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A review by paracosm
BEASTARS, Vol. 22 by Paru Itagaki
3.0
25-08-2024
I honestly don't think I can recommend this series. I mean, there was definitely a point when it was one of my favorites. But then it just get worse around the middle part and I don't think the ending is very good.
That arc when Louis was a gang leader was the best arc and everything afterwards was meh. Most characters were dropped or pushed to the side. If you are a Haru fan I feel so sorry for you. And of the new character none of them held my interest.
Legoshi's ending was as okay as was gonna get. He just sort of gets with Haru and gets to have a life. They never improved the public opinion on inter species relationships, which was kind of a big deal in previous volumes but what can we do.
Louis situation pisses my off so much. I never shipped him with Juno but even that would have been better than the shitty marriage he ended up with in the company he didn't want. I'm so sad about Louis.
No other character matters so why would I mention them.
Idk how you accomplish this, but Beastars is the kind of series that tries to argue against discrimination, and against judging people for reasons they can control. But at the same time give very good reasons about why that discrimination is very important for a functional society.
Because no matter how badly they want to be friends, carnivores are always gonna be driven to devour herbivores. And herbivores are always gonna be weaker and in need of protection. And the author tries to put a bandaid over it by having meat products imported from the sea, which is super convenient! How weird that this wasn't mentioned before?!
You can read this series if you want to, just don't have big expectations.
I honestly don't think I can recommend this series. I mean, there was definitely a point when it was one of my favorites. But then it just get worse around the middle part and I don't think the ending is very good.
That arc when Louis was a gang leader was the best arc and everything afterwards was meh. Most characters were dropped or pushed to the side. If you are a Haru fan I feel so sorry for you. And of the new character none of them held my interest.
Legoshi's ending was as okay as was gonna get. He just sort of gets with Haru and gets to have a life. They never improved the public opinion on inter species relationships, which was kind of a big deal in previous volumes but what can we do.
Louis situation pisses my off so much. I never shipped him with Juno but even that would have been better than the shitty marriage he ended up with in the company he didn't want. I'm so sad about Louis.
No other character matters so why would I mention them.
Idk how you accomplish this, but Beastars is the kind of series that tries to argue against discrimination, and against judging people for reasons they can control. But at the same time give very good reasons about why that discrimination is very important for a functional society.
Because no matter how badly they want to be friends, carnivores are always gonna be driven to devour herbivores. And herbivores are always gonna be weaker and in need of protection. And the author tries to put a bandaid over it by having meat products imported from the sea, which is super convenient! How weird that this wasn't mentioned before?!
You can read this series if you want to, just don't have big expectations.