Chapter 132 (Beastars)

**You Call Me by My Name as if I'm Already Dead** (あなたの声で呼ばれるとまるで戒名のようで, *Anata no koe de yobareru tomaru de kaimyō no yō de*?) is **Chapter 132** of the manga *Beastars* written and illustrated by Paru Itagaki, published in the Weekly Shōnen Champion of the Akita Shoten publishing house.

## Synopsis

Stabbing Agata's hand with a fork, Melon asks Free what is keeping him from bringing the intruder when his fork is gouging the flesh out of Agata's hand. Melon declares that he should not be underestimated, and that he could smell the outsider as soon as he arrived, so he orders them to bring the intruder to him, Meanwhile, Louis thinks he should remedy the situation and thinks of coming out. Miguel tells Melon that he has the intruder and will bring him out, showing the antlers that Louis had previously shed, claiming that this is what Melon had sniffed out. Melon asks him where he got the antler from, pointing out that there's blood on them and seem freshly removed. Miguel lies that he broke his rule and gave into temptation, eating a deer who had put himself on sale in the Black Market. Free catches that Miguel is covering Louis at the cost of Melon killing him, whether he discovers it or not. Miguel kneels before Melon and declares that carnivores are foolish animals and that Melon, as a carnivore-herbivore hybrid, is a complete animal, while he is just a mere lion who could not protect the simple rule of only eating meat twice a month. He begs for one more chance to control his carnivorous urges and become closer to being as complete as him. At this, Melon responds that he is quite smart for a "foolish animal", but he won't let him go next time.

After this, the Shishigumi takes Louis out of his hiding place and escorts him out of the Black Market. They tell him that the era where lions are allowed to be strong animals is over even in the Black Market, because it is adopting the principle of "equality", and the carnivores were losing their supremacy. That is why when Melon became the new boss of the Shishigumi, he improved their public image and streamlined its business. Louis argues that if the Black Market advocates equality, they should stay the strong lions that they are, and not be suppressed, in addition to the fact that no one can blame carnivores for eating meat. As the Shishigumi stay behind, they beg Louis to come back to the Shishigumi and be their boss again, but Louis rejects the offer and encourages them to leave the organization if they dislike it so much. However, they refuse because they are lions born and raised in the Black Market, so if they leave the Shishigumi, they would have no other way of living, and recognize how pathetic they are now. Free asks Louis to forget everything that has happened and returns home. Later, Louis wonders what he can do to help the Shishigumi, realizing that if Legoshi were in his place, he would try something unbelievably stupid like run after Melon and knock him out in one punch. Louis wonders what Legoshi is up to right now.

At the same time in a canine hospital, Legoshi wakes up alarmed remembering that Melon shot him. He wonders who brought him to the hospital, seeing that his memories are stable and his body is fully functional. So willing to get someone, Legoshi runs into his own body in a coma. Seeing that he is now a ghost, he realizes that he is having an out-of-body experience and wonders if he is dying. A voice asks him if he is being too quick to give up, which turns out to be the spirit of his mother. Since this is an out-of-body experience, it makes sense that this is the only way Legoshi can see her, reuniting with his mother who committed suicide six years ago.

## Characters

* Louis
* Legoshi
* Melon
* Shishigumi
* Leano

## Important Events

* Miguel managed to fool Melon using Louis's antlers to make Melon believe that this was the alleged intruder.
* The Shishigumi manage to save Louis and they ask him to be their boss again, but he rejects the proposal.
* Legoshi is in a coma in the hospital and his soul separates from his body.
* Legoshi meets the spirit of his mother, who had committed suicide six years ago.

## Trivia

* Leano's appearance confirms that spirits exist in the world of *Beastars*.

## References

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