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“Alien teen Aoi's human disguise medicine fails only on her, threatening her hidden identity.”
Despair of the Monster
絶望の怪物
5.77
11,907 rank · 1,821 viewers · 2 favorites
Drama
Horror
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Synopsis
Alien teen Aoi's human disguise medicine fails only on her, threatening her hidden identity.
A story about fourteen-year-old alien girl Aoi Hoshino. Her family uses certain medicine to disguise themselves as humans. For some reason the medicine slowly stops working, but only on Aoi... (Source: Official Website, edited)
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median 6
mode 6
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- 6 “This is an incredibly sad short film about the impossibility of belonging in a society that will never accept your existence as you truly are. It's frequently described as a horror anime, but if...”
- 6 “Look, I quite enjoyed it, but if you're somebody who can't watch something with obvious production problems, don't watch it. My opinion here is that this anime film would be awesome either as a...”
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A Movie Production
- Format 1 × 29′ eps × min
- Total runtime 0h 29m all episodes
- Aired Jun 2019 – ongoing
- Source Movie media type
- Rated R 17+ (violence & profanity)
- Ref. BS-16849 catalog