Quick Vid: Beastars Season 2 (Review) 

I thought they just didnt reales it until all the language dubs are done?

In general, I think their marketing is weird. Not just for anime. WIsh Dragon and Vivo from Sony were swept under the rug too. I literally saw no advertising before the release for both of those movies. Heck, even Mitchells vs. the Machines didn't have that much advertisement. This of course could be an issue that is caused by Sony but I highly doubt it

This. Netflix seems to hate the anime it hosts for some reason. I didn't even know season 2 was out until people started posting clips of it on youtube. Frankly, if it's not published/produced by Netflix itself, it gets swept under the rug like NO NO said.

Possible 2nd reason: furri

Wait season two is out!?

Exactly 😅 I watched it with subtitles and when it came in French on Netflix I didn’t really care since I have the mangas and had see the animated scene already

I swear, Netflix jail is stupid.

Someone should really just shout to the world that you shouldn't spoil stuff in thumbnails and titles of RU-vid videos. I have had so many things that happened in season 2 spoiled for me. I went through watching like, "Wow, this would have been a great reveal, except for the fact that I already knew it was going to happen," or, in some cases, "Wow, I might have laughed at this if I didn't already know it was going to happen."

Sadly we won't get season three, because they will think it flopped.

I waited 5 months to wait for season two to come out in English just to wait for Jonah Scott's voice in a show again. It was worth it.

Snake Lady is the most underrated character in my opinion

I feel snake lady watched and decided to let Legoshi decide what to do with him completely lol Kinda funny the security guard would let a kid decide the verdict of a murderer tho lol

@@demi9441 yeah almost like shes not a great character for not doing her job

AKA; snake girl that never shows up again

@@hueylong7989 Doing your job isn't a requirement for a good character... what are you on about? (not saying she's a good character, but your logic is bad)

Animal girls best girls.

Furries

Furry anime guys: All fur, anthro, muscular, animal traits and features Furry anime girls: No fur, pretty much just humans with animal ears sticking out of their hair, and maybe a tail

@@TheHuskyK9 Seton Academy?

Ye. Beastars finally did "animal girls" right

It also had to do with timing. Beastars season 1 was right around when the 'Rona started to keep everyone inside & had to find something to fill time.

Also the 2nd season was rushed af, legit not really worth it.

Adding to that, if they are anything like me, they could possible be less interested cause they've seen how it ends and, unfortunately its not good. S3 was confirmed recently and if its just gonna follow the Manga then I really wouldn't have much interest in it.

Also Netflix Jail. I think it took more time to be released on Netflix than S1.

@@ZombiedWolf That's what killed my entire interest in the series. I did read ahead, and have done so plenty of on-going series with manga (MHA for example) typically that just gets my excited to see the manga animated, except when the manga ends up being bad or going sharply down in terms of quality. The arcs following the resolution of the murderer on campus arc, the series just goes in such a 180 direction IMO (in very much the same way/manner as MHA actually as that's another series I've dropped due to decline IMO of the manga's story) that, to me, it becomes an entirely different kind of story/narrative/genre even. When you build something up to have one major setting and focus, and then dump that in favor of an entirely different one, of course some people are gonna drop the series/lose interest.

Indeed. That's a good read to learn more things about their world.

A new chapter was released this week in Japan. There is a small cameo of Legosi and Haru.

Oh YES! Those are good side stories and even bring back side characters from the beastars series.

Now i would love a Beast Complex anime. I love Beastars but the ending was such a let down!

Thats definetly something I'd love to watch. Just did a comment saying they should make an OVA season with just worldbuilding and side characters even if I didnt knew this ever existed LOL. Hoping it comes out in anime form.

That really was a good scene

That sequence was really cute

Yeah

Aw sheila and peach

It’s one of my favorite scenes because it’s quite a contrast to the rest of the TV show. The rest of the TV show is really crazy and then seeing this calm atmosphere is very refreshing

I cant escape you 😫

second reply

Like?

Do you have any examples?

@Bacon Pancakes the terrible ending, the pacing, etc

I can't stop thinking about how she was just there to give Legoshi more push to find the killer but SHE had no follow up. She must really be part time!

