BNA (manga)

BNA (BNA ビー・エヌ・エー) is an official manga set in the world of Anima City during the events of BNA: Brand New Animal. It is serialized in Tonari no Young Jump and the mangaka is Asano.

Chapter 0
Michiru Kagemori is on the balcony of the Beastman Co-op building writing in her diary on her phone. Shirou Ogami notices her and gets mad that her diary entries about beastmen will jeopardize the safety beastmen. He says he will delete the diary when she becomes human again. She berates him and leaves.

Michiru is walking through Anima City and reminisces how she arrived here, her transformation, and the differences between humans and beastmen. She notices a fight break out between beastmen. They transform and notice something Michiru says out of context. They charge and attack Michiru. Shirou saves her and the two escape. However, while they were fleeing, Michiru drops the phone.

Later, she is on the rooftop holding her cracked phone, typing her diary again. Shirou comes to acknowledge that she's both human and beastman and he should respect her desires. He apologizes and offers to take her phone to a repair shop. Michiru asks if Shirou will pay for the repair, who says the phone is on his tab either way. Michiru ponders that she wants to stay in the city a little longer as a raccoon beastman. Shirou, seemingly reading her mind, corrects and says she's a tanuki beastman.

Chapter 1
Michiru is going to sleep thinking about how glad she was to come here to live peacefully. A loud howl rings through the air and Michiru transforms her mouth into a bird beak, shouting for the howling stranger to shut up. The stranger yells back, starting a ruckus that echos throughout the town. Michiru apologizes.

Later, she wakes up groggy, says good morning, and collapses on Shirou. Michiru, Shirou, and the Horners talk about the situation last night. Shirou tells Michiru to not stereotype beastmen, and Melissa says they got a lot of complaints regarding it. She then offers a job form and urges Michiru to look for a job.

Michiru and Shirou arrive at the job recruitment center. The attendant says that because Michiru's a tanuki, they can offer light manual work. She shows up to work and apparently it's at a construction site. The workers there are rough careless, and a worker ends up at the hospital. Michiru, valuing her own safety over money, quits the job and goes home upset. She sulks in bed, and stresses over her expenses. She finds the source of the howl and chases down the canine with her cheetah powers. The canine confesses he's howling because he's heartbroken, and Michiru tells him to confess his feelings to the girl.

The canine guy confesses to the girl who rejects him. She later tries to comfort him, telling him he needs to get a job to let loose some steam. At home, Melissa praises Michiru for quelling all the complaints, which were caused by the canine guy. Melissa suggests Michiru to just help around the co-op, and gives her a job as a "beastfolk advisor".

Chapter 2
Michiru is guiding an old man through the streets of Anima City to the stadium. She saves a potted cactus that fell. She runs into two fighting beastmen, and decides to fly away holding the old man by her feet.

Back at the co-op, Melissa and Gem praise her. Shirou however criticizes that she's more a handyman than an advisor. Shirou gets mad at her again for using her powers in public. They fight.

Michiru is at an ATM and runs into Marie. Marie offers her a job for a joint party. They discuss at a coffee shop. There's a group called the "Cat Association" of many influential people from celebrities to company execs. The requirements for the party are feline beasts only, and Marie shows a video of Michiru with her gorilla powers and asks if Michiru can transform into a cat too. Marie will delete the video as a reward if she's successful. Michiru agrees to the assignment.

The Horners and Shirou notice that Michiru is late home. Meanwhile, Michiru dons an evening gown and enters a limo to the party full of cat beastmen. She meets a cat beastman girl named Anna. Anna is actually from the slums and took on the job to buy food for her younger brothers. They're both the same age but Michelle emphasizes they're still rivals, and she's aiming for the richest guys at the party.