# My Little Monster (2018)

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**Original title**: *となりの怪物くん*
**Runtime**: 105 min
**Genres**: Romance, Comedy, Drama
**Directed by**: Sho Tsukikawa
**Written by**: Arisa Kaneko
**Starring**: Masaki Suda, Tao Tsuchiya, Yuki Furukawa, Yuki Yamada, Elaiza Ikeda, Minami Hamabe

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

A quiet classroom tableau gets shaken up when a problem student plants himself beside the class’s most disciplined girl. Their friendship blooms as she learns to crack jokes and he discovers homework. The question isn’t whether love will bloom, but whether Haru will remember to shower before the big date.

**Mood tags**: foreign-gem, cozy, tender

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