Beauty and the Beast Girl
{{short description|Japanese manga series}}
{{Infobox animanga/Header
| name = Beauty and the Beast Girl
| image = File:Beauty and the Beast Girl Cover.jpg
| caption = Cover of the Japanese bound volume
| ja_kanji = ぼっち怪物と盲目少女
| ja_romaji = Bocchi Kaibutsu to Moumoku Shoujo
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| author = Neji
| publisher = Ichijinsha
| publisher_en = {{English manga publisher | NA=Seven Seas Entertainment}}
| imprint = Yuri Hime Comics
| demographic =
| published = July 18, 2017
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Footer}}
{{nihongo|Beauty and the Beast Girl|ぼっち怪物と盲目少女|Bocchi Kaibutsu to Moumoku Shoujo|lead=yes}} is a Japanese yuri manga series written and illustrated by Neji. The series follows the relationship between Heath, a troubled monster, and Lily, a blind girl who is unaware Heath is a monster. Beauty and the Beast Girl was first self-published on Neji's Pixiv account starting November 21, 2016{{cite web |title=ぼっち怪物と盲目少女【完結】 |url=https://www.pixiv.net/user/1244089/series/10383 |website=Pixiv |accessdate=July 9, 2023}} and collected into a bound volume by Ichijinsha in 2017. It was licensed for an English-language release by Seven Seas Entertainment in 2018.{{cite web |last1=Dennison |first1=Kara |title=Beauty and the Beast Girl Manga Is a Tale as Old as Time |url=https://www.crunchyroll.com/news/latest/2018/3/15/beauty-and-the-beast-girl-manga-is-a-tale-as-old-as-time |website=Crunchyroll |accessdate=July 9, 2023 |date=March 15, 2018}}
Synopsis
When a troubled monster, Heath, living an isolated life in the forest stumbles upon a blind girl, Lily, who doesn't run away from her, the two begin to bond. While Lily is happy to spend time with Heath, unaware she is a monster, Heath slowly begins to open up for the first time in her life.
Publication
{{Graphic novel list/header
| Language = Japanese
| SecondLanguage = English
}}
{{Graphic novel list
| VolumeNumber = 1
| RelDate = July 18, 2017{{cite book|script-title=ja:ぼっち怪物と盲目少女 (百合姫コミックス) |publisher=Ichijinsha |language=ja|id={{ASIN|4758077177|country=jp}}}}
| ISBN = 978-4-75-807717-0
| LicensedRelDate = February 12, 2019{{cite web |title=Beauty and the Beast Girl |url=https://sevenseasentertainment.com/series/beauty-and-the-beast-girl/ |website=Seven Seas Entertainment |accessdate=July 9, 2023}}
| LicensedISBN = 978-1-626929-77-7
| ChapterList =
| LineColor = D4D4D4
}}
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Reception
The series has received mixed to positive reviews. Rebecca Silverman of Anime News Network gave Beauty and the Beast Girl an overall B rating, and remarked that the story works well within the confines of 1 volume to mix both the romance and self acceptance aspects of the story together. Silverman believed the book could be given to "someone who isn't necessarily into yuri, as well as being a good book for a general library graphic novel collection."{{cite web |last1=Silverman |first1=Rebecca |title=Review: Beauty and the Beast Girl |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/beauty-and-the-beast-girl/gn/.143732 |website=Anime News Network |accessdate=July 9, 2023 |date=February 25, 2019 |archive-date=July 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230709170746/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/beauty-and-the-beast-girl/gn/.143732 |url-status=live }} Reviewing the series for Otaku USA, Che Gilson felt the plot was "meandering" possibly due to it first being published online, concluding that "while the book is cute, it’s a mediocre entry in a rich field of yuri manga.".{{cite web |last1=Gilson |first1=Che |title=[Review] Beauty and the Beast Girl |url=https://otakuusamagazine.com/review-beauty-beast-girl/ |website=Otaku USA |accessdate=July 9, 2023 |date=September 20, 2019}} Erica Friedman of Yuricon was more forgiving toward the books pacing, noting that "The ending of this comic is very doujinshi-esque, where it ends, rather than wraps up, but it is, after all a fairytale, so “and they lived happily ever after” is acceptable"{{cite web |last1=Friedman |first1=Erica |title=Yuri Manga: Beauty and the Beast Girl (English) |url=https://okazu.yuricon.com/2019/03/20/yuri-manga-beauty-and-the-beast-girl-english/ |website=Okazu |accessdate=July 9, 2023 |date=March 20, 2019 |archive-date=July 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230709170753/https://okazu.yuricon.com/2019/03/20/yuri-manga-beauty-and-the-beast-girl-english/ |url-status=live }}
References
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External links
- {{ann|manga|21822|Beauty and the Beast Girl}}
{{Comic Yuri Hime}}
Category:Comics about monsters
Category:Literature about blind people
Category:Romance anime and manga