My Little Monster 1

Biographical Note:
Since her debut in 2005, Robico has been actively serialized in the manga magazine Dessert. Her most popular series, My Little Monster, is her first manga published in the United States.

Marc Notes:
Translated from the Japanese.;Pages numbered from right to left.;Originally published in Japan in 2009 by Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo, as Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun, volume 1.;Haru Yoshida is feared as an unstable and violent monster. Shizuku Mizutani is a grade-obsessed student with no friends. Fate brings these two together to form the most unlikely pair. Haru firmly believes he's in love with Shizuku and she firmly believes he's insane.;ages 13+.

Publisher Marketing:
Mizutani is a self-absorbed overachiever, concerned only with maintaining the highest grades in school. Haru is an impulsive short tempered brute, who scares everyone with his explosive bursts of violence. Haru gets suspended on the first day of school when he encounters some bullies harassing a student and dispatches the bullies with great bloody violence. Mizutani is tasked with delivering school materials to Haru who interprets this as an act of friendship and latches on to Mizutani, much to her dismay. And so begins a strange and potentially combustible relationship!