The Boy and the Beast, Vol. 1 - manga (The Boy and the Beast (Manga), 1)

This manga follows the movie well, there are some shoots drawn better in this then the movie and vise versa. For those who are interested on where it ends in this volume I'll go ahead and tell you since its not really spoiling anything. It ends right after Kyuta decides that he wants to be Kumatestu's apprentice and eats the rice with raw eggs. I don't really see it defining itself from the movie yet like the hard cover book did but that's not a bad thing and its still really early to tell because this is just volume 1. I kind of hope the try to add a little more story to some area's that the movie and the book didn't touch so we can enjoy the bond between them a little longer while he's still a kid but I wont be too upset if they don't because its a good story non the less. If you loved the movie, you'll like the manga it was a nice little purchase that I've enjoyed.

I have really enjoyed this series!!!

Absolutely fantastic. Can't wait for the next volume to be released.

Beautifully portrayed. Art is fantastic!!! I'll definitely buy Volume 2.

Mamoru Hosoda's work is absolutely awesome, the manga adaptions of his work are also, very awesome, I bought both the novel adaption and the manga adaptation for The Boy and the Beast and even thought I have yet to read the novel, I loved this manga adaption, unfortunately no theaters where playing this close to where I lived so I caved and bought these before seeing the movie, when I saw Summer Wars (which is another fantastic movie and great manga adaptation to go along with the movie) I saw the movie first then read the manga, The Boy and the Beast is amazing, like all of Mamoru Hosoda's stories, it has a ton of heart, beautiful artwork, beautiful story, wonderful unforgettable characters, amazing action sequences, the list goes on and on, and Renji Asai's artwork feels like watching a movie, so I urge you to check this manga adaption out! It's worth it!