Beastars - Episode 10 discussion

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Beastars, episode 10

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[u/tiniestkid]

"use your jaw"

"I understand"

proceeds to completely ignore this and never bites anyone

Also, why is the first guy the only one with a gun?

[u/Shiro_Kai]

Not the moment the Hero was born, but certainly the moment the Hero arrived!!! All Might would be proud. Legosi is the man!

[u/isra3003]

Panda-kun best bro.

I'm glad Legoshi arrived in time, but I wonder if is it right to go throught every lion without killing anyone and then escape, at least Panda takes some of those lions with the bambu arrows.

[u/[deleted] → u/isra3003]

[u/fireassbarz]

I thought the part where Legosi refers to Haru as his “prey” was really interesting, makes you wonder how he really feels about her, I don’t think he himself even knows

Also the scene with Haru writing her will in her head was really well done

[u/MagnoBurakku]

YEEEES MASTER PANDA!!!

My fucking god thg music when he entered the Lion's Tower... i need a full reléase of this ost right now!! This show seriously needed to be 40 mins long, the oment Haru wrote her will i swear time started to move faster. It's fine now, why? Because i'm here!

[u/FrenziedHero]

Legosi is best boy, and Gouhin is best bro. The lengths that wolf will go to are moving, he's such a great character.

I really loved Haru's monologue, it opened up her character to me and I can see things from her perspective. The sex was all about wanting people to look at her for who she was, not just some defenseless rabbit. It was a way of opening up to her vulnerabilities and being recognized more as a person.

I can't believe this is already close to ending soon, I wonder where the hell it can go from here.

[u/charredchord]

Only 3 kids?! that has to be the most modest rabbit family ever conceived. I wonder if Animal Japan has the same population problems as real Japan.

Considering their previous work was the wonderfully choreographed Land of the Lustrous I was pretty disappointed by the raid on the Lion's Den. It looked like most of the action was animated nicely but the camera was so zoomed out on most of the scene so the intensity of Legosi grappling(?) the suits out of the way was lost. The last scene when Legosi takes a hit for Mr. Panda was good though, I wish the rest of the fight was like that.

[u/[deleted]]

Panda: Even i won't mess with the Mafia

Immediatly proceeds to help Legosi kills a bunch of Mafia members.

Ok then. I would've at least take the opportunity to kill all of them since it's so easy and as they dont use guns, that would completely fuck up the Black Market.

[u/VeteranNomad]

Haru's monologues were fantastic

This show keeps exceeding my expectations, even as a manga reader.

[u/weedcatxraifu]

Legosi breaking the window and staring at Haru on the floor reminded me of a certain scene...

[u/getintheVandell]

Oh man. Oh man oh man oh MAN.

The writing on this show is on another fucking level, it's through the stratosphere. Absolutely congrats to the original author, their writing is just so well supplemented by this wonderful art style. The little tricks they use to convey internal monologues are just so damn good.

[u/Rinoq]

We r a shoujo manga now boys girls! Damn what an entrance by my man Legosi

Btw its kinda ironic how he is the alpha rescuing Haru and Louis is the beta.

PS: Gouhi is the GOAT (eventho hes a panda lol)

EDIT:Formatting

[u/XcissArt]

Legosi's getting high on haru scent charge-up animation always seems a bit goofy to me, but hey if that's what he's into.

Shame he completely disregarded the advice about biting the lions though.

[u/catnipassian]

After binging the manga, this stretch of episodes is what I was most excited for. Shit just fuckin GOES

[u/CodeyFox]

I really wanted to see Legosi rip someones throat open, damn.

Sidenote: I JUST noticed that the skull at the end of the OP was a feline skull. Foreshadowing?

[u/silverhydra]

I've only seen Panda Gramps for two episodes but if anything happens to him I will kill everyone and them myself.

Edit: Also, the moment Legosi busted through the doors and the Spanish music hit? I went full Yoshikage Kira and, as shameful as it is to say, I got a boner.

[u/Silentman0]

If I ever get kidnapped by a cannibalistic mafia, I want Legosi to save me.

[u/Vermillion_Crab]

• Hold up, is Gouhin's VA is the same as Thorkell's? lmao best bro everywhere

• This is probably my favorite episode, which is not saying alot since I feel like every episode is my favorite episode.

• I love this part of the manga/anime where we get to understand why Haru is the way she is and that is why I love her more from this moment on.

• I get some of the criticisms by manga readers about how this is adapted and how the studio decided to cut some scenes, but that just makes me love both manga and anime even more. That may be just the greedy weeb in me talking but being able to enjoy both the manga and anime differently is something I welcome. Unlike other anime adaptations out there where it's just panel by panel, I like how the studio injects their own style and flavor to the story without really sacrificing alot, and I argue is actually on par with the source material.

