My Little Monster
| My Little Monster | |
Cover of the first manga volume, featuring main characters: Haru Yoshida (left) and Shizuku Mizutani (right).
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となりの怪物くん (Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun) |
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| Genre | Romantic comedy |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Robico |
| Published by | Kodansha |
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| Demographic | Shōjo |
| Magazine | Dessert |
| Original run | August 23, 2008 – June 24, 2013 |
| Volumes | 12 + 1 special volume |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Hiro Kaburaki |
| Written by | Noboru Takagi |
| Music by | Masato Nakayama |
| Studio | Brain's Base |
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| Original network | TV Tokyo, TVO, TVh, TSC, TVA, TVQ |
| English network | |
| Original run | October 1, 2012 – December 24, 2012 |
| Episodes | 13 + OVA |
My Little Monster (Japanese: となりの怪物くん Hepburn: Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun?, lit. "The Monster Sitting Beside Me") is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Robico about the relationship between a girl named Shizuku Mizutani and a boy named Haru Yoshida. It was serialized in Kodansha's Dessert magazine from August 23, 2008 to June 24, 2013. An anime adaptation by Brain's Base aired from October 1 to December 24, 2012. It was also simulcast on Crunchyroll.
My Little Monster focuses on the relationship between Shizuku Mizutani, who has absolutely no interests except in studying and her plans for the future, and a boy named Haru Yoshida, who sits next to Shizuku in class but rarely attends school. After Shizuku is tasked with delivering class printouts to Haru's home, she meets Haru, who immediately greets her as a friend, starting their new relationship. Nicknamed "dry ice," Shizuku is renowned as a girl who is emotionless and cold. However, when she met Haru she was touched by his innocence and his lack of knowledge towards human relationships. Though known as a violent and uncontrollable monster, Haru is actually kind and gentle. Haru immediately declares his love towards Shizuku, but it takes much longer for Shizuku to realize and accept her own feelings towards Haru. Together, as two previously unsocial beings, they help each other learn how to care for others and make friends.
The manga series is written and illustrated by Robico and published in the Kodansha magazine Dessert. It was serialized between the September 2008 issue, published on August 23, 2008, and the August 2013 issue, published on June 24, 2013. The series has also been released as 13 tankōbon volumes between January 13, 2009, and August 12, 2013. A limited edition version of the final volume was bundled with an OVA episode of the anime series on DVD. The series has been licensed in North America by Kodansha Comics USA, who released the first volume on March 11, 2014, with five volumes released as of November 18, 2014. A spin-off manga series was published in Dessert between August 24 and November 22, 2013. Its chapters were collected in a 13th volume, released on January 10, 2014.
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