#Legoshi/Tem/Riz

[luxthestrange]

Beastars Incorrect Quotes#57 HELP!?IM FEEEELING!?

Bill*Looks to see a picture of Legoshi and Tem in your wallet, Tilting his head* Ehh?~ You have a picture of the Legoshi & Tem?

Y/n*In a swift movement...shows the accordion pictures of ....All of them* Of course, I carry photos of all of you guys, You all my precious friends and Club members-

Drama club*Look at their human club member who is on a tangent on the pictures and gush about their cool moments*...

[legoshis-right-ass-cheek]

[bastardlybonkers]

thinking about the parallels between dunmeshi and beastars. consumption as an act of love. to love is to consume and to be consumed. you cannot gorge yourself because if you take everything then there is nothing left to be loved, and you cannot let yourself be gorged completely because then you will be empty, gone. i could think about this forever

[bucksboobs]

Hannibal NBC wishes it could make cannibalism as erotic as Beastars.

[knottyforlegoshi]

legoshi in a throuple

even though i highly doubt legoshi is the type of guy to share his significant other, especially with his jealous streak, it’s fun to think about your dynamics in these throuples. 

legoshi + louis 

— out of all the couples here save the last one, this is the most likely pairing to work out. legoshi and louis are quite alike in fundamental ways, and legoshi has the patience to deal with louis' mood swings. louis on the other hand encourages legoshi to let his inner beast out at times.

— the one qualm to this pairing is that both men are incredibly stubborn. legoshi is more likely to cave and adjust his behavior, while louis struggles to not let his perfectionist tendencies and need for control push away those he cares for.

— you definitely are the odd one out since louis and legoshi have history. they also have a terrible habit of trying to keep you safe and away from their business, whilst also being incredibly uncommunicative about their motives.

— rating: 7.5/10

legoshi + riz

— legoshi does not even want to share you. he doesn't trust riz at all. doesn't want you near him. 

— the aftermath of tem’s death has left a bad taste in his mouth regarding him. and part of him is genuinely confused as to why?? you like riz?? unfortunately he turns that confusion inwards and starts to doubt why you even like him. is he just a placeholder? is it because riz is stronger, better, more in tune with his nature? self-doubt festers in this pairing.

— in a soulmate au where your soulmate is born with the same tattoo as you, legoshi is less than pleased to see that riz has the other half to his tattoo, the half that completes the picture and mirrors the one on your forearm. if he could, he would rip the damn bear’s arm off. 

— rating: 1/10

legoshi + bill

— the thing is, legoshi can’t trust bill. he knows bill likes to indulge in herbivore blood.

— but unlike riz, legoshi finds bill unlikable for a total other reason—he’s a total fuckboy. legoshi is a romantic, and the way bill has casual dalliances with other animals doesn't make any sense to him.

— bill will do things like come onto you aggressively, grope you and slap your ass in public, and it makes legoshi seethe. 

— the only way this coupling would work is if you were really into bill. legoshi will try his best to be civil (bill won’t--he loves to stir the pot), but he does prefer having separate dates. he also tries his best to erase the feline stench of him on you when possible. 

— rating: 4/10

legoshi + jack

— another great couple. jack and legoshi have natural rapport as childhood friends and fellow canines. unlike the other throuples here, where legoshi and the reader are most likely gonna have to get together first, you’re either with jack first and legoshi does a poor job of hiding his gigantic crush, or jack encourages legoshi that both of them should pursue you. 

— jack is an affable guy. whenever legoshi’s moody, he manages to pull him out of it. his positively is absolutely infectious. 

— the healthiest couple out of all of these. jack is a great grounding presence. the only thing is, legoshi once again starts comparing himself to jack and wondering if you like him better, especially if you two have more history.

— rating: 8/10

[geryuthespacesquid]

I just think people are a little too dismissive of how important Tem is to the story of beastars but more importantly than that I think people are too dismissive of how important Tem's friendship probably was to Legoshi.

Because like yeah, Tem kinda suffered from what Junpei Yoshino had going on in the manga, where he basically only existed for plot, and thus we didn't get enough scenes of his interacting with the protagonist for people to really care about him. But if you examine Tem for about 12 seconds, you kinda start to realize that Tem is the logical core of the relationship between Carnivores and Herbivores in a way that Louis and Haru just aren't, both because of Louis's history with carnivores, and because Haru's relationship with Legoshi is a romantic, love at first sight type, which tends to cause some problems. Riz and Tem are a tragedy waiting to happen but Legoshi and Tem's friendship, on the other hand, was nearly perfect, and I'd probably argue that of the two, Tem was closer friends with Legoshi, mostly because he's not scared of Legoshi at all. Startled by him at times, but for the most part, every scene we see of them, they're just friends being dudes.

