Aoi Kaguragi

==Summary==
Aoi Kaguragi is a member of the Third Division of the Japan Anti-Kaiju Defense Forces. He was a rising star at Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, but chose to apply to the Defense Force instead. He’s quiet and hard to read, but always calm and collected and values teamwork.
==Powers and Stats==
Tier: , with 15%, with 25% | 
Key: Pre-Second Division Training | Post-Second Division Training 
Name: Aoi Kaguragi
Origin: Kaiju No. 8
Gender: Male
Age: Unknown (In order to join the Defense Force, one must be at least 18 years old.Kaiju No. 8 Chapter 18) 
Classification: Human, Second Division Officer, Third Division Officer (formerly), Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Officer (formerly)
Powers and Abilities:
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|-|Personal Skills=
*Himself
**Superhuman Physical Characteristics
**Martial Arts and Weapon Mastery (As a former JGSDF, he ought to be familiar with their self-defense and combat techniques Jieitaikakutōjutsu. Stated to be pretty skilled in Kendo according to Soshiro HoshinaKaiju No. 8 B-Side Chapter 1)
*Custom Weapon(s)
**Energy Manipulation and Energy Projection (Via PB-3115, this weapon’s ability is the creation and generation of energy-based attacks to devastating effectKaiju No. 8 Chapter 102)
|-|General Defense Force Skill(s)=
 
*Defense Force Combat Suit and DroneCheck Standard Equipment section for further justifications/scans
**Statistics Amplification
**Enhanced Senses
**Forcefield Creation
**Information Analysis
**Holographic Projection
**Damage Reduction
**Self-Healing
**Surface Scaling
**Awakened Power
**Likely Body Puppetry
**Afterimage Creation
*Equipment(sCheck Standard Equipment section for further justifications/scans)
**Non-Standard Breathing (Type 2; All officers wear half-face elastomeric air-purifying respirators and full-face gas masks that not protect officers from kaiju's bodily fluid and gasses, but helps with their breathing in combat)
** Explosion Manipulation via Grenades
**Flash-Freezing via Freeze Grenades
**Light Manipulation, Sound Manipulation and Status Effect Inducement (Via stun grenades)
**Elemental Manipulation (Can load various Kaiju-enhanced rounds that enhance his shots with elemental properties - these include Explosive, Ice, Electricity and Light Manipulation)
***Damage Boost (Through a burst of emotion, a Defense Force officer can boost the elemental potency of their rounds. Kaiju No. 9, a Daikaiju superior to Reno Ichikawa, chooses to use body shields to block Reno's enhanced freeze rounds instead of directly withstanding them,Kaiju No. 8 Vol. 2 Chapter 16 despite having previously resisted Reno's freeze roundsKaiju No. 8 Vol. 2 Chapter 15)
***Heat Manipulation via Burst Rounds
***Flash-Freezing, Limited Durability Negation and Statistics Reduction via Freeze Rounds
*** Paralysis Inducement via Conductor Rounds
**Minor Light Manipulation (Defense Force Pistols are equipped with a tactical light that can be used to temporarily blind and disorient targets)
**Damage Boost (To combat a more powerful foe, the Defense Force's gun weapons have the capacity to boost their piercing powerKaiju No. 8 Vol. 9 Chapter 69)
**Energy Emission (When unleashing the combat power of their equipment, it emits electrical-like energy that can not only destroy the officer's surroundingsKaiju No. 8 Chapter 82 but can also hurtKaiju No. 8 Vol. 5 Chapter 39 and paralyzeKaiju No. 8 Vol. 5 Chapter 37 those who come into contact with it. Even after utilizing their equipment's combat power, officers have the capability to emit this electrical-like energy from their attacksKaiju No. 8 B-Side Chapter 7)
**Danmaku (The Defense Force rifle-type weapons have enough ammo to maintain fire for a long time,Kaiju No. 8 B-Side Chapter 11 so they qualify for this ability)
*General Combat Skill(s)
