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* FlawlessToken: Deconstructed with Ashiro and Kikorou. They're the only two women on the team and they're both considerably more competent than any of the male members of the Kaiju Defense Force, but considerable attention is paid to just how bad becoming that skilled has affected them mentally. Both of them have significant amounts of mental trauma as a result of being pushed to be the best.
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** Episode 3 adds the Primidinius Kaiju rushing the Test Site gate, adds Kafka's release force rising from 0% to 0.01%.

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** Episode 3 adds the Primidinius Kaiju rushing the Test Site gate, adds Kafka's release force combat power rising from 0% to 0.01%.

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** Episode 1 of the anime, which adapts primarily chapter 1 of the manga, adds more scenes of the first kaiju's arrival and its subjugation, the work of the clean up crew, lengthens Kafka's solo interactions with the Yoju and his struggle when the small flying parasite Kaiju is altering his body after going down his throat. It adds the beginning of chapter 2, when Mina was reminiscing about her childhood promise with Kafka and her getting the call about a Kaiju (unbeknownst to her that is Kafka), as a post credit.
** Episode 2, which mostly adapted chapters 2 and 3, reshows Kafka becoming a Kaiju without the extended struggling scene from episode 1 for TheTeaser, it moves part of the flashback of young Mina and Kafka to be the current Mina reminiscing then transitions to Mina and an EarlyBirdCameo of Vice-captain Soshiro Hoshina with their platoons setting out to engage the detected kaiju (Kafka), it adds a scene of Mina's Division splitting off when a new kaiju was detected, it adds the scene of Mina and Soshiro's platoon arriving at the aftermath of the area where Kafka destroyed the other Kaiju to save a mother and daughter, adds an interaction of Mina and the young girl with the latter asking the former not to hurt the good kaiju (Kafka).

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** Episode 1 of the anime, which adapts primarily chapter 1 of the manga, adds more scenes of the first kaiju's arrival and its subjugation, subjugation with EarlyBirdCameo of Vice-captain Soshiro Hoshina using a rifle and a civilian Haruichi Isumo, the work of the clean up crew, lengthens Kafka's solo interactions with the Yoju and his struggle when the small flying parasite Kaiju is altering his body after going down his throat. It adds the beginning of chapter 2, when Mina was reminiscing about her childhood promise with Kafka and her getting the call about a Kaiju (unbeknownst to her that is Kafka), as a post credit.
** Episode 2, which mostly adapted chapters 2 and 3, reshows Kafka becoming a Kaiju without the extended struggling scene from episode 1 for TheTeaser, it moves part of the flashback of young Mina and Kafka to be the current Mina reminiscing then transitions to Mina and an EarlyBirdCameo of Vice-captain Soshiro Hoshina with their platoons setting out to engage the detected kaiju (Kafka), it adds a scene of Mina's Division splitting off when a new kaiju was detected, it adds the scene of Mina and Soshiro's platoon arriving at the aftermath of the area where Kafka destroyed the other Kaiju to save a mother and daughter, adds an interaction of Mina and the young girl with the latter asking the former not to hurt the good kaiju (Kafka).(Kafka).
** Episode 3 adds the Primidinius Kaiju rushing the Test Site gate, adds Kafka's release force rising from 0% to 0.01%.

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''Kaiju No. 8''[[note]]''Monster #8'' in the [[https://mangaplus.shueisha.co.jp/titles/100110 MANGA PLUS release]][[/note]] is a manga by Naoya Matsumoto, set in a near-future Japan. {{Kaiju}} attacks are ravaging the world and Japan is the hardest hit country by these catastrophes. In order to keep the people safe, Japan now has an elite force of Kaiju Fighters who wear specialized PoweredArmor that are deployed every time a Kaiju attacks. Hibino Kafka once dreamed of joining the Corps, but he's passed the age limit. Now he works in a Kaiju Cleanup Crew.

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''Kaiju No. 8''[[note]]''Monster #8'' in the [[https://mangaplus.shueisha.co.jp/titles/100110 MANGA PLUS release]][[/note]] is a manga by Naoya Matsumoto, set in a near-future Japan. {{Kaiju}} attacks are ravaging the world and Japan is the hardest hit country by these catastrophes. In order to keep the people safe, Japan now has an elite force of Kaiju Fighters who wear specialized PoweredArmor that are deployed every time a Kaiju attacks.attacks known as the Anti-Kaiju Defense Force (JAKDF). Hibino Kafka once dreamed of joining the Corps, but he's passed the age limit. Now he works in a Kaiju Cleanup Crew.