For what it is worth, that's how it was in the manga. So it's not an issue with just the anime.

Yeah that made absolutely no sense at all. She literally showed up out of nowhere and told him to do what he was already doing and then never showed back up. Legoshi never even mentioned her after the fact either. They really should have just cut her out completely because she had no purpose

Yeah! I forgot she was even there.

Pro: We didn't see her again.

he had merchandise that says I'm not a furry

@@edizgunes the Click needs that too

@@edizgunes the fact that he needs to say it means he IS ONE.

@@WolfgangDoW he is a furry

Is your pfp a ferret

@Skott LeFever To be fair, that's as much as Six Eyes shows up in the manga.

To be fair, Juno was never a main character. There were a _lot_ of side characters that didn't get seen much later in the manga, Juno just happened to be one of them

@@The328th Not to mention she kind of just served as a simp for Legoshi.

I mean... kinda?

Haru gang

That and even his own father inquiring about it-

bro, i read the manga as well, I swear to god, if you get rid of haru, and told me that this is a gay romance manga. I without a doubt will believe that lmao

Bro in the english subs Louis litterally says he has to go save the guy he loves (talking about Legoshi) and I'm so mad they weren't canon

Haru literally became a background character and when Legoshi and Haru interact, they bicker so it's no wonder people started to prefer LegoshixLouis

@@charlotteroussel-daudelin5194 I mean he says "a very important person to me", I think. Just the typical borderline gay scenes of shouen (though other parts do go over that border imo.)

I agree with you. I feel like this season needed more than 12 episodes to feel more complete. I hope the next season does more than 12, even if it will take longer to come out.

@@Alberto9Herrera I don't think there Will be a season 3

@@Peachesdemon It was actually announced by Netflix and Studio Orange on July 20th.

@@Alberto9Herrera I remember they, (Oh yea SPOILERS) somewhere, I'd have to find it, they didn't show the scene with Legoshi's grandpa like they did in the comics during the fight with Riz primarily because they weren't sure if a season 3 was going to take place. I'm curious how they're gonna do with the next season and if they're going to do the Melon ark in 1 or 2 seasons, I think the melon ark needs at least 2.

I agree! Second season definitely felt a bit rushed to me, like it needed just a bit more time to flesh out things. Also still really enjoyed what we got tho!

Bruh I’m first furry lol 😂

OwO

...

He has accepted he is. And now. I feel ashamed to say this. I think i am becoming into one as well

@@wolfenden9805 Don't know if you'll get the reference but Gooble gobble! Gooble gobble! One of us! One of us!

I couldn’t agree more. The first season didn’t focus on the murder as much as the second

Tbh I’m glad Haru was put aside but that is probably cause I don’t like her character ;-;

in the manga haru just dissapears at some point. like the whole second arc almost never includes her and she's such a big part og legoshi's beliefs. so when i watched the second season i was so glad they didn't just completely take her out. so yeah, if you compare anime and manga in the anime there's a lot of her.

@@shmeblya so basically the manga really is kinda worse than the anime regarding Haru huh? Daym. And they're still calling this a masterpiece? I mean get that Haru ain't the showrunner but CMON at least develop her with Legoshi already

It turned into, “HOLY SHIT THE DEER WANTS TO FUCK THE WOLF”

was not aware the second season had come out until my "sreason 2 beasters" alarm had went off. I had forgotten about the alarm, and the season, entirely

my favourite moment is when legoshi is happy seeing louis and then starts wagging his tail

@@skullcullbonez_ That was a sweet moment.

Same :D

Let’s be honest Legoshi and Louis have more chemistry together than both Haru and Juno combined.

@@andrewsanusi8462 They really did though in this season

Yeah, me too!

Same

Facts

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Imagine how easy getting an A+ would be if essays were equivalent to rambling ....

no truer words than that last sentence. amazing show, pretty lame ending

Since the manga is finished, overall I feel like Paru really struck gold with the characters and their dynamics Everything else is kind of underwhelming, but she nailed this one aspect almost perfectly and you can tell.

