根据screenrant特约撰稿人bill dubiel所发的文章，女主“Noriko, previously assumed dead, survives Godzilla's first attack but suffers from radiation sickness, mirroring the aftermath of the atomic bombings.”以及“Unfortunately, Noriko may not survive for very long. The final zoom-in on her skin reveals black marks that indicate she is suffering from some level of radiation sickness. This further proves just how directly Godzilla's heat ray in Godzilla Minus One is intended to mimic an actual atomic explosion. Noriko bears marks of radiation sickness, just like so many victims of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the conclusion of World War II.”，大致意思是本作哥斯拉的原子吐息跟原子弹爆炸有实际关联，女主虽然活着，但是感染了核辐射，命不久矣。其实通过电影中heat ray后的黑雨可以看出，本作哥斯拉暗示的就是核弹；此外关于女主经历爆炸冲击波后仍然生还，bill给出了以下解释“ it's largely kinetic, throwing both people and tons of rubble and debris back and forth but not actually burning it. The chances of survival would be roughly similar to surviving a building's collapse - unlikely, but possible.”大意为冲击波是动能的，并没有燃烧，生还机率与在建筑物倒塌中的生还机率相同，也就是虽然不太可能，但有极小的概率。