Spring Storm and Monster (Japanese: 春の嵐とモンスター, Hepburn: Haru no Arashi to Monsutā) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Mitsubachi Miyuki. It began serialization in Hakusensha's shōjo manga magazine Hana to Yume in July 2022.
Synopsis
Ranko Haruno is a high school girl who wants to avoid contact with as many people as possible, preferring only her mother and her pet pig. One day, she encounters an intimidating student named Kaya Amamine, and runs away from him. Later, her mom tells her that she is getting remarried and that she would be getting a step-brother. Then it turns out that her step-brother would be Kaya Amamine, the boy she was trying to avoid earlier.
Written and illustrated by Mitsubachi Miyuki, Spring Storm and Monster began serialization in Hakusensha's shōjo manga magazine Hana to Yume on July 5, 2022. Its chapters have been collected into eleven tankōbon volumes as of July 2026.
In March 2024, Yen Press announced that it had licensed the series for English publication, with the first volume set to be released in September.
The series was nominated for the ninth Next Manga Awards in 2023 in the print category and was ranked twelfth out of 41 nominees; the manga ranked 11th at the same award in 2024. The series was ranked ninth at the Tsutaya Comic Award in 2023.
See also
Cheeky Brat, another manga series by the same author