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怪獣8号 [Kaijū 8-gō] #10
怪獣8号 10 [Kaijū 8-gō 10]
識別怪獣兵器10号を装備して、群発災害に対応する保科。史上初、意思を持つ怪獣兵器との実戦は困難を極めるが、保科の機転で攻勢に転ずる。一方、カフカのいる大泉エリアでは6体もの超大型怪獣が出現し、戦況は悪化していく。そこに思わぬ援護が…!? ──9号の思惑が交錯する、第十巻!!
188 pages, Paperback
First published August 4, 2023
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February 9, 2024
the women in this manga are written so excellently. i love that they're not sexualised or annoying. this has quickly become one of my favourite series!!!
June 25, 2023
I cannot get over how epic these chapters were 😭😭 Low-key got me bawling my eyes out by the end
April 26, 2024
initial thoughts:
i'm going to THROW UP
no one ever let me read shonen AGAIN
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Actual review:
This is yet another brilliant installment in the series. So sparkling, with a cliffhanger so devastatingly stressful, that it compelled me to catch up on the chapter releases, which I've never done before. Volume 10 gives us a character study and arc for Kikoru, who's been a staple since the beginning. Love seeing more of her backstory and motivations. As always, the art style is fantastic. Only 2 flaws for me: (1) I still don't understand some of the tech, so the action panels could be confusing at first because I couldn't figure out what I was supposed to be seeing. (2) This is very much the Kikoru show, and I think this manga has its strongest dialogue/flow when the squads are together. But I love Kikoru, and I'm fully invested in this series!
i'm going to THROW UP
no one ever let me read shonen AGAIN
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Actual review:
This is yet another brilliant installment in the series. So sparkling, with a cliffhanger so devastatingly stressful, that it compelled me to catch up on the chapter releases, which I've never done before. Volume 10 gives us a character study and arc for Kikoru, who's been a staple since the beginning. Love seeing more of her backstory and motivations. As always, the art style is fantastic. Only 2 flaws for me: (1) I still don't understand some of the tech, so the action panels could be confusing at first because I couldn't figure out what I was supposed to be seeing. (2) This is very much the Kikoru show, and I think this manga has its strongest dialogue/flow when the squads are together. But I love Kikoru, and I'm fully invested in this series!
August 22, 2023
This volume continues where things are left off, with Division Vice-Captain Hoshina trying to figure out how to synergize with his Numbers Weapon 10 and its consciousness. It's then followed up with Kaiju No 9 unleashing the second wave, a terrifying collection of kaijus with unique abilities. This is where the volume focuses entirely on Kikoru Shinomiya, giving her the chance to prove herself and the world that she can handle things on her own, and boy, does this keep you on the edge of your seat!
You can clearly see how this story arc is structured and how the upcoming volumes will be handled. There's a clear direction to highlight individual characters and their own personal growths. What's to come will surely only be action-packed battles of life and death.
Let's see if mangaka Naoya Matsumoto has some nice plot twists for fans now.
You can clearly see how this story arc is structured and how the upcoming volumes will be handled. There's a clear direction to highlight individual characters and their own personal growths. What's to come will surely only be action-packed battles of life and death.
Let's see if mangaka Naoya Matsumoto has some nice plot twists for fans now.
July 11, 2024
Usually, I mention when writing reviews of this series that I forgot to breathe, but this time the overwhelming amount of times I had goosebumps while reading. Fear was gripping my heart because just when it seemed the Defense Force would be victorious, the creator had the situation looking even MORE dangerous and deeply deeply concerning.
That is exactly what happened here.
I LOVED the beginning and seeing Hoshina work with Kaiju. No 10 (the weapon) was EVERYTHING! It was a very fun battle to see them work together and then successfully conquer. Though Kaiju No. 10 being like "Let's go fight the officers!" made me laugh because why in the world would Hoshina do that?! LOL!
Things soon went south though, despite how AWESOME Mina looked, but let's stop there for a second. Can we just appreciate how fantastically written the ladies are in this series? It was practically said that Mina is one of the best Defense Force members in the WORLD, while Kikoru will one day be the core of the future Defense Force. I deeply love the care and attention he has put into making these ladies shine!
