Reviews for Interviews with Monster Girls

This is a manga I highly recommend. The manga goes from the cute and lighthearted describing various interactions with the demis to trying to describe what real and somewhat heavy problems demis face in the world. Takahashis passion to research demis is one of the driving forces and one I find enjoyable. All characters are likeable and has distinct personalities and they interact very well with eachother. The tone in this manga is different to many mangas with a school setting I have read. At first I was afraid it would devolve into a harem but such fears have luckily not been made true. Themanga falls in the seinen category which means it can have a more serious tone and tackle bigger issues intended for a more mature audience.

I was hooked after one chapter and the manga just kept on delivering. This is one of my favourite currently published mangas.

Interviews with Monster Girls is like a cuter version of Assassination Classroom. The plot is focused around a teacher and his interactions with his three demi students and demi coworker. Demi's are a term used to describe human-like creatures like vampires, succubi and dullahans. It's fairly slice of life, with fairly regular high school events happening, with a bit of deeper thought on the demis sprinkled in here and there. If you look at it thematically, it's really just a story talking about fitting in to society even if you're different and about embracing what makes you similar yet unique from others. It's nothing ever tooheavy, but it's a good lesson to teach. The series gives off a very light hearted vibe to it, with a bit of wholesome harem mixed in. It's comedy is alright, but the cuteness factor is what will really get you.

The characters are honestly nothing new, just a good guy teacher MC who cares for his students, outgoing girl, shy girl, single woman and the like. There is a little bit of development as each of them starts to think of what they want to do with their future, but nothing major. Overall they fit the style of the story well enough.

Overall, Interviews with Monster Girls is not something you would read to get some deep message or to see great character growth, but it does well as a light hearted read in between. No stakes attached, nothing serious, just a fun and fluffy read.

I m writing a review on this because i do not agree with the only review existing at the moment from Erik the Red. This manga is about a teacher called Takahashi who met for the first time demi humans, and they are his new students (they are different from normal humans, there is a vampire for exemple) As Erik the Red said, Takahashis passion to research demis is one of the driving forces of the manga. However, apart from that, there is no real story. It is cut in episodic gags without a main plot. The manga is indeed cute and lighthearted. There s some softcomedy in it too, however i didn t laughed reading the manga. I did while watching the anime though (just saying)

I like the design and behaviour of the different characters. Sometimes they are too childish for me though, since i m an adult (especially with their behaviour and their childish issues) However thanks to the adult characters (the teachers) i could enjoy some chapters of the manga. I sometimes skipped the parts when they were only the demis involved.

Erik the red said "The tone in this manga is different to many mangas with a school setting" i dont agree with that. I feel like this is a really generic manga in a school setting. And it doesn t really reach a mature audience. I am 21 years old and in my opinion i could have appreciated this manga more if i was five or six years old younger.

The only thing that could make the manga special is that it talks about discrimination and integration into society. Don t expect deep stuff though.

I put a 6/10 on story, art, enjoyment, and 7/10 for the characters.

Basically, the plot is about the relationship between a teacher (Takahashi, Tetsuo) and his students who happen to be a minority of supernatural beings called ajin or “demi”. It also happens by chance that he is a biologist, really interested in studying the demi from a scientific point of view to demystify the legends that revolve around them. As he learns more about the demis and works with them to help them deal with the unique challenges they face due to their physical and social differences, Takahashi also reflects on his own life and relationships. The story addresses interesting themes such as acceptance, prejudice, and compassion, anduses the supernatural genre to explore issues relevant to real life. In addition to the plot, Petosu's art is colorful and expressive, helping to bring the characters and their environments to life, although it should be noted that his backgrounds are not very elaborate and the plot sometimes commits the sin of taking itself too seriously.

If you like stories that revolve around the student-teacher relationship and also where a good influence is reciprocal, I recommend that you read this manga.