And yeah Legoshi doesn't acknowledge Tem much in canon but he fought a bear, hunted down a murderer, and betrayed his principles on eating meat to avenge Tem. Yeah Legoshi never breaks down crying over Tem but he also let Legoshi touch his wool. Sure Legoshi has Haru and Louis and Jack but I think Tem is so much more important than people think about because he was Legoshi's Herbivore Friend before Louis or Haru or San or Kyuu or any of them.

Do I have too much stock in this relationship? Yes absolutely. Do I think more people should have as much stock as me in this relationship? Yes absolutely.

[yanderes-galore]

Hi, do you think you could write a concept for Legoshi fighting Riz for a reader that's a carnivore? Let's say that reader is a member of the drama club and is a friend to both Legoshi and Riz, but they don't know the truth about Tem's murder. Legoshi wants to protect his darling from Riz while the bear wants to, i don't know, do the same thing he did to Tem in name of their "friendship"? The thing that i like the most about your versus concepts are the multiple endings. If it's not a problem, could you add one for Legoshi and one for Riz?

Ooo! A multiple endings fic :) Been a while since I've done that, so let me try it out ^^ I never got past season 2, so Legoshi's ending is HC.

Yandere! Legoshi vs Riz

(Carnivore! Darling)

Pairing: Romantic/Platonic - Rivalry

Possible Trigger Warnings: Gender-Neutral Darling, Obsession, Stalking, Manipulation, Possessive behavior, Overprotective behavior, Delusional behavior, Violence, Blood, Murder, Consumption of another person, Kidnapping, Gore, Forced/Dubious companionship/relationship.

One thing I like about this request is the fact that you are a carnivore.

It puts you on somewhat equal footing with the other two.

Although, these two have eaten meat, while you most likely haven't.

You have met these two at the drama club when school was just starting for the year.

While you are aware of Tem's death, you aren't actively looking into it.

You just know a rogue carnivore snapped and mauled Tem, as a result it's been rather difficult to communicate with the herbivores in your class at times.

Which, ironically, makes you more drawn to Legoshi and Riz.

Legoshi is definitely the one protective of you while Riz... well, Riz is complicated.

Riz claims he's protective of you and wants to make sure you aren't hurt, but in reality he's just possessive.

Riz is possessive and delusional to the point of harming and eating those he cares about.

I feel the obsession for both of them is subtle for the events of season 1, then escalate around season 2.

This would be because Riz doesn't feel threatened until Legoshi goes looking into Tem's murder.

Legoshi was already close to you beforehand.

You often tried to help him through his troubles, even when he tried to hide them.

You care about him and were genuinely worried when he attacked the Shishigumi to save a rabbit.

You've always been supportive, plus maybe the Shishigumi incident increases his protective behavior.

Sure, you're a carnivore, but it still gives him the fear that someone will harm you.

Carnivores aren't invincible, after all.

You could still be attacked by a much bigger carnivore.

Which, when he's tasked with investigating Tem's murder...

He gets worried and says the carnivore may be big enough to hurt you.

Funnily enough, he isn't wrong...

Said carnivore is even friends with you.

You and Riz often aid each other in the drama club.

To you he's a relatively kind bear.

He's friendly and gets along with you despite his large size.

The only time you can sense any issues with him is during season 2 since Legoshi is putting pressure on him.

After all, Legoshi could take you from him.

I'm assuming you have an established bond with the two.

You meet them often in the drama club and occasionally outside of class too.

During season 2, Legoshi gets more protective and suspicious.

Meanwhile Riz is occasionally... on edge.

It's all strange yet you think you understand.

Tem's murder was never solved... so maybe that's why?

Legoshi already knows you aren't capable of the murder.

Which is why he's so focused on protecting you, he's worried.

Especially since you're so oblivious... which is even worse if he has a feeling Riz is the problem.

Riz, on the other hand, may distract you and act oblivious to the murder.

You're scared? No need to worry...

Riz will protect you, you're companions, aren't you?

In reality, Riz is planning ways to keep you to himself.

If you get too scared, he could lose you.

Even worse, Legoshi could make you distrust Riz...

