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Friends: Naki on Monster Island
JAPAN · 2011

Friends: Naki on Monster Island

Takashi Yamazaki
human-monster relations forbidden island childhood adventure fear and prejudice isolation
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Synopsis

Offshore, shrouded in fog, there is a mysterious island that is said to be the home of a family of monsters. It is strictly forbidden to approach it. But one day a human child, Mushroom, it loses and coming face to face with the mysterious creatures that live there. The arrival of Mushroom, makes panic on the island because the monsters are actually terrified of living humans.

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