Kafka Hibino in kaiju form from Kaiju No. 8, Episode 7
(Crunchyroll)

‘Kaiju No. 8’ Needs More Episodes

We’re more than halfway through Kaiju No. 8, and we wish it wouldn’t end. But any good anime is often cut short and will leave us wanting more. It’s only been a couple of months, but Kafka has grown on us.

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We’re going to miss Kafka Hibino and his antics in the Kaiju Defense Force. The first season of the anime will only have a total of 12 episodes. That’s not a lot of episodes, since we’re already more than halfway through and we still have so much to explore in the anime.

But most importantly, tell me you won’t miss the opening theme playing before the start of every episode. ABYSS by Yungblud is just so catchy. Whoever’s doing the second season’s opening theme will have a hard time beating the first season’s opening theme.

I’ll Miss ABYSS as an Opening Theme

Are there other half-kaiju like Kafka? Throughout the first season of the anime, it became clear that not all kaiju are created equally. Some of them pose a higher threat than others and can even communicate like human beings. In a world full of monsters, Kafka can’t possibly be the only human who has been infected by a kaiju.

For now, Kafka will have to live to see another day. Not everyone from the Kaiju Defense Force knows that he can transform into a Kaiju, and it might get him into hot waters that even he can’t get out of.


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Vanessa Esguerra (She/They) has been a Contributing Writer for The Mary Sue since 2023. After graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Economy, she (happily) rejected law school in 2021 and has been a full-time content writer since. Vanessa is currently taking her Master's degree in Japanese Studies in hopes of deepening her understanding of the country's media culture in relation to pop culture, women, and queer people like herself. She speaks three languages but still manages to get lost in the subways of Tokyo with her clunky Japanese. Fueled by iced coffee brewed from local cafés in Metro Manila, she also regularly covers anime and video games while queuing for her next match in League of Legends.