Chapter 145 (Beastars)

**A Body Without Privacy** (プライベートを持たぬ肉体, *Puraibēto wo motanu nikutai*?) is **Chapter 145** of the manga *Beastars* written and illustrated by Paru Itagaki, published in the Weekly Shōnen Champion of the Akita Shoten publishing house.

## Synopsis

After finally reaching Kopi Luwak, Deshico explains that felines are considered a very mystic species, but despite this, whether lions, tigers, lynx or jaguars, felines are very uncouth and are far from being mystic. This is despite the fact that this statement comes from a civet, also known as the "ghost cat". Deshico claims to know what he is talking about, since the mysticness of the civet comes from its lower regions. Ever since he was a child, Deshico would get teased whenever he went to the bathroom because a civet's rectal discharge smells like flowers, and it is a valuable ingredient for perfume. The indigestible coffee beans extracted from their excrement are infused with intestinal bacteria and are made into delicious coffee, Kopi Luwak. Deshico assures that this is not something to be ashamed of, because anything that goes through his body is made into something very valuable; his rectal discharge is made into perfume and the coffee beans taken from his excrements are made into Kopi Luwak. In order not to spend all his time straining his lower regions, Deshico founded Kopi Luwak to perform mystic deeds that do not require a toilet, mystic deeds that he can brag about without being scared or getting laughed at. In the same way that Deshico digests messily blended coffee beans to make top quality coffee, he is going to research the unknown possibilities of mixed species and see for himself how worthy they are as animals.

After this explanation, Deshico reveals to know about Melon and Dope reveals his surprise to discover that Kopi Luwak is actually a well-funded research organization thanks to the civet's body being like an oil field. Deshico states that despite being a legitimate group, many animals easily misunderstand them and recently one of the bats was reported to the police by a Komodo dragon. Dope claims they won't ask Deshico for information after rudely barging into his home, so in exchange for the information, Dope offers the services of the Shishigumi. Deshico agrees but claims that he cannot make a trade deal without coffee, revealing that he at least knows what Melon's current public identity is. In exchange for this information, Deshico asks them to take a bag full of one week's worth of his excrement and get all the indigested coffee beans from it so they can drink Kopi Luwak together. Legoshi accepts without hesitation to the bewilderment of everyone else, claiming that digging into excrement is a cheap price to pay for getting info about Melon. Louis agrees to do it and soon everyone ends up digging through the excrement and collecting coffee beans. Legoshi assures that Deshico is a bonafide researcher, and he might even know where Melon is at this very moment.

Melon teaches history class at a university where he teaches that when animals produced foods like Kopi Luwak, unfertilized eggs, and milk, they feel a sensation that is similar to the joy carnivores feel when they eat meat: adrenaline, but when they learn the thrill of eating "meat", they end up taking it for granted. He reveals that the concept of "meat" was made after the First Carni-Herbi War, before which carnivores were called "Life Animals" and herbivores were called "Nature Animals", who had established a relationship that involved no killing whatsoever. However, that relationship was decimated by the war and established the concept of carnivores and herbivores, so the more they fought and antagonized each other, the more violently interested they became in each other. Melon compares this love-hate relationship to a romantic attraction in which carnivores and herbivores developed very troublesome feelings for each other. After class is over, the students rejoice at how interesting the history lecture was and how easy it was to follow, praising how good Melon seems to be as a part-time instructor. Melon collects the essays he assigned on "a proper relationship between carnivores and herbivores", so a classmate asks Haru if she did the homework. Haru responds that she did not because she found the subject too hard, so Haru considers asking Melon a few questions to help her come up with something.

## Characters

* Deshico
* Melon
* Legoshi
* Louis
* Shishigumi
* Haru

## Important Events

* Legoshi, Louis, and the Shishigumi arrive at Kopi Luwak where they meet their leader, Deshico.
* Deshico agrees to give information about Melon from an exchange which Legoshi, Louis, and the Shishigumi accept.
* It is revealed that Melon works as a part-time history instructor at the university Haru attends.
* Data is revealed on the relationship of carnivores and herbivores before and after the First Carni-Herbi War.

## Trivia

* This is the first chapter in which Dope has individual dialogue.
* The theme of the First Carni-Herbi War is taken up from Chapter 49.

## References

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