I assume due to the changes in Season 2 material (setting up and foreshadowing later stuff), they're saving it for Season 3 so they'll have enough material for the 3rd Arc to fill all of season 3 (probably ending on Lego and Haru's date), since that's when the material is a lot more relevant as well.

Well said my friend.

Dang it should be you having said the closing remarks on this vid hot dang

What tf is with all these links?!

i know you from r/beastars

@@z0py Me?

@@Alberto9Herrera No clue

@@z0py Same!

I thought he made a beastars oc too lmao

Reject humanity Return to furr

No he is denying the truth for so long in a painful way

@@wastelandlegocheem No, Return To The Monke.

@@melisanasrullah361 same difference

I'm not a huge fan of Haru, but only because her character was made very shallow outside of "sexual bunny" "I'm an herbivore with potential carnivore boyfriend" "I get bullied a lot", and "I'm not just my stereotypes." I do wish she would have gotten more development in Season 2, but I also get why she didn't. There's also not a whole lot to do with her the way she ended on Season 1 without defying her development in the first season or being a generic conflicted love-interest and damsel in distress. She's the wrong character for the more intense stuff that happens in Season 2. I think she could have shown up a bit more, though, even if just for solo scenes or the like. I hate ships and think they're silly and nonsensical, I just don't care for her because she was done dirty by character development and turned out rather bland because of it, despite having a lot of potential. From what I've read this never really gets much better so I'm not holding my breath there.

I dont hate Haru or anything but well.... she did kinda become a background character for pretty much the rest of the Story and LegoshixHaru became less engaging compared to the first season. And if the two interact, they dont communicate but bicker the whole time :/

Ik and I find it really annoying like when ppl try to ship characters so badly. They be desperate sometimes and just downplay a character like that 😂😂

wait who now?

@@Toadthefungi manga spoiler dw about it. if season three ever gets out, you'll know him

your pfp

I think a good 90% of the reason why the last arc sucked so bad, was that Paru clearly rushed herself with the bullshit artificial “it will end on chapter 200!!!” Because she was still world-building, adding and dumping new characters and concepts until the end. I understand burn out, and wanting the series to be over already, but she’s starting a new manga now, and also kept doing beast compex?? I don’t understand why she just didn’t just take a break from writing beastars, I would’ve preferred that, and getting a better final arc, rather than whatever the hell happened.

@@lemonmouth3241 oh man that whole end was a trainwreck. I was especially mad at how she tanked Juno's relationship with Louis. They deserved better

@@SpectacleSpectacular that’s what the other 10% was for, the ending we got was plain bad, and forced. Like how (spoilers) Yahya and Melon were mortally wounded, yet still live for a happy ending. We also don’t know WHO THE NEW FUCKING BEASTAR IS, EVEN THOUGH THAT WAS THE ENTIRE DRIVING PLOT OF THE FUCKING SERIES.

@@SpectacleSpectacular i was happy that juno didnt end with louis

you should read the manga! the next two arcs are a bit different than the rest but it's still worth it!

Haru's lack of screentime is easily my biggest gripe with this season. Even if she didn't get much time with Legosi, I would have appreciated if she got SOME mini-arc so she didn't feel neglected. Legosi's arc is all about coming into his own and coming to terms with his being a Carnivore, and reaching a deeper understanding between himself and those around him. Louis' arc is about him deciding not to live his life the way adults expect him to, to be honest with himself and appreciate the friends he has. Haru...Doesn't get an arc. She has some relationship problems with Legosi, she worries about Louis...But she does not change at all during this arc. She's still unsure about her future with Legosi, and is unhappy with his lack of attentiveness to her needs. Even Juno got more of an arc that Haru...Even if it was accepting she's not cut out to be the Beastar and she's learning more about Louis. That's more than Haru got.

@@PlanetZoidstar Exactly my thoughts, she doesn’t need screen time with Lugosi, but time to work on herself too. And the underlying meaning of her doing that (sometimes the girl needs to fix themselves to,) is something I think that should be said. Especially with the type of story this is.

well.....technically his father thinks he's uh........*gay* but that is more of the inside joke of the fanbase because well......louis giving up his leg to a guy sounds *pretty gay*.

