Chapter 091 (Beastars)

The Howl of a Guardian Deity (守護神の遠吠えが) is Chapter 91 of the manga Beastars written and illustrated by Paru Itagaki, published in the Weekly Shōnen Champion of the Akita Shoten publishing house.

Synopsis
Standing face to face and ready to start their battle, Riz shows his bloody hands and tells Legoshi that he devoured Pina. Legoshi does not believe him and with a great sniff Legoshi opens his scent vault. At the same time, Pina is gagged in a garbage dump regretting having to spend New Year's Eve there. Legoshi manages to detect Pina's smell and tells Riz the exact location where he is and even that he has a gash on his arm. Legoshi deduce that Riz came to the fight with some of Pina's blood to provoke him, but that this was a waste of time since thanks to his nose he has an internal scent vault, so he can protect the animals he wants to protect. While Pina encourages him, Legoshi takes a fighting stance saying that when he smells a herbivore, his sense of smell increases a hundredfold. Eager Riz tells him that they are both herbivore-crazy carnivores. Legoshi replies not to bring him down to his level. Both of them start fighting while Riz tells Legoshi that whether carnivores protect or eat herbivores, their strength will always be born from their loneliness. Riz manages to hold Legoshi and give him a strong bite on the left side of his stomach. Legoshi surprised realizes that he is happy and starts the killing. Riz alleges that Legoshi's stomach is hard and that his flesh and blood will be more than enough to purge his loneliness. With Riz's loneliness and Legoshi's ego, Legoshi is enraged and sets out not to let his ego be eaten away.

In parallel, some time after the Shishigumi had triumphantly finished their turf war with the wolves, Ibuki highlights that there is a full moon and Free scoffs asking since when did he like basking under the moon light. Louis says he can't tell if a full moon is good or bad luck. Free tells him that it is good luck since they managed to beat the wolves, but he bows to Louis and apologizes because he let them hit him in the face when it was his duty to protect him. Louis, not wanting to let himself be touched by his words, scolds him. Free laughs and says that next time he will take it easy on the silver vine. Ibuki asks them where they are going and Free tells him that they will go buy cigarettes, while Ibuki smiles thinking about Free having such a strong sense of duty. Alone with Louis, Ibuki tells him he can stay weak, that the Shishigumi has changed and although they have not become good guys, but by having to protect him, they have become a lot stronger they used to be. Ibuki laughs claiming that he cannot help feeling emotional since it is New Year's Eve, and says that he hopes Louis can stay their boss. Surprised, Louis reflects and notices that because carnivores have strong bodies, they have a profound sense of camaraderie, and because they hunger for meat, they always look like they're suffering somehow. Louis realizes that he likes carnivores, and has for a long time all because of Legoshi. Louis makes up his mind and tells Ibuki that he is leaving the Shishigumi since there is someone he needs to be with at this very moment, leaving Ibuki in shock.

Characters

 * Legoshi
 * Riz
 * Pina
 * Louis
 * Ibuki
 * Free
 * Dolph (cameo)

Important Events

 * Legoshi discovers that Pina is alive.
 * Riz and Legoshi begin their fight.
 * Louis decides to abandon the Shishigumi.