# The King's Beast

The King's Beast (Japanese: 王の獣, Hepburn: Ō no Kemono) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Rei Toma. Set in the same world as Toma's previous work Dawn of the Arcana, the series was serialized in Shogakukan's Cheese! magazine from January 2019 to January 2025, with the series' individual chapters collected into seventeen volumes.

## Characters
### Ko Rangetsu (胡 藍月)

    Voiced by: Mariya Ise (vomic)

### Tenyou (天輝, Tenyō)

    Voiced by: Kaito Ishikawa (vomic)

### Taihaku (太博)

    Voiced by: Yuma Uchida (vomic)

### Reiun (麗雲)

    Voiced by: Yuichi Nakamura (vomic)

### Youbi (謡尾, Yōbi)

    Voiced by: Ayumu Murase (vomic)

## Media
### Manga

Written and illustrated by Rei Toma, the series was serialized in Shogakukan's Cheese! magazine from January 24, 2019 to January 24, 2025. Shogakukan published the series' individual chapters in seventeen tankōbon volumes.
In July 2020, Viz Media announced that they licensed the series for English publication. On May 9, 2023, Viz Media launched their Viz Manga digital manga service, with the series' chapters receiving simultaneous English publication in North America as they are released in Japan.
The series is also licensed in Indonesia by Elex Media Komputindo.

#### Volume list

| No. | Original release date | Original ISBN | English release date | English ISBN |
| 1 | September 26, 2019 | 978-4-09-870627-3 | February 2, 2021 | 978-1-9747-2054-5 |
| 2 | September 26, 2019 | 978-4-09-870628-0 | May 4, 2021 | 978-1-9747-2062-0 |
| 3 | January 24, 2020 | 978-4-09-870798-0 | August 3, 2021 | 978-1-9747-2081-1 |
| 4 | June 10, 2020 | 978-4-09-871002-7 | November 2, 2021 | 978-1-9747-2302-7 |
| 5 | September 25, 2020 | 978-4-09-871080-5 | February 1, 2022 | 978-1-9747-2303-4 |
| 6 | February 25, 2021 | 978-4-09-871252-6 | May 3, 2022 | 978-1-9747-2904-3 |
| 7 | June 25, 2021 | 978-4-09-871322-6 | August 2, 2022 | 978-1-9747-2905-0 |
| 8 | October 26, 2021 | 978-4-09-871511-4 | November 1, 2022 | 978-1-9747-3393-4 |
| 9 | February 25, 2022 | 978-4-09-871576-3 | February 7, 2023 | 978-1-9747-3623-2 |
| 10 | June 24, 2022 | 978-4-09-871645-6 | May 2, 2023 | 978-1-9747-3857-1 |
| 11 | October 26, 2022 | 978-4-09-871838-2 | October 3, 2023 | 978-1-9747-4068-0 |
| 12 | March 24, 2023 | 978-4-09-871895-5 | March 5, 2024 | 978-1-9747-4368-1 |
| 13 | July 26, 2023 | 978-4-09-872253-2 | June 4, 2024 | 978-1-9747-4637-8 |
| 14 | December 26, 2023 | 978-4-09-872449-9 | December 3, 2024 | 978-1-9747-4983-6 |
| 15 | April 25, 2024 | 978-4-09-872633-2 | May 6, 2025 | 978-1-9747-5491-5 |
| 16 | August 26, 2024 | 978-4-09-872761-2 | — | — |
| 17 | February 26, 2025 | 978-4-09-873012-4 | — | — |

### Other media

A voice comic adaptation was released on the Flower Comics YouTube channel on June 24, 2021. It featured the performances of Mariya Ise, Kaito Ishikawa, Yuma Uchida, Yuichi Nakamura, Ayumu Murase.

## Reception

Rebecca Silverman from Anime News Network praised the story and use of silent panels, though she felt that some of the characters were too similar. Danica Davidson from Otaku USA praised the story and artwork. John C. Smith from Comic Book Resources praised the artwork and characters, though he felt the story shared many similarities to other shōjo manga. Gina DiGiovancarlo, also from Comic Book Resources, likened the series' storytelling to that of the Chinese folk tale Mulan.
In 2022, the series was nominated for the 68th Shogakukan Manga Award in the shōjo manga category.