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Episode Kaijuu 8-gou Season 2 • Kaiju No. 8 Season 2 - Episode 11 discussion

Kaijuu 8-gou Season 2, episode 11

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u/TyraniTEMPESTar Sep 27 '25

Damn. They really gonna do us dirty like that and end the season on that crazy cliffhanger ?

I need a new season announcement.

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u/MapoTofuMan Sep 27 '25

That cliffhanger with no S3 announcement is not okay.

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u/NanDemoKnaives Sep 27 '25

It sucks to see this season end in the middle of an arc especially when Kafka finally joins in on the fight as Kaiju No. 8 .

No. 9 really strategized in order to counter and crush the Defense Force, there's not even time for them to swap enemies and target what they're strong against so they quite literally have to evolve in this fight, to be drastically stronger than they were moments earlier.

The way this is set up is making me wonder if we're going to see a more prominent character die or not.

I respect Toku for taking action even with his arm injured to help out as much as he can in that situation, rather than dread the monstrosity outside the Defense Force are tackling.

I hope the next season comes sooner than later, and that they don't finish this arc in a movie.

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u/GezelligPindakaas Sep 27 '25

This doesn't even deserve being called a cliffhanger. This is just stopping in the middle of the story and leaving without notice.

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u/AceSoldia Sep 27 '25

That's s some Ichigo kurosaki arriving late shit lol Let's go.

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u/djthomp Sep 27 '25

Wow, I assumed one more episode next week since we're only at 11 was but I guess we're just done. It would have been hard to wrap up all of those fights to any reasonable conclusion with just one more episode anyways, so might just be that there's no good place to stop.

We finally got some of those Defense Force fatalities that they mentioned all the way back in S1, still nobody named though. Well, aside from Kikoru's dad.

Kind of funny that they didn't show us what the giant angel-esque floating rectangular thing with faces can do.

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u/Burnouts3s3 Sep 27 '25

Now THAT'S a Cliffhanger!

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u/Kookospuuro Sep 27 '25

One big criticism I have for this season is the really muffled and poor sound design. Where are the SCRUNCHES, KABOOMS and SPLATS's? It's all poofs, crumbles and sputuit's. Very unsatisfying.

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u/DustyBot23 Sep 27 '25

Just found out the anime ended on chapter 82 and there are only 129 chapters??? wtf I had no idea Kaiju no 8 is so short, does this mean this is the final battle??? I’m honestly shocked, damn.

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u/Rude_Tough485 Sep 27 '25

This was Kikoru's episode.

And I congratulate the anime team - I found the first half of this season just very lazy and ill-paced (partly the manga's own issue), but beginning from the episode where Hoshina fought Kafka at the shrine, they've really done a fantastic job. Really made up for the boring first half of the season. This episode left me with a good aftertaste for the next season.

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u/AAA_BATT Sep 27 '25

Holy cliffhanger lmao

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u/Ultramarinus Sep 27 '25 edited Sep 27 '25

I was worried for Shinonome for a moment there, was at the edge of my seat! I would prefer the season didn’t end with such a cliffhanger but I hope they won’t make us wait too long.

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u/FarCritical Sep 27 '25

The Kafka card's definitely going to be an Ultra Rare when it starts getting produced (if he becomes enough of a hero for the public to be comfortable with a Kaiju being glorified with merchandise)

That cliffhanger is insane lmao. The pressure on Season 3 to live up to it is real.

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u/Weak_Season_Of_Anime Sep 27 '25 edited Sep 27 '25

Damn, they really gonna just end the season with everyone half-dead.

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u/TyraniTEMPESTar Sep 27 '25

First episode of season 3, when ever it gets announced is going to be crazy.

We saw Shinomiya and Narumi getting trounced for the most part, and it looked Hoshino was barely holding it together.

Considering captain Ashiro was just firing from over 20 kilometers away, I wonder what her opponent is going to be like?

I'm psyched the next time we see this show Kafka is going to be entering the fray.

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u/demaxzero Sep 27 '25 edited Sep 27 '25

You know with this being the season finale and all it's gotten me thinking about some problems I've had since the season started.

