Monster Musume: Everyday Life With Monster Girls

**Monster Musume no Iru Nichijō**, also known as **Monster Musume:  Everyday Life with Monster Girls**, or just

   simply **Monster Musume** for short, is an action, adventure, drama, romance, comedy, romantic comedy, harem, fantasy, fanservice, monster girls anime series.  It started out as a manga written by Okayado and published by Tokuma Shoten for the magazine Monthly Comic Ryu.  It originally ran from March 19, 2012 to present, and has 13 volumes in total so far.  After that came the anime adaptation, which was directed by Tatsuya Yoshihara, written by Kazuyuki Fudeyasu, musically composed by Hiroaki Tsutsumi and manzo, and produced by Studio Lerche and Studio Seva.  It originally aired from July 7, 2015 to September 22, 2015 with 12 episodes in total.  After that there was another manga series, titled Monster Musume: I ♥ Monster Girls, written by Shake-O, the author of Nurse Hitomi's Monster Infirmary, SaQ Tottori, the author of *Kyōkai Senjō no Limbo,*Cool-Kyou-Sinnjya, the author of I Can't Understand What My Husband is Saying, and Okayado, the original creator of the series, published by Tokuma Shoten and originally ran from August 2015 to present, with 4 volumes in total so far.  After that came a video game, an online game on PC adapted from the series would be released by DMM Games in 2015.  The game was released on 21 December 2015.  At the height of its popularity it had around 200,000 players.  The game was shut down on 22 November 2016.  And finally after that was an anime OVA, directed by Tatsuya Yoshihara, written by Kauzyuki Fudeyasu, and published by Studio Lerche, which originally aired from November 11, 2016 to April 13, 2017 with 2 episodes.

## Plot

For years, the Japanese government has kept a secret: mythical creatures such as centaurs, mermaids, harpies, and Lamiais are real.[7] Three years before the start of the story, the government revealed the existence of these creatures and passed a legal bill, the "Interspecies Cultural Exchange Act". Since then, these creatures, known as "liminals," have become a part of human society, living with ordinary families like foreign exchange students and au-pair visitors, but with other duties and restrictions (the primary restriction being that liminals and humans are forbidden from harming each other).

In Asaka, Saitama, Kimihito Kurusu did not volunteer for the exchange program. But when Ms. Smith delivered the very scared and embarrassed Miia to his door by mistake,[7] he did not have the heart to send her away and they started living together. As the story continues, Kimihito meets and gives shelter to other female liminals, each of a different species. Some arrive more or less by accident, some are forced upon him by Ms. Smith, or force themselves in, and it does not take long for him to find himself in a hectic environment where he struggles to live in harmony with his new housemates while dealing with both their constant advances and the dramas of helping them get along in the human world. The situation takes on a new twist after he is told that because of expected changes in the law dealing with human-liminal relationships, he is expected, as a test case, to marry one of the girls, thus increasing their competition for his attention. However, as time passes, other liminal girls are attracted to him and begin to vie for his attention, much to Kimihito's embarrassment and the annoyance of his housemates.

## Why It Rocks

1. Likable characters, each one having a different and unique personality.
2. Fun story; despite having a generic setup, the plot about the guy not being able to have any intimency with the monster girls due to a law is legitamently interesting.
3. Good animation, especially considering it's a fanservice anime so they didn't have to put effort into the animation quality.
4. Very appealing art style and character designs.
5. Excellent fanservice which pushes the boundaries of what can be shown on Japanese television.
6. Lots of different monster girls so you can pick one that fits your fancy.  There's a Lamina, a Spider, a Slime, a  Harpy, a Centaur, and a Mermaid in the main cast, long with some side monster girls including a Dullahan, a Cyclopse, a Zombie, among many, many, many others.
7. The main character of this anime is more interesting than most harem leads, although he still isn't overly interesting.
8. Great voice acting.

## Bad Qualities

1. The music is sub par.
2. Like many harem anime, the main character still isn't that interesting, although he's better than most.
3. Like many romantic comedy anime, there is no ending to the anime version, and it keeps running around in circles with no conclusion in sight.

## Reception

As of 1 September 2014, over a million copies of the *tankōbon* volumes had been sold.[56][57] The series reached 2.3 million copies in print on 13 February 2016.[58]

All nine volumes of the English translation have appeared on the *New York Times* Manga Best Sellers list:

* Volume 1 was on the list for six weeks; for the first two weeks it ranked at number 1.[59]
* Volume 2 stayed on the list for seven weeks (ranking among the top 10 for five nonconsecutive); the first two weeks as number 2.[60]
* Volume 3 stayed for five weeks, ranking at number 1 for the first three weeks.[61]
* Volume 4 stayed for five nonconsecutive weeks, debuting at number 1.[62]
* Volume 5 stayed for three weeks, ranking at number 1 for the first two.[63]
* Volume 6 stayed for four weeks, beginning at number 2 on the first week, and peaking at number 1 on the second week.[64]
* Volume 7 stayed for seven weeks, debuting at number 1.[65]
* Volume 8 stayed for five nonconsecutive weeks, debuting at number 1.[66]
* Volume 9 stayed for four weeks, debuting at number 1.[67]

Two volumes of the English translation of *Monster Musume: I Heart Monster Girls* have appeared on the *New York Times* Manga Best Sellers list:

* Volume 1 stayed for three weeks, debuting at number 1.[68]
* Volume 2 stayed for two weeks, ranking at number 8 for the first.