Melon

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Villain Overview Gallery

Evil-doer
Full Name	Melon
Alias	None
Origin	Beastars
Occupation	Ivory trade worker Therapist University lecturer Gang leader (all formerly) Prisoner
Powers / Skills	Gang Leadership Manipulation Pain endurance Unpredictability High intelligence Charisma Gunmanship
Goals	Gain acceptance in society in order to assume control of the Back Alley Market (failed).
Crimes	Serial murder Matricide Mutilation Torture Stalking Arms trafficking Ivory trade Poaching Organized crime Conspiracy Theft Assault Identity theft Impersonation of a medical professional Public endangerment
Type of Villain	Sadomasochistic Serial Killer

“	My name is Melon. I just so happen to be half leopard half gazelle and don't you forget it.	„
	~ Melon

“	So awaken it! Awaken that love now, here in the Back Alley Market!! What kind of animals would be with our instinctive love for it?! You love meat don't you? That's why you're even here in back alley market isn't it.	„
	~ Melon

“	It's strange, isn't it? Carnivores and herbivores should get along, yet their children are treated like freaks.	„
	~ Melon venting to Legoshi - his most famous quote.

Melon (メロン, Meron) is the main antagonist of the Revenge of the Love Failure arc of Beastars. He is introducted in Chapter 124 as a worker in the illegal ivory trade. He also earns money quickly by working in other professions with people such as a therapist and university lecturer. A half breed consisting of gazelle and leopard genes and is secretly a serial killer who goes undercover and keeps his identity secret by wearing a surgical mask to hide his mouth.

In the Japanese dub, he is voiced by Kōji Okino, while in the English dub, he is voiced by Darren Criss, who also portrayed Andrew Cunanan in American Crime Story.

Biography

Early life

Melon was born to a gazelle father and a leopard mother. At a young age, his mother supposedly ate his father, although he actually walked out on Melon and the mother as he was unprepared for an inter-species relationship, leaving just Melon and his mother as the residents of their apartment, which she had decorated akin to something out of a fairy-tale. Melon would not discover the true fate of his father until later on. His mother would always act loving to him, but would never leave the apartment, blaming it on their neighbors supposedly being nasty to them. As revealed in chapter 181, it is heavily implied that his mother may have sexually abused him as well.

One day, while she was ironing, Melon asked his mother about the origin of his name. His mother simply stated that despite Melons not being vegetables nor fruit, they were still sweet, like the life she wished him to live. It is at this point Melon realizes the reality of his life as a hybrid, and that his mother very likely wished to eat him. Out of rage, he killed his mother with the iron. Similarly to how his mother would act, he started to don not only his mask, but would always close his eyes to look like an innocent herbivore, which is how he not only got away with the murder of his mother, but also his school bullies.

He is seen using this same ability at his job as a false therapist, where he gets his elephant patients to trust him before he murders them to sell their tusks in the ivory trade.

Revenge of the Love Failure (Arc)

He assumes control of the Shishigumi, only to be despised by the gang's members. In an attempt to take control of the market, he participates in the bloody "Meat Lover's Day" fight, killing several opposing gang members. Unfortunately, he is cornered by Legoshi, Louis and a crowd of spectators including Yahya. He becomes irrational, shooting himself twice in the chest. As Yahya takes him to the hospital on foot he near fatally bites him in the neck as he announces that he is irredeemable. Later, he is shown to have survived but is in prison, but still has the admiration of the gangs of the market (who are now in hiding).

Appearance

Melon is a hybrid with features of both species, including horns, a narrow skull, and sharp claws and teeth. Physically, he has a tall, slender body shape like that of a leopard's and has a long tail. His fur is colored yellow and has leopard marks all over his body. To cover them up, Melon goes to a tattooist who covers them with melons.

To hide his identity in public, he wears a surgical mask not to scare anyone or be treated like an outcast because of how he looks.

During later in the fifth arc, Melon's body grew bulkier and more muscular, looking more like a leopard than a gazelle, and much more spots have appeared.

Personality

Melon is a sly and antisocial outcast who has no qualms in using others for getting what he wants and killing others when they're deemed to be of no use to him such as murdering an innocent elephant to nearly killing Legoshi twice by shooting him in the ear and stomach. Because the society in Beastars doesn't promote hybrid families and children, Melon often feels like an outcast as a herbivore-carnivore hybrid. Melon makes a great effort to cover up his physical appearance, from wearing a surgical mask to getting tattoos that cover the leopard prints on his torso.

Quotes

“	I have the utmost respect for all large herbivore you know. I adjusted everything in this counseling room to match the size elephants.	„
	~ Melon

“	But the heart has a very small capacity no one is an exception feel free to let out all of your stress.	„
	~ Melon

“	Herbivores don't have belligerence or predatory intinctions... we are a gentle spices.	„
	~ Melon

“	... I got agitated. How embarrassing.	„
	~ Melon

“	... I got agitated. How embarrassing.	„
	~ Melon

“	You're not a pure-blooded wolf, are you . You've got another species in you.	„
	~ Melon

“	One carnivore set and herbivore set both from me please.	„
	~ Melon

“	I want you to put a Melon leaf Tattoo over them just like always have.Leopard sprots starting to show up on my lower half.	„
	~ Melon

“	MAN OH MAN, OH MAN OH MAN OH MAN! SERIOULSY!! I WANTED TO DIRECT A TRAGDEY BUT NOPE, COMDEY SUITS YOU BETTER!!	„
	~ Melon

“	The world must REALLY treat you nicely.	„
	~ Melon

“	You really are naive as hell.	„
	~ Melon

“	MAMA!!	„
	~ Melon

“	By my lovable and hateful mama... I'm being turned into a Leopard.	„
	~ Melon

“	By my lovable and hateful mama... I'm being turned into a Leopard.	„
	~ Melon

“	Legosi.. is that you?	„
	~ Melon

“	Hey Legosi, The audience has grown.. Let' kill each other properly	„
	~ Melon

“	This isn't even you story Legosi	„
	~ Melon

Trivia

• Melon has most likely murdered the most people in the Beastars franchise, following the Shishigumi.
• Melon most likely has NPD (Narcissistic Personality Disorder) with symptoms like having no remorse and empathy, manipulation of others' emotions, and putting up a facade.
• Melon serves as a dark counterpart of Legoshi. He serves an example of what Legoshi could've become if he fails to keep his carnivore instincts under control.