@@alexanderglass2057 So true. Hell we know Haru is still being bullied - that could have been followed up on since we are TOLD Haru is being bullied but we don't SEE it. We get closure that she's not sleeping around anymore, but her bullying isn't resolved. Like you said Haru could have had some time to work on herself since Legosi isn't around.

Just re-watched season 2 on a plane. I got disappointed after watching it again and reading comments like this make me feel better because i feel I can relate to people 😭

Six Eyes is Female.

That's how life is, it's often the quiet ones that do the deed.

if you read the manga or in the future when the anime has covered all of the manga you should read beast complex! it's a spin-off which focuses on the characters and their stories! also theirs a chapter on legosi and haru after the events of the manga!

Haru's lack of screentime is easily my biggest gripe with this season. Even if she didn't get much time with Legosi, I would have appreciated if she got SOME mini-arc so she didn't feel neglected. Legosi's arc is all about coming into his own and coming to terms with his being a Carnivore, and reaching a deeper understanding between himself and those around him. Louis' arc is about him deciding not to live his life the way adults expect him to, to be honest with himself and appreciate the friends he has. Haru...Doesn't get an arc. She has some relationship problems with Legosi, she worries about Louis...But she does not change at all during this arc. She's still unsure about her future with Legosi, and is unhappy with his lack of attentiveness to her needs. Even Juno got more of an arc that Haru...Even if it was accepting she's not cut out to be the Beastar and she's learning more about Louis. That's more than Haru got.

That's mainly due to the season 2 being rushed. There was suppose to be more of season 2 especially with the ending which they skipped over so much that would help well "bring back" the plot with legosi and haru issues with relationships.

tbh this was pretty much how it was in the manga. But the way Haru's character was treated as the manga went on is on a long list of many many bad writing choices made. I personally think the manga's story devolved into a total dumpster fire. But it's apparently getting a third season?

@@MackMyWorld Possibly. I mean I' reading the manga and I don't recall there being any scenes Season 2 skipped over, even if the ending was rushed, the main bulk of the season seriously neglected their relationship. It's argubably worse in the manga since those scenes the anime omitted result in their relationship scenes being stretched even further apart. I am reading through the manga now and I am up to the point where Legosi is about to eat Louis' leg, so I hope the chapters leading into the next arc do some serious catching up to bring their relationship back to the fore.

People who've read the manga before the edits: This Meron guy seems interesting.

@@cutlery4349 people who are reading the manga: "oh he looks ho(t)- *horribly terrifying* "

Me the one who didnt read The manga or anything: *W h a t*

@@thatgirleca_9149 you'll see him in s3 hehehehehe

He appeared in the animation lol

I would have released the dub st least a month or so after the original sub

For real, I went and binged the manga right after so when season 2 was announced for the show I thought "what's the rush, I can't wait til it gets to Netflix now"

They should have released everything at once. subs suck in my opy and I would not have watched that if Subs were my only option.

@@joshroehl6098 Gave it a thumbs down just for spamming.

Sup. Uwu

I disagree Fully a blessing

No no no , he just likes furriess

Actually yes and no. They didnt replace the horror aspect that's more of it being transferred to the antagonist of the story. Literally the bear almost killed him and imagine if he did. That would prove a point that riz would be right. Riz is what legoshi would of become if he failed to keep his instincts in season 1.

@@MackMyWorld I hadn't thought about it like that. So maybe it's not that it lost the horror aspect, but lost the suspense because we already knew what was going to happen. They weren't going to kill off one of the main characters so soon, and the herbivore was already dead by s2.

@@stellart5664 uh well they killed ibuki off. Pina would of potentially be also dead. We got to remember that riz was planning on killing both pina and legoshi. It's more of the lines of suspense of riz's really corrupted thoughts and how he slowly turns to madness over the denial of what he has done. The anime doesnt do justice on what the manga has done because it was hugely rushed. There were more scenes with louis being the leader of the shishigumi which dives deeper in the back alley market and has many development between louis and ibuki.

I agree and disagree , although the second season went incredibly hard, all I ever asked of this show was wolf fucks rabbit , that's all I cared about

It was the posts WITH herbivores and carnivores that were getting attention. If it was just carnivores not so much. And yes the commentary about the problems with their respective fur was interesting.

