Kaiju No. 8 - Blog Posts
I love in manga and anime during an extremely serious moment (like almost final battle moment) the main character just makes a goofy a-s face (the one I recently saw Kaiju no.8) I also love it when a normally deadpan character gets super detailed when they smile and such likeeeee ^^
(Examples under more)
Komi can't communicate \/
Narumi gen is in a weird sense extremely attractive to me
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Would anybody like to talk about Kaiju no.8
This is what made me get back into reading Manga. Kaiju no. 8, Marriage Toxin, the poetry of Ran, all fantastic works that DON’T TAKE PLACE IN A DAMN HIGH SCHOOL!
I don’t know if it’s like a bunch of people thinking your life ends at adulthood, or just pandering to a easier to please demographic, but what I need is stories that mix shit up!
I want a 35 year old woman, in a childless marriage to become a magical girl against her will! every day her Husband comes home, says “God, I had the worst day with these damn newbies” to which she’s like “…I talk to raccoons now, and their diplomacy with the foxes failed. I’m supposed to be the guardian of coexistence, but I honestly just want to torch everything past that damn tree line” And now he’s sad because he knows that she just wants to go back to her job as a floor manager at the sporting goods store, but it shut down and even if local businesses did pick up new hires, he knows the ever-cave deemed her a part of the reborn council, and now she’s one of a limited few who can calm the souls residing in the sea of trees.
more characters should be 30+ years old
Hey, Kaiju no. 8 fans! Shonen Jump is officially releasing a Kafka Hibino scullcap beanie.
…Or if you will-
…A Kafka Hi-Beanie!
I’m having a hard time getting this to land for the people that have to talk to me, but THIS…
Is NOT the same as HIM
I don’t get it, they’re so different! I hate this.
I want to hold his hand, in a very passionate way!
But This fuckin’ thing…
Makes feel like I need a restraining order.
Will’s Anime Watchlist for Spring 2024
Lots of new and returning shows! Let’s get into it!
Continuing from last season:
Delicious in Dungeon (Netflix)
And that’s it. Not a lot of 2-cour shows last season. On to new stuff.
New shows:
Kaiju No. 8 (Crunchyroll) (Most anticipated show of the season)
Mission: Yozakura Family (Hulu)
Train to the End of the World (Crunchyroll)
Returning shows:
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Season 3 (Crunchyroll)
The Duke of Death and His Maid Season 3 (Crunchyroll)
Laid-Back Camp Season 3 (Crunchyroll)
Demon Slayer: Hashira Training Arc (Crunchyroll)
Shows from last season that I recently binged:
7th Time Loop: The Villainess Enjoys a Carefree Life Married to Her Worst Enemy! (Crunchyroll)
Villainess Level 99: I May Be The Hidden Boss But I’m Not The Demon Lord
Shows from last season that I want to check out;
Bucchigiri?!
Show I really want to check but haven’t had time for:
Summer Time Rendering
Will this be the time that I finally watch the dub for Bleach TYBW part 2? Maybe. But not this week. My wife and I are buying a house and we move this week. Exciting stuff! If we see more stuff we like, I’ll add it to the list.
Kaiju no 8 | A Fallen Star
Prologue
Summary: Akira Shinomiya, a boy with shoes to big to fill. Finds what seems like impossible obstacles to fulfill his dreams. And what he isn’t aware of, is that times are turning even worse. Will he make it?
Warnings: gore and blood.
A/N: This is another idea that came to mind. Hope to finish this one.
A blond haired woman sighed in exhaustion. After a long day of work she was finally home to her family.
“Hey, I’m back.” She announced sitting by the door and taking off her shoes.
The family’s butler greeted her. “Welcome back home, Mi-“ his greeting was interrupted when a yellow blur flew by him and crash hugged the blonde’s face. That blur was none other than her daughter.
“MOMMY, WELCOME BACK.” Greeted the child with her high pitched voice.
Isao, the girls father, also went to greet her but stared scolding the child for jumping into her already exhausted mother. “Come now, Kikoru. Your mother is to exhausted to-“
Contrary to what he was saying, Hikari took her daughter’s hands and started spinning like a helicopter. “You’ve done it now, gosh darn it!!! Have you been a good girl you little scamp?!” Yelled Hikari with as much enthusiasm as her daughter while the little girl laughed.
Isao refrained himself from saying anything and sighed. He doesn’t understand how can they have so much energy.
“Today, guess what? Guess what? We watched TV in the shelter!” Started saying Kikoru with enthusiasm as her mother stopped spinning to hold her in front of her. “And everyone said you were cool mommy.”
Hikari was surprised for a moment. She knew the kaiju appeared in a city near her daughter’s school but she didn’t expect it to be that close. “No one was hurt?” She asked expectantly.
Kikoru shook her head. “Nope.”
Hikari smiled widely at the information. “That’s great news.” She cheered.
The little girls smile dimmed when she finally noticed something in her mother’s arm, a bandage. “Did you get hurt?” She asked with a hint of worry in her voice while Hikari put her back in the floor.
The woman looked at source of worry of her daughter remembering the moment the kaiju caught her of guard with a sudden burst of power. “Yeah, today’s kaiju was a little strong. But I’m all right.” She assured while lowering the sleeve of her shirt to cover her bandage. She really wanted to keep all the dangerous staff away from her. But Kikoru’s next words showed her it was impossible.
“Mommy.” Said the girl, gaining her parents attention by her sudden seriousness. “I’m gonna join the defense force and I’m gonna save you.”
Hikari shared a surprised look with her husband before smiling. She was really their girl. She kneeled in front of Kikoru and gave her a soft smile and a pat on the head. “Okay then, Kikoru. And when you’re in trouble mommy will save you.” She promised her daughter.
