Legoshi goes across the narrative dealing with the dilemma of a carnivore having a romantic relationship with a rabbit while also exploring a scent that made him nearly want to devour her.
In the anime series adaptation of the manga, Legoshi was voiced by Chikahiro Kobayashi in Japanese and Jonah Scott in English.
For example, some of these characters appeared in her doujinshi series Beast Complex; the prototype of Legoshi was in the twenties and working as a stylist assistant.
[2] The story develops in a world of anthropomorphic animals that live in perfect harmony, starts with the murder of Tem the Alpaca.
However, the gray wolf is a sensitive and reserved person incapable of killing anybody, representing the total opposite of a ferocious carnivore.
[8] Scott originally auditioned for three roles and became nervous when learning that Legoshi, his chosen part, was the lead of the series, something which left a major impact in his career and no knowledge about it.
A second-year student, Legoshi works as a member of the drama club's stage crew, and enjoys watching tragic stories performed despite never having had to directly participate in them.
Generally conflicted with his status as a carnivore, Legoshi wishes to suppress his predatory desires, which become even more complicated as he develops confused feelings towards a dwarf rabbit named Haru.
In conclusion, the writer felt that by those volumes, Itagaki did not provide a message to the readers in regard to Legoshi's desire, listing it as a con.
Legoshi struggles to come to terms with his innate, natural instincts as a carnivore and the conflicting feelings of love and sexual attraction to the diminutive rabbit".
[21] For the second season of the anime series, which focused on the mystery genre, IGN enjoyed Legoshi's role as he searched for the murderer of his friend, Tem, and noted that his obsession towards his goal pushes Haru away from him.
[25] Vincent Jule of the French newspaper 20 minutes praised the personality of the character and described him as "like the students of Cherryton School, consumption of meat prohibited, dormitories separated according to diets.
Everything is done to repress the instinct of carnivores, starting with the hero Legoshi who, behind the big bad wolf, hides a sensitive, shy, and clumsy personality".
[27] Jonah Scott noted the character's popularity by reading fans' comments in Twitter much to his surprise as there were several response charmed by the protagonist's sex appeal enough to avoid mentioning such lines due to how obsene they were.
[28] Anime News Network noted the heavy parallels Beastars has with the film Zootopia with the leading characters Legoshi and Haru having a similar dynamic as Judy and Nick due to how different they are yet they remain close.
The narrative of Beastars emphasizes primarily on Legoshi's own impulses he was given which are also explored by other characters like Rea Sanka from Sankarea or Shiki Ryougi from Kara no Kyoukai.
[29] Juan Francisco Hernández from University of the Andes (Colombia) stated noted Legoshi suffers a major struggle in his life in Beastars not only due to Tem's death in the series' beginning but also because of when he attacks Haru in the first chapters and embarks on a journey to become a proper member of the society.