Kaijuu 8-gou Episode 12 Discussion

Kafka's berserk kaiju form is terrifying. The fight with General Shinomiya wasn't even close. But I bet he can get bigger and stronger.

So, Kafka will now become a living weapon for the Defense Force. About what I expected to happen. Hope he'll prove to them that he's a human soon.

Man, Kaiju No. 8 was a very fun anime. Sure, it has many of the usual shonen tropes. But it didn't try hard to be something that it wasn't. I liked how it was just straight-up a good anime. The characters are fun, the action is great and the animation and OST are also great. But not really anything groundbreaking. But I still loved watching it every week. My favorite character is probably Kafka himself.

I'm glad a sequel was announced. Probably will be a while before it releases, unfortunately. Can't wait to see it.

This is basically solo levelling of this season. Where only people who watch it for mindless action and good animation enjoy it. Writing doesn't matter because it is probably one of the most generic and predictable battle shounen.

This is one of the most basic level writing I have seen in anime and manga. It almost feels like the writer was not even trying. But just because the art and fight are good, it sells well.

I'm already catch upto latest chapter of the manga. It is still generic and predictable, it's get even worse later. So any hope of series turning good, or suddenly becoming completely different from it's previous season is loss.

Boy you read the whole manga and then get upset that the anime is a normal battle shonen? Maybe stop wasting your time with stuff you don't like.

Really enjoyed this season.

Could have done with less screaming at Kafka this episode.
Also, it was not exactly explained how he overcame the kaiju inside him at the end.

Other than minor plot related wobbles. Solid episode and a solid season.
9/10

@KikiSohma as he was "dying"/being taken over by the kaiju, he had a memory or something of mina. it was powerful enough to "wake him up" and allow himself to regain control

@HagePotPotato

Yes, the "mental" take back was obvious from the episode.

I meant the "physical" take back of control since the Kaiju inside him "ate him".

For example, did he crawl back out of the inside Kaiju?
Did he harness control from inside the inside Kaiju by, I dont know, forcing his willpower into a weak point?
That sort of thing.

If it is just by the power of friendship, then it makes it a little weaker of a turning point.
Seeing how he took back over after snapping back to reality ((ope, there goes gravity)) after remembering Mina would have been more interesting in my eyes.
The power of friendship is overdone in many shounen.

Yeah I don't usually say this but this final episode was lame. I feel the higher ups are being dumb. No one asks how he has became like that? They legit thought trying to kill him was a good test to see if he was a monster or not? God everyone was being an idiot. Like Kikoru's dad was going to lose his life because he taught gaslighting someone was a bright idea.

Also he needs to prove himself? I'm sorry what? Bro legit saved them from being nuked and has killed other major Kaijus. What the fuck they are on? There is unreasonable but then there is straight stupidity. This was a dumb way to end season 1 as it makes the higher up look like boomer idiots that don't care about humanity or their fucking troops.

7 out of 10

@MasterHavik I don't like the show at all myself, but I think I can defent the point here. They needed to push him to his limits to see if he would become a Kaiju at that point or not (compared to nuke, where he did everything consciously). And it worked, he almost became actual Kaiju. If it happened on the battlefield - they all would be dead, but now he and others know this might happen so they will be prepared for that.

@lessfull I think that's very dangerous and stupid. I get what you're saying though.

It is, but what are the alternatives?
1. Try to kill him when he is human and he could possibly turn into Kaiju and now there is no turning back to be friendly with Kafka (although he is dumb, probably he would be like "yea, let's go, Mina one love <3)
2. Kill him. No more Kaiju N.8 but now who will fight with sudden surge of powerful Kaiju? N.2 user? Not enough
3. Use him as a weapon (which can lead to either killing him, so nothing changed compared to #1/#2 points, or he could become powerful weapon)

So imho #3 is the best choice. Payoff is too high compared to risks. Altough they didn't thought he could do shenanigans he did in the last 2 eps.

@lessfull They can listen to the captian and vice captain and realize he isn't that much of a threat and a lot of this was due to their incompetence.

It's when he is controlling himself. But when it goes beyond that point - no one knew what is going to happen, and that's what they tried to check out, I think

I mean even nicest person can hit hard when he is endangered or enraged

@lessfull True but he went pass that because the Director thought trying to kill him was a good idea.

Well, I wasn't very fond of this anime, but it got better towards the final episodes. It went from My Hero Academia to Attack on Titan, which I regard rather as an improvement.

It's when he is controlling himself. But when it goes beyond that point - no one knew what is going to happen, and that's what they tried to check out, I think

I mean even nicest person can hit hard when he is endangered or enraged

anyone know which manga chapter should I read after s1e12 end?