Chapter 42

Monster Musume: Everyday Life with Monster Girls (モンスター娘のいる日常, Monster Musume no Iru Nichijou) Chapter 42 is the forty-second chapter of the Monster Musume: Everyday Life with Monster Girls manga series.

Written and drawn by mangaka Okayado (Inui Takemaru), this chapter was released in Japan on March 19th, 2016, by the Japanese publishing company within the seinen manga and anime magazine,.

The chapter was later gathered as part of the series' tankōbon volume Monster Musume: Everyday Life with Monster Girls Volume 10.

Plot
In the morning, Kimihito went to the M.O.N Apartments after Tionishia wrote him a message that Manako locked himself in an empty room since yesterday. Tio is worried that something is bothering Manako, so she asked Kimihito to talk to her. Kimihito isn't sure what he can do and feels a bite like Zombina and Tionishia are using him to help Manako so they don't have to deal with it themselves.

As Kimihito looks around, he sees a note on the door of a room on which Manako has very formally written an apology for using the room for herself. When Kimihito puts his ear to the door, he hears Manako's despairing voices, and he throws the door open, afraid that Manako is in trouble. However, when Kimihito enters the room, he gets quite a fright as the walls and ceiling of the room are covered with pictures with eyes. After recovering, Kimihito asks Manako (who was startled by his sudden appearance) why she is in this room, to which Manako, embarrassed, tells him what's going on.

In the apartment's break room, Manako explains to Kimihito that she wanted to overcome her fear of being stared at, since many humans are still afraid of Monoeyes. This fear was compounded when Manako noticed that even her co-workers still won't make eye contact with her. Kimihito now understand that Manako filled the room with eyes to train to overcome her fear, although in his mind he has to admit that he still finds this method strange.

Manako starts crying and says she's afraid to leave the building without the rest of the M.O.N, even for a walk, and feels pathetic about it. Kimihito then kindly tells her that he wants to help her, adding that it's better for Manako to fix the problem with a partner rather than lock herself alone in a room full of eyes. Manako is initially reluctant to accept the proposal, not wanting to burden Kimihito with her problem. She then agrees when Kimihito reminds her of his promise to spend a full time with each of the girls from the M.O.N and that he wants to use his day with Manako to help her.

However, before Kimihito can think of a plan to help Manako, Zombina and Tionishia suddenly appears behind with a large box that says "contraband". The two are in a good mood and loudly announce that they can now start with "operation: free Manako from her complexes". When Manako asks what they are doing here, they say that they knew Manako had never let them to help her unless Kimihito softened her up first. So when Kimihito came, Zombina and Tionishia got ready and waited. Manako accepts her help, although she is still embarrassed.

Zombina asks Manako how she usually covers her face. Manako says she often wears a big hat and looks down. Kimihito suspecs that's why she run into stuff so much, to which Tio jokingly refers to Manako as "klutz" (which Manako finds mean). Zombina says that if that the case, they nedd to find a way to hide Manako's face without blocking her view. She turns to the box she and Tio brought with them.

In the box are all kinds of clothes, which Zombina explains are items that they confiscated during their M.O.N operations. Since the clothes just gather dust in the warehouse, Zombina says that nobody would mind if they put the things to better use, although Kimihito isn't sure if that's legal. Zombina ignores his question about this and pulls out some things for Manako to cover her face with.

Manako tries on a a few outfits, but they all have their drawbacks, such as a biker gear (because Manako can't drive a motorcycle), a soldier outfit (because Manako can't carry a gun off-duty), and a bunny costume (which Tio finds particularly cute).

While Tio cuddles Manako almost to death in the bunny costume because she finds it's so cute, Kimihito and Zombina continue to examine the clothes in the box. However, Kimihito notes that the items in the box are more like costumes than clothes. Even Zombina has to admit that Manako can't walk around in any of this stuff. But then Zombina has another idea and she asks Manako if she still has those sunglasses, which she could wear in combination with some other clothes.

