#kafka/mina/hoshina/okonogi

[crypt1dcorv1dae]

concept: bisexual idiot is too loveable for his own good

thoughts?

[oxandthorn]

third division babes

[fend13th]

is the adult in the room with us right now?

LET’S TRAIN! TRAIN! HEY!! TRAINING!

(put that down! Get up!! Traaaaain!!)

skill issue

moments before disaster

some sorta drawtober rabid kaiju doodle thing idk, we’ll see how far i get.

[izfaish]

drew these for the kn8 server!

kn8 fanfics featured above:

Confessions on Autopilot by dogbane_pomegranate @natarillus (ihareno)

Naturally by Phixion (ihareno)

resonance by sieling_fan (ennoshitoes) (naruhoshi, narumi & kikoru)

one more dance with you by bluejelly245 @jelliefeesh (naruhoshi)

are we falling (like snow) by stealthestars (naruhoshi)

[nocandnc]

Ello! Ab that otp questions, is it alright if both Kafmina and OkoHoshi? 23 and 26 GUAHAH I crave a lil smthn sweet😭

My pleasure!!!

23) Who thinks they are not good enough for the others love? and who’s more afraid of loosing the other? Who thinks they keep messing up, only for the other to tell them they don’t need to worry?

26) Who kissed first?

Nuthin lil about this, so read below the cut~

23) Who thinks they are not good enough for the others love? and who’s more afraid of loosing the other? Who thinks they keep messing up, only for the other to tell them they don’t need to worry?

KafMina

Kafka has been down on himself for not meeting Mina's expectations for so long. Of course he wouldn't feel worthy of her romantically. He thinks he's constantly screwing up, and he does screw up sometimes, but Mina assures him each and every time that she won't be throwing him aside that easily - not when they're finally together.

Mina has always been a scaredy-cat. Only with Kafka is she truly brave. He's here now just like they always promised, like a dream. She's terrified of what cold reality she might wake up to one day when Kafka isn't Kafka but Kaiju No. 8, and she's the heroic Captain of the 3rd Division with a duty to slay him. But for now she'll keep the dream going, one romantic blunder at a time.

OkoHoshi

Okonogi cannot comprehend why the Vice Captain is interested in her. He could have any man or woman he wanted, so why choose the frumpy little nerd with severe myopia? But after a lot of reassurance from Hoshina and probably No. 10 in its own way, she comes to accept that yes, he really really likes her. Hoshina on the other hand is secretly insecure the whole time, because childhood trauma runs deep. What if she realizes that everyone who said he was a useless defect was actually right?? Okonogi has to do some reassuring of her own.

In terms of loss, you'd think the idea would hit Okonogi harder - she can't count the number of times she's cried out to him over the radio, tears spilling from her eyes far too easily. But the thing is, she knows this is how it goes. She knows there's a chance these soldiers, amazing as they are, might lose their lives in battle. Hoshina knows too, that he or his comrades could die at any time. But not Okonogi. Okonogi was far from danger, always safe. She had to be. There would never be a time when he couldn't hear her voice in his ear. He'd sooner die than let that happen.

26) Who kissed first?

KafMina

Mina, definitely. Several anime staff (Kafka and Mina's VAs included) have described Kafka as pure, and I agree - I don't think the idea of kissing Mina would ever occur to him unprompted. Not that he wouldn't want to, he just can't fathom anything beyond 'being by her side', especially when he wasn't even sure he'd make it this far.

I love those dramatic 'kissing my beloved to bring them to their senses' tropes, so in peak fanfiction land Mina first kisses Kafka to wake him from No. 8's berserk mode, helping him calm down and return to human form... but that's pure fantasy!!!

In a more natural setting I think Mina would simply kiss him goodnight after their first date (and make no mistake, she has to plainly tell him they're on a date) - it must seem so sudden to him, but she's been waiting so so so long, how can she not? Kafka is thrilled once the shock wears off, grinning into the kiss while they linger near doors of her high-rise.

