Beauty and the Beast (Disney song) author Jerry Griswold believes that the song's opening line "tale as old as time" alludes to the fact that Belle's story is an ancient, timeless one "deliberately situated within the context of other traditional tales;" hers is simply "the newest incarnation" of it. "The Translation of the Songs in Disney's "Beauty and the Beast": an example of Manipulation" author Lucía Loureiro Porto agrees that although the song "does not tell any story, it is made of phrases that imply that love is as old a feeling as mankind." According to Perry Seibert of AllMovie, "Beauty and the Beast" is "as
Beauty is the Beast well-conveyed through the use of line work." Also, it was listed by IGN as the tenth best "shojo" manga released in English to 2005. Beauty is the Beast Paul Dale Roberts from Manga Life said "Beauty is the Beast" is "a story that women and girls should enjoy", but he found himself "getting sleepy in some parts of the story". Julie Rosato's Mania Entertainment commented the artwork "is pretty typical for shoujo works, with nothing particularly outstanding about it." Rosato compared the series with "Here is Greenwood", but "while it shares with "Greenwood" plenty of quirky characters and a quiet,