Shortly thereafter, Manako comes back in, wearing a leather jacket with a fur collar in addition to her black Monoeye sunglasses. Tio thinks that Manako is good locking, but Manako doesn't really share this opinion as she doesn't usually wear these stuff. However, Kimihito thinks this is a nice change of style for her, which flatters Manako and makes her feel a little better.

However, Zombina tells Manako that she almost forget the "most important part" and gives Manako a large frame with a largerectangle in the middle. Irritated, Manako holds the frame in front of her and asks what that is. Viewed from the front, however, even Kimihito can hardly resist laughting, because the frame has a lettering like a wanted poster. The title is "wanted Manako" and "reward=1,000,000 Yen", where Manako's "crime" is that she used a room in the M.O.N apartments for herself (referring to the room with the eyes). In addition, Manako is wearing her black sunglasses, which now look like a blindfold, like criminals, who commited particularly bad crimes usually wear on wanted posters.

Zombina goes into a hysterical fit of laughter, while Manako becomes embarrassed and angry after realizing that Zombina was only trying to make fun of her. Meanwhile, Kimihito continues to rummage through the box of confiscated items and finds a pair of glasses clearly made for Monoeyes/Cyclops due to their one pair of lens. He puts the glasses in front of his eyes and realizes that it magnify everything like a magnifying glass. This gives Kimihito another idea how he can help Manako.

Kimihito gives Manako the glasses with the magnifying lens, although Manako feels uncomfortable with it because she can't see properly with the glasses. Kimihito explains that this might even be a good thing, since Manako might be so sensitive to the gaze of others bacause she she everyone looking so clearly. So if she can't see the gaze of others so well, it doesn't bother her. Manako hesitantly admits that she can't see people staring through the glasses, but on the other hands, everything is blurred and distorted now and she can no longer see what's right in front of her.

As if on cue, Manako stumbles over Kimihito, causing them both to fall (to which Zombina and Tio comment with an "oops"). Manako has fallen so, that she is now sitting with her bottom on Kimihito' chest and when he lifts his head, he accidentally catches a glimpse of her panties under her skirt. This causes Manako to scream in embarrassment and shock, while Kimihito (who is also red-faced with embarrassment) apologizes and admits his idea wasn't a good one.

Kimihito decides that the only way to help Manako is to get her used to people's stares. However, this could only succed if the staring would no longer bother Manako, which she doubts that this could work. Zombina tries to cheer her up by saying that Doppel don't mind going around naked either, although Kimihito notes that this is not a good comparsion. Zombina adds that Manako's look don't bother the rest of the M.O.N team either, since they've become accustomed to her. However, Manako then begins to cry again, believing that the people's stares would continue to bother her even after everyone gets used to her.

While Tionishia gently hugs and comforts Manako, Zombina doesn't know what else to help her. Kimihito looks around and discovers a festival mask in the box. The he looks at the notice board in the cafeteria, where it says that a regional festival is taking place today. This gives him a new idea.

He turns to Manako and asks her if they could go to the festival. Not only would that be fun, but Manako would be able to talk to people in practice without any pressure. Manako is unsure, but Zombina and Tionishia encourage her to try, saying they'll come along to support her. However, Kimihito says it would be better if only he accompanied Manako, much to the M.O.N girls perplexity. Manako anxiously says, that she can't do this without the other girls and even Zombina expresses her concerns. Kimihito assures them that everything will be fine and gives Manako the festival mask he found in the box.

More is coming soon

Key Events

 * Kimihito and Manako attend a festival.
 * Smith delivers a warning about new illegal extra-species.

Trivia

 * The two agents afraid that Manako can read their minds with her eye (because they like her) are caricatures of Okayado's fellow mangaka Shake-O (the one with the glasses and eyelashes) and 221. The additional gag is that both are making manga about a one-eyed girl, Nurse Hitomi's Monster Infirmary and Mako-san to Hachisuka-kun respectively.