<p>You are conflating different genres.</p>
<p><strong>2018, Goblin Slayer</strong><br />
Goblin:</p>
<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/ABN9Ym.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/ABN9Ym.jpg" alt="enter image description here" /></a></p>
<p><strong>1988, Kyuuketsuki Miyu</strong><br />
Vampire:</p>
<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/btTq6m.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/btTq6m.jpg" alt="enter image description here" /></a></p>

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2022-10-28T15:07:26.253Z
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Ocean
<p>Some of this is due to the influence of Japanese folklore. Japan has many folk tales and urban legends regarding a spirit or monstrous creature that takes the form of an attractive young woman or a crying child in order to lure people in, which then turns into a hangered old woman with monstrous features, before either attacking the person or fleeing suddenly.</p>
<p>Think the ghost in the library from the original Ghostbusters.</p>

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Aaargh Zombies
<p>I think it continues the trend of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moe_anthropomorphism" rel="nofollow noreferrer">moe anthropomorphism</a>, even into creating a new genre called &quot;monster musume&quot;.</p>
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<li>answer of Aki Tanaka ♦</li>
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2022-10-28T13:42:41.397Z
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BCLC
<p>In many anime nowadays, the dragons, monsters, devil, semi-human or orcs are usually adorable girls maybe with thicc figures. Say, in <em>Dropkick on My Devil</em>, the devil from the hell is like an innocent little girl. In the <em>good old days</em>, things were different. The vampires in <em>Blood: The Last Vampire</em> are closer to what people would expect of a monster, but this kind of appearance of a monster seems quite rare today.</p>
<p>Why are monsters and the like in anime usually adorable girls nowadays?</p>
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<li>the devil from the hell in <em>Dropkick on My Devil</em>
<a href="https://i.sstatic.net/BJ8I8.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/BJ8I8.png" alt="enter image description here" /></a></li>
<li>a vampire in <em>Blood: The Last Vampire</em> (bottom right)
<a href="https://i.sstatic.net/dXkrf.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/dXkrf.jpg" alt="enter image description here" /></a></li>
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Why are monsters and the like in anime usually adorable girls?
# Why are monsters and the like in anime usually adorable girls?
Posted by: username_0 on 2022-10-25
In many anime nowadays, the dragons, monsters, devil, semi-human or orcs are usually adorable girls maybe with thicc figures. Say, in *Dropkick on My Devil*, the devil from the hell is like an innocent little girl. In the *good old days*, things were different. The vampires in *Blood: The Last Vampire* are closer to what people would expect of a monster, but this kind of appearance of a monster seems quite rare today.

Why are monsters and the like in anime usually adorable girls nowadays?

* the devil from the hell in *Dropkick on My Devil*
  [![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/BJ8I8.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/BJ8I8.png)
* a vampire in *Blood: The Last Vampire* (bottom right)
  [![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/dXkrf.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/dXkrf.jpg)
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## 3 answers
### Answer by username_1 on 2022-10-28. Score: 1
You are conflating different genres.

**2018, Goblin Slayer**  
Goblin:

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/ABN9Ym.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/ABN9Ym.jpg)

**1988, Kyuuketsuki Miyu**  
Vampire:

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/btTq6m.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/btTq6m.jpg)
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### Answer by username_2 on 2022-11-06. Score: 0
Some of this is due to the influence of Japanese folklore. Japan has many folk tales and urban legends regarding a spirit or monstrous creature that takes the form of an attractive young woman or a crying child in order to lure people in, which then turns into a hangered old woman with monstrous features, before either attacking the person or fleeing suddenly.

Think the ghost in the library from the original Ghostbusters.
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### Answer by username_3 on 2022-10-28. Score: -3
I think it continues the trend of [moe anthropomorphism](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moe_anthropomorphism), even into creating a new genre called "monster musume".

* answer of Aki Tanaka ♦
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