Beastars – 07

With this episode I have a good grasp of how to approach Beastars: it’s that of a grand star-crossed Greek play. That would fall neatly in place with the drama performance within the show, and explains Legosi’s heightened expression of love and jealousy at the end. This week, Beastars goes through the love quadrilateral and informs us about the chemistry between each pair. Everyone, especially Louis, encourages Legosi to go out with Juno, and certainly Juno has some affection towards our main boy. Legosi, however, turns her off with his talk about biology (it’s more like chemistry to me) and it’s quite clear that he only has Haru in his mind. Poor Juno who is already lost in a battle before it even starts.

On the other spectrum, Louis and Haru have this physical relationship and it’s interesting to see who is using who, or maybe they both use each other to fill their missing hole. As with the dream that Haru has while making love to Louis (I dig the artstyle there), she’s constantly searching for connection but always finds herself alone and lost in that darkness. Louis doesn’t fare any better. Only with Haru he can be vulnerable, where he doesn’t need to put on a mask (literally in the play). That theme is displayed perfectly when they first meet as he is injured badly with his antlers off. Haru, at the same time, bears no social association with him, in fact she doesn’t know who he is prior to their first meeting. As it stands, their relationship is heading towards destruction as they start on a crumble ground to begin with.

In fact, I could argue that all the romance relationship between these four ain’t going to end well. Juno has no chance to change Legosi’s mind. Legosi and Louis are in the beginning of a “jealousy” battle and most importantly, the relationship between Legosi and Haru is a mix of strong affection and hunting instinct, it’s not necessarily love but it sure is intense. Hence the Greek melodrama I said in the beginning as I don’t see any of these relationship pan out well.

Oddly enough it’s the short at the beginning of this episode is my favorite part of this week. That is by no means the rest of the episode isn’t up to par, but more because this otome section expands its rich universe in a whimsical and refreshing way. Meets Legom, a hen who takes her “side job” of producing egg “a little” seriously. It’s adorable since she’s the uptight kind of character that is difficult but charming at the same time. Her heart-broken feeling towards Legosi’s rejection is priceless.