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怪獣8号 [Kaijū 8-gō] #16
怪獣8号 16 [Kaijū 8-gō 16]
鳴海と保科、二人が全力を振り絞りカフカに繋げた想い。そして二度と人に戻れぬ覚悟と幼い頃の想いを心に秘め、歴史的大災害“明暦の大怪獣”の前に!! カフカは未曾有の災害を防げるか!? ──絶望から希望へと繋ぐ、完結巻!!
284 pages, Paperback
First published September 4, 2025
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September 4, 2025
okay, i'm crying rn, i need to get my shit together. i'm going to miss them so much, but i will re read it soon because i love them endlessly
October 16, 2025
No está mal el final, pero tampoco ha sido una gran historia. Muy cliché y normalita. Me reafirmo en que lo mejor que tiene es la dupla de Narumi y Hoshina 🤌
September 17, 2025
I loved the ending. It was very satisfying.
August 11, 2025
For such a brilliant manga to come to an end so early is definitely sad, but this is a fantastic ending that wraps things up beautifully.
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November 11, 2025It's over :') I will forever be a sucker for found family. I loved that the battle was won by everyone fighting together. I was so proud of Kikoru and Ichikawa especially, they grew into such wonderful people and fighters. Also that panel with Ichikawa freezing the monster and calling Kafka partner and Kafka returning to the third division and Ichikawa welcoming him back, I got so emotional in both of them.
Kikoru using no1's weapon was insane and the fact that she could use weapons from four different kaijus'? She is so powerful and insane, love her.
Anyways I loved the ending, I'm going to rewatch the anime now
Kikoru using no1's weapon was insane and the fact that she could use weapons from four different kaijus'? She is so powerful and insane, love her.
Anyways I loved the ending, I'm going to rewatch the anime now
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August 23, 2025
4.5 stars
it was a good ending, but for someone who binge read the whole series and the ending was half recap, it was disappointing. also, i thought the kaiju would have disappeared after that last boss, but nope, they just keep popping up like nothing changed, i guess 🤷♀️
it was a good ending, but for someone who binge read the whole series and the ending was half recap, it was disappointing. also, i thought the kaiju would have disappeared after that last boss, but nope, they just keep popping up like nothing changed, i guess 🤷♀️
September 6, 2025
I really liked the final battle and I do like that every major character does get a role to play in dealing with the threat. From Shinomiya making the opening and Mina stopping the final attack my only real complaint is that I wished that Reno got a bigger role since after he got his new weapon he really did not participate much in the final fight. It would have been amazing to see Kafka, Shinomiya, and Reno all having equal roles in the final fight against Kaiju No 9. I do wish there was more cost to Kafka becoming a real kaiju in the final fight as it feels they were building up to a tragic ending but it gets dropped really fast. I would have preferred at least to have Kafka be in a permeant kaiju state or at least the opposite of his usual state where it takes effort to stay in a human form and his Kaiju form is his default setting. But still the final volume was great and I like they kind of give Kafka a role that better fit his skills at the beginning of the story where he supports others by using his extensive Kaiju knowledge.
The series overall was great and I like all of the characters, I do wish we learned more about the origins of the Kaijus as it felt at times like that was being built up as a major mystery but they never really focused on it. Still a great series.
The series overall was great and I like all of the characters, I do wish we learned more about the origins of the Kaijus as it felt at times like that was being built up as a major mystery but they never really focused on it. Still a great series.
October 5, 2025
such a great ending😭😭 gonna miss them sm😭
October 15, 2025
Absolutely one of my all time favorite series.
I can understand why people were a little mixed on the ending - just like with MHA - but I really liked the ending. .
I can understand why people were a little mixed on the ending - just like with MHA - but I really liked the ending. .
October 12, 2025
Kickass fight scenes and a great ending.
The story doesn't try to overstay its welcome, mysteries and charcater arcs concluded while still leaving some of what they'll do/ become I'm the future up to out imaginations.
I enjoyed all the characters, esp. kikorou's development, I was annoyed by her in her very first intro at the parking lot, but she really did grow on me immensely. Also Reno's and iharu's arcs as a duo were great but I also felt they each got their own development Independently as well
Kafka obviously such a lovable goofy himbo lmao, I'm actually proud of myself for clocking why he was called kafka instantly, finally achieved one brain cell up here lol.
We're not gonna mention how Aoi and haruichi were Lowkey forgotten and then remember suddenly I'm the final arc lol. I actually do wish we got more out of them, esp. more on haruichi's relationship with his dad.