That can't happen, can it?

I feel the dynamic is obvious.

As Legoshi investigates Tem's murder, the two get closer to you.

If you're keen enough, you may notice Riz's strange behavior and go to Legoshi.

But if you're still oblivious, then Riz has the advantage.

You'll notice their odd behavior.

After all, Legoshi never lets you out of his sight.

He's always sniffing you and checking you over, claiming he's... concerned.

When you ask why, he seems hesitant to explain yet does express that he's worried about Tem's killer.

He just doesn't tell you he suspects Riz.

Then maybe Riz notices Legoshi making you cautious.

Throughout the investigation Riz can tell that you and Legoshi are getting closer.

Who knows... maybe he'll try to make you suspect Legoshi...

He clearly knows something you don't, right?

Yet Riz would never lie to you...

You're pals! If anything, he just wants to be closer to you.

Don't you want to be closer too?

Legoshi the entire rivalry would be trying to keep you away from Riz.

The moment he knows it's him... He's trying to find ways to confront the situation.

Yet, he also doesn't want to tell you.

If he does, Riz might hurt you.

Legoshi can no doubt tell Riz's infatuation over you.

The bear watches your every move like a hungry predator and Legoshi fears for your safety like he does everyone else.

Legoshi stalks you because he feels he needs to keep his eyes on you.

If he looks away... you may fall prey to Riz.

Legoshi isn't very confident in your abilities when it comes to fighting.

Bears are naturally strong and Legoshi's trained.

You, on the other hand, haven't even tasted meat.

Legoshi feels bad for stalking you... but it becomes less about learning things from you and more trying to protect you.

He sticks beside you, invites you to hang out...

Even during your club he stays beside you like a guard dog.

Legoshi is training to protect those he loves, especially you.

He doesn't like the depraved gaze Riz gives you when he looks at you.

Over time, Legoshi goes through rigorous training with Gohin to be able to confront Tem's killer.

However, such training ends up making him tired more easily.

This no doubt stresses him out because he's worried to take his eyes off you.

He knows that you should be fine...

But he keeps having nightmares of you being hurt.

Meanwhile, Riz is on edge since he notices Legoshi's behavior.

He also knows Legoshi's has his... taste.

While Legoshi is off training and struggling to rest, Riz tries to make you trust him more.

He invites you out and makes comments on Legoshi's behavior.

Isn't it strange?

You try to explain that he's just trying to find the killer of his friend... but Riz doesn't seem to take it too well.

He claims you and Legoshi are just being paranoid... the cops should get the carnivore who did it.

You have nothing to worry about....

Legoshi can't protect you in his tired state, right?

So... let Riz take care of things...

He'll make sure you're safe.

I feel instead of Pina being kidnapped, it would be you.

Once Legoshi knows it's Riz, Riz snaps.

He fears that Legoshi will take his new best pal.

This leads to the much stronger bear kidnapping you.

You're placed in the dump by Riz, who promises to come back later once he takes care of Legoshi.

You struggle in your bonds, but it appears Riz thought things through.

You're a carnivore... which means you need stronger bonds... like chains.

The final battle would determine which ending occurs, just as you wanted.

Legoshi Ending

Legoshi's ending is the closest to canon.

This is when during the final battle, Legoshi manages to have Louis help him by allowing him to eat his leg.

This gives Legoshi the strength he needs to defeat Riz.

Their fight is brutal too.

You can hear their grunting and growling, along with blood hitting the ground.

There's moments you can even see from where you are.

Since they're fighting for you too, I imagine Riz has a hard time backing down.

He knows what he had with Tem was delusional...

Yet he feels he needs you.

This results in the bear fighting more intensely.

Unfortunately for Riz... Legoshi manages to knock him down in the end.

Both carnivores are arrested and treated, along with you being taken in for questioning.

However, both you and Legoshi are released.

Legoshi by this point in the story leaves school, he may even suggest taking you with him so he can protect you.

Even if you don't, Legoshi still often visits you outside of school.

While Riz is dealt with, he still fears leaving you alone.

It can be because he's a protective friend... or he loves you romantically.

His feelings are rather neutral and don't change too much in his intentions.

One thing I can imagine him doing is getting a place to live and asking you to live with him.

You're both carnivores... should be fine to be roommates, right?

In this ending, Legoshi becomes an overprotective roommate.

He's not too possessive... just overly worried as he knows he almost lost you.

Yet, now that you're roommates, you'll be safe with him...

