Kaiju No. 12

Kaiju No. 8 · Kaiju (Identified Kaiju)

Tier
7-A
Attack Potency
Mountain Level+
Speed
High Hypersonic
Durability
Mountain Level+

Powers and abilities

  • Kaiju Physiology (Daikaiju)
  • Unarmed Combat Proficiency (Stated to outshined Kaiju No. 10, whose has a combat style similar to humans, in terms of combat ability)
  • Master Swordsman (Kaiju No. 12 has displayed a high-level of skill in fighting with swords, making extreme close quarters combat its specialty. No. 12's proficiency with blades is on par or greater than Soshiro Hoshina, the Defense Force's strongest close-quarters combatant. Despite being at a disadvantage after Soshiro switched to a Single-Blade Form due to not having a grasp on single-blade swordplay, No. 12 soon begun adapting to his fighting style, replicating the same technique, taking full advantage of its regenerating arm, while shifting it into a sword)
  • Bodily Weaponry (Possesses a long tail that it can utilized to protect itself)
  • Enhanced Extrasensory Perception (Capable of sensing Kaiju No. 8’s energy, even despite of his stealth)
  • Greater Accelerated Development (Battle; Physical Statistics, Abilities. It is very likely that Kaiju No. 12 is aware of Soshiro's Dual-Blade Form because No. 9 witnessed his battle with Kaiju No. 10, which allowed the Daikaiju’s Dual Blade Form to already adapt to the Vice-Captain’s and outperform him in terms of power, speed, and technique until Soshiro reveals a new fighting style that No. 12 is unable to understand, and the tables are turned. However, due to No. 12 being as Soshiro puts it, “a walking pile of combat senses”, its adaptation is noted to be fast which caught both Okonogi and Soshiro, whom has witnessed a Daikaiju like Kaiju No. 10 in action, by surprise, allowing it to quickly adapt to Soshiro's Single Blade Form before the Third Division Vice-Captain could land the finishing blow, thus sustaining no damage and even break Soshiro’s blade, despite the fact that the same blade could previously slice through the Kaiju numerous times. Even though Soshiro combines Dual-Blade Form and Single-Blade Form in an attempt to catch Kaiju No. 12 off guard, the Daikaiju is able to adapt nonetheless, and it is to the point where Soshiro believes that his techniques are no longer going to be effective against the Daikaiju. Soshiro stated that even after his Unleashed Combat Power has skyrocketed up to 100% from his previous 83% Full Release, Kaiju No. 12 is more than capable of adapting to the amp and become powerful enough to kill him if Soshiro doesn’t neutralize the daikaiju quick enough. To finally kill Kaiju No. 12, Soshiro had no choice but to devise a strategy unusual for someone like him to create the split-second opening he needs to shatter the kaiju’s core because otherwise he is certain the kaiju will adapt during that time and he will die, anticipating well in advance that the unorthodox three sword-wielding attacks and his seventh technique, both of which were created on the spot since his other moves are stated to no longer be effective against the daikaiju, will not be enough to take it down due to the daikaiju's very fast adaptability preventing those attacks from killing it, but they were just the necessary unknown factors to camouflage Soshiro's true plan of cutting off Numbers Weapon 10's tail while No. 12's attention is on him so that No. 10 as the severed tail can strike its exposed core from behind as it would not quickly anticipates Soshiro and No. 10 resorting to self-harm so they can essentially perform a pincer attack)
  • Technique Mimicry, Damage Boost, Stealth Mastery, Air Manipulation and Enhanced Invisibility [1 Layer] (Once Kaiju No. 12 has adapted to the fighting style, it can replicate it, as shown by Kaiju No. 12 utilizing Soshiro’s Dual-Blade Form after acquiring knowledge of Soshiro’s fighting style from Kaiju No. 9. Despite Soshiro's assertion that he has been perfecting his Quick-Slash Technique like a virtuoso since his childhood and that it is not some trick that can be pull off through mimicry, Kaiju No. 12 could replicate his techniques and perform it better than him)
  • Enhanced Senses (1 Layer - Neutral Vision; Could see and react to Soshiro's Number One: Air Slicer, an attack that is considered unperceivable compared to his other techniques which utilizes invisible air slashes)
  • Body Control (Can shapeshift its arms into sharp durable blades. It can increase its speed and unleash assaults far faster than it normally could due to the exquisite control of its leg muscles)
  • Weapon Creation (Can create weapons from its body, such as a katana and sheath)
  • Large Size (Type 0; Is shown to be more twice as tall as Soshiro Hoshina, whose height is 171cm)
  • No. 9's access to Director General Isao Shinomiya's memories enables it to specifically design Kaiju Nos. 11 through 15 to exterminate the Defense Force, such as Gen Narumi, Kikoru Shinomiya, Soshiro Hoshina, Rin Shinonome, etc.., thereby gaining knowledge of not only their general but personal combat abilities and how to bypass them and perform them since Isao has served at the heart of Japan's neutralization efforts.
  • Are noted to be No. 9's masterpieces in comparison to Kaiju No. 10, who is classified as a prototype, and as such, Nos. 11 through 15 should likely be able to employ similar abilities to No. 10, if not at a higher level.

Weaknesses

Standard Kaiju weaknesses. Its core is located in its neck.

Ranked tied for #12 of 28 in Kaiju No. 8 by strength.

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