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* UrbanWarfare: Majority of anti-kaiju ops are conducted by the JAKDF are in the cities of Japan. To prevent civilian casualties, nationwide emergency broadcasts are made for them to safely take shelter in designated anti-kaiju raid shelters.
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** Episode 1 of the anime, which adapts primarily chapter 1 of the manga, adds more scenes of the first kaiju's arrival and its subjugation, the work of the clean up crew, lengthens Kafka's solo interactions with the Yoju and his struggle when the small flying parasite Kaiju is altering his body after going down his throat. It adds the beginning of chapter 2, when Mina was reminiscing about her childhood promise with Kafka and her getting the call about a Kaiju (unbeknownst to her is Kafka), as a post credit.
** Episode 2, which mostly adapted chapters 2 and 3, reshows Kafka becoming a Kaiju without the extended struggling scene from episode 1 for TheTeaser, it moves part of the flashback of young Mina and Kafka to be the current Mina reminiscing then transitions to Mina and an EarlyBirdCameo of Vice-commander Sochiro Hoshina with their platoons setting out to engage the detected kaiju (Kafka), it adds a scene of Mina's Division splitting off when a new kaiju was detected, it adds the scene of Mina and Sochiro's platoon arriving at the aftermath of the area where Kafka destroyed the other Kaiju to save a mother and daughter, adds an interaction of Mina and the young girl with the latter asking the former not to hurt the good kaiju (Kafka).

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** Episode 1 of the anime, which adapts primarily chapter 1 of the manga, adds more scenes of the first kaiju's arrival and its subjugation, the work of the clean up crew, lengthens Kafka's solo interactions with the Yoju and his struggle when the small flying parasite Kaiju is altering his body after going down his throat. It adds the beginning of chapter 2, when Mina was reminiscing about her childhood promise with Kafka and her getting the call about a Kaiju (unbeknownst to her that is Kafka), as a post credit.
** Episode 2, which mostly adapted chapters 2 and 3, reshows Kafka becoming a Kaiju without the extended struggling scene from episode 1 for TheTeaser, it moves part of the flashback of young Mina and Kafka to be the current Mina reminiscing then transitions to Mina and an EarlyBirdCameo of Vice-commander Sochiro Vice-captain Soshiro Hoshina with their platoons setting out to engage the detected kaiju (Kafka), it adds a scene of Mina's Division splitting off when a new kaiju was detected, it adds the scene of Mina and Sochiro's Soshiro's platoon arriving at the aftermath of the area where Kafka destroyed the other Kaiju to save a mother and daughter, adds an interaction of Mina and the young girl with the latter asking the former not to hurt the good kaiju (Kafka).
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** Episode 1 of the anime, which adapts primarily chapter 1 of the manga, adds more scenes of the first kaiju's arrival and its subjugation, the work of the clean up crew, lengthens Kafka's solo interactions with the Yoju and his struggle when the small flying parasite Kaiju is altering his body after going down his throat. It adds the beginning of chapter 2, when Mina was reminiscing about her childhood promise with Kafka and her getting the call about a Kaiju (unbeknownst to her is Kafka), as a post credit.
** Episode 2, which mostly adapted chapters 2 and 3, reshows Kafka becoming a Kaiju without the extended struggling scene from episode 1 for TheTeaser, it moves part of the flashback of young Mina and Kafka to be the current Mina reminiscing then transitions to Mina and an EarlyBirdCameo of Vice-commander Sochiro Hoshina with their platoons setting out to engage the detected kaiju (Kafka), it adds a scene of Mina's Division splitting off when a new kaiju was detected, it adds the scene of Mina and Sochiro's platoon arriving at the aftermath of the area where Kafka destroyed the other Kaiju to save a mother and daughter, adds an interaction of Mina and the young girl with the latter asking the former not to hurt the good kaiju (Kafka).

