Cover of The Boy and The Beast

English releases on file: Feb 23, 2016 – Feb 26, 2019.

The Boy and The Beast

4 volumes

There is the the human realm and the bakemono realm ("Jūtengai"). In these two worlds which must not intersect, there lives a lonely boy in Tokyo's Shibuya ward and a lonely bakemono. One day, the boy gets lost in the bakemono world, becomes the disciple of the bakemono Kumatetsu, and is renamed Kyūta. (from movie)

Volumes
4 in the canonical sequence
English packaging
4 books, 9 releases
Publishers
Yen Press
Also known as
Bakemono no Ko, バケモノの子

Reading path

Yen Press · 4 books in reading order

Cover of The Boy and The Beast Vol 1
Vol. 1
Feb 23, 2016Print + Digital
Cover of The Boy and The Beast Vol 2
Vol. 2
Sep 27, 2016Print + Digital
Cover of The Boy and The Beast Vol 3
Vol. 3
Mar 21, 2017Print + Digital
Cover of The Boy and The Beast Vol 4
Vol. 4
Dec 11, 2018Print + Digital

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