My Monster Secret

My Monster Secret, known in Japan as Actually, I Am... (実は私は), 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.[2] AnimeLab has secured streaming rights in Australia and New Zealand.[3]

Seven Seas Entertainment acquired the rights to translate and distribute the manga for North America, with the first volume being released in January 2016.[4]

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

Characters

Main characters

Asahi Kuromine (黒峰朝陽)
Asahi is a second year high school student who seems to be unable to keep a secret, so much his nickname is "leaky basket". He often acts as the narrator through his inner monologues. Asahi is also susceptible to projectile nosebleeds when confronted with perverse situations, earning the nickname "Eromine" from Yōko. He has a younger sister named Mei, who is barely mentioned in the story until much later on.
Yōko Shiragami (白神葉子)
Yōko is a classmate of Asahi and the daughter of a human and a vampire. Although she has long canine teeth, many other typical vampiric characteristics are downplayed, such as only getting tanned in sunlight or feeling guilty when entering a room uninvited. Yōko speaks in Kansai dialect, using honorifics to not expose her teeth. Despite initially coming across as haughty, she is bubbly and absent-minded on the outside.
Nagisa Aizawa (藍澤渚)
Nagisa is a classmate of Asahi and Yōko as well as small alien riding a human-sized robotic exoskeleton of herself. She is usually meticulous and serious with her actions, though loses her composure when dealing with embarrassing situations. Nagisa has an older brother, Ryo, whom she initially respects and draws inspiration from, before learning he is less reliable than she initially realized.
Mikan Akemi (朱美みかん)
Mikan is a childhood friend of Asahi who always bullies him. She is president of the Newspaper Club and has used her position to turn it into a supermarket tabloid. However, most of the time, the newspaper club members do all the work for her. Mikan secretly likes Asahi, but perceives her lack of femininity as a barrier she cannot overcome, and prefers instead to bully and tease him. She has two younger brothers who occasionally appear in the series.
Shiho Shishido (紫々戸獅穂)
Shiho is the dominant personality, and is aware of everything occurs when Shirou is in control of her body. While Shirou has a crush on Yōko and attempts to discover if Asahi is aware of her secret, Shiho is more playful and amorous, deriving enjoyment from being perverse. She often tries to force Youko into admitting her true feelings towards Asahi, and having a perverted crush on Asahi, and tries to expose herself to him. While her father is also a wolfman, her mother is only shown in silhouette and is referred to as the "Charismatic Female Pervert".

Supporting characters

Ryo Aizawa (藍澤涼) Yuika Momochi (桃地結香) Mei Kuromine (黒峰鳴) Saki Minagawa (水奈川咲)

Shirō Shishido (獅狼)
Shishido is Yōko's childhood friend and a wolfman. Initially appearing as Shirō, an intimidating man with sharp teeth. Upon seeing any depiction of The Moon, he transforms into Shiho, a busty, self-proclaimed pervert.
Akane Kōmoto (紅本茜)
Principal of Asahi's high school and a thousand year-old demon who has the body of a young girl with demonic horns. Despite her age, she is often quick to exhibit childish tendencies, such as playing large-scale pranks on the people at school and quickly getting excited whenever she believes sweets are nearby. She takes special delight in ruining Akari's life when given the chance. As a demon, Akane is capable of magically transforming herself and others around her, as well as multiplying herself.
Akari Koumoto (紅本明里)
Asahi's homeroom teacher and former delinquent known as "Akari of the Hundred Visits" due to responding violently after apparently being rejected by 100 boys across different schools. She is Akane's great-great-granddaughter. Her short temper and strong fighting ability allows her to rein in Akane's misbehavior.
Rin Kiryuin (黄龍院凜)
Rin is a first high school student. She is secretly Asahi's and Mikan's time traveling granddaughter from the future. Rin is protective of Asahi, whom she treats like a grandfather, not adapting her behavior to his younger appearance.

type	TV series
director	Yasutaka Yamamoto
producer	Mika Shimizu Toshiaki Tanaka Masahiro Sugasawa Shunsuke Matsumura Jun Nakajima Shinobu Satō Shingo Takegawa Yūsuke Kubo
writer	Kenichi Yamashita
music	Akito Matsuda
studio	TMS/3xCube
network	TV Tokyo, TVO, TVQ, TVh, TVA, TSC, AT-X
first	July 6, 2015
last	September 28, 2015
episodes	13
episode list	#Episode list

Plot

Characters

Main characters

Supporting characters

Media

Manga

Volume list

Volume list

Anime

Episode list

Episode list

Reception

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