Chapter 10

## Chapter Chronology

**Chapter Ten** is the 10th chapter of the Kaiju No. 8 manga series.

## Summary

Kafka thanks Leno for having encouraged him to complete his exams. After this, Leno believes that Kafka had become more reliable but is proven wrong the next day when Kafka is nervous to receive his test results. As he is about to open the letter to his result, Kafka imagines he and Mina fighting alongside each other in the defense force. Not long after, Mina appoints Kikoru an official defense force troop member. Although she seems proud of her achievement, Kikoru feels guilty that Kafka wasn’t able to pass the exam as he had saved her and that Mina was praising her instead. However, she was still confused about Kafka being a kaiju. Just after this thought, Kafka enters the room, late, and apologizes sheepishly.

Mina then thinks back about the meeting the defense force had to discuss the examinees, and specifically, when looking at Kafka’s scores. Internally, she was reluctant to fail Kafka despite his low scores, but before she was able to say that aloud, Hoshina interrupted her and was willing to accept Kafka because of his humorous personality, which he gets scolded by Konomi for. Back to the present, Mina explained that she had Kafka not attend the ceremony as he had been accepted as a cadet. Seeing this, Iharu is surprised that Kafka passed the exam. For a few seconds, Kafka and Mina look at each other.

After this, Mina announces that the number of dangerous kaijus has been increasing and trusts her new comrades to lend her their strength to aid her in battle despite the chances that they may lose their lives. Kafka then suddenly addresses Mina by her first name and assures her that he’ll always be by her side, shocking the surrounding people. He is then alarmed because he had forgotten that he had to address his childhood friend formerly, which results in her hesitating (at first) to give him punishment for this. Seeing this, Soshiro bursts into laughter but is surprised when spotting Mina's smile. Okonogi then subtly tells Soshiro that his motives for having Kafka with him probably wasn’t the best idea but it is revealed that Soshiro had other reasons to have passed him. Seeing Kafka doing his push-ups, Soshiro thinks back of his speculations that Kafka had a relation to kaiju no. 8 and was determined to get to the bottom of it.

## Chapter Notes

* Back at work, Kafka and Leno receive their exam results.
* The Third Division holds a certificate cerimony, where Kikoru vows to Mina on behalf of all the 27 examinees, due to passing with the highest marks.
	+ Mina praises Kikoru for her service during the post-exam indicent, thanks to which there were no casualties.
	+ Kikoru acknowledges said achivement is Kafka's, and wonders why he's not present.
* Kafka appears later and is revealed to have passed along with Leno.
* A flashback shows the committee initially rejecting Kafka, though Soshiro decided to train him as a cadet in his platoon due to his funny side.
	+ It's later revealed that in reality, he suspects Kafka due to his vitals going off when the 9.8 Fortitude level kaiju appeared in the exam venue.
* Aoi Kaguragi, Iharu Furuhashi and Haruichi Izumo are also present at the cerimony, meaning they passed as well.
* During the cerimony, Kafka inadvertedly adresses in an informal manner Mina out loud, causing her to punish him with push-ups.
	+ Mina's soft smile reveals she is secretly happy about Kafka's presence.

## Characters by Appearance

* Kafka Hibino
* Leno Ichikawa
* Kikoru Shinomiya
* Mina Ashiro
* Soshiro Hoshina
* Konomi Okonogi
* Haruichi Izumo
* Aoi Kaguragi
* Iharu Furuhashi