Honestly that was my favorite part of s2. I didn't care for the season as a whole but specific parts and scenes were really well done.

You spelled "Beastars" wrong.

Nice terminotor reference

I wouldve gone with "Guess what's coming to dinner"

Its more that netflix didn’t hype or advertise this literally at all

I did. I thought I was the only one, I mean my best friend who is nuts about the anime, hasn't even finished the manga and even I'm the one who bought him the volumes

I think less people have, I think it's more bad timing. A lot of the anime-only fans know how to access anime outside of Netflix if they are really desperate for accesa. And I don't know when Netflix dropped it, but I found out it was even there by accident. Had other stuff going on, so I neither read the Manga or accessed it outside if US Netflix. But I don't even remember getting a notification season 2 dropped.

I've yet to read the manga... In your opinion, is it worth reading? How did ya like it

@@kuririvera973 its worth reading, the anime cut out and added in a ton of stuff that kinda messed with the pacing a bit in the adaptation. (I don’t mind most of these though) However i’ll admit, what comes after the chapters passed season 2 may not be up to everyones tastes. Theres so much good in those later chapters though, its a mixed bag of the best, alright and worst of beastars

you have no idea...

There was SO much gay in season 2. All the different relationships that were explored were really cute, and probably the only compelling part of the season

@@kristalgic1534 yeah much to my enjoyment all the men were trying to get I each other’s pants all season

Yeah , but it was better than eating all of him, I was dumb founded at first until yk

Personally I disagree and love the scene. It really showed the bond between those two characters and in a way, Louis being freed from the literal mark of his past. I feel like the scene felt way too short. Like in 3 ish minutes it goes from Louis arriving to him cheering back without his foot 😂

yeah it was rushed in the anime but in the manga it wasnt rushed. whoever put them to have 12 episodes in this season should be ashamed because you can see all sweat and tears of the story trying it's best to cover in 12 episodes

All of his character traits made me hate him more and I was rooting for him to finally die, still no idea why he was given so much screentime

@@spritemon98 he is loved by most of the fan base, though the manga makes his character more understandable

@@mollytheyorkie-poo7514 the anime did nothing to improve his image. No idea why everyone likes a playboy

@@spritemon98 read the manga then...

What would that make Riz?

Normally I hate dubs. But they did a great job with this.

@@mzcyberbat I agree Jonah, and the rest of them bring so much life to the characters

Can I have what you're smoking

@@pheunithpsychic-watertype9881 you seriously don’t like the dub? 😶

@@Harew0lf they still believe that dub = instantly bad

I think it's the same problem with some American TV shows, where they buy the entire series because of a good pilot episode. It sort of compels the writers to keep writing the same story for money, even if they haven't actually thought about how things would proceed past a certain point.

You'd think the Mangaka being a WOMAN would mean she's know better.

ahhh I read the manga and I really liked it but I was sad that Haru loses relevance in the second arc and it’s hard for me to defend that Like I get that Legosi is the main character and it’s ultimately his story but, you know, really? Haru’s thing was that she wanted to find true love but knew that her life could end at any moment, given her species. It kind of loses power when we barely see her interact with the one who is supposed to be her love

@@mramos7887 Exactly, and Haru is a HUGE part of Legosi's arc and his development. I think part of the problem is the ANIME OPs and the MARKETING make it seem the relationship between them IS the crux of the entire series. But even so Haru was VERY important in the first arc, she's on the front cover of several of the Volumes, but that only gives the impression she's more important to the story than she ends up being. I'm pretty sure she gets more Volume cover appearances than anyone after Legosi, including Louis. I feel alot of Haru's development happened offscreen too, like overcoming her instinct to climb into Legosi's mouth, that comes up ONCE and I'm pretty sure it's never brought up again. Same as with her instinct to run from him, it's not really resolved. It just stops happening.

Yeah... written by a woman that makes it extra disappointing...

@@js66613 Which makes me think it was pressure placed by her editor or publisher. Manga is a very male-dominated business in Japan and there are strong societal pressures to bend to authority. Especially male authority.

