Are You Ready to Beastars? Trick Question, Nobody is Ready

William: Look, yo. Beastars was on my most anticipated list for the end of 2019. But then, Netflix hit us with the pump fake and delayed that it droppin in the states till March, even though Japan been seen this shit. So imagine when I thought I was getting some anthropomorphic slice of life characters dealing with herbivore versus carnivore culture, that I was a bit shook to learn that Beastars was actually Zootopia After Dark on Cinemax. Mikkel: Episodes 2, 7, and 10. Everytime I thought I had mentally prepared myself for what was coming next, Beastars would just decide to throw yet another curveball and somehow make things weirder. And it was already very weird to begin with? Nothing I have ever watched or read or even played could have prepared me for the experience that was Beastars, and I truly did not know what each new episode was going to do to my fragile mind.

Ja-Quan: So, I’m torn right. Part of me wants to hop on Twitter and talk my shit about this dope anime that just hit Netflix and part of me wants to clear my cache and cookies, but I’m human right? I’m multifaceted na mean. Beastars hit me with a sack of beatles and really had me wondering if I was down with that furry life. That’s the Shallow Hal in me tho. That’s what the average viewer’s takeaway will be. In reality, this show had me taking a long hard look at the slut shaming culture of high school students and the incredible dynamic that exists between herbivores and carnivores. If you read Nat Geo or we…