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Kaiju No. 8, Vol. 1 by Naoya Matsumoto

4 reviews

spooderman's review

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Alcohol, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Body horror, Gun violence, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual content, Vomit, and Classism

Minor: Death of parent, Death, Medical content, and Forced institutionalization

apersonfromflorida's review

adventurous dark funny lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Gun violence, and Blood

rorikae's review against another edition

adventurous funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Kaiju No. 8 is a really exciting manga that blends comedy, heart, and action. In a world where kaiju randomly attack, we follow Kafka Hibino, who works cleaning up kaiju corpses. But his dream is to join the Japan Defense Force. At the age of 32 and after multiple failures when trying to take the force's training test, Kafka has one more shot to try and pass. But when a strange occurrence in a hospital ward gives him a new ability, it could finally help him to pass the test or it could threaten his future. 
This story captured me from the first few panels and kept me hooked the entire time. I can't wait to read more and see where this story is headed. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Gun violence, and Violence

rnbhargava's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious relaxing tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Wow, this book really delivered on what it promises. Kaiju action, inventive twists on the genre, comedy, character development in the present and the flashbacks, a certain amount of action and horror. The characters too feel familiar yet they’ve all got their quirks that will be revealed in time. Will definitely stick with this series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Classism, Blood, Body horror, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Gaslighting, Gore, Gun violence, and Misogyny

Moderate: Sexual content and Medical trauma

This a very fun, inventive, Kaiju Science Fiction-Action-Comedy. The tags are more about the graphic vividness of the violence of taking down the Kaiju and their deaths. The classism and gaslighting has to do with how the Kaiju fighters have an elevated social status because they keep everyone safe from these monsters. The misogyny is a mixed bag, most of it is treating the main character like he’s ancient. A tiny bit of it is directed at female characters. The medical trauma and body horror is one way to describe the twist of the series.