#Leano (Beastars)

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It’s been a while since I last shared my Beastars volume collection. I was out for the day and found volume 18 (much to my surprise because I thought it was going to release later 😆😅).

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[P] Beastars - Signs of Nature Fanart

This piece is fanart for a fanfic called "Signs of Nature" by TherapyBear over on Ao3 , I deeply suggest reading it if you want a retelling of the story of Beastars, but in the eyes of a disabled, mute Legoshi. This page is... Spoilers... but I assure you that it is very much worth to read it.   Find me and support me on other places!

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“live more, legosi. you share my blood and your grandfather’s blood... you can be stronger and sweeter than any pure-blooded wolf ever could.”

nayyirah waheed / tumblr user mjalti / beastars 134 / my mother and i, lucy dacus / class of 2013, mitski / beastars 134 / turtles all the way down, john green / beastars 134 / youth, glass animals

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Paru Itagaki's gender diverse characters

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leano if she didnt die, i imagine she realized she wouldnt pass as a wolf and started overdressing to hide her mammalian features

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HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY EVERYONE!

Haru's Mother, Leano, Melon's Mother, and Toki belongs to Paru Itagaki (Creator of BEASTARS).

Bonnie Hopps belongs to Byron Howard and Rich Moore (Creators of Zootopia).

Haida's Mother and Retsuko's Mother belongs to Rarecho (Creator of Aggretsuko).

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I remember a au on tumblr, where Leano tried to rid of her scales by a doctor, living with Legosi near of the black market for that. And she dies. Baby Legosi, traumatised is found by Gouhin who decide to raise him. And i wonder, do you think that Legosi would have been more adjusted more happy if raised by Gouhin? Would he have had less self-hate?

I think Legoshi would have been more realistic about himself, and what he needs as a carnivore.

— Psychic

sourcing legoshi’s self-hate

In my head, Legoshi’s self-loathing comes from two sources: 1) society and 2) Gosha's ‘pacificism’.

Beastkind society pushes the idea that all carnivores are inherently dangerous, and are instinct-driven beasts. It also pushes the idea that carnivores taking pride in their non-herbivorous traits (strength, claws, teeth) are bad. Carnivores are only good when in service to herbivores, when they work to maintain society's status quo. These harmful messages are spread by societal institutions, most popularly schools. When societal narms and values are spread through social institutions (think schools, churches, etc.), it is known as secondary socialisation.

Secondary socialisation trasmits society’s values, but society is only the latter part of the socialisation process.

The family is far more formative in transferring social values. When families instill norms and values into their children, it's known as primary socialisation.

All of this is to say: society transmits its values the easiest when those values have been built up by the family.

gosha's passivity

Gosha's ‘pacificism’ (or passivity, as I find to be more accurate) shaped Legoshi’s worldview more thann society. Society still played a role, mind you, but Gosha's values undoubtedly had a large impact.

I want to pay special attention to Gosha's species for a moment.

He’s a Komodo dragon; a type of venomous monitor lizard. Due to his venom, he is ostracised from society. Those who are familiar with any form of racism (be it against black folk, or another minority) can draw parallels between that and Gosha being forced to sit at the back of restaurants, and being threatened the one time he does sit out in the open at a restaurant. It's all very clearly discrimination.

But, Gosha doesn't really try to fight the status quo. And by “fight" I don't mean that he should be aggressive or anything like that — what I mean is that he doesn't try to fight the messages that his passivity sent to Legoshi. Something as simple as a “Legoshi, it isn't right how I am being treated” would have been enough.

By not voicing discontent with his status quo, Gosha sent the message that “it’s all right for venomous animals to be treated differently”. Given that Gosha is naturally cautious about his venom (as he really should be — we've seen what it is capable of), it provides a ‘justification’.

So the message then becomes “it's all right for venomous animals to be treated differently, because their venom sometimes hurts others”.

Adding on society’s message that carnivores are inherently dangerous nets you: “It's all right for carnivores to be treated differently because they sometimes hurt others”.

It is a sensible message when taken on its face.

In a world where your tiger friend is (purported to be) just as likely to maul you as the predator that killed someone on the news, it makes sense to be wary of all carnivores as a result. Self-preservation trumps all.

The problems start when that message is taken to its logical extreme.

That is to say: if one (1) carnivore has the potential to be dangerous, all carnivores are dangerous solely because they have the potential to be.

leano + the black market

I feel like this AU would only work if Gosha was out of the picture or if Leano was so certain that the Black Market descaling treatment would work that she would took her son.

I lean towards the second scenario even though I would personally find it weird that Leano wouldn't sneak off by herself to do any experimental treatment. If she hates being looked at by everyone to the point where even her own son knows that (and it's why he didn't turn around to face her even when she hugged him for the first time in a long time) ... I feel like there'd need to be a reason.