Speaking of Kikoru, I felt the battle she was in had me trapped in time. I had goosebumps almost the entire time and not even sure I can describe what I was feeling because she is THE Kikoru. And yet she is still growing, and just in this battle alone! Every panel had me gripping my manga, turning pages as fast as I could because what a satisfying unfolding of her story this volume was!
Granted, the ending though. The way these new kaiju are fighting has me afraid and literally left me asking where Kafaka was because this is the time we need the hero. (Not only that but tearing up at how cruel the kaiju is that Kikoru is fighting.)
I don't know what's going to happen next, but I will be seated! This series has surprised me with every single volume, with this one taking the cake! So very good!
That is exactly what happened here.
I LOVED the beginning and seeing Hoshina work with Kaiju. No 10 (the weapon) was EVERYTHING! It was a very fun battle to see them work together and then successfully conquer. Though Kaiju No. 10 being like "Let's go fight the officers!" made me laugh because why in the world would Hoshina do that?! LOL!
Things soon went south though, despite how AWESOME Mina looked, but let's stop there for a second. Can we just appreciate how fantastically written the ladies are in this series? It was practically said that Mina is one of the best Defense Force members in the WORLD, while Kikoru will one day be the core of the future Defense Force. I deeply love the care and attention he has put into making these ladies shine!
Speaking of Kikoru, I felt the battle she was in had me trapped in time. I had goosebumps almost the entire time and not even sure I can describe what I was feeling because she is THE Kikoru. And yet she is still growing, and just in this battle alone! Every panel had me gripping my manga, turning pages as fast as I could because what a satisfying unfolding of her story this volume was!
Granted, the ending though. The way these new kaiju are fighting has me afraid and literally left me asking where Kafaka was because this is the time we need the hero. (Not only that but tearing up at how cruel the kaiju is that Kikoru is fighting.)
I don't know what's going to happen next, but I will be seated! This series has surprised me with every single volume, with this one taking the cake! So very good!
April 27, 2024
reading the chapters once they came out definitly made them feel bad, but as a volume they're so much better
June 18, 2024
I really love where this is going! I'll be honest, action tends to bore me pretty fast and before I picked up this volume I was wondering if I was nearing an end to my interest in this series- I love the characters and the plot and the concepts, but we've been basically in the middle of an unending battle for a while now with only a handful of plot occurring in each. We are still in that battle, but we've had such a big, important turn in things that I am fully reinvested and sped through this volume. I loved seeing Hoshima bickering with the Kaiju his suit is made with, and the appearance of Kaiju 15 was so incredibly eerie. This hinting at secret, dangerous plans by these identified level kaiju makes it seem like so much more is about to happen and is at stake! I did also really appreciate the moment of horrible chaos where Kafka is just like "man this is going to be hard to clean up" in his ex-sanitation brain 😂
September 22, 2023
De no existir Narumi o Hoshina, hace tiempo que habría dejado de leer este manga.
June 27, 2024
Ah snap! This volume is non-stop action and a neat little twist at the end!
June 6, 2024
5 ✨ Hoshinaa and #10's relationship single handedly reviving my love for this series AAAAAAA i'm a sucker for a good venom-eddy-ish relationship troupe and here we have it
June 19, 2024
Actual Ratings: 4:25
May 25, 2024
With the introduction to several new Kaiju, including the no.15 which I personally loved, to the shocking revelations at the end, this volume packed a punch. Seeing Mina do something as bad ass as what she did here was also such a treat. I’m not really understanding where this particular manga fell off at, besides the very awkward volume 5. Over all, it has kept my curiosity with the creatures as well as the stakes of it all.
July 29, 2024
shits hitting the fan and now i’m completely caught up (for now ofc) . 😹😹😹 anyway i love how even the strongest characters are going through character arcs, it makes everyone feel so much more human and less strongest-mf-alive-with-no-weaknesses type thing. i also am growing to love love love shinomiya, she has the potential to be one of my all time faves i can already feel it
July 2, 2024
The fact that this single fight has gone on for this long now makes it so that I am starting to forget why we were fighting, the larger context, but as long as the characterisation is this strong, I don’t mind being lost in the moment!
