I'm sure many other viewers had the same thought I did at the end of this episode: what the hell is a pangolin? Turns out that pangolins are armored mammals native to Africa and Asia, somewhat similar to armadillos though they come from a different family in biological classifications but with armor that consists of overlapping scales rather than a contiguous hard shell. All eight species of pangolin are endangered to some degree because of deforestation and poaching for their meat and supposed medicinal qualities, which might justify why Brute Pangolin — aka Kido, Yoko's Therianthrope playing piece — is cast as a hard-edged conservationist. Or it could just be because a nature-lover makes for an amusing contrast with a physical powerhouse. Either way, I'll be curious to see whether the long tongue that pangolins are known for will ever come into play, but so far it seems like the emphasis is on his spiky scale armor, muscular tail, and overwhelming strength; he's a big bad dude even without his Therianthrope powers. His character and behavior within this setting raises several questions, some that were doubtlessly intended and some that may not have been. Supposedly he was suspended at one point, but given what the Therianthropes are allowed to get away with, what could he have done to get suspended?

Network: Tokyo Broadcasting System. People have been created that are human-animal hybrids, and powerful businesses bet on the outcome of their duels. College student Nomoto Yuuya's casual acquaintances ask him to drive them around to pick up girls one day, which he soon finds out means by force. The girl they kidnap is an animal-human hybrid named Hitomi, who slaughters all of them except Yuuya.

It has been serialized since November in Shogakukan 's seinen manga magazine Monthly Hero's. These strange people are "Brutes", fighters that have been created to combine the brains of humans and the fangs of beasts. The "Killing Bites" battles have been the decisive turning points in the Japanese economy since ancient times. Shinya Murata launched the series, with art by Kazasa Sumita, in Shogakukan 's seinen manga magazine Monthly Hero's on November 30, Each release has three episodes inside the disc for a total of 12 episodes.