Manga 'Kaijuu 8-Gou' Concludes Serialization

The official X account of Naoya Matsumoto’s Kaijuu 8-Gou (Kaijuu No.8) series announced on Thursday that the manga series is scheduled to finish its serialization on July 17 with the 129th chapter marking the series’ five-year run. Shounen Jump+ began serializing the manga in July 2020. Shueisha published the 15th volume on March 4. Kaijuu 8-gou has a cumulative 18 million copies of its volumes in circulation. VIZ Media licensed the manga in English in February 2021 and released the 13th volume on June 3. The 14th volume is scheduled to go on sale on September 2. Shueisha's Manga Plus platform also simulpublishes it in multiple languages, including English, Spanish, Thai, Indonesian, Russian, and French. Synopsis After the destruction of their hometown, childhood friends Kafka Hibino and Mina Ashiro make a pact to become officers in the Defense Force—a militarized organization tasked with protecting Japan from colossal monsters known as "kaijuu." Decades later, the 32-year-old Kafka has all but given up on his dreams of heroism. Instead, he cleans up the remains of the slaughtered kaijuu after they are defeated by valiant soldiers—including Mina, who has successfully achieved their shared goal. Upon meeting his new coworker, Reno Ichikawa, Kafka faces a mirror of his past self: an ambitious young man whose one desire is to fight as a member of the Defense Force. Unfortunately, the two are soon involved in a freak encounter with a rogue kaijuu. Though Kafka demonstrates his innate heroic nature and rescues Reno from certain doom, he is left gravely injured. While both men recover in a hospital, Kafka is seemingly attacked by another one of the beasts. As a result, he gains the ability to transform into a humanoid kaijuu with the strength and powers of the massive monsters menacing Japan. Dubbed "Kaijuu No. 8" by the military, Kafka resolves to use his newfound gifts for the greater good. Tied together by mutual respect, Kafka and Reno set out to join warriors like Mina at the forefront of the Defense Force. [Written by MAL Rewrite]