

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.stack.imgur.com/BJ8I8.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/BJ8I8.png)
  * a vampire in _Blood: The Last Vampire_ (bottom right) [![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/dXkrf.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/dXkrf.jpg)


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


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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You are conflating different genres.

**2018, Goblin Slayer**  
Goblin:

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/ABN9Ym.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/ABN9Ym.jpg)

**1988, Kyuuketsuki Miyu**  
Vampire:

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/btTq6m.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/btTq6m.jpg)


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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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