Lougosi

"Louis-senpai. Why don't we run away...? Right now."

- Legosi to Louis (chapter 76).

Lougosi is the slash ship between Louis and Legosi from the Beastars fandom.

Canon
We first see Legosi and Louis meeting in the place where Tem died, both paying him tribute. In that scene we find out that Louis is Legosi's senpai - he's one year older than him - and that Legosi has a lot of respect towards him, already kind of admires him. When Louis notices Legosi staring at him, he - among other words - says he has a favor to ask and tells the wolf to follow him. Legosi agrees and goes with the deer.

Louis tells Legosi to fit Zoe's outfit before tomorrow's Drama Club rehearsal, since he'll be Tem's replacement. Not long after that, Kai barges into the room, while Louis is scolding Zoe for not knowing the script. When Zoe leaves, Kai looks at Legosi and asks him why is he here, since he's 'a nobody' from the art department. After that Legosi says he'll leave too, yet Louis stops him, telling him he can stay here. When Kai tries to punch Louis, angry at what he says about him, Legosi blocks the attack and protects the deer, saying that actor's safety comes first and barks at the mongoose. After Kai leaves, Louis smiles and tells the wolf he's surprised that Legosi showed his fangs just to avoid a fight. Louis is the first character that realizes that a 'herbivore' behavior is just some part of him and Legosi has some carnivore ferocity within him too. When the wolf heads towards the door, Louis stops him by grabbing his tail. He persuades him to keep watch, while the actors from the Drama Club have a secret rehearsal, joking about offering him one of his legs.

Louis returns from the stage, hindered by his ankle injury. His inner dialogue shows frustration that his body is naturally weak as an herbivore. Legosi enters the office to discuss lighting changes for the play. Louis backs Legosi into a wall, asking him why he hardly exert his strength as a carnivore. Louis puts his fingers in Legosi's mouth and demands Legosi bite him. Legosi pulls away and apologizes.

After Bill replaces Louis as Adler in the school play, Legosi is given Bill's original role as an antagonist who attacks the hero. Legosi corners Bill in the bathroom after smelling something suspicious in his coat. Bill is revealed to have a vial of illegal rabbit's blood. Legosi, triggered by the rabbit blood (reminding him of his encounter with Haru), attacks Bill on stage, and the fake fight scene escalates to a real one. Louis enters the stage as Adler and breaks up the fight, declaring Bill an imposter. Bill leaves the stage, and Louis offers Legosi his hand, helping him up as Legosi looks towards him in admiration.

Later, in Episode 9, Legosi sees Louis laying flowers on Tem's grave. Legosi hides, knowing Louis mostly likely wanted to be alone. As Louis is leaving the hallway, a leopard student pounces towards him. Legosi is able to tackle and restrain him without Louis noticing. The student reveals to Legosi that many carnivores at the school are trying to attack Louis to prevent him becoming the next Beastar, as an herbivore Beastar would further reduce the position of carnivores in society. Legosi vows to protect Louis and decides not to try to hurt him and Haru's relationship out of respect for both Haru and Louis.

Fanon
Lougosi's main rival ships are Legoharu and Louno. Both Lougosi and Legoharu are the most popular ships in the fandom.

Both Louis' and Legosi's sexuality is hard to categorize: Louis is attracted to carnivores, and Legosi is attracted to herbivores, confirmed in Chapter 114.

While the author's original idea was to make Legoharu an endgame, there are many hints for a quite possible, future romantic relationship between Legosi and Louis after all - or at least for Lougosi being a semi-canon ship. It for sure has a big potential for eventually becoming more than just a fanon pairing. A lot of the Beastars fans are also questioning Louis's sexuality - especially after the chapter 157 in manga - and think he might be gay or bisexual. One thing's for sure - Paru Itagaki is teasing Legosi and Louis's relationship quite a lot and it's hard to say, if it's only ship teasing for the Lougosi shippers content, queerbaiting or is she considering them really being together at some point.

On AO3 Lougosi is the most written ship for both characters. It is also the most written ship in the ビースターズ | BEASTARS tag.

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Trivia

 * It's revealed in one of the extras in the manga (Unpacking Legoshi's Belongings) that Legosi started carrying a nail file in his backpack after Louis drew attention to his hands (chapter 11 in the manga; episode 3 in anime).