This is a show review for the animated show "Beastars", released in 2019 on Netflix. I finished watching the second season on July 25, 2021 via Netflix.
Trailer:
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, High School, Romance
Plot: In a world of humanoid animals, it is a matter of life and death while trying to live in a full-time school with herbivores and carnivores. A male grey wolf named Legoshi is simply trying to live his life as a teenage boy in high school. However, being a wolf in puberty is difficult. He both feels the desire to eat meat but he also does not want to eat meat. He meets a dwarf rabbit named Haru and finds her to be way more than he could have ever thought an herbivore could be. He finds that he has feelings for her but it is hard for him to understand how to have a relationship with such a small fragile herbivore.
Can herbivores and carnivores live in peace? Is there more to co-habitation than merely being in the same room/class or group? Can carnivores overcome their desire to eat meat? Can a boy and a girl of different species have a relationship more than just friends, especially if one is a carnivore and the other is an herbivore?
Review:
4/5 - *SPOILERS* The problem that a lot of people would have with this show is the fact that it is "furry" (or humanoid animals, personified animals). Once you get past the fact that the characters are animals with human intelligence and behaving/talking/walking like humans, it is a very interesting show. Take your average high school, mix the characters with animals, and see how it goes. Humans have limits for their actions but trying to deal with human-like puberty in high school while being a carnivore has a lot more problems. How does one fight the desire to kill and eat meat (considering carnivores eat herbivores) when eating meat is illegal, since meat means that it was an animal/living being at one point? The struggles of wanting to eat meat, finding a common ground between carnivores and herbivores, fighting natural urges like ravaging others (sex or meat/devouring), and just trying to grow up all come together in this show. It is not a pretty sight to see how bad a being can act when having to fight such urges/struggles, but it could be a way to communicate how humans (not personified animals or furries or humanoid animals, but real human beings) can have animalistic tendencies that we have to fight or deal with.
The average human teenager has to deal with hormones that can drive one crazy or cause him/her to do things that adults wouldn't do [on a spur of a moment or not]. Many teenagers have killed because they think their parent/guardian was out to get them or too harsh. Many teenagers have raped or killed because they thought that they were in love and didn't like what reality was. It is pretty bad to have to see the similarities between humans and animals, but it shouldn't be brushed aside. To confront one's dark instincts or desires is to live. To allow yourself to fall for your baser instincts is bad according to society, so stand up against it. Find a way to acknowledge it and fight it, like Legoshi fights his carnivoristic desire to kill and eat meat.
For those that are squeamish, the talk of such things may be overwhelming. However, I think that this show has qualities that give it value enough to look past the whole "furry"/personified animals thing. Like I said, fighting one's dark desires/instincts, growing up as a teenager, etc are what make this show interesting and valuable.
I do not like that so many people look past this show because of the furry/personified animals thing, though I don't blame them because so many think that it is trying to promote furries and beastiality. I understand their logic, especially considering the fact that the female dwarf rabbit Haru has sex with multiple animals (at different times). They do not show the intimate details of the sexual act but oh man could that ruffle a few people in the wrong way.
On the other hand, this is a tricky subject. There are no non-animal humans, so human on animal is not a thing for your usual definition of "beastiality". Even though they talk about sex and have apparent scenes of sex, no genitalia is shown (not even a bulge of a cock in pants when the males are aroused). All animals are covered by modest clothing at all times, except maybe to show off some cleavage or boobs [modest nipples at that if they are shown]. However, if one is inclined to feel arousal towards the characters, it is a possibility one might try to blame this show for causing thoughts about beastiality. This is also a "slippery slope" for those that think that furries are good (especially cosplaying as these characters). So warning about this show because in different minds, it can gives ideas to some people that most society would say is evil/bad. [To each their own.] If you can find a way to enjoy the show without making it too personal, then go for it. Otherwise, your choice.
There's other things that I could go on about with this show but that's all that I'm going to put down. Even with the furry/beastiality possibility, I would personally suggest this show. It is pretty good. I enjoy it though there are ugly parts in it, but that's what life is about to get you to think about things, right?
That's my show review! I look forward to season 3 whenever it comes out.
Thank you for reading my review. More reviews to come eventually.
~ Gracie Mae DeLunac
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