Fans who have been anxiously waiting for Kafka Hibino and Kikoru Shinomiya to reunite in Kaiju No. 8 will most likely be pleased next chapter, but this reunion also reminds them that it’ll probably be quite some time before Kafka finally has a heart-to-heart with his childhood friend and his professional superior Mina Ashiro. Glaringly absent in most action/adventure shonen these days, romance thankfully has a place in Kaiju No. 8, and it exists so far exclusively through the interactions between Kafka and Kikoru. Their relationship is by no means innovative, but they are based on major character types used by some of the most successful romcoms.

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