July 17, 2024
The fact that this is the last volume out and now I'll have to read the rest on Manga Plus is cruel! Not to mention there aren't that many more chapters out... I'm not crying, you're crying.
(At least there's a spin-off with my beloved Hoshina <3)
(At least there's a spin-off with my beloved Hoshina <3)
August 29, 2023
UFFFFF por dios que buen arco man.
Also, desde ya aviso que esta cuenta es una cuenta fan de Hoshina. Si Hoshina tiene 1000 fans, yo soy una de ellas. Si Hoshina tiene 1 solo fan, entonces yo soy ese fan. Si Hoshina no tiene fans, entonces estoy muerta. Hoshina, te amo.
4 de 5 estrellas.
Also, desde ya aviso que esta cuenta es una cuenta fan de Hoshina. Si Hoshina tiene 1000 fans, yo soy una de ellas. Si Hoshina tiene 1 solo fan, entonces yo soy ese fan. Si Hoshina no tiene fans, entonces estoy muerta. Hoshina, te amo.
4 de 5 estrellas.
May 8, 2024
when i tell you I SCREAMED- MINA & KIKORU?? down on my knees for the way they delivered. manifesting the best for hoshina & narumi istg (not to mention how down bad i‘m for hoshina in chapter 74)
May 16, 2024
shit's about to get serious here!!!
kikoru is such a badass, aa for hoshina- just wow
May 26, 2024
I love the artwork so much. It’s still my favorite thing about this series
June 13, 2024
My enjoyment went down with this volume but I think it’s due to the gap between this volume and the ninth.
June 17, 2024
Absolutely insane action and story development. I love these characters so much. That cliffhanger has me crying, screaming- I need more.
June 24, 2024
GAHHHHHHH THIS IS GETTING INSANE. THE REREADS ARE GONNA BE ENDLESSSSSS
July 24, 2024
and now i have to wait MONTHS for the next one
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July 26, 2024Well THAT was a wild ride...
Are the monsters creepy? Yes. Are they creepier than JJK Monsters? No.
Love the art style, and Hoshina. Wish I could have seen more of Reno, but oh well.
Are the monsters creepy? Yes. Are they creepier than JJK Monsters? No.
Love the art style, and Hoshina. Wish I could have seen more of Reno, but oh well.
July 31, 2024
How is anyone still alive, honestly??
April 26, 2023
I hope they put Kikoru on the cover of this because her fight is so sick in these chapters
July 23, 2024
Probably the most eye-catching part of the book is the full-colour splash page spread, for good reason:
That is ABSOLUTELY a photograph, though, without even a basic Photoshop "make it look like the edges have ink lines" filter to even pretend it isn't just a photograph, though that just sort of emphasises the ridiculousness of kaiju being a thing at all (the part that keeps me from suspending disbelief). For one, there's no trail of destruction edited in behind the kaiju. For another, the regularity at which they have kaiju attacks, to then be able to rebuild the city to this scale in no time at all? Do they have Capsule Corp. working for them?? I mean, even Kafka goes at the absurdity in one of the interstitial pages, where he thinks like how he did at his clean-up job and immediately starts worrying at the labour shortage they would face having to remove the SIX kaiju the team has taken down.
(Otherwise, it's cool!)
So, the story for this volume basically turned everything up to 11, with the appearance of !! and the fact they've divided the JAKDF forces completely, BESIDES being *tailor-made* to fight against very specific soldiers. Which is cool if that's your thing, but I personally am only still following it for the comedy (and to know what happens in the anime ahead of time). Unfortunately for me, Kafka gets almost no screen time—all action and no laughs make Kafka a dullboy"old guy"!
Recommended for fans of the series, though newcomers will be a little lost.
