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Feb 21, 2020 10:47 AM

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Chikenfrieds said:
Yena would be a better male protagonist than Jin himself who is a generic and dense MC anime, I don't understand why they just don't replace him?


Maybe it's just me but he really doesn't come off as generic and dense like your usual MC. Though his looks aren't anything special, he seems well aware of the feelings of the people around him but he hates animals. Yena actually feels more generic, being a slightly altered delinquent girl character.
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Feb 21, 2020 5:25 PM

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DuoraDoll said:
Chikenfrieds said:
Yena would be a better male protagonist than Jin himself who is a generic and dense MC anime, I don't understand why they just don't replace him?


Maybe it's just me but he really doesn't come off as generic and dense like your usual MC. Though his looks aren't anything special, he seems well aware of the feelings of the people around him but he hates animals. Yena actually feels more generic, being a slightly altered delinquent girl character.


but she is cute, while he is ugly and bored
Feb 21, 2020 10:36 PM

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Chikenfrieds said:
DuoraDoll said:


Maybe it's just me but he really doesn't come off as generic and dense like your usual MC. Though his looks aren't anything special, he seems well aware of the feelings of the people around him but he hates animals. Yena actually feels more generic, being a slightly altered delinquent girl character.


but she is cute, while he is ugly and bored


Well... I wasn't expecting much of a response... but this is something else... or more like nothing at all but oh well. You have your opinion, I have mine. I think Jin is a lot more fun compared to some other MCs I've seen, and yeah, Yena is indeed cute.
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Feb 22, 2020 4:59 AM

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phantomfandom said:
I think Ratel/Honey Badger strength is overrated (not just this anime), but since she join the big wolf pack, that must be the strongest pack in this anime. Though I personally more interest in male wolves than female.


It's anime ofc the honey badger's durability is exaggerated
Feb 22, 2020 11:24 PM

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This would be unbroadcastable in western countries...
Feb 24, 2020 4:53 AM

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Hitomi is hot and it's the first time I realised it.

The honey badger is OP.

Feb 24, 2020 5:35 AM
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I had dropped this - but reading the threads made me pick it back up.

It's quite funny in places.

It'll be so funny if Jin ends up with the naked mole girl....
Feb 24, 2020 1:17 PM
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I really hope it's the last episode of Yena as a starring role.
Feb 24, 2020 3:33 PM

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Yena continues to be the best. With this and Interspecies Reviewers, hopefully this means more hyena characters in future anime. Yena's while ordeal is that hyena female and male roles aren't the same as most other species and with no female hyena role model, Yena doesn't have anything to go by.

Female hyenas are more naturally what we would consider masculine. They are competitive and top of the social order in hyena groups. Their male like genitalia is so that they can't be raped by males as sex with them is difficult. (The fake penis is the birth canal)

So because of the surrounding environment and natural aggressive nature, Yena would identify and have more in common with the males of other species. This is where the identity crisis kicks in because Yena has a view of what is female and what is male that isn't what Hyenas are.

The opposite could happen in a seahorse character in reverse. Since birthing is an as female in almost every other species, a male seahorse would feel more in common with other species females.

In a fantastical setting like this, an angst driven high school identity crisis makes perfect sense and as a way to explain biology and explore things you can't in a human centric show without more backlash than the people who hate Yena.

Yena isn't quite saying that biologically he is male, mostly (I mean that fake penis thing really makes this more complicated.) rather socially acting more like males of other species. Which is ironically very feminine of her in her own species. It is just that Yena's own view of what is masculine and feminine is akin to other species rather than her own.

What really doesn't make sense in all of this is the rest of her family wanting and liking Yena to be more feminine in the way that everyone what does. It wouldn't help their own group to have their best protector and fighter act like that. And she would be their boss as even the highest male is under the weakest female in a hyena group. Perhaps that was too much to deal with in this but their motivations could only make sense as a way to try to undermine her authority. The way they don't try to correct her at all could be because they do see her as in charge anyway.

"Yena says she's a male... Alright well we can't tell her otherwise."

Type of thing.

Ao in summary. In Yena's eyes he is male. In hyena society she is a typical female. In the greater multi animal society it is very up in the air. This anime is kinda but not totally following true animal behaviors and social norms. Really the hyenas by this anime logic should have males and females look the same as beastly with no one being able to tell if one is female. But because cute girls, it kinda defeats the purpose. Even though they do not have permanent mammaries, the hyena from Interspecies Reviewers would be closer to what would make sense but you know... Anime. So...
Feb 25, 2020 1:13 PM

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Focus on the Hyena..nice episode
Feb 26, 2020 5:01 AM

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Man, in other comment sections, and heck, even the cast themselves really liked that one risque scene of Hitomi.

