Bleh, I don't feel like writing such a long review so for the first time in my reviews, I'm going to divide into these nice, neat little categories that MAL conveniently provides for us reviewers.

Story: The basic premise is that a high school girl manages to tame a wild-looking boy. She scares animals, animals love that boy. The opposites attraction sounds familiar, but it's not really about animals. Rather, it's about the relationship between them. The plot actually drives in deeper than what we are presented at the beginning, as we learn more about the boy's history and why he behaves so wildly sometimes. The mangaka could have done so much more with the plot, but I feel that would be dragging the manga unnecessarily.

Art: Fair, to say the least. At best, this is the typical modern shoujo art. Other than the typical big shoujo eyes (not as big as Fruits Basket, thankfully), I don't see anything wrong anatomically with the characters that really bothered me. They all have good proportions and-- Oh, why the heck am I analyzing art? It's good. At least it doesn't overflow with obnoxious decorations like Ouran that you can't tell what's going on. The best part, though, was the characters' expressions when they're over-exaggerating.

Character: To be honest, the mangaka could have done so much more with the other characters. They did not develop much, except for the main characters. Still, I commend him for managing to bring both the "beast" Leo and "beast tamer" Yuiko closer together in only seven chapters without sacrificing their personalities. I really like Leo, since he contrasts so many other shoujo male leads by acting like a kid, not a bad guy. The way the mangaka presented him convinced me that he did really seem like a kid who is unfamiliar with the world. That much is said when Yuiko gets to know him better. Speaking of Yuiko, she is fun to read about as she is typically happy-go-lucky but genuinely cares for Leo's well-being. She is weak but does have her strong moments when dealing with other people.

Enjoyment: Not quite as suspenseful as Dengeki Daisy, but I did enjoy. Actually, I could care less about the story behind Leo's behavior. It is a very quick read.

Overall: It's definitely a different type of shoujo manga, but not to the point where it's classified as a josei manga. The elements of a typical shoujo manga are there, such as the art and the characters' designs and the plot.

So if you're looking for a read that involves romance (not as the result of the school drama), Beast Master might be for you.