History Webcomic / MierukoChan

''Mieruko-Chan: The Girl That Sees "Them"'' is a HorrorComedy by Creator/IzumiTomoki, originally published on Website/{{Pixiv}} before getting serialized in Comic Walker magazine.

** After [[spoiler:sealing himself away to guard the bell ghost]], Rom seems to have taken to livestreaming ''VideoGame/DeadByDaylight''.

* IAmNotShazam: The main character is not named Mieruko, but Miko. The title is a layered {{Pun}} in Japanese, written to look like a name.

* EldritchAbomination: In chapter 35, [[spoiler:Room and Mitsue reveal that they don't know exactly what the "God of the Mountain" is, but it's not of this earth and extremely dangerous.]]

* RomanticTwoGirlFriendship: Miko and Hana's relationship has overtones of this, with one or the other teasing her friend about being in love.

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** In Chapter 39, Miko tries to ignore a new ghost at her school and she finds that [[spoiler:not only it is solid but it has a human form that everyone else can see, believing she is just a NewTransferStudent.]]

** In Chapter 39, Miko tries to ignore a new ghost at her school and she finds that [[spoiler:not only it is solid but it has a human form that everyone else can see, believing she is just a TransferStudent.]]

** On Miko & Hana's first visit to the forest shrine, Hana babbles about [[GhibliHills how much the environment reminds her of]] [[StudioGhibli Studio Mibli films]].

* ShoutOut: In Chapter 32 Julia takes part in a haunted-site tour organized by Shindou Romm. One of the locations is an allegedly haunted house where a father killed his family and then committed suicide and all who enter fall victim to a curse. It's an obvious shout-out to the ''Film/{{Juon}}'' series, with several participants even pretending to hear a cat or see a pale child and a woman on all fours.

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** There´s also a ghost in the train that looks slightly less horrible, as it´s at least fully dressed, and wields an axe, really scaring Miko when she sees it attacking everyone but [[spoiler: it turns out the axe cant hurt humans and the ghost was hunting another ghost that had posessed a woman]]. In a later chapter Miko even considers for a moment the idea of asking that ghost for help though she rejects it as she does not even know how could she do that.

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* UglyCute: Miko definitely thinks this of the little old men spirits that pick up her lost change, only because they're not as freaky as the other ghosts that she's encountered. [[spoiler:She changes her opinion very quickly once she stumbles onto the spirit that spawns them.]]

''Mieruko-Chan: The Girl That Sees "Them"'' is a HorrorComedy by Izumi Tomoki, originally published on Pixiv before getting serialized in Comic Walker magazine.

Yen Press has picked up the rights to an official English release. The first volume came out on November 2020. The Anime started Octber 2, 2021

An anime adaptation by Studio Passione has been announced. The first PV can be found [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oW2dO_T-9jA&feature=youtu.be here]].

* ACupAngst: There's a few jokes about Miko being jealous of her bustier friend Hana.

** That, or Miko is stronger and is able to see the true true form of the ghosts.

* BlackBlood: The anime's OP and title bumpers feature vivid neon splashes of color all over in what's clearly mean to be stand ins for ectoplasmic gunk or blood, to underscore the underlying horror of the series. The ED features proper blood red scrawls (as fitting for as song written from the ghosts' POV).
* BlandNameProduct: The anime features such things as 'Spring' crisps instead of Pringles (complete with a cat-head stand in mascot).

* BustContrastDuo: Miko is subdued and constantly stressed out from being a MagneticMedium, and there are several jokes about her ACupAngst compared to her bubbly, extroverted friend Hana.

* ConditionedToAcceptHorror: Subverted. Even after facing frightening ghosts for days on end, Miko never stops being terrified of them. She just gets really good at hiding it.

* {{Curse}}: Miko’s ability to see ghosts has brought her almost nothing but stress and misery. The few benign encounters such as the cat spirits or [[spoiler: her father]] offer only temporary reprieve.

** The ghost of tormented cats that cling to Zen are neither malevolent [[spoiler:or trying to exact revenge on him for killing them - because he didn't kill them. They cling to him to comfort him for his perceived failure at saving them]]. When the cause of their suffering disappear, they peacefully pass on.

* KindheartedCatLover: In Chapter 4, Miko gives away a stray kitten to a man with the FaceOfAThug who turns out to be this. Miko can see he's surrounded by kinder cat spirits, implied to be the ghosts of his previous cats. And in the end, he's shown happily taking care of the cat. And it's revealed the scars on his face are the result of the cats he takes care of.

* {{Masquerade}}: Miko does her best to keep her ability to see spirits a secret.