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Beastars #15
BEASTARS 15
メロンの凶弾に倒れたレゴシ。生死の境でまさかの幽体離脱!? さらには自殺した母と再会…!?
196 pages, Paperback
First published October 8, 2019
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Paru Itagaki
97 books635 followersParu Itagaki ( 板垣巴留, Itagaki Paru) is a multi-award-winning Japanese manga artist, known mainly for her work Beastars. She is the daughter of Keisuke Itagaki.
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March 28, 2022
4.5 Stars! Still loving these!
Mel 🖤🐶🐺🐾
Mel 🖤🐶🐺🐾
October 22, 2019
SO MUCH HAS HAPPENED AND I’M FEELING SO MANY THINGS.
(lowkey though, I’m really attracted to Louis, Melon, and Haru, grandpa, the sheep lady next door, and the whore, someone please send help)
(lowkey though, I’m really attracted to Louis, Melon, and Haru, grandpa, the sheep lady next door, and the whore, someone please send help)
December 22, 2020
Introduction:
In this volume Legoshi meets Haru's family, Yahya (the horse) finds Melon. Louis meets the shishigumi again. We also get to see Legoshi's mother's childhood.
Meeting Haru parents:
Legoshi gets invited to dinner by Haru's bad. Legoshi is touched by how much Haru's family cares for her. He then reserves himself that he wants to build a similar family with Haru.
Finding Melon:
Yahya tracks down Melon to a strange night club where animals pretent to be the either a carnivore or herbivore, whatever their opposite is. Yahya asks Legoshi to help him capture Melon. Yahya wants Legoshi to see what a carnivore herbivores hybred is like since legoshi is dating Haru. Apon meeting Legoshi, Melon can tell legoshi is also a hybred. Melon takes advantage of legoshi's interest and uses it to escape. Which has tragic results for Legoshi.
Louis and Shishigumi:
Louis is back to his old life and is having trouble on his collage campus. His biggest problem is he is unhappy with the life he is living. Strange as it is louis misses his time with the shishigumi. Which is why when he thinks he spots Ibuki, chases him down. As a result he swinds up involved with the shishigumi again.
Legoshi's mother:
For reasons that occured in ealier chapters Legoshi sees his mother again for the first time in six years. He hears directly from her what it was like growing up as a hybred. The expectations she placed on herself because she felt it was the only way to be accepted by society. Which ultimatly led to her taking her own life. She also told Legoshi who his father was. Then said she was glad she had him and she felt her life was conplete.
Conclusion:
Their are four very different stories taking place in this manga at the same time, which is what I really love about this seires. It handles very complex stories using animal analogies to discuss difficult topics using the perspective of many different animals to tell the stories.
In this volume Legoshi meets Haru's family, Yahya (the horse) finds Melon. Louis meets the shishigumi again. We also get to see Legoshi's mother's childhood.
Meeting Haru parents:
Legoshi gets invited to dinner by Haru's bad. Legoshi is touched by how much Haru's family cares for her. He then reserves himself that he wants to build a similar family with Haru.
Finding Melon:
Yahya tracks down Melon to a strange night club where animals pretent to be the either a carnivore or herbivore, whatever their opposite is. Yahya asks Legoshi to help him capture Melon. Yahya wants Legoshi to see what a carnivore herbivores hybred is like since legoshi is dating Haru. Apon meeting Legoshi, Melon can tell legoshi is also a hybred. Melon takes advantage of legoshi's interest and uses it to escape. Which has tragic results for Legoshi.
Louis and Shishigumi:
Louis is back to his old life and is having trouble on his collage campus. His biggest problem is he is unhappy with the life he is living. Strange as it is louis misses his time with the shishigumi. Which is why when he thinks he spots Ibuki, chases him down. As a result he swinds up involved with the shishigumi again.
Legoshi's mother:
For reasons that occured in ealier chapters Legoshi sees his mother again for the first time in six years. He hears directly from her what it was like growing up as a hybred. The expectations she placed on herself because she felt it was the only way to be accepted by society. Which ultimatly led to her taking her own life. She also told Legoshi who his father was. Then said she was glad she had him and she felt her life was conplete.
Conclusion:
Their are four very different stories taking place in this manga at the same time, which is what I really love about this seires. It handles very complex stories using animal analogies to discuss difficult topics using the perspective of many different animals to tell the stories.
