Chapter 159 (Beastars)

Following Tracing Lines for Their Purity (無垢だからキリトリ線に従って) is Chapter 159 of the manga Beastars written and illustrated by Paru Itagaki, published in the Weekly Shōnen Champion of the Akita Shoten publishing house.

Synopsis
Coming face to face with his former cellmates and childhood friends, Louis remembers in awe the silent oath he swore to them, incredulous that they both managed to survive living in this basement. Legoshi manages to figure out that Louis is familiar with these two herbivores and, seeing that one of these is a rabbit, he proceeds to apologize for his intrusion and introduces himself. However, Legoshi is surprised when the rabbit unsheathes two daggers from her ears, while Louis is immobilized by the alpaca that tells the rabbit to attack Legoshi's left flank and right eyelid. She manages to easily cut Legoshi's waist while he is distracted, to later point out that Legoshi has many scars and states that he is a free spirit. In response, Legoshi tries to snatch the weapon from the rabbit, but the rabbit easily manages to dodge him and with a rope ties Legoshi's neck to the window bars. The rabbit proceeds to climb Legoshi's body to stab his right eye and declares that in the Black Market carnivore trespassers are supposed to lose one of their eyes, noting that to his fortune Legoshi's right eye has three tracing lines ready to be cut. Meanwhile, an immobilized Louis tries to tell Legoshi to kick the rabbit, but Legoshi, standing face to face with the rabbit, stares into her black eyes, remembering the first time he was face to face with Haru, so he resignedly uses his legs to pull down the rabbit's pants to baffle her. However, Legoshi fails to provoke the slightest reaction from the rabbit, who declares that pulling her pants down would not make her flustered for being female, inviting him to look all he wants, since this will be the last day he will be seeing with his right eye. Later, she asks him why he didn't kick her and asks if it's because she is a rabbit and thus a weakling. She concludes that Legoshi is such a dull man and informs him that she will tear him and his deer friend to pieces and sell them both in the Black Market, but seeing Louis's eyes, she manages to recognize him as her childhood friend.

Later, after treating Legoshi's wound, the alpaca expresses his joy at their reunion with Louis and asks the rabbit to apologize as well, but she justifies her actions, stating that her actions were natural for any herbivore that lives in the Black Market, because they are always targeted. The rabbit changes the subject and states that although his prosthetic leg bothers her, she is glad to see Louis grown up and asks for his name. Later, they reveal they named themselves after the product IDs on their feet; the rabbit is Kyuu [nine], and the alpaca is San [three]. San recounts that when the tower closed, both of them were abandoned in a cell, and now they live in the tower and make a living out of earning fight money in the Black Market's show arena. They manage to do that thanks to Kyuu's fighting skills and San's ability to look for weak points. Kyuu states that Legoshi's moves weren't bad, but his rotten nature almost got himself killed, noting how he missed her on purpose when he tried to swipe her even though he should have been able to reach her. She states that this is a dull weakness of his, leaving Legoshi really surprised that she is not like the other women he has met. He concludes that females, or rather animals like her, really do exist.

Characters

 * Louis
 * Kyuu
 * San
 * Legoshi
 * Haru (flashback)

Important Events

 * Legoshi is attacked and nearly killed at the hands of Kyuu.
 * Kyuu recognizes Louis and seizes her attack on Legoshi.
 * Kyuu and San reveal their names and recount their current way of life.

Trivia

 * Kyuu is the second herbivore that manages to break Legoshi through brute force, the first being Yahya.
 * Kyuu is the second woman and bunny after Haru to get naked.