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The Wize Wize Beasts of the Wizarding Wizdoms
Whimsical tales of anthropomorphic beasts in love from Nagabe, the bestselling creator of The Girl from the Other Side!
Hidden away deep within the woods, far from the prying eyes of the world, lies the Wizdom’s School of Wizarding. There beasts of all kinds gather to live, to learn, and to love. From everyday animals to fantastical creatures, these BL stories are told with a realistic and light-hearted touch.
Hidden away deep within the woods, far from the prying eyes of the world, lies the Wizdom’s School of Wizarding. There beasts of all kinds gather to live, to learn, and to love. From everyday animals to fantastical creatures, these BL stories are told with a realistic and light-hearted touch.
222 pages, Paperback
First published October 16, 2018
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About the author
Nagabe
39 books891 followersPlease also see ながべ.
He studied Fine Arts at Musashino University. At first, he was more interested in illustration, printmaking, and painting than in manga. However, when he considered the best way to make a living from his art, he decided to focus on the world of Japanese comics and trained himself, rather than the usual approach of working for several years as an apprentice to an experienced manga artist.
He was still a student when his first work, The Boss Is an Onee, was published. He soon attracted attention for his distinctive drawing style, his fantastical and melancholic plots, and his use of fantasy characters and anthropomorphic animals.
He studied Fine Arts at Musashino University. At first, he was more interested in illustration, printmaking, and painting than in manga. However, when he considered the best way to make a living from his art, he decided to focus on the world of Japanese comics and trained himself, rather than the usual approach of working for several years as an apprentice to an experienced manga artist.
He was still a student when his first work, The Boss Is an Onee, was published. He soon attracted attention for his distinctive drawing style, his fantastical and melancholic plots, and his use of fantasy characters and anthropomorphic animals.
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February 4, 2020
It was kind of funny reading this between volumes 1 and 2 of Beastars; it made me feel like Wizdoms was the gay Hogwarts of this anthropomorphic world. The students at Cherryton are living the normal Muggle teen life (you know: sex, jealousy, drama, self-loathing...).
This is a series of short vignettes or character sketches, set in the same school but with very little overlap. It is excellently executed, but I hope if it becomes a series there will be a bit more story.
This is a series of short vignettes or character sketches, set in the same school but with very little overlap. It is excellently executed, but I hope if it becomes a series there will be a bit more story.
October 8, 2019
This is composed of eight short stories that take place in the same fantasy world. Main characters from some stories occasionally have cameo appearances in other stories. If I had to briefly describe this volume, I'd say it's slice-of-life m/m Hogwarts by way of Zootopia.
I really wanted to love this. Honestly, I expected to love this. It's by the creator of The Girl From the Other Side, a series I've enjoyed so far (I've read the first four volumes), the furries on the cover looked appealing, and I'd heard it was sweet.
Some of the stories were sweet. I count the story involving the bear and human (young wizard?) and the story about the deer and lizard in that category. The story about the unicorn and the griffon was nice too - not necessarily sweet, but certainly warm. Although I would have liked it to go on just a bit longer, long enough to confirm that the unicorn had definitely finally found someone he could trust.
The characters weren't just humans who looked like animals - they all retained some of their animal characteristics, which often played a part in the volume's stories. Usually it was little things: the unicorn could tell whether someone was a virgin or not, and the peacock fanned out his magnificent feathers whenever he went out courting. In some stories, however, the characters' animal characteristics played a bigger role. I enjoyed this in the story about the deer and the lizard - it took place in winter and featured a snuggling arrangement between the coldblooded lizard and his warmblooded roommate. However, things got a little too intense for me during the story about the bats (food regurgitation that morphs into the beginnings of sexual exploration) and the story about the wolf and the goat (the line between "I want you" and "I want to eat you for lunch" is distressingly thin).
There were three stories I didn't like. The very first story was one of those: a hare slipped his secret crush, a more academically gifted Siamese cat, a love potion designed to make him do whatever the hare wanted him to do, fall asleep, and then wake up with no memory of what happened. So, basically a magical date rape drug. The hare only used it to get a kiss (there is no sex in this volume, just occasional kisses), but it still grossed me out. The other story I really disliked was the one about the peacock and the crow. What the crow did was neither sweet nor okay. I found myself hoping that the peacock would eventually discover what he'd done and ditch him. The story about the dragon teacher and his much younger orphaned dragon student didn't quite cross my personal lines - the dragon teacher didn't act on his budding feelings and hadn't even yet realized how he felt - but I disliked Nagabe's presentation of the teacher's feelings as sweet and romantic.
I really liked Nagabe's character designs and artwork, and I liked a couple of the stories enough to want to reread them. I just wish I'd liked the overall volume more. Also, wow, this has a lot of unrequited love.
