Episode 16

Preview image 1 taken from the Beastars anime website.

### Adapted from

Chapter 60, Chapter 61, half of Chapter 62, Chapter 64, the second half of Chapter 56

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Call it Like it is

**Entangled** (身を寄せたら毛が絡まってしまうから, *Mi wo yosetara ke ga karamatte shimau kara*?) is the sixteenth episode of the *Beastars* anime and the fourth episode of Season 2.

## Synopsis

As he tries to focus on finding Tem's killer, Legoshi is attacked by a huge carnivore figure. In a hint of despair, Legoshi makes an unexpected counterattack to obtain clues about the culprit, and leaves school to learn from Gohin how to fight. The Shishigumi's reputation in the Black Market continues to grow after saving a stripper from death. Louis gets a surprise visitor.

## Plot

Legoshi has a flashback of Tem asking him if alpaca wool is different from sheep wool with Tem replying that alpaca wool is more delicate and allows him to touch it to corroborate it.

In the present, Legoshi is on campus in the early night, wondering why he remembered that and thinks that his relationship with Tem was nothing special, and expresses his desire to find the murderer that devoured Tem, although it is more of a personal obligation. At the moment, Legoshi realizes that there is someone behind him, but before he can turn around, the stranger jumps on him using his foot to press Legoshi's head to the ground. Legoshi yells at him to reveal his identity and he punches him hard, knocking him out. Shortly after, Legoshi wakes up tied and blindfolded while being dragged by the animal that attacked him who, upon seeing that he woke up, lets go and proceeds to take him by the neck. Due to his cold, Legoshi cannot use his nose to discover the identity of his attacker and asks if he is the one who killed Tem. In response, he smashes Legoshi's head against a column, stunning him. Legoshi suspects that this is a threat to make him stop snooping around. Legoshi remembers Tem and regrets for having thought that their friendship was nothing special, claiming that herbivores treating carnivores gently is really something special and is something that the carnivores must not forget. Remembering when Haru had told him that he would never understand what it feels like to be an animal whose life is always in danger, Legoshi claims that he now knows how it feels, claiming that he needs to make it up to the herbivores in some way. When the culprit approaches Legoshi, Legoshi forcibly French kisses him, clings to him to get some clue to the identity of his attacker. Using his tongue, he feels his teeth and at the same time he also draws his saliva. The culprit manages to shake Legoshi off, kicks him and flees the scene. Legoshi does his best to stay conscious to remember his flavor, while lamenting that he should have had his first kiss with Haru when he had the chance.

In room 701, Jack and Collot are hanging out until Jack receives a call from Legoshi in which only the snorts of his breath are heard. Jack interprets that as Legoshi asking him to bring tissues for his cold. While walking down the corridor, he tries to talk to Legoshi who does not respond. Through the phone Jack hears the sound of the academy mill and deduces that Legoshi is there. Jack runs to the place while thinking about how the things that he can do for Legoshi dwindle as they grow older and he has realized it. At the same time, Legoshi thinks about how he can't tell Jack how he is and hopes that he doesn't panic when he sees him in. Jack arrives at the place and indeed panics, and asks Legoshi if he is fine. Legoshi answers that he is fine and asks Jack to untie him. Shortly after, Legoshi and Jack sit down and Legoshi tells Jack that he will not be in school for a while and asks him to tell the teachers that he went to take care of his grandfather. Jack asks why Legoshi does not tell him, and he claims that seeing him encourages him. Legoshi tries to leave, but Jack stops him and tries to convince him to go to the infirmary, but Legoshi tells him that he cannot because if he stays in school, he will be killed. Jack asks him where he will go and Legoshi answers him that it's a place he doesn't need to know. Jack claims that Legoshi has been estranged for the last few months and he's not coming back, that Legoshi is an awkward guy who he wants to happy and asks him how things got like this. Crying, Jack declares that the stronger Legoshi gets, the more miserable he becomes. Legoshi turns to see Jack and thinks how radiant and distant he looks while shedding tears on his golden fur; how they don't even look alike. Legoshi tells Jack that his strength is not because he wants to be happy, and he runs off and climbs the fence of the academy while Jack can only watch him go.

Later, Legoshi arrives at the Black Market wanting to see the only adult there he can ask for help and for advice. Legoshi stops at a bamboo stall to buy some, but falls silent, realizing that he isn't looking for an advice but for a place where he can calm his heart. At that moment, Gohin arrives at the place and asks for an order of bamboo. Gohin tells Legoshi that regarding his injuries, it seems that he is fine. Upon seeing him, Legoshi realizes that he does not want advice or a place to calm his heart and asks Gohin to allow him to be his disciple, to which Gohin quickly refuses and leaves, leaving Legoshi behind.

Later in his clinic, Legoshi tells him the whole story of the predation case that occurred in the spring while Gohin heals his wounds. Legoshi alleges that whoever attacked him is definitely the culprit so it would be dangerous to let him walk free. Legoshi tells him that he wants to be stronger and asks him to teach him how to fight which Gohin immediately refuses, reminding him that he is the Black Market psychotherapist and he wouldn't be able to do his work with a bomb like Legoshi, who assures him he will be quiet. Gohin reminds Legoshi that ever since he defeated the boss of the Shishigumi, they've been getting more influential in the Black Market, and if they see Legoshi while he goes in and out of the market, they will kill him. Gohin does not want to get into any more trouble and damage his reputation, so he orders Legoshi to leave. Legoshi continues with his insistence and Gohin finally accepts and invites Legoshi to sit down. He does it enthusiastically, but the secretly mechanical chair immobilized him. Scared Legoshi asks him what he plans and Gohin with a scythe tells him to take this as his initiation ceremony. He uses the scythe on Legoshi who screams in fear.