**Martial Arts, Weapon Mastery, and Marksmanship (All Japanese Defense Force officers, especially the newer generation,Kaiju No. 8 B-Side Chapter 1 are trained in a variety of different martial arts, such as boxing, archery, judo, kendo, hōjutsu, bōjutsu, karate, etc…Kaiju No. 8 Vol. 7 Chapter 55Kaiju No. 8 Vol. 9 Chapter 68Kaiju No. 8 Chapter 86Kaiju No. 8 Chapter 87Kaiju No. 8 Chapter 100Kaiju No. 8 Chapter 102 In the current era, the Defense Force had long since shifted its focus to firearms because, unlike the days of close-quarters combat, they allow attacks from a safe distance, have resulted in fewer mission casualties, and provide the ability to eliminate a variety of kaiju using the appropriate ammunition in the appropriate situationKaiju No. 8 B-Side Chapter 3)
**Acrobatics (All Japanese Defense Force officers are shown to be extremely agile to the point of avoiding point-blank attacks without the other person noticing,Kaiju No. 8 Chapter 97Kaiju No. 8 Chapter 98 able to perform parkour,Kaiju No. 8 Vol. 1 Chapter 6 leapKaiju No. 8 B-Side Chapter 5 across carsKaiju No. 8 Vol. 6 Chapter 50 and buildingsKaiju No. 8 B-Side Chapter 2 even with the addition of heavy equipment under enemy's fire,Kaiju No. 8 Vol. 4 Chapter 30 accelerateKaiju No. 8 Vol. 1 Chapter 6 without any issuesKaiju No. 8 B-Side Chapter 6 and make sharp turns without slowing down,Kaiju No. 8 B-Side Chapter 3 flipsKaiju No. 8 Vol. 7 Chapter 52 that extend over tens of meters,Kaiju No. 8 Chapter 101 and recover their balance.Kaiju No. 8 Vol. 7 Chapter 52 Even when surrounded by attacks from many directions, their agility allows officers to avoid them.Kaiju No. 8 Vol. 8 Chapter 62 Additionally, Defense Force officers has shown multiple times to launchKaiju No. 8 Vol. 3 Chapter 25 themselvesKaiju No. 8 Vol. 8 Chapter 63 greatKaiju No. 8 Vol. 8 Chapter 62 distancesKaiju No. 8 B-Side Chapter 5 into the airKaiju No. 8 Chapter 102 and land perfectly fine without any injuries.Kaiju No. 8 Vol. 4 Chapter 31 They do not suffer any negative effects by moving in destroyed environmentsKaiju No. 8 B-Side Chapter 6)
**Stealth Mastery (Officers are shown to be willing to use their surroundings, hide their movements, and ambush their opponents by employing methods such as using objects as cover and smokescreens generated by an attackKaiju No. 8 Vol. 4 Chapter 28Kaiju No. 8 Vol. 9 Chapter 73Kaiju No. 8 Chapter 82)
**Accelerated Development (Training, Battle; Physical Statistics, Abilities. Defense Force officers with the potential or ability to scale the wall that people hit with unleash combat powers at 20-30% are able to grow far faster than a BoS Iharu that he can't keep up and are comparable to Reno during the Sagamihara Operation, the former with a mind capable of absorbing everything he studies and making remarkable gains in strength every time he trains to the point he felt invincible and his potential seemed limitless,Kaiju No. 8 Vol. 8 Chapter 61 and the latter with the ability to grow at such a rate mid-battle that people stronger than him are unable to keep up with him and were quickly surpassedKaiju No. 8 Vol. 2 Chapter 13Kaiju No. 8 Vol. 2 Chapter 14Kaiju No. 8 Vol. 2 Chapter 16)
**Information Analysis and Analytical Prediction (It has been shown that trained and even novice fighters can predict attacks from adversaries superior to them like Kaiju No. 9, even when they have already firedKaiju No. 8 Vol. 2 Chapter 16 and are unperceivableKaiju No. 8 Vol. 5 Chapter 43Kaiju No. 8 Vol. 6 Chapter 44 even to that of other Kaiju like Kaiju No. 8Kaiju No. 8 Vol. 3 Chapter 18 after experiencing them more than once)
|-|Resistance(s)= 
*Acid Manipulation (Wearers of the Defense Force Suit are protectedKaiju No. 8 Vol. 2 Chapter 13 from the highly corrosive acids within a kaiju's organs that can melt through protective clothing and human skin.Kaiju No. 8 Vol. 1 Chapter 1 Furthermore, it has the ability to shield welders from the saliva of a kaiju of the lizard variety, which is of a highly acidic nature since it can melt bodies down to their bonesKaiju No. 8 B-Side Chapter 2 as well as ironKaiju No. 8 B-Side Chapter 4)
