7.023 minSeason 1 • Episode 12
LatestMazama Jin here. As much as it pains me to admit it, I'm part of a stupid mutt's pack at Seton Academy. Being with someone really is a challenge. It's a different story when two people are bound to each other by fate, like Hitomi-chan and me, but most aren't like that. And going out of one's way to try to accomplish something so difficult is just foolish. But now I've been forced to think that might not always be the case.... after watching all the animals at this school. As much as it pains me to admit it.
Seton Academy, a school where animals of all species gather to live and learn together. A sacred garden of learning, where students hone their primal instincts and the laws are of the jungle. Where species pit against species in a daily struggle for survival... Now enter the animal-hating human Jin Mazama, and the lonely wolf Ranka Okami. When man meets wolf in an encounter for the ages, this food chain is about to be shook. “Species shmecies! If we’ve shared face-licks, you’re a friend to me! Welcome to the pack!”
Acting
Hina Kino's unhinged wolf howls deserve an award
Writing
Genuinely sharp social commentary wrapped in furry nonsense
Production
Character designs that commit fully to the bit
Hina Kino
Ranka Ōkami (voice)
Haruki Ishiya
Jin Mazama (voice)
Yume Miyamoto
Hitomi Hino (voice)
Misaki Kuno
Yukari Komori (voice)
Konomi Kohara
Miyubi Shisho (voice)
Sora Tokui
Kurumi Nekomai (voice)
Yoshino Aoyama
Chroe Mashima (Kuroe) (voice)
Tomokazu Sugita
King Shishino (voice)
Tessyo Genda
Gigasu Terano-sensei (voice)
Kenjiro Tsuda
Male animal characters (voice)
Yu Serizawa
Meimei (voice)
Ayane Sakura
Manako Kagami (voice)
Sumire Uesaka
An Anetani (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The manga author Bungo Yamashita is a former zookeeper, which explains the unsettlingly accurate animal behavior details.
The series satirizes Japanese school club culture and 'species' as stand-in for rigid social hierarchies—it's smarter than the premise suggests.
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