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A review by alexbthelibrarian
Kaiju No. 8, Vol. 2 by Naoya Matsumoto
4.0
I received an eARC of this title through NetGalley in return for an honest review.
I feel like this volume really ramps up the stakes and brings to light some great villains. Kafka and Ichikawa have joined the Japan Defense Force, Kafka more on a probationary role. With that, Kafka still has to hide his Kaiju form from the rest of his squad. Although, he has gained a new confidant in the infamous Kikoru, a Kaiju killing prodigy. However, there is a villain afoot who is causing Kaiju to become more powerful, and somehow come back from the dead.
Kafka may be the only one who can stop it, but he can't blow his cover as a normal non-kaiju human. He is determined to only use his Kaiju ability when absolutely necessary. I think I enjoyed this volume because Kafka is determined to show he is useful by going through kaiju on the battlefield and helping his teammates learn more about their enemy in the moment. I think this is something logical that the Defense Force never considered.
I recommend keeping up with this series. I think it has the potential to not only be a good manga, but a good anime.
I feel like this volume really ramps up the stakes and brings to light some great villains. Kafka and Ichikawa have joined the Japan Defense Force, Kafka more on a probationary role. With that, Kafka still has to hide his Kaiju form from the rest of his squad. Although, he has gained a new confidant in the infamous Kikoru, a Kaiju killing prodigy. However, there is a villain afoot who is causing Kaiju to become more powerful, and somehow come back from the dead.
Kafka may be the only one who can stop it, but he can't blow his cover as a normal non-kaiju human. He is determined to only use his Kaiju ability when absolutely necessary. I think I enjoyed this volume because Kafka is determined to show he is useful by going through kaiju on the battlefield and helping his teammates learn more about their enemy in the moment. I think this is something logical that the Defense Force never considered.
I recommend keeping up with this series. I think it has the potential to not only be a good manga, but a good anime.