Many new series arrive on Shonen Jump +. The latest is Ghost Reaper Girl by the author of Rosario x Vampire. With just two chapters, however, it got really viral Kaiju No. 8, also known by the name 8 Kaijuu.
With the first chapter in just two days, Kaiju No. 8 received a million hits and set a record for Shonen Jump +. The recording was repeated with the second chapter when the views then rose to two million. But what drove Japanese readers crazy? Let’s find out what’s inside first chapter of Kaiju No. 8.
Japan is at the center of the sights of Kaiju, giant monsters that populate the world, but mostly focus on attacks on Japan. Of course there are teams involved in eliminating giant monsters, but who is responsible for eliminating the disaster? Obviously there is a group that also has to deal with it Hibino Kafka is on the cleaning team, a 32-year-old who is involved in various operations, from cutting limbs and kaiju pieces to handling or cleaning the intestines.
As a child Hibino dreamed of becoming one of the members of the body that kills the Kaiju, but was rejected during the fitness exams. During the purge of the last Kaiju, he is given oversight by Ichikawa Reno, an 18-year-old dreaming of becoming a warrior fighting Kaiju. During a cleaning operation, the duo is attacked by a small kaiju who, however, gets two normal people like her into trouble. While Hibino manages to get Ichikawa awaysuffers from some wounds that do not allow him to fight. Ichikawa comes back to help him, but the third division of the Japanese defense team will definitely kill the Kaiju.
Inspired by Ichikawa, Hibino persuades himself to try the exam again, but suddenly another smaller Kaiju enters the protagonist’s throat turned him into a monster. And so Kaiju No. 8 begins with the chapter “The man who has turned into a Kaiju”. Have you already read the chapter about MangaPlus in Spanish?
