A reasonable manga of the Disney film, thankfully without the song and dance numbers, but still a little childishly slushy, with lots of side profile images of Belle looking winsome and fawning.

This is a manga comic of the new Beauty and the Beast non-cartoon movie. I haven't seen the film yet, but I could definitely see changes in this graphic novel from the stories before it. Belle's background is filled in more concerning her parents, especially her mother. Also, she seems more intelligent and outgoing. She stands up for what she thinks is right, and she's the hero of the story. In most of the traditional Disney tales, the princess has to be saved by a prince, but Belle does most of the saving in these scenarios. Reading this was enjoyable for me.

This manga is a very short retelling of the 2017 movie version of Beauty and the Beast. The art style is super simplistic and a lot of the original story has been cut down and summarized to fit into one volume. I didn't care for this version so much because it made the story seem shallow with most of the major plot development cut out of it. I did like the art style, though. It was cute.

I did not like how each page was covered in a water mark. Afraid someone will copy it perhaps? I just found it annoying

This is beautiful! I loved this. I can't wait to get my hands on a physical copy. I love the new take (based off the new movie) and I love the Manga adaptation! This is a new favorite of mine. LOVE!

I love Beauty and the Beast so even though I have seen the movie I was very interested when I saw these Manga pop up on Netgalley. I love the covers - they match up and look like Belle and Beast are looking at each other and while the review copies have a GIANT watermark on them through the pages, I very much enjoyed the illustration throughout.

In Belle's story, you get a lot of the same tale as the movies - you follow Belle as she becomes a prisoner, tries to escape, and falls for Beast. The manga did take a few liberties in that you get some more of Belle's thoughts as well as dialogue, which was nice and there was also a very interesting Epilogue.

I already have The Beast's Tale loaded up and I am excited to finally see this tale from his point of view. I think that if you are a fan of Beauty and the Beast this is a great thing to add to your collection, but do note that if you have not seen the movie, this book is really a print version of it (the current remake).

Copy received through NetGalley

I am reviewing both volumes in one.

This was my first experience with Manga, and it was really fun. I loved the style of the art work.
I had an interesting experience with the way it was told, it took me a while to get accustomed to the story in this form (I am somewhat emotionally attached to the cartoon version), but I liked it overall. Getting the Beast's side of the story in Vol. II was an awesome follow-up, the two volumes compliment each other well. I really enjoyed them.

I liked this better than the new cinematic version but not as much as the original Disney movie or fairy tale. This contains Besutiful illustrations and dialogue from the 2017 movie.

I have thoroughly enjoyed this beautiful manga. I usually don't read mangas but since this was about one of my favourite tales ever I had to see what this was about and I'm so happy I did. It is well executed and simply wonderful. I enjoyed Belle's POV and cannot wait to read volume II.
I'll definitely be purchasing it in the future.

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This is a two volume middle-grade, direct adaptation of Disney's 2017 film "The Beauty and the Beast" in manga format. I'm reviewing both volumes together because I don't see the need for separate reviews for either book. Volume 1: Belle's Tale is told entirely in Belle's point of view and Volume 2 from the Beast's.

This is definitely intended for younger readers as there isn't a lot of complexity or depth to the storylines and it is very quick reading. Reading from an adult's point of view it falls flat and I wasn't feeling the magic, even though it sticks close to the movie. The prologue in Volume two was a bit strange and felt tacked on.

Overall, the graphics were nice but I wasn't blown away and I preferred the Beast's point of view to Belle's. It's a nice companion to the movie but not a necessary one unless your kids are die-hard fans.

*Thank-you Mallory Reaves, Netgalley & TokyoPop for the ARC.

Awesome book. I loved the different point of views for each book. It was well done and followed the new movie very, very closely.

Ahh.. this was beautiful. This was my first ever Manga read and I didn't knew this before picking this up. Obviously I didn't knew beforehand about manga so I had some trouble reading it at first. But after some research, I was on track, and oh boy it was exactly as the movie (minus songs and detailed graphics). I would strongly recommend to read this only if you have watched the Disney's new Beauty and the Beast movie (released in 2017), otherwise you might miss the charm of it.