He'll make sure he's always around to protect you...

Even if it means following you around like a guard dog... even while you're unaware.

Riz Ending

Riz's ending is the more... gorey ending.

This is also, obviously, the bad ending.

This is the ending where Legoshi loses.

Maybe Louis wasn't here to help him, for one reason or another.

That or Riz, due to feeling more motivated to get rid of the wolf, manages to overpower him even with Louis' help.

You're praying Legoshi will win.

After all, now you know he killed Tem.

He killed and ate Tem in the name of friendship.

What does that mean for you?

We already know Riz is delusional.

At first it was meant to cope with the fact he snapped and ate Tem due to coming off his medication.

Yet when he meets you, such delusions make him believe he should eat you too.

After all, Legoshi wants to take you from him.

Well, if Riz can't have you...

No one can.

The fight would continue as normal...

But Riz manages to take down Legoshi.

Maybe he kills him, maybe he doesn't.

Either way, Riz flees to the dump where he keeps you.

By the time you see your captor again, his clothes are mauled... and his fur is covered in blood.

Poor you doesn't have much of a chance against him.

The chains make it hard to fight back.

Riz tries to reassure you, telling you he's just making sure you stay together.

After all... This way you two can be close... forever.

No one will take you from him this way.

He tries to make it quick... yet your struggling makes it difficult.

... by the end of it, Riz feels your taste fill his mouth.

Your blood dribbles down his maw, flesh sticking to his fur.

Originally, he would've felt bad.

After all, he isn't sure if this was the right thing to do...

Yet, soon, he tells himself this is what you wanted.

He convinces himself, just like with Tem, that this was the best way to make you his.

Will he still be arrested? No doubt...

But he accepts such a fate... the deed is done...

Now Riz can have you all to himself, with no one to take you from him...

Forever.

[winxanity-ii]

BEASTARS MASTERLIST

╰ ⌞🇲‌🇦‌🇮‌🇳‌-🇲‌🇦‌🇸‌🇹‌🇪‌🇷‌🇱‌🇮‌🇸‌🇹‌⌝

⨁ HARU /THE WHITE DWARF RABBIT ⨂ TEM /THE ALPACA ⨁ JACK / THE LABRADOR ⨂ LEGOSHI /THE GRAY WOLF ⨁ COLLOT /THE OLD ENGLISH SHEEPDOG ⨂ LOUIS /THE RED DEER ⨁ PINA /THE DALL SHEEP ⨂ RIZ /THE BROWN BEAR ⨁ MELON /THE LEOPON ⨂ JUNO /THE GRAY WOLF ⨁ BILL /THE TIGER ⨂ GOHIN /THE PANDA

⨁ MULTI-SHIPS

[drunkoffsmoke]

could I request a 2nd part to the prev riz ask where the reader wants to forgive riz for what he’s done? Thanks!

a/n: of course! this was a but difficult to write, but fun nonetheless! (also super sorry for taking so long to reply, i really hope i made it worth the wait...)

pairing: riz x short!male!bear!reader

fandom: beastars

genre: fluff, headcanons, making amends, yada-yada. you and riz are chill now.

p1 here.

୧‿̩͙ ˖︵ ꕀ⠀ ♱⠀ ꕀ ︵˖ ‿̩͙୨

୧‿̩͙ ˖︵ ꕀ⠀ ♱⠀ ꕀ ︵˖ ‿̩͙୨

little story again

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You haven't seen Riz for awhile now. Ever since the truth has been found out, ever since Legoshi confronted him that night and blood was spilled, nobody really wanted to talk about the former Cherryton student. It's like he was a ghost now, one that needed to be forgotten. But you couldn't move on.

The news spoke of him, calling him a 'dangerous individual' and a 'heartless monster' for taking Tem's life for his selfish desires. Sure, he was selfish for wanting to continue the chain of 'predators feast upon prey' chain, but he didn't deserve half of the things said about him. You knew that very well.

You refused to visit Riz due to many reasons, one of them being the not-so-pleasant memories you had with him, in which he no longer smiled warmly, but with malicious intent. Yet one of the other students visited him, and said he was a changed bear. So, you clenched your jaws and gathered all of your courage and made your way towards the facility where your friend was held.

It took awhile to get you to talk to him, mainly because you didn't reserve a meeting with him. You waited, seated on a chair, anxiously tapping your claw against your lap. Countless questions swarmed your brain, questions only the future would be able to answer. Before you could get too lost, footsteps could be heard approaching, and you looked up to see one of the guards.

