Monarch: Legacy of Monsters

|ShortSummary = In 2017 before the rescue from Axis Mundi, Hiroshi reveals to Kentaro that when he went to Alaska in 2014, he accidentally traveled through a tunnel to Axis Mundi and, after spending a day there, emerged in Africa in 2015.

|ShortSummary = In 2017 before the rescue from Axis Mundi, Hiroshi reveals to Kentaro that when he went to Alaska in 2014, he accidentally traveled through a tunnel to Axis Mundi and, after spending a day there, emerged in Africa in 2015.

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In 2017, Hiroshi's funeral is held. Kentaro lashes out at Cate for causing Hiroshi's death, while Shaw and Keiko reunite with Dr. Suzuki. Cate, Keiko and Shaw travel to Suzuki's home in Japan, where he explains that Hiroshi helped him rebuild his Titan lure, which had been confiscated after Operation Hourglass's failure. Shaw plans to use the lure to summon Godzilla, hoping that he can defeat Titan X. May visits Kentaro in Tokyo to reconcile, but he rebuffs her, and meets Isabel Simmons, one of Walter Simmons' daughters,{{Efn|name=GodzillaVsKong|As depicted in ''[[Godzilla vs. Kong]]'' (2021)}} who invites him to work with her. Keiko and Cate discover that Cate is connected to Titan X, and theorize that it may be lost and confused as a result of Apex's neural attack. Shaw and Suzuki test Suzuki's lure at the entrance to the Hollow Earth tunnel Shaw emerged from in 1982. The tunnel briefly opens, and Shaw picks up a distress signal he had sent during his time trapped in Axis Mundi in 1962.

In 2017, Hiroshi's funeral is held. Kentaro lashes out at Cate for causing Hiroshi's death, while Shaw and Keiko reunite with Dr. Suzuki. Cate, Keiko and Shaw travel to Suzuki's home in Japan, where he explains that Hiroshi helped him rebuild his Titan lure, which had been confiscated after Operation Hourglass's failure. Shaw plans to use the lure to summon Godzilla, hoping that he can defeat Titan X. May visits Kentaro in Tokyo to reconcile, but he rebuffs her and meets Isabel Simmons, one of Walter Simmons' daughters,{{Efn|name=GodzillaVsKong|As depicted in ''[[Godzilla vs. Kong]]'' (2021)}} who invites him to work with her. Keiko and Cate discover that Cate is connected to Titan X, and theorize that it may be lost and confused as a result of Apex's neural attack. Shaw and Suzuki test Suzuki's lure at the entrance to the Hollow Earth tunnel Shaw emerged from in 1982. The tunnel briefly opens, and Shaw picks up a distress signal he had sent during his time trapped in Axis Mundi in 1962.

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In 1958, Monarch has received additional funding due to Keiko's photographs of Titan X, but Shaw decides to request a transfer due to guilt over his affair with her. He later reunites with his abrasive father, who interferes with Shaw's transfer in an attempt to secure him a higher-level position, but Shaw rejects him and chooses to return to Monarch.

In 1958, Monarch has received additional funding due to Keiko's photographs of Titan X, but Shaw decides to request a transfer due to guilt over his affair with her. He later reunites with his abrasive father, who interferes with Shaw's transfer in an attempt to secure him a higher-level position, but Shaw rejects him and chooses to return to Monarch.