Louis | Beastars 🦌

KANA ルイ ROMAJI Rui ALIAS Adler (アドラー, Adorā?) (by the drama club members) Boss (ボス, Bosu?) (by the Shishigumi members) Number 4 (4番か, Yonban ka?) NICKNAME Bambi (バンビ, Banbi?) (by Haru) CHARACTERISTCS AGE 181 20 (currently) GENDER Male SPECIES Red deer BIRTHDAY March 29 (Aries)[1] HEIGHT 172 cm (5'73⁄4") [Manga][1] 160 cm (5'3") [Anime] WEIGHT 53 kg (116 lbs)[1] BLOOD TYPE A[1] LIKES Celery[1] RELATIONSHIPS FAMILY Ogma (adoptive father) † Azuki (wife) RELATIONS Haru (friend, ex-lover) Legoshi (friend, consensual predator) Juno (friend, ex-lover) Ibuki (friend) † Free (friend) Agata (friend) Dolph (friend) Miguel (friend) Sabu (friend) Jinma (friend) Dope (friend) Hino (friend) Bill (friend, successor) Kyuu (childhood friend) San (childhood friend) Chief Lion (enemy, victim) † Riz (enemy) Melon (enemy) STATUS STATE Alive RESIDENCE Shishigumi Mansion (temporary) Family Mansion (currently) OCCUPATION Student at Galdona University Current president of the Horns Conglomerate PREVIOUS OCCUPATION Student at Cherryton Academy (graduated) Yakuza leader of Shishigumi (temporarily) AFFILIATIONS Shishigumi (ally) PREVIOUS AFFILIATIONS Drama club DEBUT MANGA Chapter 2 ANIME Episode 1 PORTRAYAL JAPANESE VOICE Yūki Ono ENGLISH VOICE Griffin Puatu Erika Harlacher (young) LESS The world we live in is very complex. The animals in this world like to keep secrets. They try hard to persevere in something and face all kinds of conflict. But in the midst of that, everyone is living life to the fullest. For that, there is no right or wrong. But if someone were to have a certain conviction, they would surely shine like stars. Even if they happened to be rude or immature... that conviction would shine through. (。, .?) LOUIS'S SPEECH IN CHAPTER 17 AIMED TOWARDS LEGOSHI.

Louis (ルイ, Rui?) is a main character in Beastars, being the deuteragonist to Legoshi. Louis was the head actor of the Cherryton Academy drama club, and was the candidate for the title of Beastar. He also served as the boss of the Shishigumi for a time. Louis appears to be arrogant and self-righteous, but underneath him lies his insecurity about being physically weak.

Appearance

Louis is a young red deer with a slim build and fair face with handsome features. He commonly appears with a slightly intimidating expression. Louis is often able to maintain a certain level of control in a situation. He sports long, brown, elegant antlers, and is usually seen wearing his Cherryton Academy school uniform and a green jacket. Louis is physically weaker than the average red deer as a result of neglect and is very conscientious of his appearance.

Outside of school grounds and after school hours, he can be seen wearing his casual clothes, which usually consists of a T-shirt or jacket and dress pants.

Once he joins the Shishigumi as their new boss, he sports a black leather jacket, pants, and dress boots.

Beastars Episode 9 Louis's tattoo The number 4 tattoo on Louis's right foot. Because of Louis' intended purpose to be sold as livestock in the Black Market, he has a permanent "4" tattooed on the underside of his right foot.

During Legoshi's fight with Riz, Louis offers Legoshi his right foot as a source of energy. After losing his foot, his adoptive father Ogma pays for a prosthetic so he can walk properly again. Personality

Right now, I think Louis is the most difficult character to draw (not because of his intricate design, but because of his character). He's very different from Legoshi in that there's practically nothing I can sympathize about him, which makes me anxious whenever I draw him. However, when I draw him in a more humane and vulnerable light, I find him easier to draw and my apathy for him decreasing. For me, he is a character that must be treated with special care. Sometime, I'd like to continue drawing him the way I always have and then reveal his true nature out of the blue. smirk PARU'S DESCRIPTION OF LOUIS IN THE TANKŌBON OF VOLUME 3.

Louis attempts to hide his faults through the use of his lead acting role, feeling that if he shows weakness he will be seen as inferior. Like Haru, Louis dislikes being treated as "fragile", but these feelings of dislike are much more intense. For instance, Louis pushes through the first performance as Adler on stage with a broken leg to avoid being seen as weak. After collapsing during the curtain call and ending up the infirmary, he felt that he was being treated like a child and lashed out in anger for being treated that way.

