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Beauty is the Beast, Vol. 4 by Tomo Matsumoto, Tomo Kimura

kricketa's review against another edition

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3.0

this book taught me that, in manga, nosebleeds are used to symbolize powerful lust. OMG. awesome.

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2.0

the last volume in the series and i have no idea what happened. seriously: this one does not make ANY SENSE AT ALL.
which i guess was the case in vol. 4 too. one she stopped focusing on the dorm-girl hijinks and tried to make it a tortured love story, things went downhill quickly.

mekeisha's review against another edition

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adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

jljaina's review against another edition

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3.0

Barely 3 stars...

Overall a bit better than the first book but still not impressed. Many characters have this "lost" look that makes them too similar. Eimi still has an impressionable character and she is the main protagonist! The first couple chapters were the best but the last two were extremely dull. For such a short series, I wish there was less focus on the secondary characters. Especially when none of them are being developed well.

jljaina's review against another edition

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2.0

Disappointing. It takes a lot for me to drop a manga series. Especially one so short. This was the third manga of this five volume series. And after finishing this one, I am done with the series. This was the worst of them. More characters are introduced and they are just like past characters! Similar, bland, indistinct in looks and personality. There are also weird shifts in this manga that didn't make any sense. I was so bored reading this. I was stuck at a park and this was all I had with me. If I had brought any other book I would have stopped after the first chapter. Alas, I didn't so a dragged myself through this muddled mess. But no more!

jljaina's review against another edition

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2.0

This took me awhile to get into. Still not sure what I think. The art is okay. Not the greatest but some bad parts are intentional, therefore leaving mixed thoughts. At first, the characters made no sense and they just started to toward the end. So the first 2 chapters had my nearly DNFing it. Honestly I thought I would push through this volume but that would be it. This ended at an okay enough level to be willing to continue, since it is a short series.

wishfulfillment's review against another edition

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3.0

I like the protagonist and how well she understood her own attraction. I like her roommate and their friend, and how out-of-the-box both the roommate and friend were in terms of their characterization (one is very into what people look like and the other is into lacey underwear???) The love interest was interesting and the scenes with him were nice. But I needed a plot, much more detail, smoother transitions, and ongoing conflicts, where there aren't any, so this series is not for me.

sarahc_98's review against another edition

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4.0

I'm a sucker for stories where the bad boy is just a misunderstood sweetheart, and the girl is a goofy clueless-wonder who has a knack for seeing everyone for who they truly are. I can't wait for the next volumes to come!

lobstergal's review against another edition

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3.0

This is a what the crap ending. What the crap, it was like the author was like, "I'm bored drawing and done." anticlimactic

soulwinds's review against another edition

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4.0

Shimonuki (Simone) is still crushing on Eimi and trying to win her over. He discovers how innocent she is and that Wanibuchi is dating an older woman. Super cute....Wanibuchi is still 'eye candy' for the girls...Still a little disappointed with the quality of the art at times, but it's still a good read.