''Follow me.'' The tiger stated, and you wasted no time in getting up and trailing after the taller animal. Before you could enter the room where Riz was held, you were supposed to drop your phone and other metallic accessories in a small tray. You did as told, anxiety bubbling inside of you the longer you had to follow the guard.

You stopped in front of a metal door, which was guarded by two other animals─one of them a bull, and the other a lion. Or a maned lioness? Before they could unlock the door they had to give you the rules. ''No getting too close to the inmate. You are to not give him anything, no matter how small or harmless it is. You will be monitored and your conversation will be recorded. Is that clear?'' The lion's soothing voice caressed your ear, and you identified them as a lioness. You nodded, finding difficulty in speaking at the moment, and the bull turned to unlock the door.

You stepped inside, instantly greeted with a table and two chairs, positioned across each other, and you hesitantly took a seat. There was nothing that you could hear aside from the soft thumping of your heart, and the occasional chair creaking under your weight. You lightly flinched as the metallic door was opened once more, and you turned around to see Riz handcuffed, with a muzzle and the two guards holding him by his arms. They led him to the other chair, swiftly cuffing him to the table, before disappearing quickly and locking the door behind them.

You stared at Riz, and he stared at you. He had an apologetic smile on his face, which you could barely spot due to the restraints he had around his muzzle. He'd be lying if he said he didn't miss you,

And you'd be lying if you said you didn't miss him.

headcanon time !!

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He's changed. Drastically.

You've never seen him this calm, this at peace.

Riz spoke to you calmly, and even tried to wave, despite the handcuffs not really helping him.

He talked to you about the past, how he was feeling, and even apologized for the way he's treated you. He said that his time in jail has made him understand certain things that his past self couldn't have ever understand.

He wanted to start all over with you and treat you the way you should be treated.

You were hesitant, you didn't know whether you should or not.

But when you saw the tired look in his eyes, the guilt clawing at his throat whenever he spoke, you knew he truly changed.

And you accepted.

Nearly every week, when time allowed you, you'd visit Riz.

The guards have grown used to you, and they said they might remove his muzzle if he behaved nicely. Obviously they needed approval from their superior, but Riz's behavior was monitored 24/7, they knew he was no longer the beast that they brought in.

Unfortunately you never knew how long he would remain in prison, but you promised you'd wait for him.

Soon enough, due to his good behavior, he was allowed to receive gifts.

You bought him books, poetry, and even paper for him to continue his passion for origami.

He appreciated every single gift you brought him, and promised that he will do the same to you when he's out.

''But we cannot simply sit and stare at our wounds forever,'' - Haruki Murakami

reblogs & likes r greatly appreciated !!

[chaostroid]

major season 2 beastars spoilers!!

i. i love riz so much. guys.

I’m also not infantilizing him. i see that often when people do like him, i love him because of his character.

If he had the choice, he would’ve never devoured tem yall.

he had one person to feel even slightly himself around. one person. tem. during his fight with legoshi it’s implied he was literally in love with tem 🙁

THE DELUSION IS KILLING MEE ☹️☹️☹️ what do yiu MEAAN you were hugging him and holding him and being one with him and suddenly you open your eyes and the one person you felt loved you was dead and the blood was on YOUR hands.

THE SCARS FROM HIS SELF HARM??? TEARS. TEARS EVERYWHERE.

killing tem was an accident based off of instinct and i’m so sad for them both. like tem had his whole life ahead of him and riz wanted to spend his life seemingly with tem, but he ended both of those possibilities.

riz defending himself initially after he was found out WAS evil and mean of him but he was so entirely sure that legoshi felt the same way - he was likely sure that legoshi and pina were wrong about him.

when louis lets legoshi eat his leg riz realizes that HE’S the one in the wrong. that there is genuine connection and love, that if he could’ve fought his instincts he could’ve kept tem close to him without hurting him.

i need a 100k word essay on riz’s character analysis because i’m like 65% sure im projecting somehow but i really love his character !!

once riz realizes that he actually needs to atone for what he’s done he completely gives up. this. is kiling me. how is he one of the biggest antagonists (the whole show basically starts over him eating tem) and he isn’t even that evil.,

riz i heart u dont let the haters get u down ..

