The Kaiju Autopsy Vol. 1

Where there’s a Kaiju incident, there’s an autopsy to be done! One scholar will get her hands dirty learning more about these beasts while also making a path for female scientists. Get inside a Kaiju and get ready to learn in this award-winning manga series!

Kaiju scientist Honda Akira has been called to the autopsy site of a colossal kaiju known as Toukyo. The enormous monster was responsible for much death and disaster, but now has met its own end...or has it?

Honda is determined to understand the unexplained activity around the corpse and help prevent future kaiju disasters, but to do her research, she has to fight both the scorn of her male peers and the team members who want to destroy the body for safety’s sake. Then, a frightening new development puts Honda herself in danger...

Can she get to the bottom of the mystery before Toukyo is destroyed—or Honda is?

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