Chapter Five is the 5th chapter of the Kaiju No. 8 manga series.
Summary[]
Soshiro reveals that the aptitude test is neutralizing Kaiju, shocking Kafka. Soshiro explains they won't just send them like that and each will receive a Defense Force Suit, which includes Kaiju muscle fibers and increases their strength.
Putting the suit, Leno unleashes combat power of 8%. As he wonders what's that, Soshiro explains it's the suit's power that he is drawing out and that a trained general officer only gets about 20%. Kikoru unleashes 46%. Haruichi Izumo, 18%, Aoi Kaguragi, 15%, Iharu Furuhashi, 14%. Soshiro and the rest are surprised that there are that many above 10%. Soshiro comments that if they are above 0% they will pass and that he never saw anyone with zero, however, Kafka unleashes 0%, making Soshiro laugh.
Soshiro then starts the exam, explaining that they had positioned 36 Honju and Yoju monsters. Each of the examinees will have an auto-tracking drone that will monitor them. If their life is in danger, they will activate the suit's shield, but doing so will mean they had failed the exam. As they start, Soshiro also comments that Mina Ashiro will also be proctoring this final exam.
Kafka wonders why they have drones that monitor each of them and if the exam was just of how many Kaiju you can kill, they could have counted them with sensors. Kafka realizes that they are also assessing how they take action and adapt their abilities. As they have poor offensive abilities, he decides they need to provide backup. Kafka then sees a Yoju and using his knowledge from disposing of it, he uses a stun grenade knowing its hyper-developed sense of hearing to stun it and advises other examinees that his stomach is weak and they can shoot him there. The thing starts to go smoothly, but then a Yoju appears from the side and grabs Kafka.
Chapter Notes[]
- Soshiro has all the examinees wear the signature Defense Force combat suit.
- The unleashed combat power of Leno, Kikoru, Haruichi, Aoi and Iharu is revealed.
- Kafka's combat power is revealed to be 0%, the first one in history, much to Soshiro's entertainment.
- As the test starts, Kafka notices drones around them, theorizing they're meant to allow the examiners to observe their aptitude.
- Due to his inabilty of keeping up with the others, Kafka proposes Leno to aid the others with their knowledge of kaiju as disposal cleaners.
- They help Haruichi and others to kill a Yoju, before a second one attacks Kafka.
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