Reviews

Beastars, vol. 22 by Paru Itagaki

sayonaraika's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

Beastars had a strong start, but the latter-half of the story became odd.

ralen356's review against another edition

4.0

*Review of Volumes 19-22*
Ayyyyyyy
A little underwhelmed by the ending, but I think it did an alright job in ending things. I did enjoy the increase in humor. Especially all the gay jokes and covid jokes. So many pairings that I love were formally acknowledged. I don't like how a lot of questions are still unanswered about the whole carnivore herbivore relationship and the existence of mixed species. The ending just seemed way too neat.

Louis gives a public statement about the black market and suddenly all the adult carnivores are atoning for their sins by destroying the black market. It's not like they still don't crave meat. It's also not like herbivores don't know about the black market. Surely there's been herbivores who've bore witness to what they've done and yet they still continued to go there. Take Bill who is pretty defensive about his need for meat. Surely not all the carnivores acknowledge their shame and turn away from meat. Yahya mentions this, but nothing is done about it. Nothing is done for mixed species animals either. I suppose public perception is changing, but the execution is a bit poor on that part. Is there an actual solution? I don't think so, but I would've preferred that there be a moment of reflection on this and putting some sort of closure on the solution rather than ignoring it.

There's a lot of romance stuffed at the end, which I find decent.

I'm very upset that Louis and Juno aren't together.

I mean Haru and Legoshi got an ok ending. It felt like a lot of their other interactions being all awkward and somewhat affectionate.

It wasn't as romantic as I was hoping, but I guess I'm ok with them at least agreeing they're in a relationship. I would've liked to see if they had kids or maybe adopted.

kowai_mangl's review against another edition

fast-paced

5.0

aqua_lilium's review against another edition

today is the day I finished the manga, after having a long-ish break (cannot remember when I started the break lol)

I want to give here a general review of the manga.

It started so good, with a brand new world, great characters (I love Legoshi and I have a crush on him ngl), the world building was almost good. But when things started to get a bit complex (I am saying complex because I cannot bring myself to say world building or character development) everything started to fall out. I mean, it all started with the fact that Legoshi wanted to get stronger so he could be with Haru, but then so many unnecessary things started to happen that I took a break and when I sit down to finish it I skimmed most of it.

This manga had great potential and got ruined along the way, the best thing was the community comments. Ryski if you see this I applaud and bow to you bro.

ounaa_h's review against another edition

5.0

ALORS LA c'était un des meilleurs trucs que j'ai lu de ma vie, les enjeux societaux sont hyper intéressants surtout quand ça oppose des carnivores qui ont des instincts et les herbivores qui sont leurs proies naturelles, les persos sont hyper bien développés et leurs relations aussi, Legoshi c'est un mc de ouf. Pour les relations entre les persos il y a de l'amitié de l'amour de la famille c'est DÉCHIRANT. J'aime trop le sujet aussi de l'amour inter-espèce, ça rappelle un peu les mariages mixtes je trouve même si c'est plus extrême quand c'est un éléphant et une souris... BREF j'ai vraiment trop trop kiffé c'était de la folie même les combats sont trop stylés et c'est un seinen bien gore qui remet en question plein de trucs et qui parle de sujets importants tout ce qu'il faut pour que je kiffe LISEZ REGARDEZ AS YOU WISH MAIS EMBRASSEZ BEASTARS

alex_zuchowski's review against another edition

5.0

While people think that the ending was anticlimactic I disagree. I believe that it was the only was it could end. I don’t see this story ever have a satisfying ending because Legoshi lives in an unsatisfying world. This volume wrap up everyone’s story perfectly in my opinion and I’m sad that the series is over. This story has shape me and I don’t think I would be the same without it.

kro_0's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

4.5

mockturtleneck's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

sophieslibrary17's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

danacanterino's review against another edition

5.0

5/5

Hacía un montón que no me enganchaba tan adictivamente con algo, tiene sus pros y contras, pero la verdad me encantó.