Okayado

Okayado (Alias Takemaru Inui, 乾 武丸 (Inui Takemaru)) is a manga artist and creator of Monster Musume: Everyday Life with Monster Girls, 12 Beast, Living with Monster Girl, and Monster Girl Report.

Originally spending his time creating monster girl artwork, the popularity of the Living with Monster Girl short comics lead to him trying his hand at creating one-shot doujin like Mamama ~mahou iinchou mako-chan no mahou shidou~, Deadline Summonner and 12 Beast before attempting to start the long-term manga series Monster Musume: Living with Monster Girl.

Appearance
Okayado represents himself with "Okayadokari" (オカヤドカリ), a simple hermit crab with a torticone shell. Unlike normal hermit crabs Okayado's claws are fountain pen tips. This allows him to draw.

Cameo Appearances
Okayado makes frequent cameo appearances throughout the Monster Musume: Everyday Life with Monster Girls anime series.


 * Okayado makes a cameo appearance in Species 1: Everyday Life with a Lamia, as a plushie in the UFO Catcher.
 * In Species 4: Everyday Life with a Slime Papi's video game features Okayado playing tennis against himself.
 * In Species 6: Everyday Life with Shedding and Egg Laying, Okayado can be seen on a bottle of Okonomi sauce and later Papi's egg is represented as a Pachinko ball with Okayado within.
 * Okayado appears as a building banner and as a bystander being interviewed during the hostage situation in Species 7: Everyday Life with MON and an Arachne.

Trivia

 * In Chapter 25 Engel's Coefficient, the cast go to a restaurant named after Okayado.
 * In Chapter 27, Miia and Kimihito hide from Miia's Mother inside a refrigerated garage featuring Okayado's name.

Links

 * Okayado1215 Twitter
 * Okayado Pixiv