Extras:
Each story includes two info boxes about the animals the main characters were based on. The volume ends with eight four-panel comics, one for each story in volume, as well as a comic-style afterword by Nagabe that's very much "I love furries, and so will you!"
Rating Note:
That's my 3 stars of "ehh, I don't know" rating right there.
(Original review posted on A Library Girl's Familiar Diversions.)
I really wanted to love this. Honestly, I expected to love this. It's by the creator of The Girl From the Other Side, a series I've enjoyed so far (I've read the first four volumes), the furries on the cover looked appealing, and I'd heard it was sweet.
Some of the stories were sweet. I count the story involving the bear and human (young wizard?) and the story about the deer and lizard in that category. The story about the unicorn and the griffon was nice too - not necessarily sweet, but certainly warm. Although I would have liked it to go on just a bit longer, long enough to confirm that the unicorn had definitely finally found someone he could trust.
The characters weren't just humans who looked like animals - they all retained some of their animal characteristics, which often played a part in the volume's stories. Usually it was little things: the unicorn could tell whether someone was a virgin or not, and the peacock fanned out his magnificent feathers whenever he went out courting. In some stories, however, the characters' animal characteristics played a bigger role. I enjoyed this in the story about the deer and the lizard - it took place in winter and featured a snuggling arrangement between the coldblooded lizard and his warmblooded roommate. However, things got a little too intense for me during the story about the bats (food regurgitation that morphs into the beginnings of sexual exploration) and the story about the wolf and the goat (the line between "I want you" and "I want to eat you for lunch" is distressingly thin).
There were three stories I didn't like. The very first story was one of those: a hare slipped his secret crush, a more academically gifted Siamese cat, a love potion designed to make him do whatever the hare wanted him to do, fall asleep, and then wake up with no memory of what happened. So, basically a magical date rape drug. The hare only used it to get a kiss (there is no sex in this volume, just occasional kisses), but it still grossed me out. The other story I really disliked was the one about the peacock and the crow. What the crow did was neither sweet nor okay. I found myself hoping that the peacock would eventually discover what he'd done and ditch him. The story about the dragon teacher and his much younger orphaned dragon student didn't quite cross my personal lines - the dragon teacher didn't act on his budding feelings and hadn't even yet realized how he felt - but I disliked Nagabe's presentation of the teacher's feelings as sweet and romantic.
I really liked Nagabe's character designs and artwork, and I liked a couple of the stories enough to want to reread them. I just wish I'd liked the overall volume more. Also, wow, this has a lot of unrequited love.
Extras:
Each story includes two info boxes about the animals the main characters were based on. The volume ends with eight four-panel comics, one for each story in volume, as well as a comic-style afterword by Nagabe that's very much "I love furries, and so will you!"
Rating Note:
That's my 3 stars of "ehh, I don't know" rating right there.
(Original review posted on A Library Girl's Familiar Diversions.)
July 22, 2019
Lmao the author's note at the end said "For the Furries and Non-Furries".
I totally didn't know this was written by the author of The Girl From the Other Side. So that's cool. I like their art style a lot. This book was a little strange. Each story was a romance between the different Demi-humans. It was cute for the most part. Not much magic, which I thought it was going to have because it started by talking about them going to a Wizard school. Most of the relationships, if not all, were gay. It was a super quick read and I liked the stories. A cute read.
I totally didn't know this was written by the author of The Girl From the Other Side. So that's cool. I like their art style a lot. This book was a little strange. Each story was a romance between the different Demi-humans. It was cute for the most part. Not much magic, which I thought it was going to have because it started by talking about them going to a Wizard school. Most of the relationships, if not all, were gay. It was a super quick read and I liked the stories. A cute read.
July 11, 2020
i liked the art but hated almost every stories. it was so disgusting to read especially the teacher/student one and the one with the love potion. you promised me a magical school and we saw nearly none of it.
April 8, 2021
Rating this was difficult. There were a lot of stories I liked in this and the art is fantastic.
However, there are some problematic elements in this that make me SUPER uncomfortable like twincest, couples with HUGE age differences (professor and kid from an orphanage), and some consent issues.
However, there are some problematic elements in this that make me SUPER uncomfortable like twincest, couples with HUGE age differences (professor and kid from an orphanage), and some consent issues.
August 31, 2020
Amei e já quero mais ♡
March 12, 2020
Full review here:https://youtu.be/P9JfEgceMSc
This had some highly uncomfortable topics that were shown romantically: sexual assault, grooming, hinted incest, stalking
This had some highly uncomfortable topics that were shown romantically: sexual assault, grooming, hinted incest, stalking
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December 17, 2021I did not realize this was gay furry harry potter when I picked it up.
December 15, 2022
I was such a weird child.
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December 27, 2019Credo sinceramente che Nagabe sia l'unico uomo al mondo in grado di concepire e disegnare una liaison romantica tra una lucertola e un cervo antropomorfi e studenti di una scuola di magia e non è nemmeno vagamente la cosa più matta che gli ho visto fare.