In a strip club called "Happy & Heaven" a carnivore dancer is doing a striptease show. Here, the more the dancer strips, the louder the growls of the carnivore patrons grow. During the show, the manager calls Cosmo, an okapi, to tell that he is worried that so many customers came to see her and Cosmo claims that all they want is a show that stimulates their appetite and lust at the same time. At that moment, the carnivore dancer who had just finished her show enters the room she smugly tells her how lucky she is because she doesn't have to put in any effort since carnivores drool over her for being a herbivore. The manager threatens to fire her if she continues with that attitude. Cosmo asks the manager what he wanted to talk to her about and he tells him that the customers kept yelling to remove the cage. Cosmo claims that she doesn't care either way, but he tells her that he couldn't, since he doesn't want to see another dancer being eaten by a customer. At the beginning of Cosmo's performance, she has a monologue where she explains that all the herbivores in the Black Market dance with death and yet this place is the only one where she can be herself. She will take as much money as she can from these carnivores and when she dies, she will die being eaten. The smell of a female herbivore revealing her naked body is fiercer, fresher, and sweeter than any meat in butcheries. She will blur the line between lust and hunger for them; for her, they are the ones in a cage and she is the ruler of this domain. Suddenly the cage that protects Cosmo begins to lower, leaving her totally defenseless in front of the fierce carnivore public. A tiger wildly jumps on the stage and grabs Cosmo's head, looming over her. Cosmo understands that the day of her death has arrived and accepts it. However, before the tiger could take a bite, the sound of a gun shot brings everyone to their senses and through the megaphone, Louis declares that the stage is a sacred place and anyone who disrupts the performance will be punished. The scared tiger tries to escape, but is stopped and beaten by several members of the Shishigumi. Louis appears and asks Cosmo if she is okay, but she only wonders what a herbivore is doing in the Black Market. She alleges that what she hates the most is not carnivores who want to eat her, but carnivores who pity her and herbivores who come to mock her, warning him that if he stays, he will be eaten and brats like him should go home. Free interrupts them to tell Louis who was responsible for lowering the cage, this being the carnivore dancer from before. The manager thanks the Shishigumi for their help and Louis deduces that she did it out of resentment, claiming that carnivores like her are everywhere. Cosmo asks Louis if he is the boss of the Shishigumi, and he replies that she told him to go home. He responds to this by stating that the Black Market is his home and as a fellow herbivore asks her to get along.

Later in the Shishigumi's lair, they enjoy a good meal and celebrate another deal made and praise Louis for having achieved it. Louis alleges that without him, the group would be long gone. Free alleges that it has been a long time since they had food this good. Louis comments that he does not approve of meat consumption, but now that he is in the Black Market, he needs to adapt to his environment, while Ibuki stares at him. Louis decides to leave and lets the lions enjoy their dinner. As soon as he walks into his office, he rushes over and vomits the meat he had just eaten, frustrated that no matter how hard he tries, he can't get his body to accept meat and has managed to sustain himself with energy drinks. Ibuki enters the office and Louis scolds him for entering without knocking. Ibuki tells Louis that he looks a bit pale, but Louis claims that he is fine and asks Ibuki what he wants. Ibuki comments that he is getting thinner and Louis becomes frustrated that Ibuki discovered that he is getting weaker. Ibuki declares that it was he who nominated Louis as the boss, and he feels responsible for him and gives him a salad. Louis is surprised and annoyed thinking Ibuki is trying to make fun of him. Ibuki alleges that he knew that he would react like this and asks him to stop neglect his body, claiming that Louis is not just the new boss of the Shishigumi and he is no good to anyone dead. He states he cannot bear to see his boss waste away and tells Louis that he needs to nourish his body. Louis deduces that Ibuki only came to see him drool over some vegetables and sneer at him. Ibuki denied it, but before they can finish their discussion, Free interrupts them to tell Louis that a young wolf wants to see him. It turns out to be Juno who demands that the lions let her see Louis.

## Anime/Manga Differences

* In the manga, Voss is with Jack and Collot while they hang out, while in the anime, he is absent.
* In the manga, Legoshi whispers words to the murderer so that he would come closer to hear him before Legoshi extracts saliva from him. In the anime, the murderer simply approaches Legoshi to check his status.
* In the anime, Jack discovers Legoshi's location by hearing the sound of the academy mill through his phone. In the manga, he follows the scent of his blood when he goes out on campus.
* In the anime, the scenes in which Legoshi cleans his wound and takes a reptile train to reach the Black Market are cut.
* In the anime, Cosmo's story changes significantly.
	+ In the manga, she gets along well with her co-workers and is nearly killed by a bear that she performed oral sex on for money after her show, and she is saved by the Shishigumi on the spot.
	+ In the manga, she meets Louis for the first time outside her strip club after her show and later discovers that he is the boss of the Shishigumi when they save her from the bear.