But there were two main reasons why I gave this 3 star instead of a 4. They're mainly v. Personal to me and not necessarily an indication that series itself is mid.
1. Lack of a kaiju early warning system
It really bothered me that the only way they had to detect a kaiju is that once it appears people call it in and then the deforce force starts to move, in the show it took them in one episode around 15 mins to actually start attacking a kaiju.
Like wtf? What a waste time? Similar to earthquake early warning systems and missile detectors and radars, they couldn't come up with underground and underwater radars to detect kaiju? So the moment one pings a radar the team is already on site and people have already been evacuated by the time the kaiju actually appears.
I was so shocked when the flying kaiju attacked the base and no one was ready. This is your military base and you don't have *any* kind of sensors to detect anamolies in the vicinity?????
This honestly really took me out of the story everysingle time, and it's never addressed in the show at all. It was genuinely sooo frustrating.
2. No stakes in the fight scenes
Not sure if this is an issue with the genre, or the writing, or if it's just that watching AOT recently for the first time mentally broke me but I expected more main cast deaths😭😭😭
Knowing that everyone's gonna survive anyways made every fight not that intense for me. Sure they were cool and I was hyped the whole time, but there was no worry, the worst that would happen is that they would have to go to the hospital in the end.
At least they should've lost a limb or a sense 😭😭 hoshino's arm loss fake out pissed me off, like you couldn't even commit to it ugh. Gen should've lost his eyesight in the final fight due to how much he overused the power. There should've been some kind of physical consequence for how far they pushed themselves in that final battle, but everyone came out of it literally unscathed. Sure it called of a bunch of NPCs and...? At least kill of NPCs that were introduced earlier so we can actually feel the loss, but killing of nameless faceless NPCs just doesn't have that much impact overall.
Although I love hibino, I was frustrated that in the end the choice he made to sacrifice his heart so he can defeat the final boss was made null by isao giving him his heart.
Again, I don't think it was contrived or poor writing, but it just rubbed me the wrong way, I think I like tragedy too much. I would've loved seeing everyone greivinh for hibino as he vanishes with the rest of the souls, or hibino trying to navigate the world as a full on kaiju.
I still like the ending, I think the miser in me wanted more deaths. I.e. I reallyyyy wanted Reno to die in that first episode, like I think that would've raised the stakes soooo much, really showed us how in this world anyone can die at any moment.
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Despite all the complaining I did enjoy the show + the manga in the end, I always love a good fight scene with freaky Opps lol + kafka and the rest of the main cast are really varied and interesting.
The story doesn't try to overstay its welcome, mysteries and charcater arcs concluded while still leaving some of what they'll do/ become I'm the future up to out imaginations.
I enjoyed all the characters, esp. kikorou's development, I was annoyed by her in her very first intro at the parking lot, but she really did grow on me immensely. Also Reno's and iharu's arcs as a duo were great but I also felt they each got their own development Independently as well
Kafka obviously such a lovable goofy himbo lmao, I'm actually proud of myself for clocking why he was called kafka instantly, finally achieved one brain cell up here lol.
We're not gonna mention how Aoi and haruichi were Lowkey forgotten and then remember suddenly I'm the final arc lol. I actually do wish we got more out of them, esp. more on haruichi's relationship with his dad.
But there were two main reasons why I gave this 3 star instead of a 4. They're mainly v. Personal to me and not necessarily an indication that series itself is mid.
1. Lack of a kaiju early warning system
It really bothered me that the only way they had to detect a kaiju is that once it appears people call it in and then the deforce force starts to move, in the show it took them in one episode around 15 mins to actually start attacking a kaiju.
Like wtf? What a waste time? Similar to earthquake early warning systems and missile detectors and radars, they couldn't come up with underground and underwater radars to detect kaiju? So the moment one pings a radar the team is already on site and people have already been evacuated by the time the kaiju actually appears.
I was so shocked when the flying kaiju attacked the base and no one was ready. This is your military base and you don't have *any* kind of sensors to detect anamolies in the vicinity?????
This honestly really took me out of the story everysingle time, and it's never addressed in the show at all. It was genuinely sooo frustrating.
2. No stakes in the fight scenes
Not sure if this is an issue with the genre, or the writing, or if it's just that watching AOT recently for the first time mentally broke me but I expected more main cast deaths😭😭😭
Knowing that everyone's gonna survive anyways made every fight not that intense for me. Sure they were cool and I was hyped the whole time, but there was no worry, the worst that would happen is that they would have to go to the hospital in the end.
