BEASTARS

Y'know, whenever someone's born,

apparently a star is born with them.

They're called guardian stars.

Which one's mine?

Uh, well, I don't know, but...

Apparently you're the only one who can make your guardian star shine.

So you can figure out which one's yours, huh?

Stop taking him seriously.

Hey, Jack.

Hm?

Don't try to distract us with that crap.

Where're the shooting stars? I still can't see 'em.

You told us this'd be once-in-a-lifetime!

Yeah, I know.

Man, that's weird. They were supposed to have shown up by now.

It's getting chilly. Wanna head back?

Huh? Wait, hold on!

I... I'll go get a telescope from the club room!

Dude, haven't we had enough?

Come on, just wait here!

My star is...

I swear, I'm telling the truth!

I promise there really was something there!

Stop trying to distract us from your shooting star scam.

What?!

But you know, I've heard of this.

Supposedly the school's haunted by a ghost with six big eyeballs.

Oh yeah? Good for you, Jack.

Apparently it was a ghost. Mystery solved.

Easy for you to joke like that when you haven't seen it.

Um, hey...

Did that thing you're talking about happen to be over by lecture hall 2?

Uh...

Well, yeah, it was... What about it?

What, you haven't heard?

That's Tem's ghost!

What?

It's been over six months since the devouring, and the guy who did it still hasn't been caught, right?

If you go to lecture hall 2 at night...

They say you can hear Tem's footsteps!

How do you know it's Tem?

Who else would it be?

Besides, a student who used to go there all the time ended up going missing.

Huh? Who?

Louis, of course.

There's no way him not coming to school isn't related to—

Oh, sorry.

Seriously, dude.

Way to ruin the mood.

But I guess it's kinda dumb to be believing in this stuff at our age.

I swear I saw it though, guys.

Oh yeah? What'cha wanna bet?

Milk maybe? Could bet a pack of milk.

Okay, and what if there's nothing there?

You're on!

Every now and then, we'll meet up during our breaks for some small talk.

I do the inviting.

She chooses the place.

Come on, Legosi, you don't have to worry about rumors like that.

I've heard rumors like that from the seniors too.

Like someone living inside the walls...

Oh, and one about a student killing themself in the bathroom.

Huh, really?

Yeah.

Besides, I'm always by myself, and I've never had any scary experi—

Oh...

S-Sorry...

I-It's fine

If not for that, we'd never have met, you know.

Right...

Hey, so, I've been wondering something for a while now...

What is it?

Why do we always meet here?

Oh...

It's what you think.

Huh? What do I think?

I mean...

S-See, in the world of small animals, rumors spread like wildfire

and stick around a long time.

Wait, are you getting bullied?

Huh? I, uh...

For spending the night with a wolf...

It started way before that!

There's just more of it now.

I'm really worried. Do you need help—?

No, anything but that!

But I appreciate the thought.

If we're brazen about it, maybe the bullying would stop?

But, I mean, wouldn't it be kind of weird to be brazen about it?

I mean, the two of us are...

You know?

D-Do I?

We're good just like we are!

Just talking to you like this is all the fun I need.

I mean it.

Y-Yeah?

S-S-So we're not going out, then?!

This is too much for my head.

I was getting ahead of myself just because we were texting and meeting up...

I'll become stronger.

So I said, but I haven't actually done anything yet.

And I'm sure Haru is worried about Louis.

Hey, Legosi!

Are you listening?!

Y-Yeah!

So as I was saying, any normal year we'd be deciding on the cast about now,

but with Louis gone, I think it's best to hold off a bit and—

You mean we're just gonna stand around doing nothing until Louis is back?

Well...

I bet Louis would have found a substitute right away.

There's no point speculating about someone who's not here.

I hope he's not ill...

You really think he's the type to get ill?

I last saw him the day before the Meteorite Festival.

Louis...

Hey, Durham... let's head back.

I-It's fine. Not like there's anything there, right?

Just look forward to Jack buying you some milk.

S-See? Nothing here.

I'd feel bad for Tem if he was still stuck here.

Well, yeah, you have a point.

Okay then, time to snap a photo for proof.

All right, fine, fine.

Yay!

Here we go. Three, two, one...

What the hell are you doing?

J-Just now... B-Behind you...

Huh?

There's nothing there.

Th-There was, I swear! It was there in the photo!

I hope they're okay...

What's wrong?

Well...

G-G-G-Ghosts!

No, no, no!

"There might be a ghost in the lecture hall."

You can't expect me to publish a fairytale article like that!

Circulation's tanked now that we can't print pictures of Louis!

But just look, it even hurt me!

That's just from you falling, isn't it?

It's gotta be super dangerous!

It's not about how dangerous it is!

It's about how much profit we can make from it!

Hey.

I don't suppose that thing made a weird noise too?

Like that.

Not really?

I don't think so.

We heard footsteps, right?

Footsteps... So it's got feet, then?

There goes the ghost idea.

You should look into it before someone else gets hurt.

Well, that's true...

Wait, am I a detective now?!

Get out already!

It might even be the one behind the devouring!

Yeah, that's right! That would be a huge scoop!

Hmm, good point...

Wait, no it isn't!