Chapter 124 (Beastars)

**The More Colors are Mixed in Paint, the Blacker It Gets** (絵の具 混色するほど黒ずむ, *Enogu konshoku suru hodo kurozumu*?) is **Chapter 124** of the manga *Beastars* written and illustrated by Paru Itagaki, published in the Weekly Shōnen Champion of the Akita Shoten publishing house.

## Synopsis

An adult elephant assists a therapist to get help for his personal situation of being excluded due to his large size, the elephant is amazed by all the comforts of the place in terms of the need for an elephant, the therapist assures that he has the utmost respect for his species, the elephant assures that most of his previous therapists were carnivores who only admire him for being "Strong" although he assures that that should not be the term in which to categorize him, but he is glad that he can to have a herbivore as a therapist because he is also one, but they do not see him that way. The therapist tells him that despite the large size of his body his heart is not, that is why it is necessary to expel all those bad vibes that he keeps to himself and expose them to feel better about himself, the elephant is moved and He breaks down in tears, seeing that he has been fighting alone all this time, the therapist encourages him that it will be a long process, but that in the end it will pay off. On the other hand The 500 Cornered Rats, infiltrate under the therapist's premises and confirm to Yahya the discovery of multiple remains of elephants without their tusks, Yahya, mentions that it is normal that no one could find them by be an establishment run by a herbivore, but that should not be a problem for him, although he questions the reason why he is carrying out this activity, because despite the fact that the ivory business is very lucrative, there is no the need to take so many risks with these animals. Returning to the office, the therapist tells the elephant that it is not necessary to force his heart to be strong, if it is necessary the best thing would be to hire a security personnel, but since they are not in a security establishment, the best thing would be to use a relaxing to be able to rest quietly, at that moment Yahya interrupts the therapist demanding that he lower the syringe and kneel down to take him to the police, he exclaims that if he is one of his patients he must quietly wait for his turn, the elephant demands an explanation of why he is Pointing to the therapist, Yahya asks him to calm down, which is saving him from greater danger, the therapist is moved by the protection provided by the elephant and gives him a big hug, but ends up stabbing him with the syringe. Yahya wonders how many bullets he should use to stop him, he ends up shooting the therapist once, but he does not flinch when he receives a bullet impact, arguing that being half leopard and gazelle his body is very resistant, he opens the window of the building thus revealing his name Melon and escaping from the place arguing that this is just the beginning.

## Characters

* Melon
* Yahya
* The 500 Cornered Rats

## Important Events

* First appearance of the main antagonist of Revenge of the Love Failure (Arc).
* It is revealed that elephants despite being herbivores, are treated by society in the same way as if they were carnivores due to the exuberant strength they possess.
* Just like real life it is revealed that in the world of Beastars, the ivory tusks of elephants are used as exotic medicine and drugs by people from the underworld.

## References

1. ↑ Previous of the chapter in the Weekly Shōnen Champion.