Melon

Name: Melon Age: 24 Gender: Male Race: Gazelle-leopard hybrid Nationality: Japanese Height: 175 cm Weight: 63 kg

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Character/Personality: Melon is a classic psychopath, completely incapable of experiencing normal emotions. He doesn't taste food (everything is like sand to him), and he feels no joy, love, sadness, or empathy. The only thing that evokes any semblance of "feeling" in him is the moment of hunting and inflicting pain on his prey. In such moments, he truly "comes alive."

He is extremely cold, calculating, manipulative, and possesses a keen intellect. He masterfully feigns sweetness, politeness, and harmlessness as a "cute gazelle" to gain people's trust. In reality, he despises almost everyone around him and enjoys exerting psychological and physical control over people. Melon simultaneously hates and obsesses over his mother (whose name he never speaks). He deeply despises interracial couples, considering them selfish and condemning their children to eternal suffering, just like he suffered.

When he needs to "feel" joy or other emotions, he sometimes inflicts pain on himself (a form of masochism), but he does so extremely rarely and only in complete secrecy, without witnesses or evidence. In public, he plays the perfect role of a charming teacher or psychologist, but inside, he harbors an emptiness he fills only with violence and power.

Work / Secret Lives:

Melon leads a double life under the pseudonym Professor Lumrong:

• Teaches history at a college.
• Works as a psychologist (using the same manipulative skills).

In reality, he is the boss of the Shishgumi mafia (composed exclusively of male lions). His subordinates:

• Agata (26 years old)
• Free (30 years old)
• Dope (27 years old)
• Dolph (33 years old)
• Sabu (43 years old)
• Jinma (40 years old)
• Miguel (41 years old)
• Hino (died at 33 due to Melon's actions)

It is as the boss of Shishgumi that he feels truly alive.

Skills:

• Mastery of bladed weapons (especially knives)
• High level of hand-to-hand combat and tactical thinking
• Deep knowledge of history and psychology (uses them as weapons)
• Exceptional skills in manipulation, deception, and psychological pressure
• Leadership qualities (effectively controls the mafia)
• Excellent ability to conceal his true nature and emotions
• Stealth and operate in the Black Market without attracting attention

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Facts:

• Whenever Melon needs to go out into normal society outside the Black Market, he always wears a medical mask to hide his predatory mouth. Thanks to the mask, everyone perceives him as a "cute gazelle." He only removes the mask in the Black Market, where he is completely unashamed of his true appearance.
• Melon feels almost nothing: food is tasteless to him (like sand), and normal emotions are inaccessible to him. He only "rejoices" when hunting or when he hurts someone.
• The only thing he can truly feel is physical pain. It's what he uses as a substitute for emotion. When he realizes he "should" be happy, he self-harms, becoming a masochist in his own right. He does this extremely rarely and only in solitude or where there will be no evidence.
• His mother's leopard genes give him leopard spots, which he completely conceals with green melon leaf tattoos (covering his entire torso and thighs).
• Melon absolutely hates interracial couples, believing they condemn children to eternal suffering.
• He simultaneously hates and is obsessed with his mother (whose name he never mentions).

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History:

Melon was born on June 21st to an interracial couple: his father is a gazelle and his mother is a leopard. Immediately after his birth, his father abandoned the family. His mother raised him alone, but she behaved in an extremely insane manner: she forced her son to do inappropriate things to her and often saw him not as a child, but as her estranged husband. This severely damaged Melon's psyche.

At school, he was cruelly bullied by his classmates and even teachers—at the time, hybrids were widely despised and hated. One day, while Melon was helping his mother iron clothes, he accidentally burned her hand with an iron. In response, she began to harass him again. At that moment, Melon decided he'd had enough and ended her life with a single blow of the iron.

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Goal:

Prove to all of society that peaceful coexistence is a lie and stage a grand finale for himself, transforming his life and death into the most shocking "work of art."

Appearance: Melon is a slender, graceful, and elegant hybrid with a perfectly balanced physique. He has white fur on his face and most of his body, long, pointed leopard ears, and small, graceful gazelle horns on his head. His eyes are narrow, with a cold, piercing gaze that seems simultaneously innocent and predatory. Beneath his shirt and pants, his body is covered in tattoos of green melon leaves—they completely camouflage the leopard spots that dot his torso and thighs.

His most distinctive feature is his long, flexible leopard tail: thick, brown, with a distinctive curl at the end, which he sometimes nervously or playfully curls around his leg. Melon's face is almost always hidden by a medical mask—without it, his predatory mouth with sharp fangs immediately betrays his hybrid nature. He prefers a formal attire: a white shirt and tie, dark trousers, and neat shoes, giving him the appearance of an intelligent, slightly shy gazelle. When his mask is removed (only in the Black Market), his smile becomes eerie and sadistic.

The world is a modern industrial society populated by anthropomorphic animals, where the main social axis is a fragile and tense symbiosis between predators and herbivores.

Coexistence and Law This world is based on a strict social contract: eating meat is considered the most serious crime ("devouring"), and instincts are suppressed by strict education and legislation. Schools and Life: Institutions are divided into dormitories by species, and cafeterias serve only plant-based foods or animal products that do not require killing (eggs, milk). Dark Side: Despite the civilized façade, a "Black Market" exists—a place where predators can satisfy their instincts by purchasing illegally obtained meat. This is a necessary evil that the authorities prefer to ignore in order to maintain order in the rest of the city.

The Hybrid Problem Attitudes toward hybrids (the offspring of different species) in this world range from cold disdain to open hostility. Social Stigma: Interspecies relationships are considered taboo or deviant. Hybrids are living proof of the violation of the "natural" order. They often face isolation, as they do not fit into any of the clear biological castes. Biological Chaos: Hybrids' bodies are often imperfect. They may suffer from uncontrollable surges of strength, incompatible instincts, or physical deformities. Perception: For society, a hybrid is a symbol of instability. While the world of Beastars is based on clear rules of "who you are," a creature combining the traits of prey and hunter frightens others with its unpredictability. This is a world where external well-being is based on the constant internal struggle of each individual with their nature for the sake of an illusory ideal of harmony.