November 10, 2021
Wow. The whole tone of the story moving forward just took a huge shift. We meet the new character here on the front, and it truly makes an impact on the storyline. It makes you look and think differently about how our characters have been behaving up to this point. We do have a run in with the Shishigumi, and it rocked me to my core. Can't wait to see how the series continues, as we are beginning to make our descent to the end of the story.
January 2, 2021
3,75 / 5
La cita bimestral con Beastars se ha convertido en un credo para mí. La obra de Paru Itagaki se acerca a su final también en castellano (quedan 7 tomos más) y toda la carne esta puesta en el asador. Sin embargo, esta quinceava entrega es un volumen mucho más pausado que estos últimos. No me entendáis mal, el culebrón furro siempre tiene algún capitulo con altas dosis de locura, pero en este caso, todo es más eso que solemos decir “de transición”.
Así, este quinceavo volumen trae de vuelta a Yahya y la persecución del malvado Melon. O no tanto. El gran Beastar decide reclutar a Legoshi para su investigación y meterlo de lleno en el camino que él quiere. Por supuesto, no todo saldrá bien. Mientras Legoshi sigue estableciendo los pilares de su relación con Hal y también, nuestro amigo Rouis, regresa de forma estelar. Cuatro historias muy diferentes que tienen lugar en un solo volumen, y que con el tiempo, van a terminar empastando en lo que parece un épico final.
Una entrega que por supuesto, sigue añadiendo un par de capitas más al universo de Beastars. El primero, y más remarcado, es el tema de los híbridos. Los parias por antonomasia. Los diferentes y repudiados. Otra analogía más de Itagaki sobre nuestra sociedad que nos hace reflexionar sobre nosotros mismos. La otra es más superficial, con un pequeño vistazo a la sociedad más rica y poderosa. Y la última, y más importante para mí, es la madre de Legoshi (aunque la excusa para verla… ejem). Ojo, vienen curvas.
La cita bimestral con Beastars se ha convertido en un credo para mí. La obra de Paru Itagaki se acerca a su final también en castellano (quedan 7 tomos más) y toda la carne esta puesta en el asador. Sin embargo, esta quinceava entrega es un volumen mucho más pausado que estos últimos. No me entendáis mal, el culebrón furro siempre tiene algún capitulo con altas dosis de locura, pero en este caso, todo es más eso que solemos decir “de transición”.
Así, este quinceavo volumen trae de vuelta a Yahya y la persecución del malvado Melon. O no tanto. El gran Beastar decide reclutar a Legoshi para su investigación y meterlo de lleno en el camino que él quiere. Por supuesto, no todo saldrá bien. Mientras Legoshi sigue estableciendo los pilares de su relación con Hal y también, nuestro amigo Rouis, regresa de forma estelar. Cuatro historias muy diferentes que tienen lugar en un solo volumen, y que con el tiempo, van a terminar empastando en lo que parece un épico final.
Una entrega que por supuesto, sigue añadiendo un par de capitas más al universo de Beastars. El primero, y más remarcado, es el tema de los híbridos. Los parias por antonomasia. Los diferentes y repudiados. Otra analogía más de Itagaki sobre nuestra sociedad que nos hace reflexionar sobre nosotros mismos. La otra es más superficial, con un pequeño vistazo a la sociedad más rica y poderosa. Y la última, y más importante para mí, es la madre de Legoshi (aunque la excusa para verla… ejem). Ojo, vienen curvas.
August 15, 2023
Uno dei volumi che più ho amato, Melon sarà anche pazzo pazzissimo, ma ormai mi ha conquistata 🥹
June 18, 2024
I have no choice but to respect a mangaka referencing Helter Skelter
October 7, 2025
A leopard-gazelle....a leopard...gazelle...is biology class not a requirement in Japan or...?
November 30, 2024
WOW. It's getting SO GOOD.
July 5, 2024
Interesting to learn more about Legoshi's mom and Mellon, as well as see some more world building. A really interesting series!
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April 1, 2023
Ugh I swear this series just gets better and better!
This volume had a sweet Haru moment with her family being accepting of Legoshi despite him being a wolf. Legoshi is still as awkward as ever though by blurting out that he’s in love with Haru to her dad lol.