I absolutely agree with this. I liked the story better when it was mostly a coming of age story focusing on the school, and now it's kind of going off the rails losing it's identity.

my favorite scene of the entire show is definitely the stage fight, with Bill and Legoshi. It wasn't needlessly violent, but the chilling moment where Bills claws embedded in Legoshis back, away from the rest of the stage, was something to remember. Now, watching the street fighting, it feels strangely underwhelming. It feels like it was relying on it too much towards the end, since we had about three action sequences with three different stories more or less next ti eachother

Yeaaaahhh it felt pretty solid until they just kinda skipped to new years and had them fight. I don't get it. I don't mind surprising boring conclusions when they are delivered right, but I felt like the last couple episodes needed another episode's worth of length so they could show us more of what was happening. I feel like the characters didn't make sense, it felt rushed.

I think they were so close to making the ending feel satisfying and they probably could have accomplished it with a few extra lines of dialogue, but it did fall a little flat for me. Like, the [spoilers, obvs] leg eating thing just sort of happened with minimal explanation of why Legoshi would do the thing he's been training himself against the whole season. However, if they had added some explanation, it would have been fine. Ex. the difference between Legoshi and Rin (and the carnivores Legoshi spends the season hunting down) isn't that Rin eats meat, but that he did it in a moment of losing control, and that it was a non-consensual act. Meanwhile Legoshi has perfect control over himself (stopping just at the leg where most carnivores could never have done that) and Louis' explicit consent because he really does make an effort to see herbivores as more than just meat. Throughout the season both he and Louis have been denying who they are as predators/prey respectively, and the finale might have felt more meaningful if it had carried the message of "this is who you are, but herbivores and carnivores can benefit and support each others' existence without denying their realities (honestly Juno and Haru and the little side stories did a better job of conveying this theme this season, which suggests this is what they were going for, they just didn't quite nail it imo)." If they'd made that difference explicit, even with just a few extra lines (god knows they had time for different dialogue when they stopped in the middle of the fight to talk for 10 minutes) I honestly think a lot more people would have liked the ending, but as it was, it seemed like a reversal of everything Legoshi & Louis accomplished throughout the season rather than a culmination of all of their efforts. (Also full agree, the police coming in at the end after the whole season was set into motion bc Legoshi couldn't involve the police was incredibly stupid)

@@Flameclaw123 You did a good job articulating that I agree that might have worked. But I kinda don't like that they suggest you eat meat you instantly get stronger. I didn't really get that impression at any point previously. I got the impression that meat made it easier to get buff for carnivores but I didn't ever get the idea that it's like popeye's spinach. 😂 I kinda wish Louie had jumped into the fight to protect Legoshi and got hurt to make his sacrifice rather than Legoshi eating his leg. It'd be more straightforward and cliche but I think it would have made more sense haha

@@K0sm1cKid Yeah I agree that the super saiyan strength felt like a bit much lmao. I guess they have hinted along those lines in the past but it never seemed like such a significant buff - at least not in the anime, idk if it's showcased this way in the manga

@@Flameclaw123 thats possible, I keep seeing people say the manga gets bad so I don't want to read it. 👀

Actually, I remember seeing someone pull numbers when it launched on Netflix showing that the hype around Beastars jumped like 3 times higher when it launched on Netflix compared to its original run on Japan.

@@MaddieFrankX If you're referring to Glass Reflection's video; that was based around google searches, as much used as Google is. I don't think that paints an accurate image of the time period of communal activity around the show

I thought season 2 aired this year

@@spritemon98 No Beastar for season two aired last year, it does take a while for an anime to be dubbed. Season two was on Japan Netflix as it was airing, but for us we have to wait for the dub, rather than getting the sub.

@@toastymarshh5159 holy hell... no wonder

Haru's lack of screentime is easily my biggest gripe with this season. Even if she didn't get much time with Legosi, I would have appreciated if she got SOME mini-arc so she didn't feel neglected. Legosi's arc is all about coming into his own and coming to terms with his being a Carnivore, and reaching a deeper understanding between himself and those around him. Louis' arc is about him deciding not to live his life the way adults expect him to, to be honest with himself and appreciate the friends he has. Haru...Doesn't get an arc. She has some relationship problems with Legosi, she worries about Louis...But she does not change at all during this arc. She's still unsure about her future with Legosi, and is unhappy with his lack of attentiveness to her needs. Even Juno got more of an arc that Haru...Even if it was accepting she's not cut out to be the Beastar and she's learning more about Louis. That's more than Haru got.

