My Monster Secret
My Monster Secret, known in Japan as Actually, I Am..., is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Eiji Masuda. It was serialized in Akita Shoten's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Champion from January 31, 2013, to February 16, 2017. Akita Shoten collected the series in 22 tankōbon volumes.
An anime television series adaptation ran from July to September 2015. AnimeLab has secured streaming rights in Australia and New Zealand.
Seven Seas Entertainment acquired the rights to translate and distribute the manga for North America, with the first volume being released in January 2016.
Plot
Asahi Kuromine, a normal high school student who supposedly cannot keep a secret, finds his demeanor quickly challenged when he spots his classmate and crush, Youko Shiragami, unfurling a large pair of wings from her back when he tries to propose. He learns Youko is a vampire, and she is only able to attend a normal school on one condition: no one must discover her true identity. This secret becomes difficult to maintain, as Youko herself is an airhead and Asahi's childhood friend Mikan keeps bullying the two of them. Love is blooming between Asahi and Youko but things are not very easy. Later on, Asahi discovers more girls in his school with secrets of their own: a tiny alien who rides a human-sized exoskeleton of herself, a werewolf capable of switching gender at any depiction of a moon, a thousand-year-old demon who secretly runs the school, and more who not only pose a challenge as Asahi tries to maintain Youko's secret, but also secretly like Asahi and despise the idea of Asahi and Youko being a couple, thus trying to separate them.Characters
Main characters
;Asahi Kuromine;Yōko Shiragami
;Nagisa Aizawa
;Mikan Akemi
;Shiho Shishido
Supporting characters
;Shirō Shishido;Akane Kōmoto
;Akari Koumoto
;Rin Kiryuin
;Okada, Sakurada, and Shimada
;Genjirō Shiragami and Tōko Shiragami
;Karen Shirogane
Ryo Aizawa
Yuika Momochi
Mei Kuromine
Saki Minagawa
;Sen Kiryuin
;'''Shirayuki'''
Media
Manga
Written and illustrated by Eiji Masuda, My Monster Secret has been serialized in the manga anthology Weekly Shōnen Champion from January 31, 2013, to February 16, 2017, and collected into 22 volumes by Akita Shoten. Seven Seas Entertainment has licensed the manga for North America under the title My Monster Secret and published the first volume on January 12, 2016.Volume list
Anime
The anime adaptation of My Monster Secret premiered on July 6, 2015, in Japan and streaming to North American audiences via Crunchyroll as Actually, I am.... the same day. The opening theme is "Himitsu o Chōdai" by Ars Magna and the ending theme is "Ienai Ienai" by Hilcrhyme. Additionally, three character song volumes were released: Volume 1 featuring Yōko Shiragami and Shiho Shishido, Volume 2 featuring Nagisa Aizawa and Mikan Akemi, and Volume 3 featuring Akane Kōmoto and Akari Kōmoto.The anime is licensed by Discotek Media. It was released on DVD and Blu-ray in February 2017.