This series was clearly written as it went, as the worldbuilding is shaky and there are some pretty good sized lore holes as mentioned above. I can ignore all of that and still enjoy it for what it is, but my major issues stem from Legosi himself being an... unlikable character. I'll circle back around to that.

This first part final season spends almost the entire time treading water, trying to build up a nonexistent confrontation to pin the 'future' of this society on, I think. Post time skip, Legosi ha dropped out of school, Haru is in college, and for some reason we get to see the remains of the drama club doing their thing without any of the major players, yet Haru, an emotional core of the series has almost no screen time and what little she does get is spent trying to convince everyone around her that Legosi isn't trying to kill/assault her. The Seven character... I'm not even sure what her role in the story is apart from giving someone for Legosi to talk to during his meat withdrawl; she is also conveniently shuffled off after a few interactions. Sea creature, and the whole 'sea dynamic' also fell flat.

Its nice we got to see the beastar finally, even if he has a hokey flashback relationship with Legosi's grandpa. The character (and his rat intel network) is neat, and I like his sleuthing, even if I still don't understand what dynamics are at play here (a wish granted?).

The whole 'forbidden offspring' mixed race thing is pretty jarring for not having been mentioned ever before, but as far as shoehorned plot devices go, it served its purpose.

Aaaaand that brings us back to Legosi; a toxic simp. I get turning your back on your speciated natural desires- an anime trope as old as time- but there are ways to do it that don't make the character look like a naive online 'activist' with (rightfully) no friends because he pushes his narrow beliefs on everyone else. Declaring he will 'protect' all of the 'weak' herbivores from the mean old powerful carnivores in a society where guns exist is just embarrassing. Likewise for starting fist fights with energy drink dealers in dark alley ways who have no idea why you're fighting them. Tearing out your own fangs as a symbol of not eating meat, which you did only once, and now wear fang dentures to speak normally so no one can tell anyway? He was right when he confesses to Luis that he is simply an idiot tugged around by his own 'kinks and fetishes'. The boy needs better supervision. Haru's few scenes with him also reinforce that there is no remaining chemistry here and they would likely be better off going their separate ways.

It's just all so clumsy how Beastars has begun handling its societal commentary, like it wants to say something so much more than it actually has substance in its ideas.

At this point, I'm ready for it to be over and gently slide this one into the memory bank. At least the joker mix character is done entertainingly. The show is kind of riding on him right now.