Chapter 02 (Beast Complex)

The Tiger and the Beaver is the second chapter of Beast Complex and it was released in Weekly Shōnen Champion 2016-15.

Synopsis
A group of elementary school carnivores are planning to infiltrate the herbivore dorms. A Siberian tiger named Gon joins the group but leaves quickly as he wants to go and play with his friend Mog who’s a beaver.

Gon and Mog talk about the carnivores and how they’re only going to become bigger. As Mog mentions how if they weren’t neighbors, they probably wouldn’t be friends Gon tells him that he would’ve still talked to him, which to other students looks like he’s bullying him. As they’re about to go their ways Gon tells Mog to meet him at the edge of the pond later that night.

Later the two of them are wondering why the carnivores and herbivores must be segregated. Mog mentions that it’s probably because of the sudden growth spurts that the carnivores can have after turning ten.

As they’re talking about what would happen if Gon was taller and punched him they’re interrupted by a voice. They peek over the railing and see a group of carnivores bullying an herbivore. They quickly leave to get Gon’s camera and after returning take a picture of the incident. As Gon leaves the flash on the group sees them taking the picture and go after them.

They run into the cycling clubroom and as the bullies enter, the two of them ride away on a bike. The Komodo dragon on the eagles back manages to grab Gon and scratches his face. He then suggests that he’d join the group as he’ll become bigger than any of them. Gon manages to hit him and jumps back on the bike. He then tells Mog to cycle to the headmaster’s office and to pretend as if his life depended on cycling.

They door opens as they crash into it. The headmaster gives them suspension, but for only a month as Gon gets his injury fixed up. The headmaster then tells Gon and Mog to think about their futures.

The two of them go sit on the bridge’s railing looking at sunset and Mog tells him that he believes Gon should be more tiger-like. Gon then asks if Mog’s implying that they’re bound to go their separate ways in life to which Mog replies that it’s nothing to be sad about.