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** Episode 1 of the anime, which adapts primarily chapter 1 of the manga, adds more scenes of the first kaiju's arrival and its subjugation, the work of the clean up crew, lengthens Kafka's solo interactions with the Yoju and his struggle when the small flying parasite Kaiju is altering his body after going down his throat. It adds the beginning of chapter 2, when Mina was reminiscing about her childhood promise with Kafka and her getting the call about a Kaiju (unbeknownst to her that is Kafka), as a post credit.
** Episode 2, which mostly adapted chapters 2 and 3, reshows Kafka becoming a Kaiju without the extended struggling scene from episode 1 for TheTeaser, it moves part of the flashback of young Mina and Kafka to be the current Mina reminiscing then transitions to Mina and an EarlyBirdCameo of Vice-commander Sochiro Vice-captain Soshiro Hoshina with their platoons setting out to engage the detected kaiju (Kafka), it adds a scene of Mina's Division splitting off when a new kaiju was detected, it adds the scene of Mina and Sochiro's Soshiro's platoon arriving at the aftermath of the area where Kafka destroyed the other Kaiju to save a mother and daughter, adds an interaction of Mina and the young girl with the latter asking the former not to hurt the good kaiju (Kafka).
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* SimulatedUrbanCombatEnvironment: Tachikawa Base has this to train for when kaiju encounters happened in the city.

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* SimulatedUrbanCombatEnvironment: Tachikawa Base has this to train for when kaiju encounters happened in the city.
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* BoxingLessonsForSuperman: In Chapter 66, Soshiro offers to teach Kafka Troop Style Hand-to-hand Combat to fight Kaiju no. 9 which the latter accepted. [[spoiler:Soshiro also teaches Kafka his family's Hoshina Style Hand-to-hand Combat to mix it up since the Troop Style was perfected by Isao Shinomiya who was absorbed by #9 and thus knows Troop Style also.]]
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[[caption-width-right:1000:It takes a Kaiju to fight a Kaiju.]]

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''Kaiju No. 8'' (a.k.a. ''Monster No. 8'') is a manga by Naoya Matsumoto, set in a near-future Japan. {{Kaiju}} attacks are ravaging the world and Japan is the hardest hit country by these catastrophes. In order to keep the people safe, Japan now has an elite force of Kaiju Fighters who wear PoweredArmor that are deployed every time a Kaiju attacks. Hibino Kafka once dreamed of joining the Corps, but he's passed the age limit. Now he works in a Kaiju Cleanup Crew.

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''Kaiju No. 8'' (a.k.a. ''Monster No. 8'') 8''[[note]]''Monster #8'' in the [[https://mangaplus.shueisha.co.jp/titles/100110 MANGA PLUS release]][[/note]] is a manga by Naoya Matsumoto, set in a near-future Japan. {{Kaiju}} attacks are ravaging the world and Japan is the hardest hit country by these catastrophes. In order to keep the people safe, Japan now has an elite force of Kaiju Fighters who wear specialized PoweredArmor that are deployed every time a Kaiju attacks. Hibino Kafka once dreamed of joining the Corps, but he's passed the age limit. Now he works in a Kaiju Cleanup Crew.
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** Episode 2, which mostly adapted chapters2 and 3, reshows Kafka becoming a Kaiju without the extended struggling scene from episode 1 for TheTeaser, it shows Mina and an EarlyBirdCameo of Vice-commander Sochiro Hoshina with their platoons setting out to engage the detected kaiju (Kafka), it adds a scene of Mina's Division splitting off when a new kaiju was detected, it adds the scene of Mina and Sochiro's platoon arriving at the aftermath of the area where Kafka destroyed the other Kaiju to save a mother and daughter, adds an interaction of Mina and the young girl with the latter asking the former not to hurt the good kaiju (Kafka).

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** Episode 2, which mostly adapted chapters2 chapters 2 and 3, reshows Kafka becoming a Kaiju without the extended struggling scene from episode 1 for TheTeaser, it shows moves part of the flashback of young Mina and Kafka to be the current Mina reminiscing then transitions to Mina and an EarlyBirdCameo of Vice-commander Sochiro Hoshina with their platoons setting out to engage the detected kaiju (Kafka), it adds a scene of Mina's Division splitting off when a new kaiju was detected, it adds the scene of Mina and Sochiro's platoon arriving at the aftermath of the area where Kafka destroyed the other Kaiju to save a mother and daughter, adds an interaction of Mina and the young girl with the latter asking the former not to hurt the good kaiju (Kafka).

