Ultra Kaiju - Humanization Project - volume 1

A Cute Girls doing Cute Things series, where the cute girls used to be large monsters. Yes, that's what it is. This is a story where giant monsters are reincarnated as cute human girls and gather in a high school just for them, where they have harmless fun with each other. If you find this a silly situation, then you are not alone. The protagonist, Meflias, agrees with you. 

After his canon fight with Ultraman, Meflias wakes up to discover that they have become a human girl. The mysterious principal of the high school she is expected to attend offers little in the way of explanation. The school doesn't even have any actual classes. Meflias is expected to live a life that consists of self-study, school club activities, and hanging out with other kaiju reincarnated as human girls. No conquering of earth or fighting Ultramen. 

As you can expect, this is a silly and cutesy series. Its chapters are stand-alone comedy skits. Those are funny, definitely, but also kind of shallow. There isn't much of a plot going on, except there are hints that something is going on behind the scenes. I get the sense that someone is trying to tame/domestic/redeem/ etc. the various kaiju that the various Ultramen defeat. There is also a scene that implies Meflias-chan the human girl might have more to her than "defeated by Ultraman as in canon".  These and other things make me think that "Humanization Project " might be more than a subtitle for the series, and might be something in-universe.

The art is cute, for sure. It makes the light read even lighter. 

Trickster Eric Novels gives "Ultra Kaiju - Humanization Project -  volume 1" a B+

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Brian Wilkerson is an independent novelist, freelance book reviewer, and writing advice blogger. He studied at the University of Minnesota and came away with bachelor's degrees in English Literature and History (Classical Mediterranean Period concentration).

His fantasy series, Journey to Chaos, is currently available on Amazon as an ebook or paperback.