That is ABSOLUTELY a photograph, though, without even a basic Photoshop "make it look like the edges have ink lines" filter to even pretend it isn't just a photograph, though that just sort of emphasises the ridiculousness of kaiju being a thing at all (the part that keeps me from suspending disbelief). For one, there's no trail of destruction edited in behind the kaiju. For another, the regularity at which they have kaiju attacks, to then be able to rebuild the city to this scale in no time at all? Do they have Capsule Corp. working for them?? I mean, even Kafka goes at the absurdity in one of the interstitial pages, where he thinks like how he did at his clean-up job and immediately starts worrying at the labour shortage they would face having to remove the SIX kaiju the team has taken down.
(Otherwise, it's cool!)
So, the story for this volume basically turned everything up to 11, with the appearance of !! and the fact they've divided the JAKDF forces completely, BESIDES being *tailor-made* to fight against very specific soldiers. Which is cool if that's your thing, but I personally am only still following it for the comedy (and to know what happens in the anime ahead of time). Unfortunately for me, Kafka gets almost no screen time—all action and no laughs make Kafka a dull
Recommended for fans of the series, though newcomers will be a little lost.
November 28, 2023
Je vais donner un avis pour ce tome et un avis général du manga.
Ce dernier tome est juste génial. Les combats sont haletants et quand on pense que tout est gagné finalement ce n'est pas le cas. Les Kaijus peuvent encore surprendre. J'ai hâte de lire le prochain tome car je veux savoir ce qui va se passer.
Le manga est vraiment bien. C'est une très bonne surprise pour moi. Au départ je l'avais pris pour le chéri, mais il me tentait aussi donc je suis heureuse de l'avoir enfin découvert. Beaucoup de choses me font penser à Neon Genesis Evangelion: les combis numérotées, le fait qu'il récupère des éléments de Kaiju pour les armes, les Kaiju qui sont assez similaires aux Anges. Mais ça ne m'empêche pas d'apprécier ces deux mangas car l'ambiance n'est pas la même, ni la finalité. En tout cas, ce manga est un de mes chouchous maintenant et je compte surveiller les sorties des autres tomes. Pile au bon moment car je cherchais un manga à suivre!
Ce dernier tome est juste génial. Les combats sont haletants et quand on pense que tout est gagné finalement ce n'est pas le cas. Les Kaijus peuvent encore surprendre. J'ai hâte de lire le prochain tome car je veux savoir ce qui va se passer.
Le manga est vraiment bien. C'est une très bonne surprise pour moi. Au départ je l'avais pris pour le chéri, mais il me tentait aussi donc je suis heureuse de l'avoir enfin découvert. Beaucoup de choses me font penser à Neon Genesis Evangelion: les combis numérotées, le fait qu'il récupère des éléments de Kaiju pour les armes, les Kaiju qui sont assez similaires aux Anges. Mais ça ne m'empêche pas d'apprécier ces deux mangas car l'ambiance n'est pas la même, ni la finalité. En tout cas, ce manga est un de mes chouchous maintenant et je compte surveiller les sorties des autres tomes. Pile au bon moment car je cherchais un manga à suivre!
June 24, 2024
I’m very excited about Volume 10 of Kaiju No. 8, as it focuses on an intense battle following a series of cataclysms caused by Kaiju No. 9.
I wasn’t expecting to delve into the lore about the ghosts of previous kaiju weapon users. This takes me back to Kafka’s vision of a kaiju in a Japanese army uniform.
Kikoru really stands out. While her progress may not be as rapid as Reno’s, she’s already showing the potential to become the greatest kaiju exterminator in history.
The kaiju character designs in this volume are very interesting. I love the contrast between Kaiju No. 15 and Kikoru.
It’s a shame that this volume ended on a cliffhanger, and now I have to wait until October for the next one.
I wasn’t expecting to delve into the lore about the ghosts of previous kaiju weapon users. This takes me back to Kafka’s vision of a kaiju in a Japanese army uniform.
Kikoru really stands out. While her progress may not be as rapid as Reno’s, she’s already showing the potential to become the greatest kaiju exterminator in history.
The kaiju character designs in this volume are very interesting. I love the contrast between Kaiju No. 15 and Kikoru.
It’s a shame that this volume ended on a cliffhanger, and now I have to wait until October for the next one.
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