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“A shapeshifting spider monster assumes a girl's identity amid mysterious murders in town.”
Namae no Nai Kaibutsu: Kumo to Shoujo to Ryouki Satsujin
名前のない怪物 蜘蛛と少女と猟奇殺人
6.83
12,436 rank · 11,910 readers · 171 favorites
Horror
Mystery
Supernatural
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Synopsis
A shapeshifting spider monster assumes a girl's identity amid mysterious murders in town.
A monster spider with the ability to take the form of whoever it eats takes a cute girl's body. At the same time, a string of murders are plaguing the town and he begins to wonder whether the murders and the spider are connected.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 9 sampled reviews
8.2
/10
What 9 readers settled on.
89%
recommend
Score distribution
median 8
mode 8
σ 1.13
Agreement
Mostly aligned
σ 1.13 · some divergence
The polarity gap
2.5 pts
Recommenders 8.5 · others 6.0
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Score over time
↓ 0.78
Running avg · Mar 2021 → Feb 2026
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 7 “I mean it's alright, but it's also very very weird, and not always in a good way. Before we begin, if you like yandere monster girls, this is definitely for you. The ending is pretty sweet, and the...”
- 8 “Hematophobia + Arachnophobia Warning Minor Spoiler Warning This is almost like a visual novel where you have multiple endings and the story can be quite confusing to read without knowing this....”
- 8 “This manga isn't for someone who doesn't like gore and love triangle. Its weird and disgusting (gore) in its own way The story is good but not great like I couldn't say either if it is good or bad....”
Verbosity
Short · 44%
Medium · 56%
Long · 0%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 39 × 7 ch × vol
- Total read 5h 12m approx
- Published Sep 2018 – Nov 2021
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M51845 catalog