"AND DON'T EVER COME BACK!"
Franz: Now you are what?
Leon: Gay.
Leon: Gay.
—Page 1
Hare and Bunny
(Lebre e Coelho) is a Brazilian Shounen-ai Web Comic created by the Tapastic user Alec. It follows a history of Leon, a young boy which found his love, but as since his dumbness won't take him anywhere, his good friend Franz ends up having to deal with the struggles. However, along the way, something goes wrong.
There are 4 main characters from the cast:
- Leon: A redhead young boy which has a crush on Jimmy. He is the main character of the story.
- Franz: He could be considered the Tsun Dere from the story.
- Jimmy: Leon's love interest. He is very shy.
- Larry: A Gentle Giant which likes to help his friends.
On August 3, 2017, the Catarse campaign for making the Brazilian Portuguese version physical was successful.
The webcomic contains examples of the following tropes:
- All Love Is Unrequited: Through most of the story, all romantic pursuits are unrequited, both knowingly and unknowingly.
- Animal Motifs: Hare and Bunny's animal motif is seen throughout the comic, with the featured non-diegetic features of animals that represent the characters. These motifs appearing most whenever there is a stereotypical behavior associated with the animals, but also included in promotional art, the title and the author's personal arts.
- Jimmy is shown with bunny characteristics whenever he’s nervous, confused or just naive.
- While Leon is shown with hare traits whenever he’s mischievous and erratic.
- Larry is also represented by a dog in the same fashion, mostly seen in his moments of happiness and excitement.
- Apologises a Lot: Jimmy is overly apologetic across the entire comic.
- Break-Up/Make-Up Scenario: After the confrontation between Leon and Franz because of Jimmy kissing Franz and then proceeded by the slap, Leon states never wanting to see Franz again, which leads to the silent treatment of both parties and official start of the trope. It is the main focus of the third act as even when getting Jimmy’s friendship and attention, Leon feels the emptiness that Franz left as he changed school blocks. The same happening with Franz when he misses the energetic and chaotic nature of Leon. The wrap-up of the story concludes with their make-up as Leon comes to his senses and apologize to Franz, which kick-starts their actual relationship.
- Cast Full of Gay: All main important characters are confirmed LGBT+.
- Crush Blush: The comic features constant blushing in romantic scenarios.
- Did Not Get the Girl: Leon might not have gotten Jimmy in the end, but he did get his longtime friend.
- Love at First Sight: Leon with Jimmy.
- Franz: [...] Tell me. How long has it been that you've found your true love?
Leon: It's been 5 minutes.
- Love Triangle: Most of the comic's conflicts are due to the existence of a love triangle in-between Leon, Franz and Jimmy.
- One-Gender School: The main school (block A) is a boys-only school.
- Plot Twist: In the webcomic's finale, not only are Leon and Franz dating each other, but so are Jimmy and Larry.
- Plot-Mandated Friendship Failure: The plot demands that Leon and Franz have a conflict before getting together by the end due to the “betrayal” of Jimmy making moves on Franz.
- Larry also abandons Leon after his angry lash out at Franz. Only returning to their friendship when he calms down and understands the situation.
- Running Gag: This comic features several visual running gags such as:
- Every time a character leaves a class, the door is loudly slammed, as signalized by the ‘BAAAM’ VFX, action lines and broken glass.
- The characters are always interrupted mid-class by other characters, being able to leave them without consequences.
- The constant interruption of Franz’s lab/science classes always lead to a big catastrophe. Which is commented on by bystanders of the school’s other block every time it happens
- Third-Party Peacekeeper: Larry is the designated emotionally smart and occasional voice of truth. He is the person who leads to help soften the situation and guide the characters to the solution, without ever doing it himself, as that is a choice he leaves up to them.