Louis bribes Haru Louis tries to bribe Haru with money to silence Haru about what she saw. Being a third-year student and a model candidate for the title of Beastar, he feels the need to uphold his status in the school hierarchy. He has an arrogant demeanor, but underneath lies a mask of insecurity where he feels that he can't be a good leader. Though he puts up a stoic and firm façade, Louis feels an enormous amount of pressure from his father to be the heir to his Conglomerate, as the head of the drama club, and Cherryton's candidate for the Sublime Beastar. Louis desperately tries to hide his weaknesses and will go to any length to stop others from discovering them, such as bribing Haru not to tell anyone he shed his antlers. At times, his reserved demeanor cracks, and he vents his built-up frustration inappropriately, particularly when he's under stress and feels that he has failed and let others down, as seen in Chapter 95. Although Louis is quite frail, he can be extremely intimidating and forceful when he feels it's necessary. During his interactions with individuals such as Legoshi and Zoe in Chapter 2, Louis uses physical force to get what he wants, often making them highly uncomfortable.

Louis is a person who believes in not only the physical strength of an individual, but their character as well. Hence, why he dislikes Legoshi at first, as he makes punctual efforts to appear as approachable as possible because of his large size and frightening appearance, choosing not to take advantage of his natural strength (strength Louis is envious of). Louis feels that he cannot surpass the carnivores and is quite aware of his own physical strength. He finds it difficult to trust "friendly" carnivores and is willing to push Legoshi and other carnivores to get them to show their strengths and/or weaknesses. This changes in Chapter 91, when Louis realized he likes carnivores, implied to be a result of his relationship with Legoshi.

Despite his aloof and hostile air, Louis is actually quite a kind and considerate individual, as a result of maturing throughout the series and growing empathy for others. In Chapter 144, Louis was kind enough to offer mints to a meat-drunk carnivore struggling with their addiction. He also has a strong sense of justice and is determined to right the wrongs of the world he lives in, being the model candidate for the title of Beastar at his school. Equipment

Handgun: Louis carries a handgun for self-defense. He uses it to kill Chief Lion in defense of an unaware and injured Legoshi. It is unknown if he still carries one. Skills

Leadership: Louis has demonstrated numerous skills of a leader. He was the drama club officer and head of the actors' pool, and he was able to lead the Shishigumi for a time, increasing their reputation and changing the Black Market situation.

Paru Itagaki named Louis after the fashion line Louis Vuitton and the numerous French kings. In Japanese media, Louis is spelled as Rouis. This is most likely to ease pronunciation for native Japanese speakers who have difficulty distinguishing between l/r sounds. In Japanese culture, the number 4 (四 pronounced "shi") is a superstition for death as it has the same pronunciation as the kanji for "death" (死 pronounced "shi") and is considered to be an unlucky number in the Sinosphere. This is likely why Louis considers his tattooed foot to be cursed. In the Beastars Otaquest Connect 15/08/2020, Paru revealed that Louis was originally going to be killed off after two volumes. The cover page of Chapter 95 indicates that Legoshi and Louis have known each other before the events of Beastars took place. However, it's unknown if they have properly interacted with each other. In Chapter 2, Louis unintentionally predicts the events of Chapter 95 by taunting Legoshi that he would offer one of his legs in favor for his protection as a stagehand. Louis is confirmed to have a carnivore fetish, much like how Legoshi has a herbivore fetish. Despite his worries about being "weak", Louis has consistently shown fairly impressive feats of strength and durability. He punched Legoshi strong enough to cause a bit of an impact in Chapter 36/Episode 9. He was able to forcibly push Legoshi into a wall while confronting him in Chapter 2. He survived a large amount of blood loss after Legoshi ate his leg in Chapter 95. Legoshi's punch in the aforementioned Chapter 36 left him predominantly undamaged (excluding a temporary black eye). Louis is shown to place flowers at the scene of Tem's murder multiple times. Just as any typical red deer, Louis's antlers have fallen off various times. They have been shown falling off twice in the series. Louis owns multiple handguns that he keeps within his person/leader's room at all times. He has successfully demonstrated his skill with them on numerous occasions as means of both deterrence and self-defense. As of now, Louis is the only main character in the series who's committed a murder. In Chapter 157, Ogma asks Louis if he dislikes females, implying he is questioning Louis's sexuality after he learns that Louis vomited trying to have sex with Azuki. Louis does not answer. In Chapter 165, Louis is declared the new leader of the Horns Conglomerate after his father dies due to injuries sustained in a car crash.

Setting: Cherryton is a boarding school, which has numerous buildings with a vast number of classrooms, clubs and such for its students. It also has four separate dormitory buildings, where the students sleep. Each one is meant for carnivores and herbivores of each gender. The room assignment is basically designed so that it is shared by animals from the same family. For example, room 701 is made up of canines (Legoshi, Jack, Collot, Durham, Miguno and Voss).

