Los Angeles is home to all sorts of bizarre residents. No, not
the actors, musicians and publicists, though it’s understandable why you might
assume that. There are those that are even stranger, unbelievable as it may
sound.
With the coming of the coronavirus, the streets of L.A. are
largely deserted, allowing for many previously unnoticed creatures to emerge
from the shadows, taking advantage of mankind’s retreat into isolation.
Not all of these creatures are domestic in nature. Many of
them have come from across the Pacific, finding a new home in the City of
Angels. They are #KAIJUINLA.
Monsters. Giant robots. Superheroes. All staples of Japanese
pop culture, creating a new world in the
Golden State: an amazing world known
as #Calisatsu.
Sometimes they loom over people and buildings alike. Other
times, they can be found in human size, or even seemingly miniature in status. Just
as in the world of #tokusatsu, #Calisatsu is a dimension of bizarre and
seemingly contradictory notions and events. Logic and reality do not prevail in
#Calisatsu, any more than they do in the world of humans.
Sometimes, they can be terrifying. Other times, hilarious.
Why have they come? Who can tell? Their motives are
mysterious, although some of them have been spotted at auditions, tourist spots
and Runyon Canyon—proof that some things never change in L.A.
Predictably, as #kaiju, their loyalties and alliances change
constantly. Longtime allies can suddenly come to blows within seconds over
petty arguments, while seemingly antagonistic rivals have been known to
co-exist quite amicably…so long as it suits them. (Yes, they do sound like
actors, don’t they?)
How mankind adapts to this new normal is not known. Our
species may not be able to adjust to this merging of realities. If this spreads
beyond L.A. to other parts of the world, it’s possible that homo sapiens may have to surrender to
the inevitable, and become part of #Calisatsu itself.
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