The Beautiful Deity
{{Short description|Japanese manga series}}
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|image = The Beautiful Deity volume one cover.jpg
|caption = First {{Lang|ja-latn|tankōbon}} volume cover
|ja_kanji = 美しいばけもの
|ja_romaji = Utsukushii Bakemono
|genre = {{ubl|Adventure{{cite web|url=https://www.planetebd.com/manga/bamboo/aux-cotes-du-dieu-loup/-/56038.html|title=Aux côtés du Dieu-Loup T1|date=January 20, 2024|publisher=Planete BD|access-date=July 14, 2025|language=fr}}|Fantasy{{cite web|script-title=ja:赤き“大神”に供物として捧げられた奴隷少年の主従幻想譚「美しいばけもの」1巻|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/530060|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=July 14, 2025|language=ja|date=June 27, 2023|archive-date=June 28, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230628210418/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/530060|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Aux côtés du Dieu-Loup|url=https://www.doki-doki.fr/resultats?q=Aux+c%C3%B4t%C3%A9s+du+Dieu-Loup|publisher=Doki-Doki|access-date=July 14, 2025|archive-date=March 19, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250319170646/https://www.doki-doki.fr/resultats?q=Aux+c%C3%B4t%C3%A9s+du+Dieu-Loup|url-status=live}}}}
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|type = manga
|author = Yomoko Yamamoto
|publisher = Square Enix
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|demographic = {{Transliteration|ja|Shōnen}}
|magazine = Monthly GFantasy
|first = November 18, 2022
|last = February 18, 2025
|volumes = 3
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{{Nihongo|The Beautiful Deity|美しいばけもの|Utsukushii Bakemono|lead=yes}} is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yomoko Yamamoto. It was serialized in Square Enix's Shōnen manga magazine Monthly GFantasy from November 2022 to February 2025, with its chapters collected in three {{Transliteration|ja|tankōbon}} volumes.
Plot
In a small mountain village, the prevailing bad weather forces the people to carry out their ancient tradition and offer sacrifices to the Wolf God to ward off misfortune. In an attempt to protect the village from the long winter, they decide to offer a little slave boy as a "human sacrifice" to the "great wolf god." The young boy, an orphan who was abused by the villagers, happily accepts his fate and, instead of being devoured by the deity, embarks on a mysterious and tense journey with him that gradually brings the little boy and the wolf god, who have always been alone, closer together.
Publication
Written and illustrated by Yomoko Yamamoto, The Beautiful Deity was serialized in Square Enix's Shōnen manga magazine Monthly GFantasy from November 18, 2022,{{efn|It started in the magazine's December issue of 2022 (cover date),{{cite web|script-title=ja:月刊『Gファンタジー』12月号 本日発売！|url=https://www.jp.square-enix.com/topics/detail/2386/|website=Square Enix|publisher=Square Enix Holdings Co., Ltd|access-date=July 14, 2025|language=ja|archive-date=November 18, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221118172508/https://www.jp.square-enix.com/topics/detail/2386/|url-status=live}}{{cite tweet |user=g_fantasy|author={{lang|ja|Gファンタジー}}|script-title=ja:【#Gファン 12月号】今月のセンターカラーは3作品🌟◆新連載！「美しいばけもの」◆単行本最新刊 11/26発売!!「メイデーア転生物語 この世界で一番悪い魔女」「雅血の陰陽師」乞うご期待！（尾海）|number=1593408899708698624|date=November 18, 2022 |access-date=July 14, 2025 |archive-date=July 14, 2025 |archive-url=https://archive.ph/7faK5|url-status=live |language=ja}} which was released on November 18.{{cite web|script-title=ja:奴隷の少年と赤い獣が織りなす物語、新連載「美しいばけもの」がGファンで開幕|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/501674|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=July 14, 2025|language=ja|date=November 18, 2022}}}} to February 18, 2025.{{efn|It ended in the magazine's March issue of 2025 (cover date),{{cite web|script-title=ja:月刊『Gファンタジー』3月号 本日発売！|url=https://www.jp.square-enix.com/topics/detail/3434/|website=Square Enix|publisher=Square Enix Holdings Co., Ltd|access-date=July 14, 2025|language=ja}} which was released on February 18.{{cite web|script-title=ja:「美しいばけもの」最終話掲載されました|url=https://yomoyama.fanbox.cc/posts/9405890|website=Yomoko Yamamoto's official blog|access-date=July 14, 2025|language=ja|date=February 18, 2025}}{{cite tweet |user=g_fantasy|author={{lang|ja|Gファンタジー}}|script-title=ja:【#Gファン 3月号】今月の巻頭カラーは◆TVアニメ絶賛放送中😆「妖怪学校の先生はじめました！」センターカラーは3作品✨◆単行本1巻 2/27発売！「となりの席のジェームズくん」◆大人気御礼！「雅血の陰陽師」◆最終回！「美しいばけもの」乞うご期待！(尾海)|number=1891654112581947407|date=February 18, 2025 |access-date=July 14, 2025 |archive-date=July 14, 2025 |archive-url=https://archive.ph/fAsQD|url-status=live |language=ja}}}} Square Enix collected its chapters into three {{Lang|ja-latn|tankōbon}} volumes, released from June 27, 2023.{{cite web|script-title=ja:【6月27日付】本日発売の単行本リスト|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/529340|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=July 14, 2025|language=ja|date=June 27, 2023|archive-date=February 8, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250208103801/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/529340|url-status=live}} to April 25, 2025.{{cite web|script-title=ja:【4月25日付】本日発売の単行本リスト|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/618556|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=July 14, 2025|language=ja|date=April 25, 2025|archive-date=May 22, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250522102413/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/618556|url-status=live}}
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|OriginalRelDate = July 26, 2024{{cite web|script-title=ja:美しいばけもの 2|url=https://magazine.jp.square-enix.com/top/comics/detail/9784757593213/|publisher=Square Enix|access-date=July 14, 2025|archive-date=May 24, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250524111746/https://magazine.jp.square-enix.com/top/comics/detail/9784757593213/|url-status=live}}
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|OriginalRelDate = April 25, 2025{{cite web|script-title=ja:美しいばけもの 3(完)|url=https://magazine.jp.square-enix.com/top/comics/detail/9784757598270/|publisher=Square Enix|access-date=July 14, 2025|archive-date=June 6, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250606033212/https://magazine.jp.square-enix.com/top/comics/detail/9784757598270/|url-status=live}}
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Notes
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References
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Further reading
- {{cite web|url=https://www.manga-news.com/index.php/manga/critique/Aux-cotes-du-Dieu-Loup/vol-1|title=Aux côtés du Dieu-Loup Vol.1 : Critiques|publisher=Manga News|access-date=July 14, 2025|language=fr}}
- {{cite web|url=https://www.planetebd.com/manga/bamboo/aux-cotes-du-dieu-loup/-/56038.html|title=Aux côtés du Dieu-Loup T1|date=January 20, 2024|publisher=Planete BD|access-date=July 14, 2025|language=fr}}
- {{cite web|url=https://www.manga-sanctuary.com/fiche_serie_critique.php?id=150100|title=Critique Manga Aux côtés du Dieu-Loup #1|publisher=Manga Sanctuary|access-date=July 14, 2025|language=fr}}
External links
- {{Official website|https://magazine.jp.square-enix.com/gfantasy/story/utsukushiibakemono/|Official manga website}} {{in lang|ja}}
- {{Anime News Network|manga|33983|noparen=true}}
{{Monthly GFantasy}}
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Category:Adventure anime and manga
Category:Fantasy anime and manga