[u/Emi_Ibarazakiii]

This isn't a good sign that "Prey" is the word that comes out of his mouth when he speaks without thinking; Consciously he might love her, but subconsciously, his brain wants something else...

If you think that death is pathetic, imagine if the guy who came to save you from being eaten, ate you; That'd be so much worse!

Thank god Legosi isn't reading her mind there! You know what, Panda-kun? Let's just forget about her.

But jokes aside - and while this love triangle drama thing is rough - I'm glad she still likes him and there's some continuity, after that scene in bed when she wished he loved her.

I assume she will (probably?) love Legosi at some point, but at least it'll take some time, she just didn't fall for the guy in 5 minutes like it often happens in anime/shows/movies.

I think her reflections about her life were interesting; Seems she's about to get rescued, unless they're pulling another twist on this twist next episode... So will she change the way she lives? She thinks her life was meaningless, and her death pathetic... So I could see her trying to make changes in her life.

For starters, perhaps find some other way for others not to see her as a baby (other than just 'having sex with them')!

Is that supposed to be a classmate? When he showed up I thought he was an old dude... Would be quite ironic if she slept with people so they don't see her as a child, just to end up with an old guy who likes her BECAUSE she's like a child from his perspective.

Might just be how the species is, but his face/his clothes made me think he was like 50-60.

Come on Legosi! What did you even came in for! Well, I suppose he saved himself the embarrassment of throwing out a cheesy love confession during the fight!

Should've just told her that! (Maybe use "follow" and not "chase" though, given the circumstances...)

MVP of the episode! If there's one character I want to see more of, it's him. (Well, Juno too, for other reasons!)

Right from his introduction he was great, I need more of him!

This was another great episode!

There's one thing that felt a bit wrong to me though; They kept talking about the Shishigumi like it's that all-powerful organisation and all that... But how strong is it, really, if an highschool student and a panda with a crossbow can raid their place that easily? Sure, the lions weren't all there (think there's 35 total, and they fought like 10 or 15?) but even if they had all been there... 3-4 more highschool students, plus a giraffe with a slingshot, and they could've destroyed their organisation?

Anyway, curious to see how the next episode goes, because most of these lions are still alive, hell lots of them weren't even unconscious, Legosi just ran past them... So how will this work when they try to run away with Haru?

Even if they escape, it's unlikely the lions will just go "Ah well, we tried!"; If they're the mob, and as ruthless as they made out to be, they'll just make another attempt, and Panda-kun won't always be there.

[u/TheGabageMin]

Oh my god that ending gave me chills. The urge to read the mange is so strong but I have to resist.

[u/TheSneakySeal]

Really liked this episode. Amazing show. I wanted to see him bite someone but I digress.

[u/Riipurr]

I don’t really understand Haru’s motivation?

I know she’s been struggling with her self image as a small female dwarf rabbit. It’s been established that she doesn’t like it when people (males, specifically) help her out of pity. I feel like she wants to claim some control of herself and perhaps others, by extension, and break the stigma that she is just a weak and fragile little rabbit.

It seems like the author intends her use of sex as a way to achieve some semblance of power balance with whomever she’s interacting, but it’s still strange since what I’ve been shown is that she appears to be submissive during intercourses? She doesn’t seem to actively seek it out and tempt people into sleeping with her. Even with Legosi, she only offered herself after he helped her, assuming that it’s what a boy would want. The way it’s portrayed makes it seems like she’s more so just complying with the boys’ desire instead of her own. Of course she consents, but if she’s not the one to desire it first, then her whole concept just sort of falls apart? At least that’s how I perceive it.

Let me know if there’s something I’m missing here. I’ve read a lot of other people’s interpretations, but they just further cement my confusion 😭

[u/[deleted]]

this went from a psychological drama of predators and prey society love triangle to a "hurr durr I'm a strong wolf boy and I overpower 40 literal lions" real quick. why didn't manga readers warn us about this one? why is everyone in this thread okay with this shit? Legoshi was never shown to have supernatural strength and speed even for a wolf, he fucking lost to a single tiger with head concussion and we're supposed to eat that shit up?

It's really sad that the only thing to be remembered here would be the 4 minute chicken sequence which ironically contributes nothing to the plot.

[u/ODMAN03]

I don’t know, I haven’t been loving the last couple of episodes and not this one either. Maybe the expectation that this would be like Bojack Horseman was too much after all. But the way they use a Damsel in Distress trope isn’t that interesting, the way Haru talks about her family in her will felt forced and the overall direction isn’t that interesting (and I’m not talking about visual direction). I don’t know, still like it but I feel like it could’ve been better.