The whole kink club scene was really interesting, I liked the choice of the deer mask for Legoshi. Any reference to Louis I love lol. Speaking of Louis, it was interesting how he had phantom leg pain right when Legoshi got shot by Melon. It’s like they have a deeper connection than we know due to the fact that Legoshi ate Louis’ leg.
Even though it seemed silly for Legoshi to trust Melon like he did, it’s understandable for him to feel attached to another mixed species beast. I really liked the line where he mentioned that looking at Melon was like looking at his future child.
I loved seeing the shishigumi lions reunite with Louis, but I was sad to see that Melon is their new boss (but also excited because of the way the story is going lol). I’m guessing this is how Louis and Legoshi’s worlds get mixed up again, because I have a feeling that Louis is gonna want to save his lion friends from Melon.
The whole out of body experience with Legoshi seeing his dead mother was weird but also nice cause we got to finally see some backstory to her. Also shows us a sad reality of mixed species beasts, that their bodies will change in ways that may make them feel like monsters. I wonder if this is why Legoshi’s mother took her life?
This volume had a sweet Haru moment with her family being accepting of Legoshi despite him being a wolf. Legoshi is still as awkward as ever though by blurting out that he’s in love with Haru to her dad lol.
The whole kink club scene was really interesting, I liked the choice of the deer mask for Legoshi. Any reference to Louis I love lol. Speaking of Louis, it was interesting how he had phantom leg pain right when Legoshi got shot by Melon. It’s like they have a deeper connection than we know due to the fact that Legoshi ate Louis’ leg.
Even though it seemed silly for Legoshi to trust Melon like he did, it’s understandable for him to feel attached to another mixed species beast. I really liked the line where he mentioned that looking at Melon was like looking at his future child.
I loved seeing the shishigumi lions reunite with Louis, but I was sad to see that Melon is their new boss (but also excited because of the way the story is going lol). I’m guessing this is how Louis and Legoshi’s worlds get mixed up again, because I have a feeling that Louis is gonna want to save his lion friends from Melon.
The whole out of body experience with Legoshi seeing his dead mother was weird but also nice cause we got to finally see some backstory to her. Also shows us a sad reality of mixed species beasts, that their bodies will change in ways that may make them feel like monsters. I wonder if this is why Legoshi’s mother took her life?
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
September 23, 2021
One thing I love about this series is how each volume adds to some aspect of the world-building. This series has a very complex world, that seems to get darker and more serious the farther you get into it. It is a very different world than our own, but in many ways it's also similar. There is a dark tone surrounding the adult world in this series, yet there is still hope and good people within it.
This volume introduces a new mixed-species character that explores identity with both an herbivore and a carnivore parent. He's an interesting contrast to Legoshi and I like the conversations about mixed-species animals that came from it. It was also nice to catch up with Louis a bit and see how the Shishigumi has continued without him. I do wish we were able to spend some more time with Haru, though.
As always, the art is gorgeous. I'm excited to continue on with the series. Thank you, NetGalley for a digital ARC in exchange for an honest review.
4.5/5
This volume introduces a new mixed-species character that explores identity with both an herbivore and a carnivore parent. He's an interesting contrast to Legoshi and I like the conversations about mixed-species animals that came from it. It was also nice to catch up with Louis a bit and see how the Shishigumi has continued without him. I do wish we were able to spend some more time with Haru, though.
As always, the art is gorgeous. I'm excited to continue on with the series. Thank you, NetGalley for a digital ARC in exchange for an honest review.
4.5/5
March 23, 2024
Okay, we're settling into a superhero arc with a driven Batman, a novice Robin, and a villainous Joker. And Haru and Louis get to have side scenes that are starting to tie into that bigger adventure tale.
Everything seems to be on track.
Everything seems to be on track.
November 7, 2024
am i excited to meet legoshi's mom, learn more about their family and hybrids? sure. is it an interesting choice to have him experience an out of body experience cause he got shot to do this? also sure. but hey i'll take what i can
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
September 17, 2021
No comprendo a Leano. Pero eh, me encantó la perspectiva de los híbridos.
December 5, 2021
Bellissima la parte finale <3
February 6, 2023
god i love beastars so much!! best manga fr!!
June 28, 2023
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December 25, 2024
✔️15/22
October 2, 2023
3,5/5
February 11, 2020
~spoilers through ch 134~
This was a really good volume! Super hype and very interesting.
