History Headscratchers / Beastars

*** I think a simpler explanation is that ''Beastars'' universe operates similarly to the ''Webcomic/KevinAndKell'' universe, as far as these things go. Another explanation is that "species" in this universe is more like "ethnicities" in our universe.

!!Shouldn't they have guns or somethin'

*** Considering how Mizuchi acts, she might think she's untouchable, and, indeed, she does act like she is. By virtue of being "endangered", the others might be more apt to sympathize with her or give her leeway (inasmuch, after all, IRL, endangered species are granted special protections and exceptions. Thus, Mizuchi is likely used to getting her wayu and, when her boyfriend hops on the town bike, it proves that she doesn't have total control over ever'one and e'erything with her "endangered" status. [[note]]Interestingly enough, IRL, harlequin rabbits aren't ''endangered'', just uncommon.[[/note]]

!!''Beastar''''s Predators vs ''Zootopia'''s predators

** IRL, a lot of animals are pretty opportunistic/exceptional when it comes to their food and so aren't strictly carnivorous or herbivorous, the classifications going off the ''percentage'' of their diet (i.e a carnivore being defined by its diet consisting of less than 2% plant matter) and their insides (i.e a segmented stomach in a lot of herbivores), so the Paru might've be aware of this, to be fair.

*** The most vulnerable prey would be small, physically weak, easily manhandled, and lacking natural weapons like horns, strong legs, or huge jaws. Figure squirrels, mice, rabbits, shrews, sheep and pigs, but not much bigger, since anything bigger would pose a threat to the attacker. To reliably kill one of the larger carnivores, such as bears or tigers, you would need to be packing a pretty hefty magnum to do anything against it. Human beings can survive 9mm to the chest as pretty short range, so something as thick as a tiger is going to think it’s a flea bite unless you score a lucky hit. The most vulnerable prey simply do not have the strength to actually carry or use something as big as a .44, what they would need to even wound a tiger, let alone accurately score a shot on a vital organ that will instantly nullify the threat. Sure, they could carry a .22, or a rabbit could MAYBE use something as big as a 9mm, but that’s just going to bounce off one of the bigger predators, and definitely won’t stop a determined wolf from just twisting the victim’s neck. Think about how quickly Legoshi has been able to overtake prey, even without the element of surprise. With the element of surprise, they just wait at an alleyway, grab their victim, and snap the neck. On the other hand, a hippo or elephant could carry a .500 revolver or a sawed off shotgun, and shoot it pretty accurately if they practice, but they are large and strong enough not to even need a weapon in the first place. If a predator is deranged enough to kill and eat a fellow sapient citizen of the city, he or she is probably deranged enough to want to feel the hot blood wash their tongue when they first open the jugular.

*** While the predation incidents are horrifying, they don't actually seem "that" common. Tem's murder is the only on-campus death we see. There are additional acts of violence, but you can find those on any real life school. The sad fact of real life is, plenty of colleges have a bad reputation for rapes, cover-ups, drug use, hazing, etc., yet parents still send their kids because it is just a fact of life.
*** There's still one [[IncrediblyLamePun elephant in the room]] when comparing and contrasting the events of Cherryton high school to those real-life instances in college - assuming you are using the American and Canadian definition. In college, students are legal adults. Regardless of what HelicoptareParents say, once you're 18 and are in college? You're an adult. Socially, legally, physically, and maybe even fiscally. Cherryton is a ''high school''. Yes, even if there are legal adults attending such as Haru, the school is still technically responsible for her unless she is say, emancipated. Society's response towards rapes, cover-ups, drug use, hazing, etc. on colleges is a resounding ItCantBeHelped more or less ''despite'' the recent dramas about them... because this is happening to ''adults'', and part of the UsefulNotes/VictimBlaming that happens with [[RuleOfThree rapes, cover-ups, drug use, hazing, etc.]] is because you're not legally required to live on campus. Sometimes it's actually cheaper ''not'' to live on campus. Even if you point out that minors ''can'' attend university programmes, yes this is true... but they may ''not'' live on campus as this requires you to sign a contract, which you can't do until you're a legal adult. This is why many colleges in the states and canada don't allow minors to live on campus, specifically because things happening to them there can put the institution in deep ''deep'' shit.

*** There's still one [[IncrediblyLamePun elephant in the room]] when comparing and contrasting the events of Cherryton high school to those real-life instances in college - assuming you are using the American and Canadian definition. In college, students are legal adults. Regardless of what [[MeddlingParents Helicopter Parents]] say, once you're 18 and are in college? You're an adult. Socially, legally, physically, and maybe even fiscally. Cherryton is a ''high school''. Yes, even if there are legal adults attending such as Haru, the school is still technically responsible for her unless she is say, emancipated. Society's response towards rapes, cover-ups, drug use, hazing, etc. on colleges is a resounding ItCantBeHelped more or less ''despite'' the recent dramas about them... because this is happening to ''adults'', and part of the UsefulNotes/VictimBlaming that happens with [[RuleOfThree rapes, cover-ups, drug use, hazing, etc.]] is because you're not legally required to live on campus. Sometimes it's actually cheaper ''not'' to live on campus. Even if you point out that minors ''can'' attend university programmes, yes this is true... but they may ''not'' live on campus as this requires you to sign a contract, which you can't do until you're a legal adult. This is why many colleges in the states and canada don't allow minors to live on campus, specifically because things happening to them there can put the institution in deep ''deep'' shit.

** CriticalResearchFailure. Plain and simple.

** The hippo claims to be a carnivore in later chapters, so it’s likely to be a CriticalResearchFailure on the author’s part. However, it could also be due to the fact that hippos have been found cannibalizing their dead on rare occasions and may scavenge for meat when vegetation is scarce. Given the hard dichotomy this world uses for herbivores and carnivores, it could be that even species with some omnivorous adaptations can be considered carnivores.

** Jack crying at Legoshi heavily wounded or bandaged is because it's very personal for Jack. Jack clearly sees Legoshi as an older brother figure. Jack is confused he doesn't cry when he learns the dark history of the world he lives in, and thinks there is something wrong with him, and dogs in general.

*** It's hard to say where it's set - on one hand, the amount of high school cliches like the Shojo Bullies, importance of clubs&club dramas, girls fawning over the "most popular guy in school" as well as a bunch of the names suggest Japan. But on the other hand, the presence of "western" names like Louis, the sheer amount of assault&murder attempts that [[UnusuallyUninterestingSight people treat as a tragedy but seem to move on almost immediately]], the uselessness of the faculty (if not flat out disinterest in ''doing their jobs'') suggests this might be an American high school.

*** Yeah yeah, I know, America is a disgusting shithole and everything there is garbage— LEAVE POLITICS OUT OF THIS!

*** Back in them days, our world, people had more thicker skin. Stereotype cartoons were still considered racist and offensive even back then, although most people didn't care and simply ignored them like normal people. However, some were considered offensive enough even back then that resulted in palpable backlash. One being a Tom and Jerry cartoon that apparently mocked the character Mammy Two Shoes in some way. Although overtime people became more PC, depending on whether that was good or bad varies, but in the Beastars Universe it seems to have completely gone in the opposite direction.

** He had no real reason to ''not'' assume his mom had eaten his dad. Rumors or not, he grew up with the reality that he had never met his father, and surrounded by the idea she had eaten him. If, between childhood and adulthood, there was never any contrary indication of this idea had ever been a lie, since his father clearly went out of his way to avoid his former lover and son, Melon wouldve had no reason to consider any contrary possibilities.