12 Beast

12 Beast
Cover of the first Japanese volume
トゥエルヴビースト (Tueruvu Bīsuto)
Genre	Action Adventure
Manga
Written by	Okayado
Published by	Fujimi Shobo
English publisher	^US Seven Seas Entertainment
Demographic	Shōnen
Magazine	Monthly Dragon Age
Original run	November 9, 2013 (volume 1) – ongoing
Volumes	3

12 Beast (トゥエルヴビースト Tueruvu Bīsuto) is an ongoing Japanese action adventure seinen manga series written and illustrated by Okayado.^{[lower-alpha 1]} It is published by Fujimi Shobo, and began serialization in the Age Premium magazine. When Age Premium was shut down, it transferred to Monthly Dragon Age.^[2] The chapters have been compiled into three tankōbon volumes as of August 2015.^[3] It is published in English by Seven Seas Entertainment.^[4]

Characters

• Eita Touga: A teenage boy who just wants to be left alone to play video games.^[5]
• Aero: A female Harpy who asks Eita to help her save her world, the Re-verse.^[5]
• Jawea: A female Harpy war leader who has her doubts about Eita, but joins him nonetheless.
• Asterio: A female Minotaur and master blacksmith who forges a new gauntlet for Eita and later joins him on his quest as well.^[6]
• Steela

Volumes

No.	Japanese release date	Japanese ISBN	English release date	English ISBN
1	November 9, 2013[7]	ISBN 978-4-04-712932-0	April 14, 2015[8]	ISBN 978-1-626921-77-1
2	September 9, 2014[9]	ISBN 978-4-04-070173-8	July 7, 2015[8]	ISBN 978-1-626921-78-8
3	August 8, 2015[10]	ISBN 978-4-04-070664-1	February 9, 2016[8]	ISBN 978-1-626922-61-7
4	—	—	September 13, 2016[8]	ISBN 978-1-626923-12-6

Reception

On Anime News Network, Rebecca Silverman gave volume one an overall grade of C, calling the story generic and textbook. She found the art to be interesting and that the characters distinctive, comparing the series to Okayado's Monster Musume characters. ^[5] Also on Anime News Network, Lynzee Lamb listed the series at number four on a list of "7 Manga for Monster Girl Lovers".^[11]

Two volumes of the English translation have made it onto the New York Times Manga Best Sellers list:

• Volume 2 stayed for one week, debuting at number 3.^[12]
• Volume 3 stayed for two weeks, debuting at number 3.^[13]

See also

• Monster Musume, another manga series by the same author

Notes

1. Okayado is the pen name of Takemaru Inui.^[1]

References

1. Green, Scott (22 August 2015). ""Monster Musume" Author Draws Characters Cosplaying as Voice Actress' Other Roles". Crunchyroll. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
2. "Age Premium Online Manga Magazine Shuts Down". Anime News Network. July 8, 2015. Retrieved July 8, 2015.
3. "12BEAST". Fujimi Shobo (in Japanese). Retrieved August 18, 2015.
4. "Seven Seas Licenses 12 Beast, Servamp Manga". Anime News Network. July 30, 2014. Retrieved August 18, 2015.
5. Silverman, Rebecca (April 26, 2015). "12 Beast GN 1". Anime News Network. Retrieved April 30, 2015.
6. 12 Beast Chapter 6
7. "12BEAST 1". Fujimi Shobo (in Japanese). Retrieved August 18, 2015.
8. "12 Beast". Seven Seas Entertainment. Retrieved August 18, 2015.
9. "12BEAST 2". Fujimi Shobo (in Japanese). Retrieved August 18, 2015.
10. "12BEAST 3". Fujimi Shobo (in Japanese). Retrieved August 18, 2015.
11. Lamb, Lynzee (March 28, 2015). "7 Manga for Monster Girl Lovers". Anime News Network. Retrieved April 30, 2015.
12. • "Best Sellers - Manga". The New York Times. 2 August 2015. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
13. • "Best Sellers - Manga". The New York Times. 6 March 2016. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
    • "Best Sellers - Manga". The New York Times. 13 March 2016. Retrieved 4 March 2016.

External links

• 12 Beast (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia