Chapter 117 (Beastars)

An Altar of Beta-Carotene (ベータカロテンの祭壇) is Chapter 117 of the manga Beastars written and illustrated by Paru Itagaki, published in the Weekly Shōnen Champion of the Akita Shoten publishing house.

Synopsis
After they meet, Yahya takes Legoshi to a room where he grows his own special carrots. Yahya invites Legoshi to a carrot dinner and serves him an appetizer. While they have dinner Yahya notices the great resemblance of Legoshi with his grandfather, Gosha, and takes the time to analyze Legoshi. Legoshi abruptly asks if Yahya is the Beastar. Yahya asks how he came to that conclusion and Legoshi says that he had leads because of his status in the metropolitan police, and because carrots are very tasty and seem to be from very high quality, so Yahya must have a high social status. Yahya laughs and explains the process of growing carrots expressing that that room represents his perfectionist ideals. After dinner, Yahya tells Legoshi about the multiple criminals he caught just one day before dinner and that since he wants to create a perfect society. Legoshi mentions that he likes the imperfections of society because even with the imperfections society works and praises Yahya for accomplishing that. Although he does not express it, Yahya is bothered by this comment. Yahya reveals to Legoshi that a Beastar can be granted any request, even using carnivores as fertilizer. With such revelation, Legoshi is shocked and tries to leave, but Yahya knocks him down and subjects Legoshi to the ground. Yahya reveals that he knows that he ate Louis's leg to defeat Riz and he will be the one to decide if he ends up as compost in his garden or not.

Characters

 * Legoshi
 * Yahya
 * Gosha (flashback)
 * Louis (flashback)
 * Riz (flashback)

Important Events

 * Yahya and Legoshi have dinner together.
 * It is revealed that the carnivores' hatred of Yahya is because he directly or indirectly kills the carnivores he catches.
 * Yahya subdues Legoshi.
 * Yahya reveals that he has been a Beastar for 27 years.
 * Yahya reveals that a Beastar can be granted any wish or request, regardless of whether it betrays the law.