Beastars
Fuji TV • Mar 7 • 2019The story takes place in a world of modern, civilized, anthropomorphic animals with a cultural divide between the carnivores and herbivores. The series takes its name from the in-universe rank of Beastar, an individual of great talent, service, and notoriety. Legoshi, a large gray wolf, is a timid and quiet student of Cherryton Academy where he lives in a dorm with several other carnivorous students including his outgoing Labrador friend, Jack. As a member of the school's drama club, Legoshi works as a stagehand and supports the actors of the club headed by the star pupil Louis, a red deer. Out of nowhere, Tem the alpaca is brutally murdered and devoured in the night setting a wave of unease and distrust between the herbivore and carnivore students. At the same time, Legoshi has a fateful encounter with Haru, a small dwarf rabbit, and begins developing complex feelings for her.
Beastars keeps the pressure on through intimate high school scenes where desire and danger share the same space, not separate lanes. Watching I Want to Love You Till Your Dying Day, you get that uneasy mix of restraint and instinct, plus a slow-burn mystery that tightens around two girls’ emotional survival, but with social hierarchy and murder-mystery tension instead of weapon-academy brutality.
