Unnamed Flying Kaiju

This unnamed kaiju is the one responsible for infecting Kafka Hibino and turning him into Kaiju No. 8.

## Appearance

This kaiju presents itself as a small gecko-like creature with four bug-like wings on its back, four-fingered limbs, a long pointy tail and an elongated head. Its face sports large round eyes and a circular mouth with sharp teeth.

From the inside of Kafka's body, only the kaiju's head appears and it can also look larger the bigger its influence on Kafka is.

## Personality

Despite still having a rather simple behavior like regular kaiju, this one seems to be slightly smarter and organized than other. As seen when he targeted Kafka, it seems that this kaiju looks for specific preys rather than attacking any human around. Also, this kaiju seems to act like a parasite, attaching itself to Kafka's body and pushing its urge to kill like a regular kaiju.

## Plot

### The Man Who Became a Kaiju Arc

After Kafka and Leno Ichikawa were saved by the Third Division during a work day, this kaiju appeared in front of Kafka in his hospital room at Yokohama Minami General Hospital. There, the kaiju openly announced that it had "found him" and proceeded to enter Kafka's mouth, turning him into Kaiju No. 8.

After that, the kaiju kept living inside of Kafka's body, even replacing his human heart with a regular kaiju core.

### Kaiju No. 8 Captured Arc

During Kafka's fight against Director General Isao Shinomiya, the kaiju inside Kafka's body took over his mind to go all out against Shinomiya and seriously injuring him, much to Kafka's shock and impotence. Inside of his body, Kafka could see the kaiju ordering him to kill and calling him a "kaiju" as well. In the climax, Kafka managed to regain control of his body and revert back to human before killing Isao.

### Kaiju Weapon Arc

During the First Division fight against the Ant-types and Kaiju No. 9 in Shinagawa, the kaiju inside Kafka's body once again used its psychological influence on Kafka to halt his transformation, before he could understand that the true reason behind it was fear, effectively surpassing it.

## Power & Abilities

Power-wise, this kaiju seems to be one of the weakest in the series, with very low offensive and defensive powers that could help it in a fight. However, this kaiju seems to act more like a parasite, effectively infecting beings much larger than it and consuming them from the inside, both physically and mentally. Consindering that its infection of Kafka Hibino generated a being as powerful as Kaiju No. 8, it can be implied that this flying kaiju holds a tremendous amount of latent power, possibly only unleashable when infecting other life forms.

* **Flight**: Possessing wings, this kaiju is able to fly.
* **Parasitic Nature**: This kaiju is able to infect other life forms' bodies and effectively change their biology.
	+ **Induced Metamorphosis**: Entering another being's body, this kaiju is able to morph their appearance and physical attributes as a whole.
	+ **Psycological Influence**: This kaiju can mentally communicate with its host and even take over their mind and actions, although the process it's not permanent or infallible.

## Trivia

* This kaiju is the first one in the series who displayed the ability to talk.
* The way this kaiju appears in Kafka's mind is similar to how weaponized Identified Kaiju can be seen by Numbers Weapon users.

## Reference

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Chapter 1
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Chapter 36
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Chapter 45
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Chapter 37