Beauty and the Beast of Paradise Lost #5
| Writer | Kaori Yuki |
| Artist | Kaori Yuki |
| Cover Price | $12.99 |
Young and rambunctious Belle insists on going out to play in the forbidden woods, but her adventurous streak abruptly ends when her mother is spirited away by a beast known to kidnap beautiful women. Twisted by the loss of his wife, Belle's father keeps his daughter, who has unusual, violet hair, locked away in an effort to "protect" her from prying eyes. Finally emerging after years of solitude, Belle ventures back into the woods where she lost her mother and encounters the beast once more.
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8.0
Anime UK News - Onosume
Feb 01, 2023Despite some flaws, I honestly loved this final volume of Beauty and the Beast of Paradise Lost, as it pulls off an excellent finale that satisfyingly answers all our questions and ties up all the mysteries neatly with a bow, all the while allowing its fantastic cast of characters to thrive on the page and show who they truly are. While it does have its dips here and there, this has been a really good series to read through and Id highly recommend it to anyone looking for a unique, dark and mysterious take on the popular fairy tale. Read Full Review
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6.0
The Graphic Library - Sara Campbell
Aug 13, 2025Perhaps in an effort to depart from the fairy tale source material, this ending takes a wild turn into surreal territory, mixes in time travel and celestial-ism, and, for me, sort of ruins the rest of the series. I'm not sure why there needed to be such a leap in the last 100 pages of this volume, but I really would have enjoyed the series more if it had been more of a retelling of the fairy tale. The explanation was extremely rushed and disjointed, as if Yuki was cramming a whole volume's worth of exposition and exploration into a chapter or two. I enjoyed the first four volumes, and Yuki's illustrations are gorgeous. Unfortunately, because the ending sought to weave itself throughout the series and explain, moments going back to the beginning, the ending left me highly dissatisfied, and I sort of wish I hadn't read the last half of this volume. Read Full Review
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