Beastars, Vol. 1

At Cherryton Academy, the divide between carnivore and herbivore students shapes everyday relationships as well as the school’s fragile peace. After an herbivore is murdered, suspicion falls on Legoshi, a gray wolf in the Drama Club, and the story places questions of trust alongside the tension between instinct and social expectation. His connection with Haru, a dwarf rabbit, adds another strand to this opening volume’s exploration of how individuals relate across a sharp social divide. The school setting gives those conflicts a contained stage, while the Beastar title points to a broader question of leadership in a society marked by mistrust.