La sua ossessione per gli animali antropomorfi e le loro dolci, sensuali, adolescenziali storie d'amore e d'erotismo interspecie è notoria e ormai sfiora i livelli del feticismo. Suo e mio che mi leggerei qualsiasi sua cosa.
Questa raccolta è tanto accessoria e ombelicale da risultare assolutamente inutile con la sua ambientazione pseudopotteriana e le sue storie coccolose e teneramente sensuali ma:
1- è adorabile
2-ne leggerei volentieri altri 10 volumi così
3-devo sapere se poi professor Grifone e professor Unicorno arrivano al dunque
Nagabe TVB.
La sua ossessione per gli animali antropomorfi e le loro dolci, sensuali, adolescenziali storie d'amore e d'erotismo interspecie è notoria e ormai sfiora i livelli del feticismo. Suo e mio che mi leggerei qualsiasi sua cosa.
Questa raccolta è tanto accessoria e ombelicale da risultare assolutamente inutile con la sua ambientazione pseudopotteriana e le sue storie coccolose e teneramente sensuali ma:
1- è adorabile
2-ne leggerei volentieri altri 10 volumi così
3-devo sapere se poi professor Grifone e professor Unicorno arrivano al dunque
Nagabe TVB.
December 7, 2022
*deep breath*
I saw this whilst I was waiting for my volumes of The Girl from the Other Side to arrive and thought I would try some of Nagabe's other stuff in the meantime.
When I saw this pitched as an anthropological Hogwarts, I was s o l d. Then I saw the art style. No more questions needed to be asked. I picked it up and brought it home....
Dear Reader, she should have brought it home.
First of all, this is FURRY Hogwarts. Which, if you know me, is a hard no. I felt so uncomfortable and couldn't even begin to get on board with the actual narrative even if I wanted to. Imagine feeling the 'ick' on steroids for 200+ pages /with/ visuals? Yeah, no.
Some people also have issues with the instances of sexual assault, stalking, student-teacher romance etc etc in here which I totally understand. I, however, do not think taboo in literature is inherently bad as long as it remains there and is at least somewhat challenged. The book also focuses a lot on the traits and characteristics belonging to each animal and how they compare with each other. I'm going be controversial here, but i'm pretty sure animals do not hold the same moral code as us and that things like like stalking and age-gaps are definitively non-issues.
This book is in need of significant re-marketing ASAP, so that those who find the aforementioned issues problematic and uncomfortable can AVOID and so that those like me who would rather eat a plate of worms than be subject to furries can go and do just that.
1 stars because I loved the art style and the setting. But, saying that, where was the magic?!
*aaand exhale*
I saw this whilst I was waiting for my volumes of The Girl from the Other Side to arrive and thought I would try some of Nagabe's other stuff in the meantime.
When I saw this pitched as an anthropological Hogwarts, I was s o l d. Then I saw the art style. No more questions needed to be asked. I picked it up and brought it home....
Dear Reader, she should have brought it home.
First of all, this is FURRY Hogwarts. Which, if you know me, is a hard no. I felt so uncomfortable and couldn't even begin to get on board with the actual narrative even if I wanted to. Imagine feeling the 'ick' on steroids for 200+ pages /with/ visuals? Yeah, no.
Some people also have issues with the instances of sexual assault, stalking, student-teacher romance etc etc in here which I totally understand. I, however, do not think taboo in literature is inherently bad as long as it remains there and is at least somewhat challenged. The book also focuses a lot on the traits and characteristics belonging to each animal and how they compare with each other. I'm going be controversial here, but i'm pretty sure animals do not hold the same moral code as us and that things like like stalking and age-gaps are definitively non-issues.
This book is in need of significant re-marketing ASAP, so that those who find the aforementioned issues problematic and uncomfortable can AVOID and so that those like me who would rather eat a plate of worms than be subject to furries can go and do just that.
1 stars because I loved the art style and the setting. But, saying that, where was the magic?!
*aaand exhale*
December 31, 2022
I have NO IDEA what to rate this book. On one hand I went in knowing nothing about it only knowing it was Nagabe. Who's Girl on the Other Side I loved after reading volume 1. I looked at the back and it suggested it was a slice of life cute romance manga taking place in Hogwarts for furries. A great premise. And the art too is fantastic. Nagabe draws and writes well. However out of the 9 or so (i don't remember how many its a book of multiple shorts) stories and relationships this manga looks out on in its short story page length. All but 2 of the couplings is problematic in some way shape or form.
We got pedophilia, implied incest, what is basically sexual assault, yandere, stalkers, physical abuse. It caught me off guard and made me uncomfortable at multiple points through the reading.
