Chapter 129 (Beastars)

Jumping out of a Dream of an Annunciation (受胎告知の夢から飛び起きて) is Chapter 129 of the manga Beastars written and illustrated by Paru Itagaki, published in the Weekly Shōnen Champion of the Akita Shoten publishing house.

Synopsis
After discovering which of the three suspects is Melon, Yahya and Legoshi intercept him, catching him off guard, and while Yahya checks Melon's face to confirm his identity, Legoshi remains stunned to find the person in front of him, a hybrid between carnivore and herbivore and a dangerous criminal. After finally confirming Melon's identity, Yahya arrests him by handcuffing him to the table, while Legoshi feels that the arrest was anticlimactic, because the radio waves do not seem to work inside the building, Yahya entrusts Legoshi to watch over Melon while he leaves. Calling for backup and leaving him a pistol in an emergency, Yahya leaves promising to return soon and warns Legoshi to be careful. When sitting next to Melon, he asks Legoshi if he is not a full-blooded wolf and deduces that he is a hybrid animal, Legoshi asks him how he knows it and Melon points out that he is too big to be a normal wolf, in addition to who seems to be very interested in him, seeing that he is right, Melon tries to guess that another species is part of Legoshi and he reveals that it is part of the Komodo dragon, surprising Melon, Legoshi tells him that his grandfather is a dragon of Komodo while his parents are gray wolves, so Melon deduces that his mother will have had a difficult time being a Komodo dragon hybrid and Legoshi tells him that she committed suicide, so Melon tells him that hybrids do not have good living conditions and says it from experience. Legoshi wonders why he feels so comfortable talking about his life with a guy he had never seen before, ceasing to see him as a criminal and sees him as a hybrid just like him, Melon asks Legoshi if he knows the party of masks, where carnivores and herbivores want to be freed from the barriers linked to the species and common prejudices, so they wear masks and fool around, which seems fine to Melon, since he has no species or friends, he is a being half-baked lonely, a monster. Melon removes his mask, revealing his face to Legoshi who is speechless feeling as if he is seeing his future unborn child who has been brought to life right before his eyes. Wondering if Haru would say the same when having a child with him, Melon introduces himself and exchanges names with Legoshi who wonders if Melon is really a monster, with Hal being a rabbit and him being a wolf, the two struggling to find common ground. Therefore, he wants the path beyond the wall to be a world of salvation, because the wall of species is very high and thick. Legoshi searches in his pocket that inside he has a gun, a transmitter, some handcuffs that Yahya gave him and a spare key for the handcuffs, and feeling a strong desire to help Melon, Legoshi takes out the key from the handcuffs and releases to Melon, asking to talk a little more with him and Melon proposes to talk outside.

Outside the club, Legoshi asks Melon why he believes that hybrids do not have good living conditions, but he replies that he only said that because he wanted to, asking Legoshi if perhaps Yahya had not told him about the wild nature of hybrids between carnivores and herbivores, Legoshi tells him that he had only said that they do not eat meat, but that they still have the wild desire to hunt animals, Melon points out how ironic it is that herbivores and carnivores are taught to get along, but their children are treated like monsters, so Legoshi replies that he does not believe that he is a monster and that in fact, he feels that the more he talks to him, the more he wants to know about him and cannot see him than an evil animal but Melon disgusted alleges that that was a very cliché response, suggesting him to say something funnier, something that will make him have a good time, but Legoshi replies that he is not good at joking, so Melon asks him to look in his pocket Let's see if there is something that can give them a good time, Legoshi searches his pockets quickly noticing that the pistol that Yahya gave him is missing, just before being shot by Melon who claims that Legoshi is a joker, but one of a kind. Just joking, leaving the place thanking Legoshi for giving him a good time, while he lies on the floor unconscious.

Characters

 * Yahya
 * Melon
 * Legoshi
 * Haru (flashback)
 * Gosha (Mentioned)
 * Leano (Mentioned)
 * Miyagi (Mentioned)

Important Events

 * Yahya arrests Melon but Legoshi frees him after empathizing with him.
 * Legoshi and Melon leave the masquerade party and Melon shoots Legoshi at him after taking the weapon that Yahya left him.
 * Melon escapes again.