The story is the classic beauty and the beast so nothing new at that front. This is a two books series. This book is from the Belle's POV while the other is from Beast's POV (which I am still to read). It was refreshing to read the story through Belle's mind.

The illustrations in the book were beautiful. They were so close to the movie. I liked the illustrated beast very much and the library was beautiful. There were some illustrations that were not much clear. Some scenes just jumped to other, which is difficult to understand if you haven't already watched the movie. But most of the art is good. This was a quick read and I finished it in just an hour.

I highly recommend it to all the Beauty and the Beast lovers out there :)

I really loved to see the Story of Beauty and the Beast come alive in this one.
After reading it this form, I really want to buy the Prinz Edition to put it on my shelfs and be able to read it again and again.

It was nice to view the pictures. It really illustrates the characters well. I know the story well so it was rrally enjoyable to read it in this format.

When I saw this graphic novel I knew that I just had to read it. Beauty and the Beast is and will always be my favorite Disney story. With all of that said, I will admit I was a little disappointed. I felt like it was a complete copy of the new movie with no new motivations attributed to the characters. I would have loved to have had the inside perspective of Belle and unfortunately this book did not give me that.

The artwork was well done but not awe inspiring. Ultimately, it was a very quick and pleasant read but I do not feel the need to read the next one.

★★/☆☆☆ 2 Stars for this almost step-by-step copy of the new Disney movie.

First of all, a big thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for giving me a free digital copy to read and give a honest review.

Just a small warning if you don't know the fairytale of haven't watched the movie, my review will contain some minor spoilers!

I was very excited when I saw this manga on Netgalley and already looked forward to writing a pretty review. The cover is beautiful and I really like the story and the new Disney movie. Alas, my excitement waned quite a bit when I started reading Belle's Tale. The art looked half-hearted on a lot of pages, some were very nicely done with pretty backgrounds but a lot of pages only had the characters in them and it felt very lifeless.

Except for some scenes it mostly felt like scenes directly taken from the movie, sans background, with little insight into Belle's thought which was what the manga promised. Belle's thoughts and feelings were flat and made her appear even more lifeless than the missing background did. In fairytales the background is important to me, because it conveys the feeling of the world being magical with the right setting but let's move on from complaining about the white backgrounds.
The art itself was pretty, give the author a few more years to practice and it will be absolutely wonderful!

What also bothered me was that some scenes where missing and the dialogue made them out to be there. If you know the movie that's no problem but if not it's a bit weird. For example when the Beast says, "Be my guest, go ahead and starve!". End of scene. And Belle later replies and being offered dinner by one of the enchanted servants that, "But he said if she doesn't eat with me she doesn't eat at all." He did say it in the movie but that scene was simply missing in the manga.
Another scene that appeared to be not as thought through was the one where Belle is chased by wolfs. Belle stands in one panel in front of the horse when she spots the wolfs, it's the scene that's used in picture books and it's also in the movie, but in the next panel she's on the horse again. The panel doesn't make that much sense in the spot it was placed because the scene is from when a wolf bites the horse's leg and Belle falls of.

All in all I didn't really enjoy reading it, mostly because I missed the character depth, Belle's innermost thoughts, but the few times the reader is given one of Belle's thoughts they feel flat. The other thing that really bothered me, as anyone who read my review knows, were the multiple blank backgrounds and characters floating in nothingness.

I was looking this over to see if I could add it (and the Beast one) to our Children's Room collection, since they're listed as teen. I found them very difficult to follow, with the direction of the panels and the dialog balloons changing frequently. Many parts would have made no sense if I hadn't just seen the movie, such as the invention she's using to wash the clothes, there only a few disconnected images of it and I don't think someone who hadn't seen the movie could piece it together. I really like the concept of books from each of the points of view, but the execution just wasn't very good.

I always love reading different versions of Beauty and the Beast!!

I received a free advanced e-copy from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

This manga goes with the movie released this year.

I loved reading this in both Belle and the Beasts voice. I loved the movie and this manga series too!