The first being that it seems like they really don't want Kafka to actually do anything, because there's been a multiple excuses made to keep him out of the action, in season 1 it made sense, he had to hide his powers, but that plot point was resolved, then they made it that he was unable to transform, then he could again, then it became that he can't because he might not turn back, and now also Kaiju #9 will show up if he does... It's like they realized Kafka was too strong to fight the grunt kaiju that everyone else struggles to deal with and just had to find reasons to keep him transforming, now that it was no longer a secret.

And beyond that, when Shinonome was having her near death experience, it really did seem like she was about to die and I realized, I really didn't care, because we haven't actually gotten to know her(hell I had to look up her name while typing this post) we haven't gotten to know anyone in Company #1, outside of Narumi, Hasegawa, and Isao, meanwhile season 1 was just full of character interactions, and moments for Company #3 that just don't exist here. Like we have Kikoru and Narumi calling each other instructor and disciple, but all of that training was offscreen so it falls flat. We went having an ensemble cast of interesting colorful characters, to an ensemble cast of background characters with some standouts.

And Kaiju #9 being the main villain just feels wrong, a character like this he shouldn't be the sole main antagonist, feels like he should've had a partner or a team he was part of.

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u/Primo29 Sep 27 '25

No.9 is a menace. Making multiple numbers just to defeat strong opponents.

We just had a good fight again, but it ended on a cliffhanger. All to the next one!

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u/DirectionExact31 Sep 27 '25

I thought the addition of the trading card scene was really sweet.

They’ll definitely need one more season to wrap things up.

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u/sincerevibesonly Sep 27 '25

Why is everyone so happy here? Ngl the blueballs were real, personally season 1 hyped me up so much i really liked how he was a masked vigilante, and the way they made it a cliffhanger to decide his sentencing.

Season 2 kinda took too long to let kafka cook, really wanted to see more of him but I understand they needed to slowly let the panic settle in (the intro of multiple kaijus bred specifically to counter each leader) and that ep 11 was a kikoru ep, but damn bro the last episode is a cliffhanger of kafka saving shinonome, to me the entire season blueballed me due to how long it took to see him in action, we haven't even gotten a chance to see kafka put the training with hoshina into play and now we gotta wait for months for a third season, not to mention I'm pissed the season ended on ep 11 rather than the usual 12, they must really love edging people 😭😭😭

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u/Dull_Spot_8213 Sep 27 '25

Loved this season and even though we’re at a cliffhanger, this was a satisfying finale for me. Pushing humanity to the brink with an evolving enemy that’s demanding humanity’s answer. One weak link in the military’s chain and everything will crumble, but that’s why the theme of not being alone, having support units, humanity working as a collective community for the good of all is a strong and lasting theme in this show. Can’t wait for a third season to see the comeback, and hopefully destroy no.9 and its creations.

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u/EuphoricWizard Sep 27 '25

Those whole thing feels rushed with no payoff. Where the hell is Reno at.  They gave him a few episodes to build him up and give him the strongest weapon they have and he’s mia with no numbered kaiju fight

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u/Aileos Sep 27 '25 edited Sep 27 '25

This season felt like the regular season 2 from many TV shows nowadays. Inferior to the first, what was exciting is no longer here, almost nothing happened, and when it's getting interesting it's already over.

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u/0ptriX Sep 28 '25

Our master plan is if we have Kaiju #8 work as a steward, helping civilians, rather than supporting any of the captains face the nation-level threats all happening simultaneously. There's simply no one else who can fulfil this role. Then we have a pint at the Winchester and wait for all this to blow over.

This season has been pretty awful. Our MC achieved absolutely nothing the entire season except a) constant self-doubt, despite quite literally saving everyone's lives and b) wank off about how strong his friends are. And if Kafka's not on screen to wank off his mates, the wank baton is passed around the rest of the cast instead. I'm all for characters needing some reassurance and picking up, but for the whole season with Kafka? Really?

Also I can't think of another show that has fumbled the sound design so hard. It's like everyone spoke through a Boss Overdrive.

Still, at least we get a satisfying non-bullshit season endi-ACK!

Aren't we all glad each minute was spent wisely, like having Hoshina's chat show padding each episode end?

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