Written by: Jei Beltrano | Published on: June 14, 2021 at 5:04 PM PHT (GMT+8)
The official Twitter of Shounen JUMP+ has revealed on Monday that Naoya Matsumoto's "Kaiju No. 8" manga series has exceeded 3 million copies in circulation with physical and digital copies combined worldwide. The author also wrote a handwritten message thanking the fans for the new milestone.
Kaiju No. 8 is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Naoya Matsumoto which has been serialized on Shueisha's Shōnen Jump+ application and website since July 2020. It has been collected into individual tankōbon volumes with the first volume released on December 4, 2020. The second volume was released on March 4, 2021.
Plot via Wiki:
In Japan, monsters known as kaiju regularly attack the populace with the Japanese Defense Force tasked with killing them. After their town was destroyed by kaiju when they were children, childhood friends Kafka Hibino and Mina Ashiro both vowed to become members of the Defense Force. Mina has become famous as commander of the Defense Force's Third Unit, but Kafka has failed the examination numerous times and is a member of the clean up crew, Monster Sweeper Inc., whose job it is to dispose of the monsters' dead bodies after battle. After a small talking monster flies into his body via his mouth, Kafka gains the ability to turn into a monster himself, which gets dubbed "Kaiju No. 8" by the Defense Force. Kafka remains fully cognizant while in the form, but gains superhuman strength, and becomes the first monster to escape the Defense Force.
Source: Kaiju No.8's author Naoya Matsumoto Official Twitter