@@PlanetZoidstar still I'm happy that there is no love triangle thing which is the worst part of every anime ever :P

@@edizgunes Yeah must say, not a fan of love triangles. Haven't read or watched a single one that I didn't loathe.

@Simple Weirdo That's true, Haru is explicitly stated to be the only Gardening Club member, hence why she ropes Legosi and later Juno into helping her. I agree they could have done something with that. Like Haru starts using her Gardening as a way to cope with Legosi's neglect, so she isn't always missing him.

Ironically enough there's an artist who drew the characters of Sonic in the world and artstyle of Beastars

I just finished season 2, and I really miss Haru, but the messages shared in this season was more prominent and I loved it because of it! I will surely continue the story with its manga!!

Haru's lack of screentime is easily my biggest gripe with this season. Even if she didn't get much time with Legosi, I would have appreciated if she got SOME mini-arc so she didn't feel neglected. Legosi's arc is all about coming into his own and coming to terms with his being a Carnivore, and reaching a deeper understanding between himself and those around him. Louis' arc is about him deciding not to live his life the way adults expect him to, to be honest with himself and appreciate the friends he has. Haru...Doesn't get an arc. She has some relationship problems with Legosi, she worries about Louis...But she does not change at all during this arc. She's still unsure about her future with Legosi, and is unhappy with his lack of attentiveness to her needs. Even Juno got more of an arc that Haru...Even if it was accepting she's not cut out to be the Beastar and she's learning more about Louis. That's more than Haru got.

And the ED for S2 really seems to emphasize the connection of Ibuki and Louis as well, which is weird. I felt they did okay, but yeah, it didn't really delve a lot into it story wise, it was more reading between the lines.

@@ToHoldNothing Yeah, I wasn't all that sad when Ibuki died, and I read the manga. I get there was this understanding between them, but like you say, I think the bond didn't go AS deep as the ED wanted us to feel it was. Up until the very end Louis was pretty cold and distant with Ibuki..So the realisation he loves Carnivores felt VERY sudden..And a little too convenient given Ibuki dies not long after. I feel that moment where Ibuki shows his tattoo should have been more impactful, show us more of Louis openly liking Ibuki rather than implying it.

@@PlanetZoidstar Some of it feels like Louis' background and how he's repressed vulnerability because that would make him feel weak and not able to have the agency he so desires. Anime only here, but they're doing the complexity well enough, even if it's under constraints of an episode length for TV seemingly (because I think it was broadcast on TV as well?)

@@ToHoldNothing I can understand Louis being emotionally repressed, but I still feel the realisation came a bit too late for the death to be as impactful as it could have been. Even if he wasn't willing to openly show he cared for Ibuki, we could have gotten more inner monologue hints he liked him before that scene. I agree the characters are plenty complex, even compared to the manga. A line the anime omitted was Louis saying Lions like Ibuki couldn't understand him because they grew up sheltered - which is why it hits Louis when he sees Ibuki almost ended up like the Caiman. I felt more for Riz when we saw his flashback to Tem's death, but I know THAT would have been a huge spoiler if that was the ED.

In the Netflix episode descriptions they called Haru “Hal”.

Ah yes, my favourite Beastars character: "Hard" lmao

Ugggghhhhhh that arc was such an emotional one. So good!!

Lol, clearly autocorrect knew what was up 😅

@@dinobro6851 yes in subtitles btw is it Louis or Rouis?

The manga is full of plot holes and forgotten hints so yeah...it's still good thou

@@just_somedude5866 Exactly. It's a great read overall. The ending is just kinda meh.

Man I loved the manga but the ending was such a huge letdown, it felt like they publisher forced Paru to bring the manga to a close suddenly, it was so jaring. It went from action to close withing like 3 chapters still a great manga though.

