Chapter 023 (Beastars)

Falling Down the Stairs of Adulthood (おとなの階段に散る) is Chapter 23 of the manga Beastars written and illustrated by Paru Itagaki, published in the Weekly Shōnen Champion of the Akita Shoten publishing house.

Synopsis
One night when Legoshi was talking to Haru, she asks Legoshi how he sees her. Legoshi does not know how to answer. Haru withdraws the question and asks for his hand, saying that he now understands that they can be great friends.

Back in the present, Legoshi is stunned by the old man who tries to sell him his fingers until he is separated by Bill who is interested in buying a finger from the old man to eat it and tries to convince the others of the group to do the same and divide the costs to buy it, which disgusts Legoshi and lead him to hit Bill. Bill is furious and both are preparing to start a fight, but they are stopped by Aoba, he explains to Legoshi that although under normal circumstances he would be on their side, they are carnivores in the Market, Legoshi is speechless when his companions agree with the idea of ​​eating meat, Bill scolds him saying that all the peace and happiness that carnivores feel around is thanks to the Market and that he needs to mature, Legoshi asks them what it means to mature for them, Bill replies that if he does not like that he leaves then, Legoshi annoyed runs away entering the market, while Bill buy and eat an old man's finger.

Legoshi running trying to get out of the Market, while he goes inside avoids various stalls that try to sell him meat, while he thinks of Haru's words until he reaches an alley, Legoshi cannot stop drooling due to his internal desire for meat to be thrown on the ground, Legoshi is found by a Gohin who claims to be lucky to find him in the alley where they cannot be seen.

Characters

 * Haru (flashback)
 * Legoshi
 * Bill
 * Aoba
 * Tao
 * Gohin (debut)

Important Events

 * Bill buys and eats one of the old man's fingers.
 * Legoshi enters the Black Market.
 * Gohin is introduced (his name is not disclosed in the chapter).
 * The interior of the Market is shown for the first time.