Hitting the random media button on TV Tropes (which I do quite often) let me discover the web comic Monstrously Cute. Which I proceeded to describe to my family as ‘Monster High if Sanrio made it’ To which my son replied ‘Sanrio already did that. That’d be Kuromi’
He makes a good point.
Monstrously Cute is a slice-of-life comic about a gorgon, a sphinx, a werewolf and a vampire who are roommates. And they are such chibi monster girls that I only got the vampire’s species right when I saw a cast picture. (Before I saw the tail, I felt the werewolf looked more cat-like than canine)
Monstrously Cute is so cheerfully benign that it makes Chi’s Sweet Home look like Berserk. It is relentlessly sweet and gentle. Heck, the vampire is even vegan.
The stories are about how the girls help and support each other out through life’s trials and tribulations. Their inhuman natures are simply used for gentle jokes like the gorgon’s snake hair getting stuffed up too when she has allergies.
… Actually, Kuromi is hardcore compared to Monstrously Cute.
At another time, Monstrously Cute would just be a blip on the radar for me. However, with the world not only constantly on fire but so many different flavors of fire, Monstrously Cute is wonderfully decompressing.
Monstrously Cute’s biggest virtue may be escapism but that is a definite virtue.
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