tropes aside, a lot of love and care has gone into the character-building
of this one, which means that all of our child heroes are pretty damn likable, even if the adults around them aren’t. All of the monsters, too, are seriously out there in the best possible way. From thunderbirds to a beast with a ... sword for a face, each is more creative than the last, which helps to keep the stakes feeling pleasantly high.
The show’s core theme of friendship, too, is a universally appealing one. And that, coupled with the sweet coming-of-age tale playing out against all of the kaiju-inflicted carnage, keeps the story feeling grounded, a necessity in a series as chaotic as this one.h uses the kaiju to serve as a metaphor for the United States’ continued—and unwelcome—presence in Japan, even if it gets a little heavy-handed at times.