Or if we still want more oomph, maybe she pulls him in for a surprisingly deep kiss just before battle when the other officers aren't looking. "For luck" she says, marching off with extra vigor while he's left in shambles.

OkoHoshi

I have spent an ungodly amount of time fantasizing about different 'first kiss' scenarios for these two, but to keep it short... probably Hoshina?

Maybe Okonogi gets caught up in a dangerous kaiju attack while he's on duty. Hoshina rushes in to save her, and for once he's not enjoying the fight at all because all he can think of is making sure she's okay. He stumbles over to check on her once it's all over, heart still racing from another close brush with death. Konomi is halfway through giving a status report when he suddenly cuts her off, mouth pressing to hers a bit desperately. To hell with potential workplace complications - life was too short to hold back anymore.

Maybe it's more of a quiet affair where the two of them are sitting cozily at a cafe together. Neither of them said it was a date, but there's no one they'd rather be with. Okonogi offers a fork-full of her dessert to the Vice Captain when he asks for a taste, only for him to lean over and kiss her instead. Konomi's fork drops to the floor.

Maybe Okonogi does try to kiss him first, because he's about to leave again and how can she possibly convince him to please, please, please be careful!? She yanks his face to hers in a panic - only he's already wearing his gas mask, so her mouth smashes against the industrial-grade PPE and now she's got tears in her eyes for a wholly different reason. Soshiro chuckles a bit behind the offending mask as she's still reeling. "...Let's give that another try once I get back, m'dear."

[terra-sketches]

Mina-Soshiro-Konomi-Kafka-Gen friend group headcanons!!!

It's literally been so long since I talked about the five of them but I have to reiterate that they have so much potential as a friendgroup imo

Probably formed out of desperation. Let's be honest, none of these hard-working individuals have time or energy to form friendships with civilians so they knew it was this or nothing (Kafka has a leg up though because he can at least talk to other regular officers easily, the others are superiors/high-ranking so it's harder).

Mina-Soshiro-Konomi formed first and added Kafka later. Soshiro "can't get too close" Hoshina tried to resist but Mina and Konomi put him in the friendship eqivalent of a glue trap so he'll never escape.

Gen wasn't invited but he forced his way in to "piss off Ashiro and Bowl-cut" but he ended up sticking around for some reason (He likes hanging out with them but will neeeever say it).

They rarely hang out all together. Their schedules clash so much it's comical. Plus emergencies pull people away mid-hangout. I feel like they have unoffical sub-units like kpop groups do ("Yeah, I could go for coffee" group: Soshiro, Mina, Konomi/Gaming group: Konomi, Gen, Soshiro/"Do you wanna go to the roof?" group: Gen, Mina, Kafka/Book club: Soshiro, Konomi, Kafka/ etc...)

Konomi sends the most pictures in the gc. She gives life updates all the time and uses the others as her captive audience. Mina makes sure to give a like to as many images as she can.

Most to least chatty in the gc: Konomi-Kafka-Soshiro-Mina-Gen. Konomi and Kafka are the ones keeping the gc alive. Soshiro will respond when there's question or when a conversation is just too funny to miss. Mina gives short, to-the-point responses but reacts with hearts and other emojis to images/messages. Gen either says nothing or gives a wall of text (usually to disagree with something someone said). Gen's been trying to get everyone to move to discord ever since he joined the chat. They all said no.

You know what? This calls for a platonic ship chart:

I had to alter the template a bit to make it platonic!

ship chart template

[shysheeperz]

[discoknack]

I couldn't find a playlist of all of these, so I made one.

Sadly, I don't understand Japanese and the auto-translate captions suck. But, if you either know how to read it or comprehend by listening, you'll be golden. I don't know anything. Also a good idea to have caught up with the anime first; I think the numbers in the title correspond to the episode that is talked about. The last episode, of course, does a reenactment of part of episode 12.

