First Love Monster

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First Love Monster
Hatsukoi Monster 1.jpg
Cover of the first Japanese volume
初恋モンスター
(Hatsukoi Monsutā)
Genre Romantic comedy[1]
Manga
Written by Akira Hiyoshimaru
Published by Kodansha
English publisher
Demographic Shōjo
Magazine Aria
Original run March 2013 – present
Volumes 5 (List of volumes)
Anime television series
Directed by Takayuki Inagaki
Written by Deko Akao
Sayuri Ooba
Takashi Aoshima
Music by Go Sakabe
Studio Studio Deen
Network AT-X, Tokyo MX, KBS, SUN, BS11
Original run July 2, 2016 – scheduled
Episodes TBA
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First Love Monster (初恋モンスター Hatsukoi Monsutā?) or Hatsukoi Monster is a Japanese shōjo manga series written by Akira Hiyoshimaru and published in Kodansha's Aria magazine. A television anime adaptation has been announced to air in July 2016.

Plot

The story follows 15-year-old Kaho Nikaidō as she leaves home to live in a high school dormitory. Almost getting hit by a truck, she is saved by a boy named Kanade Takahashi. She falls in love with him, only to discover that he is her landlord's son and a fifth grader.[2]

Characters

Kaho Nikaidō
Voiced by: Yui Horie[3]
The 15-year-old heroine of the story. She falls in love with Kanade after he saves her from an accident.[3] As the spoiled daughter of an elderly rich couple, she has found it difficult to make friends.[4]
Kanade Takahashi
Voiced by: Takahiro Sakurai[3]
A fifth grader and the object of Kaho's affections. He is in fifth grade, but looks significantly older.[3]
Tomu Kaneko
Voiced by: Showtaro Morikubo[3]
One of Kanade's friends and a delinquent.[3]
Ginjirō Sannomiya
Voiced by: Tomokazu Sugita[3]
A grade schooler and another of Kanade's friends.[3]
Kazuo Noguchi
Voiced by: Ayumu Murase[3]
Another of Kanade's friends, but of normal size.[3]
Jōji Takahashi
Voiced by: Kenichi Suzumura[3]
Kanade's cousin.[3]
Kōta Shinohara
Voiced by: Nobuhiko Okamoto[3]
A first-year high schooler who was in love with Kaho.[3]
Atsushi Taga
Voiced by: Kaito Ishikawa[3]
A college student and Kaho's rival.[3]
Arashi Nagasawa
Voiced by: Kenjiro Tsuda[3]
Kaho's strange neighbor.[3]
Daikoku Nikaidō
Voiced by: Hikaru Midorikawa[3]
Kaho's older brother.[3]
Chiaki Yokouchi
Voiced by: Mizuki Wai
Mafuyu Hayashi
Voiced by: Ai Kayano
Shūgo Takahashi
Voiced by: Shunsuke Takeuchi
Yuki Fukaya
Voiced by: Iori Nomizu

Media

Manga

First Love Monster is written by Akira Hiyoshimaru, who began publishing the manga in Kodansha's shōjo magazine Aria in March 2013.[2][5] Yen Press announced in October 2014 that it had acquired the rights to republish the series in English.

Volume list

No. Japanese release date Japanese ISBN English release date English ISBN
1 5 July 2013[6] ISBN 978-4-06-380638-0 21 July 2015[7] ISBN 978-0-3163-4367-1
2 7 January 2014[8] ISBN 978-4-06-380666-3 27 October 2015[9] ISBN 978-0-316-34610-8
3 7 July 2014[10] ISBN 978-4-06-380699-1 26 January 2016[11] ISBN 978-0-316-34611-5
4 7 January 2015[12] ISBN 978-4-06-380738-7 19 April 2016[13] ISBN 978-0-316-31488-6
5 7 July 2015[14] ISBN 978-4-06-380781-3 20 September 2016[15] ISBN 978-0-316-54526-6
6 13 May 2016[16] ISBN 978-4-06-358815-6 — —

Audio drama

The limited edition versions of volumes three, four, and five include an audio drama CD.[17]

Anime

An anime adaptation of the series was announced in the August issue of Aria.[1][5][17] The cast of the audio dramas will reprise their roles for the anime.[1][3] The series will premiere in July 2016.[18] Studio Deen will produce the anime, with Takayuki Inagaki directing the series and Mariko Oka designing the characters.[19]

Reception

Rebecca Silverman, reviewing the first volume for Anime News Network, gave it an overall grade of C-. She criticized the series for its attempts at serious romance in what was essentially a comedy, and also found fault with author's skill at drawing people. She was most heavily critical of the age gap between the two romantic leads, commenting that upon examination, "First Love Monster's comedy is overwhelmed by its creepy factor." She did, however, praise the series' dialogue, stating that "the way Kanade talks is a fun mixture of childlike and more adult."[4]

References

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