Thread:Shanethefilmmaker/@comment-397235-20140929045127/@comment-397235-20141001112733

The JGSDF, Godzilla notwithstanding, are actually extremely competent (as were a lot of Imperial Army divisions; before World War II Japan had never been defeated in any war, so that says something right there). The Japanese have always been good soldiers; America won primarily because of pragmatism, but also because there were a lot more of us and we had a greater industrial base.

For that matter, the JGSDF are also successful to varying degrees in daikaiju films. They managed to kill Varan back in the 60s and stopped the Mysterian invasion around the same time, along with putting an end to Mu with their battlesub Atragon; they were instrumental in defeating Spacegodzilla and Destroyer in the 90s (the latter of whom having killed Godzilla's own son); they were extremely helpful to Gamera around the same time; they even managed to kill Godzilla in 2001.

And of course, military philosophy and skill aren't the same thing. Thus her dad could be telling her all these BS military theories and still have no idea what he's doing but it'd still rub off on her.