History YMMV / GodzillaMinusOne

** With ''VideoGame/KanColle'', given the presence of the ship versions of Yukikaze, Hibiki, and Takao, prompting fanart of the three shipgirls interacting with this version of Godzilla.

** Takashi of the World/Sekai No Takashi [[labelnote:Explanation]]Another meme from the JP fandom. Due to the explosive popularity of Godzilla Minus One worldwide, Kamiki Ryunosuke, Shikishima's actor, jokingly calls Director Yamazaki this sometimes, which the fans latched onto. Later, after the Oscar win, Kamiki joked that he'd gone past Takashi of the World and become "Takashi of Space"[[/labelnote]]

* TheWoobie: Koichi Shikishima. Hoo boy. He's Kamikaze pilot who abandoned his post and lands on Odo Island. At this time, he gets sympathy, particularly from one mechanic, Saito, as Japan is fighting a pointless war they can't win. When Godzilla appears and attacks the engineers, Tachibana, the lead mechanic, orders Koichi to shoot Godzilla with his plane's machine-gun, though Koichi freezes up in terror--leading to everyone except for Koichi and Tachibana being killed; even Saito, who he was particularly close with according to the novel, is murdered in front of him while calling to him for help. Tachibana blames Koichi for not taking the shot at the monster when he had the chance, and gives him photo mementos of the dead engineers showing that they had families waiting for them, which puts even more guilt on his conscience. When he returns home to Tokyo after it had been ravaged by the fire-bombings, his neighbor Sumiko calls him a disgrace for failing his country and reveals that his parents and her children had died as well from the bombings. After he meets Noriko annd Akiko, his life seems to turn for the better, but he is still plagued by nightmares of Godzilla's attack on Odo Island. And then he finds out that Godzilla has not only mutated, but is heading towards Japan. When Godzilla arrives and destroys Ginza with his Atomic Breath, seemingly killing Noriko in the process, the already traumatized Koichi now has nothing else to live for other than make a safe future for Akiko. But he eventually earns his happy ending when Tachibana tells him to live, [[spoiler:and Noriko survives Godzilla's attack on Ginza]].

*** Another minor one involving Tachibana is that he tells Shikishima on Odo Island that he has sympathy for him abandoning his post. The mechanic is actually Saito, a mechanic played by the star of one of Yamazaki's previous movies, not Tachibana.

** On Japanese X/Twitter and Pixiv, you can find a lot of crossover content with ''Manga/GegegeNoKitaro'' movie ''Kitaro's Birth: The Mystery of Gegege'' featuring Kōichi and ''Kitaro's Birth'' protagonist Mizuki. Both movies released around the same time, and both Kōichi and Mizuki are traumatized [=WW2=] vets who find themselves adopting a child at various points in their story, yet interpret and react to their war experiences in very different ways; Kōichi has terrible SurvivorsGuilt, and is mostly selfless, caring more for others than himself, while Mizuki resolves to live life the best he can because he survived, his experiences hardening him into a selfish, ruthless man who wants to become powerful so he can't be used as a pawn again ([[JerkWithAHeartOfGold though at heart he can't quite bring himself to be truly selfish and ruthless]]). Fanart and content often features them as dad friends (in spite of ''Kitaro's Birth'' taking place years later than this movie), has Mizuki react to Kōichi's extreme behavior in severe situations, or otherwise highlights the differences and similarities between the two.

** With ''Film/GodzillaXKongTheNewEmpire'', whose teaser trailer debuted just before ''Minus One''[='=]s film release. Largely speaking, fans of ''Godzilla'' perceived the stark contrast in tone between the two films as perfectly embodying the dichotomy of the ''Godzilla'' series as a whole. And with ''Series/MonarchLegacyOfMonsters'' also airing concurrently, most fans seemed pleased to have such an abundance of new ''Godzilla'' material regardless of their personal preferences.

* FandomRivalry: Although most Godzilla fans are simply happy for the glut of Godzilla media in close proximity, there's a subset which dislikes the ''Franchise/MonsterVerse'' that threw shade at it by negatively comparing it to this film, particularly since the trailer for ''Film/GodzillaXKongTheNewEmpire'' came out around the same time as the US release of ''Minus One''. This subset of fans tends to unfavorably compare and contrast the unabashedly "goofy" science-fantasy kaiju brawlfests of ''Godzilla x Kong'' (and by extension other Godzilla media so inclined) with the more somber postwar human drama juxtaposed with Godzilla as a dark destructive force of nature as in ''Minus One'' (and by extension the original ''Gojira''). This camp also has an undercurrent of feeling OnlyTheCreatorDoesItRight, with "the creators" being Toho/Japan vs. the Monsterverse being Hollywood, though of course Godzilla has had his share of goofy brawlfests from Japan in the past.

* EvenBetterSequel: While the [[Film/ShinGodzilla previous film]] was critically acclaimed for Creator/{{Toho}}'s return to the franchise two years after Creator/LegendaryPictures' own [[Film/Godzilla2014 Godzilla film]], many criticisms towards that film has too much focus on Japanese politics and their incompetence over handling a {{Kaiju}} in a major city in a realistic light, and not much focus on Godzilla. Here, the film solely focuses on Koichi Shikishima and his guilt and trauma ties to Godzilla, and how that trauma affects him on a personal level and those around him. While Godzilla in either film doesn't have as much focus, it does show that Godzilla's presence does affect people, and overcoming his trauma helps complete Shikishima's character arc, rather than focus Japan as a whole being the character itself.

* EvenBetterSequel: While the [[Film/ShinGodzilla previous film]] was critically acclaimed for Creator/{{Toho}}'s return to the franchise two years after Creator/LegendaryPictures' own [[Film/Godzilla2014 Godzilla film]], many criticisms towards that film has too much focus on Japanese politics and their incompetence over handling a {{Kaiju}} in a major city in a realistic light, and not much focus on Godzilla. Here, the film solely focuses on Koichi Shikishima and his guilt and trauma ties to Godzilla, and how that trauma affects him on a personal level and those around him. While Godzilla in either film don't have as much focus, it does show that Godzilla's presence does affect people, and overcoming his trauma helps complete Shikishima's character arc, rather than focus Japan as a whole being the character itself.

** "[=MinusGoji=]" for this movie's version of Godzilla to distinguish it from its previous incarnations.

* TheWoobie: Koichi Shikishima is a Kamikaze pilot who abandoned his post and lands in Odo Island, and when Tachibana discovered this, he sympathizes with him because Japan is fighting a pointless war they can't win. When Godzilla appears and attacks the engineers, Tachibana orders Koichi to shoot Godzilla with his plane's machine-gun, though Koichi freezes up in terror--leading to everyone except for Koichi and Tachibana being killed. Tachibana blames Koichi for not taking the shot at the monster when he had the chance, and gives him photo mementos of the dead engineers showing that they had families waiting for them, which puts even more guilt on his conscience. When he returns home to Ginza after it had been ravaged by the fire-bombings, his neighbor Sumiko calls him a disgrace for failing his country and reveals that his parents and her children had died as well from the bombings. After he meets Noriko annd Akiko, his life seems to turn for the better, but he is still plagued by nightmares of Godzilla's attack on Odo Island. And then he realizes that Godzilla has not only mutated, but is heading towards Japan. When Godzilla arrives and destroys Ginza with his Atomic Breath, seemingly killing Noriko in the process, the already traumatized Koichi now has nothing else to live for other than make a safe future for Akiko. But he eventually earns his happy ending when Tachibana tells him to live, [[spoiler:and Noriko survives Godzilla's attack on Ginza]].