Miss Kuroitsu from the Monster Development Department

Miss Kuroitsu from the Monster Development Department

Company type	Manga series, Anime television series
Industry	Entertainment
Founded	April 17, 2019 (2019-04-17)
Founder	Hiroaki Mizusaki
Headquarters	Japan
Products	Manga, Anime

is a Japanese comedic manga created by Hiroaki Mizusaki. It has been serialized online through Flex Comix's Comic Meteor platform since April 2019 and comprises ten volumes. The anime version, produced by Quad, was broadcast from January to April 2022 on ABC and TV Asahi's Animazing!!! programming segment.

Plot

Within Japan, the ongoing battle between villainous secret organizations and superheroes unfolds. The malevolent group Agastia, concealed behind a Tokyo-based front company, repeatedly fails in its attempts at global domination due to the efforts of the superhero Divine Swordsman Blader. The narrative focuses on Miss Kuroitsu, an assistant working in Agastia's Monster Development Department, who is responsible for designing monsters intended to defeat Blader. Agastia functions similarly to a corporate entity, with various departments competing for budgets, justifying expenses to executives, and adapting to erratic directives from leadership.

Characters

An assistant within Agastia's Monster Development Department who juggles competing priorities while creating monsters to combat heroes.

Kuroitsu’s supervisor, a relaxed professor whose frequent inefficiencies often require correction. He is unknowingly Kenji’s elder brother.

A wolfman monster reimagined as a wolfgirl due to directives from leadership; subsequently becomes an assistant in the Monster Development Department.

Agastia’s Chief of Staff who efficiently oversees operations and challenges leadership decisions when necessary.

The unpredictable yet formidable leader of Agastia.

A convenience store employee who secretly assumes the identity of Divine Swordsman Blader; harbors feelings for Kuroitsu and is Hajime’s younger sibling, unknown to both parties.

Agastia’s immortal vampire titled "Pluripotent Cellular Executive," responsible for auditing departments and covertly supporting an idol group.

A monster originally designed as a heavily armed mech but scaled down through internal negotiations into a robotic bird form.

A creature initially conceived with multiple venomous heads but downsized due to budget limitations; its many heads possess distinct personalities that cause internal discord.

A contract worker turned low-ranking henchman supplied by Matsuyama’s agency.

The foreman of the "Death Staff Temp Agency," which provides henchmen to various villain organizations.

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One half of the licensed Magical Girls duo Pilia Magia; a short-tempered middle school student.

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The other member of Pilia Magia; a taller boy whose Magical Girl transformation incites jealousy in Reo.

Sadamaki’s former classmate who manages Black Lore’s Monster Development Department.

Hōen’s assistant known for teasing Wolf Bete.

A Valentine's Day-themed chocolate monster discarded due to embedded metal but occasionally utilized.

A middle manager at Black Lore who resigned following a psychic assault.

The leader of the rival evil faction Black Lore.

Manga

Miss Kuroitsu from the Monster Development Department, both written and illustrated by Hiroaki Mizusaki, initially appeared as a one-shot on Flex Comix's Comic Meteor website on April 17, 2019. Its full serialization commenced on the same platform on October 7, 2020.

Anime

In July 2021, Flex Comix announced an anime adaptation. Produced by Quad, it was directed by Hisashi Saitō with Katsuhiko Takayama handling series composition, Kazuya Morimae designing characters, and music composed by manzo. The show aired from January 9 through April 3, 2022, on ABC and TV Asahi’s Animazing!!! block. The opening theme "Special force" was performed by AXXX1S, while Maybe Me provided the ending themes "Aimai Identity" and "Destiny".Crunchyroll secured licensing rights outside Asia, with Medialink covering Southeast Asia, South Asia, and Oceania except Australia and New Zealand.

Episode list

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