Should you watch Mysterious Girlfriend X?
Who it’s good for, who it isn’t, and what’s in it. No ratings, no scores.

Mysterious Girlfriend X
Anime · 2012
Akira is a normal high school boy, but he nevertheless impulsively licks some drool left by the mysterious transfer student Mikoto. The next day he falls asleep with an inexplicable fever. After five days Mikoto suddenly comes to visit, and makes him consume her drool. The fever instantly vanishes, and Mikoto explains that he's suffering from "love sickness." She can transmit emotions through her drool, and the two of them are now bound together.
The sides of Mysterious Girlfriend X
- A boy bound to a strange new girl by her drool
- A girl who hides scissors in her underwear
- A slow first love between two students
Mysterious Girlfriend X is good for you if…
- you like a love story built on something as odd as shared drool.
- you like a first relationship told one awkward step at a time.
- you like the nerves and curiosity of being a teenager.
Mysterious Girlfriend X is bad for you if…
- you'd rather skip ecchi scenes and teenage fantasies.
- you don't watch anime.
About: first love · intimacy · strangeness
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