Beauty and the Beast of Paradise Lost #3

Kaori Yuki's dark fairy-tale retelling continues with this third volume, its cover adorned with a silver-haired figure in pale blue surrounded by delicate blue butterflies — a hauntingly elegant image that balances fragility and something quietly unsettling. The muted, dreamlike palette and Yuki's expressive linework give the art an ethereal quality perfectly suited to a story drawing on the gothic romance of its source material. At $12.99, this 2021 Kodansha USA release is a compelling addition to a series that wears its eerie beauty right on its sleeve.