Kaijuu 8-gou Episode 6 Discussion

Our Kafka and Kikoru have officially become friends. Also, lol, they are too tsundere for each other.

The bus heading to the monster's location carries the newly-appointed defense force members. As they settle in and prepare for their first mission, Soshiro reminds them of their duty. At the base, Leno and Kafka examine the monster they are tasked with eliminating and are impressed by its size. Nearby, Soshiro briefs the rookies on the monster’s status and their tasks. He informs them that Mina is leading another squad to handle the base monster, so the rookies will only need to deal with the smaller threats. Before they depart, he wishes them the best. Kafka then has a final conversation with Leno, expressing his excitement to start the mission, and Leno shows his support. With that, Kikoru leaps ahead of Kafka, ready for action.

Kikoru flexing like the chadette she is. She looks so good all suited up. But man, Ichikawa is doing his best so Kafka isn't forced to transform. Such a great bro. I do like that Kafka doesn't just rely on his Kaiju powers and instead uses his experience from being in the clean-up crew and studying. Other fighters were probably too grossed out to dive inside the corpses. I also wanted a badass moment from Soushirou, and damn, did it deliver. Also didn't expect the Kaiju No.9 to show up this early. Again, phenomenal episode animation-wise. It's the main thing the show has to offer, so I'm glad they're delivering. Though I am kinda sad they're starting to use CG for the kaiju, it was inevitable so whatever,

There he is again... the Kaiju No.9 is finally making his move.

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