The story of Belle and her beast as you''ve neverseen it before, with sinister, creeping shadows suffusing a door to a wider,magical world. This dark, fairytale adventure is the latest sumptuousmasterpiece from the creator of Angel Sanctuary and Alice inMurderland, perfect for fans of The Ancient Magus''Bride!Young and rambunctious Belleinsists on going out to play in the forbidden woods, but her adventurous streakabruptly ends when her mother is spirited away by a beast known to kidnapbeautiful women. Twisted by the loss of his wife, Belle''s father keeps hisdaughter, who has unusual, violet hair, locked away in an effort to "protect"her from prying eyes. Finally emerging after years of solitude, Belle venturesback into the woods where she lost her mother and encounters the beast oncemore...