* also note i never read the manga past where the show ended rn ! i think riz comes back? or is mentioned again i think - anyway love him

[deuterosapiens]

Finished Beastars, at it stands, and am eagerly (albeit, not strictly patiently) waiting for the other half of Season Three to drop.

Let's dig in, shall we?

So, Legoshi has recovered from his near-death experience and is now continuing his quest to find Melon, who he believes he can change if only Melon would allow himself to be understood. Louis's investigation into the carnivore narcotic has led to him nearly being devoured, though it also leads to him exposing the truth to the public. Bill and Els have gotten approval to run a show of their own during the Festival of the Meteor. And Haru is... kinda there, in the background? Yeah, she's not really given any focus here.

A few highlights:

Sangwan continues to be weird. When Legoshi is the normal one, there's clearly something going on. They share a bath and philosophize about death and the food chain.

Flash, Flash, Hundred Yard Dash has a cousin here, who's a tattoo artist with a mild tendency to endeaden his clients. I've never considered how a tattoo would work over fur, but this one world-building detail is going to haunt me for the rest of the night.

Melon's developing leopard spots, a condition that parallels the affliction that caused Legoshi's mother to take her own life. Melon copes by having tattoos of melon leaves cover them. This bit actually harkens to a Riz moment in Season Two, where after enteethening Tem, his sense of taste is muted (Melon, apparently, has neither the palate of a carnivore, nor an herbivore, which leads him to have no sense of taste). Melon explicitly has no sense of taste, or libido; no desires. He does take exquisite pleasure in the pain Holger's tattooing inflicts upon him (how is this guy in business if he tends to kill clients so much? There's no way Melon pays enough to avoid the liability having this guy on staff would cause).

For some reason, the show chooses to pixilated Louis's lock-picking. This was quite funny, especially since nothing about the framing of this shot would at all be useful to someone interested in learning to pick locks. It's also probably the least illegal thing we have ever seen a character do in this show.

Legoshi fantasizes about going to the beach with Haru. He fantasizes about playing in the water with the Boys from Cherryton. He looks so damn happy to see Sangwan's home.

Ogms confronts Louis outright on the distinct possibility that his son might be gay. Louis, despite having a well known history with women, chooses to change the subject completely. Dude. Bisexuality. Look it up.

Legoshi once again fans the flames by desiring to see Melon naked. This isn't even gay speculation; he's just weird that way.

Melon is a melo(n)dramatic bitch, and I love him. I mean, yes, he's shot Legoshi again (rood), and yes, he did throw him off a cliff into the ocean. But he's so manic and demented that I just cannot not love him.

Melon is evidently a teacher at Haru's university. The plot thickens.

Anyone else see Melon as a Francis Dollarhyde-like figure? I mean, nowhere near as soft-spoken as The Great Red Dragon, but he's like a considerably more psychotic version of him.

Now, I theoretically could actually read the manga. I have a bit of time perhaps before the rest of the show concludes. But my backlog of this I need to read is looong. Still, as the actual ending draws closer, I'll be sad to see it over. They should adapt Beast Complex next.

[beastars-ship-polls]

First of all: the fact that they're in a play together where Juno plays the traditionally male hero and Pina the traditionally female love interest is the most bi4bi energy ever.

Second of all: I just think their parallels are neat. Juno tries to play the role of a paragon of virtue, doing her best to fit in and gain everyone's trust for her own benefit even when it means lying to others or being manipulative. She's not a bad person, but she's not the angel she wants everyone to see her as.

Pina on the other hand introduces himself by literally antagonizing others. He has no problem being seen as an asshole and even seems to find it funny... But when he finds out about Riz being the one who killed Tem and that Legoshi knows it too, he gets between the two of them to save Legoshi from dying recklessly. He puts himself in danger to defend a fellow classmate who doesn't even like him for no gain, since unlike Juno he isn't interested in being declared a Beastar. Hell, at some point he even says he wouldn't testify for Legoshi if he were to get arrested, only to end up doing exactly that! It's clear that Pina, for whatever reason, likes being seen as a worse person than he really is.

Where am I going with this? Nowhere. But I do think it's neat.

[mintaikkcorpse]

I love Haru sm, but man, idk how to describe it, but she feels boring in this later arc.

Kidnapping arc? We see why she is the way she is? Great! I'm sure many girls could relate to feeling like they need to be sexual in order to be understood or form connections! We see her and Legoshi's friendship, and eventually relationship, grow and her side of it? Great, love that for her and seeing how the herbivore would view this situation, and that it's not just all from Legoshi'a perspective!

