Chapter 109 (Beastars)

An Oxygen-Depriving Date with a Merman (酸素うすき逢瀬人魚と) is Chapter 109 of the manga Beastars written and illustrated by Paru Itagaki, published in the Weekly Shōnen Champion of the Akita Shoten publishing house.

Synopsis
After Sagwan helped Legoshi with the delivery of the order, he commented that they were neighbors of the Hidden Condo. Legoshi saw this as an opportunity to get to know aquatic animals better and improve their ability to socialize once their work shift was over. Both animals went to the Hidden Condo to speak, Sagwan tells Legoshi that he feels that he is floating while walking, and feels an aura of freedom, but at that moment the seal hits himself with a pole, and he tells Legoshi not to worry. The blow was not so hard, even if it were and that would kill him, there would be no need to worry, because he would meet again. Legoshi did not understand this, and he tells him that aquatic animals believe in the reincarnation of life. They all live in a kind of calmness, they live together with their predators, but they are not afraid to die, because they know that sooner or later they will return to this place. Legoshi feels somewhat uncomfortable; he cannot swallow this information because it is something totally different from what he knows. He cannot accept this way of seeing life because the society in which he lives carnivores and herbivores cannot coexist together for the the risk of commenting on murders. Sagwan tells him that he did not force him to accept his way of seeing life, but asks him not to reject it. Legoshi understood what he meant and apologizes to him.

Once in Sagwan's room, he begins to undress to feel more comfortable. Legoshi full of shame avoids seeing him. The seal invites him to also undress and tells him that in a normal situation with an animal of another genus, he knows that he can be wrong, but with the same gender there should be no problem. Legoshi tells him that most male land animals do not usually do that. Sagwan begins to dress, but Legoshi reflects, telling himself that he should not force his beliefs on other animals and tells Sagwan to stay like this. Once this matter is resolved Sagwan tells him that there are rumors about him. The new resident of the Hidden Condo is a wolf, who was convicted of a case of predation. Legoshi accepts that he is that wolf of rumors and the seal asks him if it happened for something terrible, and he replies yes, but it was more terrible for his victim. Sagwan tells him that he accepted his culture and that is more than enough to accept him no matter what he did in the past. Legoshi feels that every time he speaks with him, it is as if he were talking to the sea. He likes this old seal very much.

Characters

 * Legoshi
 * Sagwan
 * Sunaga
 * Thomas

Important Events

 * Legoshi begins to understand that everyone has a different way of seeing life and that is why you should not force yourself to reject them, but accept them.
 * Aquatic animals believe in the reincarnation of life.
 * Thanks to this philosophy, aquatic animals live in complete calm, free from any feeling of discrimination or general hatred towards carnivores.
 * Aquatic animals are not used to wearing clothing.