*High and Low Temperatures (Defense Force Suits protect wearers from temperatures near or below freezing, allowing them to withstand the passive freezing cold energy of Kaiju No. 6Kaiju No. 8 Vol. 7 Chapter 59/Numbers Weapon 6.Kaiju No. 8 Vol. 8 Chapter 60 Additionally, the suits can protect wearers from high temperatures, such as super-high temperature steam, which requires temperatures above 213 degrees FahrenheitKaiju No. 8 Vol. 4 Chapter 28)
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|-|Pre-Second Division Training=
Attack Potency: Wall level+13.79 MegaJoules (Superior to Kafka Hibino, who doesn't meet the requirements to be an officerKaiju No. 8 Vol. 2 Chapter 10 and whose fitness is appalling compared to graduates from neutralization universities and colleges.Kaiju No. 8 Vol. 1 Chapter 4 Could beat Kafka Hibino in an arm-wrestling.Kaiju No. 8 Vol. 3 Chapter 22 In terms of physical prowess, Soshiro regarded him as a powerhouse and reckoned he’s top of his class in the Third Division, with the exception of Kikoru ShinomiyaKaiju No. 8 B-Side Chapter 1), Building levelUpscales from 0.26 Tons with 15% (Reno stated that he has poor offensive power in comparison to those whose unleashed combat power is higher than his 8%Kaiju No. 8 Vol. 1 Chapter 5), Large Building levelUpscales from 4.32 Tons with 25% (With a 25% Full Release,Kaiju No. 8 Vol. 2 Chapter 11 he should be superior to 20% Full Release Iharu Furuhashi)
Speed: SuperhumanUpscales from 31.76 m/s (Superior to Kafka Hibino, who doesn't meet the requirements to be an officerKaiju No. 8 Vol. 2 Chapter 10 and whose fitness is appalling compared to graduates from neutralization universities and collegesKaiju No. 8 Vol. 1 Chapter 4), higher with Full Release (Aoi can increase his combat prowess even further by using Full Release, raising his Unleashed Combat Power up to 15%Kaiju No. 8 Vol. 1 Chapter 5 and 25%, respectivelyKaiju No. 8 Vol. 2 Chapter 11)
Lifting Strength: Class 10Scales to 5670kg (Defense Force Suits augments a wearer's strength, allowing them to lift and throw vehicles with one hand, break large shards of ice and jump tens of meters into the air. Defense Force Suits are bioweapons created from common kaiju, such Yoju and Honju, therefore users should be able to exert strength comparable to that of the kaiju, which are strong enough to lift and toss a light airplane. Additionally, they can lift objects that even grown adults struggled to lift, such as the Defense Force’s standard rifles which 0% Full Release aka Base Kafka Hibino stated to be “heavy as all hell”Kaiju No. 8 Vol. 1 Chapter 5)
Striking Strength: Wall level+, Building level with 15%, Large Building level with 25%
Durability: Wall level+, Building level with 15%, Large Building level with 25%, higher with Shield (Defense Force suits can project a full-body shield with two outputs: normal and max, with the normal output being enough to protect officers’ physical bodies when in mortal danger.Kaiju No. 8 Vol. 1 Chapter 6Kaiju No. 8 Vol. 5 Chapter 36 Furthermore, by concentrating these shields in one place to boost their potency, Kikoru manages to weaken and stop Kaiju No. 9's attack, which otherwise would have pierced through her heartKaiju No. 8 Vol. 1 Chapter 7)
|-|Post-Second Division Training=
Attack Potency: Mountain levelUpscales from 188.33 MegaTons (Capable of neutralizing Third Wave with PB-3115 in one attackKaiju No. 8 Chapter 102)
Speed: Superhuman (After his training with the Second Division, he should be stronger than beforeKaiju No. 8 Chapter 100)
Lifting Strength: Class 10
Striking Strength: Mountain level
Durability: Mountain level, higher with Shield
