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“Eimi Yamashita moves into a girls' dormitory, discovering unexpected romantic adventures in this high-school manga.”
Beauty Is the Beast
美女が野獣
7.26
5,752 rank · 5,693 readers · 58 favorites
Shoujo
Comedy
Romance
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Synopsis
Eimi Yamashita moves into a girls' dormitory, discovering unexpected romantic adventures in this high-school manga.
When bubbly eleventh-grader Eimi Yamashita finds out that her parents are relocating for work, she decides to strike out on her own and move into a dormitory for girls. Little does Eimi suspect the exciting romantic adventures that await her there! (Source: VIZ Media) Included one-shot: Volume 5: Kai-kin
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 9 sampled reviews
6.3
/10
What 9 readers settled on.
86%
recommend
Score distribution
median 7
mode 7
σ 2.11
Agreement
Polarized
σ 2.11 · split reception
The polarity gap
6.5 pts
Recommenders 7.5 · others 1.0
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Score over time
↑ 5.33
Running avg · Jan 2008 → Feb 2022
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 8 “This manga's actually a good quick read. I have been always looking for shoujo mangas wherein the protagonist is laidback and has strong convictions or ideals - in comparison to other shoujo mangas...”
- 7 “I think that Beauty is the Beast was really good due to the fact that it's different. At first, I was afraid that it was going to be another typical shoujo manga and usually I don't read manga with...”
- 7 “On the opposite of the other reviews so far, the story being "all over the place" didn't bother me a bit, neither was it confusing. It made you familiar with all the other characters along with the...”
Verbosity
Short · 78%
Medium · 11%
Long · 11%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 29 × 5 ch × vol
- Total read 3h 52m approx
- Published May 2002 – Dec 2004
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M0600 catalog