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About
Monster Girls are a special type of Gijinka (擬人化) / Humanization where the anthropomorphic character is a mix between a creature (both real and fictional) and a human. The human is usually a female, though some rare male examples exist. Monster Girls can also refer to moe versions of already existing monsters, such as vampires or trolls. Fetishism of monster girls is referred to as teraphilia, and is a common form of internet paraphilia.
Definition
Since monster girl is such a broad and vague term, creators and fans often argues about its clear definition.
The general consensus is that a monster girl is a mix between a human being and a monster or an animal.
Most of them are an human torso on the top of a monster bottom body. One of the general rule is to keep the face and torso area human, with exception of cyclops and something spider, who get either only one eye or more of them.
Also, independent and more mainstream genre like Succubus and Cat Girls are sometime excluded.
The umbrella terminology of monster girl can include certain types of personifications of monsters from video games, movies, books and so forth. Mythological creatures such as fox girls or other types of humanoid creatures are often included and so forth. However while succubus and nekomimi/cat girls are mainstream it is common for succubus and cat girls to be included.
History
While the origins of the modern Monster Girl can be debated the idea of non-human suductresses can be traced back to antiquity. Many ancient cultures, such as the Greeks, have tales of men (and women) being seduced by mythical and mystical creatures. Even in the eastern hemisphere there are mythological stories about would be considered monster girls seducing individuals such as the Gumiho, a fox who lore wise lived to a thousand years and gained the ability to shape shift into human form or it can become human by not killing humans for a thousand days or other means.
Majors Type of Monster Girls
Although Monster Girls come in many forms these Girls presented have the largest sub-species count and can be seen as the “parent” group. However be aware that these only represent the most popular niches of the monster girl umbrella terminology; there are well over thousands of different types based anywhere from mythology to personification of popular media and so forth.
Harpy
A harpy are a mix of a human and a bird. They usually have bird legs instead of humans legs and wings instead of arms. They almost always lays eggs. They are one of the most famous and representative monster girls, second only to lamia.
Lamia
A lamia is composed of an human torso and the tail of a snake. It may also come with a forked tongue. It is seen as the most popular monster girls and is often used to represent the whole genre, similar to how ‘Space Invaders’ is representive of video games.
Centaur
A centaur is a human torso implanted on the neck of a horse. They are more commonly seen outside the fandom in mythology than in the fandom.
Arachne
Also know as spider girl, an arachne is a human torso on top of what would be the spider’s head or sometimes the abdomen. They sometimes have multiple eyes similar to the many eyes of a real spider. The mandible of a real spider are almost always absent if the torso is on the head.
Works Focused on Monster Girls
Daily Life with Monster Girl
Monster Musume no Iru Nichijou, or more commonly called Monster Musume, is a Japanese manga created by Okayado. The story is set in modern day Japan; the backstory is that monster girls have been known to be true for a undescript amount of time in a undescript nation and have been revealed to the public as existing. The main character, Kurusu Kimihito, is a “volunteer” for a homestay with Miia, a lamia, but over time more and more monster girls come to live with her and they wish to be with him, basically it’s a harem comedy.
Monster Girl Encyclopedia
The Monster Girl Encyclopedia is an data base about all the Monster Girls (know as Manamo) created by the Japanese artist know as Kenkou Cross. Monster girls profile are posted on his site (NSFW) and are released as books, along with the books describing the setting. The setting is that of a undescript mythological land being taken over by essentially culturally assimilating other nations into it by using monster girls to seduce people; the backstory is that of a fictional documentary writer cataloging the different types of monster girls.
Monster Girl Quest
Monster Girl Quest is a Japanese erotic visual novel that has gained a sizable fandom thanks to its graphic sex scenes and it’s non-generic storyline.
The story in monster girl quest follows the hero Luka and the lamia Alice Fateburn. The backstory is that the goddess of their world, Ilias, commands her worshippers to slay the lord of the monsters and to slay monster girls. Luka, contrary to his goddess’ commands, wishes for there to be peace as that the monster girls and humans have been in constant on and off again wars for a thousand years. He travels to other countries to find out that the situation isn’t as metaphorically black and white between the humans and monsters as he initially thought. In some places of the world monsters are kept as unpaid servants, in others humans are metaphorical cattle. The story takes a turn and the true story is revealed at the site of Remina; a destroyed city where both monsters and humans lived peacefully that both sides blame each other for the destruction of.
Monster girl quest was such a hit that a sequel called “monster girl paradox” is slated to come out at a later date. The immediate difference is that it no longer will be a visual novel and instead will be a fully fledged game whose gameplay so far is massively resembling of fire emblem.
30 day monster girl challenge
The thirty day monster girl challenge is a art challenge originating from deviantart in which participants draw at least one monster girl a day for 30 days as a art challenge.
Reception
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Fandom
The fandom largely remains to be a subniche fandom, but is growing in popularity. There’s fan songs that have been made, costumes, fan content and so forth. Over the last couple years it has been slowly been moving from a subniche to it’s own fandom and has grown fairly large with plenty of content created by individuals.
Cosplay
Notable Examples
