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BEASTARS, Vol. 5

Paru Itagaki

4.35 AVERAGE

fast-paced
dark emotional mysterious reflective tense 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: Yes

This is one of my favorite volumes of the whole series 

Gohin mood di vita proprio.

For some reason the manga just seems so much more visceral than the anime. I really enjoy the anime and might just stick to it and stop reading the manga here. I do hope to see a more empowering storyline for Haru down the pipeline.

One thing I'm noticing about this series is how big stuff happens, and then it's forgotten and never mentioned again. I'm not talking about characters that say two lines and then disappear, I'm mean one of the protagonist is sexual assaulted (not technically r*ped but close) and immediately afterwards she's fine and it's never brought up again.

The mayor of the town that the main characters live in shows up. He's a creepy lion that got plastic surgery to look less scary but it had the opposite effect. He tries to blackmail Louis for a completely nonsensical reason and then hes gone.

The fight scenes feel clunky and Juno is here so that's always a negative. But you know what, I read this in a day and was having fun.
dark tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Heftig! 

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fast-paced
dark tense fast-paced
dark tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

From my eaves dropping on the book shop floor, it's seems a lot of manga readers can feel squeamish about the nature of this series. This volume isn't likely to change their opinion of that.

Lots of high tension as grey wolf Legoshi embarks on rescuing dwarf rabbit Haru from the meat eating, criminal syndicate of lions.
I would admit that I'd be just as happy if this was another volume of their ongoing high school dramas, but author Paru Itagaki is telling a unique tale, and in the process brilliantly exploring in depth the fragile psyche's of these characters in a world separated into predators and prey.

But definitely not for the squeamish.