But man, now it just feels like she's a plot device. And as much as I love romance, I feel kind of annoyed with Haru and Legoshi. Not just bcuz of Haru, but the way she's just used. It just feels like she's only here to further Legoshi's character, but she still has developing she needs to do. Imo, she could have a good arc with Juno, but even she was used to further Juno's arc. Another one could be her realizing that she doesn't need Louis or Legoshi, and that she's completely fine on her own.

(Also, like the Panda dude said, I really don't feel like hearing Legoshi talk about his relationship issues when he's trying to overcome his cannibalistic instincts. Yes, ik it's "can a carnivore snd herbivore truly be together?" thing and I love them for that, but the same role is being filled with Louis honestly-)

Idk, just watching basic romance in a world like Beastars? Ik it's the whole "devouring thing" going on, but again, that's furthering Legoshi's arc and not hers :(. I just wish she could be used more, bcuz I love her a lot, and she makes the story brighter.

And, like I've said said above, the same role is being filled with Louis, and in a much more interesting way. No, this isn't me being sad my yaoi ship isn't canon, bcuz I also still kinda like Haru & Legoshi (sunshine x gloomy, cmon). But, we see Louis battle with his instincts (*cough* fetish *cough*), and he becomes leader of a GANG because of them! Louis and Legoshi were already were "friends," and if Tem & Riz is anything to go by, you still feel urges to devour your friends. Even if they're not romantic, it'd still be fun to see their relationship as friends grow but with more ✨️angst✨️ and all that.

Honestly, just give Haru an arc away from Louis and Legoshi. I don't like just associating her character with either of them

If you have anything you wanna add, please tell me, bcuz I really need to expand my media literacy!

[neversthecharm]

Beastars but instead of drama club they’re all in band

I made this on my notes app like a bit over a week ago. Some of these are based on their respective songs on the ost

Legoshi- trombone cause it’s a versatile instrument and highly under appreciated tbh

Louis- alto saxophone (is that even a question), small yet very popular and have good range, very jazzy which suits him duhh also fun facts I play alto as my “secondary” instrument

Bill - trumpet, smaller instrument yet it can be very loud and very very in your face, takes a lot to tolerate it LMAOO I also used to play trumpet

Pina- clarinet, it’s used in both of his themes. Smooth instrument, smaller and quieter in size yet still has energy to it which goes well with him

Juno- euphonium/baritone, her themes has a trombone in it but I like the idea of her playing euphonium. Highly under appreciated instrument shout out to the baritones out there

Riz- percussion I think people would normally assign him as a tuba but idk percussion suits him. They can range from quieter and softer(?) sounds like marimbas and vibraphones to loud and more bold ones like snares

Others but without explanations cause I’m lazy and I don’t care for them as much

Tao- tuba

Ellen- clarinet

Zoe- flute

Aoba- bass drum

Kai- trumpet

Tem- marimbas

Sheila- Bari saxophone

Dom- trombone

Kibi- tenor sax

[shifty-fics]

I didn't originally plan for Emily's mother to be a sympathetic and tragic character, but as the story developed, doppels became less of the villains, and I started thinking about how her and MC's parents met, things changed

MC's dad was already set up to be a horrible person, so I realized I couldn't do that again with Mallory

A lot of my inspiration for her story was Beastars, specifically relationships like Haru and Legoshi, Melon's parents, Tem and Riz, and even the story of the wolf and the camel from Beast Factor

I knew while writing the main story that MC had to change and grow as a person by the end of the story, so the seeds were planted. To have a tragic character like Mallory die by the hands of the MC and Francis, two people who knew nothing of her pain and only acted in self defense, would be an effective way to avoid their actions existing in a vacuum and demonstrate how they, too, are not above doing morally questionable things to survive. Hell, it can even be debated if killing her was a mercy with how far gone she was, just depends how you want to look at it.

Winslow's perspective also brings to mind the idea that the reader did essentially keep a mother away from her child. Was the child scared of her? Yes. Was it necessarily dangerous for her to be with the mom though? Not really, at least not for her that is. Mallory had been the best mother she could, but in her blood frenzy who's to say where her mind is. It's possible that going back to raising Emily would only make her worse, but who knows

MC isn't some righteous hero, they are just as morally gray as everyone else. They make mistakes and false assumptions, they have knee-jerk reactions to things that scare them. Like everyone else, they're just surviving

[coldmail750]

Okay I feel like the complaint about Zaguan's denouement time might feel a bit weird or overemphasized to anyone who wasn't experiencing the finale of the manga as it happened so let me try and explain how absolutely surreal the way Beastars ended was (spoilers, obviously):

Beastars has five arcs. The Adler and Meteor Festival arcs are season 1 of the anime, the resolving-Tem's-murder arc is season 2, and since season 3 is supposed to be the final season it'll presumably be both the chill-vibes-and-worldbuilding arc and the Melon arc.

