Melon

メロン

He serves as the main antagonist in the "Revenge of the Love Failure" arc (愛の失敗作の復讐篇; Ai no Shippai-saku no Fukushuu-hen) of Beastars. He is initially presented as a fake elephant therapist, murdering them and harvesting their tusks for ivory to earn quick cash.
Melon is a half-breed, inheriting traits from both parents.

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[spoiler]Melon grew up believing that his leopard mother ate his gazelle father. He thought this was the reason for his father's absence during his childhood. His mother was reminded of Melon's father when seeing Melon. Melon was more gazelle than leopard in his youth, so he believed that she was not valuing him as her child and instead perceiving him as the "replacement" of his father. This evolved into a couple of traumas, one of them believing that her mother wanted to eat him too, seeing her spots as an army of insects instead of fur and similar.

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