Beast Complex (found "Beastars" predecessor comic; 2013)
Beast Complex (sometimes called Original Beast Complex) was a self-published manga by the creator of Beastars, Paru Itagaki. (This Beast Complex is not to be confused with a manga of the same name published in 2016) Many similarities make it a predecessor/prototype of Beastars of some sort.
She created and released the comic while she was in college in 2013 and these Dōjinshi were sold independently at her college's art festival.[1] There were three volumes released with three chapters in each volume. These comics focused on many characters seen in Beastars, but the world and characters are noticeably different from the canon of her now famous manga.
In 2020 the first two volumes were found and are in the process of being scanned and translated into English. Currently, the third volume hasn't been found by someone willing to scan it.
In January 2021 Volume Three was purchased by Youdoing for 62,000 yen in the r/Beastars discord and it is currently in the process of being translated, along with volumes one and two.
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- ↑ Interview with Paru Itagaki that mentions the first manga she made. Retrieved 02 May '20