Beastars on Netflix

[Kobuk]

The release dates of the final five volumes of the Beastars manga books.

Beastars 17 
March 15, 2022

Beastars 18 
May 17, 2022

Beastars 19
July 19, 2022

Beastars 20
September 20, 2022

Beastars 21
November 15, 2022

[Jade Sinapu]

eagerly awaiting all volumes.
I know I could have watched the Anime in  a few hours... but I really like the printed media on this.
But... WHY are they released every other month?!  Once a month would have been hard enough!

[Kobuk]

But... WHY are they released every other month?!  Once a month would have been hard enough!

They WANT you to wait, Jade. They want to keep you in suspense. 

[Kobuk]

It's coming to an end. 

Just got Vol.18 manga in the mail. Only 3 more volumes left to go this year and then..........THE END.

[Jade Sinapu]

yeah I saved 17 and just got 18 as well.
Blew through them.

Heh, a few unexpected moments there.

[Kobuk]

Well, I originally thought Vol.21 in November was going to be the last volume. I was wrong.
According to Amazon, Vol.22 will be released on January 17 next year.

[Jade Sinapu]

Dang another 2 months to see the end!

[Kobuk]

Beast Complex Vol.2 manga book will be released next year in March.
Vol. 3 will be released later in June.

Geez, talk about a long wait. 

[Jade Sinapu]

I can say it's been a slow going release. 

[cause the rat]

Jade, slow going is right. Third season of the amine was supposed to be out this month. No sings of it.  Now I hear it's going to be released next year.

[Jade Sinapu]

Well Cause, the manga was deathly slow.  I mean one volume every 2 months?
22 volumes!
44 months to wait for it to finish?

This is the longest I have ever waited for a plot to develop in my life!

But at least it has been good so far!

[cause the rat]

Jade, considering the manga was already finished in English two years ago that's not slow, that's criminal. Also I gave the wrong year. It's two years from now in 2024.

[Kobuk]

Well, the Beastars manga is finally finished. No more volumes to come out in the U.S.  Volume 22 was the last.
So how did everybody like the manga books?
The good, the bad, and the ugly?
What did you think of the entire series? The characters? Plot twists?

[cause the rat]

WARNING spoilers.

As far as a Manga goes this I feel this one was rushed. There were ideas introduced that went no where. The wolf/bunny fighting spirit, the whale, and exactly why was the meat market destroyed. Still can't figure out a reason why Yahay , the retired Beastar tried to kill Lagoci. And the ending between Lagoci and Haru. Disappointing and without real resolve. The fights leading up to Lagoci Vs Melon. Lagoci in a dress and high heals? It started out great. But as soon as the fight between Lagoci and Riz was over so was the menga. I really wanted it to be better. The Manga is still way better than the anime. Honestly believe they know the anime is bad, That's why there is a three + year wait for the last season. They're hoping people forget just how bad it was.

[Jade Sinapu]

The last volume left me feeling like the first time I watched Monty Python Search For The Holy Grail.
I was like, what that is the end?  What there is no resolution to this!  Come on!

Maybe I'm weird but I was wanting Legoshi and Haru to do the deed and him knot her and cause some type of event/embarrassment/etc to happen, that could have been used in later episodes as a reoccurring humorous motif.

Also I would have liked for Melon to be ripped apart and eaten or dissolved by Komodo Dragon venom.

And yeah, about that meat market, so what gives, are they just going to eat plants?
Canines do not do well eating 100% plants, some canines get bloat that can kill them. Seriously.  They are dismissing eons of evolution as the species they are.  The meat market will ALWAYS exist!
 

[Jade Sinapu]

Also, I had hoped that since (apparently) some herbivores like canine teeth and the concept of being devoured, that there might be mention in Beastars of the the following concept.
Herbivores that die (naturally) can donate to carnivore food programs or enriching soil.  There would be a group to oversee this happens naturally.
And all carnivores can choose to feed carnivores (has to be regulated and certain restrictions) and there is a strong push for carnivores to "enrich soil".  This way , hakuna matata, the circle of life!
But they CAN eat meat this way.

I know that the sea people, with their ways, do allude to providing them all with fish as the meat source.  But what if someone tires of feesh.  aka Black Market!

Also about Melon, were they saying his mom molested him?  I figured that, but want to see what others thought of that.

And how are the other characters doing?  Panda Psychologist, crazy female rabbit, as well as Legoshi's college friends!
What of Jack?
(he is probably going crazy humping now that he is out of college and was so repressed)
 

[cause the rat]

Jack. Now there's another story that went no where. Dogs wee bread to be smarter so Jack was taking special classes. And what about the Cat who was trying to kill off all the hybrids. There were so many story lines that hit dead ends. It's like they took the time to trough all these no were stories to stretch the manga out instead of adding to it.

I'm wondering if the manga and anime turned out feeling rushed because of their association with Netflics.

[Jade Sinapu]

I figured more would come of Jack the Labrador since he was so smart too.  I figured he would use his brain to solve some big issue in the end.
NOPE

I liked his character and was distraught at the concept of him killing him self using those onions.
 

[cause the rat]

That whole episode with Jack was deep. He wanted to die because he couldn't cry for his best friend. If you take this manga apart and view it's content in pieces each piece was a work of art. Unfortunately each piece is a portion of a separate work of art. Jumbled together. What we all ended up with is more like viewing the bottom of a trash can.  Another story line that had no impact. How both predator and prey first agreed to live together. How did that change to the social system they have now? The could have left all this out and spent more time on the actual story line.  The manga was chuck full of filler material.