Greetings. Thank you so much for visiting my blog today. We’re continuing the next two installements of Beastars Final Season: episode 7 and 8. Both were exciting and well-written, but I preferred episode 7 for its deeper character psychology and the romance aspect. Let’s get started and review my notes on these suckers.
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Episode 7: Eat My Vow
Episode Rating: 9/10
I am highly impressed with the way this episode was written and directed, though there were a few odd choices. (For example, it was weird when Haru’s eyes changed to an entirely different art style at one point). Beastars often showcases excellent writing, world-building, and character psychology. It also has a more original and free style of storytelling, which means a lot of it will be hit-or-miss. Anyway, the first event we need to discuss in this episode is the date.
It’s Legoshi’s birthday, so Haru comes to take him on a date. He decides it’s a good time to tell her the truth about the devouring incident and everything else. Haru decides to withhold moral judgment, saying that the devouring was exclusively between Louis and Legoshi. I think it was gracious of her to communicate this. While she’s still afraid of what could happen in a long-term future with Legoshi, Haru loves and trusts the wolf deeply. She wouldn’t abandon him over this much.
There was a cute scene with Haru and Legoshi in the Ferris Wheel, but since it’s Beastars and we can’t have nice things, they were separated by a metal grate. It serves to prevent incidents between herbivores and carnivores. Haru is not the most popular character, and I get why she’s hard for some people to understand. But I absolutely love Haru and I think I have a fair idea of what goes through her mind. That’s why I wasn’t really surprised when she requested to go to the Black Market.
I was surprised by Haru’s mental and digestive strength. The smell of a steak is foul and sickening to Louis, but Haru strolls through entire streets of dead herbivores and only looks vaguely uncomfortable. It was such an insane idea to go into a rabbit meat shop. Haru is crazy, but I really liked that scene. Of course, I also share in Haru’s frustration that Legoshi refused to kiss her. He’s being a complete idiot, worrying about things like marriage when there’s a beautiful woman who loves him right now, waiting for his perfectionism bubble to pop.
At least initially, I didn’t like Haru’s monologue about her sexuality. I wish it was a bit different, but it does make sense for her character. What I mean is that Haru regrets the highly sexual lifestyle she lived before. She basically said that her supposed sexual empowerment was actually shallow and self-destructive. She wanted to feel equal to others, and I don’t think it’s wrong to use sexuality for that purpose – in reality. In the world of Beastars, it’s slightly different.
Any carnivore could kill Haru and face minimal consequences. In a world where carnivores exist with such brutal instincts, it makes perfect sense to be afraid of having sex with their kind. Haru was not morally wrong, but she was putting herself in extreme danger. It makes sense to regret doing that a lot that as she gained self-awareness. Haru still has the freedom to sleep with whomever she wants; but now, she only wants to put herself in danger for one partner. That’s Legoshi. Haru’s sexuality is a fascinating topic and will surely warrant a more detailed post in the future.
I’ve already spent a while discussing this episode, and that was only half of it. I’ll try to go through the rest more quickly – but no promises. Louis acquires a mostly empty bottle of Kines and asks someone from the Horns Research team to analyze it. The researcher is a hot scientist lady who seems to be a racoon or a tanuki based on her striped, fluffy tail. I enjoyed this character despite her appearance being extremely brief. I’m not sure if she has a confirmed name, but she’s cute as hell.
In his spare time, Louis sometimes meets with Juno. Louis’ interactions with Juno at the café were interesting – if a little painful – to watch. It was painful at first because Juno is so impulsive and frank when expressing herself. She truly has never heard of an internal monolgue. After that, the scene was painful because Louis was so mean and condescending. Louis has always been this way, and he has no obligation to soften his verbal blows for Juno. Still, I felt bad for the female wolf, who is so easily hurt.
Side Note: It’s hitting me that Beastars is about being true to oneself while living in a diverse society – and that includes being true to oneself sexually. There’s been so much talk surrounding sex and attraction. Now, it’s Juno’s turn to realize that she’s attracted to herbivores and interested in interspecies sexuality. The realization seems to be analogous to finding out one is gay or bisexual in our world. Even if you don’t face public discrimination, embracing it means that your life will be made extremely inconvenient and scary for some time.