If you are into like kink romance novels or don't mind the problematic elements that's fine everyone likes something different but the problem is I went into it not expecting it. And expecting a lot more magic and fantasy in this manga about Anthro Hogwarts which we really don't get to see. All the back says is that it's an anthology of anthro BL stories with a "realistic and light hearted touch". If the book was more upfront about it's premise I would definitely have ranked it higher and be way more willing to forgive it's contents. But it really caught me off guard as is.
We got pedophilia, implied incest, what is basically sexual assault, yandere, stalkers, physical abuse. It caught me off guard and made me uncomfortable at multiple points through the reading.
If you are into like kink romance novels or don't mind the problematic elements that's fine everyone likes something different but the problem is I went into it not expecting it. And expecting a lot more magic and fantasy in this manga about Anthro Hogwarts which we really don't get to see. All the back says is that it's an anthology of anthro BL stories with a "realistic and light hearted touch". If the book was more upfront about it's premise I would definitely have ranked it higher and be way more willing to forgive it's contents. But it really caught me off guard as is.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
October 23, 2019
Nagabe said gay rights, Nagabe said furries rights
I forgot how to write "serious" reviews and I am not sorry.
This manga is a collection of eight short stories featuring various couples and their loves, some bittersweet, some unrequited, some messy and all of them cute!
The art is previous!
I can't even tell you which story/couple is my favorite, they are so good!
If you like gay-centered stories, fantasy setting in a magic school, fun and shenanigans and pranks and non-human characters (furries) as MCs, don't miss on this collection!
I forgot how to write "serious" reviews and I am not sorry.
This manga is a collection of eight short stories featuring various couples and their loves, some bittersweet, some unrequited, some messy and all of them cute!
The art is previous!
I can't even tell you which story/couple is my favorite, they are so good!
If you like gay-centered stories, fantasy setting in a magic school, fun and shenanigans and pranks and non-human characters (furries) as MCs, don't miss on this collection!
February 9, 2020
I loved the artwork in this one. Even though this didn't really have a main story line, it was still a fun read. It was more of a collection of romantic vignettes than anything else, and I found that the format worked well for what it was. Most of the stories were very cute and sweet. Overall, this was a good find and I'm happy to have read it.
April 12, 2021
Un libro acquistato a scatola chiusa, consigliato da Amazon e dalla trama curiosa abbinata al giusto prezzo...un'affare su tutti i livelli!
L'idea di questa scuola frequentata da diversi animali antropomorfi, amici e nemici, nelle stesse quattro mura aveva subito catturato l'attenzione e confermato dalla bellezza di questa edizione autoconclusiva.
Non si parla di racconto unico ma di brevi storie dei vari personaggi posti in copertina. Come al mio solito, vedo messaggi velati ogni dove, ma posso assicurarvi che la bellezza di ogni singolo dettaglio, saprà convincervi.
Essendo una trasposizione di animali noti e/o poco conosciuti, ho apprezzato la "breve" spiegazione a conclusione di ogni singolo racconto perché riesce a motivare determinate scelte oppure "caratteri" dei personaggi. É difficile porre delle preferenze perché ogni volta ammiro e apprezzo nuove sfaccettature.
Questo continuo mutare è molto marcato dalla magica ambientazione alla Harry Potter con veste animalesca. Studenti tutti impettiti e docenti riflessivi vi trasportano in un mondo tutto loro.
Spero un giorno in un seguito.
L'idea di questa scuola frequentata da diversi animali antropomorfi, amici e nemici, nelle stesse quattro mura aveva subito catturato l'attenzione e confermato dalla bellezza di questa edizione autoconclusiva.
Non si parla di racconto unico ma di brevi storie dei vari personaggi posti in copertina. Come al mio solito, vedo messaggi velati ogni dove, ma posso assicurarvi che la bellezza di ogni singolo dettaglio, saprà convincervi.
Essendo una trasposizione di animali noti e/o poco conosciuti, ho apprezzato la "breve" spiegazione a conclusione di ogni singolo racconto perché riesce a motivare determinate scelte oppure "caratteri" dei personaggi. É difficile porre delle preferenze perché ogni volta ammiro e apprezzo nuove sfaccettature.
Questo continuo mutare è molto marcato dalla magica ambientazione alla Harry Potter con veste animalesca. Studenti tutti impettiti e docenti riflessivi vi trasportano in un mondo tutto loro.
Spero un giorno in un seguito.
November 23, 2020
I thought i was going to read cute stories about animals in a hogwarts - like setting.
Instead what you get are 8 short stories one more disturbing than the other.
The book romanticizes things like sexual assault, stalking, beastiality, child grooming and a hint to incest.
Honestly i have no idea what book others have been reading to give it 5 stars and say it's cute. The content is horrific, and the romanticization of it all makes it worse. These are not topics that should be seen as cute at all
I wish i could give it 0 stars
Instead what you get are 8 short stories one more disturbing than the other.
