Kaiju No. 8, Vol. 3

Japan has the highest rate of kaiju emergence in the world, and the Japan Defense Force exists to neutralize the monsters. Kafka Hibino works as a kaiju-corpse cleanup man, but he has long dreamed of serving in the force. When a second chance at that dream arrives, he undergoes a sudden transformation and becomes a kaiju himself.

In this volume, Kafka fights off a humanoid kaiju and saves Iharu and Reno. He cannot return to human form in time, though, and Defense Force officers spot him. A neutralization unit is sent to destroy him, led by Vice-Captain Hoshina.

The question driving the volume is whether Kafka can survive the attacks of his own superior officer without exposing who he really is. His dream of joining the force and his new monstrous body pull in opposite directions.

This is the third volume of a manga series, so it picks up an ongoing story. It is a monster-action tale with a comic streak, built around fights, close calls and a secret that could end Kafka's career and his life.