Cleaning Up Kaiju, Literally
5 stars
Kafka is part of a cleaning company that cuts up dead monsters and disposes of them once the anti-kaiju defense force neutralizes them. He's all but given up on being a hero after repeatedly failing to join the defense force in his 20s, but thanks to new regulations raising the age of eligibility and a chance encounter with mutagenic kaiju poop(?) Kafka now has one last chance to fulfill his childhood promise of protecting his world. Kaiju No 8 may look like a standard battle shonen manga, but between the superbly written characters (yes, even the women!), the 32 year old protagonist, and stunning art, it starts above everything else in the genre right now.
Kafka is part of a cleaning company that cuts up dead monsters and disposes of them once the anti-kaiju defense force neutralizes them. He's all but given up on being a hero after repeatedly failing to join the defense force in his 20s, but thanks to new regulations raising the age of eligibility and a chance encounter with mutagenic kaiju poop(?) Kafka now has one last chance to fulfill his childhood promise of protecting his world. Kaiju No 8 may look like a standard battle shonen manga, but between the superbly written characters (yes, even the women!), the 32 year old protagonist, and stunning art, it starts above everything else in the genre right now.