The school comes with its own shop, which supplies uniforms, stationary, and a kiosk for quick food such as sandwiches. It also has its own theater, used for school-plays and assemblies.

The school also has its own newspaper called the "School Wave," which is run by the PR Department.

Its students are all given ID cards, which are used for a variety of purposes, including photo identification, and can provide access to amenities such as borrowing books at the school library, attending school events, and receiving discounts at local stores and movie theaters.

The school is located on top of a hill, so the city center is quite far away. The academy's emblem looks like a triangle, but it's actually a paw print. Reptiles at the school, who don't have paws, don't seem to like the emblem.

The school also has a policy, which is that all students and, presumably, the staff must spend one hour every two days in a room that is designed to mimic their species' natural environment, in order to keep them calm. This is referred to as Biology Day. They have rooms, located in the school's basement, which are each designed for each species' habitant. Uniform

Cherryton has its own uniform for male and female students, which is the same for both carnivores and herbivores. The school changes its uniform to fit the season. For male students

In the cold seasons, their uniform consists of a white long-sleeved shirt, an indigo vest, dark gray tie, gray pants with a darker vertical line pattern, and brown loafers. They also have a green blazer with the school's crest on its left breast-pocket, but most students prefer not to wear it except for the odd few, such as Louis.

In the summer, their uniform loses the shirt, vest and tie, and replaces it with a blue polo shirt.

For female students

In the cold seasons, their uniform consists of a white long-sleeved dress with a small bow-tie, a long, knee-length skirt, a yellow belt, white socks, and black Mary Jane shoes. The material for the uniform is supposedly thicker, thus warmer.

In the summer, their uniform is mostly the same, except they have short sleeves that end in bunches at their shoulders. The material for it is supposedly thinner, thus cooler.

Other uniforms

Cherryton also has its students wear a secondary uniform, which just consists of a white shirt and a pair of red trousers or shorts. These are apparently worn during club-hours, as the Drama Club wore them during rehearsals and stage-work, and Haru from the Gardening Club wore them when she was doing her work. The males seem to wear the long-pants, while the females wear shorts.

Reputation

Cherryton seems to be quite a famous school, as even Gohin and the Shishigumi know about its elite status.

However, despite this elite status among society, Cherryton has failed to produce a Beastar for at least five years, compared to its more successful rival schools that are able to produce a Beastar once a year. Clubs and Extracurricular Activities

Cherryton Academy is stated in Chapter 53 to have the "highest number of talents." These include:

Drama club Gardening club Basketball club Baseball club Judo club Manga club Boxing club Newspaper club (PR Department)

You better shut up before I look at you one day, feel warm in my heart and realize I've fallen in love with you hopelessly.

Don't make excuses! Your clumsiness is distracting. This play is about precision and commitment, not about... whatever it is you're doing right now.

Don’t hold back now, large carnivores like you get on my nerves the most.

Are you trying to reduce me to a flashback character. I'm alive you dumb dog.

Disappointed and disappointing.

No. Try again and this time get it right.

What's wrong? Open your mouth.

I'd rather you spared us that particular talent.

You’re a wolf, right? How about you act like one, hmm?

Well then? Speak up!

What are you looking at?

Are all wolfs this poor mannered?

Learn how to knock.

Are you kidding me? Are you really as dumb as I thought you were?

Shut up.

Normally I would let things go, but you’re making it very difficult to do anything correctly.

I’m practically losing brain cells just by being around you.

You’re not as bad as I thought you were.

I wish you would shut your annoyingly adorable mouth.

If you really think I’m about to tell you that I love you out loud then you are truly mistaken.

You are an idiot, but you’re my idiot, and I suppose I have to deal with you.

You see, true strength requires more than brute force. It requires finesse, which you clearly lack.

How disappointing. I expected a challenge, but all I see is a pitiful display of weakness.

Pathetic. I expected more, but I suppose mediocrity is your specialty.

You really think you’re better than me?

Fear is a luxury we cannot afford. We must face our fears head-on and conquer them.

What is this…? This… pity…

One broken leg and I’m helpless? I’m not weak…

I am the leader, I’m more powerful than any mere carnivore.

I hate cats… even more then dogs…

Why wouldn’t I come?

It’s another sold out performance, to bring joy and entertainment, but it’s much more then that, it’s to move the people, to teach the younger generation and people our age alike.

To a deer like me, I feel disgusted…

You seem to be having way to much fun…

Acting: let me show you… who the REAL grim reaper is!

It’s okay… your alright now…

I’m completely appalled by you two. You’re both savages as far as I’m concerned.

Listen to me… forget what I said, the performance was a success…

I hope it left a significant impression on the younger students…

I love that you never pry… come here…~