At least they should've lost a limb or a sense 😭😭 hoshino's arm loss fake out pissed me off, like you couldn't even commit to it ugh. Gen should've lost his eyesight in the final fight due to how much he overused the power. There should've been some kind of physical consequence for how far they pushed themselves in that final battle, but everyone came out of it literally unscathed. Sure it called of a bunch of NPCs and...? At least kill of NPCs that were introduced earlier so we can actually feel the loss, but killing of nameless faceless NPCs just doesn't have that much impact overall.
Although I love hibino, I was frustrated that in the end the choice he made to sacrifice his heart so he can defeat the final boss was made null by isao giving him his heart.
Again, I don't think it was contrived or poor writing, but it just rubbed me the wrong way, I think I like tragedy too much. I would've loved seeing everyone greivinh for hibino as he vanishes with the rest of the souls, or hibino trying to navigate the world as a full on kaiju.
I still like the ending, I think the miser in me wanted more deaths. I.e. I reallyyyy wanted Reno to die in that first episode, like I think that would've raised the stakes soooo much, really showed us how in this world anyone can die at any moment.
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Despite all the complaining I did enjoy the show + the manga in the end, I always love a good fight scene with freaky Opps lol + kafka and the rest of the main cast are really varied and interesting.
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September 27, 2025
So it turns out all this time No. 9 has always been there, but as the Meireki Kaiju from over 400 years ago. Kafka's new skills from his awakening send No. 9 flying. All the dead Kaiju from the beginning of the end have risen once more, but the Defence Force won't let their efforts go to waste. Hoshina clears the path whilst Mina gets ready to shoot, meanwhile Narumi and Kikoru pull out their own shared trump card to help Kafka reach No. 9's core, and Reno turns up to boost Kafka's final blow. Finally, at last, No. 9 is taken out. Near the end scared me, I was so worried about Kafka and hoped it wasn't a sacrificial thing. Thankfully, all ended well. He's still part of the Third, just acting as field analysis support (amd fighter on occasion...). I'm so glad Kikoru avenged her parents, setting their memories to peace at last, and she's going to be Vice Captain of the First! Everyone has grown so much and are reaping the rewards of their strength. Mina and Hoshina are busier than ever with office work and new recruits. Kafka finally achieved his dream of being able to report a Kaiju and save lives immediately after, it was quite emotional reading it. I absolutely loved the awesome twist about whether or not he's still got his Kaiju powers.
Overall, I absolutely loved this manga, and I'm so glad the anime is mostly doing it justice! It did have a few dips, but mostly was really cool and somewhat heartwarming at times.
Overall, I absolutely loved this manga, and I'm so glad the anime is mostly doing it justice! It did have a few dips, but mostly was really cool and somewhat heartwarming at times.
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September 29, 2025
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Sin dudas un manga que brilla en lo visual: las peleas están muy bien logradas y el dibujo es de alto nivel, algo que lo hace muy disfrutable.
Sin embargo, la historia no terminó de ser su punto fuerte. Tiene buenas ideas, pero en varios momentos no alcanza la misma intensidad que sus batallas y personajes.
Suma un poco que pude leerlo completo en Manga Plus, lo que fue una grata sorpresa y le da mas valor a la experiencia. En conjunto, lo considero un buen manga para adolescentes, entretenido y con méritos propios, aunque no es memorable.
Inglés
Without a doubt, this is a manga that shines visually: the battles are very well executed and the artwork is of high quality, making it really enjoyable.
However, the story never became its strongest point. It has good ideas, but at several moments it doesn’t reach the same intensity as its fights and characters.
It adds a bit that I was able to read it entirely on Manga Plus, which was a pleasant surprise and gave more value to the experience. Overall, I consider it a good manga for teenagers, entertaining and with its own merits, though not particularly memorable.
Sin dudas un manga que brilla en lo visual: las peleas están muy bien logradas y el dibujo es de alto nivel, algo que lo hace muy disfrutable.
Sin embargo, la historia no terminó de ser su punto fuerte. Tiene buenas ideas, pero en varios momentos no alcanza la misma intensidad que sus batallas y personajes.
Suma un poco que pude leerlo completo en Manga Plus, lo que fue una grata sorpresa y le da mas valor a la experiencia. En conjunto, lo considero un buen manga para adolescentes, entretenido y con méritos propios, aunque no es memorable.
Inglés
Without a doubt, this is a manga that shines visually: the battles are very well executed and the artwork is of high quality, making it really enjoyable.
