The Boy and the Beast
English Title: The Boy and the Beast
Japanese Title: バケモノの子 — Bakemono no Ko — Child of the Monster
Author: Mamoru Hosoda
Illustrator: Takaaki Yamashita, Geko Hirasawa
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Genre: Fantasy, Adventure
Original Run: 2015
English Run: 2016
Volumes: 1
English Publisher: Yen Press
Volumes Published in English: 1 (COMPLETE)
Average Price Per Volume: Hardcover – $13
The Boy and the Beast
Synopsis: Tokyo’s a big city–big enough that it’s easy for a grieving boy like Ren to slip through the cracks. But Ren slips a little farther than he meant to, tumbling into the beast world of Jutengai! He ends up with a new name–Kyuta–and a new life learning the way of the sword as the apprentice of the bear Kumatetsu. Kumatetsu’s got problems of his own, though, and the boy and the beast may have more to learn from each other than they realize. But the boy’s arrival in the realm of the beasts has put both their worlds in danger, and they’re going to need more than life lessons to face it!
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Similar Protagonist (character sent to a fantasy world): Alice in the Country of Diamonds, Brave Story, The Pirate and the Princess, The Twelve Kingdoms
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