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“Zoophobic Asuka searches for his mother in London, joins beast-protecting organization, and meets dream girl—who's a giant, hostile dog.”
Bestia
Bestia
6.59
16,541 rank · 1,200 readers · 11 favorites
Shounen
Action
Mystery
Supernatural
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Synopsis
Zoophobic Asuka searches for his mother in London, joins beast-protecting organization, and meets dream girl—who's a giant, hostile dog.
Asuka Tsukasa has an irrational fear of animals, especially dogs, which makes studying abroad in London, city of dog lovers, a bit of a challenge for him. There, in his vanished mother's hometown, he hopes to find a clue to her whereabouts and to meet the mysterious smiling girl from his dreams. But life only gets harder for this zoophobe when he's invited to join a secret organization that seeks to coexist with fantastical beasts and protect the world from the ones that go out of control. At least he gets to meet that girl, though she turns out to be a giant, snarling dog, who wants nothing more than to tear him to shreds! (Source: Yen Press)
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6.5
/10
What 2 readers settled on.
50%
recommend
Score distribution
median 6.5
mode 6
σ 0.50
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σ 0.50 · scores cluster tight
The polarity gap
1.0 pts
Recommenders 7.0 · others 6.0
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Running avg · Dec 2021 → Jul 2023
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· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 7 “This is a story that could have been big but it wasn't. The characters are great and the art is good BUT, the story is just ok. I feel like they should have kept everything but the story and they...”
- 6 “tl;dr: A decent start to a manga that collapses after rushing to a clearly forced ending. This manga is centered around cryptids and their handlers. The term cryptid is generally used with...”
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A Manga Publication
- Format 12 × 3 ch × vol
- Total read 1h 36m approx
- Published Jun 2018 – Nov 2020
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M54273 catalog