


The plot revolves around a character using a love potion to essentially drug the person they have affections towards. “Alan & Eddington” is the first story, and it doesn’t give this book a good start.

Given that The Wize Wize Beasts of The Wizarding Wizdoms is a collection of short stories, I’m going to give my thoughts on each individual story and my overall thoughts at the end.

Because the worldbuilding comes from the characters themselves, it felt organic to the short story being told. There’s lots of good worldbuilding in these stories. They build their own magical academy, naming it Wizdom’s after their creators. Once upon a time, as the story states, beings called Wize Wizards – presumably human – chose to “bestow the shape and intellect of humans upon beasts.” These Demi-humans live mostly separated from humans and build their own society. Nagabe’s The Girl From The Other Side is a great manga that needs more readership for its wonderful art and dark fantasy. So here comes a fantasy boys’ love book by Nagabe, an artist I really enjoy, that sounds interesting even as a non-furry. I don’t have anything against boys’ love either the story doesn’t interest me, or it gets dibbed by another reviewer before I can claim it (as a journalism major, I should read Candy Color Paradox). I think it’s important to get out of one’s comfort zone every once in a while, and for this review that meant finally reading a boys’ love manga. Sometimes a little unclear dark areas of the art seem clumsy and facialĮxpressions and forms are hard to make out.The Wize Wize Beasts Of The Wizarding Wizdoms Review Nod to old-school engravings or ink sketches. Regarding the book’s art style, it’s quirky and charming, a That these devices are used to enhance romantic storylines, instead of being Is confronted, and his actions are called cowardly, however it still saddens me Obsessive, possessive behaviour, justifying violations of consent, and a Themes which the yaoi genre has difficulty shaking off: the romanticizing of except that it’s included in a Boys’ Love manga. A relationship which seems innocent enough The rabbit who drugs his love-interest, or the crow who’s secretively obsessiveĪnd manipulative, or the relationship between a very old and large teacher andĪ very young and small student. Of kissing, or the teacher who offers support to the school nurse, a male In the winter, or the two mischievous vampire bats who discover the pleasures Stories are cute, like the deer student who helps his lizard roommate keep warm It contains eight short stories about eight different couples. Love manga about anthropomorphic creatures that inhabit a magic boarding The Wize Wize Beasts of the Wizarding Wizdoms is a Boys’