The volume starts with the most adorable family dinner at harus house with Legosi. Then, yafya is thinking about a successor. Naturally, He seeks out Legosi and offers to take away his criminal record if he helps him.
He takes Legosi to an underground high class mask party, where animals wear masks to hide their species, and gay/lesbian couples are openly commonplace.
They find Melon at this party, but because Legosi is both an idiot and a hopeless romantic trying to understand the hybrid breed that he is and his possible child might be, he lets Melon free and walks and talks with him. Naturally, Melon shoots him.
While Legosi seems to have a herbivore fetish, louis seems to have a carnivore fetish. He can’t stop thinking about Louis and how something feels wrong (it is!) he runs into the shishigumi who say that they miss him, and sheds his antlers early. They take him back to their hideout, and it turns out Melon is the new boss of the shishigumi, and has the lions terrified. The lions want Louis back, feeling unable to leave but like they no longe belong in the shishigumi. Melon is a clear cut villain at this point, he’s complex and dangerous and has a presence.
We cut back to Legosi, who is in the hospital, because he was, you know, SHOT, and now he’s looking at the ghost of his mother, Leano. She says that she only wanted to be a simple gray wolf, but with the blood of a reptile, she started growing scales in her 20s that spread all over her back. She was terrified when her scales continued spreading and her face started to morph, and locked herself away. eventually, when Legosi was 12 and she felt that he wouldn’t inherit the scales himself, she left the room to kill herself.
This volume was all about hybrids. It’s fascinating to think about all of the possibilities and implications of this concept. Naturally, an animal with herbivore and carnivore physical features is going to be an oddity, an outcast. Additionally, they seem to have a natural urge to fight, from their carnivorous side, which can make dangerous. In the Society of beastars, they push friendships between herbivores and carnivores, and even are ok with the idea of relationships between them, but only superficially. as a societal rule, species are still expected to end up within their species and not “upset the balance”. Naturally this just pushes the oppressed into darker places, and sometimes, makes them into the monsters that society fears. Great commentary on society and interesting things to think about.
This was a really good volume! Super hype and very interesting.
The volume starts with the most adorable family dinner at harus house with Legosi. Then, yafya is thinking about a successor. Naturally, He seeks out Legosi and offers to take away his criminal record if he helps him.
He takes Legosi to an underground high class mask party, where animals wear masks to hide their species, and gay/lesbian couples are openly commonplace.
They find Melon at this party, but because Legosi is both an idiot and a hopeless romantic trying to understand the hybrid breed that he is and his possible child might be, he lets Melon free and walks and talks with him. Naturally, Melon shoots him.
While Legosi seems to have a herbivore fetish, louis seems to have a carnivore fetish. He can’t stop thinking about Louis and how something feels wrong (it is!) he runs into the shishigumi who say that they miss him, and sheds his antlers early. They take him back to their hideout, and it turns out Melon is the new boss of the shishigumi, and has the lions terrified. The lions want Louis back, feeling unable to leave but like they no longe belong in the shishigumi. Melon is a clear cut villain at this point, he’s complex and dangerous and has a presence.
We cut back to Legosi, who is in the hospital, because he was, you know, SHOT, and now he’s looking at the ghost of his mother, Leano. She says that she only wanted to be a simple gray wolf, but with the blood of a reptile, she started growing scales in her 20s that spread all over her back. She was terrified when her scales continued spreading and her face started to morph, and locked herself away. eventually, when Legosi was 12 and she felt that he wouldn’t inherit the scales himself, she left the room to kill herself.
This volume was all about hybrids. It’s fascinating to think about all of the possibilities and implications of this concept. Naturally, an animal with herbivore and carnivore physical features is going to be an oddity, an outcast. Additionally, they seem to have a natural urge to fight, from their carnivorous side, which can make dangerous. In the Society of beastars, they push friendships between herbivores and carnivores, and even are ok with the idea of relationships between them, but only superficially. as a societal rule, species are still expected to end up within their species and not “upset the balance”. Naturally this just pushes the oppressed into darker places, and sometimes, makes them into the monsters that society fears. Great commentary on society and interesting things to think about.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
November 4, 2020
In questo volume la trama prende una piega un po' surreale, con azioni dei personaggi che considero troppo impulsive, scollegate e incoerenti. Spero che non sia un calo definitivo ma si riassetti nel prossimo numero.
