Chapter 051 (Beastars)

Life Tastes Like Heavy Lead (生命の味は重い鉛) is Chapter 51 of the manga Beastars written and illustrated by Paru Itagaki, published in the Weekly Shōnen Champion of the Akita Shoten publishing house.

Synopsis
On the way to the Shishigumi base, Free asks Louis if he has already disengaged from the school, but Louis replies that he still has to go through a couple of procedures before dropping out, like the family seal of approval. Free informs Louis that the new system of the Shishigumi is close to perfection and if he is ready for what is coming. Louis replies that they have already prepared it and it is too late to back down.

In retrospect, two months ago, after having assassinated the boss of the Shishigumi, Louis rushes his subordinates to eat him, but the trio of lions does not know what to do since their boss died. While two of the lions propose to accept Louis's offer, one of them, Ibuki, recognizes Louis' prestige and nominates him as the new boss since if they have Louis, they will get more respected and have more offers. The lions argue about it, while Louis feeling contempt for such an offer, tries to commit suicide, but is knocked out before being able to. Hours later, Louis wakes up frustrated and is approached by the members of the Shishigumi who had a meeting. Louis says that he opposes the idea of ​​being the boss of the Shishigumi. While the members voted, they did not come to a conclusion, so they take the action to test Louis by having him eat meat with them. Horrified Louis tries to overcome the situation. Louis decides to live and he tastes the meat. Totally corrupted, Louis exclaims that it is delicious, thus giving birth to the new boss of the Shishigumi.

Characters

 * Louis
 * Free
 * Chief Lion (cameo)
 * Ibuki
 * Hugo
 * Shishigumi
 * Agata (debut)
 * Jinma (debut)

Important Events

 * Louis is in the process of withdrawing from Cherryton Academy.
 * Louis becomes the new boss of the Shishigumi.