In short, the work can be summarized as follows:
Onepunchman + Pacific Rim = Kaiju N°8
We can see a lot of traces of both works mentioned above inside Kaiju N°8: A weak and lazy main character who wants to be a hero, giant monsters that destroy the city, a paramilitary group of extermination and protection against monsters, a group of rational monsters that want to destroy humans and of course a hero that kills the monsters with ONE blow.
But does this mix of works make Kaiju n°8 bad?
Of course not, she is good.
Script:
As mentioned in the development, we can clearly see the author's inspirations in these works and unlike many, the same try to be innovative as much as possible.
The main character, despite being weak and lazy, even comes to be negative about himself, is aware of this and with the help of a witty helper tries to be a better person and follow his dream.
(Although this part was done very quickly, we can reveal this by being a Shounen)
The paramilitary troop has its strong points like not giving value to the newbies and focusing on killing the monsters.
Monsters are dangerous and destructive, but like all shounen, they are easily defeated and sometimes are really dangerous as they should be.
The relationship between characters and development, are being made slowly, is almost imperceptible due to the speed that the actions happen.
Because of this speed, some actions and relationships are made abruptly and almost meaningless.
The fights are well done as a good Shounen should be, mix this with a good dose of humor and a good amount of positivism.
(I would like to make an addendum, the transformation of the main character from negative to positive was very fast, this transformation was very unnatural).
Art:
The characters are well designed with simple lines, without much detail for their features, the anatomy is very basic and has almost no outstanding characteristics for each character, apart from hair and beard, but apart from that, nothing new.
The monsters are very interesting, a humanoid blend with monstrosities, are ugly, deformed and sometimes a deformed junction of animals with plants.
The kaiju N.8 for having a humanoid body, its anatomy is well designed making it stand out from everything around it, the face in mask style was clearly made to become a symbol. Which is nice.
Summary:
fights, captivating characters, an average script and pleasant fights.
Do not read expecting a brilliant script with plotwists, because it is a classic shounen.
A temporary diversion that by the looks has a potential to become one of the great Shounens of today.
Turn off your brain and have fun!
Final note: 7/10