This series is set in a world where beings from folklore were actually real and that they've evolved enough to integrate into modern society. Of course, this means that they've come to have less exaggerated traits like how vampires of the modern day won't really die from sunlight but they still don't like being in the sun, or like how Yuki-onnas just have naturally-cool body temperatures as opposed to wielding ice in ancient stories . I find this approach appealing since it keeps the story grounded while also not being shy in introducing supernatural aspects that come with these folklore characters. The main characters are composedof a teacher doing a thesis on demihumans, and the 3 demi students that he regularly talks to. The story is episodic and it leans into the comedy side of things while slowly building up the world. Takahashi, the teacher, provides the firm yet mellow archetype which goes hand-in-hand with his students who are a lot more energetic. Saki, another prominent teacher character who's a demihuman, is pretty cool as well. As a succubus, her obstacles are completely different from the other characters but they ultimately provide an interesting experience, just like any other demihumans the cast encounters. Takanashi, the vampire, is usually the most hyperactive. She's incredibly cheerful and that energy is in service of her "class clown"-esque dynamic with the other two students. Kusakabe, the yuki-onna, is a little calmer but getting swayed into her classmates' antics really complements the comedic scenes very well. After a certain confrontation, her character opens up to what I described her to be, and I think she's a prime example of an ambivert due to this. Machi, is the most reserved of the bunch but she's still pretty sociable. She's interchangeable as the foil to her two classmates or as the focus.

Speaking of that, the manga presents the story in an ensemble type of way later down the line. This lets us dive into the beliefs and developments of these characters and I love that. I mentioned it as a comedy manga but, naturally, there are a lot of times where chapters would rely on something else entirely. Certain chapters are more insightful, giving a melancholic feeling as you see how these characters talk about certain things and leave on a thought-provoking note. I noticed some other chapters that play into the "science" of the folklore characters go in a much more meta direction. Of course, I can't just mention this without going into the themes of disabilities. The manga makes it clear, especially in its final chapter, of how it portrays demihumans as "normal' despite having extra obstacles, akin to messages regarding impairments and whatnot. A serious notion to have but I find it amazing how topics like disabilities or discrimination would eventually stay lighthearted purely through the dynamic of the characters.

In conclusion, Demi-chan's setting grounds its supernatural elements into the biggest slice of life it can. It occasionally tackles realworld problems resolved in the most mundane, yet satisfying, of ways. The characters bounce off of each other real well, with hints of comedy to keep things welcoming.

I would say this is like a slice of life kind of manga in which you see the story of a teacher and his demi-human students, all trying to understand what life is like as a demi-human, especially because in that world, studying or even having a professional interest in demi-humans is frowned upon by the government and is prohibited. But not in the bad sense... as the demi-humans are helped by the government to be able to live in society. This story was a great read for me, so wholesome and funny, it actually made me start caring about all the characters and their problemsin life, and when I finished the manga, it left me quite a bit of an empty feeling inside of me... From the interactions between the characters, to the art, while it wasn't top tier kind of art, the very interesting face expressions that the characters sometimes would make... It slowly started to make me have a nostalgic feeling reading this manga, like I'm actually reading actual life stories, which imho, is a great quality for a story.

It is a short read I would say, even though it took 8 years to finish, the chapters are short... I am actually glad I found this manga after it finished and fully translated officially, as the waiting between volumes would have made the experience awful. Also, I'm not sure why this is seinen, as I don't really see it only for adults or the like. Feels like a story everyone of all ages can read and appreciate, and it didn't have graphic subjects or something like that.

I would also like to emphasize that this manga is normal, where the teacher is a teacher, and the students are students, and no funny business is happening, which in today's time, you gotta point it out and appreciate it...

Story: 9 -- Loved the story and its presentation, and the themes and explanations they do

Art: 8 -- Art was okay. Loved the face expressions

Characters: 9 -- Actually started to care for all the characters very early in the story, and each chapter started to feel like I would get closer to them, but alas, the ending also hurt because of that, as there won't be a next chapter... So yes, great characters overall

Enjoyment: 9 -- A top tier read in my opinion

Overall: 9

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Highly recommend this manga to anyone that wants to read a pretty chill story, that is very wholesome and has a lot of great moments, and is also on the shorter side.