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Book

Beastars. Volume 5

Call Number

  • GRAPHIC NOVEL ITAG TEEN (CEN, OSH, POW)

Edition

VIZ signature edition.

Languages

Translated from the Japanese.

Publication Information

San Francisco, CA : VIZ Media, LLC, [2020]

Physical Description

188 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 21 cm

Audience

Rated T+ for Older Teen; recommended for ages 16 and up. It contains adult themes, sexual situations and violence.

Summary

At a high school where the students are literally divided into predators and prey, friendships maintain the fragile peace. Who among them will become a Beastar--a hero destined to lead in a society naturally rife with mistrust? Dwarf rabbit Haru has been abducted by Shishi-gumi, a gang of rogue lions infamous for torturing, murdering and devouring herbivores. The mayor offers to help, but can he be trusted when he himself is a lion? Meanwhile, Legoshi tracks Haru's scent, determined to rescue her at any cost, while Haru both defies her captors and tries to accept her fate. Elsewhere, red deer Louis is faced with a terrible temptation...

Notes

This book reads from right to left.

"First published in 2017 by Akita Publishing Co. Ltd., Tokyo"--Colophon.

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