The Beautiful Deity
| The Beautiful Deity | |
| File:The Beautiful Deity volume one cover.jpg First tankōbon volume cover | |
| 美しいばけもの (Utsukushii Bakemono) | |
|---|---|
| Genre | |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Yomoko Yamamoto |
| Published by | Square Enix |
| Magazine | Monthly GFantasy |
| Original run | November 18, 2022 – February 18, 2025 |
| Volumes | 3 |
The Beautiful Deity (Japanese: 美しいばけもの, Hepburn: Utsukushii Bakemono) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yomoko Yamamoto. It was serialized in Square Enix's shōnen manga magazine Monthly GFantasy from November 2022 to February 2025, with its chapters collected in three tankōbon volumes.
Plot
[edit | edit source]In a small mountain village, the prevailing bad weather forces the people to carry out their ancient tradition and offer sacrifices to the Great Wolf God to ward off misfortune. In an attempt to protect the village from the long winter, they decide to offer a little slave boy as a "human sacrifice". The young boy, an orphan who was abused by the villagers, happily accepts his fate and, instead of being devoured by the deity, embarks on a mysterious and tense journey with him that gradually brings the little boy and the Great Wolf God, who have always been alone, closer together.
Publication
[edit | edit source]Written and illustrated by Yomoko Yamamoto, The Beautiful Deity was serialized in Square Enix's shōnen manga magazine Monthly GFantasy from November 18, 2022,[a] to February 18, 2025.[b] Square Enix collected its chapters into three tankōbon volumes, released from June 27, 2023.[10] to April 25, 2025.[11]
Volumes
[edit | edit source]| No. | Japanese release date | Japanese ISBN |
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| 1 | June 27, 2023[12] | Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). |
| 2 | July 26, 2024[13] | Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). |
| 3 | April 25, 2025[14] | Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). |
Notes
[edit | edit source]- ^ It started in the magazine's December issue of 2022 (cover date),[4][5] which was released on November 18.[6]
- ^ It ended in the magazine's March issue of 2025 (cover date),[7] which was released on February 18.[8][9]
References
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Further reading
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Official manga website (in Japanese)
- The Beautiful Deity at Anime News Network's encyclopedia