Ranked #2982

Beauty is the Beast (Manga)

I don't really agree with the other reviews. Beauty is the Beast is a sweet short story, though not incredibly complex and developed. At a few moments it did seem like nothing was really happening, and I don't get why the author included some arcs/focus on things that she didn't really use later, but most of it flows together with the author's direction. I particularly like Beauty is the Beast for not being as ridiculous and overwrought as other shojo. No excessive drama traps. The ending does sort of slow down, and I wouldn't call the author's "climax" a real climax, but it's was pretty clever. The finishing touch did confuse me for a while, but I attribute that to my slowness.

Art's average, characters are good. I just wish there was more development on the characters other than the main 3--the author does some small development for a few characters in the beginning, but seems to drop them as time goes on.

Overall, I found Beauty is the Beast most enjoyable for the direction the author took and the good humor. read more

this story was not very good in my opinion. i have finished the series but i had to read the ending 2 times for me to still not understand what happend.
the characters were okay, but the storyline to me was not understandable. in every volume the story kind of changed to what i was thinking it was going a different direction.i will admit that some parts were funny but it was kind of boring. if you liked the series you might have your own opinon about it, but i disliked it.

Not the best manga out there. It was pretty anti-climatic but there were certain parts where one would go "aww, that's cute." However, the story overall wasn't very interesting and the story was all over the place. There's not really much to say about this manga other than the low profile it yields and the small amount of enjoyment that someone can get from it. It had its "deep"-ish moments and what have you, but nothing I would want to read again or care if I never read.

Nevertheless, I did enjoy the last few pages. The ending was a bit better than the entire story since it made me giggle a bit on the inside. read more