Mieruko-chan

Miko Yotsuya is a typical high school student whose life turns upside down when she suddenly starts to see gruesome and hideous monsters. Despite being completely terrified, Miko carries on with her daily life, pretending not to notice the horrors that surround her. She must endure the fear in order to keep herself and her friend Hana Yurikawa out of danger, even if that means coming face to face with the absolute worst. Blending both comedy and horror, Mieruko-chan tells the story of a girl who tries to deal with the paranormal by acting indifferent toward it.

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Mieruko-chan has been published in English by Yen Press since November 17, 2020.

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Yotsuya, Miko

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Yurikawa, Hana

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Niguredou, Yuria

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Ichijou, Michiru

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Toono, Zen

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Shindou, Romm

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Yotsuya, Kyousuke

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Gozuka

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Yotsuya, Touko

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Shrine Spirits

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Mar 21, 2025

_Bubassotto_

Recommended

Preliminary (50/? eps)

This manga came to me through a store in my city. Volume 1 caught my attention because of its cover with hidden messages as the light reflected off it. I found this interesting and bought the volume, but I didn't know what it was about until then.

Reading this work, I can't help but agree with some of the negative reviews here. In fact, the protagonist doesn't have much charisma, but her friend has the personality of "I'm big-breasted and dumb" at first glance. However, the focus of this work was never on these two characters. As a reader of this work and also because I've ... followed certain things the manga author does on Twitter, I can say that the author's focus has always been on creating scenes focused on horror, so to speak. Creating scary situations and creatures is the focus of the work, and since this is the focus of the work, I feel that it is very well done.

The art of the living beings is nothing special, it could be considered just another common manga, however, the creatures are very creative, very grotesque, there were times when I was even scared or surprised by where the monsters appeared and how they behaved.

The story is honestly simple, basically it is a plot based on the protagonist being afraid and trying to protect those around him from the creatures. There are some striking scenes here and there, like the plot of the protagonist's father or the cat boy, but I say again, they are only memorable because of the nature of the creatures, don't come to this work expecting an in-depth plot like Fullmetal Alchemist, it is something simpler but in fact very fun to read.

The characters' personalities, as I said before, are quite shallow for a manga, but one interesting thing about this is that the characters evolve and gain more charisma. There comes a point where I think, "Okay, what if I were in this protagonist's place? Would I act differently?" This thought made me think that even if my response was different from hers, I can still imagine someone else taking the same attitude as hers. That said, the characters are basic to me at first, but little by little they start to seem like ordinary people that we find anywhere. They are not memorable, but they are people. I can feel this being conveyed by these characters.

With that, I conclude my review with a score of 8 because I really enjoy reading this work. The monsters/creatures are really the highlight of this work and they are the reason for my score of 8.

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Esse mangá veio até mim através de uma loja em minha cidade, o volume 1 me chamou a atenção pela sua capa com mensagens escondidas conforme batia o reflexo da luz nela, achei isso interessante e comprei o volume mas não sabia do que se tratava até então.

Lendo essa obra não deixo de concordar com algumas das reviews negativas que tem aqui, de fato a protagonista não tem muito carisma e sim a amiga dela tem a personalidade a primeira vista de "eu sou peituda e burra" porem, o foco dessa obra nunca foi nessas duas personagens, como leitor dessa obra e tambem pelo fato de ter acompanhando certas coisas do autor do mangá no Twitter, consigo dizer que o foco do autor sempre foi fazer cenas focadas para o terror por assim dizer, criar situações e criaturas assustadoras é o foco da obra e sendo esse o foco da obra sinto que ele é muito bem feito.

A arte dos seres vivos não é nada demais, passaria apenas como mais um mangá comum porem, as criaturas são muito criativas, muito grotescas, teve vezes que até me assustei ou me surpreendi com onde os monstros apareciam e como eles se comportavam.

A historia sinceramente é simplória, basicamente é uma trama que se baseia protagonista com medo tenta proteger aqueles a sua volta das criaturas. Tem algumas cenas marcantes aqui e ali como a trama do Pai da protagonista ou a do rapaz dos gatos mas volto a dizer, elas só são memoráveis pela natureza das criaturas, não venha para essa obra esperando uma trama aprofundada como a de Fullmetal Alchemist, é algo mais simples mas de fato muito divertido de se ler.

A personalidade dos personagens como disse anteriormente é algo bem raso para um mangá mas uma coisa interessante disso é que os personagens vão evoluindo e ganhando mais carisma, chega um ponto que pra mim me fez pensar "ta mas e se fosse eu no lugar dessa protagonista eu agiria diferente?", esse pensamento me fez pensar que mesmo que minha resposta fosse diferente da dela ainda sim eu consigo imaginar outra pessoa tomando a mesma atitude dela. Dito isso, os personagens pra mim são básicos inicialmente mas aos poucos vão parecendo pessoas comuns que encontramos em qualquer lugar, não são memoráveis mas são pessoas, consigo sentir isso sendo transmitido por esses personagens.

Com isso concluo minha review com uma nota 8 pois de fato eu me divirto muito lendo essa obra, os monstros/criaturas são de fato o ponto alto dessa obra e são eles o motivo da minha nota 8.

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Apr 12, 2024

Jessnomaybe

Mixed Feelings

Preliminary (30/? eps)

Solid 7, not as much horror as I would've liked, I went in blind so I was expecting Junji Itou levels.
However it's unique, and the premise is pretty good.
The art is pretty good, my main complaint would be that the main protagonist trio is kinda one dimensional. Just your standard characters from any school anime about cute girls.
It starts off as a slice of life but gets much more exciting from around volume 4. Contrary to what seems to be the popular opinion, I enjoyed the slow pacing in the first 20 or so chapters; made it that much better when the plot actually ...

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Nov 7, 2021

Erudte-Polymath

Not Recommended

Preliminary (38/? eps)

Okay, it's a manga about a normal girl that sees ghosts. She has absolutely no character development. I have no reason to care about this character.

There is no purpose to the show. It's supposed to be funny that she sees ghosts and has to act like she doesn't. It's not funny. Even if it was funny, the same joke done 1,000 times is no longer funny.

I have no idea what other people find compelling about this series. It's absolutely dreadful. I can't believe someone actually made it into an anime.

If she had to put the ghosts to rest or something, maybe you'd ...

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