There are pictures of various monsters and descriptions of monsters in Records of Mountains and Seas, but this book has no historical records at all, as if they were strange things that suddenly appeared.
Monsters in this book cannot be encountered and have their own rules. The monsters here are...
The sweet (love) experience (appearance) (killing) of a monster and a barrier breaker.
Purpose: Hope is meant to be broken, because all new students are in the process of rebuilding