Kaiju No. 8 episode 7 review
This episode starts out a lot like Attack on Titan. We find that there’s a human who can become a Kaiju, and his strategy involves some sort of “wall.” Then we get some Dragon Ball Z where Reno tries to scream his way to a power-up in fighting said Kaiju. Finally, we get some Bleach, where Reno is about to be killed, but he gets SAVED at the last second by “Sir” – prompting a big “WHAT?”
If I didn’t feel like I had seen this episode a dozen times before, it might have been a good one. Toward the end, though, we at least get a twist. It appears the vice-captain is going after “Sir,” who is in Kaiju form. My question is, why doesn’t “Sir” just tell him the truth? That seems to be a much less violent and far safer way of handling this. Instead, we get a shounen battle scene. It’s okay to some extent, but it doesn’t make much sense.
Best girl of the episode: Shinomiya, who got a couple extra seconds of air time that Mina did not.
Episode rating: 6/10
Tommy A. Phillips 