Monster Musume: Everyday Life with Monster Girls (モンスター娘のいる日常, Monster Musume no Iru Nichijou) is a comedy manga series written and illustrated by Okayado.
The story revolves around Kimihito Kurusu, a Japanese student whose life is thrown into turmoil after becoming involved with the "Interspecies Cultural Exchange program" by mistake and being forced to act as the homestay host for various monster girls; including a Lamia named Miia, a Harpy named Papi, a Centauride named Centorea, a Slime named Suu, a Mermaid named Meroune, a Arachne named Rachnera and a Dullahan named Lala. The manga follows their various misadventures as Kimihito attempts to cater for each of his homestay guests.
The manga is currently published in Japan by Tokuma Shoten in their Monthly Comic Ryū magazine and by Seven Seas Entertainment in the United States, with the chapters collected and reprinted into tankōbon volumes.
Plot[]
Monsters—they're real, and they want to date us!
Three years ago, the world learned that harpies, centaurs, catgirls, and all manners of fabulous creatures are not merely fiction; they are flesh and blood—not to mention scale, feather, horn, and fang. Thanks to the "Cultural Exchange Between Species Act," these once-mythical creatures have assimilated into society, or at least, they're trying.
When a hapless human named Kimihito Kurusu is inducted as a "volunteer" into the government exchange program, his world is turned upside down. A snake-like Lamia named Miia comes to live with him, and it is Kimihito's job to take care of her and make sure she integrates into his everyday life. Unfortunately for Kimihito, Miia is undeniably sexy, and the law against interspecies breeding is very strict. Even worse, when a ravishing centaur girl and a flirtatious harpy move in, what's a full-blooded young man with raging hormones to do?!
Volumes[]
Chapter List and Story Arcs[]
| No. | Titles | Publish date |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | Chapter 1 | 3/19/2012 |
| 02 | Chapter 2 | 4/19/2012 |
| 03 | Chapter 3 | 5/19/2012 |
| 04 | Chapter 4 | 6/19/2012 |
| 05 | Chapter 5 | 7/19/2012 |
| 06 | Chapter 6 | 8/18/2012 |
| 07 | Chapter 7 | 9/19/2012 |
| 08 | Chapter 8 | 10/19/2012 |
| 09 | Chapter 9 | 11/19/2012 |
| 10 | Chapter 10 | 12/19/2012 |
| 11 | Chapter 11 | 3/19/2013 |
| 12 | Chapter 12 | 4/19/2013 |
| 13 | Chapter 13 | 5/18/2013 |
| 14 | Chapter 14 | 6/19/2013 |
| 15 | Chapter 15 | 7/19/2013 |
| 16 | Chapter 16 | 8/19/2013 |
| 17 | Chapter 17 | 9/19/2013 |
| 18 | Chapter 18 | 10/19/2013 |
| 19 | Chapter 19 | 11/19/2013 |
| 20 | Chapter 20 | 12/19/2013 |
| 21 | Chapter 21 | 1/11/2014 |
| 22 | Chapter 22 | 2/3/2014 |
| 23 | Chapter 23 | 4/8/2014 |
| 24 | Chapter 24 | 5/14/2014 |
| 25 | Chapter 25 | 6/17/2014 |
| 26 | Chapter 26 | 7/31/2014 |
| 27 | Chapter 27 | 9/3/2014 |
| 28 | Chapter 28 | 11/30/2014 |
| 29 | Chapter 29 | 12/31/2014 |
| 30 | Chapter 30 | 3/7/2015 |
| 31 | Chapter 31 | 3/23/2015 |
| 32 | Chapter 32 | 5/24/2015 |
| 33 | Chapter 33 | 5/24/2015 |
