Kaiju No. 8, the manga written and illustrated by Naoya Matsumoto, has concluded after a five-year serialization on Shueisha’s Shonen Jump+ online platform. With a total of 129 chapters, the story ...

Alex Shephard is senior editor of The New Republic, where he has covered politics and culture since 2015. His work has also appeared in New York, GQ, The Atlantic, The Nation, and other ...