High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun is a 2012 romantic comedy anime produced by Brain`s Base based on the manga written and illustrated by Robico. The first episode was broadcast on TV Tokyo on October 2, 2012 at 1:35 am. The story follows the relationship between Haru Yoshida, a cheerful and seemingly delinquent boy and Shizuku Mizutani, a cold-hearted girl who strives to obtain academic success. The opening theme is "Q&A Recital!" by Tomatsu Haruka and the ending theme is "White Wishes" by 9nine.