List of Monster Musume characters
This is a list of fictional characters appearing in the Japanese manga series Monster Musume, which is serialized in the magazine Monthly Comic Ryū, published by Tokuma Shoten.
Main characters
Kimihito Kurusu
Kimihito Kurusu is a typical Japanese student living in Asaka, Saitama at his parents' home while they are temporarily working abroad, with a part-time job and all the dreams and feelings of young people. However, through no fault of his own, he is literally thrown into the world of the Interspecies Cultural Exchange Accord, becoming a "host family" to a group of liminals, or "monster girls". He can only watch helplessly as Ms. Smith has his house remodeled repeatedly to accommodate each newcomer. Kimihito seems to excel at certain household chores and activities, such as cooking and sewing. Another talent is his skill at and technique of milking Minotaurs and Pans by hand.Almost none of the other characters call Kimihito by his actual name, except for Ms. Smith in the first chapter and Manako as of Chapter 42, the girls seem to fall in love with him simply because he is nice, friendly, and modest, and because he treats the "monster" girls as ordinary, real people — not as exotic or dangerous creatures. He is so unconsciously adept at this that he seems to become friends with other liminals with astonishing ease. He is also not afraid to unhesitatingly put himself in physical danger to protect or save his liminal houseguests, whom he thinks of as family, as demonstrated on several occasions such as bodily shielding Centorea from a sword attack, trying to save an injured Mero, or nearly being absorbed by a giant-sized slime liminal while attempting to save Suu.
Considering everything happening to him and going on around him, he has a very patient but long-suffering nature, and he accepts being put upon by Ms. Smith with good grace. Still, he cares deeply about his houseguests' well-being. He rarely shows any anger towards anyone, especially the girls, but when he does he demonstrates a surprisingly strong assertiveness, two of the most notorious examples occurring first because a racist couple insulted Miia and second because Lala was playing with her food instead of eating it — which prompted all the others to ensure that they clean their plates from then on.
In Yoshino Origuchi's light novel "Monster Girls on the Job", he accompanies all of his homestay girls and the MON members on their various jobs as part of the new Interspecies Cultural Exchange Work Program.
Miia
Miia is a lamia, the first liminal to live with Kimihito. She is about long, but she always keeps her front upright, so she appears of normal human height. She has red hair, golden eyes with vertical slit pupils, and pale human skin, and her snake part has copper scales with a pinkish-cream underbelly. Her standard accessory is a pair of D-shaped hair clips, a common fashion statement among her people. Unlike snakes, which lack external ears, Miia has large, triangular, scaly ears. She is a poikilotherm, which makes her drowsy in the mornings or in cold weather, and can be dangerous if she enters cold water.She has a pleasant personality and harbors an extreme crush on Kimihito, whom she always refers to as Darling, on the brink of the obsessive. Since all lamia are female, they need a human male for procreation and are very passionate about their partners. In Chapter 27, it is revealed that Miia's original reason for studying abroad was to find a "tribal husband" for her home village: the lamiai custom was that a human male would be "coerced" and brought back to be shared among all the lamiais, but when the Interspecies Exchange Accord was enacted and laws were passed protecting humans from liminals, that method had to be abandoned. However, after getting to know Kimihito, Miia fell madly in love with him. It's also revealed by Miia's mother that Miia's father once escaped from the lamiai tribe.
Because she sees herself as Kimihito's primary marriage candidate, she often finds herself in conflict with the other girls. She is not a good housekeeper and an abysmal cook, as proven when she accidentally gives the other household members food poisoning on several occasions because her sense of taste is far weaker than a human's, and she frequently uses "alternative" ingredients.
In Chapter 43, thanks to a recommendation from the priest for whom Ils Nineta works, she gets a part-time job as a shrine maiden at a shrine near Kimihito's home, where she is an instant success, thanks to snakes being considered extremely lucky in Japan.
In Yoshino Origuchi's light novel "Monster Girls on the Job", she works as a waitress at Bar Zerro N as part of the new Interspecies Cultural Exchange Work Program.
Papi
Papi is a harpy and the second housemate. She is petite and physically appears much younger than the other girls, even though she is the same age as them, since harpies have evolved smaller, slimmer bodies to enable flight and generally have a much less mature manner than other races.She has a human body, but halfway down her upper arms, they turn into feather-covered wings. Her wings and hair are light blue, and her eyes are brown. Like a bat, she has a free thumb with a claw, so she can, to some extent, use the wing as a hand, but she always has trouble maintaining a secure grip. However, she has gained considerable skill with the controller for Kimihito's Nintendo Wii; sometimes she gives up and uses the controller with her feet. Her legs start to get covered with light brown scales by mid-thigh, and her elongated feet have only three toes that end in rather impressive talons, like a bird's.
