After five years of serialization Naoya Matsumoto's Kaiju No. 8 Manga finally closed on July 18, 2025. Fans of this series can now testify first of all what happened with Kafka, Mine, Reno, Kikor, and all this cast of nice characters at the very end of this epic story, and in most cases it certainly did not disappoint.
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While the end of Kaiju No. 8 It has received a fairly mixed reception from the readers, it cannot be denied that the fair share of his most famous characters has received very solid and satisfactory well -written conclusions of their events, the following are the best and most important examples.
Warning! Spoilers forward!
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Kafka hibino
Eventually he had to fulfill his lifelong dream and become a hero
- Debut: Chapter 1 (manga) Episode 1 (anime)
Protagonist Kaiju No. 8, Kafka hibinoHe went through a lot of hard things throughout the story. He began as a weak man who could not fulfill his goal to fight Kaija together with his childhood friend Min Ashiro until he received the mysterious creation of the incredible power of Kaija. He then joined the defensive force and kept his forces hidden until he was eventually forced to reveal them to save everyone.
Later, during the last struggle against Daikaij from the Meireki era, Kafka decided to sacrifice his humanity and replace his heart with the core of Kaiju, which unlocked a new strong transformation that allowed him to defeat this legendary opponent once and for all. However, thanks to the involvement of ISAO Shinomiya, he got a second chance to be human and woke up several months after the battle. At the end of Manga Kafka Hibino, each of his personal goals met a large extent and continued his life a great life. He is still part of the defensive force, where he will continue to fight Kaija alongside the mines and all his other friends, recognized as a hero throughout the country and can still turn into its form Kaija whenever he needs to save people.
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MINA ASHIRO
After so many years, her childhood friend is finally side by side
- Debut: Chapter 1 (manga) Episode 1 (anime)
When she was first introduced, MINA ASHIROThe legendary third division captain looked like a distant, ruthless and cold woman. In fact, she was frustrated and disappointed by the fact that her childhood friend, Kafka, could not maintain her promise to fight Kaija right next to her, and this conflict made their relationship in the whole series quite interesting.
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Kafka and Mina finally joined their forces during the top final battle against Daikaij from the Meireki era, which was both extremely satisfactory and cute opportunities. Fortunately, Mina has survived this long and difficult struggle and is now working again in the third division of the defensive forces, with her good friend and fighting partner Kafka Hibino right by her side. Needless to say, seeing such a serious soldier finally broke out of his shell and accepting her friend with so much honesty, there was nothing fascinating.
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Kikor Shinomiya
Lived as expected of her parents
- Debut: Chapter 3 (manga) Episode 2 (Anime)
Kikor Shinomiya is one of the most complex and interesting characters in Kaiju No. 8To the extent that Kafka feels like the second protagonist. During her performance she came out as an egoist and arrogant young girl, but she had a lot of unrest in her when she was hiding when she was the daughter of Isao Shinomiya, CEO of the Defense forces, who had become stronger throughout her life.
To make it worse, Isao was eventually killed by Kaiju No. 9, which meant that Kikor had to continue his heritage. With combined forces of weapons 1 and weapons numbers, 4 played a key role during the last battle against Daikaju in the era of Meireki and Kafka could not destroy the core of the enemy without it. The final chapter shows that Kikora has received promotion and that in the near future will become vice -chairman of the first division. Needless to say, Kikor not only successfully met the expectations of his parents, but even overcome them.
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ISAO SHINOMIYA
He was a key player in the story, even after his death
- Debut: Chapter 33 (manga) Episode 11 (anime)
Although he was introduced as a strict and serious man, the CEO ISAO SHINOMIYA is infamous to be one of the few named characters in Kaiju No. 8 Die on the screen because Kaiju was killed and absorbed during the arc of the Kaiju weapon and his sudden death was quite unexpected and had a huge impact on Kafka and Kikor.
Just because Isao died, that doesn't necessarily mean that his character had a unsatisfactory end. Not only did his daughter become much stronger and successfully continued her inheritance, but it is also the main reason why Kafka managed to maintain his humanity: when their conscience met within Daikaij from the Meireki era, Isao gave Kafka his own heart and ordered him to constantly protect others. In addition, the final chapter even revealed that he forced the samurai ghosts to stay inside Kafka's heart to gain access to its transformation.
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Kaiju No. 9
An impressive villain to the very end
- Debut: Chapter 6 (manga) Episode 4 (Anime)
Being known as Kaiju No. 9 He was the main roofing antagonist of the series and was definitely the force to be taken into account, both in terms of strength and in terms of personality. In many chapters, readers could see how this dangerous monster hated themselves for hatred, to the extent that he even killed and absorbed Isao Shinomiya to complete his mission.
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Of course, Kaiju No. 9 was eventually replaced by Daikaiju of the Meireki era in the final arch, but his tragic story revealed that he has been trying to resuscitate this legendary monster throughout his life. At the end of the day, Kaiju No. 9 was an excellent villain who played his role flawless, because he acted as a constant threat to heroes and was also able to fulfill his goals, even after his defeat, and that is something that cannot be said of many other classic difles in the Action Genre.
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Mysterious larvae
Revenge on his enemy and now may rest in coffee
- Debut: Chapter 1 (manga) Episode 1 (anime)
The Mysterious larvae“The small creature that gave Kafka forces in the first chapter of Mango was a strong kaiyu core created by a combined power left by the soul of samurai, who died in the fight against Daikaiju from the era of Meireki. The larva continued his life for many centuries of utter hatred of his enemy.
The main character not only finally learned the truth about the origin of his strength, but also unlocked a strong new form that helped him defeat the infamous Daikaiju once and for all. In the final chapter, the mysterious Lava can be seen peacefully resting inside Kafka's body, because it has finally managed to destroy a monster that killed all those warriors in the past, completing their lifelong mission. Of course, because of the help of Isao Shinoniya, Larva and Samurai souls, they agreed that Kafka still gave access to his abilities so that others can help others in their infinite struggle against other Kaija, who are still threatening to destroy the world.
Kaiju No. 8
- Release date
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2024 – 2023
- Directors
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Shigyuki Miya, Tomomi Kamiya
- Writers
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Ichirō ōouchi
- Franchise (s)
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Kaiju No. 8