September 30, 2021
Thank you to VIZ Media, NetGalley, and Paru Itagaki for the opportunity to read this manga in exchange for an honest review.
Another brilliant volume. It's action packed with drama and romance. We get to see further developments with Legoshi and Haru's relationship, Legoshi is asked by the BEASTAR to help find and arrest someone, though plans go awry, we learn more about Legoshi's parents, and we get a nice reunion with Loius and the Shishi-Gumi.
A brilliant manga with only 6 more volumes to go. Every volume feels like important character and plot points, and I can't get enough of this series! A perfect addition to any manga collection.
Another brilliant volume. It's action packed with drama and romance. We get to see further developments with Legoshi and Haru's relationship, Legoshi is asked by the BEASTAR to help find and arrest someone, though plans go awry, we learn more about Legoshi's parents, and we get a nice reunion with Loius and the Shishi-Gumi.
A brilliant manga with only 6 more volumes to go. Every volume feels like important character and plot points, and I can't get enough of this series! A perfect addition to any manga collection.
June 9, 2022
Tellement de choses se passent dans ce tome, et on en apprend tellement ! 😳
November 30, 2021
Honestly, I found this volume to be pretty dull. It seems that this volume is mostly filler, setting up information and events for things that are still yet to come, and I wasn't all that engaged.
January 4, 2022
I did not see that coming...
January 28, 2022
This is an entire furry soap opera
July 21, 2022
We finally meet Legoshi's mom!
July 25, 2023
The fifteenth entry of Paru Itagaki’s Beastars manga opens, unsurprisingly for those who have read prior volumes, with a synopsis of the storyline and visual depictions of the various dramatis personae. The first chapter highlights a news article about interspecies relationships becoming more common, with Legoshi the gray wolf and Haru the dwarf rabbit exchanging work and school schedules so they can spend more time together, which results in awkward moments with the latter’s family when its patriarch sees the couple. Meanwhile, Yahya the horse, the current Beastar, is giving investigators details about the half-gazelle, half-leopard criminal Melon, hoping to recruit Legoshi into taking him down.
The action breaks to Utsugi the jackal and CEO, who believes upper-class carnivores don’t care about eating meat, detesting the black market, and attending a masked ball beneath a café where meat-eaters and herbivores transcend dietary boundaries. Lego and Yahya are in disguise there as well in hopes of hunting Melon, although when the latter handcuffs him to a chair, the former is tempted into a conversation that has repercussions. In the meantime, Louis reunites with his former Shishi-gumi lion companions who are glad to see him again and invite him to dinner at their headquarters before their new boss shows up.
Volume fifteen ends with Legoshi having an out-of-body experience that reveals the backstory on his mother and to an extent his absentee father, also touched upon in the post-story sequences Itagaki includes with her manga. In summation, this installment of Beastars is largely on par with its predecessors, which is a good thing as it has plenty of action and a few surprises, continuing to elaborate on Legoshi’s family lineage that prior entries had started to unravel, with the English localization being mostly spotless as well. However, the same issue of the lack of any gray area between herbivores and carnivores persists, but those who enjoyed prior volumes will have a good time continuing to read Itagaki’s magnum opus.
The action breaks to Utsugi the jackal and CEO, who believes upper-class carnivores don’t care about eating meat, detesting the black market, and attending a masked ball beneath a café where meat-eaters and herbivores transcend dietary boundaries. Lego and Yahya are in disguise there as well in hopes of hunting Melon, although when the latter handcuffs him to a chair, the former is tempted into a conversation that has repercussions. In the meantime, Louis reunites with his former Shishi-gumi lion companions who are glad to see him again and invite him to dinner at their headquarters before their new boss shows up.
Volume fifteen ends with Legoshi having an out-of-body experience that reveals the backstory on his mother and to an extent his absentee father, also touched upon in the post-story sequences Itagaki includes with her manga. In summation, this installment of Beastars is largely on par with its predecessors, which is a good thing as it has plenty of action and a few surprises, continuing to elaborate on Legoshi’s family lineage that prior entries had started to unravel, with the English localization being mostly spotless as well. However, the same issue of the lack of any gray area between herbivores and carnivores persists, but those who enjoyed prior volumes will have a good time continuing to read Itagaki’s magnum opus.
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