Kaiju No. 8: B-Side continues to be a good companion to the main Kaiju No. 8 manga, or for those who are only familiar with the anime. Volume 2 lines up with what's being featured in the second season of the anime so far. It was nice to see Shinomiya show off her skills in training, with additional commentary from Hoshina and Ashiro that shows how the Defense Force elite are all a bit unhinged. The Third Division's level of unhinged pales in comparison to First Division's Narumi. This volume shows his origin story in the Defense Force and it makes his shenanigans more tolerable. Overall this volume has violence that lines up with the anime but in black and white panels, so that brings down the gore factor compared to the anime where the kaiju innards are in color. I look forward to the next volume.

I'm am such a fan of the Kaiju No. 8 series and this B-Side spin off is just as good. I always love hearing more about the characters, the back stories just make you root for them even more. I will definitely make sure my library adds this to our collection. Hopefully we get more volumes from this B-Side series.