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Stamina: Peak Human (His physical abilities are stated to be , which was proven in the fitness test for the Second Stage Examination, where Aoi placed first out of 225 candidates, whereas a grown adult who frequently exercises and performs hard manual labor each day, was unable to keep up and placed 219th.Kaiju No. 8 Vol. 1 Chapter 4 He is able to endure rigorous training every day for two months.Kaiju No. 8 Vol. 2 Chapter 11 During the Sagamihara Neutralization Operation, he and the other members of the Third Division can fight countless numbers of kaiju being spawned with little to no rest, even when they are exhausted, from 0400 hours to daybreak)
Range: Standard Melee Range; Several Meters with PB-3115, Tens of Meters with Pistol; Hundreds of Meters with Rifle
Standard Equipment:
Members of the Japanese Defense Force usually share standard equipment: 
*Combat Suit: The combat suit used by members of the Defense Force, provided by Izumo Tech and sporting its logo along with that of the Neutralization Bureau,Kaiju No. 8 Vol. 3 Chapter 22 is a bioweapon made of kaiju cells and muscle fibers.Kaiju No. 8 Vol. 3 Chapter 20 Depending on the unleashed combat power,Kaiju No. 8 Vol. 1 Chapter 5 it multiplies the wearer’s physical strength,Kaiju No. 8 Vol. 1 Chapter 5 and accordingly enhances other attributes, such as jumping,Kaiju No. 8 Vol. 8 Chapter 63 attack potency,Kaiju No. 8 Vol. 1 Chapter 6 precision,Kaiju No. 8 Vol. 3 Chapter 25Kaiju No. 8 Vol. 3 Chapter 26Kaiju No. 8 Vol. 4 Chapter 27Kaiju No. 8 Vol. 4 Chapter 30 awareness,Kaiju No. 8 Vol. 2 Chapter 14Kaiju No. 8 Vol. 8 Chapter 62Kaiju No. 8 Vol. 9 Chapter 73 efficiency,Kaiju No. 8 Vol. 10 Chapter 78 accuracy,Kaiju No. 8 Vol. 10 Chapter 79 speed,Kaiju No. 8 Vol. 1 Chapter 6 rangeKaiju No. 8 Vol. 10 Chapter 76 and agility [STATISTICS AMPLIFICATION & ENHANCED SENSES].Kaiju No. 8 Vol. 3 Chapter 20 In fact, the burst to one's speed allows them to create afterimages which can be used to deceive others [AFTERIMAGE CREATION].Kaiju No. 8 Vol. 3 Chapter 20Kaiju No. 8 Vol. 5 Chapter 36Kaiju No. 8 Chapter 89Kaiju No. 8 Chapter 93 Furthermore, these suits can generate a full body shield [FORCEFIELD CREATION]Kaiju No. 8 Vol. 10 Chapter 78 that can be concentrated on a single point to boost the shield's effectiveness further in that area [DAMAGE REDUCTION],Kaiju No. 8 Vol. 1 Chapter 7 their muscle fibers can bind woundsKaiju No. 8 Vol. 1 Chapter 7 or forcibly fix broken bones [SELF-HEALING].Kaiju No. 8 Vol. 6 Chapter 50 An officer's shield can be projected again immediately even after it has been damaged and destroyed [MORE FORCEFIELD CREATION].Kaiju No. 8 Vol. 10 Chapter 78Kaiju No. 8 Vol. 10 Chapter 79 Furthermore, users can reduce power loss from damage by bypassing circuits within the suits [DAMAGE REDUCTION].Kaiju No. 8 Vol. 6 Chapter 50 Not to mention that they alter the circuitry in their suit to boost their strengthKaiju No. 8 Vol. 6 Chapter 50 or speed,Kaiju No. 8 Vol. 8 Chapter 62Kaiju No. 8 Chapter 82 even something as specific as attack speed,Kaiju No. 8 Vol. 4 Chapter 28 above what it normally is [MORE STATISTICS AMPLIFICATION]. Considering that the Defense Force Suits are linked to the operation rooms, if the officers are too preoccupied with combat to activate the functions, the operation room can do it manuallyKaiju No. 8 Vol. 10 Chapter 79 and may even be able to take control of the officer's movements by accessing their neural circuits [LIKELY BODY PUPPETRY].Kaiju No. 8 Vol. 10 Chapter 81 Additionally, the Defense Force Suit allows users to stick on surfacesKaiju No. 8 Vol. 3 Chapter 25 and move on themKaiju No. 8 Vol. 8 Chapter 61 without the risk of gravity [SURFACE SCALING]. A powerful burst of emotions, such as determination,Kaiju No. 8 Vol. 2 Chapter 13 anger,Kaiju No. 8 B-Side Chapter 8 or happinessKaiju No. 8 Chapter 