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Kaiju No. 8, Vol. 1 by Naoya Matsumoto
3.0

This was pretty fun though not blown away.

So basically what we have here is Kaiju who attack cities are exterminated by a special force in Japan. However we follow the guy who has to cleanup after the Kaiju, cut up their pieces, and get rid of them. Good times. Through this though we have plenty of world building and character growth, topped off with some great action moments leading into the second half which presents the guy on the cover in a interesting twist.

For a newer manga this is a lot of fun and I'm eager to see where volume 2 goes. But I wasn't blown away by the plot or characters. But this is normal when I start series. Excited for volume 2 still. A 3 out of 5.