| 34 | Chapter 34 | 5/24/2015 |
| 35 | Chapter 35 | 7/24/2015 |
| 36 | Chapter 36 | 8/24/2015 |
| 37 | Chapter 37 | 9/24/2015 |
| 38 | Chapter 38 | 11/22/2015 |
| 39 | Chapter 39 | 12/19/2015 |
| 40 | Chapter 40 | 1/22/2016 |
| 41 | Chapter 41 | 2/18/2016 |
| 42 | Chapter 42 | 3/19/2016 |
| 43 | Chapter 43 | 5/19/2016 |
| 44 | Chapter 44 | 6/19/2016 |
| 45 | Chapter 45 | 7/19/2016 |
| 46 | Chapter 46 | 8/19/2016 |
| 47 | Chapter 47 | 10/19/2016 |
| 48 | Chapter 48 | 11/19/2016 |
| 49 | Chapter 49 | 12/19/2016 |
| 50 | Chapter 50 | 1/19/2017 |
| 51 | Chapter 51 | 2/18/2017 |
| 52 | Chapter 52 | 6/20/2017 |
| 53 | Chapter 53 | 8/7/2017 |
| 54 | Chapter 54 | 8/14/2017 |
| 55 | Chapter 55 | 9/19/2017 |
| 56 | Chapter 56 | 12/18/2017 |
| 57 | Chapter 57 | 2/19/2018 |
| 58 | Chapter 58 | 3/13/2018 |
| 59 | Chapter 59 | 4/13/2018 |
| 59.5 | Chapter 59.5 | 6/19/2018 |
| 60 | Chapter 60 | 7/20/2018 |
| 61 | Chapter 61 | 8/31/2018 |
| 62 | Chapter 62 | 11/26/2018 |
| 63 | Chapter 63 | 3/29/2019 |
| 64 | Chapter 64 | 8/30/2019 |
| 65 | Chapter 65 | 11/8/2019 |
| 66 | Chapter 66 | 2/20/2020 |
| 67 | Chapter 67 | 4/29/2020 |
| 68 | Chapter 68 Prologue | 8/28/2020 |
| 68 | Chapter 68 | 9/30/2020 |
| 69 | Chapter 69 | 10/30/2020 |
| 70 | Chapter 70 | 12/10/2020 |
| 71 | Chapter 71 | 02/25/2021 |
| 72 | Chapter 72 | 03/21/2021 |
| 73 | Chapter 73 | 04/28/2021 |
| 74 | Chapter 74 Prologue | 02/15/2022 |
| 74 | Chapter 74 | 03/15/2022 |
| 75 | Chapter 75 | 04/15/2022 |
| 76 | Chapter 76 | 05/31/2022 |
| 77 | Chapter 77 | 07/29/2022 |
| 78 | Chapter 78 | 08/31/2022 |
| 79 | Chapter 79 | 10/29/2022 |
| 80 | Chapter 80 | 11/30/2022 |
| 81 | Chapter 81 Prologue | 04/14/2023 |
| 81 | Chapter 81 | 06/30/2023 |
| 82 | Chapter 82 | 09/08/2023 |
| 83 | Chapter 83 | 11/10/2023 |
| 84 | Chapter 84 | 12/08/2023 |
| 85 | Chapter 85 | 01/26/2024 |
| 86 | Chapter 86 Prologue | 04/12/2024 |
| 86 | Chapter 86 | 05/24/2024 |
| 87 | Chapter 87 | 09/06/2024 |
Gallery[]
Volume Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- The manga is a decent seller in Japan but hasn't made a huge splash. In North America, it regularly hit the New York Times Manga Top 10 before the anime was announced, occasionally outselling other well established series such as Attack on Titan and Bleach.
- While the manga series is rated Teen 18+ in western countries, Monster Musume is not rated 18+ in Japan. The prerequisite in Japan for the “Rated R” rating is by either showing a sex scene or drawing the frontal pubic region nude.
- On April 21st, 2014, Monster Musume became the focus of an article in the Japanese version of the pornographic magazine Playboy. While Japanese Playboy magazines tend not to sell as well as their American counterparts, the issue sold out within a day of its pre-release.
- Although Chapter 59 was collected in Volume 14, and Chapter 60 was collected in Volume 15. Chapter 59.5 was collected at the end of Volume 16.
See Also[]
Links[]
- [1] Website
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