I liked the story this was a sequal to more, but this is ok. I'm a bit disappointed. The setting was hella interesting but I find myself taking issue with the mangakas shallow as fuck reading of wildlife. Herbivores chase off predators all the time, they are amazing. Where the fuck were all the buffalo, rhinos, and elephants in this story??
I get that with someone who's a rabbit it would make sense to be meek and cautious and careful, but a horse?? They fight off mountain lions in the wild, and you telling me this guy was having trouble with a freaking hyena??? They made such a big deal about transforming and attacking someone being a jailable offense, but so is sexual assault so why the hell wouldn't the horse just stomp the asshole who tried to rape him into the fucking ground? Also we never saw the hyena suffer ANY consequences after he transformed anyway and attacked Lion.
Author-san probably should have picked a smaller more helpless herbivore to pair up with the lion if they wanted to continue the 'helpless uke' theme. Like a guinea pig, or hamster. An Iguana would have been fun too.
Sad not to see a story beat where lion gets hurt and then horse transforms and carries him to safety. Nope, can't have that, just get saved from rape, that's not cliche and done to death at all.
Thoroughbred wa nabikanai