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* AdaptationExpansion: Episode 1 of the anime adds more scenes of the first kaiju's arrival and its subjugation, the work of the clean up crew, lengthens Kafka's solo interactions with the Yoju and his struggle when the small flying parasite Kaiju is altering his body after going down his throat.

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Episode 1 of the anime anime, which adapts primarily chapter 1 of the manga, adds more scenes of the first kaiju's arrival and its subjugation, the work of the clean up crew, lengthens Kafka's solo interactions with the Yoju and his struggle when the small flying parasite Kaiju is altering his body after going down his throat.throat. It adds the beginning of chapter 2, when Mina was reminiscing about her childhood promise with Kafka and her getting the call about a Kaiju (unbeknownst to her is Kafka), as a post credit.
** Episode 2, which mostly adapted chapters2 and 3, reshows Kafka becoming a Kaiju without the extended struggling scene from episode 1 for TheTeaser, it shows Mina and an EarlyBirdCameo of Vice-commander Sochiro Hoshina with their platoons setting out to engage the detected kaiju (Kafka), it adds a scene of Mina's Division splitting off when a new kaiju was detected, it adds the scene of Mina and Sochiro's platoon arriving at the aftermath of the area where Kafka destroyed the other Kaiju to save a mother and daughter, adds an interaction of Mina and the young girl with the latter asking the former not to hurt the good kaiju (Kafka).
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[[https://mangaplus.shueisha.co.jp/titles/100110 An official English translation]] is available for free on Manga Plus. An anime adaptation was announced in August 2022, produced by Creator/ProductionIG. It's scheduled to air on April 13, 2024. The PV can be watched [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-1wTVWKQe8 here]].

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[[https://mangaplus.shueisha.co.jp/titles/100110 An official English translation]] is available for free on Manga Plus. An anime adaptation was announced in August 2022, produced by Creator/ProductionIG. It's scheduled to air It aired on April 13, 2024.2024, with {{Platform/Crunchyroll}} airing the series at the same time it premieres in Japan, as well as providing same-day English-language simul-dubbing. The PV can be watched [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-1wTVWKQe8 here]].
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* DoNotAdjustYourSet: In chapter 96, Kaiju #9 hijacks a Defense Force drone and broadcast the next goal of his plan.


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* SurveillanceDrone: The Defense Force uses them in their operations against kaiju to safely observe the kaiju and the engagement zone for the MissionControl.
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* AdaptationExpansion: Episode 1 of the anime adds more scenes of the first kaiju's arrival and it's subjugation, the work of the clean up crew, lengthens Kafka's solo interactions with the Yoju and his struggle when the small flying parasite Kaiju is altering his body after going down his throat.

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* BigBad: Kaiju No.9 is the most prominent threat that Kafka and the other characters have faced, even being the strongest and most dangerous of all the Kaijus.
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* AnythingButThat: Of all the assignments in cleaning up Kaiju corpses, intestine duty is by far the worst for the obvious reason being that the workers have to endure the extremely foul stench of monster excrement. Kafka is reasonably not happy whenever he is thrown here.
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* AdaptationExpansion: Episode 1 of the anime adds more scenes of the work of the clean up crew, lengthens Kafka's solo interactions with the Yoju and his struggle when the parasite Kaiju parts to alter his body.

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* CensoredForComedy: The Kaiju guts that Kafka helps clean up early on are pixelated so we can't see what exactly they look like. Considering the series doesn't shy away from depicting gory violence against living Kaiju, the implication is that the guts are simply ''that'' disgusting.

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* CensoredForComedy: The Kaiju guts that Kafka helps clean up early on are pixelated so we can't see what exactly they look like. Considering the series doesn't shy away from depicting gory violence against living Kaiju, the implication is that the guts are simply ''that'' disgusting. The anime changed it so only the brown excrement is censored.
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* HeroWorship: The little girl that Kafka saved during his first night as No. 8 absolutely ''idolizes'' him, and is fully confident that no matter what No. 9 comes up with, Kafka will be there to stop him and protect everyone. At one point, she's shown drawing a picture of Kafka in his monster form killing hostile monsters and, later on, it's revealed that she even has a ''toy plushie of Kafka's monster form'' that was most likely handcrafted by her mom.