The book romanticizes things like sexual assault, stalking, beastiality, child grooming and a hint to incest.
Honestly i have no idea what book others have been reading to give it 5 stars and say it's cute. The content is horrific, and the romanticization of it all makes it worse. These are not topics that should be seen as cute at all
I wish i could give it 0 stars
June 7, 2020
Haha al principio me pareció extraño, no estoy acostumbrada a ver animalitos atraídos por una especie distinta a la suya pero poco a poco me fui acostumbrando. Se puede decir que el tema principal es "El amor" ya sea como pareja o amistad... Y todos son machos.
Son historias cortas, dos animalitos por cuento. Tengo que admitir que me gustaron algunos relatos, el arte de los personajes es muy bonito y pues ajajaja hay referencias a harry potter por todos lados.
Una escuela de magia de animalitos pensantes.
April 23, 2024
Tycker om konceptet med en magiskola för intelligenta djur. Hade kanske velat ha en lite mer sammanhängande röd tråd igenom de olika novellerna och tyckte att de varierade lite i kvalitet. Några noveller tilltalade mig mer än andra.
July 21, 2020
I’ve never been one to like anthropomorphic stories too much, but I thought I’d give this one a try because the cover looked cute and I love the mangaka’s The Girl from the Other Side series. Despite this, I ended up not enjoying it as much as I thought I would.
The Wize Wize Beasts of the Wizarding Wizdoms is a BL short story collection mostly about Demi-Human creatures who go to a magic school. I should expect this from manga anthologies by now, but most of the stories don’t have much of a resolution. You briefly get to know the characters and then once you start to get invested in their story it ends. This was the number one reason why I didn’t enjoy this manga that much. All the stories I got into had unsatisfying endings. I’m starting to believe short stories are way too short in manga format.
I suppose the worldbuilding is decent for a collection of short stories, but even so I wanted more information. You learn how the Demi-Humans came into existence, but you don’t learn much more than that. They all go to magic school but you rarely see any of them perform magic, and I have no clue what the end goal is for all of them once they graduate. You learn nothing more about the Demi-Human kingdom other than the school. I know that creating a robust world wasn’t the purpose of the story, but the world is so interesting that I wanted to learn more.
When it came to the romance, I ended up enjoying only four of the eight relationships. I was expecting all of them to be cute and fluffy stories, but was disappointed when I discovered a good chunk of them were more weird than cute. This BL manga sadly doesn’t do away with most of the problematic tropes found in this genre. You have a student/teacher relationship, an obsessive admirer, and a story where one of the characters drugs the other to get them to do what they want in the name of love. There were, luckily, healthy relationships in the story too. My favorites included a cold-blooded lizard who likes to cuddle up with his warm-blooded deer friend in the winter, and a stuffy griffin teacher who only feels comfortable complaining to the unicorn school nurse/counselor.
I continue to love Nagabe’s art style. The character designs were on point as usual. I’m always impressed with artists who have the ability to bring human form to animals while still making them feel like those animals. I also liked how Nagabe made it a point to include traits of the animals into their stories. You have a peacock who shows his feathers off while courting and vampire bats who share blood with each other.
I wish I could’ve liked The Wize Wize Beasts of the Wizarding Wizdoms more. I doubt it’ll happen, but I wouldn’t mind getting a second volume of this anthology. I don’t want all new stories though, I’d want a continuation of each story present in this volume so I could learn more about the world and see where each relationship goes.
The Wize Wize Beasts of the Wizarding Wizdoms is a BL short story collection mostly about Demi-Human creatures who go to a magic school. I should expect this from manga anthologies by now, but most of the stories don’t have much of a resolution. You briefly get to know the characters and then once you start to get invested in their story it ends. This was the number one reason why I didn’t enjoy this manga that much. All the stories I got into had unsatisfying endings. I’m starting to believe short stories are way too short in manga format.
I suppose the worldbuilding is decent for a collection of short stories, but even so I wanted more information. You learn how the Demi-Humans came into existence, but you don’t learn much more than that. They all go to magic school but you rarely see any of them perform magic, and I have no clue what the end goal is for all of them once they graduate. You learn nothing more about the Demi-Human kingdom other than the school. I know that creating a robust world wasn’t the purpose of the story, but the world is so interesting that I wanted to learn more.
When it came to the romance, I ended up enjoying only four of the eight relationships. I was expecting all of them to be cute and fluffy stories, but was disappointed when I discovered a good chunk of them were more weird than cute. This BL manga sadly doesn’t do away with most of the problematic tropes found in this genre. You have a student/teacher relationship, an obsessive admirer, and a story where one of the characters drugs the other to get them to do what they want in the name of love. There were, luckily, healthy relationships in the story too. My favorites included a cold-blooded lizard who likes to cuddle up with his warm-blooded deer friend in the winter, and a stuffy griffin teacher who only feels comfortable complaining to the unicorn school nurse/counselor.