Haru's lack of screentime is easily my biggest gripe with this season. Even if she didn't get much time with Legosi, I would have appreciated if she got SOME mini-arc so she didn't feel neglected. Legosi's arc is all about coming into his own and coming to terms with his being a Carnivore, and reaching a deeper understanding between himself and those around him. Louis' arc is about him deciding not to live his life the way adults expect him to, to be honest with himself and appreciate the friends he has. Haru...Doesn't get an arc. She has some relationship problems with Legosi, she worries about Louis...But she does not change at all during this arc. She's still unsure about her future with Legosi, and is unhappy with his lack of attentiveness to her needs. Even Juno got more of an arc that Haru...Even if it was accepting she's not cut out to be the Beastar and she's learning more about Louis. That's more than Haru got.

@@nameunknown12 The weird thing is Paru says she planned on 20 volumes to tell the story she wanted to tell. She got 22. She knew how many volumes she had to plan her story out. She just didn't manage her plot and arcs well enough to have them all wrap up neatly by the end. The Melon arc dragging on as long as did is why she ran out of time to wrap things up. She should have wrapped up the Melon arc with Volume 21 and spent ALL of Volume 22 wrapping up all the loose ends.

Most anime/manga do stuff like that, season 1/the first book is slow and has to world build and introduce characters while the second season prepares the plot that will drive the series. Unless it's berserk where shit hits the fan in the literal first panal.

@@delta2372 Oh okay that makes sense! thank u 😊

Idk how it is in the manga, but yeah, I felt kind of sick at the last episode, but I guess is my fault that I see them as more human than animal, and the whole moth spiritual thing and Ris monologues about his true connection with Tem and then eating part of Loui just felt wrong all the way to me, after I saw people's review and explanation online I see it wasn't as "eating your friends is good :3" as it felt when I was watching, but still fells wrong, what are your thoughts?

Well, it’s already established that drinking blood is like doing steroids for predators. I assume eating meat does the same thing, like throws them into a frenzy.

@@The1nvisibleJeevas Yeah but the way he immediately packed on the muscle was more than just a rush, it seemed like his body had broken down and reassembled the protein too quickly

@@The1nvisibleJeevas : Those lions eating must have been something then.

@@brodriguez11000 could have built up a tolerance

She is, to bad the fucking furries probably already got to her

Oh dang. I didn’t realise there could be more. I thought season 2 was pretty conclusive.

@@The_Court_Poet Did you reed the Manga? The Story just getting Started.😁😁

and they said season 3 is gonna be the last one but either they cut a lot of crap or they split the season into 2 parts

I totally agree with everything you said. It's unfortunate that our society today can't get past the romantic relationships between characters. There's nothing wrong with relationships, of course, but it does not have to be the centre of every story. I enjoyed season 2 for the character development and the exploration by Legoshi and Louis about the philosophies behind the consumption of flesh.

*Press X to doubt* Reject humanity Return to animal

Hurr hurr hurr

I thought canonically among his fans, his fursona is a lion?

@@ScintillatingSunglow no thats just you

@@ScintillatingSunglow I agree

Not me. I'm a very casual anime watcher these days actually and I tend to ignore manga entirely. So I was happy to see the second season on Netflix when it came out but my thoughts were... meh, it's good but the first one was better. Maybe they should try another season of BNA next.

@@MegaManNeo BNA was aberage if not below average

@@steelmyr1485 I like it 😟

@@MegaManNeo the only thing good that came from it was a cute racoon character

ok

I agree

Yeees I was also sad when the snake lady had so little screen time along with the fact that nothing happened when Riz was caught and all we were told was that he had been arrested for devouring and that was the end of Riz (well for now at least) 😕

Pacing was awful and so much stuff dropped without explanations

literally! six eyes was never seen again after season 2 and i loved her in the manga.

You gotta point on the second part, and tbh the final Legoshi vs Riz fight was underwhelming at the end, I know it isn't possible for a wolf to knockout a bear but come on. I feel like the second fight when they were fighting in the bathroom wad way more intense, because at least Legoshi did actual damage to Riz...

Its because the only indication that season 2 was out was that they changed the banner