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[[https://mangaplus.shueisha.co.jp/titles/100110 An official English translation]] is available for free on Manga Plus. An anime adaptation was announced in August 2022, produced by Creator/ProductionIG. The PV can be watched [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-1wTVWKQe8 here]].

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[[https://mangaplus.shueisha.co.jp/titles/100110 An official English translation]] is available for free on Manga Plus. An anime adaptation was announced in August 2022, produced by Creator/ProductionIG. It's scheduled to air on April 13, 2024. The PV can be watched [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-1wTVWKQe8 here]].


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There is a ''B Side'' SpinOff that covers tales not covered in the main story.

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There is a ''B Side'' LightNovel SpinOff called ''Kaiju No. 8: Close Up! The Third Division'' that covers tales not covered in the main story.
story which was also adapted as the ''Kaiju No. 8: B Side'' manga.

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* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: In the Defense Force, the higher ranked a person is, the stronger they are. Vice Commander Hoshina is a MasterSwordsman with a maximum 92% release rate. Commander Ashiro has a maximum 96% release and specializes in ranged weapons that are more effective against larger (and higher ranked) kaijus than Hoshina's swordplay. The chief of the Defense Force, Isao Shinomiya, is said to be humanity's strongest and is able to wield a power equal to a mega monster.


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* RankScalesWithAsskicking: In the Defense Force, the higher ranked a person is, the stronger they are. Vice Commander Hoshina is a MasterSwordsman with a maximum 92% release rate. Commander Ashiro has a maximum 96% release and specializes in ranged weapons that are more effective against larger (and higher ranked) kaijus than Hoshina's swordplay. The chief of the Defense Force, Isao Shinomiya, is said to be humanity's strongest and is able to wield a power equal to a mega monster.
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** Happens again later on when Kafka [[spoiler:is forced to transform out in the open to protect the Defense Force base from a Yonju bomb. While everyone is initially shocked (save for those who knew the secret), this doesn't magically erase the fact that he's been fighting on their side the whole time. Meaning they believe he's still human and plan to gather evidence to prove so.]]

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** Happens again later on when Kafka [[spoiler:is forced to transform out in the open to protect the Defense Force base from a Yonju bomb. While everyone is initially shocked (save for those who knew the secret), this doesn't magically erase the fact that he's been fighting on their side the whole time.time ''or'' that he blew his cover specifically to save them. Meaning they believe he's still human and plan to gather evidence to prove so.]]
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* ManOfKryptonite: In chapter 81 it's revealed that the Kaiju #11~15 all have abilities that make them [[spoiler:the perfect counters for the Defense Corps. members they are facing.]]
** Kaiju #11: [[spoiler:Captain Gen Narumi's ability to predict movement relies on reading the electrical signals in the body. The water #11 manipulates doesn't have those signals, meaning Narumi can't predict its attacks.]]
** Kaiju #12: [[spoiler:Vice-Captain Soshiro Hoshina is a close combat dual sword specialist. #12 can turn both of its own arms into blades and is an even more proficient close combat specialist.]]
** Kaiju #15: [[spoiler:First Division Officer Kikoru Shinomiya has amazing combat potential and talent, but still has many insecurities due to her upbringing. #15 has PsychicPowers that allow it to MindRape her and dredge up those insecurities to drive her to despair.]]
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* GhostMemory: There is a rare phenomenon that new wearers of a Numbers Weapon can see visions of the core Kaiju's memory of the previous user.

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[[https://mangaplus.shueisha.co.jp/titles/100110 An official English translation]] is available for free on Manga Plus. An anime adaptation was announced in August 2022.

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[[https://mangaplus.shueisha.co.jp/titles/100110 An official English translation]] is available for free on Manga Plus. An anime adaptation was announced in August 2022.
2022, produced by Creator/ProductionIG. The PV can be watched [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-1wTVWKQe8 here]].


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* LogoJoke: The Toho Animation logo in the PV has Kafka's kaiju color scheme.

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