Iguana no Musume
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Iguana no Musume

Alternative Titles

Synonyms: Daughter of Iguana, Iguana's Daughter, A Drunken Dream
Japanese: イグアナの娘


Information

Type: Manga
Volumes: 1
Chapters: 5
Status: Finished
Published: Nov 1991
Genres: Romance Romance, Supernatural Supernatural
Theme: Psychological Psychological
Demographic: Shoujo Shoujo
Serialization: Petit Flower
Authors: Hagio, Moto (Story & Art)

Statistics

Score: 7.651 (scored by 10881,088 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #20552
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Popularity: #8125
Members: 2,538
Favorites: 57
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Volumes: /1
Chapters: /5

Synopsis

A high school senior without self-esteem thinks she's an iguana. Her mother claims that whenever she sees Rika, she sees an iguana instead of a real human. Because of this, Rika has never received or was shown any love by her mother. Rika's younger sister Mami has been getting all of the love and attention by the mother.

(Source: MU)

Background

Iguana no Musume was published in English as a part of the A Drunken Dream and Other Short Stories manga anthology by Fantagraphics on September 27, 2010.

Characters

Aoshima, Yuriko
Supporting
Medraphela
Supporting

Reviews

Sep 26, 2024
I am pretty sure this collections contains 5 stories, most of them revolving around character analysis and in general just a window on human nature and in a lot of cases parental relationships with their children. All of these stories are amazing, I read them from different collections, but I remember I was fighting tears when reading the first three.
Bittersweet is the theme of the book.

1. Iguana no Musume (Iguana Girl)
This is one of the most realistic, terrifying and touching representation of a scape goat child. Rika is that child. When she is born her mother sees her in the shape of an iguana and ...
Mar 7, 2025
A provocative collection of short stories. The first three were my favorites in no particular order.

The first one is Iguana no Musume, which is the story you see in the synopsis and cover. It's a narrative that flows seamlessly and does a good job of portraying the protagonist's complex and even expands on her view of the world and how that changes. Beyond that is how it addresses death and new life. There's just so much in this story that makes it so thoughtful and lovely.

The second one has a male protagonist. I like how the story concerns friendship between a man and a woman ...
Apr 17, 2025
STORY: 6

Meet some people, going on with their own situations and trying to understand each others. Iguana Girl is a collection of five short stories with slices of life and a topping of surrealism. Nothing epic, just some adequate feelings.

ART: 6

A fine 90s style.

POLITICAL POTENTIAL: 6

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