I continue to love Nagabe’s art style. The character designs were on point as usual. I’m always impressed with artists who have the ability to bring human form to animals while still making them feel like those animals. I also liked how Nagabe made it a point to include traits of the animals into their stories. You have a peacock who shows his feathers off while courting and vampire bats who share blood with each other.
I wish I could’ve liked The Wize Wize Beasts of the Wizarding Wizdoms more. I doubt it’ll happen, but I wouldn’t mind getting a second volume of this anthology. I don’t want all new stories though, I’d want a continuation of each story present in this volume so I could learn more about the world and see where each relationship goes.
April 11, 2020
MangaMadnessReadathon | April 2020 [Round 9]
July 21, 2020
The worldbuilding here is so nice. It's a magic school with their uniforms and so, but all the students are humanoid animals. I loved that it wasn't just because, but they have animal characteristics.
After a while without reading yaoi, it was weird to come back and remember all the toxic topics they use, but fortunately it was just in two stories. Most of them are open ended and that just makes me want to be in a RP similar to this.
I found all the stories more or less cute, even if there wasn't a plot for that, it was a nice read.
After a while without reading yaoi, it was weird to come back and remember all the toxic topics they use, but fortunately it was just in two stories. Most of them are open ended and that just makes me want to be in a RP similar to this.
I found all the stories more or less cute, even if there wasn't a plot for that, it was a nice read.
December 21, 2020
Its exactly one year since I put this on my “want-to-read”- list! And is I’ve read it. It’s was weirdly engaging and cute. Some of the eight stories were less cute and more creepy. But overall I’m glad that I read it.
I really like Nagabe’s art. I just read their first volume of The Girl From the Other side. And that’s a series I’m gonna continues with.
3,5/5⭐️
I really like Nagabe’s art. I just read their first volume of The Girl From the Other side. And that’s a series I’m gonna continues with.
3,5/5⭐️
September 17, 2020
Talk about horny on main.
Probably a 3, but I rounded up because it’s so pretty~ Cute collection of one chapter stories about gay humanoid animals attending a magic school. Some of the couples/relationships were not the healthiest, which is what took it down to a 3 for me. But like I said, great art. Love the character designs! And the characters had actual animal like quirks and personalities.
Probably a 3, but I rounded up because it’s so pretty~ Cute collection of one chapter stories about gay humanoid animals attending a magic school. Some of the couples/relationships were not the healthiest, which is what took it down to a 3 for me. But like I said, great art. Love the character designs! And the characters had actual animal like quirks and personalities.
October 24, 2020
The Wize Beast of the Wizarding Wizdoms is collection of short stories about the romance of different anthropomorphic creatures, mostly students of a wizard school. While they're sweet, there's a variety in the tropes of each pairing, some i liked others not so much. Overall it's a recommended read for anyone interested in cutesy stories with charming creatures.
August 8, 2020
Ammetto di averlo iniziato con molti pregiudizi negativi. Eppure mi ha conquistato!
La mia recensione scritta per nerdpool.it la trovate anche al seguente link: https://www.nerdpool.it/2020/07/04/wi...
Le storie contenute in Wizdoms sono ambientate in una scuola di magia dove studenti e professori sono animali antropomorfi. L’elemento magico è poco presente anche se sarebbe stato bello esplorarlo ulteriormente. Il fulcro è il raccontare le relazioni tra i diversi personaggi, appartenenti a specie animali diverse, che in natura forse sarebbero addirittura nemici, ma che qui convivono pacificamente e si creano forti rapporto di amicizia e anche d’amore.
Sarebbe una raccolta a tema BL, ma se devo essere sincera fino a metà volume, dove compaiono alcuni personaggi di sesso femminile, ho avuto l’impressione che i personaggi non avessero un genere definito. Anche se dichiarati di sesso maschile alcune personaggi hanno un design e dei comportamenti femminili che mi hanno fatto un po’ dubitare di questa definizione “BL”. Però a seguito del racconto Corteggiamento e amiciziaho avuto un’idea più chiara di questa saga. Anzi aggiungo che visto la struttura della storia e del mondo di Wizdoms che può essere ampliato con nuovi personaggi e situazioni, sarebbe interessante avere una versione GL. E, vedendo l’ultimo dolce racconto, beh, perché non aggiungere anche gli esseri umani?
Insomma si tratta di un mondo che potrebbe essere ulteriormente esplorato e raccontato. Le diverse storie sono poco collegate tra di loro, cosa che mi è piaciuta proprio perché ci si concentra su queste diverse, e a volte improbabili, coppie e i loro rapporti diversi ma umanissimi.
