History Anime / GodzillaCityOnTheEdgeOfBattle

* CentralTheme: [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman What measure does one retain their humanity]]? The first person Haruo sees is Miana after she saves him after his disastrous defeat at the hands of Godzilla Earth. He first tries to communicate with her, with his astonishment that she can form his name. Gela-gu however sees them as insects with inferior lifestyle, going as far as calling Maina a "thing". The second half if the film involves a conflict where the Bilasudo intends to be one with Mechagodzilla City by [[spoiler:infusing themselves with nanometal]] and abandon all emotion and rely solely on logic. Gela-Gu then flat out tells Haruo that the moment he chose to fight Godzilla is the moment he becomes worst than him.

* CentralTheme: [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman What measure does one retain their humanity]]? The first person Haruo sees is Miana after she saves him after his disastrous defeat at the hands of Godzilla Earth. He first tries to communicate with her, with his astonishment that she can form his name. Gela-gu however sees them as insects with inferior lifestyle, going as far as calling Maina a "thing". The second half if the film involves a conflict where the Bilasudo intends to be one with Mechagodzilla City by [[spoiler:infusing themselves with nanometal] and abandon all emotion and rely solely on logic. Gela-Gu then flat out tells Haruo that the moment he chose to fight Godzilla is the moment he becomes worst than him.

* AntiVillain: Godzilla actually seeks out to find and destroy Mechagodzilla City, while intentionally ignoring Haruo, Yuko, and Belu-be and shrugging of their attacks on him. Due to the assimilation properties nanometal has that includes ''organic matter'', he has a good reason to destroy it.

* TheAssimilator: The nanometal will assimilate anything it comes into contact with. [[spoiler: This includes humans]]. Downplayed in that under normal circumstances it only targets things with Godzilla's DNA and corpses that were in contact for a very long time. [[spoiler:However, after the Bilusaludo merge with it, they attempt to assimulate the humans against their will.]]

* ChekhovsGun: The humans, including Haruo, who were saved by the Houtua, were treated their wounds with a powder substance, which they biologically generate due to Mothra's influence on their evolution. [[spoiler: It also repels nanometal infusion]].

* ChekhovsGun: The humans, including Haruo, who were saved by the Houtua, were treated their wounds with a powder substance, which they use on themselves. [[spoiler: It also repels nanometal infusion]].

->''All monsters are called "monsters". As they cannot be defeated by "people". And to defeat what has surpassed human intellect, is outside the capacity of human achievement. The moment you decide to defeat Godzilla, you're aspiring to become [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman something that is no longer human, Haruo]]''.
-->-- '''Mulu Elu Galu Gu'''

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* AmbiguouslyHuman: The main characters seems to think so with the Houtua tribe, whose characteristics look more moth-like with a special powder that repels nanometal. But they appear to be more human in the franchise

* TheAssimilator: The nanometal will assimilate anything it comes into contact with. [[spoiler: This includes humans]].

* ClingyJealousGirl: Yuko gets visibly angry when she sees how Haruo treating Miana affectionately, and her storming off out of jealousy puts her in danger when she's attacked by Ground-type Servum.

* GreyGoo: The nanometal that the Bilusaludo use in their technology--for example, Mecha-Godzilla--is capable of assimilating both other technologies and organic material. The Houtua tribe uses the nanometal to coat their arrows and make them able to kill Servum, while Mecha-Godzilla itself has been consuming Servum that stray too near and expanding into a veritable city. [[spoiler:Mulu-elu Galu-gu, Rilu-elu Belu-be, and the other Bilusaludo willingly allow themselves to be assimilated, while Yuko Tani is forcibly infected and seemingly killed, but the Mechagodzilla City is destroyed and further assimilation beyond that is stopped.]]

* HumongousMecha: Mecha-Godzilla, the Bilusaludo-made {{Robeast}}, is prominently featured in the movie as the origin of the eponymous Mobile City. [[spoiler:While Mecha-Godzilla doesn't do much itself, its nanometal is used to make the Vulture mini-mechs...and becomes [[GreyGoo a big problem]] later down the line]].

* GreyGoo: The nanometal that the Bilusaludo use in their technology--for example, Mecha-Godzilla--is capable of assimilating both other technologies and organic material. The Houtua tribe uses the nanometal to coat their arrows and make them able to kill Servum, while Mecha-Godzilla itself has been consuming Servum that stray too near and expanding into a veritable city. [[spoiler:Mulu-elu Galu-gu, Rilu-elu Belu-be, and the other Bilusaludo willingly allow themselves to be assimilated, while Yuko Tani is forcibly infected and seemingly killed.]]

* SadisticChoice: Near the end of the movie Haruo [[spoiler:must either assimilate himself with the nanometal to finally kill Godzilla Earth once and for all and let Yuko die, or destroy Mechagodzilla City to stop the spread of nanometal infecting Yuko. He chooses the latter, but Yuko dies ''anyway'' in the most heart-wrenching scene ever]].

* ClingyJealousGirl: Yuko gets visibly angry when Haruo gets closer to Miana.

** Metphies tells Haruo the name of the monster that destroyed his homeworld that Godzilla Earth cannot compare, and tells him specifically his name: [[spoiler: King Ghidorah]].
* EvilVsEvil: [[spoiler: Metphies tells Haruo to choose the right thing while Mulu Elu Galu Gu insists he let himself assimilated and defeat Godzilla Earth. In the end, Haruo listens to Metphies, and destroys the central command of Mechagodzilla City]].
* DownerEnding: Metphies is confirmed to be EvilAllAlong, [[spoiler:and is hellbent on summoning King Ghidorah to wipe out humanity. Worse still, not only is Godzilla Earth still alive, but the nanometal turns out to be [[GreyGoo an assimilating compound]], and it takes [[CruelAndUnusualDeath Yuko into itself, seemingly killing her]]]].

* GreyGoo: The nanometal that the Bilusaludo use in their technology--for example, Mecha-Godzilla--is capable of assimilating both other technologies and organic material. The Houtua tribe uses the nanometal to coat their arrows and make them able to kill Servum, while Mecha-Godzilla itself has been consuming Servum that stray too near and expanding into a veritable city. [[spoiler:Mulu-elu Galu-gu and Rilu-elu Belu-be willingly allow themselves to be assimilated, while Yuko Tani is forcibly infected and seemingly killed.]]

* MyBloodRunsHot: Godzilla Earth can raise his body temperature so high, Haruo, Yuko, and Rilu-Elu Belu-be cannot get close him unless they want to get burned alive.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Haruo has this for sending so many of his men to their deaths but also [[spoiler: unleashing Mechagodzilla who is a worse threat than Godzilla.]]

* BigDamnKiss: Yuko confesses how she feels to Haruo and kisses him.

* PerpetualFrowner: How the Houtua twins are differentiated. Miana has a demure-looking expression while Miana has a grumpy look on hers. Though it's justified on her part because she was shot by Yuko.

->''All monsters are called "monsters". As they cannot be defeated by "people". And to defeat what has surpassed human intellect, is outside the capacity of human achievement. The moment you decide to defeat Godzilla, you're aspiring to become [[WhatMeasureIsNonHuman something that is no longer human, Haruo]]''.

* EvilVsEvil: [[spoiler: Metphies tells Haruo to choose the right thing while Mulu Elu Galu Gu insists he let himself assimilated. In the end, Haruo listens to Metphies, and destroys the central command of Mechagodzilla City]].

** Only three members of Haruo chose to escape Earth.