9.025 minSeason 1 • Episode 12
LatestThe Destroyal finally came to an end. However, the live feed got cut off immediately. It was because of a scheme to invalidate the Destroyal by killing all the Therianthropes and crew. The evil clutches approaches Hitomi and the others whom fought through the games. And the political war over theriomorphosis surgeries that used Killing Bites as a proxy war developed rapidly, and a new age begins.
Yuuya Nomoto was horrified to discover that the vehicle he was driving was being used to kidnap a high school girl, but he's even more shocked when the girl, Hitomi Uzaki, literally tears her kidnappers to pieces instead! Then she forces Yuuya to drive her to an arena where she bets the value of his organs on herself to win in a death match against a half-lion hybrid! Even more astonishing: Hitomi wins! That's because she's a Therianthrope, a genetically engineered fighter created specifically for the underground death matches known as Killing Bites! And now that Yuuya has been pulled into this dark underworld, he has no choice but to continue working for Hitomi. Because who's going to fight against a girl who's part honey badger?
Practical Effects
Creature designs that commit fully to the mammalian nightmare
Sound
Hitomi's honey badger snarls hit unhinged energy
Editing
Fight choreography that actually reads in 25-minute bursts
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The honey badger meme peaked in 2011; this 2018 anime adapting a 2013 manga is somehow still riding that wave. The 'honey badger don't care' energy is baked into Hitomi's entire personality.
The manga continued for years after this single-season anime ended, meaning Hitomi and Yuuya's relationship goes places the adaptation never reached—including actual answers about their weird bond.
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