#only 1 hour left until ican go home and watch Beastars LET'S FUCKICKGN GOOOOO

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Could I ask for your opinion in beastars?

Ok so my opinion on Beastars is more complicated than I let on really. I LOVE this stupid series but not because I think it's well written. On the contrary, I think it's got one of the most confused plots ever written and it mostly flounders around aimlessly jumping from one thing to another until something clicks.

But the worldbuilding and characters carry it.

I've mentioned my love for Beastars' worldbuilding before but failed to elaborate. Something I love about Beastars is while it takes a little inspiration from real-life animals it really does not give a shit about realism and prefers interesting concepts to put the characters in all kinds of shitty situations. Paru Itagaki does not care about your zoology degree, she said "wouldn't this stuff be fucked up" and put it in her talking animal show. And I think that's awesome. While I do like realistic worldbuilding sometimes there's something really magical about seeing a society so alien yet so similar to ours through the lens of non-humans, and really pushing it to its limits without caring about real-life rules.

And this unrealistic-yet-relatable vibe seeps into the characters as well and makes for incredible allegories. For example, if Haru and Legoshi were human the story wouldn't work because it would just be a regular heterosexual love story. But because she's a rabbit and he's a wolf every other character reacts by saying "Ewwww look at this fucking FREAK he's a WOLF and he likes RABBITS? That's so gross keep your fetishes to yourself you pervert. Why don't you get yourself a normal CANINE girlfriend instead and stop being disgusting???"

Romance is a big part of the series but really these kinds of reactions are woven into every interaction the characters have with their environment. Carnivores have to constantly fight the urge to eat meat, herbivores have to live in fear of being devoured in a frenzy, venomous animals have to live with the fact they'll never be able to physically connect with non-venomous animals because they might kill them, hybrids have to deal with all sorts of discrimination and medical problems. And I haven't even mentioned the Black Market and how freaking important it is to the basic functioning of society. Every character has a different relationship with these things depending on their species but also on their personality, how much they care about status, what kind of relationships they have etc. It really is the "put blorbo in bizzarre situations and shake them around like a bug in a jar" show.

Anyway it's definitely not for everyone. If it's not your kind of thing you're probably gonna walk away confused and frustrated lol, but it feels like it caters specifically to the kind of niche stuff I like so I don't really care :3