Yet...
I'm goddamn FLACCID.
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Feb 26, 2020 4:31 PM
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Yena trying to be more feminine. It almost works. Almost.

Panda finding out about futanari XD
Apparently even females want to lewd Hitomi. Well, who can blame them?

I don't quite get the honey badger girl. She's grateful to Ferryl for saving from bears.. while survving lions' attack without single scratch and feeling pain only after being smashed to the ground by Ferryl. Kore ga itai? Sugoi! Itai no hajimete desu!
Lol at honey badger getting distracted by a bird :D . Sadly, according to Animalogic, relation between honey badger and that bird is just a myth.
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Mar 2, 2020 12:09 PM

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Nieznajomy43 said:
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So at what point will the humans just overpower all of the animals? Overpower of course meaning "tech".

This is the only thing that nags me about the whole series.


I mean, just look out the window. Humans already overpowered all animals. ;)


Yeeeeeeeees.. very good thing to notice. Doesn't help the anime though :(
Mar 2, 2020 12:46 PM
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Yena is a better love interest for Hino than Jin, change my mind.
Mar 5, 2020 1:22 PM

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DuoraDoll said:
Chikenfrieds said:


but she is cute, while he is ugly and bored


Well... I wasn't expecting much of a response... but this is something else... or more like nothing at all but oh well. You have your opinion, I have mine. I think Jin is a lot more fun compared to some other MCs I've seen, and yeah, Yena is indeed cute.


It doesn't matter how much more fun or charismatic he is. He is a man and losers would rather have the girls flirt with each other than watch them loved by a "much worse" man than them. This is deeply psychological shit, which is pretty embarrassing to admit, so they will always be salty due to male characters.
Mar 6, 2020 4:11 AM

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Big fan of Yena, personally.
Mar 14, 2020 12:19 PM

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Great episode!
This new rebel Hitomi...oh boy xD

Poor Lion, and here i thought that he and the gazelle would finally reunite, but no xD Too soon haha
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Mar 21, 2020 9:43 PM

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I ADORE yena. she is best girl. best boy? best boy.
May 6, 2020 5:37 PM

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I hate yena, dumbest character thus far.
honey badger though is amazing
Jun 29, 2020 6:54 AM

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Kinda wanted the battle of the loli's to happen, Ranka vs the honey badger (which kinda reminded me of Killing Bites)

Lion x Impala subplot at the post-credits is amazing as always, Shiho should have followed her heart and gone for Kin-kun and not that smoothtalking captain



Aug 13, 2020 2:58 PM

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Yena is a million times cuter than Hitomi
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Feb 12, 2021 5:08 PM

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Not as great as before, but I'm still enjoying it. Even though I like Yena as female, but she's more comfortable with her tomboy looks. It's just her pants, why would she wear zebra pants.

I just know now that panda is a carnivore. Meimei is just unbelievable. Love her.

And on the last King got rejected once again. Poor King. He even want to get rid his status as a lion. Stand King x Shiho.
May 5, 2021 3:51 AM

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Fun episode as always, the hyena got her/himself an identity crisis xD

Need more of those Lion x Impala love stories.
May 8, 2021 12:55 AM

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Good for the Hyena i guess. A fine episode. that scene when hitomi imitates Yena XD

The Ratel definitely stole my attention this episode. Her interaction with Ranka's Sister gang are priceless

Oh King, that words are so smooth tbh. Hoping to see more King x Shiho
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Dec 25, 2022 4:19 PM
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Yena has some T-boy swag.
Feb 12, 2023 11:28 AM

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good message, its okay to be a tomboy 
Apr 22, 2023 2:50 AM

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Delinquent Hitomi was funny... and hot :>
May 8, 2023 11:51 AM

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ranka cutely hiding behind jin and grabbing his hand and jin has gotten oddly used to it :D




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May 23, 2023 6:54 AM

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Our lion king is finally catching a break for once AAAAAAAAANNNNND it's gone. You have to wonder how much time is going by in each episode since his hair grows back to a full mane practically every day.

I love the impala-lion chapters and how they’ve incorporated them into the after credit scenes
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