109Kaiju No. 8 Chapter 110 can assist Defense Forces Suit wearers in raising their combat prowess. As demonstrated by Mina Ashiro, this boost enables her to: land consistent powerful and precise shots on Post No. 2 Absorption Shapeshifting No. 9, who is much faster than before and can easily react to non-enhanced shots earlier; dodge and outrun attacks from the same Kaiju who could have casually blitzed her in a lesser form; and endure attacks from the same Daikaiju, which had previously incapacitated her with one move in a lesser formKaiju No. 8 Chapter 98Kaiju No. 8 Chapter 110Kaiju No. 8 Chapter 111 [AWAKENED POWER]. During missions in extremely low temperatures, Defense Force officers wear large white coat and pants on their combat suit to protect themselves further [COLD TEMPERATURE RESISTANCE].Kaiju No. 8 Vol. 7 Chapter 59
*Earphones: These devices allow for quick communications between fellow Defense Force officers.Kaiju No. 8 Vol. 2 Chapter 12
*Drone: The Defense Force's operation room uses auto-tracking dronesKaiju No. 8 Vol. 1 Chapter 5 equipped with a variety of sensors to provide data to officers deployed on a battlefield. With the aid of these drones, the Defense Force's operation room can monitor not only the actions of the officers but also those of the adversaries and location, providing the officers with knowledge about, among other things, enemy weaknesses discovered,Kaiju No. 8 Vol. 4 Chapter 30 combatants' physicalKaiju No. 8 Vol. 8 Chapter 62 and mentalKaiju No. 8 Vol. 8 Chapter 63 health, locations,Kaiju No. 8 Vol. 5 Chapter 42 number,Kaiju No. 8 Vol. 3 Chapter 24 strength,Kaiju No. 8 Vol. 3 Chapter 25 movement pattern/teleportation,Kaiju No. 8 Vol. 10 Chapter 79Kaiju No. 8 Chapter 94Kaiju No. 8 Chapter 95 among other things [INFORMATION ANALYSIS]. Through the Defense Force Suit, officers can recall this sensor data in the battlefield on holographic displays [HOLOGRAPHIC PROJECTION].Kaiju No. 8 Vol. 2 Chapter 12
*MaskKaiju No. 8 Vol. 4 Chapter 33 (The masks are one of the key equipment for defense force members. It has functions to defend against Kaiju bodily fluids and gasses, as well as helps with breathing during combat. Its band specifications also makes it easy to put on and take off)
*GrenadesKaiju No. 8 Vol. 1 Chapter 6Kaiju No. 8 Season 1 Episode 4 confirms it is explosive
*Stun GrenadesKaiju No. 8 Vol. 1 Chapter 5
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*Freeze Grenades: A type of grenade that explodes a few seconds after being thrown, freezing everything in its path.Kaiju No. 8 Chapter 82
*Gun(s): As a Defense Force officer, Aoi is armed with the two types of standard gun weaponry of the Defense Force, a handgun and rifle. The rifle resembled the SIG MCX VIRTUS Patrol, which is outfitted with a red dot magnifier and suppressor. Officers carried handguns that resembled the GLOCK 17 Gen4 and are outfitted with a tactical light and reflex sight. Additionally, Defense Force's gun weaponry are equipped with , a socket that houses kaiju organs with special attributes or secretions. Here are the examples of the AoE that these bullets can produce. Currently, four varieties of Kaiju-enhanced rounds are known:
**Burst Round: Burst rounds are capable of generating explosions upon contact that are hot enough to melt bonesKaiju No. 8 Vol. 4 Chapter 30 and vaporize the body parts, leaving naught but droplets of blood.Kaiju No. 8 Vol. 1 Chapter 1Kaiju No. 8 Chapter 108 These rounds can affect even the Daikaiju class, depending on the level of strength an officer can generate, which is usually captain-grade strength. If these rounds enter a target’s body directly through an entrance, such as a mouthKaiju No. 8 Vol. 1 Chapter 6 or an open wound,Kaiju No. 8 Vol. 5 Chapter 39 a series of internal explosions occur, eventually accumulating into a single huge explosion that destroy the creature from the inside.
