gender is considerably larger than the other. Something else that often happens with such massive gender differences is that the gamete donor is often killed and eaten by the egg layer or gestater. In our conventional terms that means the monster in the Kishin manga is a female, but looks just like our Cloverfield incident monster.

For all you thinking of 'multiple monsters', considering things thus far, is it possible there's only ever one full grown MGP at a time? Do the drones of the species only arise when reproduction is needed?

[K1Ng5p4d3]

[Vince S.]

This quite an interesting installment, and I see more than enough that intrigus e me to analyze the scenes carefully, bit for bit. Here's something I don't fully understand; The creature is supposedly invulnerable to conventional weaponry, yet upon being struck in the eye with a shoulder-launched missile, it clearly bears a large scar on the impact point. Is this because the 'God's Vestige' weakened the monster's defensive capabilities, or was the weapon perhaps an advanced missile designed to damage and later break apart the creature, as it did in the water?

Another point of interest is that the monster seems to simply erode and even bloat while it dies and submerges; Was this the God's Vestige as well, or a side-effect of the missile it was hit with, possibly biological warfare?

There are a number of other aspects I am missing with these two, but they seem to stand out more peculiarly than the rest. If someone could fully translate the text, it would certainly seem more obvious as to what is happening here, though we will have to wait a while before the translation. I speak and read influent Japanese to some extent, but even with a few years of tutoring under my belt, I can scarcely make out a word or two here and there, leaving me confounded in the end.

Would anyone happen to know when this, along with the rest of the Kishin series, will be available for purchase in the U.S?

--Vince S.

[K1Ng5p4d3]

[Hibari-san]

I don't support the two monster theories, but seeing the last few panels makes me think the monster in Kishin is the parent of the one in the movie. I feel that those big sacs at the end are eggs for other monsters.

This was a pretty confusing ending. Raised much more questions than it answered. Guess we'll have to wait for the translation to see if anything is answered. But I did like that we were finally able to see the feeding tubes in action.

[Katw0man]

[kenclops]

Kishin sure is small, almost invisible on top of Clover's head in some of those images. Are we sure there wasn't someone somewhere, really hard to see person riding on top of Clover's head in the movie?

The person doesn't have to be on him the whole time. It could be someone with blonde hair as the movie uses a yellow tone throughout most of it, easier to hide the character in, perhaps.

[porrphyrhia]

[UltRiX]

[kenclops]

Did anyone else notice that Clover didn't have horns in this installment?

[Vince S.]