The last of these, the Melon arc, is also the longest, something like a third of the whole manga. It's also very uneven in terms of quality, swinging between inspired character moments and thematic commentary on the one hand and utterly inexplicable worldbuilding details and weird plot tangents that go nowhere on the other.

Its climactic final fight takes up the manga from chapter 174 to chapter 192, and very much matches the rest of the Melon arc in terms of quality, but, for our purposes here, what matters is that, around the time chapter 192 drops, Beastars fans get confirmation that this is indeed the final arc, and the manga's final chapter will be chapter 196.

Okay. So Paru Itagaki has given herself four chapters to tie together all the loose threads that emerge from having a manga with a near-ensemble cast and just shy of 200 chapters. Bold move, Cotton, let's see how it plays out.

So the fans wait a week, and chapter 193 comes out, and...

The chapter consists of Zaguan preparing to move back to the ocean, a brief tangent where the whale that stopped !WW2 (I'm not kidding about the utterly inexplicable worldbuilding) proposes to Yahya that the carnivores just eat fish (something that apparently nobody's considered up to this point????), and then Zaguan changes his mind about moving back to the ocean.

This is one of the final chapters of the manga, Paru still needs to wrap up Legoshi's story, Louis's story, Haru's story, Juno's story, everything with Jack, everything with Gouhin, everything with Pina, everything with Bill, everything with the Shishigumi, plus anything with Sebun, Gosha, Yahya, Riz, the rest of the Cherryton drama club, the rest of the 701 boys, and...

...we spend a full chapter on... Zaguan changing his mind?

Oookay, well, um, let's wait for next week and see what Paru does with chapter 194?

And then chapter 194 drops, and it is Louis's character progression being taken out back and shot like Old Yeller (a subject I have already talked about at far too much length), plus a single background panel of denouement for the Shishigumi.

Now, suddenly, the vibe is not just "wow Paru is gonna have to tie up a lot of loose character threads in a very small number of chapters", it's "wow Paru is gonna have to tie up a lot of loose character threads AND maybe hopefully fix taking Louis's arc out behind the woodshed in an EVEN SMALLER number of chapters".

So, chapter 195 and 196, whaddaya got?

Two chapters worth of Legoshi and Haru playing will-they-won't-they one more time for auld lang syne, with a gratuitous cliffhanger in between the two chapters, ultimately culminating in an ending that's perfectly fine for them, plus one page each denouement for Jack & the 701 boys, Gouhin, and the drama club.

Hrm.

So all these characters who we've spent the entire duration of the manga following and getting invested in, the one who we've been with since the beginning or at least the first half of the manga, the ones with all the really fun and interesting characterization and thematic commentary that made Beastars so engaging - the main characters get endings that are at best "fine" and the supporting characters get at most a page for their farewells?

But the comic relief seal whose recurring bit is being naked gets a whole chapter where nothing happens?

?????????

The fucking Zaguan denouement chapter™ is yet another absolutely baffling detail about Beastars's ending and I have no clue why on earth it exists other than "Paru Itagaki or someone at Weekly Shonen Champion REALLY liked the Jar-Jar Binks seal".

This isn't something where I have enough material to write an essay, but it's something where I nonetheless want to make it clear that this is one of the many Beastars-related hills I will gladly die on:

Zaguan is Beastars's Jar-Jar Binks.

He's a character from an underwater world whose primary purpose is to be wacky comic relief due to his strange underwater world customs and his lack of understanding of surface world customs, and it's obvious that somebody in the production chain really fuckin' likes him because suddenly he keeps showing up way more often than he has any right or need to (why is Jar-Jar now the senator from Naboo and the author of Palpatine's Enabling Act? why does Zaguan get a full chapter of denouement where nothing happens PLUS a Beast Complex chapter when much more established characters like Jack & the 701 boys, Gouhin, the Cherryton drama club, and the Shishigumi barely even get a page each?).

I'm sorry, but these are the same character, and they serve about the same level of narrative utility.