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“Anthropomorphic animals challenge prejudice and stereotypes through interconnected stories of friendship, love, and cooperation.”
Beast Complex
BEAST COMPLEX
7.66
2,206 rank · 7,829 readers · 107 favorites
Shounen
Anthropomorphic
Drama
Romance
Slice of Life
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Synopsis
Anthropomorphic animals challenge prejudice and stereotypes through interconnected stories of friendship, love, and cooperation.
A tiger and a beaver who grew up together defy peer pressure to end their friendship and join forces to fight injustice. A camel journalist who passed judgment on carnivores for years spends a life-changing night with a seductive wolf. A crocodile and a gazelle must find a way to work together as chef and assistant on a cooking show with flagging ratings. A fox and a chameleon wrestle with stereotypes about each other—and themselves. And much more... (Source: VIZ Media)
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Derived from 4 sampled reviews
8.8
/10
What 4 readers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 8.5
mode 8
σ 0.83
Agreement
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σ 0.83 · scores cluster tight
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↑ 0.75
Running avg · Apr 2021 → Jun 2022
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 10 “Amazing short stories, all sharing the common theme of a carnivore and a herbivore co-existing in the same society (with a few exceptions) with (if I remember correctly) 2 Beastars spin-offs Paru...”
- 8 “Beast Complex is the debut manga of Paru Itagaki, who would later go on to write the hit series Beastars. The stories of Beast Complex take place in a world where herbivore and carnivore animals...”
- 9 “Haven't written a review in a while, so might as well get started with one of my favorite mangas within the last 5 years. (NOTICE: Possible spoilers ahead, I type and don't reread most of the time....”
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Medium · 50%
Long · 0%
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A Manga Publication
- Published Mar 2016 – ongoing
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M49103 catalog