I received this book from the publisher on Edelweiss in exchange of an honest review.

I am a big big fan of Kaiju No.8 so imagine my delight when I spotted this one up on Edelweiss. I had to try my luck at requesting it and YES, I was approved! I could finally read this fun delightful volume full of rest and probably plenty of humour!

In this one we get 5 chapters in which we see various characters from our defense force have a good time as they relax after a busy and gruelling day hunting/defeating Kaiju. There is a lot of focus on Ichikawa, Kafka, and Kikoru, but also other characters come by in big or smaller roles and I was so excited to see them all and get to see what they are going to do in these chapters. Each chapter is a day relaxed and is split up in several sections and I really adored how that one was done, instead of just giving it all in one go you get parts. Fun! What kind of fun things can you expect? Zombie hunting in the arcade (and catching some cats), photographing Hoshina with his eyes open (which made me laugh as this was indeed something I always wondered about in the OG series, how does he see and does he ever open his eyes), eating cake, we see how Kikoru became friends with 2 other girls in the squad, and there is more. It was such a feast to read and I had oodles of fun.

Oh, and I had such a laugh at the two old timers at the arcade! I hadn’t expected that one!

But there was a moment that I was confused. In the first chapter Kikoru, Kafka, and Ichikawa are going hiking. That starts with Kafka not able to turn back and him panicking as no one can know he is Kaiju. Yet in the next part they are going hiking (I would think it is the same moment) and Kikoru is not fazed by him transforming in Kaiju 8 when he is chomped by a venomous snake.

The art was a great one! While it is by a different mangaka the style of the characters and the feel of the OG manga is still all there. And I love seeing characters make different faces and stuff from the OG manga. Kikoru has some fabulous ones in this one.

All in all, I really would like more of this series, it is cute to see the teams just relax and have a good time. Given all the things that are happening in the OG manga they deserve some peace and quiet and I could use it as well. 😂 I would recommend this one to fans of the series, this is definitely one you need to read along with the OG, if you read it without any basic knowledge you will probably be confused by many things or get spoilers.