KAIJUU 8-GOU

DESCRIPTION

CAST

CHAPTERS

ANIME ActionKaijuu 8-gou
ONE SHOT ActionCaptain Velvet Meteor: Jump+ Isekai no "Shou" Bouken - Dounyuu-hen
NOVEL ActionKaijuu 8-gou: Micchaku! Dai-3 Butai
MANGA ActionKaijuu 8-gou: Side B
MANGA ComedyKaijuu 8-gou: RELAX
Not Available ActionKaijuu 8-gou 2nd Season
MOVIE ActionKaijuu 8-gou Movie
SPECIAL ActionKaijuu 8-gou: Hoshina no Kyuujitsu

REVIEWS

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  kappamoshi

  75/100
  Kaijuu 8-gou has the potential to take an oversaturated concept and make it worthwhile for the reader. Will it though?

  

  Hibino Kafka lives in a world infested by monsters. The Defense Force heroically fights said monsters, and once they're done, Kafka and his colleagues arrive to clean up the putrid carcasses...
  How did Kafka go from promising to join the Defense Force to now having to clean up rotting remains? And will turning into a literal monster be the chance he was waiting for to become a hero himself?

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  While describing this manga to a friend, I spontaneously called it "Fire Force, without the fanservice, but with the comedy of One Punch Man". And though I won't disagree with that completely, this manga also offers much more.

  Amongst fun character interactions and well-timed comedy, one other thing stood out to me. CLEAR fights. Fights where I could follow the choreography without having to reverse engineer how the various wounds on the enemy's body were caused.

  

  And to top it off, the mangaka seems to appreciate the importance of side characters. All of them felt personable to me. Whenever he deems it appropriate, the mangaka explains his characters' actions. And their relationships with the protagonist feel natural and rarely like a tool for plot progression.

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  Now, having sung its praises, it's time to criticise Kaijuu 8-gou a bit.

  Generally, if I don't enjoy a manga, I'll drop it. Instead, here I am, having caught up with it, and writing its first review on this site. I enjoy this manga, but I'm also not completely blind to its flaws.
  Being 32 chapters deep(as of the time of writing), and it feels like the story is only getting started. Is the mangaka biting more than he can chew?

  

  Also, as of now, Kafka is just a shell of what he could be. He has all the qualities we have come to expect out of a protagonist. Relatable, not too exceptional at the beginning, a goal to look forward to... And yet, I feel like I barely know him. How will he differentiate himself from other Shounen protagonist?

  Ideally, I would like this story to continue in a direction that focuses less on world-building and more on the characters themselves. I want to see Kafka evolve over the course of the story and to grow into someone who we can feel fulfilled and self-actualised. The epitome of what it is like to live as a monster in society infested by malignant ones. Having experienced both rejection and acceptance for his newly found self.

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  To wrap this review up, I want to say that I like this manga and I hope that others give it a chance, too. The plot is predictable at times and yet it manages to seem fresh to me. The characters could get some more depth, but they're still a lovable bunch. Whether this manga ends up great or not, I think I'm in for the ride.

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  Kunoy

  75/100
  A battle shonen apparently very classic, but that in the future could give unexpected surprises.

  Review of Kaiju N8 (contains spoilers)
  I start by saying that this is my first review, and since I have caught up, I just want to tell you my opinions about the chapters released so far of this famous manga that is depopulating in this period.
  I start by saying that Kaiju n8 is undoubtedly captivating, although it may seem the classic battle manga, Kaiju have a character design really well done and particular and this is already a plus.
  As far as the story is concerned, it's nothing too innovative, but we follow the story of the main character Kafka Hibino, who is not the usual shonen character, because in this case he's a guy who is over 30 years old, and this is another thing I like to differentiate a bit.
  Not much is known about the protagonist, currently the only thing that is known is that, as a child, he had promised his best friend (currently commander of the third unit) that they would fight together in the defense forces to defeat the Kaiju and then now after failing the first time he wants to try again.
  His transformation into Kaiju N8 is a lot of fun, it all happens in the span of a few seconds, a small insect enters his mouth and he transforms, stop.
  Honestly I do not know how to take this thing, I really like the fact that it is almost like a "parody" but I expected at least that they explain the origin of these insects and why they can transform people into Mega Kaiju.
  From the last chapters we understand that Kaiju N9 can actually create Mega Kaiju like N10, but I don't think it has anything to do with that little bug that possessed Kafka.

  

  And now we move on to Kaiju N8's greatest strength, the thing that impressed me the most, which is the fighting.
  The fights are really cool, they are dynamic and well readable, plus they always manage to keep you on edge.
  It's not so much the drawings that are amazing, but more how the author wanted to manage the tables and as I said before, thanks to the well made Kaiju, they can make the fight even more exciting.
  As for the most criticizable things at the moment as far as I'm concerned are the characters except Shinomya, have been deepened very little, some really for nothing, and the fact that for me they should deepen the matter on the birth of Kaiju and those strange insects that can turn a human into a Mega kaiju.
  More than anything else they should really explain it also because Kafka in a certain situation they showed us that he had lost control, so it is also interesting to understand how that insect could affect his control and also his life.
  But obviously we are still in the 58th chapter so it's too early to say these things, but I still wanted to expose what I currently think of what has come out so far.
  To conclude Kaiju N8 is a work that I would recommend to everyone, because it flows very quickly and is very enjoyable as a read, really epic fights with moments of comedy, and in the future if it continues in the right direction, it could give us surprises, so I recommend you to keep an eye on it.

  
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