Nurse Hitomi's Monster Infirmary

Nurse Hitomi's Monster Infirmary
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Hitomi Manaka
ヒトミ先生の保健室
(Hitomi-sensei no Hokenshitsu)
Genre
Manga
Written byShake-O
Published byTokuma Shoten
English publisher
MagazineMonthly Comic Ryū
Original run19 September 2013 – present
Volumes21
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Nurse Hitomi's Monster Infirmary (Japanese: ヒトミ先生の保健室, Hepburn: Hitomi-sensei no Hokenshitsu) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Shake-O. It has been serialized in Tokuma Shoten's seinen manga magazine Monthly Comic Ryū since September 2013. It follows the daily life and adventures of Hitomi Manaka, a cyclops who works as a school nurse, and her co-workers and students dealing with their human (and not-so-human) problems. In North America, the series is licensed for English release by Seven Seas Entertainment.

Plot

In a world where some individuals experience physical changes during puberty, Damoto Junior High school nurse Hitomi Manaka assists students experiencing conditions such as detachable limbs and shrinking.

Characters

Hitomi Manaka (真中一美先生, Manaka Hitomi)
A cyclops and main heroine of the series who works as the school nurse, nicknamed Nurse Hitomi (ヒトミ先生, Hitomi-sensei). As a cyclops, and the eldest sibling in her family, despite her lack of depth perception, her eye allows her to observe any abnormalities in students to better help them.
Midori Itsuki (樹翠, Itsuki Midori)
A plant-based being of unknown gender who serves as Hitomi's assistant, keeping a record of all students with abnormalities who visit the nurse's office.
Nobuko Shitara (設楽伸子, Shitara Nobuko)
A 2nd year student from Class A whose tongue became elastic and grew to 320.5 cm in length, being the first of Hitomi's patients.
Yuki Moji (門司勇輝, Moji Yūki)
Class B's teacher at the school, a kind-hearted gentleman despite his initial imposing appearance due to fur covering his entire body.
Ken Tatara (多々良拳四郎, Tatara Kenshirō)
Class A's teacher, he is a childhood friend of Hitomi's and their parents' houses are next door to each other. He has two extra arms growing from his torso.
Haruna Tobita (鳶田陽菜, Tobita Haruna)
A winged girl and delinquent 2nd year student from Class B. She refuses to obey authority much of the time and is anti-social. She can fly, although it takes a lot out of her.
Naruki and Kaori Wakatsuki (若月成貴とカオリ, Watatsuki Naruki to Kaori)
Conjoined twin 2nd year students from Class D, Naruki being popular with the girls prior to Kaori appearing on his body. Kaori, identifying herself as female and initially a growth before becoming Naruki's right head, shares many of her brother's traits with admirers of her own.

Publication

Shake-O began publishing the series in Tokuma Shoten's Monthly Comic Ryū magazine on 19 September 2013. The series moved to online-only serialization when Comic Ryū changed formats on 19 June 2018. Tokuma Shoten has collected its chapters into individual tankōbon volumes. The first volume was released on 13 March 2014. 21 volumes have been released as of 13 May 2026.

Seven Seas Entertainment licensed the series for publication in North America. Thirteen volumes have been published in English.

Volumes

No. Original release date Original ISBN English release date English ISBN
113 March 2014978-4-19-950385-617 February 2015978-1-626921-47-4
213 September 2014978-4-19-950413-623 June 2015978-1-626921-52-8
313 March 2015978-4-19-950442-620 October 2015978-1-626922-05-1
412 September 2015978-4-19-950470-96 September 2016978-1-626924-14-7
513 April 2016978-4-19-950502-724 January 2017978-1-626924-19-2
613 October 2016978-4-19-950532-44 July 2017978-1-626923-57-7
713 April 2017978-4-19-950561-49 January 2018978-1-626926-76-9
813 October 2017978-4-19-950591-130 October 2018978-1-626929-60-9
913 April 2017978-4-19-950561-418 June 2019978-1-642750-98-0
1013 November 2018978-4-19-950654-321 January 2020978-1-645051-89-3
1113 June 2019978-4-19-950680-28 December 2020978-1-645054-77-1
121 January 2020978-4-19-950695-66 April 2021978-1-645058-11-3
1312 September 2020978-4-19-950716-82 November 2021978-1-648273-32-2
1411 June 2021978-4-19-950743-4——
1512 February 2022978-4-19-950766-3——
1613 October 2022978-4-19-950795-3——
1712 May 2023978-4-19-950815-8——
1813 March 2024978-4-19-950849-3——
1910 January 2025978-4-19-950891-2——
2012 September 2025978-4-19-950921-6——
2113 May 2026978-4-19-950970-4——

Reception

Lynzee Loveridge ranked the series at number five on her list of "7 Manga for Monster Girl Lovers" on Anime News Network.

References

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