Am I Not at the Zoo? [Interstellar]

Xi You transmigrates and becomes a little polar bear.

He thinks he's in a zoo, but it's actually a high school on an interstellar planet of beastfolk!

The zoo as Xi You sees it:

Zookeepers = teachers.

Enclosures = classrooms.

The exercise yard = the playground.

And that majestic, domineering lion = the school bully, Aokes.

Three days later, before he's even ready to live as a wild beast, the zoo kicks him out.

Out in the wilderness,

Xi You teeters on the brink of starving to death every day.

That is, until he meets a male lion and scores a full meal. From then on, he resolutely takes the path of acting cute and clinging to the lion as his little sidekick.

They cross jungles, swamps, and grasslands, a lion and a bear traveling together.

Years later, Aokes recalls, "If he hadn't met me, he probably would've starved to death during the graduation exam."

His high school teacher recalls, "I've never seen such a hopeless student! If Your Highness Aokes hadn't helped him, he'd never have graduated!"

A wilderness survival story. They turn into humans later on.

Setting: To strengthen young beastfolk's survival skills in their beast forms, the interstellar beastfolk world has introduced a series of advancement requirements for elementary, middle, and high school.

The system is based on points. Students must survive in the wilderness, spending nights outdoors, hunting, and migrating. Once they have enough points and class hours, they can graduate.

Theme: Who says a slacker can't turn things around?