Kaiju Girl Caramelise
Kaiju Girl Caramelise is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Spica Aoki. The plot centers around a student named Kuroe Akaishi who suffers from a mysterious illness, and how it may impact her newfound love interest. Kaiju Girl Caramelise appeared as a serial in the monthly manga magazine Monthly Comic Alive starting in February 2018. Media Factory has published the chapters in nine bound volumes. American publishing company Yen Press licensed the series for an English-language translation in North America. Seven of these volumes have been released so far. The English-language translated series has received positive reception from critics who called it "enjoyable". An anime television series adaptation produced by Liden Films is set to premiere in 2026.
Plot
Kuroe Akaishi is described as "Psycho-tan" by her classmates and is an outcast at school. She suffers from a rare, incurable illness that causes deformations in her body at random times. She is surprised one day to find that Arata Minami, a popular guy in her class, starts to pay attention to her and questions the weird new feelings she has around him. It isn't long before her mother confesses to Kuroe that she is in fact a kaiju, which confirmed a realistic "dream" the prior night that involved her monster form rampaging through Tokyo. Kuroe struggles and is dismissive of the information, and worries that Arata will not accept her for what she is.Characters
;Kuroe Akaishi;Arata Minami
;Rinko Akaishi
;Koutarou Hibino
;Manatsu Tomosato
;Raimu "Rairi" Kouno
Media
Manga
Kaiju Girl Caramelise was first serialized in the monthly magazine Monthly Comic Alive on February 27, 2018, and later compiled into volumes. Spica Aoki had previous works serialized in magazines aimed towards girls, so she was worried when a male-targeted magazine picked up her series. Aoki thought she would have to make the series aimed more towards guys until her editors advised her that "this story really works best as " even though it was in a magazine. The first volume was published by Media Factory on June 23, 2018. Nine bound volumes have so far been published by the company.Kaiju Girl Caramelise was also released in ebook format on Kadokawa's Comic Walker website. On November 18, 2018, North American publisher Yen Press announced at Anime NYC that they had licensed the series. The first English language volume was released on June 25, 2019.
| Volume | Japanese release date | Japanese ISBN | English release date | English ISBN |
| 1 | June 23, 2018 | June 25, 2019 | ||
| 2 | January 23, 2019 | November 19, 2019 | ||
| 3 | August 23, 2019 | April 21, 2020 | ||
| 4 | March 23, 2020 | March 23, 2021 | ||
| 5 | March 23, 2021 | January 25, 2022 | ||
| 6 | January 21, 2022 | September 20, 2022 | ||
| 7 | March 23, 2023 | February 20, 2024 | ||
| 8 | September 21, 2024 | October 28, 2025 | ||
| 9 | December 23, 2025 | — | — |