Make full use of that pure heart and devilish body of yours, and think.
You should be able to track them down.
The clue exists within yourself.
The killer is probably going about his life just like me,
going to school, laughing, getting angry...
A carnivore like any other.
Kill...
Huh?
Legosi, what did you just...
Oh, uh... My muscles are really killing me.
Gonna have to power through.
What?!
What's a stagehand like you doing getting sore muscles?
Seriously...
Honestly, we don't need your grumbling.
Let's finish up quick.
I've got homework for days.
Lately I've been thinking about Tem, the one who got killed.
Huh?
I hear the only place Tem met carnivores
was here in the drama club.
Hey, what are you implying?
Digging up the past and suspecting fellow club members...
Seriously, what's wrong with you?
No, I... It's not about digging up the past, it's just...
I think we carnivores, more than anyone, need to keep that incident at the back of our minds at all times.
But why are you bringing it up again after all this time?
Because Louis left the club!
Right, here we go, the idealist's faithful dog is at it again.
Sorry, but a perverted wolf who's been banging a rabbit not even half his size
Huh?!
can't expect us to trust him.
What?!
Look, he lost his composure.
Gosh, how graphic. Oh, heavens me.
She's got nothing to do with this!
You're the one nobody trusts!
Sorry? I've got more buds than you, and a whole lot more trust.
Yeah, right. Just the other day you went to the dark—
What is it? Spit it out.
You wanna go, huh?
Come on, give it a rest.
We really do need Louis...
Knock, knock.
Is this the male changing room?
Woah, were you in the middle of something?
I do beg your pardon.
One, two, three... Ah, that's the one.
It sure reeks of men in here.
Oh, out of the way if you would, my good puppy.
That wound on your right arm sure looks painful.
Huh? Oh, this?
How many stitches did you get?
Thirty-five, I think it was.
Wow, that's crazy.
I started crying just from having my wisdom teeth pulled the other day.
I'll be leaving now, so feel free to fight to your hearts' content.
Adieu.
Wh-What's that pretty boy's problem?
Legosi, he called you a puppy, you know.
It's fine, I am a canine after all.
Man, talk about an attitude problem. Let's teach him a lesson tonight.
No, let's not.
I won't let you lay a finger on that girl again.
I want you to plead for your life.
Show it to me, right here.
Show me what it looks like for a carnivore to tremble in fear!
Cry your eyes out!
Come on, beg for forgiveness!
S-Spare me...
Too bad.
I have my own lesson for you.
There's no salvation to be had in this world.
I'll melt into the darkness.
Wh-Who're you?!
I'm No. 4.
Product ID No. 4.
I'm weak and small, but I can guarantee the taste.
Show your appreciation as you eat me.
Come on. I'm the one who shot your boss.
So hurry up and kill and eat me, like the loyal subjects you are.
Did that kid do him in?
It seems so.
The hell's the Leo Group supposed to do now?
Who's gonna take over as boss?
Or do we merge? Or join another group?
Well, the Spotted Group are a bunch of weirdos.
The monitor lizards' Venom Group...
Anything but that.
The Inari Group?
Yeah, I'm not eating fried tofu.
Hey!
That kid's telling us to eat him.
He's acting kind of condescending,
but I guess it doesn't hurt to have a taste.
I'm having his shank.
I'll have the flank, then.
I'll go for the round.
Hang on.
Huh?
There's plenty for you too.
I thought I'd seen him somewhere before...
I knew it.
There's no mistaking it.
Don't eat him.
I've got a good idea.
Hmm?
Oh, it's the same guy.
Look, they call him their "hope for the future"!
As if he's got a future!
I hear you're the most popular candidate for that Cherryton school's "Beastar" thing.
Why don't we take this star actor,
and an herbivore at that,
and make him the leader of the Leo Group?
What?!
The boss's death is an opportunity, if anything!
Making him the face of the group will be huge for our image.
What? But, he's a deer!
That's exactly why!
I dunno about this.
I know I'll end up wanting to eat him.
Endure it!
You can't be serious. What are you saying?
I'm telling you to eat me!
This is the only way to survive in this herbivore-supremacist society.
Go ahead and continue your little discussion.
I'll narrow down the choices for you.
If my only other choice is to be used by carnivores...
Kiddo, how are you feeling?
I can't believe it!
I couldn't even die!
The air reeks of felines.
I can't stand cats.
I hate them even more than dogs.
We were having a discussion while waiting for you to wake up.
Stop talking like you did me a favor.
You should've just eaten me while I was passed out.
It's not that simple.
But now what do we do?
We're at a deadlock.
Are you talking about your ridiculous proposal?
I'm opposed.
Right now we're more or less fifty-fifty.
Of course, I fully understand what those against are saying.
So here's the conclusion we arrived at:
There's no point in discussing further.
If you want to arrive at an answer, you have to act.
So...
Wh—What?!
So why don't we share a meal
and get to know each other better?
It's your welcoming meal.
We simply want you to learn about our culture.
It's the meat of a humble buffalo who betrayed us.
Don't vomit. Endure it.
They're testing you,
to see if you can eat the same food as them.
They're treating me like their plaything.
Don't stare at me, goddammit!
If I eat this, I'll become part of the Leo Group, and they'll make use of me.
But...
If I refuse, I'll end up just like this myself.
Don't break apart. Don't lose yourself.
What will you do, Louis?!
They won't even let me decide how to die,
and they're treating this like some kind of spectacle.