I need to tell you how to experience something I found very enjoyable: Take a look at the list of episodes. Two of them pair up the voice actors for Kaiju Number 8 and Kaiju Number 9. Take a look at the thumbnails and develop a vague notion of the subject. Then, watch the second video of the two.

Anyway, most of the series talks about the experiences of the voice actors: how they felt participating and as a viewer; recalling how they experienced other members of the team. And, I think, a couple episodes with the music composer, too. Mr. Fukunishi (Kafka's voice actor) appears in most of the videos and is often excited. The reenactments are so fun!

List of actors in order of first appearance:

Firstname Lastname (Role)

Masaya Fukunishi (Kafka Hibino)

Asami Seto (Mina Ashiro)

Kato Wataru (Reno Ichikawa)

Yuta Bandoh (Music)

Fairouz Ai (Kikoru Shinomiya)

Katsuhiro Takei (TOHO animation Producer)

Yuuki Shin (Iharu Furuhashi)

Sayaka Senbongi (Konomi Okonogi)

Hiroyuki Yoshino (Kaiju No. 9)

Kengo Kawanishi (Vice-Captain Shoshiro Hoshina)

Shunsuke Takeuchi (Aoi Kaguragi)

[bayleavesfromthevine]

shipping a character with multiple other characters is both a blessing (so much more content to enjoy) and a curse (i cannot stay focused on one fic long enough to finish anything)

[crypt1dcorv1dae]

konomiiiiiiiiiiii my love

[oxandthorn]

kaiju no. 8 icons!

icons above are free to use! please credit if you use!

please DO NOT edit them! <3 i also made a ko-fi page where you can buy ($2 CDN) the transparent bg png versions so you can customize the background colour to your liking!

[fend13th]

Complain ONE time and Kafka’s life got 10x worse~ (idea credit, @iizuumi!!)

~third division book club~

Kafka is very passionate about his theories

🛵 BIKE BUDDIES 🏍️

competence is a virtue and a curse lmao

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[sonicasura]

I had a fun thought so what better way to tell you than an incident report drabble

Date: July 18th 20XX

Reporter: Konomi Okonogi

Incident Type: Harassment and Base Property Damage

Location: Japanese Defense Force Division 3 HeadQuarters

Specific Location: Division 3's Officer Rest Room

Incident Description: At 1000 this morning Captain Mina Ashiro took one of the kaiju hatchlings under Hibino Kafkas care, known as Hibino Yuzuki, and let her watch some cartoons. When Captain Ashiro briefly left the Rest Room two other officers came into the room and took the remote from Yuzuki and changed the channel. It is noted that Yuzuki made several attempts to take the remote back but it resulted in the officers taunting the hatchling.

This resulted in a transformation in the hatchling, her white fur turning red and growing up to 8ft in height. Yuzuki then began to for a lack of a better wording, threw a tantrum screaming and crying, each cry causing Yuzuki to shoot off a condensed beam of gravity. It took three hours with the efforts of both Captain Ashiro, Vice Captain Hoshina and Kafka Hibino in order to calm down the hatchling.

Name and Role of involved Parties: Hibino Yuzuki, Ebina, Ryo Ikaruga

Follow Up Actions: On-site distractions for the Hatchlings to prevent tantrums, Make sure more responsible Officers are nearby, and maybe a designated hour for the hatchlings.

Now I just imagine Kafka going all scary cause these two dimwits decided to make his daughter cry and Mina dragging him out quickly before they have another incident. Like seriously? You bully a baby Kaiju of all things. Even moreso when their papa is on base.

Hoshina made sure the punishment to come was enough to keep those bozos in line.

[nocandnc]

I wonder that in the wedding of Kafka and Mina, what would Okonogi and Hoshina do? Also who would try to catch the bouquet during the wedding reception? (I believe that would be Hoshina=))) And what was other's feeling after seeing that? Thank you for your time^^

Hi there~

It's funny you bring this up as I have a wedding-related OkoHoshi ficlette idea I've been tinkering with lately, though I don't know if I'll go ahead with it...