She is good-natured, happy, and playful, but unfortunately, she is quite unintelligent and has a very short attention span. She sometimes forgets what she was doing after taking only three steps, and her long-term memory is even worse. However, in Chapter 28, after being carried by Kimihito for a distance, she was able to remember a great deal about her past, so she has trouble learning and remembering any kind of rules. This gives her quite a childlike personality, and she actually enjoys playing with the local children. Despite her petite frame, she can get considerable loads airborne and can carry Kimihito for a decent distance, and even Miia for a short trip. Throughout the manga, Papi has also shown to have very strong maternal instincts, be it caring for Suu, the local children she interacts with, or a batch of chicks at a farm outside of Onsen Town.
In Chapter 28, it is revealed that harpies are a migratory species that do not remain in one place or, in the case of personal relationships, with one person for very long, so in the case of finding a human male to mate with, they "mate with lots of human males. That way, bring all kinds of new blood into tribe." In the Volume 7 Epilogue, Papi's mother's husband is revealed to be the local chief of police, but whether he is Papi's actual father is unknown at this time. Initially, the harpies were reluctant to take part in the Interspecies Cultural Exchange Accord program; however, Papi ran away from home "to give it a try" and seems to be the first of her species to want to remain permanently in one place with one human male. However, at the end of Chapter 28, Papi's mother revealed that she's always been faithful to her husband because firstly, as a "birdbrain" like Papi, she immediately forgot the rule not to stay with the same man for too much time, but especially because harpies don't follow any rules, so there isn't any problem for Papi in staying with Kurusu.
In Yoshino Origuchi's light novel "Monster Girls on the Job", she works as a "pop idol" along with Mero and Tionishia at the Tomas Theater as a warm-up act for the liminal music group ANM48 as part of the new Interspecies Cultural Exchange Work Program. At the climax of her act, while she is flying around the theater, she becomes blinded by the stage lights and loses her sense of direction, but thanks to a bird-call-like homing whistle from Kimihito, she is able to return to the stage safely, demonstrating that possibly harpies, like birds, have a special sense of directional awareness.
She refers to Kimihito as Boss in the official English translation of the manga and "'Master'" in the English dub of the anime.
Centorea "Cerea" Shianus
Centorea Shianus is a centaur and the third girl to join the household, and allows only those people closest to her to call her by the nickname "Cerea". Her name comes from the cornflower. She is the stereotype of a Nordic person: she has yellow-blonde hair, pale blue eyes, and a massive bust, which is a complete norm among females of her species, as centaurs have large bodies from infancy and therefore require a lot of milk while growing up. Her "horse part" appears to be the size of a miniature horse or a large pony, with an even, light chestnut coat, no mane and small hooves and she seems to have two "sensitive" areas: the area around her tail and the tips of her ears. She is a herbivore, with a special fondness for carrots.Like all centaurs, Centorea is a warrior, living in a nearly bare, authentic Japanese room; her Western-style armor and weapons arranged in a samurai style. Her usual style of clothing is a sleeveless white blouse and a full-length black skirt, though she has occasionally worn a skirt with a hem just above the knee. Her demeanor and language are those of a medieval knight, and has sworn herself to be Kimihito's servant through a series of misunderstandings after they crashed into each other by accident and later chased a motorcycle-riding purse snatcher together. Although she is haughty and aloof, when she perceives a threat to Kimihito, she instantly becomes his ferocious defender. She has secret dreams of absconding with him and bearing his child, showing she has feelings for Kimihito; however, she can at times be somewhat insecure and sometimes feels unworthy of being Kimihito's "servant", but Kimihito assures her that he does trust and rely on her and has so from the beginning. The only other girls that manage to shake Cerea are Rachnera, whom she hates and fears yet she ultimately trusts, and Mero who gives off an aura that makes Cerea believe she stands before royalty; when she finds out that Mero "is" royalty, she is completely floored.
In Chapter 29, during her mother's visit, it was revealed that, since male Centaurs aren't exactly "likable" or even remotely attractive in modern times, even female Centaurs have come to dislike and be repelled by male Centaurs utterly and have recently become more interested in human males. Female Centaurs have a tradition of finding male humans to use as "teasers" so they can breed; "teasers" are selected from human exchange students, emphasizing that the more attractive they are the better so that the female centaurs would become "warmed up." However, her mother defied this tradition and bred with her "teaser" instead, making Cerea a centaur-human cross-breed.
In Yoshino Origuchi's light novel "Monster Girls on the Job", she works as a "maid" at Café Marsha, a Maid café in Akihabara, along with Manako under Ren Kunanzuki's supervision as part of the new Interspecies Cultural Exchange Work Program.
She refers to Kimihito as Master or Milord.