**Freeze Round: Even if an opponent is physically stronger and larger than the user, these rounds have the ability to flash freeze them, encasing the afflicted parts in solid ice.Kaiju No. 8 Vol. 9 Chapter 72 Additionally, these rounds can also slow down the target's movementsKaiju No. 8 Vol. 2 Chapter 13 due to the lower temperatures. These rounds have proven to be equally effective against cold-resistant enemies like Wyvern-type Kaiju, potent enough to freeze and defeat them.Kaiju No. 8 Vol. 3 Chapter 26Kaiju No. 8 Vol. 4 Chapter 27 Furthermore, these rounds have the ability to thoroughly freeze targets' skin, rendering it less resilient than before and making it easier for strikes to shatter them, when previously they could resist multiple attacks of the same kind.Kaiju No. 8 B-Side Chapter 2
**Conductor Round: Even if an enemy is physically stronger and largerKaiju No. 8 Vol. 8 Chapter 63 than the user, the targets are rendered paralyzed by these rounds upon impact. Additionally, this sort of round's discharge has the potential to produce chain lightning that extends to nearby targets.Kaiju No. 8 Vol. 2 Chapter 16
**Flash Round: These rounds are essentially used as flares.Kaiju No. 8 Vol. 2 Chapter 16Kaiju No. 8 Anime Episode 4
Custom Weapon(s):- 
*Jackhammer: Following his training with the Second Division, Aoi received a specially made Jackhammer-like weapon from Izumo Tech, designated PB-3115. It appears that its primary purpose is to produce enough electricity to convert into destructive energy for use, enabling Aoi to instantly decapitate opponents even of the Daikaiju class.Kaiju No. 8 Chapter 102 Furthermore, because custom weapons are only distributed to captains, who are the strongest combatants within their division, as well as officers with exceptional combat skills,Kaiju No. 8 Vol. 3 Chapter 26 it can be inferred that they are more powerful than standard Defense Force weaponry.
Intelligence: 
Gifted (Aoi was a rising star at the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force and is a strong promising Defense Force troop member, standing out among more than 200 of his peers despite the fact that they are all elite students who attended neutralization universities and colleges across Japan and under normal circumstances would be executive candidates instead of aspiring field personnel.Kaiju No. 8 Vol. 1 Chapter 4 As a former member of the JGSDF and a rising member at that, he should know the Japan Self-Defense Forces’ self-defense and fighting system known as Jieitaikakutōjutsu, consisting of hand-to-hand combat, bayonet, and knife fighting principles. As such, he should be more than capable of performing the techniques associated with the sighting system, such as striking, reversal throwing techniques, chokeholds, grappling holds, etc. . He has shown that he is more than capable of keeping up with Haruichi in terms of improvement,Kaiju No. 8 Vol. 2 Chapter 11 which demonstrated that he is more than capable of scaling the wall that people hit with unleashed combat powers, a wall that only a few can scale because most officers will end their careers with their unleashed combat powers capped at 20 or 30%, unable to push beyond that no matter how hard they strive or how great their accelerated development is, such as Iharu.Kaiju No. 8 Vol. 2 Chapter 14Kaiju No. 8 Vol. 2 Chapter 16 This is further proven when even Iharu admitted that Aoi is much more gifted than he is and that the distance between them will only widen despite his best attempts to catch up.Kaiju No. 8 Vol. 8 Chapter 61
Martial arts, such kendo or judo, became mandatory subjects in middle school and higher education as a result of the government's curriculum modification for the next generation.Kaiju No. 8 B-Side Chapter 1 Soshiro complimented his kendo skills, stating that he is pretty skilled and reckon he’s top of his class in the Third Division, with the exception of Kikoru Shinomiya, as Aoi lasted longer against him in spar unlike Kafka, Reno and Iharu, who were all easily defeated in one strike each.Kaiju No. 8 B-Side Chapter 1