Anyways, KafMina wedding!!

They do strike me as the type to go with a modern western-style wedding, bouquet tossing and all! White is very much Mina's colour and she'd look gorgeous in a full bridal gown (Kafka is mildly scared to find a pistol strapped to her thigh later into the night, which she claims - somewhat unconvincingly, might he add - is a precaution against kaiju other than her new husband.)

Regarding Okonogi and Hoshina... I think they might be left out of the wedding party to be honest. Instead, Reno and Kikoru take up the position of Best Man and Maid of Honor respectively (+ Bakko as ring bearer). Not because Kafka and Mina wouldn't want them to take part, but if the Captain is busy celebrating her wedding day then the Vice Captain needs to be at the ready to take care of any urgent kaiju matters on her behalf, right? It just makes practical sense. As for Okonogi, well... she'd just feel too awkward being part of a fancy ceremony like that, even if the eyes weren't necessarily on her.

But Hoshina and Okonogi still attend as guests of course!

While Hoshina isn't a part of the wedding party proper, Kafka and Mina still pull him up on stage to give a speech early into the reception festivities. Okonogi makes no speeches but claps as others say their piece, eyes misty from joy and laughter.

The heartfelt anecdotes and silly jokes wrap up, after which there is cake and music and drinks of all kinds.

When it comes time to throw the bouquet, several ladies gather near the front in hopes of improving their chances of getting married catching the beautiful flower arrangement - but it turns out Mina's throwing arm is just as impressive as her firing one and she overshoots the crowd by a large margin.

It flies across the venue in a long arc, petals scattering along the unexpected trajectory.

Soshiro barely registers the object entering his peripheral but snatches it from the air flawlessly all the same - as expected, it takes the Vice Captain to catch the Captain's throws. He laughs a little at the bouquet that's now securely in hand, followed by further laughter as the attending women groan and cry out in disappointment.

"How could you, sir!"

"That's supposed to be for us girls!!"

"I caught it fair an' square!" He shoots back, waving the bouquet at them like a baton. "How about you try puttin' in a little more work for it next time!?"

It's all in good fun though, for the women laugh too and quickly return to drinking and dancing and the eating of cake.

Somewhat prior to this, a reticent Okonogi was dragged onto the dance floor by Akari and the rest for several fast-paced songs. Though she'd admit to having a bit of fun, that one bit was still more than enough for her. The Operations Leader sticks to lingering near the drink bar after this, quietly taking photos now and then - even snapping a shot of their Vice Captain catching Mina's bouquet when the cameraman wasn't ready - but otherwise content to watch the cheerful chaos from a distance.

A wallflower like her had no aspirations of catching flowers.

...Which is why Okonogi Konomi is all the more startled when the much-sought-after bouquet is suddenly shoved into her hands.

"Huh?"

"Hold these for me, would you dear?" Vice Captain Hoshina asks before she's even fully registered his presence.

"What??"

Amused by Konomi's bewildered state, Soshiro flashes his sharp canines at her along with his phone - a familiar Kaiju warning blinking violently across the narrow screen.

"Duty calls!"

[terra-sketches]

A few Kaiju no. 8 characters and where I think they'd hang out in a midwestern american mall:

Narumi Gen - Gamestop (he needed an in-person promo code)

Rin Shinonome - H&M, Bath & Body Works, and Sephora

Mina Ashiro - Build a Bear (kitty)

Konomi Okonogi - Build a Bear (teddy bear)

Soshiro Hoshina - Barnes n Noble

Reno Ichikawa - Hot Topic

Kikoru Shinomiya - Claire's (getting her ears pierced)

Kafka Hibino - Claire's (providing emotional support for Kikoru)

Side note -

I think Kafka, Iharu, Gen, and Reno would like Auntie Anne's

[narugen-moved]

got another hoshimina fic idea… it takes them four people and nine years before they get their shit together.