C’è l’amore, l’amicizia, il rapporto tra maestro e allievo, quello tra i diversi professori che va oltre il loro lavoro. Ci sono diversi tipi di amore, da quello che si tiene nascosto a chi finalmente ha deciso di aprirsi. C’è la serietà e la sofferenza di chi ha voluto dichiarare la sua omosessualità al divertimento e l’innocenza di un primo bacio… Insomma temi che ritroviamo in molte opere BL e shojo di ambientazione scolastica sono qui rese particolari dal fatto che ad essere protagonisti sono degli animali e le loro caratteristiche sono ben sfruttate dentro la storia.
Il design dei protagonisti di Wizdoms è ben fatto e si riconoscono facilmente gli animali rappresentati (tranne i draghi, che poi possiamo considerare i draghi “animali”? Ah, ci sono anche un grifone e un unicorno, per vostra informazione). Le caratteristiche della loro specie sono ben usate anche nella trama, con lo stomaco di un lupo che borbotta sempre alla presenza di una capretta, le strane abitudini alimentari dei pipistrelli vampiro e una povera lucertola che con il freddo non si muove più…
Lo stile di Nagabe molto apprezzato in Girl from the other side secondo me qui è ancora più bello. Questa rappresentazione degli animali è ben fatta, perché mantengono le loro caratteristiche faunistiche, ma risultano umanissimi nei loro comportamenti ma anche nei loro visi e reazioni. Le tavole sono strutturate bene dando, quando serve, le giuste pause per assimilare la storia, togliendo le parole o mischiandole al meglio con le immagini.
Non posso negare che ero un po’ scettica di questo volume. Girl from the other side non ha toccato complemente tutte le mie corde e la questione BL mi preoccupava temendo che fosse esagerato e non davvero presente nelle storie. Devo però dire che mi sono ricreduta. I personaggi di Wizdoms mi hanno conquistato con le loro brevi ma intense storie. C’è amore, c’è amicizia, il tutto proposto con dolcezza e positività. È stata in lettura piacevole che consiglio per chi cerca delle storie dolci e carine. Se poi con protagonisti degli animali tanto meglio, no?
La mia recensione scritta per nerdpool.it la trovate anche al seguente link: https://www.nerdpool.it/2020/07/04/wi...
Le storie contenute in Wizdoms sono ambientate in una scuola di magia dove studenti e professori sono animali antropomorfi. L’elemento magico è poco presente anche se sarebbe stato bello esplorarlo ulteriormente. Il fulcro è il raccontare le relazioni tra i diversi personaggi, appartenenti a specie animali diverse, che in natura forse sarebbero addirittura nemici, ma che qui convivono pacificamente e si creano forti rapporto di amicizia e anche d’amore.
Sarebbe una raccolta a tema BL, ma se devo essere sincera fino a metà volume, dove compaiono alcuni personaggi di sesso femminile, ho avuto l’impressione che i personaggi non avessero un genere definito. Anche se dichiarati di sesso maschile alcune personaggi hanno un design e dei comportamenti femminili che mi hanno fatto un po’ dubitare di questa definizione “BL”. Però a seguito del racconto Corteggiamento e amiciziaho avuto un’idea più chiara di questa saga. Anzi aggiungo che visto la struttura della storia e del mondo di Wizdoms che può essere ampliato con nuovi personaggi e situazioni, sarebbe interessante avere una versione GL. E, vedendo l’ultimo dolce racconto, beh, perché non aggiungere anche gli esseri umani?
Insomma si tratta di un mondo che potrebbe essere ulteriormente esplorato e raccontato. Le diverse storie sono poco collegate tra di loro, cosa che mi è piaciuta proprio perché ci si concentra su queste diverse, e a volte improbabili, coppie e i loro rapporti diversi ma umanissimi.
C’è l’amore, l’amicizia, il rapporto tra maestro e allievo, quello tra i diversi professori che va oltre il loro lavoro. Ci sono diversi tipi di amore, da quello che si tiene nascosto a chi finalmente ha deciso di aprirsi. C’è la serietà e la sofferenza di chi ha voluto dichiarare la sua omosessualità al divertimento e l’innocenza di un primo bacio… Insomma temi che ritroviamo in molte opere BL e shojo di ambientazione scolastica sono qui rese particolari dal fatto che ad essere protagonisti sono degli animali e le loro caratteristiche sono ben sfruttate dentro la storia.
Il design dei protagonisti di Wizdoms è ben fatto e si riconoscono facilmente gli animali rappresentati (tranne i draghi, che poi possiamo considerare i draghi “animali”? Ah, ci sono anche un grifone e un unicorno, per vostra informazione). Le caratteristiche della loro specie sono ben usate anche nella trama, con lo stomaco di un lupo che borbotta sempre alla presenza di una capretta, le strane abitudini alimentari dei pipistrelli vampiro e una povera lucertola che con il freddo non si muove più…
Lo stile di Nagabe molto apprezzato in Girl from the other side secondo me qui è ancora più bello. Questa rappresentazione degli animali è ben fatta, perché mantengono le loro caratteristiche faunistiche, ma risultano umanissimi nei loro comportamenti ma anche nei loro visi e reazioni. Le tavole sono strutturate bene dando, quando serve, le giuste pause per assimilare la storia, togliendo le parole o mischiandole al meglio con le immagini.