In the last scene in the episode, Juno goes to Legoshi at his workplace to vent about her broken heart. She acts completely unhinged, crying loudly in public and refusing to explain herself to anyone. She’s a wolf, and wolves are big, loud, and emotional animals. So, it’s fitting and humorous for Juno to howl her heart out in a ramen shop. She also yelled on camera about being in love with a deer. Atsumi Tanezaki did a great job with the voice-acting for this scene. Still, it’s easy to look at Juno’s behavior here and find her nothing but annoying. That’s finally all my notes for episode 7.
Episode 8: What Lies at the End of the Melon Patch
Episode Rating: 8/10
Rumors circulate the Black Market saying that Yahya is dead, but that was just a move to knock down the Beastar’s morale for a while. Yahya is injured but alive after his encounter with Melon. Speaking of Melon, this is when Yahya officially reveals that Melon is a “mix.” He looks like a gazelle but has the fangs and instincts of a carnivore. It’s time to track down Melon. (Note: the rat in this scene seems to be the leader of the leader of the 500 Cornered Rats network. His name is Corne. More on the rats later.)
Meanwhile, at the udon shop, Legoshi listens to the news and hears about recently introduced financial protections for interspecies couples. This newscast confirms that interspecies marriages are legally recognized – unless the carnivore has a record of devouring. Legoshi seems happy to hear about the progressive government program, but a herbivore customer complains about it loudly.
Legoshi ignores the bigot’s comments and continues to serve him udon. I was very proud of him for not making a scene this time. The owl who cooks the udon – AKA Legoshi’s boss – empathizes with Legoshi. I think his name is Bebebe. This raptor has a sweet moment of encouraging and validating Legoshi for his improved work lately. I love Bebebe so much. He’s so cute and wise. He needs more screen-time!
In the next scene, Legoshi visits the grave of his mother Leanno. We don’t know her full story or how she died at this point in the anime, but we know she was a mix of Komodo Dragon and Gray Wolf. Gosha joins Legoshi at the gravestone and overhears him saying that he’s dating Haru. After some discussion, the old dragon expresses that he approves of Legoshi making his own life decisions. It was a good family moment. I’m envious of Legoshi for having such a supportive guardian at such an important age.
Before moving on to the final points of discussion, I want to mention that the rats are cool and amazing in this episode. They’re a bunch of brave souls who pull crazy, dangerous stunts to keep their underground surveillance network operational. Don’t underestimate the courage and determination of little animals driven by personal goals. Anyway, thanks to the rats, Yahya learned about the masquerade party that would be held by the Shishigumi soon.
The Beastar meets Legoshi and tries to recruit him as backup for the masquerade. He hopes to catch Melon, since he now knows the murderer is leading the Shishigumi. To help demonstrate a point, Yahya brought a gift for Legoshi in the form of a melon. The ensuing talk was interesting as the horse explained that the criminal he was hunting was named Melon and was a “mix.” Yahya hates things that are not black-and-white. Just as that gift isn’t clearly fruit or vegetable, Melon is neither fully carnivore nor fully herbivore. And Yahya finds this offensive.
(Side Note: Yahya also remarks that Melon is worse than a devourer, and I fully agree on that one point. Melon is literally a serial killer.)
Yahya wants to recruit Legoshi for two main reasons. First, despite his aggressive airs, the horse actually likes and is impressed by the wolf’s strength and sincerity. Secondly, Yahya wants to show Legoshi that “mixes” are evil creatures to discourage him from trying to reproduce with Haru. Legoshi’s face clouds as he thinks about what it would mean to raise a “mix” child. It was apparently a hard thing for his mother to deal with.
Since he’s so curious about Melon now, Legoshi will certainly decide to accompany Yahya. That’s the end for now, but I will eventually write more Beastars content other than just episode reviews. That will include a post about Haru’s sexuality and something about Yahya’s warped personality. Sayonara for now.
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Written by 7Mononoke
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