#2.12.19

Beastars episode 8 was so good! God, fuckin, Legosi and Haru’s relationship continues to just be super interesting, particularly since Haru has a lot of really interesting and possibly-drama-creating lines this episode, ranging from a pretty like, I wanna call it almost venomous (ironic adjective for an herbivore) comment about just how much Legosi can’t understand her since he’s a carnivore and stuff, but also she reminisces on the day they met and how she got attacked by a predator (Legosi really wanted to tell her it was him oops) and also makes sure to tell him that they are friends, but then also when he saves her at the end and she can’t see she’s all “Louis thank god you came” and Legosi continued to be nice and stuff and Haru even apologised but like, it honestly feels weird how invested I am in this high school romantic drama series given how I’d honestly say I’m really jaded and cynical about that sort of relationship drama story but like, this just does it so well with clashing ambitions and ideologies and stuff. Speaking of which, Juno, not satisfied just being the wolf girl with a crush on Legosi, strives to be the Beastar, and has like a confrontation with Louis that’s oddly full of sexual tension but also is super interesting and speaks to the way Juno sees the world and Louis sees Legosi. Fun. Speaking of that world by the way, that thing Legosi was saving Haru from earlier was a blackout at the festival, since obviously if it’s a blackout nobody can see and that’s prime time for carnivores to just eat people. But actually, nocturnal animals exist, which is characterised here with what effectively amounts to night vision. That’s actually a really cool thing to include and it’s great seeing all the non-nocturnal animals like huddle up while the nocturnal animals get in a circle around them to protect them, it’s just like a detail of the world that I’d never even thought about and it kind of shows the ways in which primarily predators in this episode have certain privileges that they use for, in this case, good. Just a fuckin, always fascinating world this show takes place in. Great time.

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