Not enough Kikoru.

who cares

>>285217615
It just doesn't have... 'it'.

>>285217615
It was initially hyped up because it had an adult protagonist and nothing else. It's a very by-the-numbers shonen though the blonde girl is very cute.

>Protagonist is an old man with the personality of an herbivorous 13 year old
>Love interest is separate from the protagonist for a large portion of the series' runtime and outwardly doesn't give a shit about him when they meet
>Love interest is supposed to be the same age as the protagonist but looks 10+ years younger
>Supporting cast is okay but some of them have more protagonist energy than the actual protagonist
>Antagonist aren't compelling or interesting
>Powerscales itself to the moon way too fast

>>285217615
The main villain sucks balls. I kept hoping he was just a red herring for a bigger better villain, but nope. With how many times he gets his ass kicked only get handed a free power up, you’d think he was the protagonist.

>>285217615
looks like World Trigger but lame
probably is

>>285217615
I remember everyone hyping the first episode up

>>285217615
It's boring

>>285217615
Still mogged cuck cu cuck

>>285217615
Their special ep was trash waste of time on horrible comedy and second season was quite boring... Rather than having them fight massive kaijus with peculiar anatomy that have a lot of weight behind them we just get another super hero slop.

>>285217615
Was pretty meh. Felt like it had too much comedy in the worst places/moments. The side cast were pretty forgettable. Really just the male cast were forgettable

UGLY ART

>>285217615
Extremely unfunny comedy and unlikeable MC.

>>285217615
To give an actual answer it's because it didn't really do much. It had all the piece and enough interesting things, but it never went anywhere.
While everything was pretty basic everyone thought that it was going to get more depth as time went on, it was good enough ground work that could easily improve, but it just never did.

Some examples of failed depth are two things that really stuck out to me:
The blonde chick was said to have studied at the "California Kaiju University ". That's interesting, other parts of the world facing kaiju. It's never even remotely expanded on after the throw away line that it was
There was a meeting that mention other countries grafting kaiju tissue onto people, as a possible way to explain Kafka. Never brought up again

Both of those line would've been expanded upon for two volumes each in another story but wasn't here. And that's why it failed, it never went past its swallow waters.

Kafak's age? Never affected anything beyond the first episodes
The childhood friend? Never has a meaningful conversation with the mc. I don't even think they talked to each other at all really
The friends? Interesting ties and gimmicks, at the end for a chapter or two
The mystery of the kaiju fly that merged with Kafka? Made very simple and boring.

It could've been great, if it decided something meaningful.

There are a good amount of videos that go more in depth, look them up, they're not bad

>>285217615
No women.

>>285217615
Who fucking knows? It certainly isn't much worse than other shonen that got popular in the past.

>>285217809
Yeah that's what OP is asking.

>>285217615
It's not like the series is bad, but it's just so boring and loses steam after Kafka gets found out and he transfers to a different unit. Other major problems are:

-slow release schedule
-boring main villain
-side characters don't matter. I don't even remember their names
-schizophrenic in how it doesn't know if it wants to keep hetfags or fujos for kafka's attention. Shippers are obnoxious, but they are also a sign of a strong and active fandom. It didn't strike a happy medium leading to not having either side wanting to root for the kafkabowl.

>>285220642
>The blonde chick was said to have studied at the "California Kaiju University ". That's interesting, other parts of the world facing kaiju. It's never even remotely expanded on after the throw away line that it was
There was a meeting that mention other countries grafting kaiju tissue onto people, as a possible way to explain Kafka. Never brought up again
Modern shonen has a serious problem with a lack of worldbuiding

>no one mentions the atrocious OPs

season 2 had a similar problem as OPM season 3 - missing protagonist

>>285217615
>Giant Monsters are lurking about destroying building, crushing people, ruining lives
>I'm gonna become a Giant Monster Exterminator
>....to impress this one girl I like
Geez. I wonder why.

>>285217615
Although relatable for a lot of men, the protagonist can also be really boring.
The entire idea is not that original and has little room to grow.
Boring side characters.

>>285217615
It came across as shallow for a manga/anime audience. Far too propulsive, when the standard for Japanese media is much more decompressed and even, for lack of a better word, indulgent. And it’s not that I thought it was bad.

>>285221248
I don't think it's just a modern shonen problem. Most Japaness series act as though Japan is the only country that exists. But that's also not a Japanese only problem, as most American series act as though America (or worse, New York) is the only place that exists.

>>285217615
It's bad

>>285225037
True, but "boring protagnist" and "unoriginal ideas" is something that plagues a lot of modern shonen, including ones that eclipse Kaiju in popularity like MHA, JJK, and Kimetsu.
KN8's lack of popularity is more a side-effect of over-saturation than anything. Had it come out 10 years earlier, it would've made more of an impact.

>>285217615
It's so mediocre that didn't have enough haters to win worst summer 2025 anime voting in /a/'s poll