Chapter 134 (Beastars)

Final Contact (ファイナル・コンタクト) is Chapter 134 of the manga Beastars written and illustrated by Paru Itagaki, published in the Weekly Shōnen Champion of the Akita Shoten publishing house.

Synopsis
10 years in the past, from the other side of a door, Legoshi hands Leano a bunch of dandelions that he collected on his way home. She thanks him and strokes his head through a hole in the door. Legoshi asks her to go with him to buy a vase for the flowers, but Leano refuses, claiming to be scared to go outside. At that moment, Gosha returns home and discovers that Legoshi has already returned from school, so they both start making spring rolls while Leano is left alone in her room. Legoshi asks Gosha why his mother does not come out of her room, and he replies not to worry about her, claiming that she has does not have her usual vigor due to the changes that her body has undergone. He assures that she cannot stay in that room forever and will come out eventually because he is sure that she wants to see her son grow up.

In the present, Leano tells Legoshi that when he was in elementary school her body had morphed to a point where she couldn't show herself to him or Gosha, and apologizes to him for not paying more attention when he needed it the most. To her surprise, Legoshi tells her that he was already aware that she did not want to go outside because she was worried about how she looked. He could feel the fixation that she had towards outward appearance, due to the way she patted his head and touched his face through the hole in his door, as if she was checking how his facial features were doing. Given this, Leano assures that that was her way of expressing her love for him, because she did not want him to go through the same metamorphosis that she was going through. She tried to check that Legoshi did not have any scales, but as she expected, Legoshi's fur was beautiful and his body was sturdy, so he had no doubt that Legoshi would grow up to be a normal gray wolf. When Legoshi turned 12, Leano felt a burden lift from her shoulders and left her room, determined that it was time to say goodbye to her son. She entered Legoshi's room while he was sleeping, and she lay down on his bed next to him, hugging him.

Leano says that the night before her suicide she did not bother to wake him up and declares that she was a selfish mother to the bitter end. Legoshi apologizes for fooling her, revealing that he was awake when she hugged him that night, claiming to have been surprised when she got into his bed and hugged him. Despite the fact that he wanted to hug her back and see her face, Legoshi repressed his wishes because he knew that he would hurt her if he looked at her, so he decided to stay as still as he could. Leano is surprised at this revelation and Legoshi admits to feeling regret every time he remembers that night, feeling that if he had given into his emotions that night and faced her, maybe he could have stopped her from committing suicide. That is the reason why he wanted to face hybrid animals, but he got too emotional and almost got killed for it. He regrets that he screws up when it matters most, claiming that his life is full of regrets. At this, Leano smiles and declares that life is full of regrets and trying to make up for those regrets is how they live it. She claims to still have many regrets, but affirms that giving birth to him makes her a winner in life. She apologizes again for not being a good mother to him and even though she still loves him, she can't hold him anymore, so Leano asks Legoshi to continue living, since he shares her blood and his grandfather's blood, and he can be stronger and sweeter than any pure-blooded wolf ever could.

At the same time, Gosha and Yahya are in the hospital, where Yahya tells Gosha that Legoshi isn't doing so well. He asks Gosha if he hates him, but Gosha replies no and thanks him for breaking the news, claiming that he won't fly into a blind rage or anything, only if Legoshi does wake up.

Characters

 * Legoshi
 * Leano
 * Gosha
 * Jack (mentioned)
 * Melon (flashback)
 * Yahya

Important Events

 * Leano reveals the motives behind her suicide.
 * Yahya and Gosha wait at the hospital for Legoshi's recovery.

Trivia

 * It is revealed that Gosha had known Jack since he was a child.