After training with the Third Division for two months, he is capable of completing the Third Division live-fire exercise in 1 minute and 59 seconds.Kaiju No. 8 Vol. 2 Chapter 11 The combat skills of the rookies such as Kikoru, Reno, Iharu, Aoi, and Haruichi are noted as quite exceptional, with Third Division general officers in their fourth years being astonished and losing confidence in their own abilities at their performance, and top-notch officers above them such as Platoon Leader Nakanoshima acknowledging their skills and stating that the Third Division is beyond lucky to have acquired such talents.Kaiju No. 8 Vol. 2 Chapter 13 General Officers from the Third Division possess Unleashed Combat Powers around 20-30%,Kaiju No. 8 Vol. 1 Chapter 5 making them more skilled than JSDF military officers, such as Aoi Kaguragi, who was recognized as the military's rising star when he first joined the Defense Force, not to mention capable of holding their own against kaijuKaiju No. 8 Vol. 10 Chapter 75 who is not only intelligent enough to predict Soshiro Hoshina’s movement but is fast enough to blitz him and knock him away when using 51% of Numbers Weapon 10's power — meaning that these kaiju are more than capable of blitzing and one-shotting the general officersKaiju No. 8 Vol. 9 Chapter 73 — and neutralize them. It was stated that when engaged in combat, he tends to go by the book and rarely strays from it.Kaiju No. 8 Vol. 3 Chapter 22 
As a member of the Defense Force, they are the basic knowledge that is taught to each member. Aoi has been trained to search and attack his opponents' weak spots in order to incapacitate them as soon as possibleKaiju No. 8 Vol. 2 Chapter 13 because Kaiju have demonstrated a near immunity to pain and injury in comparison to humans, as they have a core instead of a frail human heart.Kaiju No. 8 Vol. 5 Chapter 38 Officers are also taught how to use the flanking maneuver in battle, whether it be singleKaiju No. 8 Vol. 8 Chapter 60 or against a group of adversaries.Kaiju No. 8 Vol. 9 Chapter 73 He has also been taught that shooting accuracy means everything when battling a superior foe.Kaiju No. 8 Vol. 9 Chapter 69 In the Defense Force, officers are instructed in various martial arts, such as kendo, judo, bōjutsu, and possibly others.Kaiju No. 8 Vol. 7 Chapter 55Kaiju No. 8 Vol. 9 Chapter 68Kaiju No. 8 Chapter 86 When fighting airborne targets like Wyvern-type Kaiju, Defense Force officers are taught to use Freeze Rounds to cripple them by freezing their wings to prevent flight.Kaiju No. 8 Vol. 3 Chapter 26Kaiju No. 8 Vol. 4 Chapter 27 Defense Force officers are also well-versed in human and kaiju anatomy, allowing them to target specific parts of the body if necessary.Kaiju No. 8 Vol. 4 Chapter 30 In terms of weapon skill, Defense Force officers are skilled enough to direct a kaiju's path to minimize casualties to buildings and civilians, isolating them so that officers don't have to hold back due to concern for the lives of others, thin out their superior numbers, or lead them into traps or ambushes.Kaiju No. 8 Vol. 2 Chapter 14Kaiju No. 8 Vol. 5 Chapter 39Kaiju No. 8 Vol. 5 Chapter 41 Officers are shown to be willing to use their surroundings, hide their movements, and ambush their opponents by employing methods such as using objects as cover and smokescreens generated by an attack.Kaiju No. 8 Vol. 4 Chapter 28Kaiju No. 8 Vol. 9 Chapter 73Kaiju No. 8 Chapter 82 Adaptability is a crucial quality for someone to possess when dealing with Kaiju, as officers are assessed on their ability to take initiative and modify their skills to the challenges at hand upon joining the Defense Force.Kaiju No. 8 Vol. 1 Chapter 5 Defense Force Officers' marksmanship permits them to land headshots on targets that, according to Soshiro Hoshina, move exceedingly quickly.Kaiju No. 8 B-Side Chapter 2 In addition, officers use bullseye shooting to hone their marksmanship.Kaiju No. 8 Vol. 2 Chapter 11 When confronted with Kaiju that are either too swift or too strong to harm, officers learn to combine the appropriate parts of their standard weaponry to deal with them and not just rely on a specific weapon as it can trip one up. For example, they may use freezing rounds to slow down a Kaiju's movement while also weakening its defenses, making previously unsuccessful attacks pierce through.Kaiju No. 8 B-Side Chapter 7 When facing Kaiju, who typically dwarf humans, the initial instruction is to target the legs, as the goal is to bind them and prevent them from movingKaiju No. 8 Anime Episode 1)
Weaknesses: Overheating can be caused by the abuse or prolonged use of the power of the combat suit, which can weaken the wearer and induce physical agony to the point where they bleed.Kaiju No. 8 Vol. 4 Chapter 28Kaiju No. 8 Vol. 4 Chapter 30Kaiju No. 8 Vol. 8 Chapter 63Kaiju No. 8 B-Side Chapter 3
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