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Review of Kaiju N8 (contains minor spoilers)

I start by saying that this is my first review, and since I have caught up, I just want to tell you my opinions about the chapters released so far of this famous manga that is depopulating in this period.
I start by saying that Kaiju n8 is undoubtedly captivating, although it may seem the classic battle manga, Kaiju have a character design really well done and particular and this is already a plus.
As far as the story is concerned, it's nothing too innovative, but we follow the story of the main character Kafka Hibino, who is not the usual ... shonen character, because in this case he's a guy who is over 30 years old, and this is another thing I like to differentiate a bit.
Not much is known about the protagonist, currently the only thing that is known is that, as a child, he had promised his best friend (currently commander of the third unit) that they would fight together in the defense forces to defeat the Kaiju and then now after failing the first time he wants to try again.
His transformation into Kaiju N8 is a lot of fun, it all happens in the span of a few seconds, a small insect enters his mouth and he transforms, stop.
Honestly I do not know how to take this thing, I really like the fact that it is almost like a "parody" but I expected at least that they explain the origin of these insects and why they can transform people into Mega Kaiju.
From the last chapters we understand that Kaiju N9 can actually create Mega Kaiju like N10, but I don't think it has anything to do with that little bug that possessed Kafka.
And now we move on to Kaiju N8's greatest strength, the thing that impressed me the most, which is the fighting.
The fights are really cool, they are dynamic and well readable, plus they always manage to keep you on edge.
It's not so much the drawings that are amazing, but more how the author wanted to manage the tables and as I said before, thanks to the well made Kaiju, they can make the fight even more exciting.
As for the most criticizable things at the moment as far as I'm concerned are the characters except Shinomya, have been deepened very little, some really for nothing, and the fact that for me they should deepen the matter on the birth of Kaiju and those strange insects that can turn a human into a Mega kaiju.
More than anything else they should really explain it also because Kafka in a certain situation they showed us that he had lost control, so it is also interesting to understand how that insect could affect his control and also his life.
But obviously we are still in the 58th chapter so it's too early to say these things, but I still wanted to expose what I currently think of what has come out so far.
To conclude Kaiju N8 is a work that I would recommend to everyone, because it flows very quickly and is very enjoyable as a read, really epic fights with moments of comedy, and in the future if it continues in the right direction, it could give us surprises, so I recommend you to keep an eye on it.