Beautiful People is a manga that consists of six deep and thought-provoking short stories.
1. Seppakuhime (Princess White Snow)
2. World's End
3. Anti-Telephonica (Electric Angel)
4. Stalker no Onna (The Lady Stalker)
5. Beautiful People
6. Kuuki no Naka wo Nukeru Sora (Blue Sky)
Beautiful People was published in English by Tokyopop on February 7, 2006, and in Polish by Hanami in May 2009.
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Main character of "Stalker no Onna". After a coworker complains about receiving strange calls and gifts, Hiromi experiences the same thing....
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Main character of "Seppakuhime". When Yasuhiko takes her in, she introduces herself as a "snow girl"....
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Main character of "Worlds End" and one of the two people still alive after a biological weapon was deployed. Ironically, both her and Tokage are gay....
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Main character of "Anti-Telephonica". Tenshi has a troubled home life and the highlight of his day is the online conversation with a person calling themselves Angel Cat....
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Main character of "Worlds End" and one of the two people still alive after a biological weapon was deployed. Ironically, both him and Tabasa are gay....
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Main character of "Beautiful People". Mimi has gone through several surgeries to become more beautiful, but is still insecure about her looks....
Found this through cat chan scans. Particularly enjoyed the first two and the last stories; wasn't too fond of the themes in the Frankenstein story.
It felt a bit strange, but it was an overall enjoyable read.
The final story truly stands out as a masterpiece. Each tale is intriguing and distinct in its own way. It might resonate differently depending on one's appreciation for this genre of psychological one-shots. Personally, I wasn't particularly fond of the ending in the plastic surgery narrative; it felt somewhat unrealistic. However, these stories break away from the typical, predictable plots we often encounter. Given their format as one-shots, they are fairly self-contained. There's minimal room for deep character development, with more focus on captivating concepts or themes related to humanity. This isn't a cheerful, uplifting collection by any means, but it has left a lasting impression on me that has endured for years.