However, the story never became its strongest point. It has good ideas, but at several moments it doesn’t reach the same intensity as its fights and characters.
It adds a bit that I was able to read it entirely on Manga Plus, which was a pleasant surprise and gave more value to the experience. Overall, I consider it a good manga for teenagers, entertaining and with its own merits, though not particularly memorable.
October 20, 2025
This is one of those stories that I was apprehensive to start but once I did I loved it! Started with the anime then immediately switched over to the manga. The story was great with strong characters (main and supporting). I really loved them all, especially the bad guy being intelligent and consistently learning from humanity. As far as endings go, I loved the way the author wrapped this up. Nothing felt forced. Everything came together nicely and made you feel all warm and fuzzy on the inside. Absolutely loved it! I’ll probably be reading this again until it’s all animated, then just watch on repeat!
August 17, 2025
جلد 16 آخر چپتر 129
داستان به این خوبی با این پتانسیل آخرش هیچی
من مانگارو خوندم نفهمیدم این چرا هیولا شد اصلا دلیل هیولا شدنش چی بود همش منتظر این بودم به این پی ببرم، اینجا منطق داستان درنیومد
تازه آخرشم همچنان در کنار مینا قرار نگرفت
واقعا مسخره و خوشم نیومد
اینم تموم شد
خیلی خوب بود ولی آخرش تر..
داستان به این خوبی با این پتانسیل آخرش هیچی
من مانگارو خوندم نفهمیدم این چرا هیولا شد اصلا دلیل هیولا شدنش چی بود همش منتظر این بودم به این پی ببرم، اینجا منطق داستان درنیومد
تازه آخرشم همچنان در کنار مینا قرار نگرفت
واقعا مسخره و خوشم نیومد
اینم تموم شد
خیلی خوب بود ولی آخرش تر..
September 2, 2025
Dù bộ này có bị chê theo motif siêu anh hùng thông thường, khai thác nông + đi theo lối mòn, đầu voi đuôi chuột thì đây vẫn là bộ truyện mình yêu thích. Vì (1) nam chính có nhiều đức tính mình yêu thích; (2) nhiều phân cảnh hài hước và biểu cảm được cài cắm hợp lí; (3) nét vẽ đẹp.
Nên là vẫn 5 sao nhóe.
Nên là vẫn 5 sao nhóe.
September 22, 2025
Sad to see that the series ended, but honestly, I think it was a good time. Matsumoto probably (imo) should've spent more time in the middle parts developing the kaijus and the relationships between the main characters. The escalation of the main "villain" was very quick, and I really didn't see how the author could've topped that in another arc unless they basically went a god route.
November 9, 2025
Cuando me enteré que terminaba pronto, dejé de leerlo para poder hacer lo que he hecho está noche. No podía dormir así que me lo termine en una sentada.
Le doy 5 estrellas porque si esto lo hubiera leído Álvaro de 13 o 15 años le habría flipado. También por qué lo han hecho en 129 capítulos y no han rellenado de mala manera.
Me ha gustado aunque sea un poco cliché y predecible.
Le doy 5 estrellas porque si esto lo hubiera leído Álvaro de 13 o 15 años le habría flipado. También por qué lo han hecho en 129 capítulos y no han rellenado de mala manera.
Me ha gustado aunque sea un poco cliché y predecible.
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October 8, 20254.4/5 ⭐️, I really enjoyed this series as a whole I loved how the story lines wrapped up. It had a bit of the “the power of friendship” just like demon slayer but I felt like it was done way better here. A big reason is Isao and his role towards the end.
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July 22, 2025
It's such a good series. I'm sad to see it end!
August 15, 2025
BRB crying. I need more. A sequel. Something. Hahaha
August 16, 2025
A somewhat surprising, ending to one of Shounen's former heavy weights.
But it wraps, up the story well and has call backs to the plot, and the first chapter.
But it wraps, up the story well and has call backs to the plot, and the first chapter.
August 16, 2025
What a beautiful ending! I’m very sad to see this series go, but that was a perfect note to finish on 🥹
August 17, 2025
❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥
August 18, 2025
they’re so so dear to me❤️🤧
September 6, 2025
Great art, hype moments and it didn't overstayed its welcome. A really good series
September 14, 2025
This was such a fun and refreshing series! I really liked it 😁.
September 18, 2025
un final perfecto no esperaba menos
September 18, 2025
absolutely beautiful. i’m depressed that i finished this. the ending had me tearing up
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