Isao watched the interaction with a small smile. He didn’t know what he did to deserve them. His smile fell once he remembered someone in the second floor waiting for them.
“Kikoru, go wash your hands. Dinner is almost ready.” He instructed the child.
The little blond girl nodded before running to the nearest bathroom, leaving the adults in a somewhat solemn silence.
Hikari looked at her husband before asking. “How is Akira?”
Isao sighed softly, turning and walking to the stairs being followed by his wife. “As well a he can be.” Informed the man with his gravel voice. “He hasn’t stopped watching videos of the defense force fighting Kaijus.”
Hikari smiled slightly at that. Akira has always wanted to learn how to kill kaijus and the boy absorbs information like a sponge. Suddenly her smile dimmed. There was only one thing stopping him from doing it.
Once in the second floor Isao knocked on the big brown door before opening it. “Akira, your mother is here.” He announced.
Hikari breathed deeply before putting on a wide smile in her face. “Where is my handsome boy?” She exclaimed cheerfully as she entered the room.
The boy behind the desk, who was previously watching a hologram of a kaiju, gave her a big smile as his eyes brightened. “Mama.”
The little blond boy pushed himself from the table and moved around the table to greet his mother. Once the desk was no longer in his way Hikari saw a sight that repeatedly breaks her heart. Her son rolling his wheel chair towards her.
She kneeled before her son once he was close and gave him a warm hug. The type only a mother can give.
“I saw the news today. You were awesome mom.” Murmured the boy in his mother’s shoulder.
She released him and put a hand on his cheek, caressing the tiniest of scars underneath his eye. A cut long healed and barely visible. But for her, it could as well have been a big sigh in bold red letters as a reminder.
The day she was to late to protect her precious baby boy.
“Did you think so?” She asked softly.
The blond boy nodded his head eagerly. “I know so.” He affirmed. “Do you think some day I can be as cool as you?”
Hikari widened her smile, ignoring the stabbing pain in her chest and the sting in her eyes. “I know you will.”
Isao watched with well hidden solemnly from the door. It hasn’t been that long since the accident, the regenerative tissue and his young body still have time to heal correctly. The boy just needs a little push.
Nock nock
The nocking in the door brought back General Isao from memory lane. He looked up from the screen of his computer, that displayed a picture of his family when they where still complete, and closed the computer. “Come in” he announced.
From the door came in a young man with blond hair and amber eyes, tall and muscular yet lean. His enforcer suit looks pristine clean, like a car recently cleaned.
The young enforcer carried two suitcases and put them gently on the floor once in front of the desk. The metal of the case clanged quite loudly due to its weigh.
“As requested general Shinomiya.” Informed the soldier standing straight.
Isao paused for a second looking at those eyes similar to his, and most importantly, the tiny scar below the left eye. Only now visible thanks to the rays of sun coming through the floor to ceiling windows.
“Very well.” He said as he stood up, walking around the desk and towards the exit. “Let’s pay a certain kaiju a visit.” The clang of metal was sing enough that the boy was following his steps.
The old man couldn’t help but watched through the side of his eye their reflection in the hall’s windows.
To think that the little boy came this far.
The same boy with round cheeks and big doe eyes now lost al that baby fat, giving a sharp look.
Akira inherited most things from his father. From his height to the way he walks.
And he thought he looked more like his mother when he was a kid.
Talking about kids. They’re about to meet the youngest Shinomiya after months of not seeing each other.
He wonders how much she has grown.
More from this AU
Since he's gotten bigger, Kafka's diet has had to change. A simple cup of noodles or even a single cow wasn't going to cut it. Lucky for him Kaiju meat actually tastes pretty good now! (For him at least)
One Kaiju corpse can keep Kafka full for a whole month, however he tires to eat in private, knowing how gory and disturbing it is see him eat like an animal (he's a little self conscious about it)
But no matter where he hides, someone in squad 3 finds him, usually Soshiro, Reno, or Kikoru. They sit by him, eating their lunch or dinner as they chat about the recent gossip, acting completely normal even though he tearing out a set a ribs with his teeth.
It's a normalcy he craves, and every little bit of it he can get he treasures dearly. It's what keeps his humanity alive, and even if he should mutate further he knows his can depend on his friends to keep that humanity going.
I just watched the first episode of Kaiju no. 8 and I have a question does Ashiro just like have a tiger as a pet? And it like helps her take down kaijus?
Now that I've basically came to the same point at which the anime stopped
I think the anime gave a little more for the characters, like:
Haruichi having Dad Problems (and Subequently calling him to see if he could get any help to Kafka) (Aoi also being there and trying the same thing)
The salute to the transport van (and Hoshina Totally fucking Lying about saluting their commander)
It gives them a little more empathy and a little more time that I do appreciate. It feels cohesive, they have been fighting and training together. The anime in that sense gave them more of that "team" feel.
(I kind love the fact that there is no Doubt in Kafka. No one is Ever doubting his humanity. )
I watched Kaiju №8, the anime.
And what endeared me to it, truly, was the genuine and wholesome heroism of Kafka.
I remember the scene in the last episode, as Kafka wakes up after getting his ass pummeled, viscerally destroying his own body.
He looks at the man that Hurt him, the father of a person he admires.
Kikoru's dad's first reaction is to say "Don't be scared, I'm not here to kill you." Logical. Cause that was that the Motive looked liked.
Kafka's first reaction is, WITH RELIEF, "I'm glad you aren't hurt or else I wouldn't be able to look Kikoru in the eye."
There is a couple more things that endeared me to this story, even though it is so similar to many others told (Almost cried in the first fucking episode over the friendship). But I feel like that one just made it solid.