I didn't live my life to meet my end like this.
Goddammit.
Why am I shaking so uncontrollably?
I can't stop sweating.
What's wrong with me?
Is this... frustration?
Survive, Louis!
Delicious!
Bring me more!
He's so big!
His wool is so white. He's beautiful.
He's really cool.
Right?
This is our newest member.
He'll be joining the actors.
I'm Pina.
I'm a first-year Dall bighorn sheep.
Anyway, there's a lot I still don't know, and I might get in the way at first,
but, well, all I care about is having fun with everyone.
I hope we all get along well.
Glad to be here.
Good to have you!
President!
Why's a newbie joining this time of year?
You're not trying to replace Louis, are you?
Yeah, no way.
Now, now, that's not what I...
Isn't it a problem of aesthetics?
The star actor Louis isn't around anymore,
so you just need a guy in the club who'd universally be considered handsome.
Oh, I don't mean to insult anyone. I'm just stating facts.
And since carnivores are always grappling with their lust and instincts,
it's impossible for them to look beautiful.
It's been scientifically proven.
What?!
The hell's your problem?
You trying to say carnivores are all ugly?!
Looks are the only thing I've got going for me.
I'm content being ugly. I don't need anything more.
I'm happy as long as I'm popular with the girls.
Besides, everyone at school knows the drama club is filled with dangerous people.
Empty your mind.
Please just nobody make a fuss.
I mean...
A club member got eaten this spring,
our star actor vanished,
and there's a wolf with an impressive battle scar on his arm.
Wh-What?
No, I'm a completely ordinary person.
And I'm just crew.
Then how did someone as quiet as you end up with these?
You do seem dangerous.
I'll tread lightly.
Hey!
Legosi's one of us carnivores, and he's been in the club forever.
That's right!
We're not letting him side with you!
Everyone just gets in the way of my investigation...
Just look!
Legosi almost never gets this angry!
Oh, I'm sorry. I got a bit sleepy.
That arrogant goddam goat.
I want to boil him, crush him, and eat him whole!
Rooftop or not, next time you say something like that I'm leaving.
But you still decided to show up for one of our carnivore gatherings for once, huh?
You've got something you've been bottling up too, don't you?
Well, it's not hard to guess why Legosi's here.
He thinks one of us ate Tem.
Right, he mentioned it in the changing room.
Gotta say you hurt me a bit there.
I, uh... I-I'm sorry.
I, well...
I stopped by today
to get a proper chance to talk to you guys.
I'm a suspect, just like you.
I mean, I'm a wolf.
N-No one here can completely refute the possibility that they ate Tem.
Right?
That's why...
I, um...
If we carnivores want to clear ourselves of suspicion,
what we need to do right now is to make sure to always protect our fellow herbivore club members.
That's point one.
Uh... So basically, what we need to do
is promote a deeper mutual understanding, become the type to put others at ease,
and also—
Okay, I can't take this anymore!
Quit forcing yourself, ya dimwit.
We don't need you to tell us to take care of the herbivores!
He's right for once.
Plus, your actions are way more convincing than your speeches.
Huh?
You spent the night with that rabbit, right?
There's only one thing on our minds right now.
Can a large carnivore really do it? With a rabbit?
I-If that's all you want, I'm leaving.
Hey, come on, hold on.
Is it really possible? For real?
Like, physically... Do you just have to really push it?
You'd be one step from disaster the whole time!
Oh...
What, you didn't do it?
Listen here.
Either way, it's not like I'd tell you, okay?
Just thinking back to that night
gives me enough power to last my whole life, even as a virgin!
Huh?
Seriously, dude...
That side of you's what really makes you a pervert.
Legosi.
I finally get why you seem like you're hiding some deep darkness.
Your affection is... How do I put this...
Isn't it closer to worship than anything?
Huh?
Isn't concerning yourself for all herbivores just you channeling your feelings for her?
Tem's death and Louis quitting the club...
I don't really know your circumstances,
but I think your feelings are a bit too much for a high school girl to handle.
Just enjoy your love life like a normal person.
Yeah, that's right.
That's what I wanted to say.
What, you got a cold?
Yeah, I can't smell anything.
So if you wanted to go one-on-one with Legosi, now's your chance, huh?
Hey, Bill.
What's wrong?
You don't often call me out at night like this.
Y-Yeah...
What is it? Did something happen?
No, nothing in particular.
You're acting weird.
Yeah... She's so cute.
What happened to your finger?
Oh... I cut it during home ec.
I did it by accident when I picked the knife up.
Before, I hated being reminded of our difference in size...
Legosi?
But now I feel somehow happy instead.
Legosi...
I feel confident that I'll be able to protect her.
It's not worship.
I care for her as a male, nothing more.
Your eyes are too high up.
Normally you bend down, right?
Oh, right, I forgot.
Huh?
I-Is this...
I-I...
Don't say anything.
Okay.
Haru...
Do you still...
...like Louis?
What?
No, I...
Why would you ask that now?
It's strange.
I feel very calm inside right now.
Wait!
You don't understand my relationship with Louis at all.
Your expression just now tells me all I need to know.
What?
Besides, I...
It's not like I want you to belong just to me.
I'm happy as long as you're alive.
I finally realized that.
What are you talking about?
From now on, I want to protect you at a distance.
Legosi...
My love comes from my wishes for you.
My heart will always lie with the herbivores.
It's like Aoba said.
But I think that's the right path for my love.
The right path for me, as a carnivore.