- Kenji Noda: Come to think of it this country has treated life far too cheaply. Poorly armored tanks. Poor supply chains resulting in half of all deaths from starvation and disease. Fighter planes built without ejection seats and finally, kamikaze and suicide attacks. That's why this time I'd take pride in a citizen led effort that sacrifices no lives at all! This next battle is not one waged to the death, but a battle to live for the future.
- Seiji Akitsu: You should have married her before. You knew how she felt.
- Koichi Shikishima: Don't you think I wanted that?
- Seiji Akitsu: Then why didn't you?
- Koichi Shikishima: Because... my war isn't over yet.
- Koichi Shikishima: It was like a prehistoric dinosaur turned monster. The local inhabitants called it "Godzilla."
- Kenji Noda: Godzilla.
- Seiji Akitsu: Nonsense. You were half asleep and saw an enemy tank.
- Koichi Shikishima: Believe me or not, something wiped out the entire garrison on Odo.
- Sumiko Ota: Is that you, Koichi?
- Koichi Shikishima: Sumiko!
- Sumiko Ota: How is this possible? Weren't you a kamikaze pilot? You have have the nerve to show your face? You're a disgrace! Look at what happened because of cowards like you! If you'd only done your job my children wouldn't have died.
- Sosaku Tachibana: I'm amazed you landed that bucket of bolts on this Swiss cheese of a runway. You haven't lost your touch.
- Koichi Shikishima: In simulated dogfights, no, but suddenly I'm a real kamikaze pilot.
- Sosaku Tachibana: Then be grateful for the down time. But it's odd. We've scoured your rig and can't find anything wrong.
- Koichi Shikishima: What are you implying?
- Sosaku Tachibana: I'm on your side. We need more people like you. Why obey an order to "die honorably' when the outcome is already clear?
- Noriko Oishi: It must be a scam. Like the rice you carried that got stolen.
- Koichi Shikishima: It's nothing like that.
- Noriko Oishi: What makes you so sure?
- Koichi Shikishima: It's government approved. There's a reason why it pays well.
- Noriko Oishi: Like what?
- Koichi Shikishima: During the war, both side laid thousands of mine in the sea. This is a clean up job. But the pay is extremely good because, well... it comes with a certain amount of risk.
- Noriko Oishi: What are you, crazy? You just survived a war!
- Koichi Shikishima: What else can I do? At this rate, we'll starve, Akiko's life depends on it.
- Noriko Oishi: I understand that, but...
- Koichi Shikishima: This brings in money. With money, we can even buy American powdered milk! For that, I'd do...
- Noriko Oishi: I forbid you to die!
- Koichi Shikishima: Don't worry. Just because it's dangerous doesn't mean I'll die. It's not like kamikaze pilots. And besides... I'll be on a special boat made to evade mines.
- Seiji Akitsu: Hey, are you our sharpshooter?
- Koichi Shikishima: I'm Shikishima.
- Seiji Akitsu: Sailor?
- Koichi Shikishima: Fighter pilot.
- Seiji Akitsu: What? This guy's useless.
- Shiro Mizushima: You're ex-airman?
- Seiji Akitsu: Just a military castoff. Worthless.
- Kenji Noda: Disappointed? Seeing this boat? The US and Imperial navies laid 60,000 mines off Japan's coasts. All kinds. But the worst are the American magnetic mines. Any approaching boats made of metal sets them off.
- Koichi Shikishima: Ah, hence the wood.
- Kenji Noda: The boy catches on fast. We mostly handle moored mines. But wood boats are the best countermeasures. I'm Noda. I developed naval weapons during the war. Boat captain, Akitsu, and Mizushima.
- Seiji Akitsu: "The Kid" and "Doc."
- Kenji Noda: Not found of that nickname.
- Shiro Mizushima: And I"m not a "kid."
- Seiji Akitsu: You're still green, so "Kid" it is.
- Sumiko Ota: Hey! What's the story?
- Koichi Shikishima: What do you mean?
- Sumiko Ota: Don't play dumb. The mother and child you picked up. Think you're some kind of saint?
- Koichi Shikishima: No. They just showed up.
- Sumiko Ota: If they're staying, you picked them up. It's a bit late to play the hero.
- Koichi Shikishima: [Godzilla is about to fire a beam of his atomic breath] This is... the same as before.