So, let's just say that she still wanted to have her son close to her and/or she was so confident that the Black Market treatment would work.

gouhin + raising legoshi

I personally cannot see Gouhin as the type to raise anyone. I feel like 'mentor' is a better term to use — he’ll give Legoshi the tools and knowledge necessary to keep himself alive, and he’ll give the kid a safe place to stay, and as much as an education as possible, but that's it.

I’m certain Gouhin has a soft spot for children (he raised one, after all), but I think he wouldn't want any child around his place of work. Especially considering that he works with carnivores who would otherwise be arrested for predation.

I can see Gouhin making arrangements for Legoshi to be looked after by someone he knows — it would be part of an attempt to give Legoshi as normal a life as possible.

Still, thanks to Gouhin, Legoshi learns more about carnivore physiology and psychology than he would have otherwise. Yet ... I don't believe that Gouhin would have dispelled much of the rumours around meat and meat consumption.

Maybe Legoshi’s innocent questions (“How come more carnivores in the Black Market don't go feral, even though they're always around meat?”) inspire Gouhin to rethink some of his methods and beliefs.

Legoshi’s curiosity would incite him to harass Gouhin for answers that the poor man, quite frankly, doesn't have.

No matter what happens though, Legoshi would have ready access to tools and materials that differ from that of mainstream society. Still, it would be up to Legoshi to use them effectively. Giving someone a map doesn't mean that they’ll use it.

And really, it could go either way — with Legoshi fully embracing mainstream medicine as it relates to feral carnivores.

But personally? I'd like it better if Legoshi realises that not everything written in the books are true. Maybe he could start a little observation diary. It's not as hands-on as Gouhin, but it's a way for Legoshi to organise his thoughts and ideas for carnivore rehabilitation.

gosha as an antagonistic force

While living with Gouhin, Legoshi learns the exact opposite of Gosha’s belief system — that being a carnivore doesn't mean that he deserves to be ill-treated.

Given that Legoshi was probably taken by his mother to the Black Market w/o Gosha's approval and/or consent ... I think it'd be interesting if Gosha was the antagonist.

I don't mean villain. I mean ‘antagonist’: someone who opposes the protagonist (Legoshi, in this case).

The antagonism here could stem from a difference between Gosha's belief system, and Legoshi’s own.

Remember: Legoshi is all Gosha has to remember his daughter by. A daughter who so hated the scales she inherited from him that she was willing to risk death just for the smallest chance of them being removed.

For Gosha to discover that his meek grandchild shares a belief system that is completely opposite to his own ... it'd be like a punch to the gut. A final and utter rejection, in a way.

And, here ends my rambling.

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With the final season of Beastars coming out, and Gosha's official appearance coming up (EEEEEEEEEE), I found myself looking back on his story, his relationship with Toki in particular. Spoilers below.

Toki's suicide is seen by a lot of the fandom as something that was a result of incredible stupidity. As someone who has suffered depression and suicidal thoughts, I can see another side to it. Generally, when someone is suicidal, it isn't because they want to die. It's because their life is something they feel incapable of continuing. It's because they don't see options that are without unbearable pain.

Toki was in a hopeless situation, even if there was happiness on the outside. The man she loved was someone she could never marry. She couldn't even kiss him without being immediately sprayed and wiped down afterward. There's also a chance that she was privately dealing with some postpartum issues after having Leano.

She loved Gosha. She didn't want to leave him. But she could never have the happy life she wanted to have. So, she gave herself the happiest day of her life and claimed that last "victory" by finally kissing him so she could die at the peak of joy rather than living the rest of her life in a state of wanting.

Note: I am absolutely NOT justifying what she did by saying this! After all, we the readers saw the aftermath: Gosha lost the woman he loved in the exact way he feared, leaving him traumatized and with a baby to raise all alone. Don't forget he was still 19-20 when this happened, so he was barely an adult when this all went down (as was Toki, adding another layer to her shortsightedness).

What Toki did was ultimately selfish and for no one's benefit but her own. It was a premeditated decision to end her life on the highest note she could, at the expense of her family. She specifically threw out all of Gosha's disinfectant before this happened, so this wasn't just a spur of the moment decision!

However, it was also a decision made by a woman who could never live her life to the fullest due to a combination of societal cruelty and nature itself.

I have both anger and sympathy for Toki as a result. There were other options. She could have lived a life with Gosha if she had been able to accept the sacrifices that would have been required. She could have been there for Leano and helped her through her anguish when her scales started appearing, perhaps even preventing her suicide later on. Life is always the better option, but sometimes it can be difficult or impossible for someone to see that.

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Hello there Leano fans.

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Characters from manga Beastars,Gosha,Toki and their daughter Leano

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