Non posso negare che ero un po’ scettica di questo volume. Girl from the other side non ha toccato complemente tutte le mie corde e la questione BL mi preoccupava temendo che fosse esagerato e non davvero presente nelle storie. Devo però dire che mi sono ricreduta. I personaggi di Wizdoms mi hanno conquistato con le loro brevi ma intense storie. C’è amore, c’è amicizia, il tutto proposto con dolcezza e positività. È stata in lettura piacevole che consiglio per chi cerca delle storie dolci e carine. Se poi con protagonisti degli animali tanto meglio, no?
March 15, 2023
loved the art style, but the “stories” weren’t really for me…
February 9, 2024
This won't be for everyone but I really liked it. It's a collection of manga shorts featuring love stories between the anthropomorphic residents of a magic school. Most of the stories are sweet, and I like how the author incorporates real life animal characteristics into their personalities.
January 12, 2025
Weird but cute.
March 9, 2020
Reconozco ya de primeras que no soy un asiduo lector ni de BL ni de Yaoi. Sin embargo, ver el nombre de Nagabe, autor de mi adorada La pequeña forastera: Siúil, a Rún Vol. 1, y y un colegio de magia estilo Hogwarts como escenario, me hizo caer de lleno en 'Las bestias de Wizdoms'. Ocho historias autoconclusivas que tienen como nexo común la escuela de magia Wizdoms, un lugar secreto en medio del bosque donde gran varias de bestias y animales antropomórficos inteligentes viven y estudian juntos los principios de la magia. Un Hogwarts furro repleto de fantasía, mucho amor y bastante humor, donde no falta cierta acidez y realismo.
Publicado en Japón entre 2015 y 2017 en la revista Opera se trata de un compendio irregular de historias de amor comprendido desde diferentes puntos de vista que -para mí- no siempre resulta acertada. Slice of life, romance y comedia se dan la mano en relaciones alumno-profesor, compañeros de piso enamorados en secreto cuyo amor no es correspondido, seres que han visto sus vidas truncadas al expresar su sexualidad, mejores amigos que tiene una tierna relación, mejores amigos que descubren su sexualidad, compañeros de clase que se idealizan... Como veis, un compendio de historias con furros, que nada tiene que ver con el dramatismo de Beastars, pero que tiñen nuestro rato de lectura con un buen puñado de sensaciones bonitas, aunque algunas de las relaciones sean algo creepys.
Lo que una vez más destaca es el arte. Está claro que Nagabe es un artista especial. Su visión y antropomorfización de algunos animales es cuanto menos interesante. El autor consigue adaptar las características de cada bestia (que vienen explicadas al final de cada historia), humanizarlas y a la vez jugar con sus rasgos y expresiones de forma sutil. Todo ello rodeado por un escenario mágico, con esa esencia consciente del universo de Harry Potter; llena de salas espectaculares y recargadas, alumnos con sus togas correspondientes y zonas arboladas de lo más preciosistas. Un volumen bonito, de esos que calientan el corazoncito, y que se leen con cierta sonrisa.
Publicado en Japón entre 2015 y 2017 en la revista Opera se trata de un compendio irregular de historias de amor comprendido desde diferentes puntos de vista que -para mí- no siempre resulta acertada. Slice of life, romance y comedia se dan la mano en relaciones alumno-profesor, compañeros de piso enamorados en secreto cuyo amor no es correspondido, seres que han visto sus vidas truncadas al expresar su sexualidad, mejores amigos que tiene una tierna relación, mejores amigos que descubren su sexualidad, compañeros de clase que se idealizan... Como veis, un compendio de historias con furros, que nada tiene que ver con el dramatismo de Beastars, pero que tiñen nuestro rato de lectura con un buen puñado de sensaciones bonitas, aunque algunas de las relaciones sean algo creepys.
Lo que una vez más destaca es el arte. Está claro que Nagabe es un artista especial. Su visión y antropomorfización de algunos animales es cuanto menos interesante. El autor consigue adaptar las características de cada bestia (que vienen explicadas al final de cada historia), humanizarlas y a la vez jugar con sus rasgos y expresiones de forma sutil. Todo ello rodeado por un escenario mágico, con esa esencia consciente del universo de Harry Potter; llena de salas espectaculares y recargadas, alumnos con sus togas correspondientes y zonas arboladas de lo más preciosistas. Un volumen bonito, de esos que calientan el corazoncito, y que se leen con cierta sonrisa.
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